The TELESERV Bloggers Breakfast was held at the HARVEST, it was a Saturday morning. This activity is to further explain to bloggers about the company and their services. Together with some personnel from NSO which they have invited to answer some of the inquiries of the bloggers.

Since there's a topic about birth certificate, my husband did ask some questions regarding our baby's birth certificate. Thankfully, it was well answered by the NSO representative.





The venue was just in front of the Bonifacio Technology Center and it was just recently opened. There are great breakfast to choose from like the Seafood Breakfast, Western Style Breakfast and the Filipino Breakfast. It was a cozy place though the number of the the attendees surpasses the comfortable seats of the venue but good thing that most of us are not picky and choosy.




Sir Ronald introduced their boss in TELESERV, Sir Raffy David which is by way one of the owner of the HARVEST restaurant. Thank you very much Sir Raffy.


Sir Raffy, for the benefit of those who have not heard about TELESERV, introduced the company to the bloggers and further explained regarding the nature of its business.




The company is highly experienced in inbound order taking and customer service activities. They operate 24/7, 365 days a year.

Furthermore, they introduced how Teleserv operates and their services such as Balik Manggagawa OEC Delivery, NSO Birth Certificate Delivery, and their Passport Delivery.

With their services, employees will have no worries at all, hassle free and its fast. Visit their site for more information regarding their services, TELESERV!

 
As a mom, though I'm not much into gadget, I really need to learn and always get into what's “IN”. Learning keeps us well aware of our surroundings and it is for sure that it does not makes us ignorant of new things and technology. So, to keep me updated of what's new, I get a chance to attend the prelaunching of HTCs newest model. It's the HTC One Family!

The HTC One X and One V, both are launched locally. As most gadget lovers are now eyeing to have, a smart phone that is to be considered really smart when it comes to its functions and features but of course the design is also great. I was one of those lucky first people to have the experience of touching and clicking through the features of these great phones.


The HTC One Family is true its slogan “amazing camera. authentic sound.” Yes, HTC have managed to integrate the mastery of light and sound in just one phone. Since most of my readers are not that too techie and doesn't know much of the details and specifications of this type of technology I will just try to make it more easier to understand by simply describing the features in a more distinct words.

Here are the features of this smartphone according to what I have heard and seen through the presentation.

• Master of Light with its Smart Flash which have better result than the usual pictures that we have.
• High Speed Shooting with 0.7s of activation, 0.2s of focus/shot, and 4 frames per second which allows continuous shooting up to 99 shots.
• Video Pic Experience which gives the videographer the possibility to take snapshots while recording a video.
• HTC Music Center which holds a variety of music sources like the local music, internet radio, music store and sound hound.
• Unrivaled quadcore performance with a 5th battery-saving companion core.
• Unparalleled design and quality with its durable gorilla glass and polycarbonate material.
• True to life display.
• Seamless integration.

Basically, from the looks of the HTC One X I think it cost around Php34,000.00+ while the HTC One V which is supposed to be the lower version of HTC One is I think costs around Php16,000.00+.

As a mom who wants to get a hold of what's new in the world of technology, this is something to think about and of course set aside a budget if ever we wanted to have one.

It was Easter Sunday!  We woke up early, as in early, because we attended a mass in our church to celebrate Easter Sunday. After the service, the kids hurriedly looked and found some easter eggs,
unfortunately, Maki didn't want to join with the other kids, there was a little tantrum on his part, because it was not his usual to wake up early.

We went home to take some rest, because we need to have a strength for our next event.

THE JOHNSONS' PLAY DAYS.


As we reached the place, Maki still on the sort of “little tantrums”. We ate first, then Maki didn't want to eat a lot. Oops, Gelo, my youngest son was with us also plus my mother.


The sort of “little tantrums” of my eldest son, Maki, changed just like a lightning, why? Well, his mood changed from “little tantrums” to being just a kid. He was amazed when he found out whose at the back of our table, eating also, none other than....e-boy...bugoy...the kid featured in the teleserye e-boy. He is always watching that every night, so he was happy to see bugoy, then in a just a little time, cha cha arrived, the little girl featured in going bulilit. The excitement was on maki's face.


From that moment, Maki started to play, jump while we did some walk to reached the play bus, instead of walking Maki did jumped. When he saw the play bus, Maki's eye stared at it and he did not mind mr. sun's extreme heat. After a few long stare at the bus, he just asked me, mommy I want to ride on that play bus, I told him, the next time we see the play bus we will try it.



Then we went back on the main venue ground and continued with the program proper.   Lot of kids played all day, I just wondered, what will happen if Maki plays the whole day.  I am thankful that I have Johnsons with me to give a freshness feeling to lighten or ease the amoy araw and the bungang araw, so Maki can play buong araw.

Aside Maki, Gelo my youngest son, also look at the kids playing under the heat of the sun, thankful that I put Johnsons' sunblock with spf 15 that could protect him.



We ended our Easter Sunday with a smile on our face.  From now on, Maki can play the whole day, while Gelo can go out even on a sunny day because they are both protected with the Johnsons' products.

'Till next post on our bonding moment...

Football in the Philippines gets a big boost from YKK, global makers of fastening products, as it brings three Real Madrid coaches to Manila last April 13 - 15 for coach and kids's clinics.

Coaches Jaime Torcal Cano, Ivan Garcia Sacristan and Pablo Gomes Revenga from the rnowned Real Madrid Club de Futbol will share its training methodology and techniques with local football coaches on April 13 and conduct four sets of football clinics for 250 kids aged 7 to 15 years old at the Ayala Alabang Country Club last April 14 and 15.

Titled "Just for Kicks" YKK Kid's Football Clinic, the three day football clinic was launched at the Makat Shangri-La, with Philippine football Federation (PFF) President Mariano "Nonong" Araneta and YKK Officials led by Francis C. Laurel, President and CEO, YKK Philippines, Inc. kicking off the clinics via a simple ceremony.

YKK Kid's Football Clinic is YKK ASAO Group's regional CSR project that the company has been promoting in the Asean and South Asia region since 2007.  They started it in Singapore, and then brought it to Indonesia, Bangladesh, Vietnam, India, Thailand and Sri Lanka.  This year they have brought it to the Philppines, where football is enjoying a new high.  they believe that football  is a common language that everyone can enjoy regardless of culture, nationality or religion.  It is also anchored in the company's philosophy called "The Cycle of Goodness," where they believe that one prospers when one renders benefit to others," Alson Ng, Regional Marketing Manager of YHA said.

YKK Kid's Football Clinic enables YKK to contribute and work with the local community.  "We chose to be involved in sports because it is more than just a game; it is a positive lifestyle and a way to help young people grow up healthy, fit and full of self esteem.  i believe that this event is a great opportunity for the children in the region to both experience enjoyment through sports as well as develop their love for sport. We want to support Filipino kids' growth through this football event that has been successful over the years," Ken Nakano, President and CEO of YHA said.

YHA plans to make YKK KId's Football Clinic an annual event as it values the importance of constantly contributing to society.

We were very excited to fly out here to share our love and passion for football.  We thank YKK, through their CSR Project, for enabling us to share what we know through these unique football clinics," says Pablo Gomez Revenga, Head Coach of Real Madrid Foundation and Team Camps Technical Director.

"We welcome YKK Kid's Football Clinic to the Philippines.  It is definitely a boost for Philippines football and a rare opportunity for kids to learn the game from no less than the coaches of a world-renowned team like Real Madrid," said Mariano Araneta, President of PFF.

YKK "Just For Kicks" Kid's Football Clinic will visit Cambodia later this year as the second part of its 2012 campaign.

It's summer time again and my son is over with his classes already.  We have installed a browser exclusively for him since his only 4 years old turning 5.  He love to watch cartoons and animated movies in which he does watch it online.  Most of them are of course for children, thanks to that browser it clearly strikes out all those movies and clips that are not for kids.  Aside from watching cartoons and animated movies, my son also loves to play online games, more of a puzzle type games for kids.

For me as a mom, well I like to browse the internet for something interesting to have in our house and something flavorful recipe for my family to taste.  Hmm... of course I do listen to online music as well, chat and do web cams with my kumares.  These are what I can do with PLDT myDSL's fast internet connection.


Since my kid is a boy I'm sure he'll be asking for us to watch this The Avengers, though I'm not yet sure if its okay for my kid or if it is rated PG.

Anyway since PLDT will be having that Great Payday Sale, it can help me even more in leveling up the speed of my internet plus I could get also some freebies and other stuff.


Yes! PLDT will be having their Great Payday Sale and it is really a perfect timing for people to enjoy the strongest connection at home. The PLDT myDSL's Great Payday Sale will happen this coming April 27 - 29, 2012. All you have to do is register at the nearest PLDT Home booth or malls nationwide together with 1 valid ID and take note there's no cash out! If you have your existing internet connection you can upgrade it with PLDT myDSL's biggest Internet sale ever.

Since PLDT myDSL is very generous enough, they will be also having freebies giveaway like a WiFi+Modem with free installation and 1 month DSL. That's as much as P5,000 savings!

Or you can apply online, just visit their website www.pldtmydsl.com

So if you get the idea mark that date and start planning on what you will do with PLDT myDSL's Great Payday Sale.

If there are two things that young Filipinos love to share, it will be food and bonding moments with their friends. This is what homegrown fast casual dining restaurant Max’s brings to the table with its latest group meal offering, “4Sharing Meals.” Max’s new campaign seeks to create unique and memorable experiences for diners, regardless of their age, gender and lifestyle.

“Max’s 4Sharing Campaign is about understanding and responding to the needs of our customers, whether they are groups of teenagers hanging out together, young professionals meeting up for lunch, or seasoned Max’s customers craving for their favorite comfort dishes. With Max’s new offering, they get the best of everything – delectable dishes that are signature to Max’s at the most budget-friendly price, so they can enjoy and share these meals to their heart’s content,” enthused Edgar Allan Caper, Marketing Director for Max’s Restaurant.


Starting April 15, Max’s will be offering a sumptuous spread of one whole, regular, sarap-to the-bones Fried Chicken, a bowl of piping hot Sinigang, four servings of rice, and four glasses of iced tea to customers dining in groups of four. What makes Max’s new offering even more exciting is that customers may choose from a variety of Sinigang favorites – Sinigang na Baboy, Sinigang na Tyan ng Bangus, Sinigang na Hipon, and Sinigang na Tyan at Ulo ng Salmon.

“We have observed that Filipinos love to dine in small groups of three or four, and that they love to pair Max’s Fried Chicken with heirloom dishes like Sinigang. Max’s 4Sharing was specifically created for these customers. The generous serving, the scrumptious dishes and the value-for-money aspect create the perfect ingredients for our customers to fully engage in bonding moments with their friends and families,” Caper added.

At PhP 799 or a total savings of PhP187, 4Sharing is the most affordable meal bundle that Max’s has offered to the public.


“The sight of young people digging into their favorite Max’s Fried Chicken, the reverberating sound of laughter, the never ending stories about adventures, heartbreaks, dreams and milestones - these are the priceless components of Max’s 4Sharing Meals. We want to nurture these and create more unforgettable memories for our customers by offering the best food, the most welcoming ambience and quality service that comes from the heart,” Caper shared.

A Campaign to Rave About
Taking the excitement level one notch higher, Max’s has cooked up the biggest surprise for its young, hip and technologically-savvy customer base. Max’s leveraged on its official website, www.maxschicken.com as a platform to launch its 4Sharing Meals. The hottest iPhone 4S units will be up for grabs, with 4 weekly online raffle winners, for a period of 8 weeks!

Max’s 4Sharing Group Meal offering will be available for delivery and take-out, from April 15 to June 10, 2012 in all of Max’s branches nationwide. It’s time to make the beeline once again to Max’s Restaurant!

Learn more about Max’s 4Sharing Meals by logging on to www.maxschicken.com. Visit www.facebook.com/maxsrestaurant and be the first to know about the coolest offerings from the Filipino’s most loved brand.

It's a gathering of spectators and skateboard enthusiasts at the event area of Converse Asia Crown in Mindanao Parking Area of Trinoma. It is the first and biggest skateboarding event. It aims to promote skateboarding as a thriving sports in the Philippines.

As Converse aims to give Filipino skateboarders the chance to show off their dope moves on the board and compete with the best of the best skateboarders across the country to vie for the title of being the first official skateboarding ambassador of Converse Philippines who gets to compete internationally and is also set to compete in the upcoming skate event in China.


Just glad enough to have a glimpsed of the top US-based pro skaters Kenny Anderson and Mike Anderson who did set a show to Filipino skaters on how skateboarding is really done with their extremely polished skate tricks that are seems effortless.


After the interview it was time for the skaters round up to get busy and do their tricks. This is their chance to be crowned as the local Asia Crown champion. Winners received a year worth of Converse skateboarding goodies, Php50,000.00 cold hard cash and plane tickets to all official Converse skateboarding events worldwide.


It was a whole day event of physical and creative recreation where different activities was held, though it did rain and made some areas of the event wet and not conducive enough to roam around. Bands like Paraluman, Gracenote and 6 Cycle Mind were also there to fuse a bit of music.


Converse Philippines also featured their Spring Summer Collection with an added shoe display that embody Converse's mission of giving people the freedom to make a statement by “continuing to adjust with time giving a great variety of styles, color, becoming more creative evolving to what they will become.”

 


Though the day was filled with lots of activities, still, we manage to continue the day until night time just to participate in the call of Earth Hour. It is our first time to participate in the mall with a ceremony and of course together with the other people who believes in the cause.

Together with my family we went to SM City Fairview where we received an invite regarding their program ceremony for the call of the WWF for the Earth Hour. Not really sure of how it will turn out and what will be the activity but we did go on and expect something.


Since we got early inside the mall we decided to have a little stroll around the SM City Fairview and had some few funs on the arcades, have our eldest son, Maki, checked by a dentist and lastly checked out some of the areas that we haven't been too.


Very much busy looking around we've lost track of the time and we've thought they would start a bit later. When we got to the area, their program had already begun and the place was just quite in tune for the off light program. Quite a number of people were already there listening to speeches of different people before the start of the count down in turning off the electricity. My son, Maki, were interviewed as well by the host and asked what he can do to save the environment. Of course mommy is always there for their kids and they also get to learn things from us and cleaning is one of them in which he boasted to the host in a very little kiddie voice.



As they made the counted few key persons lined up in front of the 60+ symbol to showcase the call of turning the electricity off one hour or more. This call is to help reduce the carbon emission and to at least save some of the resources that are burned in order to produce electricity.



So what is this all about the Earth Hour? Here are some of the information about the Earth Hour.

1. Earth Hour started as an idea and it was initiated by one city in Sydney, Australia back in 2007 of March 31. 2.2 million people joined the one hour switched off and the result is that the one hour switched off is equivalent to removing 48,613 cars off in the roads of Sydney for one hour. 
2.  Earth Hour started to be global movement in the year 2008, Philippines was the first South East Asian nation to join and pledge full support for Earth Hour. Total power saved was amount to 80MWh, an equivalent of shutting down a coal fired power plant for one hour. 
3. In 2009, Philippines became the top Earth Hour country with 647 town and cities that joined. 10 million Filipinos joined the one hour switched off and it save at least 611 megawatt of electricity, equivalent to a temporary shutdown of a dozen coal fired power plants. 
4. In 2010, Philippines got the title once more for having the top Earth Hour country, 1076 towns and cities participated. 
5. In 2011, 1661 cities and municipalities joined the Earth Hour and once more, the Philippines got the title for being the top Earth Hour country, and now called as the official Earth Hour Hero Country. 
6. Earth Hour grown to a 5251 strong global movement,reaching 1.8 billion people in 135 countries.

Kenny Rogers Roasters has their new offerings.  Presently, most people are cutting down their food intake and cholesterol intake.  More on the healthyside of the foods and Kenny Rogers  has that treat for their patronizers.  Kenny's serving their newest addition, the Saucy Roast Chicken with three new sauces to choose, savor and crave for.

This new Saucy Roast Chicken was served at the Kenny Rogers Roasters' Store in SM Megamall during the 3rd Bloggers Night Event. It was a simple night but with a great serving. 


Each sauce compliments the Saucy Roast Chicken differently. Infused with the flavors of pepper and fragrant garlic, the new chicken flavor is best enjoyed with any of the three sauces that could make dining an immeasurably enjoyable experience. For that extra bite, Cracked Peppercorn Sauce - flavorful gravy dotted with cracked black pepper – is perfect; while diners who dig the taste of the distinct sweetness of barbecue, would choose Sweet BBQ Sauce in a wink. It would be a ‘sin’ not to try Creamy Mushroom Sauce – creamy savory gravy peppered with mushroom bits.


You can only choose one sauce per chicken, making it a saucy chicken every dine.  Though they all taste good, mixing them together won't give a better taste.  It is much better to have one sauce at a time.  Making your experience with Kenny Rogers Roasters' Stores different every visit.



Aside from the chicken, they introduced first their three flavorful side dishes, the Mediterranean Pasta, Eggplant Pomodoro and Mashed Sweet Potato.  They say good luck comes in 3s so they decided to make this a trifecta offer.  The Mediterranean Pasta is a light but flavorful medley of premium pasta, roasted eggplant, olives, tomatoes, and parmesan cheese tossed in Kenny's very own tomato vinaigrette; the Eggplant Pomodoro is a fire-roasted eggplant baked with chunky, Italian-style tomato sauce, topped with parmesan cheese; and Mashed Sweet Potato is a nutritional side with a sweet, buttery, and slightly creamy taste and aroma.


Here's what Ms. Meggie Bolinao-Jose, Kenny Rogers Roasters' Marketing Director has to say, "These delightful chicken and sauce matches are our delightful gifts to foodies.  It's a new set of pleasant surprises for our guest. There is no easier way to put it.  It's definitely another way of enjoying the unique Kenny experience."

Saucy Roast Chicken is available with Solo Plates, Group Meals, Healthy Plates and Combo Meals, and is available for dine-in, take out and delivery. This uniquely Kenny Rogers product will be available in all its restaurants until June 30, 2012 so visit your favorite branch today.

Call 555-9000 for Kenny’s deliciously healthy delivery. For more details on Kenny Rogers mouthwatering food choices, log on to www.kennys.com.ph.

Everything around us does evolve and as the usual saying the only constant is change. That's what Johnson and Johnson thinks about us, the new generation Moms. We do they change in order to adapt for what ever situation that we're into.


A lot of Moms are very much glad that Johnson's are recognizing the work of the present Moms.  Aside from that they were also able to provide needs of Moms for their kids.  It was an evidence when Johnson and Johnson's held their event at Enderun in Venice Piazza at McKinley Hill.  It was hosted by one of the lovely mother actress, Mrs. Maricel Laxa-Pangilinan.


It was discussed in the event about this new name for mothers, it was the New Generation Moms.  It is further explained as the guest speakers provide their insights.




Here's what Johnson's say about it...


Of course New Generation Moms need something to match up with the evolution and Johnson's have innovated their list called the New Generation Care Products which are provided to assist us, New Generation Moms.