New Meals from Jollibee

I know some of you have heard about this, tried it too. Here's some thing new on Jollibee's Menu:

As of 24th of February 2014, the return of our beloved Lenten Season Jollibee Treats.

As of 10th of March 2014, our beloved weekday rice meals has a new combo.

Upon seeing that poster I then ordered the Garlic Beef Combo. Its good combo and you need an extra rice for sure. I also asked for hot sauce too.

Lastly for dessert. I cannot remember when was this started. All I know is this treat is yummy indeed!

It has KitKat Bits and caramel syrup blended in Vanilla soft served Ice Cream. Don't worry, its not too sweet, its just right.

SM Supermalls Honors 100 Women of Power and Substance This March

(Manila, Philippines--March 6, 2014) In celebration of Women’s Month, SM Supermalls, Project Headshot

Clinic, and the Dream Project Philippines are launching a campaign and digital exhibit called Inspire.

Inspire brings together 100 of the country’s most inspiring women from all fields and industries, such as Jessica Cox, Irma Adlawan, Andi Manzano, Cheska Garcia-Kramer, Kai Magsanoc, Margie Moran, Nene Chan, Angel Guerrero, Kara Alikpala, Wilma Galvante, Patricia Bermudez-Hizon, Ingrid Santamaria, Sarah Gaugler, and Merlee Jayme. (Photos can be found here)

The diversity of the women chosen shows that regardless of background, beliefs, and preferences, empowered women who dream and act on those dreams are able to inspire and change their communities for the better.

Inspire is showcasing stories of women empowering others. To get a chance to be one of the 100 women featured in Inspire, applicants must answer the question, “How are you using your power as a woman to inspire change and enable dreams of your own and of others?” Their answers should be posted in any of the  following  social  media  accounts,  Facebook,  Twitter  or  Instagram,  starting  with  the  hashtag

#SMProjectInspire.

Applicants must also register via Headshot Clinic's official website, www.headshotclinic.com, for their entries to be counted. Entries must be received by March 17, 2014.

Inspire is a joint effort of SM Supermalls, Project Headshot Clinic, and the Dream Project Philippines. It is one of the highlights of SM Supermalls’ national celebration of Women’s Month. To know the full schedule of events for March, please visit www.facebook.com/smsupermalls.

Project Headshot Clinic is digital platform that merges profile photos with campaigns and advocacies. The Dream Project Philippines is a volunteer-based community initiative that helps build the nation by shaping the dreams of the Filipino youth.

For more information about Inspire, go to  www.headshotclinic.com,  www.smsupermalls.com or in the

SM Supermalls’ official Facebook page.

Buon Giorno with Over 40 delicious breakfast dishes at Italianni’s

Rise and shine to a brand new day knowing that your favorite Italian-American restaurant,Italianni’s,serves some serious breakfast to get you through the day!

Available at its branches in Greenbelt 2 and Bonifacio High Streetdaily from 7 am to 10:30 a.m., Italianni’smakes sure that there’s something for everyone on its breakfast menu. Whether you prefer international fare,to go local with Pinoy favorites or opt for gourmet-style wake-me-uppers, you can choose from over 40 dishes that are robust, complete meals served with complimentary coffee for a morning caffeine fix. Another bonus? They’re affordable too, with choices starting at P165.

http://italiannis.com.ph/promos/breakfast-creations

Sometimes you want a touch of gourmet in your meal. That is why award-winning corporate chef Josh Boutwood created the Gourmet Breakfast Selection. If this is what you’re looking for, the Prosciutto Ham, Soft Egg and Asparagus finished off with Parmesan sauce hits the spot. Chef Josh also highly recommends the Homemade Corned Beef Brisket with Potato Omelette.

Italianni’srecreates well-loved Filipino breakfast dishes with an Italian flairsuch as the Crispy Pancetta Bacon, thin crispy strips of pork belly served with fried rice and sunny side-ups; and Primera Tapa, premium tenderloin beef slices cured in old-style tapa marinade served with adobo fried rice and scrambled egg on top. Another specialty is the Eggs Benedict Adobo, a clever culinary fusion that has the salty flavors of adobo flakes, gratinated kesong puti, poached eggs and tomatoes on two English muffins.

Italianni’s likewise offers a wide variety of continental choices like the American Platter, comfort food on a plate with golden pancakes, choice of bacon or sausage, and two eggs done any style. There are breakfast essentials as well, such as fluffy Chocolate and Orange Pancakes (another great recipe from Chef Josh), crepes, waffles and more.

You have no reason to skip the most important meal of the day. It’s about time you tuned up with Italianni’s new Breakfast Creations…because BuonGiornos are made of these! And if you can’t decide whether to choose sweet or savory dishes for breakfast, why not order both? After all, you only eat breakfast once a day. So, indulge!

For inquiries and details, call Italianni’s Greenbelt 2at 728-0289/91; Bonifacio High Street at 856-4094. Also check out Italianni’sinstagram #italiannisph; Website: http://italiannis.com.ph and Facebook: www.facebook.com/italiannisph

Bulgogi Brothers Launches 7 New Mouth-Watering Dishes

K-pop isn’t the only in-thing about Korea here and around the world. Apart from the people, their food has also made a significant impact especially for Pinoy foodies. Luckily, Bulgogi Brothers offers an authentic Korean dining experience that satisfies any kind of Korean craving you might have. With years of feeding the perennially hungry, Bulgogi Brothers is now serving you new dishes to delight and excite your Korean palette.

With their usual scrumptious and flavorful meals, Bulgogi Brothers is now introducing 7 new Korean Classics. If you’re more of a soup person, you can try the new Ginseng Chicken Soup—a hearty concoction of Chicken soup with a hint of Ginseng or be a little bold and go for the Spicy Cold Noodles—a new way to enjoy noodles with a fresh and hot flavor that is chillingly cool in every bite. Experience a new way of cooling down this summer!

If you’re more of in a snack mode, you can dig into the Crisp Chicken Wings that will surely seduce your Korean senses. You can also try the very popular Korean snack, Spicy Rice Cakes, which are hot, sweet, and chewy all at the same time. If you’re feeling a tad bit hungrier than usual, try out the Striploin and Boneless Short Ribs Combination, consisting the combination of beef cuts, or try the melt-in-your-mouth-meat with some luscious beefiness of the 250g per piece T-bone Steak. With its top choice Angus beef and the succulent flavors all encased into a slob of juicy and tender premium meat, this steak will never be a mistake.

And if you’re feeling faint for meat, go big or go home with the tender and succulent top choice Angus beef grilled to perfection with their Striploin steak that comes with lettuce for wrapping or just plain ol’ rice to keep it all together. All of these dishes come with 6 side dishes on the house including their three new delectable side dishes namely Radish Kimchi, Crispy Sweet Potato, and Seared Tofu. Just complete it with your favorite Bulgogi Brothers Korean desserts and drinks and your Korean love will just go up a notch.

Don’t wait until your next Korean craving and visit Bulgogi Brothers now and taste the love with their new dishes available at Greenbelt 5, Alabang Town Center, and SM Mall of Asia.

Valentine's Day Postcrossing 2014 batch 3

2 March 2014

This is the Third batch I received from Valentine's Day Postcrossing 2014. To view the Intro and the First Batch click this link - http://www.agent112778.com/2014/02/valentines-day-postcrossing-2014-batch-1.html and this link is for the second batch - http://www.agent112778.com/2014/03/valentines-day-postcrossing-2014-batch-2.html

Third Batch

Received last 8 March 2014, a total of three. This is from Iriga City, Camarines Sur.

A vintage photo of Jaro, Iloilo was given by a mommy from City of Malolos, Bulacan.

and last for this batch, a handcrafted postcard from a lady of Taguig City. I wonder how she printed this. Nice color and paper.

Hoping that the final two cards will arrive soon. Thank you once again for giving me your cards. Until next time.

Valentine's Day Postcrossing 2014 batch 2

2 March 2014

This is the second batch I received from Valentine's Day Postcrossing 2014. To view the Intro and the First Batch click this link - http://www.agent112778.com/2014/02/valentines-day-postcrossing-2014-batch-1.html

Second Batch

Received last 1 March 2014, a total of one. This is from Iligan City.

Received last 2 March 2014, a total of three:

This is from Los Angeles, CA, USA

This is from Tandang Sora, Quezon City

and lastly for this batch, from University of the Philippines, Quezon City

I now have a total of 10 so it means I'm waiting for the last 5 more.

Valentine's Day Postcrossing 2014 batch 1

Last 13th of February, a Facebook friend posted a very interesting offer. She initiated a post card crossing from and for all responders. In just over night, she gathered 16 (including me and herself) participants, most are from the Philippines, two from USA and one from India.

I participated to this friendly gesture for simple reasons:

When I was young, there is this condensed book from Reader's Digest entitled "84 Charing Cross Road" on which became a movie. I was to young to understand both the movie and the condensed book but it was that movie made me dream to create a wallpaper made out of post crossed letters and cards.

I wanted to collect post cards and postal stamps that come with it thus I dearly asked some friends and relatives abroad to send me one post card but no avail.

I received six cards out of 15 participant senders. Thank you dear senders. As for my share, they are now in the post office. Hope you received it.

First Batch Received (6 cards; 27 February 2014)

From India

From San Antonio Village, Makati City

From Ermita, City of Manila

From Iligan City, Lanao del Norte

From Bangkal, Makati City

From Cubao, Quezon City

Philippine Airlines Suspends Flight starting March 1 2014

Starting March 1, 2014, Philippine Airlines's sister company PAL Express will suspend most flights for Visayas and Mindanao until further notice. Here's the office announcement (taken from their Facebook Account).

https://www.facebook.com/flyPAL/photos/a.173221215866.160470.117387315866/10152227003935867/?type=1&theater


Starting March 1,2014 suspended flights are:

2P230/231 Cebu - Bacolod - Cebu

2P380/381 Cebu - Iloilo - Cebu

2P982/981 Gen.Santos - Iloilo - Gen.Santos

2P297/298 Cebu - Ozamis - Cebu

2P303/304 Cebu - P.Princesa - Cebu

2P236/237 Cebu - Tacloban - Cebu

2P363/364 Cebu - Davao - Cebu

Starting March 16,2014 suspended flights are:

2P362/361 Butuan - Cebu - Butuan
2P287/288 Cebu - Cagayan - Cebu
2P295/296 Cebu - Cagayan - Cebu
2P365/366 Cebu - Davao - Cebu

2P395/396 Cagayan - Davao - Cagayan

2P384/385 Cebu - Iloilo - Cebu

Lastly, starting March 30,2014 suspended flights are:

2P279/278 Cebu - Caticlan - Cebu

2P241/242 Cebu - Zambuanga - Cebu

2P273/272 Davao - Zamboanga - Davao

2P246/245 Zamboanga - Jolo - Zamboanga

2P244/243 Zamboanga - Tawi-Tawi - Zamboanga

I heard/read some rumors and speculations as to why Philippine Airlines did this but still I'm optimistic that this move is for the greater good of its loyal passengers. Let me quote this from one of the replies of PAL when FB Netizens asked why and I Quote "We are in the process of reviewing our flight network and schedule and will be carrying out certain operational changes in the domestic sector as we implement realignments of some of our flights". Lets just wait and see for further updates.

WD My Cloud EX4

Western Digital (NASDAQ: WDC) company and a world leader in storage solutions for the connected life, today expanded its WD My Cloud™family of personal cloud solutions with WD My Cloud™ EX4, a high-performance four-bay network attached storage (NAS) solution for creative professionals, prosumers, workgroups and anyone looking for a reliable way to save, share, backup,stream and manage massive amounts of digital data.

“The reception for our WD My Cloud personal cloud platform was extremely positive,” said Jim Welsh, executive vice president and general manager of WD's branded products and consumer electronics groups. “Our single drive WD My Cloud system is the perfect solution for users that want an easy and private way to store all of their data at home and then share, save and manage it from anywhere in the world, on any device.Expanding ourWD My Cloudplatform to a four-bay system delivers the advanced features, customization capability and capacity that many of our customers are looking for.”

Featuring the category leading WD Red™ line of hard drives specifically designed for home and small office NAS systems, WD My Cloud EX4 customers enjoy ultimate reliability from the trusted name in storage. WD Red drives are powered by NASware™ 2.0 technology, which improves drive reliability and protects customer data in the event of a power loss or disruption. Additionally, WD Red hard drives feature 3D Active Balance Plus, an enhanced balance control technology that significantly improves overall drive performance and reliability.

photo from: http://www.wdc.com/global/images/products/wdmycloudex4/global/wdmycloudex4_03.jpg

WD My Cloud EX4 provides several capacity options, allowing customers to choose from a drive-less enclosure that allows customers to customize their capacity and add additional drives as their library of digital content grows, or an 8 TB, 12 TB or 16 TB model1. With Easy-Slide-Drive technology,WD My Cloud EX4 allows customers to easily install or hot-swap drives in seconds, without the need for a screwdriver,toolkit or trays. Additionally, customers can attach a compatible USB 3.0 hard drives to the USB expansion ports on the WD My Cloud EX4 to instantly expand their storage capacity.

Ultimate Data Protection

WD My Cloud EX4 arms users with multiple options to secure digital data from a potential loss by providing RAID 0, 1, 5, 10 or allowing users to select from spanning and JBOD modes for even more options to manage data.Customers can also use their WD My Cloud EX4 to back up all of their computers and devices withWD SmartWare™ Pro software for PC users. Mac users can utilize all the features of Apple® Time Machine® backup software to protect their data. The WD My Cloud EX4 can also backup itself, either to another WD My CloudEX4 in a different location, or to cloud services such as Amazon S3 andElephantDrive. To ensure 24/7 data protection and reliability the WD My CloudEX4 includes redundant power supplies and Ethernet ports.

Advanced Streaming and Serving

WD My CloudEX4 serves as a home’s digital entertainment hub, configurable for up to 16 TB of movies and music that can then be streamed to any DLNA®/UPnP® certified multimedia devicesuch as gaming consoles, smart TVs and WD TV® Live™ media players.The Twonky 7.2, DLNA-certified 1.5 media server and iTunes® server make for simple streaming of large movie and music libraries.

Additionally, the integrated file server, FTP server, backup server and P2P download server provide advanced data serving options for WD My Cloud EX4 users.

Customers can also customize their NAS, monitor system health, manage users and energy saving features with the WD My Cloud EX4 dashboard, as well asuse a suite of third party apps, including aMule, Icecast, Joomla!®, phpBB®, phpMyAdmin and SqueezeCenter.

Anywhere Access to WD My Cloud EX4

Available for iOS® and Android™devices, the WD My Cloud mobile appallows users to view photos, stream video and share, save and manage files from anywhere on their smartphones or tablets. The mobile app makes file sharing and collaborating simple, allowing customers to easily email files, share files as a link, and print and open files with third party apps. The WD My Cloud mobile appintegrates major public cloud services so that customers can easily transfer files from their Dropbox™, SkyDrive® and Google Drive™ public cloud accounts.

Price and Availability

WD My Cloud EX4 is available at select retailers and distributed by Iontech Inc. Manufacturer’s Suggested Retail Price (MSRP) is:

• PHP 17,990 for the drive-less WD My Cloud EX4,
• PHP 38,490 for 8TB,
• PHP 46,090 for 12 TB and
• PHP 55,190 for 16 TB.

The WD My Cloud mobile app currently is available for download from the App Store and Google PlayTM.WD My Cloud EX4 comes with a two year limited warranty.

Compatibility

WD My CloudEX4 is compatible with Windows® 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista®, Windows XP, OS XMavericks™, Mountain Lion™, Lion®, Snow Leopard®, as well as DLNA®/UPnP® enabled devices.

About WD

WD, a Western Digital company, is a long-time innovator and storage industry leader. As a storage technology pacesetter, the company produces reliable, high-performance hard disk drives and solid state drives. These drives are deployed by OEMs and integrators in desktop and mobile computers, enterprise computing systems, embedded systems and consumer electronics applications, as well as by the company in providing its own storage products. WD’s leading storage devices and systems, networking products, media players and software solutions empower people around the world to easily save, store, protect, share and experience their content on multiple devices. WD was established in 1970 and is headquartered in Irvine, Calif. For more information, please visit the company’s website at www.wd.com.

Lazada launches mobile shopping app for iPhone and iPad

Lazada, Southeast Asia’s biggest online shopping mall, today announced the expansion of its mobile repertoire with the launch of an app for iPhone and iPad across the region. This launch follows Lazada’s recent investment round of approximately US$ 250 million from investors including retail giant Tesco.

The success of Lazada’s app for Android has prompted the creation of this new app for both iPhone and iPad. Fully optimized for iOS 7, the app allows on-the-go shoppers to seamlessly navigate Southeast Asia’s broadest brand and product assortment across several categories including consumer electronics, gadgets, apparel, shoes and accessories. Customer experience and convenience have always been the highest priority at Lazada and this app launch further adds on to this by offering:

• Fast and smooth navigation of Lazada’s assortment
• Full screen and zooming modus to view products in detail
• Multiple filters to facilitate sorting of products by size, color, brand and price
• Flexible configuration offering usage in more than four languages
• Easy and secure payment methods – Credit Card, Cash-On-Delivery and Bank Transfer
• Exclusive discount codes and notifications about special deals

“Driven by the explosive development of low-cost smartphones and tablets we are witnessing technology leapfrogging in the region. Lazada’smobile traffic has more than tripled in the last 12 months and already delivers a significant share of our revenues”, says Maximilian Bittner, CEO of the Lazada Group. “We believe that mCommerce is the future of online shopping. We have acknowledged the customers’ needs and the great convenience mobile offers – that is why we are now launching our new app for iPhone and iPad.” 
The new Lazada app for iPhone and iPad is available free of charge from 16th January 2014 onwards.Within the first 72 hours of the launch, users downloading the app will get an exclusive discount of Php400 on any purchase with a minimum spend of Php900.For Smart and Sun subscribers, they get Php500 off for a minimum purchase of Php1000.

Download the app at http://ad-x.co.uk/API/click/rocketlaz456789jo/web252cea43ae968f 

About Lazada
Lazada (www.lazada.com.ph) is Philippines’ largest online shopping mall and is pioneering e-commerce by providing a fast, convenient and secure online shopping experience combined with an extensive product offering in categories ranging from mobiles & tablets and consumer electronics to household goods, toys, fashion and sports equipment. Lazada is continuously striving to offer its customers the best possible shopping experience with multiple payment methods including cash on delivery, extensive warranty commitments and free returns.