Review: Lenovo P770: What Makes Me Love the Phone!

Oh noes, I am not shifting careers, or changing blog niche, and turning into a tech blogger. I would have to leave that to the experts. It is not Kobe Bryant that even convinced me to start writing this review. It is probably simply, my love for my new smart phone.Well, it is not exactly new - new - with all the unboxing ceremony and documentation. My relationship with Lenovo P770 started months ago. This post is long overdue. The story on how I...

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The Good (PLDT Technician), The Bad (Bad Service) and The Ugly (Are Big Companies Handling Customers' Data with Sensitivity and Security?)

Big question I have to ask. Listen to/read my story - when I found out last Friday that I will have a long weekend (we were on Holiday August 5 and 6), I was excited to finally get extra days to finish my pending blogs, personalized albums, and other things I needed to do online.Something is not right here..SUNDAY  (DSL went dead!)As usual, my weekend started on Sunday morning (as I just usually sleep the whole day Saturday after coming from...

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Pretty Bow Thong Sandals: Eazy Fashion x Ruthilicious Giveaway!

So I love that feeling of walking around and exploring places, feeling light as if I am not wearing anything - I mean, as if I am barefooted. I don't know about you, but I love traveling wearing thongs and (sometimes) slippers even if sometimes, I feel out of place and feel that it is the most unfashionable thing in the world!Well, thongs can be fashionable too! Look at this Pretty Bow Thong Sandals, I found in Eazy Fashion shop! I know the description...

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Clipper Super Lighter: Fashionable, Fun and Funky Lighters

Even if you do not smoke, I think it is important to always carry a lighter. We all need a light when out in the woods and you need to cook food, or when trapped as a target of a wild animal. Besides, not alot of us know how to make fire out of bamboo or wood.Thank you to Clipper Super Lighter for fashionable lighters! The world's number one refillable lighter is now in Manila. We can now forget lighters in boring colors and in plain see-through...

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Top 10 European Destinations Revealed by SkyScanner

I remember when I applied for this global leadership program, I selected Europe as my first destination priority. I was lucky to have passed the program but not lucky enough to be assigned to Europe.It looks like I wouldn't need another global leadership program to travel to Europe, as more and more Filipinos are traveling to Europe and show interest in visiting the continent as evident with the increase of 53% in flight search.   It is...

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Freeway Mixed Print Collection 2013: Shining Bright Despite the Rainy Weather

I can hear the rain from outside, and I know how cloudy and gloomy the day may appear. But Freeway has something to brighten our day despite the weather.Florals are taking over as Freeway brings out a special collection featuring its own exclusive prints exuding the perfect balance of femininity, charm and allure. It consists of tops and dresses featuring simple silhouettes and styles with stunning prints made out of soft, loose and flowy material,...

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How to Contact the New World Hotel's Executive Team?

If you could ask any question to the Executive Team of New World Hotel, what question would it be?Well, that is not a beauty pageant question, and I am telling you now that you can directly send a question, inquiry or message to the New World Hotel's executive team, even if you are not a staying guest.  No need to dress to impress, book a meeting or wait long hours on the phone while someone is operating the switch board. New World Hotel is...

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Great Buys: Fashion Hauls from Freeway, Ensembles and Mint

It is been a while since the last time I wrote about my fashion great buys. It doesn't mean I stopped shopping. I cannot stop shopping, I will die like most of the girls I know. I just stopped writing about them because it is either, I am too excited to use them, or I am just too busy (which is always the case).These shopping bags had been hanging around my room for a while. What's inside are really great buys that were on sale as much as 70% off. Click...

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Calling All HR Practitioners: 6th National HR Summit

I never realized that the saying "so many opportunities, so little time" will be applicable to my life now. I am checking my work inbox and I see opportunities, I am looking at my personal inbox, and I see opportunities, and when I opened my Career Smart page, and I see numerous training offerings - but all I need is time (more than high speed connectivity) to grab them. Whenever I feel like complaining about my work load, I do a quick check and realize that there is nothing really to complain about. I have flexibility in my work, I get to...

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Better Pizza and Better Bonding at Papa John's Tomas Morato

So, I was back in Tomas Morato (Manila, Philippines) last week for a get-together with some of the best writers of When in Manila I have been writing for When in Manila for over a year now, but I rarely get to attend hang-out sessions.Papa John's name sounds like a local pizza place, but Papa John's is all over the world!  It was Papa John's Pizza in Tomas Morato who graciously hold our get-together and mini celebration as When in Manila recently...

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Be the Wolverine!

I first encountered Wolverine when I was a kid, it was a Friday and we were tuned in to X-Men. He is my favorite character next to Cyclops. Well, as a kid, I thought Cyclops is the most good-looking X-Men character.I couldn't remember if there was an X-Men Family Computer game released then - I cannot remember playing it, but kids (and adults) today can get a chance to flaunt their claws and be Wolverine!To celebrate the worldwide release of “The...

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Before Midnight (and What Happened Before Midnight!)

Before midnight, I found myself sitting in a theater, watching the movie, Before Midnight with a friend on my left side and a box of Papa John's pizza on my right.Yeah, Papa John was my date last night. Before heading to the theater, I hung out with some co-writers in When in Manila at Papa John's Tomas Morato. It is awesome to finally meet the people and faces behind the names that I only get to see in our Facebook Group. Most of them are talented...

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[Sale Alert] Binondo Warehouse Sale - Hush Puppies, Sebago and Cushe

Warehouse Sale! That term makes me excited!Starting tomorrow, our favorite shoe brands - Hush Puppies, Sebago and Cushe will hold a mad sale slashing off prices to up to 70% the original price!About the BrandShoemaker’s Shop Inc. was founded in 1994 initially as a footwear materials trading company.The company then acquired the license and distributorship for world renowned Hush Puppies brand in 2002. In 2005, the company acquired the distributorship...

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The Cadbury Creamy Milk Chocolate Fountain

Do you want to see how smooth and creamy Cadbury Dairy Milk Chocolate is? Well, you can experience and see it as Cadbury Milk Chocolate launches the first in the world - the Creamy Chocolate Fountain. I have seen it, and it feels like seeing the Fountain of Youth. Imagine chocolate milk flowing in big tubes which are two-storey high. What is interesting. it is connected to a bar with Cadbury Milk Chocolate bars that resembles piano pieces -...

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Patti Austin Live in Manila and Davao (This September!)

Ms. Patti Austin. The talent behind hit songs like “In My Life”, “All Behind Us Now”, “Say You Love Me” will be back in Manila, but this time, she will be accompanied by Joe Pizzulo who sang for popular Brazilian artist Sergio Mendes as lead singer in the 1980s.I am a kid of the 80's and I have heard Patti Austin's name and songs time and time again before they became classics. Her career started when she was only 4 years old and her impressive background...

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Butterfly Twists: Foldable Boots and Flats for Commuters and Travelers

I have high respect and admiration to women who walk in high heels - and I mean, commute daily in high heels. I see them everyday - braving the traffic, train stations, bus queues while staying prim, proper and poised. I used to be one of them when I was younger - when I was in College when we were required to wear business attire in preparation to the real world.But the real world is not all glam and glitz. At work place, you deal with issues, and...

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Tips on How to Manage Your Credit Cards (and How to Get Pre-Approved Credit Cards)

I was doing (yet again) another major room clean-up, when I saw these envelopes and pre-approved credit cards.The ironies of life - there are people I know who are earning more than I am but are always turned down by credit card companies while the regular worker like me get these pre-approved credit cards that I choose not to activate or use.How did I do it? I know alot of people want to know how to get approved with credit card application. It...

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Giordano's Monsters University Fair (June 30th, July 6th & 7th)

So I earned a degree from Monsters University!! Wohoo!!! Haha. Well, Giordano Philippines launched the Monsters University Collection yesterday and to make it a little more fun, they set-up a University Fair at Trinoma Activity Center.Admission is free and classes is only open  until today, June 30, 2013!I was one of the first students "to enroll" (Lucky to be part of the bloggers pool to be invited before it officially opened to the public...

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[Sale Alert] Freeway, Solo and Ensembles - MidYear Sale On Going!

My favorite stores are on sale! I am thinking twice if I should publish it (talk about being selfish! Haha), but I know you readers deserve to know!This has started last week! And here are some of the things I am planning to buy..From FreewayFrom EnsemblesFrom SoloCheck out the Facebook Fan Pages for more updates:FreewaySoloEnsemblesHave you found any good buys?Come back and share your hauls!If you like this post, click the like button or the Facebook...

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The Cadbury Milk Chocolate Experience

When was the first time you tasted a Cadbury Milk Chocolate?I was in my younger years when I first tasted it - though I couldn't remember if it came from abroad or from my sister's suitor. At that time, every chocolate tasted heaven for a kid (well at that young age I know I never really like chocolates with combination of nuts and caramel). Until my tastebuds made a stand and decided to stick with Dark Chocolates. BUT, if there is one milk...

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Re-Touch and Re-sexify (Long) Hair with Vitress

Whenever I tell my friends and "hair stylist" that I am planning to cut my hair short, they would always tell me to not do it. It is as if I am planning a crime.I have been sporting a long hair for so many years now because (1) I am always too lazy to go to salon, (2) I thought having a long hair is easier to manager because I can easily style it and (3) well, I am a bit coward to try different hair cut - so I stick with long hair. Back in College,...

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[Event] The Corporate Giveaways 2013 Expo

Companies only need to go to one place to look for nice corporate give-aways - The Corporate Giveaways 2013 Expo. The event has been running for two decades (can you imagine?!), and the idea started from World Expos & Concepts, Inc. (Worldexco) Chairman, Lynn Romero who was the PR director of one of country’s leading hotels - she was in need of corporate giveaways for the clients, and from this challenge, the expo was born that...

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[Promo] Share Your Story to Be the Next Short Film!

Whenever I leave the house and say goodbye to mom, she would always tell me to take care of myself. Just like these days when it is always raining hard, she always plead that I work from home (I felt like a mom leaving her kid whenever I go to work).Before, I used to get really annoyed thinking she sees me as a little girl who doesn't know how to take care of myself. I actually stand taller than she is now. But then I realized that like any other moms, she would always sees me as her little girl. I am sure she just wants to shelter me from the...

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[Kota Kinabalu Travel Series] Shopping and Souvenirs to Buy

Traveling is not complete without shopping!And I intentionally made this entry the last of my Kota Kinabalu travel series. You can read the rest of the stories here, and a quick guide here. Our tourist guide admits that shopping is not the main attraction that Kota Kinabalu is offering to its visitors, but that doesn't mean they do not have anything to offer. From gadgets store that offer cheap stuff, to specialty shops, outlet stores and chocolate...

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[Kota Kinabalu Travel Series] A Tribal Experience with Mari-Mari Cultural Village

Just when you thought that you are already doing good and have so much skills to brag about, you meet people with so much talent and skills that makes you feel so little. This is my 6th post from my Kota Kinabalu adventure which happened last month when Zest Air flew us to Kota Kinabalu for a familiarization tour.It was only a 2 days, 1 night event but there was so much learnings, experiences and stories to share. One of the things I enjoyed most...

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Getting to Know the Hottest Boys in Las Vegas - Chippendales Before the Ultimate Girl's Night Out (June 11 to 15)!

Okay girls, I will give you a reason to keep on reading. If I say macho men, firm muscles, sexy smiles and Las Vegas' hottest men - and you are still yawning and not convinced - please scroll down and see this photo:Well, the famous group of macho men from Las Vegas is back in Manila for the Ultimate Girl's Night Out on June 11 to 15. Girls, let's welcome the Chippendales with a loud scream!!!Well, I was able to contain myself yesterday as I arrived...

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