Inspired by this gray lovely dress

Saw this gray dress while browsing on a magazine. Love the design and  I was thinking, if ever I would have the dress,what occasion should I wear it?. Not at our Christmas party, since we are having a Hawaiian theme. At my friend's wedding this January 2011, this would be a lovely dress with a rosary inspired pearl necklace.  

New necklaces made

The past few days, I was busy making these.

Rose quartz/pink stone in gold wire

Closer look

Acrylic white beads with blue stone as pendant.

Pearl Bracelet

Lately, I have been making rosary inspired necklaces and bracelet. A hobby I want to develop, although still an amateur. I will enroll and or will attend a seminar on jewelry making once I will have the funds.

For today, I made a pearl bracelet and happy to let you know it was appreciated and was bought by my good friend.

Materials I used: faux pearl off-white, gold wire.

I'm thinking of a pearl rosary inspired necklace, it would be lovely.What do you think?

Light sapphire rosary inspired necklace

Still on beads/jewelry making, today I used light sapphire crystals and a gold wire for the rosary style chain.

My finished product.

Still need to practice making the rosary style chain. 

Learning/s: Should be careful making a loop with the gold wire.

Rosary inspired necklace

I was inspired to make a rosary inspired necklace. I chose the burgundy crystals and antique gold wire.

My finished product.

Took me me 2 hours to make the rosary style chain, and I still need a lot of practice to make it perfect.

I'll make another one using light sapphire and gold wire for the chain.

Food Trip

This past week,my friends and I were eating a lot.

Joed's Lutong Japon which serves yummy Japanese at reasonable price.

Bento meal

Beef mixed with egg

Crab soup

Pancake House,Ayala

Plain Yogurt

Roast Beef

Blueberry Pancakes

Banana Split

Krispy Creme

Offroads Cafe,Mabolo

Clubhouse

Cappucino

Milk Shake

Pantene Pro-V

Today, I received my free Pantene Mystery Promo Gift Pack. I totally forgot about this,since the unveiling of the mystery shampoo-Pantene Pro-V was last August . Anyhow, I'm so happy Procter and Gamble send me the gift pack. I have been using Pantene already for quite sometime now and it did not disappoint my hair.

my gift pack

my receiving copy of the package 

Yellow wedding

A few pictures from my good friend's elegant wedding last year. It was one of those happy moments.

 Love the bouquet- yellow tulips

 Wedding cake in yellow

Cathedral Church,Cebu where the ceremony was held

Reception was breath taking. Overlooking Cebu City

Stay happy my friend and enjoy marriage life.

Product competition via displays

I am a bit frustrated of how my products are displayed at the drugstores. Well, I should not be, since display contracts have been terminated already during the second quarter.And the marketing's strategy is via TV commercials airing during prime time,but just take a look at them (competitors) very aggressive when comes to displays and merchandising When you enter a drugstore this is what you see.

And how are my products doing when it comes to displays?

displayed between non food items.

placed at the lower most part of the shelf.

How do you compete with that?. Well, we may be not good when it comes to drugstore displays but with brand loyalty, product quality, massive promotions via doctors, TV commercials, we definitely can compete.

Rich God Poor God by Chinkee Tan

I just finished reading the book of Chinkee Tan, Rich God Poor God. He actually gave a talk at our office last Saturday, paid by our company. Unfortunately, I was not able to attend. Okay, about the book what did I learn? There are a lot really, I even took down notes so as not to forget and re-read them again. But one thing that struck me was the the simple and yet powerful revelation found in this book about tithing.A conversation between the author and a Christian businessman.

" Do you believe God owns everything? Do you pray to God for blessings?  Do you believe that it is God who give you the ability to produce wealth? Do you believe that God is your partner in your profession or your business? If you have a partner, once the profit ot hte income comes in, how do you split your income? fifty/fifty, right?. Don't you realize that God is a great partner? He never asks for fifty percent. He only asks for ten percent and we still can't return his share". 

Grab a copy of Chinkee Tan's books at your nearest bookstores.

Bo Sanchez Presents: Kerygma Conference 2010 Restoration

Bo Sanchez presents Kerygma Conference 2010: Restoration. The biggest Catholic learning event of the year. Be Blessed. Be Inspired. Be Restored.

Cebu and Davao on Dec.4 at Waterfront Hotel, Lahug, Cebu City. For tickets contact (032) 231-7953, 231-2134.

If your residing in Manila, it will be on Nov 26-28. For more details, click this Keryma Conference 2010 .For tickets, click this buy tickets.

A quick coffee run at Coffee Cat

My friend Lovely (who knows a lot of good places), introduced me to this nice coffee shop-Coffee Cat, somewhere in I.T park. Place is quiet and relaxing. I love their couches/chair in black very minimalist (I forgot to take a photo).

Coffee Cat at I.T, Lahug, Cebu

Coffee taste even better when serve in mugs, but this one is cute in black and printed label, so I brought mine at home (part of recycling and reusing)

They also serve yogurt which I think this is what people keeps coming back.

Green tea yogurt. 

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Coffee Cat

JP Morgan Building

I.T Park

Lahug, Cebu

Where is the mother of this poor child?

While on my way to work, I saw this little boy on the street begging for money from one car to another. Probably hungry but not minding the intense heat that day.

Where is the mother of this poor child? 

Glucerna Belly Bands

Have you seen the new look of Glucerna SR?..Nope, they did not change packing,they just added the belly bands in two colors-yellow (day) and purple(night).Part of promoting and an awareness campaign about controlling one's blood sugar. You will see this attached around the can when you buy Glucerna SR either 400gms and 900gms.

Start your day right with Glucerna SR

Drink a glass of Glucerna SR before bedtime

Glucerna SR is milk formulation designed for people with diabetes. A product of Abbott.


Glucerna SR available at Rose Pharmacy, Watsons, Mercury Drug and other drugstores and supermarkets nationwide.


Oh, why I am writing about this?..I'm actually working in the sales department and handling Abbott milk lines. 

Ensure Healthy Life Club

For all Ensure drinkers out there, join Ensure Healthy Life Club and receive special perks such as:

• Free Php 100 gift certificate
• Free Ensure product sample
• Free discount coupons from their club partners

You can avail of the membership through your doctors or you may call (02) 995-1555 or their toll free number 1-800-10-995-1555 or  text ABBOTT_ANI ENSUREHL Name Age Address and send to globe 2327


Spread the news!

Watch Christopher De Leon on Ensure commercial

NO to plastics bags

Part of doing my share in saving Planet Earth is that, I avoid plastic bags from stores, instead I always had with me my canvass eco bag from Rustan's. Rustan's supermarket even give double points everytime you use their eco bags, which I think retailers should do.

Rustan's canvass eco bag

You might be wondering what does plastics do? With too many plastics around it clogged our drainage systems and results to flood.It take years and years for the plastics to decompose.


It's time to take responsibility and make a difference.


Eco bags would be a nice Christmas gift, don't you think?

Francis Kong Cover of Money Sense Magazine

Francis Kong, a well known motivational speaker is on the cover of Money Sense. I just bought mine just today and will be reading it from cover to cover.

Please grab a copy of Money Sense October-November.. now in bookstores and magazine shops.

I got to know Mr. Kong because someone introduced me to his first book entitled "Only the Real Matters". Since, I loved his first book, I bought a few more. I liked the way he writes, simple and in a story format with many lessons to learn as to whether in business,attitude,values or ethics. Truly an inspiring person!

Cake Couture

Last night, I got to taste Cake Couture's cupcakes.So yummy and sweet.

Lovely designs of cakes for all occasions.

Cupcakes

Inside Cake Couture

Specially made box for their cupcakes

Chocolate,Peanut butter,Red velvet and Choco cream cakes. I love the chocolate cupcake among the four, very rich in chocolate and the frosting is just right.

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Cake Couture by Tina

Banilad Town Center

Banilad, Cebu

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