Stuff to do (07/02/21)

Big Bad Wolf Book Sale online

THE BIG Bad Wolf Book Sale returns, this time online at https://ph.bbwbooks.com/, from June 30 to July 7. Over 60,000 book titles are available at discounted prices. Among the promotions are a P10 book deal for a minimum purchase of P1,800; a 5% discount for a minimum purchase of P1,200; a 10% discount for a minimum purchase of P5,000; and free shipping anywhere in the Philippines for a minimum purchase of P2,900.  Online payments will be accepted through Dragonpay, eGHL, GCash, GrabPay, BDO, and BPI.  Cash on delivery (COD) is not available as a payment option since shipments are from Malaysia. Enjoy book shopping online .

ABS-CBN holds book sale

OVER 90 ABS-CBN books are on sale virtually until July 7. ABS-CBN Books is offering huge discounts on various titles via Shopee, from Binibining Mia’s bestselling series I Love You Since 1892, Vice Ganda’s autobiography Tutoy, to Juana Manahan-Yupangco’s cookbook Mesa ni Misis, and movie-to-book adaptation Hello, Love, Goodbye. Limited collections are also available including the four-book set Babysitting the Billionaire series by Jamille Fumah for only P450 and a four-book set cookbook collection featuring chef Gene Gonzalez’s The Kitchen Scoundrel, Arci Munoz’s Cheat Days, Dimples Romana’s Dimps Tips, and Nadia Montenegro’s Have I Cooked For You for P400. Check out the books in the ABS-CBN Books’ Shopee store until July 7. For more details, follow ABS-CBN Books on Facebook (www.facebook.com/abscbnbooks) and Instagram (@abscbnbooks).

Online Trese tour in Manila

WANDERMANILA presents Through the Dragon Gate: The Trese Online Tour (Anime Edition), a tour of Metro Manila, as seen in the Netflix anime series Trese. There will be discussions about some of the more important locations that lent their notoriety and mystique to the Trese series, such as Balete Drive, the Manila South Cemetery, and the MRT. Through The Dragon Gate will be livestreamed over at the WanderManila Facebook page (www.facebook.com/WanderManila) on July 2, 8 p.m.

Ortigas malls hold Pasig Day Sale

CELEBRATE Pasig Day with deals and special promos with the Pasig Day Sale on July 2. Shops at Tiendesitas and Estancia malls are marking this day with special offerings. Health protocols will be strictly implemented. Enjoy meals al fresco at the restaurant of your choice. For more information, check out the official Facebook pages of Tiendesitas and Estancia.

Participative Solar Art exhibit in BGC

AS PART of the Day of Climate Action on July 3 to 4 — presented by Liter of Light, a Filipino-born global grassroots solar lighting movement, the Embassy of Italy, and the Philippine Italian Association — a huge woven participative solar artwork will be set up on 5th Avenue in Bonifacio Global City (BGC), Taguig City at 6:30 p.m. on July 4. Coinciding with the International Day of Cooperation, July 4, the Day of Climate Action will include socially distant workshops at the tented area of My Street High Street to raise funds to provide a clean and sustainable source of energy to communities that have been affected by lack of tourists due to the pandemic. Liter of Light’s participative solar artwork, built using 1,500 hand-built solar lights, features a symbol for the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal #13: Climate Action. The artwork is the latest in a series of pop-up artworks that Liter of Light has built across Metro Manila revolving around the UN SDGs in the lead-up to the global climate change conference in Glasgow, Scotland, this November. To learn more about Liter of Light and its Light It Forward campaign, visit www.lightitforward.ph.

Lazada director to give e-commerce tips in online webinar

LAZADA Category Director for General Merchandise Mariel Caraig will headline a webinar entitled “The New Normal in Buying Behavior: Offline to Online,” which delves into the latest developments in the e-commerce scene and the impact of the pandemic on the industry, on July 2. Ms. Caraig will explain how the global epidemic shifted the attention of both buyers and consumers into alternative digital platforms and how this change challenged traditional marketing techniques. She plans to reveal explorable key product and e-commerce trends, new online business strategies that will be helpful for entrepreneurs for the years to come. Hosted by the Environment Studies Cluster of DLS-CSB, the webinar will be conducted via Zoom on today, July 2, from 1 to 2 p.m. Interested participants may register through: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc_y7ZGPIZGYMLCqJisvrYohQY8p_5nWHJeXCdIQi1FbZRTYA/viewform. For more details, e-mail melissa.matugas@benilde.edu.ph.

Shop & Shop holds payday sale

SHOP & SHOP is holding a week-long grand payday sale until July 3, with exclusive offers of up to 80% off on beauty, fashion, luggage and home products. There will be discounts of up to 60% from Tefal Cookware, Cuisinart, Beka, Oneida, Aladdin, and Reisenthel, and up to 80% off on bags and luggage from Samsonite, American Tourister, High Sierra, Kamiliant, and Lipault. Stylish wadrobe pieces are available with discounts of up to 80% from Jack Nicklaus, Savile Row, Levi’s Footwear & Accessories, Nine West Footwear & Bags, Anne Klein Watches, and Diesel Footwear. Make-up, hair-care, and skin-care products are available for discounts of up to 80% from Max Factor, Covergirl, Nuxe, Australis, Babyliss, VS Sassoon, bkr, and Sally Hansen. Shop & Shop is open from Monday to Saturday at 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Shop & Shop is the new chat commerce channel of Rustan Marketing Corp. Browse the newest items and deals at Shop & Shop by Rustan Marketing Corp. on Facebook then order through Shop & Shop’s social media channels to complete your purchase.