Dockers Tweethousand promo!!!

Dockers, the brand that has defined khaki pants for more than 25 years, is now on twitter!

In an effort to continue engaging its consumers through social media, Dockers launched DockersKhaki_PH twitter account.  Following the Dockers twitter account will give fans updates regarding the latest Dockers fashion as well as event and promotions that they can join. 

As a sign of gratitude to all its fans, Dockers will be giving away three of their newest and hottest 10-year Alpha Khaki when they reach one thousand followers.

Simply be a follower of Dockers on twitter and form part of the first one thousand tweeps who will have the chance to win one of the Alpha Khakis.

Winners will be determined via raffle and announced through Dockers twitter account, so follow Dockers now!

Magnolia in Partnership the Dept. of Education Launches its Healthy Drinks line to Schools

I have two sons , the youngest is in kindergarten while the eldest is in first grade. I don't give money as "baon" to my kids. I usually prepare their snacks for school to make sure that what they're eating and drinking is clean and nutritious.

So when I got invited to by San Miguel (beverages dept.) for their presscon, It got me curious. Upon kearning the invite that Magnolia fruit drinks is partnering with Dep-ed for their advocacy program that will run for an un- accounted period of time, I said to myself that I gottta hear and see what they are advocating. During the presscon , I was more than  happy and privileged that they are targetting public schools to be apart of their program. They said that in aid of Magnolia's partnership with Dept. Ed, Magnloia will be giving away books to kids all over the metro and near provinces

For his part, Magnolia Health Beverage’s top executive Bernard Marquez thanked the Department for the partnership.  “We’re glad to be part of the curriculum that promotes health and wellness among children in our school system as our way of giving back to the community.  There are a lot of advocacies and programs on healthy food choices,” he remarked.  “And we think it’s already time we also advocate healthy drink choices such as juices and teas that are rich in nutrients and minerals essential for a growing child because drink is as important as food.”

The “Healthy Drink Choices” project is part of Magnolia Healthy Beverages’ over all thrust of promoting a sound mind and healthy body among the youth.  Just recently, Magnolia also concluded the “Sayaw Barangay” dance competition as an alternative and productive activity among the “batang pinoy”.  The “Iba Ang Sigla” school caravan, meanwhile, is an on-going activity for some 160 public schools in Luzon, Cebu, and Davao.  The caravan uses interactive games, lectures and the Magnolia Fruitdrink and Healthtea mascots to promote the products’ nutritional value.

SMC launched its line of affordable and ready-to-drink Magnolia teas and juices to give children and health-conscious consumers in general with a nutritious alternative.  These products are packed with vitamins C, B1, B2, B6, and B9 and low in sugar.

Aside from Magnolia Fruitdrink and Healthtea, the company’s other non-alcoholic beverages include:  Magnolia Purewater, and Magnolia Lifedrink in Papaya and Four Seasons flavours.  Magnolia Lifedrink Four Seasons is loaded with Pycnogenol, a premium herbal supplement that result to healthier cells and stronger immune system.  Magnolia Lifedrink Papaya, meanwhile, contains glutathione, which helps the skin achieve a youthful, radiant glow.

Also present in the gathering were Magnolia Healthy Beverages’ Executive Assistant Jun Medrano, Sales Manager Manny Factor, Group Product Manager Cecille Caling, and Mary Lindbert International’s CEO Erlinda Legaspi, and Albert Rosal.

GNTV + SAN MARINO Corned Tuna : SARAP at HOME with FRIENDS in its 4th SEASON !

Last Oct. 18, 2011 at Discovery Suites Tower , I was among the bloggers and several members of the press  were able to grace the SARAP at HOME with Friends 4th Season Presscon. As a budding food lover, I have been watching this show even from its first season, So I got more excited when they included more t.v personalities in the show.

Yesterday was a night of food, fun and surprises. Sam Oh together with the added tv stars like Fabio Ide, Ramon Bautista and Jackie Rice were also there to grace the event. During the presscon there was also a cooking demo where in the guests can also participate because in each table, the ingredients were also made available. But because San Marino Corned Tuna is so delicious, we started to eat it before the demo. The San Marino Corn Tuna alone is so nutritious that I can eat it along with veggies.

 The whole cast of Sarap at Home with Friends
 Here Fabio was drawing the first winner for their raffle and guess who won?
Of course, I'm Fabio's lucky hands, I won a The Spa g.c.

Pardon the photo, but here fellow bloggers were caught enjoying a game wherein they won
San Marino Corned Tuna gift packs.

Of course, I wouldn't passed up the opportunity to have a photo-op with cast.
From L-R: Fabio Ide, Sam Oh, Janese Halabaso, Ramon Bautista and Jackie Rice.

What to look for in the show for its "4th Season"?

• This season the show will be giving it a bit of sitcom approach while still highlighting the many recipes that the viewers can do with San Marino products.
• And these time CDO FoodService will also be helping its viewers  on tips on how to open their own businesses. Viewers cajn be their own success story too by learning important business trade secrets, quality food products and business start-up solutions.
• Of course more and more recipes and ways to enjoy your favorite CDO Products and most especially the SAN MARINO CORNED TUNA!

Well I've been watching the show since Day1 and still looking forward to seeing the shows for more yummy and "tuna-rrific" recipes. 

And there's no more excuse for us to miss each episode because the show will be shown 3x a day!

But the presscon was so fun that night so I will be sharing some of the photos  I took at the event. Click here for more photos.

And visit their Facebook page too! They have a lot of Facebook contests up for grabs.

My BRATTY BONITA BAG: My Bag Fot All EVENTS

Lately this year, I have always out of the house to attend to events or just to chill with family and friends. Was there a time when you had to go over your collection of bags just to make sure the bag fits your outfit? Me? Noo! I just have one bag that now fits all my requirements.

For me to like a bag, it has to be spacious enough! I like all my "kikay" and very important documents always in one bag. You'll never know when will they become handy! Next, I sometimes bring my laptop so I need a bag that fits my laptop and all the above-mentioned thingies! Before it was problem if all the things I need will  fit it one bag. But now I can say that I have one pair of my favorite shoe, It's now the same thing with this bag that I will be showing you.

 Yeah that's my new bag from BRATTY BONITA. I know some of you may disagree with me . But for me , comfort comes first before style. This bag is originally a "lap-top" bag but on regular days , it's my comfort bag. Why? Because it's BIG, has many POCKETS and easy to clean too!

Bratty Bonita is a sister brand to TOUGH BRATS BAG. Yes, Tough Brats bags are also top-of-the line, Filipino-made lap-top bags.

For more infos, you may like Bratty Bonita here. I'm sure you will all love their bags as much as I love them!

A Spooktacular Halloween at Music Museum

Hey Moms and Dads out there, I have one Halloween event for you to look out for! I know you guys will be excited with these "spooktacular"  event! So are we all waiting for let's all troop to Promenade Greenhills!

A spooky and fun Halloween getaway for kids and kids-at-heart is in store at Music Museum’s Halloween Trick or Treat on Saturday, October 29 at the Promenade Foodcourt.

With a superhero-themed Halloween special, kids aged 1-12 are welcome to participate in this exciting Halloween treat. (But you can wear any Halloween costume or look that you like.)

Registration starts at 12:30PM at the Promenade Foodcourt. The Trick or Treat around MMGI stores will start at 1PM. Games and contests will follow after the Trick or Treat at 4PM.

HAPPY BREAD DAY!

Last Oct 17,2011 was marked as the World Bread Day  and to make it more remarkable here in the Philippines Gardenia Bakeries Philippines Inc (GBPI), makers of Gardenia bread which is known for its good taste, freshness, softness, oven-baked aroma and nutritional value, launch its "HAPPY BREAD DAY" together with the kids from Nayon ng Kabataan of the Dept. of Social Welfare and Development, celebrated and also in partnership with K.I.D.S ( Kabataan inyong Dapat Suportahan).


Gardenia celebrated "Happy Bread Day" to share the Philisophy behind why "World Bread Day" is celebrated. it is celebrated to teach us that the goodness of bread should be shared. 


Along with this momentous event, gardenia also launched "G-LOCK COLLAGE". It is a unique and creative idea conceptualized by Gardenia to expand it CSR (Corporate social responsibility) efforts in the community.

The G-LOCK COLLAGE will form a "collage" composed of of Gardenia's G-lock brad tags . the Collage will be equivalent to more than 3,000G-LOCK TAGS. One G-lock donated is equal to one bread loaf donated to to charities it supports. 


After the unveiling of this "G-LOCK COLLAGE", media and bloggers like me were able to tour the famous bread plant. And I was thankful to Gardenia for allowing me to bring my son along with me. My son had the chance to see the 6K Plant of Gardenia . And with the way I saw awe in his face I'm sure he's marveled at how all those breads were made in an hour only.

PHILIPPINE SME and Franchise Expo 2011: Are You ready?

I have been always "business" minded ever since my elementary days. I studied in a private school in Q.C wherein all of my classmates clan are all from the upper class. But this never became hindrance for me to continue my selling antics to them. With the encouragement I got from my mom, I got to sell headbands, trinkets to yemas to my rich classmates.Yes, imagine a shameless elementary grade school kid that I was. All that ever stuck in my mind that time is that I enjoy earning money on my own (though it was just a small amount). Being an early entrepreneur made me become wiser even now that I was a mom now.

Now that I have my own family of course the dream to have my own business is still there. But since there are now more growing businesses, that would be a task as well. So I guess to eliminate that one step towards to our success in the business field, everyone most especially to those people who are really just starting out or must have started out their businesses and want to broaden their horizons and expand their network , this next big event is just for you.

From Oct.27-29, 2011 at the PICC Forum of PICC , Roxas Blvd, Manila , the event will be dubbed as PHILIPPINED SME and FRANCHISE EXPO 2011.

At the event a large number of franchise exhibitors will be there for us to see what are their businesses. And  maybe if you are luckier , you may take part and hear the talks that guest speakers has to say about the success of Franchising Small and Medium Enterprises. And most exciting part of the event is that Mr. Armando "Butz" Bartolome, who also headed the Franchise Institute of the Philippines (FIP) and also known as the "Franchise Guru" behind well-known SME businesses like Mang Inasal, Lay Bare Waxing Salon,Fiorgelato, Potato Corner, Chicharific!!!, Freska Ilonggo Seafood &Inasal, Julie's Bakeshop, Baliwag Lechon Manok, and etc.

These 3-day event will become a learning venue for all those people who aspire to have their own business or franchise one. And there's more , on the the event itself there will be great deal of free services , workshops and free seminars from the "Franchise Guru" himself. This event also promises to increase the exposure of SME products in domestic and foreign markets.

But here in my blog you'll get more as a plus! Me and a handful of bloggers were able to meet the Franchise Guru himself . Read more below....

FOREVER 21 MasterCard: A Fashionistas Must-Have!

Oct 12, 2011, on a stormy wednesday night at Prive' The Fort, was the launched of FOREVER21 MASTERCARD. No storm could ever stop this launch as known fashionistas was there to celebrate a new 'accessory" for every fashionista in this side of town.

It is a new co-brand credit card issued by BDO that offers an array benefits and features unique to FOREVER21 cardholders like the ones listed below:

Special Rewards Program

• Cardholders earn 3x more reward points every time they shop at Forever21 stores . Cardholders get a 3-peso point for every Php 200 spent in Forever21 and Php1 point on other stores . Cardholders may use their points to shop at Forever 21 stores too!

Preferential Treatment every time Forever21 has in-store sale and events.

Insider Perks

• cardholders can receive invites to exclusive Forever21 shopping parties and store events . And Cardholders also get a special treat on their birthday.

GLOBAL RECOGNITION

• Since Mastercard brand is a global brand, it can be used in 32.7 million locations and in more than 210 countries whenever MasterCard is accepted.

Wow one card but packed with an ultimate fashionista need! Forever 21 is so successful because the brand is so hip and trendy but also at reasonable price . Shopping at Forever 21 is now more rewarding with the FOREVER21 MASTERCARD.

During the event , spotted was my favorite blogger twins and their co ambassadors too!

The PLUMPINAYS

Danah and Stacey Gutierrez  

Cheers to Forever21 MasterCard!

Ms. Jane Kingsu-Sy (at the center) of Forever21 as they award the nights' fashionista!

OF course this is not an opportunity to pass up, famed-fashionista -blogger Tricia Gosingtian!

Visit any Forever21 stores and don't forget to bring your Forever 21 MasterCard . But for those who don't have the card yet, you may visit any BDO branches or download a form at www.bdo.com.ph or call BDO Customer Contact at 631-8000 for more infos.

Angel's Pizza Pasta Combo Now Opened at Granada St. SanJuan

I have always been a pizza-eater but nonetheless if it's From Angel's Pizza Pasta Combo, I am more than excited! Last Oct. 15, 2011, me and some fellow Foodies were invited to the Grand opening of the newest branch of Angel's Pizza Pasta Combo in Granada St. San Juan. This branch is situated in Granada St., where there is long strip of Townhouses. So if ever you're not familiar with area, just as long you will be seeing Granada St. and and the long rows of townhouses,then you are in the right place

So far this is the 9th branch of Angel's Pizza Pasta Combo available in the metro.

The new menu board!I like the blue interiors of Angel's!

 During the opening diners we're given free soft-serve ice cream

By the way for this branch they will be serving various drinks like Calamansi juice, shakes and ice cream too! This branch is the biggest also because it has small comfy sofa inside where diners can read a magazine/newspaper or two while waiting for their favorite pizza.

APPETITE MAGAZINE: RESTAURANT FESTIVAL 2011 Grand LAUNCH

Last Oct 13, 2011, I went to the Launch of RESTAURANT FESTIVAL 2011 of Appetite Magazine in partnership with Shangrila Malls. And as newbie foodie, I was so excited . This different from all the taste test I've ever been to because it was like traveling all over the the world, it has restaurants that has menus that originated from all over the globe. 

Luckily it was also Appetite Magazine's seventh year in the business. Appetite has been here all these years to inspire us through their love for food. I want to commend all the staff of these magazine, organizers and its partner restaurants for putting up a big event like these. There are 13 participating restaurants in these festival. 

The participating Restaurants:

• C2
• Cafe' Provencal
• Claw Daddy
• Cravings
• Crustasia
• Cyma 
• Green Tomato
• Lemon Grass Asian Bistro
• Pages Deli
• Pepper Lunch
• Secret Recipe
• Pho' Hoa'
• Sing Hainanese

Among the 13 restaurants, CLAWDADDY emerged as my favorite, not only it is near where I am standing their BABY BACK RIBS is also a KILLER! I will definitely visit CLAWDADDY again, this time I will wear the headband the crews are wearing , lols!

SM DEPT. STORE: "BiG" Winners in the SM DEpt. Store PLUS SIZE Model Search!

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Last, Oct 12, 2011 at The Ayala Heritage Library The Reading Room, The SM DEPARTMENT STORE PLUS SIZE MODEL SEARCH together with its TOP 8 was unveiled. The model search was launched to help them look for a model who will fit and epitomized what a real full-figured should really be. 


The search culminated with eight lovely finalists and one of them will emerge as the PLUS SIZE MODEL SEARCH winner. And to make the search more exciting, the prizes to be given away is a "Trip for two to Hong Kong, Bangkok and Macau with a pocket money, Php 20,000 worth of SM gift certificates and a six months modeling contract and gift packs from Dove and Etude house. The first 2 runners-ups will get php 10,000 worth of SM gift certificates and gift packs from Dove. 


Before the unveiling, the girls were treated to a shopping day and make-over c/o of Etude house. During the search these full-figured women learned more about1L-4L clothes that now SM DEPT.Store  has been offering. Now "big" women will all have the liberty to choose what ever outfit she likes (with out the hesitation) because PLUS SIZE is now at SM Department store. Also it s great news to know that SM Dept. Store now has "Jus' Ur Size" collection which has stylish and comfortable day-to-night clothes in extended sizes. Its collection includes versatile wardrobe , classic investments pieces and on-trend styles.


Another addition is the "Jus' Jeans", a collection of jeans and denims , shorts, skirts, chic tops in cotton and weaves."Big" women now will no look further because everything that they had been looking for in a an outfit is all in the SM DEPARTMENT STORES.

 The winners together with Alyanna Martinez, The Plumpinays Danah and Stacey Gutierrez

The winners !

From L-R: Christine Montalbo (1st Runner-up), Jenna Pertgen (Grand winner), 

and Jennafer Ilagan (2Runner-up)

For more infos about the winners, you can check STYLE WATCH.

BenMore FOUR CASKS WHISKY : A new twist for the Whisky lovers + Borgy MaNOTOC ON THE SIDE

 

BENMORE FOUR CASKS SCOTCH WHISKY is the newest whisky that is produced and distilled in Scotland. It is a deluxe Scotch whisky which puts attention to details . BENMORE FOUR CASKS WHISKY is more elite when it comes to flavor because it is mature in four different types of oak casks to achieve depth and complexity to match the standards of whisky drinkers, to give the harmony between mellow tastes and scotch aroma, including malt and peat aroma with the hint of smokiness and most importantly, to give its drinkers an even smoother scotch whisky experience.

 

The four casks are Sherry Casks, Bourbon Casks, Charred Casks, and refill casks.

And top spiced up this new Scotch in town, it chose BORGY MANOTOC to be its brand ambassador.

 

As a blogger , I was able to meet  him in person in its Bloggers meet-up. In there we were able to know him more and up close. Coming from a well-know clan of politicians , I thought he is a snob but thankful that I was wrong because in the few hours that we got to mingle with him, he was so game in answering all our questions. I know you guys wanna know how he drinks his BENMORE FOUR CASKS SCOTCH WHISKY? Well he prefers it “on the rocks”( meaning with ice alone).

There are 5 ways to drink BENMORE FOUR CASKS WHISKY:

• ·         Drink it straight up or on the rocks
• ·         With water
• ·         With ice tea
• ·         With tonic/soda
• ·         With Cola

As for me, I preferred it with ice tea and cola. But as Borgy says during the meet-up, “Drink Responsibly”. It also has its health benefits. It has been said to lower blood cholesterol.

A bottle of BENMORE in 700ml is Php 330-385 suggested retail price.

BENMORE FOUR CASKS is made by DIAGEO, a leader in the liquor industry introducing popular brands such as Johnnie Walker, J&B, Jose Cuervo, etc.

So there, if you want know more about BENMORE FOUR CASKS WHISKY, they will be having their own website at www.benmorescotchwhisky.com.

It was fun night meeting this young model/brand endorser, more pics about the Benmore Bloggers night here.