ISTITUTO CULINARIO:Master Chef Series 2

ISTITUTO CULINARIO:Master Chef Series 2

CEBU PACIFIC: All Sales Day!

CEBU PACIFIC: All Sales Day!

Cebu Pacific
Sale Period: October 29 to 31, 2012

Details

• Quoted fares are one-way and have limited availability. 
• International fares are exclusive of fuel surcharges. 
• Fares are non-refundable. 
• Flight changes must be made more than 24 hours before scheduled time of departure. 
• CAB approved terms and conditions of carriage apply.

Domestic Flights Go Lite Fare

All Philippine Flights P1
Travel Period: June 1 to December 15, 2013
International Flights Go Lite Fare

All International Flights P1
Travel Period: June 1 to December 15, 2013
Manila to Osaka: June 1 to October 19, 2013

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I Can Be Body Beautiful at Any Age with Wacoal

I Can Be Body Beautiful at Any Age with Wacoal by wearing their best fitting, most technologically advanced, and greatest quality brazier, body shaper along with their high-quality underwear. Wacoal provided me that superior comfort, fit, and style, no other brand could deliver. Whether you agree or not, I believe that a woman's entire outfit can be ruined by ill-fitting, shapeless, uncomfortable, saggy undergarments ( brassiere and yes, panties ). If you feel beautiful and confident inside it will radiate on the outside, right ladies?

I've been using Wacoal undergarments since achi Christine introduced the brand to me. Way back then, I was so naive and I really don't know the difference between ill-fitted and perfect fit brassiere. Since, I respect achi Christine's fashion sense and good taste, I went to the nearest mall and bought several pieces of this undergarment gems branded as Wacoal. That started my love and devotion to Wacoal. I even went to the extent of daydreaming to be working at their factory in Japan and getting Wacoal Brassiere as benefits, ha ha ha!

No matter what your age is, you will find a perfect Wacoal undergarments that can boost your confidence. Wearing a high quality bra is one of the best things that you can do for yourself because if you are comfortable on your undergarments it will make you exudes confidence. 

Yes, I once felt like an outcast with my ill-fitting brassieres. I can still recall how uncomfortable I was. And I dreaded those days when my classmates will steal glances then laugh behind my back, all because of my poor choice of brassiere. I am such a cheapskate that I bought low quality brassiere just to save money. Those cheap brassiere save me money but did not save my face. I know, it is ridiculous to think that way, but we all went into a process when we felt we made the wrong choice.

When it comes to bras, quality is a very important factor. High quality bras provide more support, last longer, and look better than cheap bras. Please bear in mind that in the long run, these high quality bras, while costing more can actually save you money. Beyond this, high quality bras will be more comfortable, and make you feel good inside and out. 

Everybody gets old, so fret not if you lost count of your age like me. I stopped counting my age when I reached my 25th birthday. Ha ha ha! I know, you can relate with me. Women of all ages can remain beautiful by investing in good undergarments like the ones being offered by Wacoal and be body beautiful in any age. 

Regularly wearing bras that don’t offer you enough support can lead to back trouble. It’s therefore important to wear a good quality bra like this Wacoal Corset ( LB 7005). This is just perfect for women like me! This corset design can help trim my waist and push in my tummy. Whereas, this girdle ( LS 106) will help lift my hips and push in my tummy. The combination of this two Wacoal undergarments will provide an illusion of shape on my rather straight shape body.

Wacoal has exceptional quality and craftsmanship. You have to make sure you only invest on high quality undergarments. Don't you ever dare invest on poor quality bras! They don’t tend to have the sturdiness needed to support your chest. You can tell when you’re wearing a poor quality bra, because your breasts visibly sag and you feel uncomfortable, especially around the chest, neck, shoulder, and back areas. A good quality bra, however, will lift your breasts up, instantly improve your posture and won’t put any strain on any part of your body. 

You don’t have to break the bank to accomplish this. Wacoal may be on the expensive side but they're worth every penny. For me, Wacoal are fantastic and they provide good bras that fit. It saves you money in the long run.

Here is a simple tip on how to find your critical brassiere cup size:

1. Measure you chest under the ribcage. 
2. Measure your chest around your breasts. 
3. Subtract the difference.
4. That gives you your cup size.

http://www.wacoal.ph

TIPS: 5 Ways to Clear your Skin from Acne

TIPS: 5 Ways to Clear your Skin from Acne

I know, almost everyone of us know that our skin is our largest organ. It covers our entire body and has a surface area of around 2 square meters. The thickness of our skin varies from 0.5mm on our eyelids to 4mm or more on the palms of our hands and the soles of our feet. In total, it accounts for around 16 percent of our body weight. That's why we have to take care of our largest organ.

During my teenage years, I suffered from cystic acne. They were so huge, gross and very unsightly, I hated looking at myself in the mirror.

My dermatologist advised me to do the following In order to protect my skin from acne both on my face and body. Here are the steps:

1. Take a shower everyday to cleanse my face and body.
2. Wash my face everyday with a mild soap and warm water.
3. Apply toner.
4. Apply moisturizer. 
5. Get at least eight (8) hours of quality sleep.

Soon, it was bye bye pimples and Acne. But because I am a growing teenager, it keeps on coming back. Paying for my dermatologist's advise put a huge hole in my pocket! Remember I was only teenager back then, and rely only on the allowance given by my wonderful parents. So I devise my own regiment in order to be Acne Free forever!

1. Cleanse! This is the first step you need to take in order to clear most of your acne. There are no magic tricks in curing your acne. But you have to start working on it now, yes right now, not tomorrow not later. You need to pay attention about how you cleanse your face and body. Use natural soap and shampoo and bath regularly. Use toner and moisturizer. Good thing I discovered Proactiv. It is very effective for me.
2. Detoxify! Clean your body from inside out. Start now. Eat fresh fruits and vegetables and plenty of water. Eating right can help you clear out your acne. It is really lifestyle, baby! So change your diet right now and be Acne free forever!
3. Vitamin E Power! Each one of us have to take vitamin E supplement regularly. Because this is a very effective method to prevent acne and sudden breakouts. Yes, you have to choose a natural vitamin E that will give you healthy protection against free radicals. Please take note, that this is important to keep your skin healthy, soft, supple, and smooth 
4. Sleep! Get at least eight (8) hours of quality sleep. This helps your body to regenerate cells and repair itself.
5. Exercise! I used to go to the gym. But due to health reason my best exercise now is walking! Yes! It is free, low-impact and can clear your mind. Just don't do it under the heat of the sun, ok? Let me share a little exercise secret :-) I go to the mall and walk around window shopping, that way, there's a free air-conditioner  and when I get thirsty I can ask for water from the resto's or better yet I could buy a bottle from the mall's grocery store.

DEEP CLEANSING WASH

I was window shopping the other day in a popular mall, when I saw this signage. I was so curious that I can't keep myself not to ask the beauty consultant in-charge of the promo. I learned, that when you purchase Proactiv, you will get a deep cleansing wash for free. Cool! This is really amazing! An early Christmas gift to everyone with acne. Yohoooo!

The  beauty consultant also shared with me the benefits of the Deep Cleaning Washing and how to use it. I learned from her that the Deep Cleansing Wash helps in exfoliating dead skin cells and pore-clogging oil and impurities while it cleans and refreshes your skin. 

Proactiv offers a ways to manage and prevent body acne. For an all over skin clearing body treatment, the Deep Cleansing Wash helps in exfoliating dead skin cells and pore-clogging oil and impurities while it cleans and refreshes your skin. 

Deep cleansing medicated body wash fights acne on your back, chest & shoulders – everywhere. This all-purpose wash is specially formulated for face & body whenever acne breakouts occur. It helps unclog and reduces oiliness while preventing future breakouts. It’s great to leave in the shower and use on your face, chest and back after exercising. Also, it is formulated to clear blemishes on the ENTIRE body.

Who should use it: Ideal for people with acne all over the body especially in shoulders, chest and back.

KEY INGREDIENTS:

Salicylic Acid – 2% concentration is excellent in healing and helping prevent acne break outs

Camelia Oleifera Seed Extract, Aloe Barbadensis Gel – these gentle botanicals soothe and heal skin

Acne isn't restricted to our face. It can appear anywhere on our body. Proactiv can heal and prevent acne breakouts on our face, back, arms, legs, or anywhere else in between.

This promo is available in the following outlets: 

a.     All  Watsons’ outlets or SM Department Store branches

b.     Door to Door Delivery Hotlines 

•          729-2222 ( Basic Local telephone Hotline)
• 1-800-8-729-8888 ( Toll Free hotline)
• 1-800-10-889-4444 ( Toll Free hotline)
• 0917-801-8888 ( If you need a load on your cp to text or call)

c.      Proactiv mall kiosks are located in the following locations:

• Glorietta, Ground Floor  
• Trinoma, 2^nd Floor 
•  Robinsons Galleria3^rd Floor  
•  Marquee Mall, Ground Floor

Promo will run from October 15 until December 31, 2012 only. 

TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE PROMO:

1.     The Free Proactiv Deep Cleansing Wash, P650 is not convertible to cash and or other Proactiv products.

2.     The price of the Free Proactiv Deep Cleansing Wash, P650 will be deducted from the refund value, should the customer avail of Proactiv’s Standard Money Back Guarantee.

Per DOH-FDA promo permit # 1745, series of 2012.

YELLOW CAB PIZZA: Facebook App Promo

YELLOW CAB PIZZA: Facebook App Promo

I am so excited and I just can't hide it! So come on, let's play the game!

To support Yellow Cab’s 24/7 Delivery Campaign – Great Pizza that never sleeps. They developed the Delivery Rush Facebook game application to highlight and culminate the efforts exerted by Yellow Cab to improve its delivery service.

MECHANICS

1. The promo is open to all Yellow Cab Facebook fans ages 18 years old and above, and residents of the Republic of the Philippines.
2. To join the promo:

• Go to Yellow Cab Pizza Co.’s official Facebook page
• Click “LIKE”.
• Go to the Yellow Cab Delivery Rush Facebook game app.
• Click “REGISTER” and complete the registration form with the following information:
• Full Name 
• Mobile Number 
• Landline Number
• Birthday
• Gender
• Email Address
• Home Address
• Preferred Store
• Click “PLAY” to get started.

    3. Only those who have completed the registration are entitled to play the game.

    4. To play the game:

• You need to deliver 5 boxes of Yellow Cab Pizza to the waiting customers.
• Use the arrow keys to drive your Vespa around the maze.
• You should navigate through the obstacles that will block your way.
• To complete the game, you must deliver all 5 boxes of pizza within 30 seconds.

    5.  The player will earn 1 raffle entry upon every successful completion of the game.

    6. You may play the game for as much as you want. The more you play the game, the more raffle entries you can earn.

    7. E-raffle draws will be done on a weekly basis, beginning on October 30, 2012 until December 31, 2012. Draw dates, covered period, date of announcement of winners, corresponding number of winners, and prizes are as follows:

RAFFLE DRAW	COVERED PERIOD	E-DRAW DATE	ANNOUNCEMENT OF WINNERS	NO. OF WINNERS	RAFFLE PRIZE PER WINNER
Weekly Draw	Oct 31 – Nov 4, 2012	Nov 5, 2012 6:00 PM	Nov 6, 2012	3	P500 worth of YC GCs
	Nov 5 – Nov 11, 2012	Nov 12, 2012 6:00 PM	Nov 13, 2012	3	P500 worth of YC GCs
	Nov 12 – Nov 18, 2012	Nov 19, 2012 6:00 PM	Nov 20, 2012	3	P500 worth of YC GCs
	Nov 19 – Nov 25, 2012	Nov 26, 2012 6:00 PM	Nov 27, 2012	3	P500 worth of YC GCs
	Nov 26 – Dec 2, 2012	Dec 3, 2012 6:00 PM	Dec 4, 2012	3	P500 worth of YC GCs
	Dec 3 – Dec 9, 2012	Dec 10, 2012 6:00 PM	Dec 11, 2012	3	P500 worth of YC GCs
	Dec 10 – Dec 16, 2012	Dec 17, 2013 6:00 PM	Dec 18, 2012	3	P500 worth of YC GCs
	Dec 17 – Dec 23, 2012	Dec 26, 2012 6:00 PM	Dec 27, 2012	3	P500 worth of YC GCs
Final Draw	All winning and non-winning entries since the start of the promo will be included in the final draw	Dec 26, 2012 6:00 PM	Dec 27, 2012	1 1 1	Yellow Cab Christmas Fleet for 50 pax Yellow Cab Christmas Fleet for 30 pax Yellow Cab Christmas Fleet for 10 pax

1. The raffle draws will be held at C3 Interactive Manila, Inc., 6^th Floor, F&M Lopez Building, C. Palanca St. Legaspi Village, Makati City, with the presence of a DTI representative and a Yellow Cab Pizza Co. representative.
2. Promo runs from October 31, 2012 – December 23, 2012.

HOW TO PLAY

 Join Yellow Cab Pizza’s Facebook App Promo!

BSP: Issues P50 bills with ASEAN logo

BSP: Issues P50 bills with ASEAN logo
  
In celebration of the 45^th founding anniversary of ASEAN. Aimed at raising public awareness of Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the emerging ASEAN Community. The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas has begun circulating P50 bills bearing the logo of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). There are only 10 million of the limited edition bills.

 

CHIZ ESCUDERO AND HEART EVANGELISTA: A May December Affair At Election Time?

CHIZ ESCUDERO AND HEART EVANGELISTA: A May December Affair At Election Time?

Latest picture of Heart Evangelista and Chiz Escudero in Vigan, October 27, 2012.

Showbiz and politics enthusiasts went gaga, (yes, mabaliw baliw) when a series of blind items and intrigues circulated the web and tabloids months ago about the “newly annulled” Philippine Senator and a father of twins, Chiz Escudero and kapuso hottie Heart Evagelista who just broke up with her Brazilian-Japanese model/actor boyfriend Daniel Matsunaga months ago. 

 

Heart and Chiz were reportedly “exclusively dating” in public. See picture below.

 

 Photo from Philstardotcom

The rumor was fueled further when Heart tweeted this:

"I miss you Chiz curls!" heart said on her Twitter account last September 12, 2012.

Chiz is the nickname of Sen. Francis Escudero, to whom Heart  Evangelista or Love Marie Ongpauco in real life has been linked.

Well, it doesn't take a genius to read between the lines...according to a famous song.

Fast forward to October 5, 2012. Chiz Escudero finally admitted his relationship with Heart Evangelista in Kris Aquino's ABS-CBN’s morning show, “Kris TV.”. Yes, just in time for the campaign period. Though I personally believe that it is unfair to perceived this as election gimmick only, a lot of people can't believe that Heart Evangelista, whose string of ex-boyfriends includes Daniel Matsunaga, Jerico Rosales etc.would fall for Chiz.

A few days after Chiz openly admitted in public that they were in a relationship. Heart Tweet Chiz an advance birthday greetings #Kilig factor for the masang Pilipino.

To which Chiz replied: Thank u ma'am! Good morning...:)

I always believe that age doesn't matter. Although these kind of  relationships between an older guy and a younger woman, inevitably encounter judgments or criticism,  I think, it is only right for the public to give them the benefit of the doubt. One, must take into consideration why a younger woman may be attracted to an older man. Here are several reasons why a younger woman fall in love with an older guy:

• Older men are more stable.
• Older men are most likely to commit 
• Older men are more experienced sexually than a younger woman's male peers. 
• And, yes, not to mention the financial benefits of an older partner. Older men tend to be generous and would shower a younger mate with a lot of material things and travels abroad.
• Emotionally, women develop earlier than men, so a relationship with an older man may be more fulfilling in that way, as well.

People may talk and try to decode the motivation behind why Heart and Chiz are together. I believe they have to stay strong and remember that they don't have to justify their relationship to anyone.

One must remember that every relationship is unique and it would be silly to judge Chiz and Heart's relationsip based on their ages. Perhaps we should start by redefining love and beauty and recognizing that men and women don't just peak during youth. Relationships are more than physical attraction, and it is unfair to think that a May-December romance can't survive. Love exists in all different forms and among all different ages. 

Btw...here is Hearts's latest post on Instagram. 

So what do you think? Personally do you think this is for the election? Would you vote for Chiz this coming election? Why? Please share with us your opinion please.

Sulit.com.ph: Paying it Forward to Filipino People

Sulit.com.ph: Paying it Forward to Filipino People

I remember the times when my Boss would ask me to go to a popular broadsheet office to place an ads on that paper's Sunday Classified Ads section. You can imagine how high the ads space rates on that newspaper.  But there is no way my Boss could sell his second hand cars or rent out his apartments if he'll not place an ads on that popular Sunday Classified Ads newspaper.


Good thing Sulit.com.ph  was launched on September 11, 2006. This revolutionary portal, give birth to free online classified ads opportunity for every pinoy. They introduced Sulit.com.ph as an online marketplace for both buyers and sellers. Founded by then boyfriend and girlfriend now husband-and-wife tandem of RJ and Arianne David. Conceptualize inside RJ's bedroom. RJ became the web developer-slash-architect and Arianne became the web designer and test engineer of Sulit.com.ph

 
Why "Sulit"?

The name SULIT was chosen for 2 reasons:

1) Sulit means "worth it" in English;

2) It is an acronym for "SUper Low Internet Trading".

Sulit.com.ph is a short version of SULIT COMmunity PHilippines From Experimentation to Exploration
 

Sulit.com.ph was launched initially as an experimental website to know which niche or category is best to target through the amount of traffic each category will bring in to the site. Unexpectedly, by the end of November 2006, traffic to the website started to show growth; hence, the founders decided to push through with the classifieds ads format altogether.

This decision was found to be rational as the website continued to grow month by month. This then led the founders to register a sole-proprietorship entity under the name Netrepreneur Connections Web Services or NetCon in April 17, 2007. The name "Netrepreneur" became really ideal as one of the main purposes of the website is to connect Internet Entrepreneurs.

It was also during this time that the founders carried the Sulit motto of "Pay It Forward."

In a Facebook update, RJ shared that Sulit actually moved offices 5 times already. He started in his bedroom, then the terrace of his parent’s house, then the garage, a 30-man office in Unionbank Plaza, and finally their 100-man office in the 40th floor of the same building.
Sulit.com.ph is now the leading online classified ads and marketplace in the Philippines where people buy and sell a wide variety of goods, products, and services under different categories, including:

• Buy and Sell 
• Real Estate
• Cars and Automotives
• Services
• Jobs
• Business and Earning Opportunities
• Establishments and Business Locators
• Events Announcements

Ano ang hanap mo? You can sign up to be a member for free at Sulit.com.ph using either:

• Your Facebook account
• E-mail Address

As a buyer, you are free to look for an item that you want to buy, hire, rent, lease, or even swap for another item. Browse through the millions of advertisements posted on the site and get a really overwhelming variety of options! Of course, classified ads on Sulit are not limited to products or items only; there are also services, jobs, earning opportunities, and simply everything you might ever need!

As a seller, you can post an advertisement about the product that you are selling, the service that you are offering, or the brand name of your business that you want to promote. Posting an ad is free of charge and takes only few minutes. With the high traffic that the website receives daily, you can guarantee a good exposure for your advertisements.

Here is my favorite sulit.com.ph TV Commercial featuring Lourd:


Sulit pay it forward to the community by making donations and contributions to worthy causes.

Go, Pinoy! If you want to sell something but don't have the money to pay for a print ads, go ahead and post your ads at Sulit.com.ph for free. 

Don't be left behind! Be a sulitizen today!