YouTube Sensation Maria Aragon to Sing SM Christmas ChriSMs Bop

In time for the merriest season of the year, SM Supermalls chose International YouTube sensation Maria Aragon to sing the SM Supermalls’ official holiday tune, SM Christmas ChriSMs Bop, to make the Christmas celebration extra special for its shoppers and loyal patrons.

Aragon rose to fame after she posted a video of her own rendition of Lady Gaga’s “Born This Way” on YouTube. She was then invited by Ellen DeGeneres to perform the song at her show. And eventually was invited by Lady Gaga herself to perform at her Monster Ball Tour leg in Toronto. Maria Aragon was also given the opportunity to perform for dignitaries including Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, and for the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge during their 2011 royal tour of Canada.

Aside from her stint as the SM Christmas voice, Aragon is also in the country to promote her self-titled album. Last July, the YouTube star signed a contract for a record deal with Star Records.

Like SM Supermalls, Aragon is delighted to be part of the Christmas season in the Philippines.

Get a load of your favourite things and experience a blissful holiday shopping experience at everyone’s favourite mall, SM City Davao!

Saint Joseph the Worker Parish - The First Fully Air Conditioned Church in Davao City

Saint Joseph is minutes away from our village. Saint Joseph the Worker Parish is located in Sasa, Davao City. If you want to go there you can just take a public vehicle (Jeepney). You wont have a problem asking directions on Jeepney drivers or taxi driver because the church is well known.

It is well known of course, because its the first church here in Davao City to be fully air-conditioned. The place is pack with people like I said since it has a air-condition unit the place is cool.

I consider Saint Joseph as one of the nice churches here in Davao. Why? It's a nice church since it's (again fully air-conditioned) it's not located in the busy streets of downtown area. Although if you take a jeep. You have to take a 2 minute walk to get there (main road to the church).

Schedules of Service

Daily Masses

Monday to Friday at 6:00 am and 5:15 pm

First Friday Mass is at 5:15 pm

Saturday 6:00 am and 5:30 pm

Sunday Masses

6:00 am, 7:30 am, 9:00 am, 11:00 am, 4:00 pm and 5:15 pm

Children s Mass is at 2:30 pm

Baptism

Registration - Tuesday and Thursday

(8:00 am - 12:00 noon; 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm)

Interview - Saturday

Celebration of the Sacrament - Sunday at 10 am

Weddings

interviews - Saturday

(8:00 am - 12:00 noon; 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm)

Pre-Cana-Seminar-Every 1st Saturday and Sunday of the month

Amansibado Wedding - Every last Thursday of the Month at 2:00 pm

Community Wedding - Every Saturday at 6:00 am

Individual Wedding - Wednesday to Saturday

Confessions

Saturday and Sunday 4:00 pm

Sick Call/Blessings

Anytime upon priest's availability

Office Hours

Tuesday to Sunday

(8:00 am - 12 noon; 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm)

Monday no Office

Telephone Number 235-1101 or 234-6176

My brother had his wedding in this church last year it cost him 15,000 pesos ($375) fully air-conditioned, if you don't want to use the air-condition units and settle for the electric fans it will only cost you 3,600 pesos ($90).

Here are some photos of Saint Joseph the Worker Parish.

Preparing For our Company Party

Yesterday we have no work since it's Halloween. So my office mates called me up asking for my help in preparing the prizes and games for our upcoming party for our organization. We were decorating walls, wrapping prizes and also preparing for parlor games.

We have prepared plenty of games for our party this coming Friday from Paper Dance, Trip to Jerusalem and more. We were like kids in that room laughing, cracking jokes and even playing the games we have prepared. Then some of my office mate decided to do a Tomato Dance - the one where in you put a tomato on your forehead and holding it together with your partners forehead while dancing. Then suddenly they just started throwing tomatoes at each other and at our office mate, it's a Food Fight!!! We started grabbing some of the tomatoes and joined the fray. It was fun, hmm we already have fun before the party started hahahahaha.

Oh what a day, we finished all the preparations and headed back home and going back to being adults again. It's fun being young at heart for once in a while.