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#FreeTheJoy with Limited Edition Cadbury Dairy Milk Christmas Flavors
We haven’t even donned our Halloween costumes yet but the spirit of Christmas just can’t wait any longer! Indeed, we can now feel and taste Christmas in the air, and I’m pretty sure that it’s gonna be a merry one thanks to Cadbury Dairy Milk’s limited edition Christmas flavors!
Receiving is good but giving is much better. So this Christmas, #FreeTheJoy by sharing these three limited edition Cadbury Dairy Milk flavors to your loved ones this holiday season.
“If you’re into textured sweets, Cadbury Dairy Milk Black Forest fits your taste profile. It still has the Cadbury Dairy Milk’s smooth sensation but it comes with real chocolate cookies and red jellies. It’s definitely crunchy and chewy – perfect to keep you company during the holiday traffic madness!”
Now, this Cadbury Dairy Milk Black Forest flavor will absolutely satisfy the taste buds of the tough man in our house －my dad! The crunchy and chewy texture of it describes his tough and strong personality but it is balanced out by his smooth and calm disposition, just like the smooth sensation of Cadbury Dairy Milk!
“If you like surprises, Cadbury Dairy Milk French Vanilla is your perfect pair this Christmas. As you bite into this exquisite flavor, you plunge into the smooth, soft, silky center filled with light and delectable French vanilla cream. This sophisticated flavor is definitely a revelation this season.”
I would definitely give this limited edition Cadbury Dairy Milk French Vanilla flavor to my sister since it matches her personality. She might look serious and quiet on the outside but when you get to know her, she’s actually a sweet and caring person. Just like the Cadbury Dairy Milk French Vanilla flavor, once you get to know my sister, you’d actually be surprised to know that she’s not the stereotypical nerdy person.
“Looking for a richer chocolatey taste this Christmas? Elevate your tastebuds with the delicate decadence of Cadbury Dairy Milk Chocolate Mousse. With its light and airy chocolate-flavored cream enveloped in classic milk chocolate shell, you will definitely be begging your secret Santa for more.”
Cadbury Dairy Milk Chocolate Mousse is a perfect match to my mom’s personality! A mom’s selfless and loving heart is comparable to this light, airy chocolate flavored cream engulfed with the classic milk chocolate shell.
Can’t wait to #FreeTheJoy and grab a bag full of these goodies to share with my loved ones!
Cadbury Dairy Milk Black Forest, Cadbury Dairy Milk French Vanilla, and Cadbury Dairy Milk Chocolate Mousse are available in 180g packs for a suggested retail price of P180.00. Hurry and get all flavors – available until supplies last! #FreeTheJoy this Christmas with Cadbury Dairy Milk!
5 Tips To Boost Your Immunity During The Holidays
♪ ‘Tis the season to be merry, not to be sickly ♪
I still remember my 11th Christmas like it was yesterday. How else can I forget it when it’s the saddest holiday season that I have ever experienced? The day right after the start of our school’s Christmas vacation, my family and I went to our province in Pangasinan for a family reunion. The moment we got there, we just left some of our things in my grandparents’ house and right after, we headed straight to San Fabian Beach. Although the beach was pretty unsightly (there were lots of floating garbage), us kids still enjoyed our stay there and even bathed the whole day. And since we wanted to make the most out of our vacation, after the trip to the beach, we went to Baguio after a quick dinner by the shore. Oh boy how sick I was after that stint! On our second day in Baguio, my colds were getting worse than cold Baguio. I couldn’t even enjoy my first trip to Baguio because I was so busy looking for tissues when the sneezing bouts came. I also couldn’t enjoy the food because I couldn’t taste a thing! I was so sad that up to this day, I still regret not having to taste all the food that my other cousins enjoyed - they even ate my share of food! (Though in hindsight, I remember winning a 20-peso bet with my cousin. I simply had to finish a cup of ampalaya. It was really easy, with my taste buds not working). Come New Year, my sneezing was coupled with a bad bout of coughing. It was really bad. My colds were as bad as this child’s colds:
It’s a good thing that I learned from this bad experience (and a good thing that we don’t have video cameras back then to document my poor state). I mean, who would want to experience a Christmas like that, right? This is why from then on, I changed my lifestyle and did my best to boost my body’s immune system. I’m sharing with you my five tips that I’ve always done to help me stay strong and healthy despite the holiday stress:
The Five C’s To Boost Your Immunity
As the year is coming to an end, and as we welcome the new year to come, it’s just reasonable to forget and learn from all the hardships that we experienced. Instead of counting the losses, count the blessings! Now is not the time to be the Grinch (you had the whole month of November to mourn), but rather, be the source of joy for your own self! There’s so many things to be thankful about so always remember this: YOU ARE TOO BLESSED TO BE STRESSED!
While it is perfectly normal to be stressed from time to time, prolonged or unrelenting stress can pose detrimental effects to our mental and physical health, and may also weaken our immune system. To avoid being stressed, try having a positive outlook at life. Surround yourself with people who support and encourage you. Quit being the paranoid who overthinks too much and for a change, instead of thinking of all the things that could go wrong, think of all the things that could go right. You can also check out this short guide I’ve made to help you overcome stress:
Thru exercise, our overall fitness improves, which then improves our immune system. Exercising helps our immune system to fight common infections such as colds and flu. But, the thing is, exercising during the holiday season can be pretty tricky. Longer and colder nights mean longer time of snoozing in bed and your schedule could get hectic because of all the Christmas parties you’ll be attending. But as tricky as it may sound, I have an even trickier and simpler way to stay fit this Christmas: contribute in the holiday preparations!
I don’t know about other family’s holiday traditions but in my family, ‘tis the season to be clean! We clean the house like mad and overly-enthusiastic house-elves (learn about this Harry Potter reference here). This often lasts from 2 to 4 days. We start from dusting every nook and every appliance we have in our house, to throwing away all the accumulated junk over the year, to repainting what needs repainting, to washing ALL that needs washing and finally, to rearranging our furniture for a new look. Imagine just how much sweat you’ll sweat out while scrubbing the floors, wiping windows and carrying things around! This is a great way to welcome the New Year: a clean house minus the frequent sneezing and coughing from dusts and dirt. Cleaning your surroundings boosts your immune system in two ways: ridding of possible causes of allergy and cleaning as a form of exercise.
Participate in your friends’ or relatives’ Christmas caroling! Not only is this a great way of bonding (and showing to the world your hidden talent for singing and making/playing homemade musical instruments) but this is also a good way of burning those fats without you even noticing it! Walking and singing around your neighborhood for at least three hours during the caroling season will really do wonders to your body (and to your pocket)! Hey, maybe you could even add an interpretative dance to the traditional caroling, just for a change (and for some more coins from your friendly neighbor).
Don’t be the typical shopper who only visits the mall when it’s already brimming with a multitude of people! Didn’t you know that joining in on the holiday rush makes you more vulnerable to getting all those disease-causing germs? No matter how good you are at avoiding people (your inaanak included), you’ll surely be squeezed, touched and coughed at by all the other last-minute shoppers.
Planning ahead for Christmas shopping is your ticket to a stress-free holiday season. Early shoppers get to enjoy discounts while late shoppers are exhausted from endlessly using their tawaran skills. Early shoppers make a list of all the friends and relatives that they should give a gift to while late shoppers often forget to buy a gift for someone once they’re already home from shopping. Early shoppers have more time to wrap their gifts while late shoppers barely even have time to buy gift wrappers. More so, early shoppers shop like they have all the time in the world - they have time to check the quality of the product, to ask about the product, and to look for better options aside from the first product they see. On the other hand, late shoppers shop like it’s the end of the world, they run and push and fight over the cheapest product available (imagine just how much stressed and tired you’ll be!) So, to avoid the armageddon of shoppers, shop early! I’m sure you wouldn’t want to be in the middle of this:
Don’t be the ninong or ninang who is constantly out of reach every December and January but is fast as Flash when invited to a handaan that falls on the months of February to November. If you shop early, not only do you get to avoid the huge crowd of Christmas shoppers (and the huge crowd of germs that you can get) but you also get to buy more affordable gifts for your inaanak! Now, you don’t have to stress over the price and you don’t have to feel guilty over not having something to give to your inaanak again!
Filipinos love food! We love food served alive, food served raw, food served burnt, food served fresh, even food that was fresh months ago (think of bagoong and all the other food na pwedeng iburo). We love American food, Italian food, Spanish food, Mexican food, etc. Heck I’m even pretty sure that we’ll love Martian food if there is one!
So it’s no wonder that every holiday season, it seems to me that the rules are (1) to be galante and extravagant in preparing holiday dishes and (2) in every handaan, one must stuff himself/herself until way past their tummy’s spilling level to show how great of a cook is your relative or friend.
With our love for food (and love for our relative’s feelings), it is almost nearly impossible to stay healthy and fit during the holiday season, much less so to just maintain your current weight, right? But follow these simple tips and you’re surely on your way to a healthy and stress-free holiday eating!
Instead of hanging around in the kitchen, while eating the treats you’ve got from your balikbayan friends / relatives, and instead of assigning yourself as the official food taster, why not sweat it out and help in the kitchen for a change? This is a simple trick I employ because I’ve found out that whenever I cook, I don’t have that much appetite to eat the food I’ve cooked. I guess it’s because of the “hiya” factor. I’d want other guests to try my recipe, and not the other way around where I eat what I’ve cooked (it only shows how poor I am at cooking, where it is only I who can appreciate whatever food I’ve concocted). And besides, you’ll be busy answering your guests’ questions (“Wow, sino nagluto nito?”, “Paano ‘to lutuin”, etc) to even have the minute to get your spoon.
While it’s gonna be so tempting to just order from restaurants and avoid the hassles of buying ingredients and cooking, still, please do not think of those numerous jingles that have forced you to memorize the restaurants’ delivery numbers. Instead, make use of having your relatives around! Make your own healthy recipe (who knows, this may be your ticket to being a restaurant-owner someday), or ask around for your ancestors’ secret recipes! This is a great opportunity for bonding, plus you get to blast away some fats – what with you rushing to the store again and again (I guess we Filipinos can never get all the things we need when in a supermarket, thank goodness we have sari-sari stores). Also, you’ll be sweating out a lot with you looking for that antigo and giant kawali or kaserola that only gets used during big occasions such as Christmas.
There are only three species under the animal kingdom that can’t produce their own Vitamin C: guinea pigs, monkeys and humans. Sad, isn’t it? Of all the vitamins out there that we can’t produce and store, vitamin C pa talaga.
So isn’t it just amazing that somebody (in the persona of FERN Inc.) thought of making high-quality supplements to make up for our inability to produce Vitamin C? Our answer for our Vitamin C dilemma, and the last C that will complete the 5 tips to boost our immunity is no other than FERN-C!
What does FERN-C do?
FERN-C is an immune-booster. With it, our body resistance increases and it is more able to fight against infectious diseases like colds and flu. It also helps in hastening wound healing and in keeping our teeth, gums and bones healthy. FERN-C is also a potent antioxidant. As an antioxidant, it fights and neutralizes free radicals which then helps in preventing or delaying free radicals from causing damage to our cells.
I guess you would have noticed by now that FERN-C is sodium ascorbate, and not ascorbic acid which some people are more familiar with. So, why switch to sodium ascorbate?
Sodium ascorbate (FERN-C) is a type of vitamin C that is less acidic than ascorbic acid. This is good news for people with gastrointestinal problems like heart burn (which I unfortunately have) because we can take sodium ascorbate without fear of having stomach upsets.
Also, sodium ascorbate stays in our body longer (approximately 12 to 14 hours) than ascorbic acid does. Clearly, because of this, sodium ascorbate does more benefits to our body than ascorbic acid does. In addition to this, about 95 percent of sodium ascorbate is absorbed in our blood stream, while only 25 percent of ascorbic acid is absorbed. This obviously makes sodium ascorbate (FERN-C) the more economical choice.
Still skeptic about FERN-C? Well, don’t be! Even if it is the first non-acidic vitamin C in the Philippines (thank you for considering acidic people like me who also needs Vitamin C like all the other people), it has already been in the market for 10 years. It has been tried and tested by the many users and the many award-giving bodies. Take a look for yourself:
With a background like this, I’m pretty sure that you’ll be wanting to have your own supply of FERN-C capsules! Luckily, this is available in leading drugstores, convenience stores and groceries nationwide. You could also visit FERN-C Store Finder to find the nearest store where you can buy FERN-C. For more details, please visit their website at fern-c.com and don’t forget to follow them also on their social media accounts: Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
i drew this little friend and i dont know what he is but i love him
that is so unnecessary and violent and rude he did nothing wrong he is standing there smiling and you punch him in his face/stomach he doesn’t even have arms to defend himself this is just cruel and sadistic
Don’t worry, friends. Little guy is ok.
he doesnt have arms to drink that tea that is a threat in disguise
i gave him a little straw so he could drink his tea and a blanket to keep him warm. i hope he feels better.
goodbye small fucker
LEAVE HIM ALONE
I’m going to help train our friend, I won’t stand to see him take this abuse any longer
We’re taking it a bit slow because he’s still recovering, but his training is coming along nicely! You can do it, little guy!
looks like all that training is starting to pay off
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Book Sale Alert!
Come by Adarna House’s Christmas Sale from November 16 to December 19 to avail of storybooks for only Php 60! Please click here for more info.
Starbucks in the eyes of a non-coffee drinker.
#VPartySeries Midnight Mysteries: Can You Survive The Night?
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Mark your calendars for November 7, 2015 and get ready for the ultimate Halloween event of the year!
FOX International Channels and Victoria Court are partnering up with Breakout Philippines, the country’s premiere escape room game, to bring you an immersive horror experience like no other!
Ever since 2014, Breakout has been providing a unique experience to thousands of players by trapping them in different themed rooms for 45 minutes. They are given an interactive game where players have to team up to find clues and solve logic puzzles based on various story lines. Participants are encouraged to PLAN as a team, SOLVE puzzles collaboratively in order to ESCAPE before time expires.
This Halloween season, the game is about to change as it is no longer enough to BREAKOUT… you must now also SURVIVE! You and your friends will be trapped in a room and will have 45 minutes to try and survive the horror set before you.
There will be scare actors that will enter and exit the room as they please. Some will be nice and try to help you by giving you clues, while some… are not. Be prepared as they invade your personal space, tell you bone chilling stories, separate you from your friends and sometimes, even leave you alone in the dark. Be ready to be pushed out of your comfort zone.
This is still a BREAKOUT event so there is still puzzle solving involved. You will still choose among the 5 Super-thematic Rooms of Victoria Court Malate, which will determine the style of the overall puzzle you will have to solve:
1. The Asgard Room
2. The Casino Royale Room
3. The Bat Cave Room
4. The Candy Land Room
5. The Marrakesh (Sex in the City) Room
If the scares get too extreme for you, there is a safe word… screaming “I want my Mommy” will signal our actors to back off and bring you back to your friends. Though be warned, doing so will forfeit the clue you may receive by surviving the scare. Missing out on 1 clue won’t make it impossible to solve the puzzle, but it will make it very difficult. So wear your brown pants and as much as you can, brave up!
To add up to the scare, there will be a free fear flicks marathon happening at the Victoria Court grounds from 6 PM until 12 PM.
The breakout rooms have limited slots, so be sure to register now through www.breakout.com.ph. You can also visit Victoria Court’s Facebook page (facebook.com/VictoriaCourtPH) or follow their Twitter and Instagram (@victoriacourtVC) for more updates about this event.
Prepare yourselves for a scare that you won’t forget.
See you there!
5 Perfect Homes with Property24
Up to this day, the first ever “blueprints” of a house that I drew as a toddler is still etched (and probably forever preserved) on the walls of our house. Thankfully, my parents are among the rare species of kunsintidor parents who think that a kid’s wall drawings are works of art.
Although I am very much grateful and forever indebted to my parents for giving me the luxuries of living safely and soundly under a roof, I think that it’s about time that I look for my own house to live at. You see, I’m already in that age range where if you don’t do anything about your plans for the future, you just might end up living on the internet.
If truth be told though, my ultimate dream house would be a house like that of Howl’s (from the Japanese movie Howl’s Moving Castle)...
... or like the one featured in the epic batang 90′s movie, Magic Temple.
Who wouldn’t want to live in a house that doubles as your mode of transportation as well, right? But, since we haven’t come close to inventing such a house just yet (and because the traffic is getting worse so, obviously, having moving houses would congest the roads even more), let me share with you a more realistic dream house - make that dream housesssss. I’ve picked these five perfect homes because they are strategically located around the Philippines (a way around the terrible traffic dilemmas and as a temporary solution for my dreams of owning a walking house).
So, how did I learn about these perfect homes, when finding one has become such an inconvenience (what with our increasing population despite the fact that land areas do not increase)? Why, it’s through Property24, of course! :)
Property24.com.ph is the fastest growing property portal in the Philippines. They provide an effective online platform for leading Real Estate Developers, Agencies and Brokers that allows them to showcase their property listings to a wider audience of qualified prospective Buyers.
#PerfectHome #Property24 #Property24PH
If you’ve been living on the internet for quite a while now, then signing up for a Property24 account will definitely be easy peasy for you! Just sign in with your e-mail or Facebook! You’ll also be glad to know that looking for your perfect home is as easy as signing up with Property24 with its user-friendly format. Have a look at the following five perfect homes for me that I’ve found via Property24PH:
House and Lot in Santa Maria, Ilocos Sur
The balcony on the second floor plus the fact that it is located in the province of Ilocos completes the “haciendero look”. I just need to have a horse, which, I believe, is also abundant in this beautiful province! Oh, and the monobloc chair at the facade is definitely a big plus too (will be perfect for siestas with matching pamaypay). ;)
And did I mention that the balcony has a very scenic view of the Suso beach? Not only do I get a fresh morning sea breeze each time I wake up (would definitely make a perfect shooting place for coffee commercials) but I would also get a perfect view of the sunset! I also wouldn’t mind getting sun-kissed skin when it means an everyday trip to the beach.
Resort Condo in Sta. Mesa, Manila
Cue in this song: ♫ Hinahanap-hanap kita Manila, Ang ingay mong kay sarap sa tenga ♫ Although living in the capital may look like a bad idea (cos’ of the noise, pollution and traffic), I’d still love to live in this place because... well, it’s Manila! And I believe that every Filipino should visit the heart of the country at least once in their lives.
This condo has its own resort so if I’m to live here, the pool party venue is definitely on me! (Make that an everyday pool party!)
House and Lot in Antipolo
Manila could get you really stressed out on most days so as a quick escape from the very busy capital, you can find me chilling out in this 4 million peso vacation house.
Though not as cold as Baguio or Sagada, Antipolo can still get you chilled and relaxed minus the long and expensive travels.
House and Lot in Banawa, Cebu
This house is definitely among the many things in Cebu that will make you sing #ThatsWhatMakesCEBUtiful!
Anyone who lives in this house (which I hope will be me in the near future), will absolutely enjoy their stay here because of the included use of the swimming pool, clubhouse and activity lawns among other things.
House and lot in Cagayan De Oro City
This majestic house is an almost complete deal: at 99%, it comes with a lanai, two balconies and a mini-bar. So, the only thing missing, is an occupant, and hopefully, I’ll be the 1% to complete this luxury house!
I really had so much fun looking at and daydreaming about these 5 perfect homes for me. If you want to look for your own perfect house(s), you may visit property24.com.ph on your web browsers or view Property24′s app by downloading it first from Google Play or from the App Store.
Recently, I paid a visit to my mother’s hometown in Manaoag, Pangasinan. Just as recently, I’ve also found a new hobby: taking photos of everything (but me). I’m using a very pachuchu camera. You know, something that professional (and amateur) photographers will smirk at. But hey, it’s a good start. Right?
Though the photos I took are far from being tagged as #amazing #spectacular #impressive photography, I’m still really happy with these photos! What do you think? :)
So, it’s been a long time since I traveled beyond the outskirts of noisy, dirty and crowded Manila. This photo was taken in one of the ancient churches in Visayas (and possibly the Philippines as well): Pan-ay Church.
Didn’t know that “Panay” is written with a hyphen between n and the second a. I also didn’t know that the largest bell in Asia can be found here!
The church is definitely old. It has a musty, rusty and legit ancient feeling to it not to mention that it kind of smelled, tbh. But, it is undoubtedly SPECTACULAR.
Qik or It Didn’t Happen
Pik or it didn’t happen? Meh.
Pics can be photo-shopped, for all we know. And so are videos (I know), but fortunately, people of this generation are still not that adept at photo-shopping videos (or maybe I am just describing myself here but that’s just an honest observation).
And what with the sprouting of various apps here and there, picture sending are pretty much becoming a thing of the past (even though it seems like only yesterday). Besides, is it not more exciting to see something moving (even if it’s just on the screen) than to see something as stable as.. erhm, your salary?
With Skype Qik, you don’t have to settle to just sending those boring, meh pictures!
Skype Qik is a quick video messaging/communication app that allows you to exchange instant and quick video messages for free. It enables you to capture videos that are up to 40 seconds long, and and send them to group of friends. Skype Qik is available on iPhone, Android, and Windows phones. More about Skype Qik here: http://www.skype.com/en/qik/
Skype Qik not only allows me to send quirky, random, witty, crazy and silly... (you name it) videos but it also lets me bond with my friends in a way that will surely make me laugh. We’ve moved on from the usual text messaging and photo sending because these feel really bland and lacking. -_- With this cool app, inviting your friends to watch some movie can now be as exciting as the movie itself!
Want to experience the same thing? Well, head over to your phone's app store and download this app for free! Apple Store • Google Play Store • Windows Phone Store. Here’s a photo of my phone with the Skype Qik app on it:
I wish this was longer
hahahaha if my organs acted like this, i wouldn’t mind the pain from time to time (lol jk)
know of a nice but cheap camera?
i’m really craving to have one of those nice, handy but cheap cameras before i start traveling and capturing the world (thru the camera’s lenses, of course)
help me find one, please? :)
some me time
hay.
A new My Cardboard Life comic!
Another Cadbury Sweet Ending: Team French Vanilla
"Is your barkada #TeamFrenchVanilla or #TeamChocolateMousse?"
Yet another Cadbury Sweet Endings. Chillaxing on top of the trees: my Cadbury barkada's French-inspired pose by the Eiffel Tower. Like this pose is the most normal thing to do in La Tour Eiffel, haha.
So we're definitely Team French Vanilla. Naman. Not only are vanilla and chocolate two of my barkada's most favorites flavors (for whatever food), but anything French would also be automatically on our favorites list. So basically, we love French Vanilla because well, it's French, it has vanilla and it has the signature smooth and creamy Cadbury Dairy Milk chocolate. That's a superb treat, yes?
While our pose might look all jeje in whatever angle you look at it, CDM French Vanilla is definitely the thing that puts "elegance" to our rowdy group of barkada. So for all those rowdy barkadas out there, experience a touch of exquisiteness by having a bite of this wonderfully elegant offer by Cadbury Dairy Milk. It's only for a limited time, so grab one now :) If you're a chocolate lover through and through, there's CDM Chocolate Mousse for you :]
