Monday, October 24, 2011

Superbowl of China Alabang Guest of the Week promo


After going to the grocery at Festival Mall Alabang a couple of weeks ago. We decided to have our lunch Superbowl of China, since it was already lunch time and We were already tired.  The mall was packed and since Superbowl was one of the restaurants nearest to the exits where we parked, so We decided to go there. Since, the place was packed, We waited for a few minutes to be seated. They served us chips to make our wait a little bit bearable. We ordered our usual, Birthday Noodles, a Dimsum platter, beef with broccoli, and Mango Sago for dessert. After We received our order, the service crew handed  us a short survey form to fill-up.

I gave a favorable review and suggested some items that they could add to the menu and how they could present their promos to their guests better.  So We ate our meal, paid our bill, handed over the survey and left a nice tip.  A few days later I received an e-mail from them, telling me that I have been selected as their guest of the week for filling-up their survey. As a reward I get a free Braised tofu with mushroom when I dine-in with any food purchase at Superbowl Alabang from October 3-9, 2011. Unfortunately, I opened my e-mail too late. Non-the-less it was a good gesture on their part.

With or without the promo, We'll be definitely coming back to Superbowl of China Alabang

Address: 3rd Level, Chef's Avenue Festival Supermall Filinvest Corporate City, Alabang, Muntinlupa City
Tel. No.: 556-4174
Telefax: 809-8968

Friday, October 14, 2011

BDO Credit Card Bench Promo


Found this great promo for BDO Credit Cards. When you use your BDO Credit card for gas, shopping and dining for a minimum of Php 2,500 you can redeem a free Php 100 Bench Gift Certificate.  For a receipt of Php 7,000 you can get a Php 300 Bench Gift Certificate, and for a Receipt of Php 12,000 you can redeem a Php 500 Bench Gift Certificate.  With prices of todays commodities a trip to the grocery store could earn you atleast a Php 300 Bench GC.   So if your gonna use it, might as well take advantage of the promo. 

The Bench Gift  Certificates  may be used and will be accepted in ALL branches of Bench, Herbench, Human, Bench Body, Kashieca, Charles and Keith, Aldo, Dimensione, La Senza, Celio, Pinoy Lab, FOX, Mothercare, Lyn, CC-OO, Pedro, CPS, Superbench, Bench Tofu, B/Tweeners, Patchi and Call It Spring. It will not be accepted in any branch of Be Connected, Personal Care Exchange and Bench Fix. Redeemed Bench Gift Certificates are valid for 1 year from redemption date. Redeem your Bench GC now as the promo is only good from August 1, 2011 to November 30, 2011 from participating Bench outlets.


Monday, September 19, 2011

UAAP Season 74 Seniors Basketball Finals Schedule


After a fast and furious final four. The top 2 teams are set to battle once again for college hoops supremacy at the 74th UAAP Seniors Basketball Finals.  Come see the Finals where statistics  and advantages no longer matter.  Its back to square one, the rules are simple, beat your opponent twice in order to claim the crown.   Whether your an Ateneo or an FEU fan, you’ve got to love the 74th UAAP Seniors Basketball Finals.  Watch them live or on television, as Ateneo guns for its 4th straight crown or FEU shoots for redemption.  Either case it’s sure to be one heck of a ballgame.

UAAP Season 74 Seniors Basketball Finals Schedule:
Game 1 – September 24 (Saturday – 3 P.M.) – Smart Araneta Coliseum
Game 2 – September 27 (Tuesday) – Smart Araneta Coliseum
Game 3 (if necessary) – October 1 (Saturday)

Friday, September 16, 2011

Connecting to family, friends and loved ones and the power of the internet


I could still remember a couple of years back when I was still conducting and attending trainings overseas. During that time the Internet was still developing.  Dial-up connections was still the popular.  Though broadband connection was already available, it was still quite expensive and available to mostly corporate clients and a few selected hotels. I could still remember an experience I had connecting to 1 of the prime hotels in Singapore. During that time they were supposed to be one of the few hotels which offer premier Internet connections.  However, you still needed to dial-up to establish a connection.  The problem was, you had to pay for each connected or attempted connection. It was very difficult to establish an Internet connection and I ended up with a SGD 100 bill. So I resorted to use prepaid cards and mobile roaming calls. Overall, I paid a whooping Php 40k for a months usage of mobile roaming calls. As the Internet connection improved, messenger services became very popular and accessible. Yahoo messenger and Skype became very popular during that time as it allowed you to do PC to PC chat. However, I found Chikka messenger very useful as it allowed me to send SMS messages from PC to mobile phone and vice-versa. This used to be a free service, but now for a small fee you can still send messages from your PC to a mobile user. The recipient mobile user just needs to reply to the message sent from the Chikka messenger user. For a time mobile 3G communication became a fad, but eventually died out as cost of the service was quite expensive, both user had to have 3G capable phones and 3G service was network dependent. Eventually, Yahoo and Skype offered audio and and video calls.  This eventually became the standard for what we have today.  The improvement in Internet connection made this technology possible. Internet connection today is measured by speed and bandwidth. Broadband connection is no longer limited to offices and businesses, but is in fact a part of every house hold. Social media sites soon followed, and offered their own brand of communication.  Today mobile web browsing has enabled Internet access outside the confides of traditional PC and notebook user.  Today, using your mobile phone you can connect to other people around the world through mobile web browsing. You can answer e-mails, access messenger services, connect to social media sites or remotely connect to your home or office PC. Indeed technology has gone very far from its humble beginnings. I can wait to see what tomorrows technology has to offer.  We have truly been able to bridge the gap between people in different countries through technology. 

Sunday, August 14, 2011

UAAP Season 74 Srs. Basketball Schedule 2nd Round


The 74th Season of the UAAP is heating up as it enters the 2nd round of elimination, where each win is important as teams race to enter the final four. Go out and support your school. 

See the Schedule for the 2nd round of eliminations and catch them live.

August 13 (Saturday) - Araneta Coliseum
Game 1 (1 P.M.)
NU VS. UE
Game 2 (3 P.M.)
ADMU Vs. FEU

August 14 (Sunday) - Araneta Coliseum
Game 1  (1 P.M.)
UP Vs. UST
Game 2 (3 P.M.)
ADU Vs. DLSU

August 18 (Thursday) - Araneta Coliseum
Game 1 (11 A.M.)
FEU Vs. UP
Game 2 (3 P.M.)
ADU Vs. NU

August 20 (Saturday) - Araneta Coliseum
Game  1 (1 P.M.)
DLSU Vs. UE
Game 2 (3 P.M.)
ADMU Vs. UST

August 21 (Sunday) - Araneta Coliseum
Game 1 (1 P.M.)
NU Vs. UP
Game 2 (3 P.M.)
ADU Vs. FEU

August 25 (Thursday) - Araneta Coliseum
Game 1 (1 P.M.)
ADMU Vs. UE
Game 2 (3 P.M.)
DLSU Vs. UST

August 27 (Saturday) - Araneta Coliseum
Game 1 (1 P.M.)
ADU Vs. UP
Game 2 (3 P.M.)
FEU Vs. NU

August 28 (Sunday) - Araneta Coliseum
Game 1 (11 A.M.)
UST Vs. UE
Game 2 (3 P.M.)
ADMU vs. DLSU

September 1 (Thursday) - Araneta Coliseum
Game 1 (1 P.M.)
UE vs. ADU
Game 2 (3 P.M.)
UP vs. ADMU

September 3 (Saturday) - Araneta Coliseum
Game 1 (1 P.M.)
NU vs. ADMU
Game 2 (3 P.M.)
ADU vs.UST

September 4 (Sunday) - Araneta Coliseum
Game 1 (1 P.M.)
FEU vs. UE
Game 2 (3 P.M.)
DLSU vs. UP

September 8 (Thursday) - Araneta Coliseum
Game 1 (1 P.M.)
DLSU vs. NU
Game 2 (3 P.M.)
UST vs. FEU

September 10 (Saturday) - Araneta Coliseum
Game 1 (1 P.M.)
UP vs. UE
Game 2 (3 P.M.)
ADMU vs. ADU

September 11 (Sunday) - Araneta Coliseum
Game 1 (1 P.M.)
NU vs. UST
Game 2 (3 P.M.)
FEU vs. DLSU