Quipper School Helps Raise NAT Scores

Quipper, an education technology company headquartered in London with offices in Manila, today announced that NAT scores at Valenzuela City Science High School have improved significantly as a result of using Quipper School in 2014, when compared to scores from the previous year.

Quipper School, an online education platform which connects teachers and students, was launched in January 2014 in the Philippines and is now being used by over 5,000 teachers across the country. Mr. Roderick Francisco, a teacher from Valenzuela Science City High School, used Quipper School in early 2014 to teach over 400 of his students in preparation for NAT 2014. As a result, Mr. Francisco has noted significant improvements, with an overall score improvements of 13%, and an outstanding result in English, where the scores rose by 25%.

Students from Valenzuela City Science High School use an online education platform, Quipper School to study and review topics from their subjects

Solaire Resort and Casino Unveils its New Plane Livery

Solaire Resort and Casino, the Philippines’ premier integrated resort, in partnership with Air Asia unveils a breakthrough branding project in the Philippines.  

Solaire again raises the bar as it wraps its brightly colored livery on Air Asia’s popular Airbus A320, which is scheduled to embark on its maiden flight this July.  Solaire is the first-ever consumer brand in the country to fully wrap and brand a commercial airline, with an underlying thrust of further promoting tourism in the Philippines and in greater Asia.  

This dynamic collaboration between Solaire and Air Asia represents another step forward in an on-going journey towards providing modern travel and leisure experiences for its customers, with a fresh new approach to their target market.  This partnership will facilitate more passenger and cargo traffic in both regional and domestic flights, and foster stronger trade, cultural and tourism ties within Asia.

Sizes and Online Clothes Shopping

What is the first thing to consider when shopping online for clothes? The fact of the matter is, this can be tricky. Because not all clothes have a universal measuring standard. Some brands have their clothes on the smaller side, while others have their collection on the bigger side.

Tips on Soundproofing a Room

So you are a music lover and you are on to your quest to get that music room jump started. The thing here is, how to go about it without having your neighbors experience the same irritation you have had to go through for years with their drums echoing to the next street. There are few basics to setting up your music room. 

First is to determine which room in the house you will label as music room. This is preferably the farthest from the rest of the rooms in the house. Look into the avenue that you can afford to soundproof - insulation? foam? carpet? pads?

Tips on Finding Good Accessories Shops

Finding a reliable accessories shop can be tricky. Whether is for your music instruments

Maintaining a Music Room

Maintaining a music room in your home might not be as low maintenance as it sounds. Sure, it is always easy to leave the instruments on their own until your next "gig." But you also need to keep in mind that there is such a thing called entropy. 

Food Supplement Tips

If you happen to prefer real food over food supplements and vitamins, it is best to get your dose of Omega 3 from good kind of fish.

Make sure to keep keyboards protected

It took us a whole while before we were finally able to buy a case for our 2 year old keyboard. The problem with some brands is that they do not come with cases to protect the instruments from wear and tear. 

What's your favorite music instrument online shop?

The convenience of shopping online does not disappoint. It allows not just savings on having to travel whether by virtue of public transportation or having to pay for gas for your own vehicle. It is a good thing that it has gone beyond clothes shopping or what not.

Choosing the Right Guitar Amp

How do you choose the best amplifier for your guitar? This is probably the next question after a person buys his very first electric guitar. While this is a good question, the best you will have to look into was what you did before deliberating on what brand of amplifier to look for. 

No Microphone-Related Diseases Please

According to some researches, using public microphones can or may lead to different oral diseases. The oral cavity, which is composed of the teeth, tongue, pair of lips, and the mouth, contains a lot of bacteria and other organisms.

For persons of different walks of life where microphones are a must, like singers, disc jockeys, radio announcers and commentators, the best way to prevent these microphone-related diseases is to use our own set of microphones. Different types of microphones are introduced in the market nowadays like ribbon microphones and even those which are personalized. It pays to be cautious right?

Guitar to bring during travels

People, who are music lovers, play musical instruments, as well. Please do not be amazed or shocked if you see most of your music idols play musical instruments such as piano, organ, flute, violin, drums and guitar. Speaking of guitars, I just happen to remember a type of guitar I saw online. It is a steel string travel acoustic guitar. What really stirred my interest with this guitar is that it was designed to be a travel guitar that can be brought anywhere like a backpack (as its name suggests). It is stylishly designed to be carried around and perfect for every musician who is always on the go. In addition, martin backpacker guitar has a padded gig bag and a strap for easy handling.

Tips on Choosing the Right Guitar Amplifier

How do you choose the best amplifier for your guitar? This is probably the next question after a person buys his very first electric guitar. While this is a good question, the best you will have to look into was what you did before deliberating on what brand of amplifier to look for. 

Truth be told, there is no awesome amplifier that will make a bad guitar sound good. That is just impossible. So buying the right guitar is always your best bet. You'd have to check with friends too and canvas like when you're looking for Reid Supply tooling components If at all a really good amp will magnify the bad sound from a bad guitar, to emphasize the point.