Monthly Archives: July 2008

Laguna Cafe

By | Foodie, Travel | 2 Comments

Dad and Mom’s favorite Filipino restaurant in Cebu.  This one we ate in is a few meters away from Starbucks and there is another location nearby in the Ayala Mall.   Mom says to make sure to order the Crispy tadyang 🙂

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website:  Cafe Laguna / Laguna Cafe  

 Contact Information:

Laguna Garden CafeGarden Row 1Biliran Road, Cebu Business ParkCebu City, PhilippinesTel #: 032-2338600Fax #: 032-2338602email: lgc@cafelaguna.com Cafe Laguna – Ayala CenterLevel 1 Ayala Center CebuCebu Business ParkCebu City, PhilippinesTelefax #: 032-2310922email: cl-ayala@cafelaguna.com
Laguna Catering & Commissary CenterTorralba Street Corner Veteran’s DriveNear Cam Lapu-lapu, LahugCebu City, PhilippinesTelefax #: 032-2313553email: catercom@cafelaguna.com

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Luxury Shopping Card Unveiled

By | What's New at Rustan's | 2 Comments

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Zenaida R. Tantoco, President of Rustan Commercial Corp. said: “Rustan’s continues a long and proud tradition of putting our customers first, and constantly finding new ways to delight them. The Citi Rustan’s card will certainly complete their shopping experience, and it gives us the opportunity to further cement our relationship with our loyal and valued shoppers.”

Anton Huang, Executive Vice President of Stores Specialists, Inc., related that the Citi Rustan’s cardholder will enjoy exclusive access to the many promotions that they line up year-round.  “We currently have over 60 international brands under our wing, and that number will continue to grow.  Each of these brands has something unique to offer to the Filipino shopper, and we are happy to be able to introduce each one of them to the Citi Rustan’s cardholder, through private sales, exclusive promotions and special occasion discounts.”

Rustan’s Supermarkets’ President Bienvenido Tantoco III is confident that the new credit card will receive a warm welcome from Rustan’s devoted shoppers.  “Once a shopper has experienced Rustan’s, they usually come back for more, whether they first tried the department store or the specialty boutiques or the supermarket.  And we are happy to say that these become long-term relationships that we nurture with good products and excellent service.  A Citi-Rustan’s cardholder can expect no less.”citibank-card27.jpgcitibank-card28.jpg

According to Mark Jones, Citi Country Business Manager: “We are very proud to have the country’s foremost luxury retailer as our partner in our latest product.  For more than 50 years, Rustan’s has been bringing the world’s most premier and sought after brands to the Filipino shopper, even as they help launch the careers of many local designers.  They are the natural partner for Citi as we launch a credit card for the luxury shopper.”

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Privileges at Rustan’s Department Store

·       Welcome gifts:

       For Citi Rustan’s Platinum cardholders: complimentary service from Clarins Institut, Essenses Aesthetics or Murad Spa.  Present card and voucher to enjoy Light from Maori Treatment from Clarins Institut, Hot Stone Body Massage from Essenses Aesthetics or Vitamin C Infusion Facial from Murad Spa.

       For Citi Rustan’s Gold cardholders: complimentary service from Clarins Institut, Essenses Aesthetics or Murad Spa.  Present card and voucher to enjoy Clarins Back Relief, Dermalogica Discovery Facial or Murad Classical Facial. 

·       World-class service from Lifestyle Consultants: experts in the fields of fashion, beauty, homemaking and more. A Lifestyle Consultant will work with your most convenient schedule and budget to be able to assist you better with your shopping requirements.

·       Lifestyle Consultants will also pamper you with these priority shopping services:

       Delivery of items to customer’s location in Metro Manila and Metro Cebu

       Assistance with all of Rustan’s Gift Registries (Bridal, Baby, etc.)

       Invitations to shopping parties and store events

       Assistance with wardrobe alteration, embroidery, and engraving

       Makeover sessions as requested

·       Exclusive treats on special occasions:

       Anniversary Discount:  20% discount for Platinum cardholders and 15% for Gold cardholders on Regular, Consigned, and X-items (except SSI brands) purchased with Citi Rustan’s Card on your anniversary month. Just present card with anniversary voucher at the cashier.

(Claim anniversary voucher booklet at the Concierge. Valid for one transaction on the day the voucher is claimed, for a maximum purchase of P10,000 for Platinum and P5,000 for Gold cardholders.)

       Birthday Discount: 20% discount for Platinum cardholders and 15% discount for Gold cardholders for purchases on your birthday week (3 days before the birthday, on the day itself, or 3 days after the birthday). Just present card with birthday voucher at the cashier

(Claim birthday voucher at the Concierge. Valid for one transaction on the day the voucher is claimed, for a maximum purchase of P10,000 for Platinum and P5,000 for Gold cardholders.)

       Preferential Discount at East Creative Asian: 15% discount for Platinum cardholders and 10% discount for Gold cardholders for a minimum bill of P500.

       Preferential Discount at Phyto Univers Salon: 15% discount for Platinum cardholders and 10% discount for Gold cardholders on all hair services, plus a complimentary hand and foot massage for every haircut or chemical treatment package.

·       Exclusive Benefits for Citi Rustan’s Platinum cardholders:

       Access to the Platinum Lounge: Personal shoppers get everything you need while you sit back, relax and enjoy complimentary coffee at the Platinum Lounge.

       Free Valet Parking at Rustan’s Makati: Present card to Concierge 1 or 5 to get free valet parking voucher, even without proof of purchase.

       Complimentary Engraving

       Complimentary Alteration Services

       Complimentary Embroidery Services at Rustan’s Makati and Shangri-La Mall: Triple-initial monogram (traditional or modern style) or single-initial monogram.

       Free Delivery of Purchases

Privileges at Rustan’s Supermarket (Fresh and Expresslanes)

.      Welcome Gift:  Cardholders can avail of welcome gifts at Rustan’s Supermarket Makati-Glorietta, Rockwell, Shangri-La, and Katipunan (upon presentation of voucher).

·       10% Discount on Featured Wine/Spirits: Get discounts on wine and liquor bottles worth P1,000 at Rustan’s Supermarket Makati-Glorietta, Rockwell, Shangri-La Mall, and Katipunan, as well as at Le Gourmet in Rustan’s Supermarket Makati, The Vineyard/Wineshops in Rustan’s Supermarket Makati-Glorietta, Rockwell, Shangri-La, and Katipunan.

·       Birthday Discount: 10% discount for Platinum cardholders and 5% discount for Gold cardholders for purchases on your birthday week (3 days before the birthday, on the day itself, or 3 days after the birthday). Just present card with valid ID with picture at the Customer Service Counter. Offer good for one-time use on birthday week.

·       Gift for Special Occasions: Get a gift if you’re one of the first 2,000 shoppers on Valentine’s Day, Chinese New Year, Easter, Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, Halloween, Christmas, and New Year’s Day. Claim your free gift at the checkout counter of Rustan’s Supermarket Makati-Glorietta, Rockwell, Gateway, Shangri-La Mall, Katipunan, Magallanes, San Antonio (Forbes Park), Greenbelt, and Corinthians.

·       VIP Access to Exclusive Events: Get invited to members-only sales and product previews throughout the year, plus a gift if you’re one of the first 2,000 cardholders to arrive at the event.

·       Free Parking: Get a P20 parking coupon every month if you’re one of the first 300 shoppers at the Rustan’s Supermarket Makati-Glorietta branch.

·       Complimentary Glass of Wine at Le Gourmet: Get a complimentary glass of wine for a minimum purchase of P300. Simply pay for your purchases with Citi-Rustan’s Card and the glass of wine is yours for free.

·       All-Expense-Paid Travel Package for 2 for top-spending cardholders: Highest-spending Citi Rustan’s cardholder and a companion can enjoy an all-expense-paid trip to be awarded at the end of each year.

·       For top-spending Gold cardholder: Local destination, inclusive of economy-class airfare and accommodations.

·       For top-spending Platinum cardholder: Asian destination, inclusive of business-class airfare and accommodations.

·       Free Appetizer at Le Gourmet (For Platinum Cardholders Only):   Every month, Platinum cardholders will get complimentary appetizer for a minimum purchase of P300 at Le Gourmet. Simply pay for your purchases with Citi-Rustan’s Card and the appetizer is yours for free.


Privileges at Stores Specialists, Inc. Stores

·       Enjoy shopping in over 250 SSI stores offering luxury designer shoes, bags, clothing and accessories in all the major malls of Manila, Cebu, Baguio and Davao.  Avail of  the following exclusive benefits and offers throughout the year:

Early access to End-of-Season Sale Previews at select stores.

Get first dibs at Sale merchandise either the day before or a few hours before the end-of-season sale opens to the public at select stores. 

Exclusive invitations to off-site 3-day Sale Events held at least once per season.

Shop in the exclusive company of other Citi Rustan’s cardholders as we present to you an array of over fifty SSI brands at irresistible discounts, in one centralized sale venue, twice a year!

Free alteration services on regular merchandise bought with your Citi Rustan’s card.

Just show us your card and proof of purchase and we’ll do the rest.

Enjoy gifts with your purchases throughout the year!

·  Free Debenhams Tote Bag or Umbrella with a minimum purchase of P3,000

·  Free Surprise Gift at Banana Republic for a minimum purchase of P5,000  

·  Free Surprise Gift at Diesel for a minimum purchase of P5,000

·  Free Surprise Gift at GAP for a minimum purchase of P5,000

 

Get a special Birthday Treat!  Treat yourself to a ten percent (10%) discount when you use your Citi Rustan’s card for that once-a-year milestone at any of our stores*

Simply present your Citi Rustan’s Card on the day of your birthday, together with a valid ID indicating your birth date, to claim your 10% discount.

  • Discount is valid for one transaction only up to a maximum of P20,000.  
  • Valid only on full priced or regular priced items and not to be used in conjunction with other promotions or discounts.
  • Valid only on the date of your birthday.
  • Valid at all SSI stores, except Zara.

 

Citi Rustan’s Card is available in two variants – Gold and Platinum. Earning rebates on purchases is easy:

Citi Rustan’s Gold cardholders receive 2% rebate for purchases made in Rustan’s and affiliate stores, and 0.50% rebate on purchases in other establishments.

Citi Rustan’s Platinum cardholders, on the other hand, earn 3% rebate on purchases made in Rustan’s and affiliate stores, and 0.50% on purchases in other establishments.

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Exclusive VISA Platinum Privileges:

·      Citi Rustan’s Platinum cardholders also enjoy exclusive VISA Platinum Privileges:

·       VISA Platinum Club: Enjoy five-star privileges at exciting destinations specially handpicked for jetsetters.

·       VISA Platinum Golf: Enjoy access to some of the finest golf courses from Asia and around the world.

·       VISA Access Unique Travel Program: Distinctive offerings for your travel pleasure.

·       Round-the-clock Access to VISA Platinum Customer Center for any personal assistance such as restaurant referrals and reservations, information on health clubs and sporting events, tips for shopping and entertainment, pre-trip information, translation services, gift and flower deliveries, emergency assistance and much more.   

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Where is Matt?

By | Great Achievements | 5 Comments

 

Thanks to dad and Catherine for sharing this video.  I actually find this video amusing.  How an idea or how one man can influence the whole world amazes me!  And how lucky he is to have travelled to so many cities all over the world.   

 

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At first I liked watching the videos just because I wanted to see different places in the world and where Matt has been to.  I also found his dancing so entertaining.   I was trying to figure out what he was trying to do or what he was trying to convey.  Then I saw this comment on his video,  which by the way has 21,000 + comments and 10 million plus views, which sort of says it all.

 

“Hi Matt, the new video absolultey Rocks! I wish I had a better word. It brought be to happy tears because it is pure joy, no politics, no attachments, no stress, no problems, just people having fun together doing the same thing (dancing badly) at the same time, all over our big beautiful world. We were all in the moment and it shows in every clip!

 

Your videos bring such happines and joy to so many, that of course is why they are such a hit and this one will be the biggest hit!

 

Thank you Matt, and thank you Stride Gum for allowing Matt Harding to continue his good work……..dancing badly and spreading joy!

 

Tashi Delek Matt!

 

Posted by: Roemarie | June 20, 2008 at 08:28 AM

 

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2006

 

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This is funny too!

 

Outakes

 

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website:  Where the Hell is Matt?

 

About Matt

 

Matt is a 31-year-old deadbeat from Connecticut who used to think that all he ever wanted to do in life was make and play videogames. Matt achieved this goal pretty early and enjoyed it for a while, but eventually realized there might be other stuff he was missing out on. In February of 2003, he quit his job in Brisbane, Australia and used the money he’d saved to wander around Asia until it ran out. He made this site so he could keep his family and friends updated about where he is.

 

A few months into his trip, a travel buddy gave Matt an idea. They were standing around taking pictures in Hanoi, and his friend said “Hey, why don’t you stand over there and do that dance. I’ll record it.” He was referring to a particular dance Matt does. It’s actually the only dance Matt does. He does it badly. Anyway, this turned out to be a very good idea.

 

A couple years later, someone found the video online and passed it to someone else, who passed it to someone else, and so on. Now Matt is quasi-famous as “That guy who dances on the internet. No, not that guy. The other one. No, not him either. I’ll send you the link. It’s funny.”

 

The response to the first video brought Matt to the attention of the nice people at Stride gum. They asked Matt if he’d be interested in taking another trip around the world to make a new video. Matt asked if they’d be paying for it. They said yes. Matt thought this sounded like another very good idea.

 

In 2006, Matt took a 6 month trip through 39 countries on all 7 continents. In that time, he danced a great deal.

 

The second video made Matt even more quasi-famous. In fact, for a brief period in July, he was semi-famous.

 

Things settled down again, and then in 2007 Matt went back to Stride with another idea. He realized his bad dancing wasn’t actually all that interesting, and that other people were much better at being bad at it. He showed them his inbox, which, as a result of his semi-famousness, was overflowing with emails from all over the planet. He told them he wanted to travel around the world one more time and invite the people who’d written him to come out and dance too.

 

The Stride people thought that sounded like yet another very good idea, so they let him do it. And he did. And now it’s done. And he hopes you like it.

 

Matt lives in Seattle, Washington with his girlfriend, Melissa, and dog, Sydney. He hasn’t had a real job since Stride called him up. Matt doesn’t mind working, but he doesn’t much care for having to show up at the same place every day.

 

Matt is not rich. Matt also doesn’t have some magical secret for traveling cheaply. He does it pretty much the same way everybody else does.

 

Matt thinks Americans need to travel abroad more.

 

Matt was a very poor student and never went to college. When he got older, he was pleased to discover that no one actually cares. Matt doesn’t want to imply that college is bad or anything. He’s just saying is all. There’s other ways to fill your head.

 

Matt is left-handed.

 

When Matt was younger, he could hang seven spoons on his face at once. Sadly, puberty made Matt’s face less conducive to spoon-hanging.

 

Matt’s Xbox Live screen name is BadDancer. He plays a lot of Rock Band.

 

Matt has a little piece of extra cartilage sticking out on the rim of one ear and a little hole in the same place on the other ear. Since saying so on this page, he’s been informed that the extra piece of cartilage is called a Darwinian Tubercle. Matt thinks

website:  Where the Hell is Matt?

Frozen Sansrival

By | Yummy! | One Comment

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If there is frozen Brazo de Mercedez from Dimpy, check out this frozen sansrival! YUMMY!!  

It looks just like a regular sansrival but it has ice cream in it!

I discovered this at the Karl Edward Bazaar and Elaine was selling her cookies and pastries.  I actually liked her White House Peppermint cookies and Chocolate Chips which she was sampling and selling that day.  She was not selling her Frozen Sansrival but it was in her price list and I asked her about it and ordered it!  I LOVE IT!

 

I also featured Elaine in Baker’s Dozen when she was exhibiting at the Power plant mall.

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cell #:  +63922-842-0536 

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Previous Entry:  Best Sansrivals May 2, 2008 

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Decorate Home Workshops

By | Household Tips, What's New at Rustan's | No Comments

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Rustan’s HOME: Decorate!

Bring luxury into your home as Rustan’s Home invites you to our first ‘Decorate! Home Lifestyle Workshop’ series!

Catch the style & sophistication of design and lifestyle gurus every week as they teach you the finer points to decorating. Learn the secrets to introducing chic and simple glamour into your everyday living spaces.

Become a registered participant in our workshops and receive exclusive offers & get a chance to win special prizes!

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I was fortunate to have been in the store when the first one at Makati branch last Thursday as it was about to start so I attended:

Gardening in the City Green is in! Turn your home into a personal oasis by bringing a country garden feel into the city. Enjoy a delightful afternoon of fun and inspiration with your host Randy Sison as he reveals the secrets of garden styling. From formal to informal or somewhere in between, spend as afternoon at Rustan’s Home and discover the garden style that’s right for you.

  • July 10, Thursday, 4pm, Activity Area, 4th Level Rustan’s Home Floor, Makati
  • July 18, Friday, 4pm, 2nd Level Rustan’s Home Floor, Alabang Town Center

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Rustan’s HOME: Decorate! Workshop Series

Chic Flower Arrangements

Transform ordinary flowers into chic floral masterpieces! Join us on July 17, Thursday, 4PM at the 4th Level, Activity Area, Rustan’s Home Makati. Enjoy a fun-filled afternoon of beautiful foliage in sculptural LSA vases. Inject nature into the décor equation in your own home. 

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Quinto’s Violin Lessons

By | For kids | One Comment

Several weeks ago, I accompanied my friend Rina to bring her son, Quinto,  to his violin lessons. I was so amazed! I just find the violin so elegant and so classic! And for a child to be playing it amazes me more.  Quinto was so proud to show off his violin skills to me.

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Teacher Loy:  “That’s Music!  You don’t see anything, You hear it, You feel it, you follow.  You make nice music!” 

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