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Happyland 360: A Virtual Reality Documentary on Slum Life

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Have you always wondered how people in the slum really lived? Many of us think it can’t be such an easy thing for them.  How do they live in such condition? How can they live in such condition? Do we need to live with them to understand their condition? With this mindset documentary creator Vitaly Nechaev has set up a virtual-reality documentary that explore the world of the Happyland slum in Tondo, a former fishing village that has become a landfill. It is located about 20 minutes away from the capital city of Manila. Happyland started as a toxic landfill called Hapilan, a Visayan word loosely translated as “smelly grabage” or dump site for want of a better word. People who live there renamed it Happyland as they look forward to a better time when this smelly and sticky place will become haven of hope for them. The documentary “Happyland360” focuses on five people who care about the Happyland slum. Nechaev, who runs his own virtual reality company called VostokVR,...

4noiz and other Big Artists Supports “Operation Smile Philippines”

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The trending foreigner group 4NOIZ and other big artists invaded Fisher Mall (Quezon Ave, Quezon City ) with a blast last January 31, 2016 with other big artists for the benefit of “Operation Smile Philippines”. The event is held to raise funds for  “ Operation Smile Philippines" for the surgeries to repair cleft lip, cleft palate and other facial deformities of children. 4noiz members are Aisaku Yokogawa (from Japan), Aaron De Tommaso (from Australia), Gui Adorno (Brazil) and Eric Buzbee (from United States).   These 100% foreigners originated from GMA-Network Eat Bulaga’s You’re My Foreignoy segment went viral online with their first single “MahAlden Kita So Please Be Maine” under GMA Records. The video which garnered over a million views through social media also ranked #5 during its 4th week in national radio charts. Crowd went wild when Eat Bulaga’s Foreignay Dance Diva Dasuri Choi heats up the stage with her sizzling dance number. Other ...