GARDO VERSOZA Makes Up For Past Woes with MADDOX Wedding Rings!

A more personal interview took center stage as Gardo Verzosa graces Maddox Jewelry at their showroom at 1011 JP Rizal Street at Concepcion Uno in Marikina City. This time, taking off the Cupcake persona and telling some small details of his Las Vegas wedding, and the few instances he fooled around during his younger years. 

Talking about the wedding, he firmly admitted how it was a bit sad seeing the rings they had to use for the occasion because it felt like it was something that looked like a chicken scratched it. Now, he's taking his time to really look at design, clarity, and how he could make this wedding ring better, so he could make up for what they had in that small white chapel. 

He even divulged how he was a bit naughty during those times because he was a serial dater, putting initials of other people's names on his personal calendar which his wife found out later on about. There was just obviously a pattern. MADDOX Jewelry President and CEO Ms. Charo Cordial attributed the discovery to a woman's intuition, and felt it was just right to say the games over on her vlog. 

For those who don't know, Ms. Charo is a licensed Agricultural Engineer who has made headway in a very male dominated space. She now has this brand and continues to be successful and a trusted brand in the jewelry industry. Gardo sees this as an inspiration and which is why he's trusting only the best to make that wedding band dream, a reality with MADDOX Jewelry. 

He hopes this would become an instrument to make amends for all the wedding and relationship mishaps they experienced which story you can watch in full at the Maddox Jewelry YouTube channel or the D'Maddox Jewelry Facebook pager where they stream regularly for their pieces. See why a lot of people continue to see the shine of their diamond to this day.

JODI STA. MARIA Launches The JSM Channel

Jodi Sta. Maria has always been very good at her craft. As an actress, she has gone miles and bounds from being that Star Magic teen that did iconic shows Gimik, Flames, Jologs and Tabing Ilog. 

Her recent stint in doing a Philippine adaptation of Broken Marriage Vow has earned her the highly coveted Best Actress Award for a Leading Role at the Asian Academy Creative Awards, and still is eager to re-invent herself. A few days ago, she announced her newest venture... and created a new YouTube channel called The JSM Channel. Her goal is to put out light and inspirational content and she gave us a glimpse of it too.

Jodi says "How much am I willing to share? It's not going to be an open book, it's just going to be parts of my life that I want to share and only those that would give valuable lessons. If they learn something from it, then it's good! I don't want to say it's a platform for me to practice my degree, just a place to share what is valuable to me, and if someone relates to it, then it's good. If there's something to talk about, we'd do it there. For now, my focus would be the JSM channel, and I still have a few projects this year, please watch out for that. 13 years ago, the idea for this started but it was just the pandemic that happened. I couldn't say it's the right time, but life just gave me so many reasons, it's not something that was given to me in an instant. This is a dream project, and am looking forward to produce more shows in the coming months."

When they asked about Thirdy, she says "I asked my son about him guesting in one or more episodes but he's busy with school. Having a platform means you should use it responsibly, use it wisely, instead of just tearing people down, you ask yourself if it's something you can be proud of."

Jodi has 3 shows on the channel now like Live Light, Let's Drink to That, JSM Travel and Tours. She will be with AC Soriano and Cheena Crab on Let's Drink to That to give the low down on what happened in the news that week (while keeping it light). Needless to say, AC and Cheena were really fun to watch and banter with so if you are fond of that, go watch it on the JSM channel. 

Stories of the Road: The Origins of Banaue Rice Terraces

 

Learning from books is one thing, but learning from people who lived and breathe it would be something so much better.

Dubbed as the 8th wonder of the world, the Banaue Rice Terraces remains as one of the things we all marvel at because yes, as it says, it's impressive to know that it was not made with much tools but with just bare hands. The folks from Stories of the Road (a YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/@Storiesoftheroad ) wanted to find out from locals the actual origins of it. Armed with a drone, a few film cameras, they arrived in Ifugao and got the surprise of their life. The community wasn't just plainly taking it easy that day, they were celebrating and yes, it was an opportune time to get to know more about the culture and its people.

This is the handy work of Eric Gamorot (the Director), Rhett Paul Bolivar (the Producer), John Paul Bolivar (Production Assistant), and Marky Ramone Go (Writer). They were in the quest to find out the origins of the Banaue Rice Terraces. It was a different perspective because it didn't come from historians, but the folks who had their own stories passed on from generation to generation. They feel this was a more accurate narrative. They also got DK Tijam to do the narration for the episodes, so make sure you listen in on their conversation.

Eric talked about this lengthily during the Orange Magazine 14th anniversary event, please watch this:

Here is the first episode:

 Here's the newest episode which includes their experience witnessing a full on festival in Ifugao!

 

Their goal would be to go to other places in the country to do the same. They've gotten really good feedback upon releasing their first episode, and recently released their second one on the channel. If you would like travel content like this, you may subscribe to their channel and follow their social media accounts to get updated about their content.