Month: February 2018

  • Silk by Lay Bare – Least Painful Brazilian Wax I’ve Ever Tried

    Silk by Lay Bare – Least Painful Brazilian Wax I’ve Ever Tried

    So the people behind Lay Bare read my Brazilian Wax review and they invited me to try their latest – Silk by Lay Bare. Of course, I opted to try their Brazilian wax service since that is what I usually get anyway. I kid you not, it’s the least painful Brazilian wax I have ever…

  • Updated: Hitachi vs. Carrier Window Type Inverter Aircon Experience / Review

    Updated: Hitachi vs. Carrier Window Type Inverter Aircon Experience / Review

    Last year, we bought a 1.0 HP Carrier Inverter Aircon (Window Type). We originally planned to buy the cheaper Hitachi one, which we already had in another room. But my sister’s friend who had an appliance shop said that the Hitachi one was bad, and recommended that we get the Carrier instead (more expensive by…

  • Updated: San Remo Pasta + Gift Set Giveaway to 5 Lucky Winners!

    Updated: San Remo Pasta + Gift Set Giveaway to 5 Lucky Winners!

    I love pasta, but honestly, we’re getting tired of same old same old spaghetti. So I’m happy to share some San Remo love your way! 5 Lucky Winners get to win a pasta gift set with different pasta shapes to try! SAN REMO When I want pasta shapes other than the usual spaghetti and macaroni,…

  • Easy Pha-Max Wheatgrass Celebrates Ten Years of Wellness

    Easy Pha-Max Wheatgrass Celebrates Ten Years of Wellness

    Easy Pha-max Wheatgrass is probably the most well-known wheatgrass brand in the country, it’s the one I usually see at supermarkets and malls. They recently celebrated their 10 year anniversary with their longest-running brand ambassador, sportscaster and fitness advocate Dyan Castillejo. Founded in 2007 by Malaysian businessman Edward Ling, Wheatgrass CAN International (WCI) started with a…

  • Chinese Stir-Fried Glutinous Rice Recipe 糯米飯

    Chinese Stir-Fried Glutinous Rice Recipe 糯米飯

    Happy Chinese New Year! I made Sticky Rice the other night for Chinese New Year. The dish is usually called Fried Glutinous Rice  or Stir-Fried Sticky Rice or Nuo Mai Fan or Lo Mai Fan (糯米飯), and is one of my favorites. I’ve been trying to master this dish for a while and I think…

  • Lunch at Din Tai Fung SM Megamall (Review) + February Promo

    Lunch at Din Tai Fung SM Megamall (Review) + February Promo

    Happy Valentine’s Chinese New Year?! 😀 The other day, we went to SM Megamall to buy a few things. We didn’t really plan to go out for Valentine’s Day because we had plans for the weekend. And while I like flowers, I don’t really appreciate them, especially when a nice bouquet costs around a thousand…

  • Monty Python’s Spamalot Returns in April 2018

    Monty Python’s Spamalot Returns in April 2018

    I’m not a theater person, but I want to at least try to develop some knowledge about it. Why? Many of my favorite classical music / songs came from theater, opera and Broadway. I don’t want to be a hypocrite and claim to like those songs without really appreciating where they come from, right? So…

  • Greenwich Celebrates #GWorldPizzaDay with Free Pizza

    Greenwich Celebrates #GWorldPizzaDay with Free Pizza

    Last Friday, February 9, I had the pizza-filled experience of going to Greenwich’s #GWorldPizzaDay at the Glorietta 4 Dolphin Park in Makati City. FREE PIZZA AND MORE AT GREENWICH #GWORLDPIZZADAY! Greenwich celebrated World Pizza Day by turning the Glorietta 4 Dolphin Park into a pizza village called the Overloaded Pizza District. The fun started at…

  • Five Sure Signs You’re Ready to Move In Together + Win 6 Months RENT-FREE Condo Stay!

    Five Sure Signs You’re Ready to Move In Together + Win 6 Months RENT-FREE Condo Stay!

    How would you like to live in your dream condo RENT-FREE for 6 months? Lamudi.com.ph, the leading real estate platform in the Philippines, has an ongoing #YourHeartIsHome Campaign where a lucky couple will win 6 months of rent-free stay in their dream condo! Hurry because the deadline has been extended until Feb. 21! Winners will…

  • Festival Mall All Out Shopaholic Sale Feb 16-18, 2018

    Festival Mall All Out Shopaholic Sale Feb 16-18, 2018

    The folks at Festival Mall just shared their Valentine’s sales with me. Enjoy your shopping! 🙂 Press Release Have a Valentine shopping spree for less at the Festival Mall Mark your calendars! The All-Out Shopaholic Sale is back at the Festival Mall on Feb 9-11, and 16-18. Get product discounts as high as 70% off…

  • Netflix Altered Carbon Season 1 Review (No Spoilers) – Worth Watching?

    Netflix Altered Carbon Season 1 Review (No Spoilers) – Worth Watching?

    Netflix has this new show called Altered Carbon that everyone has been talking about. People are claiming that it’s going to be a hit. So, is it worth 10 hours of your time watching? My thoughts below. What is Altered Carbon? Altered Carbon is a cyberpunk novel by author Richard K. Morgan that has been…

  • Korean Traditional Liquor + How to Make Korean Rice Wine At Home

    Korean Traditional Liquor + How to Make Korean Rice Wine At Home

    Yesterday, I was invited to see a Korean Sool exhibit at the Korean Cultural Center in the Philippines in BGC. We learned all about the different Korean alcoholic beverages, called sool. More interestingly, we had a workshop showing us how easy it is to make rice wine! All about that below. Our host was Miss…

  • Kita Kita is Now Available Exclusively on HOOQ

    Kita Kita is Now Available Exclusively on HOOQ

    If you haven’t seen Kita Kita, or maybe you want to see it again to get into a romantic mood, good news because it’s now exclusively available on HOOQ starting today. Not only that, you may even win a trip to Japan! Read on below for the details! KITA KITA ON HOOQ HOOQ – the…

  • Novotel Manila: Chinese New Year & Valentine’s Promos 2018

    Novotel Manila: Chinese New Year & Valentine’s Promos 2018

    Time flies by so fast! Can’t believe that it’s already February! Sharing with you the Valentine’s and Chinese New Year 2018 promos all this month at the Novotel Manila Araneta Center. Celebrate the season of hearts and the Year of the Dog. Spread love and luck as Novotel Manila Araneta Center welcomes February! VALENTINE OFFERS The…

  • Keep Those Resolutions Going Strong! #HappyNewYou with Watsons

    Keep Those Resolutions Going Strong! #HappyNewYou with Watsons

    It’s been a few weeks since the New Year. How are your resolutions coming along? Even if you’re not a fan of making New Year’s Resolutions, you would have most likely still promised yourself that you would do better this year and make some positive changes in your life, right? 🙂 HAPPY NEW YOU! We…