2016 Online Revolution Update: Lazada Breaks Record with 100,000 Items in 9 Hours

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11 November 2016, Philippines – Late night shoppers started very early to take advantage of Lazada’s 2016 Online Revolution. Customers looking for the best deals from trusted brands started coming in from 12 midnight today. As of 9am, www.lazada.com.ph recorded 100,000 items, 29% of which came from the health and beauty category, with electronics as a close second.

Shoppers relished in the choice of products available to them at amazing offers –all at up to 95% discount. The very first order came from a customer in Tarlac City, who ordered a KDS Beats-0022 100dB Stereo Subwoofer Over-the-Ear Headphones.

Lazada’s Online Revolution excitement started much earlier this year,” said CEO Inanc Balci, “We’ve had an exciting and long night, with crowds of late-night owls turning into early-bird shoppers snapping up the best deals from Samsung, L’Oreal, P&G, BUM, Starmobile, Mamy Poko, among many others. Watch out for more deals coming later today and in the next 4 weeks for your Christmas shopping.”

The Online Revolution sale continues until December 12. Following 11.11, and during the next 4 weeks leading up to 12.12, Lazada is focusing on satisfying its customers’ interests with a weekly curated selection of products for beauty fans, supermoms and families, techies and fashionistas.

Be part of history as Lazada kicks off the Christmas shopping season with the best brands and wallet-friendly deals. Get a chance to win an Isuzu D-Max and Turkish Airlines international roundtrip tickets for all your shopping. Visit www.lazada.com.ph or download the Lazada mobile app for free.

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About Lazada Online Revolution

The Lazada Online Revolution is the biggest online shopping and selling event in Southeast Asia bringing brands and retailers, and consumers together in six countries.

Lazada started the Online Revolution on 12 December 2012 (12.12) to educate consumers on online shopping and its conveniences. The one-day sale sparked a shopping frenzy that grew it into an annual month-long event.

Since then, Lazada Online Revolution has proven itself to be Southeast Asia’s busiest online retail event. In 2015, US$40 million in Gross Merchandize Value was recorded in its three-day finale.

Lazada Online Revolution 2016 will see big retail and marketing brands participate to create an unmatched assortment of popular, quality products, and the best deals for Southeast Asian consumers.

About Lazada Group

Lazada Group operates Lazada, Southeast Asia’s number one online shopping and selling destination, with presence in Indonesia (www.lazada.co.id), Malaysia (www.lazada.com.my), the Philippines (www.lazada.com.ph), Singapore (www.lazada.sg), Thailand (www.lazada.co.th) and Vietnam (www.lazada.vn).

Launched in March 2012, Lazada is pioneering eCommerce in the region by providing customers with an effortless shopping experience with multiple payment methods including cash-on-delivery, extensive customer care and easy returns. Lazada features a wide product offering in categories ranging from consumer electronics to household goods, toys, fashion and sports equipment.

Lazada offers brands and sellers a marketplace solution and an ecosystem of partners providing direct access to about 560 million consumers in six countries online.

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McDonald’s Grand Halloween Family Fun Day 2016

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Surely McDonald’s Philippines knows how to make every member of the family happy as they celebrated McDonald’s Grand Halloween Family Fun Day last October 22, 2016. Mommy Bloggers Philippines and Jhanis, the MissusV, invited me and my family for this event. We were able to join the morning slot. Believe me, I initially thought it was just an in-store small event but I had no idea that it was that grandiose like occupying the whole activity area of J Center Mall’s 3rd floor. We were was not able to join last year’s event so it was a surprise. This is the second time McDonald’s Philippines hosted Halloween event here in Cebu.

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We were busy preparing for my kid’s “costume” in the morning and in a hurry that we forgot to bring our orange pumpkin. Good thing that kids who signed up received their cape, pumpkin bag, and a hat to complete their overall Halloween look! They also enjoyed their 1PC Chicken McDo Happy Meal. My son was excited when he received the green toy car. He loves cars by the way.

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The whole family bonded over exciting activities such as the Magical Kingdom Show and played games in booth fondly named “Pretty in Paint,” “Mr. Bouncy Pumpkin,” “Fix Mr. Skeleton,” Eye Can Shoot,” Minute to Win it,” “Pumpkin Relay,” and “Tic Tac Toe.”
The Grand Halloween Family Fun Day is McDonald’s way of promoting children’s well-being through fun and enriching activities that trigger their creativity and sense of play, and help them make new friends.

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Great news for Manila Mommies and Daddies 🙂
This year also marks the first time that the Grand Halloween Family Fun Day will happen in Manila. On October 29, 2016, kids and kids-at-heart are welcome to join the activity at the World Trade Center Metro Manila. There will be three sessions to accommodate participants: 8AM-11AM, 12PM-3PM, and 4PM-7PM.

DIY: Rey and StormTrooper Costume

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Last Thursday, we were invited by McDonald’s Grand Halloween Family Fun Day last October 22, 2016. This invitation gives me reason to dress up the kids for this year’s halloween :). However, dressing up as witches, vampires, white ladies or ghost is not on my list when I ask the kids about their costume. I personally don’t like scary stuff. Thankfully, the son still has the feels for Star Wars that he likes to dress up as StormTrooper. The daughter wants join the fun and decided to be Rey of Star Wars – The Force Awaken thus our theme for McDonald’s Grand Halloween Family Fun Day.

However, perfecting this Rey costume within a limited time would be impossible, plus, StormTooper onesies is way too expensive.

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So, we thought of doing DYIing 🙂

Making our Rey:

  • Hair: Though we were able to make only 2 buns since my daughter’s hair is not that thick. This I find it cute 🙂
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  • Shirt: Plain white or beige sleveless top will do.
  • Pants: She does not have capri sweat pants so we just have to used her light gray pants and pushed up to the knee.
  • Arm Bands: Un-used white socks will do. Cut the toe’s part of the socks so the hands can pass through.
  • Drapes and Belt: I bought 1.5 meter of light brown chiffon cloth. Cut it in half, then one of the half was cut again into half to form 2 strips to drape in her body to form an X. The remaining half of the cloth is used to wrap around her stomach and used as a belt.
  • Shoes: We don’t have boots to so we use ordinary sneakers.
  • Bag and Staff: No time to make one.

Making our StormTooper:

  • Shirt: White polo shirt will do.
  • Pants: No, we don’t have white long pants but we have white shorts.
  • Mask: This I had to buy.
  • StormTrooper Gun: We have toy machine gun but for some reason we can’t locate it at the time of the event. Small toy gun will do.

Result:
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Again, big “Thank You” to McDonalds Philippines, Ross of EON and Mommy Bloggers Philippines for the invitation.

My Mom and Her Tupperwares

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My mom was once a waitress to Hotel Mindanao, famous hotel in Northern Mindanao in the 1970s. But for some reason, business did not do well that the hotel had to close. She became a stay-at-home mom taking care of her 1 kid, which eventually became 6 mischievous kids.
With dad having no stable work at that time, my mom had to help like selling pancakes, fried bananas or fruits. She also became a member of Tupperware in hope of earning more.
Because she believes the product’s durability, in some cases, she had to double the work to avail freebies and of course get to enjoy the products as well. We didn’t have much in our house, we only have the essentials, so having some of Tupperware products was considered a luxury – my mom’s priced possession. There were those days that we are proud carrying our packed lunches with those colorful Tupperwares (even if it contains much rice than the viand :))

But an unfortunate event happened in 1991, our house was burned to the ground and it includes my mom’s reliable Tupperware stuffs.

While coping up with the incident, she slowly purchased again the ever dependable Tupperwares and one of those is the classic Salad Bowl – her ever durable and reliable partner.

This classic Salad Bowl is always present in all family occasions. Dishes like spaghetti, fruit salad, mango-tapioca were serve in this bowl. Not only during special occasions but also during preparation time for her small eatery. Nowadays, there are tons of  options to choose when purchasing food containers, still mom prefers these Tupperwares.
For her, they are indeed tough and dependable.

More Tupperware Ph stories on the links below!

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NOTE: This is an entry to the Tupperware and Mommy Bloggers Philippine’s “Tupperware@50 Share Your Fondest Tupperware Memory Blog Contest”.

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Wonderful things to do when in South Cebu

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Cebu, the queen city of the south, is indeed a place worth to explore. With the that city already reflects the province’s rich culture and amazing views, wait till you see and experience the sights and sounds of its towns. Here are some of the beauty of the southern part of Cebu.

Visit Simala Church of Sibonga

Simala Church or the “Monastery of the Holy Eucharist” is the castle-like church located in Simala, Sibonga, Cebu. It is currently maintain by the Marian Monks. Believe to be miraculous, Catholic devotees visit the shrine to offer thanksgiving and prayers. Thousands of thanksgiving letters are displayed inside the church as testimonies of devotees’ answered prayers.

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Reach the top of Osmeña Peak in Dalaguete

The highest peak of Cebu island is located at Mantalongon, Dalagute, Cebu. At the top, you get a chance to admire the beauty of the uneven hills made of limestone at 360-degree view. The hills is not as perfect as chocolate hills of Bohol but its imperfection is what makes it beautiful. Read our experience here.

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Swim with the Whale Sharks at Oslob

Lots of whale sharks, locally known as “Butanding”, swim their way in the deep waters of Tanawan, Oslob, Cebu. These gentle giants stayed all throughout the year since locals feed them with small fishes or krills which lead them to be dependents. I personally don’t like that these sharks were used for make revenue. I hate that their ecosystem were to disturbed by chaotic tourists like me.

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Dip in the cool waters of Kawasan

Kawasan Falls is located at Badian, Cebu. The cool, crystal clean freshwater from the falls is definitely refreshing.

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Snorkeling at Moalboal

Beautiful corals, turtles, school of sardines and different species of fish are just some of the beauties found under the sea of Moalboal. More fun here.

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Photo credits to Michael A. and Jimmy L.

So what are you waiting for? Come! Visit and have a trip down south of Cebu 🙂

Afternoon Play at Cebu Happyworld Museum

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Father-in-law was here last month for his quarterly check-up. After his laboratory tests and day-long queue for his doctor’s appointment, we thought we’ll gave him a breather by going to Cebu Happyworld Museum.

Cebu Happyworld Museum offers three-dimensional paintings. It is an optical illusion art museum that consist of 6 sections — World Famous Arts Section, Divinity Section, Ocean Section, Jurassic Animal Section, Philippine Section and Ending section. Visitors not only gaze and appreciate the paintings but rather take a photos together with the paintings and make a pose based on what the painting perceived. The paintings with the light’s reflection will do the trick thus photos seems real.
Visitors are encourage to participate and be imaginative.

Cebu Happy World Museum
Brgy. Gabi, Cordova, Cebu
032-520-1695
032-2363261
Daily 10AM to 9PM (last admission at 8PM)

Admission Fees
Museum Php 350 (adults) / Php 250 (children; free for 3 yrs old below)
4D Ride Php 130

Tips:

  • The more the merrier, so bring the whole family and friends.
  • Do not forget to bring a camera with fully charged batteries and an available file storage
  • To maintain cleanliness of the museum, you are to explore the museum barefoot. Better wear socks if you’re not used to it.
  • Pose. Be creative. Be adventurous.
  • Capture lots of photos.
  • Have fun.

We were only able to take few pictures using only our phones. We forgot to charge our phones and was not able to bring the camera 🙁 Oh well! That means we will surely be back!

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C on my son’s report card

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My kids attended a traditional type of education system.

It is a teacher-centered approach wherein the teacher is equipped with all the necessary knowledge needed to be imparted to the students. The teacher is the focus of attention so students are expected to listen and grasp the concepts imparted by the teacher. Exams are given usually after the topic has been discussed. This is to assess if the students understand the concepts being communicated.

My kids school, being a traditional setting has the following feature:

1:20 teacher to student ratio.

Not bad comparing to schools having bigger teacher-student ratio. But isn’t it amazing how teachers able to handle 20 students talking at same time or misbehaving at the same time. Most importantly on how to impart new concepts to a 20 students of varied capacity to absorbing new topics discussed.

Focused on academic excellence.

Heard good news that students from this school excels in universities and state colleges. Their curriculum is so advance that they are using books of higher grade level and — stressful!

Focused on character development

Personality traits of the students are observed. They are focused on improving self-discipline, independence, responsibility, work ethics, respect and faith. They have “buddy-buddy” system which everyone is responsible for his/her buddy thus developing care for each other — this hopefully avoids bullying.

Assignments

Lots of assignment. Students are given assignment during school break. According to the school, this is their way of the students remember the lessons even during school break.

Motivated by grades

Like any traditional school, students are assessed based on their grades so competition between students is expected. Students are rated based on Academic and Personality.

The school’s first trimester period was completed thus we were informed that the report card distribution will be last weekend.
I requested the husband to picked-up the report card.

Minutes after, he came home disappointed that the eldest did not make it to the honors list. He was even more upset that the youngest rated low in academics and worst had a C in Discipline, one of the trait observed by teachers to rate student personality.

He was upset.
He worries.

C in Discipline.
C for Satisfactory.
One wrong move means we fall to the next level below.
One wrong move and he will get an F for Failure.
One wrong move and surely he’ll be evicted from that impressive school.

The struggle is real.
My son just turn 5yo last month.
He was just 4 when their class my asked to write their names 5 times or write the alphabet letters both big and small 3 times in a Grade 1 sheet of paper.
He had to remember blue-to-blue and red-to-blue rules, and oh, they had to be careful and avoid lapses.
Then he had to learn know how to read 3-letter words, differentiate when to use a or an, knows when use He, She and It, learn proper use of grammatical gender, or identify a phrase from sentence.
The feedback we received from his teachers was that my son talks a lot or keeps roaming within the classroom. He just love to talk. They even had to transfer his seatmate because instead of listening to the teacher, they talk. When reprimanded, he will stop for a while and then talk again.

So how do we discipline him from being too talkative?
Or is the difficulty paying attention a misbehaving trait?

When I was in Kindergarten, I only remembered classroom activities like singing and dancing nursery songs, the recess time and washing our cups and saucers, the nap time (we literally sleep on our mats) or the story-telling time and talk.

The eldest spend her preschool years in a different school which has one-in-one teacher-student session. In this way each child is being supervised and monitored.

Or could gender be a factor — do girls behave better than boys?

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Having a C in his report card makes us, his parents, realize the need to allocate ample time every day (after work) to guide and supervise him.
More involvement!
I get it that he needs to cope up with the fast pace class discussion and had to adjust to conform to the norms of the school’s system so we should be there for him to let him understand it but I also hope that teachers need also to adjust and find different approach to cater all students especially to those hyperactive talkative ones. I believe kids are given a chance to express themselves, so rather than suppress these potentials I’m hoping for support from teachers too.

Before this day end, a big shout-out to all teachers.
Thank you for planting the seeds that lasts a lifetime.
Happy Teachers Day 🙂

Discover StickerKid Sticker Labels

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I have two kids — a 10yo daughter and a 5yo son. At 5 years apart and considering their gender, they have different preferences on toys, books, clothes and some other stuffs. However, with the age gap, most often than not they still want to have some stuff that match such as choice of snacks or merienda, water bottles or lunch boxes.

For identification, I labelled their things using permanent marker but after multiple washings, markings fade or worst case, wash off. And then moments come that they overlook those identifications and then I thought it would never make a difference because they are siblings and these are washed anyway, until one got sick from coughs and colds and I’m afraid it will do more harm.

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And then StickerKid came.
Yep, StickerKid, from Switzerland, reached out and asked if we could try their products.

​StickerKid is an online store that designs and produces high quality Swiss-made personalized sticker labels for school supplies, lunch boxes, water bottles, clothes and other belongings worth to label.

We were grateful to be given a sponsored code and avail “Discovery Pack” which consist of:
– 60 pcs small sticker
– 22 pcs medium stickers
– 20 pcs Iron-On Labels for clothes

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What we love about StickerKid:

*** User friendly online purchase procedure.

*** Can be shipped worldwide. They shipped as far as Philippines 🙂

*** From the looks of it, the labels are of good quality and true to its claimed that it can withstand multiple washings. Unfortunately, the label on the water bottle’s cover peeled off after 2 weeks but labels in water bottle’s body and lunch boxes are still stuck. Also, labels on their bags, pencils and crayons are still stuck too.

*** Attractive colors. We chose yellow for the small sticker and green for the medium stickers are attractive and bright, thus can easily be spotted.

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Head on to their website for some packages with discounts.

​Again, we are thankful that Stickerkid let us try their labels. So far, no missing items reported yet.

Disclaimer: ​I’m not paid for this post though this stickers were given to us for free. ​A​ll photos and opinions ​expressed ​are ​ours.​

LDR

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Its been a month that its just me and the kids, though not literally just the three of us coz with us is my kid’s yaya, also, since the house is not fully finished, we requested my dad to stay with us for awhile. What I mean is that the husband is on business trip for a month and yeah… its a long distance relationship situation of me and kids with their dad.

As of this writing I realized that I am not good at anything, that I miss the husband and that there are many things that needs to be done at home. My husband is good in dealing with the kids, he’s our kitchen master and the family’s financial manager and he drives.

Woke-up early this morning to make breakfast, thankful our yaya helps me with it.

Still had to bathe the youngest while the eldest can manage to bathe herself.

Then, we had to be sure breakfast is available after their morning bath. Preparing breakfast meal is also tough as my youngest is a picky eater. Just to speed things up, I sometimes feed him with processed foods. These processed foods however affects my eldest who has hyper-acidic tummy. Tough for me 🙂

As soon as they are ready for school, had prepare myself for work as well, I commute my way to the office and if possible able to travel during “truck ban” hours because of heavy traffic.

And during office’s break period, had to make my way the grocery store – thankful that the company allows lunch breaks outside the office.

Then had to go home early since the kids doesn’t sleep without me — this I don’t mind since this a chance for me to ask about how their day turn out, homeworks, story-telling session, pray together too.

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In this short “Long Distance Relationship” moment, these are my realizations:

High Regard on Single Parents
– Amazing they were able to juggle two roles as dad and mom, everyday. A great responsibility that single parents manage to carry on.

Communication is at Risk
– During the past four weeks, I’m too busy checking my phone in the morning and too tired to look through it especially when the lights are out at night. An exchange of pleasantries may not be enough but I am reminded that I am not just a parent but also a wife and the husband is also alone on the other side of the world waiting for a our greetings and newly uploaded photo from me and my kids.

Too Much Dependency means Missed Opportunities
– I missed lot of after-work events because I’m not comfortable going home late alone. I missed the get-together with friends at Handuraw. We missed the birthday party of my friend’s son because I’m not comfortable bringing the kids on a commute ride on a very hot weather (its a 4-ride commute on a jeep or 1-ride thru taxi). Want to try the new cafe somewhere in Banilad or thought of putting new shelves inside my youngest’s bedroom but I need the husbands approval. Petty things, right? There is always a risk, right? Explore and have fun, right? These I need to learn to handle.
Ranilo and family, Promise I’ll make it up to you!

It takes Two to Couple
– While its good to have my Me time, its much better to have that Me time with your significant other. And I honestly don’t know what I am good at because I need him that time when I don’t know how to discipline the youngest for the same mistake he committed, I need him when the eldest ask about her Math assignments, when I run out of ideas on what to have for breakfast, snacks and dinner. The youngest requested for a piggy ride last Sunday and I can’t even give him. They miss their funny clown papa too 🙂 I need him to spoil me and argue with and be easy with me and my lame ideas.

Hahaha… so much drama! Well, few more days and he’s home, weeeh!

Cebu Taoist Temple

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Inside a private subdivision in Beverly Hills, Lahug, Cebu City, sits the majestic temple maintained by Cebu Chinese Community. According to Wikipedia, the temple is the center of worship for Taoism, the religion which follows the teachings of the ancient Chinese philosopher, Lao Zi.

It has displays of dragons, temples, tiered tower and worship rooms with statues of Taoist gods. Its captivating bright red and green adds color and energy to the place. Plus being placed in the higher grounds of the city makes you see the magnificent view of Cebu.

Because it is also open to non-worshipers, we were able to enjoy the place and even brought with us my parents 🙂

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