Showing posts with label ayala. Show all posts
Showing posts with label ayala. Show all posts

Sunday, March 22, 2015

Ronald Ventura (Big and Small) in Ayala Museum

Kim and I were Art in the Park first thing in the morning, but parking was quite difficult already. We had to park all the way in Paseo Centre and walk to Salcedo Park. By 12NN, the place was starting to fill up with people, and looking at paintings was starting to become laborious. 

So, it was time to hie off to Ayala Museum to finally see the new exhibit located at the ground floor. The paintings are from the collection of Dr. Joel Mendez, featuring Ronald Ventura. 

Ronald Ventura made headlines in the local art scene when a painting of his, Grayground, sold in auction at Sotheby's Hong Kong for US$1.1M. 

In this exhibit we get to see his grasp on the human form. His technical expertise, without a doubt, shows that he is one of the hottest artists in the Philippine contemporary art scene. 


Black Rainbow, 2004, Oil on Canvas, 201 x 201 cm

Dream Series, Undated, Oil and Graphite on Canvas, 213.5 x  152.3 cm
Morning Rust, 2001, Mixed Media, 196 x 100.2 cm
In Memorial, 2001, Mixed Media, 226 x 152.4 cm

Wednesday, March 11, 2015

Ronald Ventura, Big and Small

I'm so looking forward to this exhibit in Ayala Museum. Hope everyone can find time to visit.


One of Ronald Ventura's creations was sold in auction at Sotheby's Hong Kong for $1.1M, last 2011. Here's a chance to see some of his artworks from the collection of Dr. Joel Mendez. 

Danilo Arriola at ArtistSpace in Ayala Museum


I was able to visit this at ArtistSpace in Ayala Museum. Very beautiful exhibit, everyone should pass by and look at the paintings of Danilo Arriola.

Sunday, December 7, 2014

Omakase Ayala Triangle, Ayala Beats@180

The One Serendra property managers attended the Ayala Beats@180 party in Ayala Triangle yesterday evening, 5 December 2014. It was a conglomerate-wide party, the gardens hosting to the different Ayala companies' employees. Employees from Globe, Honda Cars, Ayala Corporation, and Ayala Land, Inc. were in attendance last night. They gave us debit cards which we were to use for dinner in the restaurants in Ayala Triangle, all of which were exclusive to the attendees to the party. There were also food-booths in tents that sprouted in the gardens, that also accepted cash. It was set up like a fair, which was pretty reminiscent of the Ateneo HS fair that was resurrected during my time, and a little less rowdy compared to the annual UP Fair when I was in college.

The Serendra gang was pretty lucky because I prodded them to eat at around 5:45PM, and we were able to get seats in Omakase. A couple of minutes later, and there was a queue already to get in. I mean, can you imagine so many Ayala employees trying to eat dinner all at the same time. The restaurants were all full to the brim, they even had to set up dining tables in the lawn area in preparation of the number of people that were to be eating. In a way, I suppose, this was to be our Christmas party for the year, because prizes were raffled off from the  stage set up behind the fountain  of Tower One. Later on during the evening, the people were also treated to the lights and sounds show at the Ayala Triangle Gardens.

I'm a regular in Omakase, so I was quite surprised that I haven't posted pictures from it yet. Now, I only took pictures of my own food order, as we were a group of 7 property managers, and we ordered about 2-3 dishes each. Some of the One Serendra property managers enjoyed dinner in Omakase so much, they were thanking me profusely for suggesting to eat there. 

I ordered their Gyudon, which was quite hefty. 


I've grown quite fond of salads, lately, and tend to always order these whenever I dine out. I ordered the Omakase Salad, which is the restaurant's version of a Kani salad. Only difference is they use their own dressing on the salad.


It was an interesting evening. After dinner, I stayed on a bit with my co-managers to watch the lights and sounds show. Afterwards, walked on over to One Roxas Triangle, where I parked my car. 

Omakase has several branches already, and I've already tried eating in their branch in Il Terrazzo, along Tomas Morato, which is quite near my house. If you're interested in eating lunch or dinner in Omakase in Ayala Triangle Gardens,  the details are below:

Omakase - Ayala Triangle Gardens
Makati Ave, Bel-Air, Makati
contact number: 02.467.3150


Monday, July 14, 2014

July 19 is Free Museum Day


I got this information from my sister, which is kinda funny, seeing that I'm the one working for Ayala, so I should be getting first dibs on this.

Nonetheless, for those who are free, this is worth checking out.

I for one will be heading there after my morning section council meetings and elections.

See you guys at the museum!