I don’t oblige my mom to undertake any tasks in the house and as much as she loves to cook, 

she needs to take some time off to rest. And on times that I am focused on my work and 

don’t have time to cook,I can always rely on GrabFood to rescue us.

 

Here are some of our GrabFood favorites; Value Starts at P99

1. Elsa Silogan Inayawan   

1. Chicken, Egg and Rice Combo Meal Php95.00

 

My son low-key learning how to order by himself now. 

 

 

It’s no secret that my son’s favorite is this. We just came from his school and he has to eat his lunch right away!

2. Tiktilaok

1. Liempo Meal: Php90.00

    

   
   
   
   

    

3. Orange Brutus

1. Vegetable Lumpia Meal: Php81.00

    

   

    

2. Chocolate Monster Slice: Php87.00

    

    

4. Leylam Shawarma 

1. Crispy Shawarma: Php165.00

    

   
   
   

5. Pull and Brew

1. Cold Caramel Latte: Php165.00

    

   

 

For just in case you haven’t downloaded the app yet-download Grab, 

after setting up your account, you can click on Food and check out the Everyday Value Meals options by checking the  

Starts at P99 tile.

 

 

 

Shopee- the leading e-commerce platform here in Southeast Asia and Taiwan, has launched their 6.6-7.7 Mid-Year Sale which includes exclusive deals and special offers most especially to their Visayas Shoppers. And because online shopping has become a part of our everyday living as a Filipino-admit it, you shop for the essentials like face masks, alcohol, (in my case, my disposable nipple tapes) and others, Shopee has strengthened it's presence in the Visayas region so that we can experience a faster and more organized shopping experience. 

“Excited kaayo mi nga ilunsar ang 6.6-7.7 mid-year sale diri sa Cebu. Ang atong double day campaigns ang nahimong usa sa mga gi atangan gyud sa atong shoppers, ug naghinaot mi nga mas mu daghan pa ang mga Pinoy nga maka experience sa kalingaw, excitement, ug ang mga affordable deals nga kalakip aning atong mga campaign. Sa maong launch, padayon ang atong misyon nga ma kab-ot sa tanan ang e-commerce, bisan asa pa man sila,” ingon ni Martin Yu, Director sa Shopee Philippines.

 

Visayas Barato Deals karong 6.6, eksklusibo para sa atong Cebu ug Visayas shoppers

 

As Shopee strengthens it's presence in the Visayas region, they are now offering a faster and more affordable delivery most especially when we buy from our local sellers. As part of their treat during this mid-year sale celebration, there are exclusive Visayan Barato Deals for our Visayas shoppers when they download and use the Shopee app this 6.6

 

●      Save up to ₱75 on shipping on select shops

●      Score deals for as low as ₱6 from a wide range of product categories

●      10% off discount vouchers from participating shops

 

 

“Mas mura sa Shopee”* deals as low as P66 sa 6.6-7.7 Mid-Year Sale

 

Shop with up to 66% cashback ug libreng padala ug kwarta gamit ang ShopeePay

 -These are the ShopeePay offers that we can utilize as users this coming 6.6-7.7 Mid-Year Sale:

 

●      From May 29 to June 1, join ShopeePay’s QR Code Giveaway and get the chance to win up to ₱50,000

●      On May 30, get free ₱100 when you send money for the first time using ShopeePay (valid for new users).

●      On June 6, get up to 66% cashback when you check out using ShopeePay.

 

 

a snippet of what happened during this launch can be seen here

  

 

Let's admit it

 
Quarantine has sometimes made us resort to opting for convenient services not only for our safety but also for our mental health; When you are in the middle of a crisis and trying to handle everything all at once, making food out of necessity every day can really take a toll on all of us, more so when we live alone and we don't have anyone else to lean on.

Opt for the hassle-free experience of downloading the GRAB App and when they say that everything comes with a price, the GRAB FOOD Delivery Charge DOESN'T because they only offer PISO Delivery charge for each transaction from May 17-30, 2021 with NO MINIMUM PURCHASE. Imagine getting top-grade quality food any time of the day you want. We can really do with big wins during these trying times.
 

“This 2021, we want to go bigger and better to show our gratitude to all the food lovers out there in the cities that continue to enjoy Grab. Through these P1 deals, GrabFood deliveries offer not only safety and convenience but also tremendous value-for-money. In the coming months, we hope to expand our exciting promotions to include more partner brands, and more cities nationwide,“ says Greg Camacho, Head of GrabFood.

P1 FOOD DELIVERY

Running from May 17 to June 30, new users will be able to satisfy their cravings with an amazing  P1 delivery fee promotion from Grab. Enjoy in-demand restaurants and have them delivered for only a peso, with no minimum fee! Open to all new Grab users from Cebu, Pampanga, Davao, Bacolod, Iloilo, Baguio, Cagayan De Oro, Lipa, Dumaguete, Tarlac, Olongapo, and Zamboanga, this is a surefire way to make your first purchase with GrabFood all the more sulit!

If you’ve already been a regular GrabFood user in the past, don’t fret – you too will be able to get P1 delivery! For all weekends of May, enjoy GrabFood’s Piso Weekends where you’ll be able to get P1 delivery fees.

PISO DEALS

But wait, there’s more. Grab has a treat for foodies in the regions who are new to the platform. For all weekends of May and June, you can catch some of your beloved comfort food for only P1 thanks to Grab’s Piso Festival!

You heard that right! Grab is offering some of your favorites from McDonald’s, and Chatime, and for just P1, so check out GrabFood app regularly to find out when you can get your favorite.

Jollibee Foods Corporation (JFC) along with all of its food and restaurant brands in the country has begun piloting an interactive mobile ordering system via chatbot, with a seamless payment experience powered by PayMaya.

 

Customers in select areas can now use their credit, debit, or prepaid cards  as well as their PayMaya e-wallet accounts to pay for their favorite food items and meals via the Facebook Messenger channels of  Jollibee, Burger King, Chowking, Mang Inasal, and Red Ribbon -- which are all currently running on beta version.  This will soon be available in the Facebook messenger of Greenwich as well.

 

All they need to do is type “#order” and send this to the Facebook chatbot of their favorite JFC restaurant, select the meal they’d like to order, pay by selecting their preferred cashless payment option, and wait for their food to be delivered in their homes.

 

As an added treat, customers can get up to 100% cashback when they pay using their PayMaya registered mobile number upon ordering via chatbot with a minimum spend of P500.

 

“As we implement more stringent safety measures in this 'new normal', the availability of PayMaya’s cashless payments solutions helps ensure that both our customers and frontliner workers are protected, while at the same time giving them a more joyful experience when they order their favorite food from any of our brands," said Jollibee Global Brand CMO, JFC Philippines Country Business Group and concurrent Jollibee PH Marketing Head Francis Flores.

 

Offering cashless payment options via the Facebook chatbot is just the next step in the partnership between PayMaya and JFC.  In 2019, this partnership also helped pave the way for the launch of digital payments through self-ordering kiosks in Jollibee, Burger King and Chowking stores via the One by PayMaya Point-Of-Sale Device, and now has expanded its cashless payment option in 300 Jollibee stores.

 

“Over the past months we've seen an acceleration in the evolution of 'conversational commerce', with businesses and entrepreneurs harnessing their networks through chat apps to continue selling their products. During this time, businesses like JFC's brands need to be present where their customers are, and today most of the customers are online–so offering a wide variety of digital payment options ensures a safe and seamless ability for them to meet their business and customer needs," PayMaya President Shailesh Baidwan said.

 

Soon, JFC will also be rolling out PayMaya’s Digital Invoice solution when ordering online via its various brand's delivery websites or through their respective hotlines, allowing customers to receive an invoice with a payment link via SMS or email so that they can also pay using any card or using their PayMaya account.

 

Aside from enabling the cashless payments acceptance of various JFC brands, PayMaya has also partnered with Jollibee Group Foundation to allow them to receive donations from anywhere around the world via the #OneAgainstCOVID19 campaign website (pymy.co/jollibee) or through the Pay Bills function of the PayMaya app.

 

PayMaya is the only end-to-end digital payments ecosystem enabler in the Philippines with platforms and services that cuts across consumers, merchants, and government. Aside from providing the payments acceptance for the largest e-Commerce, food, retail and gas merchants in the Philippines, PayMaya is enabling national and social services agencies as well as local government units with digital payments and disbursement services.

 

Through its PayMaya app and wallet, it is providing millions of Filipinos with the fastest way to own a financial account with over 40,000 Add Money touchpoints nationwide, more than double the total number of traditional bank branches in the Philippines combined. Its Smart Padala by PayMaya network of over 30,000 partner agents nationwide serves as last mile digital financial hubs in communities, providing the unbanked and underserved with access to services.

 

To know more about PayMaya's products and services for businesses and merchants, visit http://enterprise.paymaya.com.

As most of us are at home and trying to be one less of a problem, I was thinking that maybe, not being in this together is a better idea.

There is stress in being constantly available for comfort.

This situation is an unfamiliar territory for the most of us and while we are fighting internal battles because we have to drastically alter our life in a span of a few days (prior to announcing ECQ), I think it's for the better if we are not in this together if you have a constant need to be placated. I have to be there for myself too and while prioritizing one's self is quite unpopular, you can't pour from an empty cup.

I am an extrovert; I love options and I exercise choosing whenever I can. I am also quite good at deflecting (hello commitment-phobe) but you can't deflect pandemic; Forced adaptation to the "new normalcy" has no "I'll pass" button and I can't find an alter reality where I have to hide out or day dream until goes away.

COVID-19 isn't giving me options despite the fact that following BASIC AND EVERYDAY rules (okay I am still shocked that not many people have normal standards in hygiene) of prevention. My family and I isolated ourselves as early as we could and if you are like us, it feels like we were merely observers fr. what's happening (Aquarius rising).

I have found ways to spend my pent-up energy by exercising and taking up new hobbies. I have made myself so busy because my optimism hasn't faded yet and it's been 30+ days and I think I might have another meltdown should they extend it for a few more. What I said about my FB post, my worries are so trivial compared to other people but it's my gravity and if you know me in real life, my boundaries and where you should place yourself with me is clearly defined.

Ending my entries has always been the most challenging part, but let me finish this one by asking you nicely to stay at home. If not for yourself, but for us who are shamelessly following this one simple rule yet still suffering because we haven't flattened the curve yet.

STORE OPENS BY 7AM and it waits for no one!

Wear your most comfortable clothes and get ready to avail of the UNBELIEVABLE discounts tomorrow during METRO STORES' CRAZY SALE! The last time this happened I was able to score 70% off on some essentials and I am still using those items I bought from them to date. 

To those who haven't been to Metro Ayala Department Store just yet (no shade, I know we are all busy, my work area just happens to be less than a kilometer away from Metro Ayala) it has recently opened this month and it's so clean and spacious.

There will be pop-up brands that will have surprise discounts to make time to drop by at The Metro Stores; Fret not, this doesn't happen at Metro Ayala only.

Crazy Sale will also happen at 

Metro Colon

Super Metro Mandaue
Metro Ayala Center
Metro Legazpi And Metro Lucena
Metro MarQuee Mall Angeles City
Metro Hi-Per Maasin
Metro Market Binondo
Metro Plaza Toledo
Metro Market! Market! Bonifacio Global City

A confession: 

I am currently under a postpaid plan from Globe that includes a 10GB mobile internet but there are times that I consume more in less than a month. For all reasonable purposes, I am connected to the internet for every single time I am away from my husband and Nate. And for every time I run out of my mobile data, I avail of Globe's mobile data promos. And yes, postpaid users can actually avail of SOME of prepaid users' mobile data options

Fast internet speed in malls, schools and transport terminals can now be enjoyed in over 2,500 GoWiFi locations available nationwide.  As a bonus, Globe Prepaid & TM customers can enjoy 1GB of free GoWiFi for every registration of GoSAKTO, GoSURF & EasySURF worth P50 and above that they can use in any GoWiFi hotspot!

When in a GoWiFi hotspot, simply connect to @GoSurf_FreeWifi or @EasySurf_FreeWifi and start enjoying free 1GB wifi access! You can play games, watch movies, download your fave apps, and enjoy more of what you love to do online. That’s internet access perfect for friends whenever they hang out, or for students who do their group studies and research online.

Also, sharing with you guys some of my life moments when I used my GOSURF50 aka I ran out of data. Again.

Globe Prepaid GoSAKTO90 users can now enjoy 1GB free GoWiFi access on top of 2GB mobile data, 2GB for GoWATCH&PLAY, 1 GCash voucher and unlimited all net texts valid for 7 days for only P90.

I was on a client call last week when Miss Cherry saw me and asked if I want to try their product because she liked my skin. My skin ain't perfect but I do my best to make sure it feels loved. Lol. I will be vlogging about this product after my travel next week

Decided to take a selfie while Nate was on the middle of having a tantrum hoping that it will stop him from having one..and guess what? Of course I failed.

July 2019 at Boracay. These two decided to pass time in the middle of the busy D'Mall while I'm queuing for our milk tea.

Beautiful night with my beautiful queen mother

WHAT A LOVELY 2 days it has been! So.... uulitin natin this November ha? Haha

TM EasySURF50 users automatically get 1GB free GoWiFi access, 1GB mobile data, 2GB for EasyWATCH&PLAY, 300MB for an app of their choice and unlimited all net texts. All these are valid for 3 days at only P50.

Globe’s GoWiFi is the largest WiFi service in the country that aims to provide customers with speeds of up to 100Mbps depending on the location. Visit https://www.globe.com.ph/gowifi.html#hotspots to check out our list of hotspots.

I'm currently binge-watching F.R.I.E.N.D.S and though I am quite a few decades late, I  can still relate to their situations and yes, I can easily identify myself as Chandler with Monica tendencies. The reason why I brought that up is because I was reminded of this whole sitcom in relations to my being a member of Cebu Bloggers Society..also, who doesn't love coffee?

10 years old and I am just a member for a few years, this group has already been included in one of my comfort zones, we hang out before and after events and yes, each member has unique traits that makes me look forward to seeing them again. Here are SOME of the pictures I have taken on a span of almost three years.

2015- Bituing Walang Ningning Press Con

2015 CBS Talks and Food Crawl

2015 Food Crawl at Coffee Prince

2015 Foodcrawl at BTC

2015 openning of Deuter-Ayala Center Cebu

2015- Opening of Converse Ayala Center Cebu

2016 Cebu Culinary Convention

2016 Opening of Benefit at SM Seaside

2016 Malapascua Budget Inn 

2016 Montebello

2017 Manuel's Oriental Buffet at Parklane

I may not be as vocal as some of you and I may not join you in some events (much to my chagrin) but I guess this is actually the right opportunity for you guys to know that you put excitement into my life by just being in it. I always look forward to each events because of the sincerity that my blogger friends have shown to me and I am always praying that your patient will always be present (the struggle of a full-time mother residing at Talisay and not knowing how to drive. Haha) 

Anyway, come March 3, 2018 tomorrow at Cebu Parklane International Hotel, we will have our 10th Anniversary and the trip down the memory lane will be nostalgic and a bit poignant for some of us. Nevertheless, it will be a pleasure and honor to sit among you in this milestone. 

This event won't be possible without:

Co-Presenters

The Cebu Bloggers Society 10th Anniversary Gala Night is co-presented by Cebu Parklane International Hotel, our official venue partner, AirAsia, our official airline partner, SkyWaterpark Cebu, our official waterpark partner, and Oppo, our official smartphone partner. Have some cravings? You can now order your food and groceries online with honestbee. Just download the app and have them delivered at your doorstep.

Patron

• We thank our patron sponsor, BigSEED PR and Events for introducing the Cebu Bloggers Society to their partner brands.

Gold Sponsors

• Megaworld, the country’s leading real estate developer and No. 1 business process and outsourcing (BPO) office developer and landlord in the Philippines
• PLDT Home, home’s most powerful broadband
• Ayala Center Cebu, the premier shopping, dining and entertainment destination in the South

Silver Sponsors

• McDonald’s

Bronze Sponsors

• Starbucks
• Havaianas

This event is powered by Smart.

For more updates on the CBS 10th Anniversary Gala Night, check out our social media channels: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram , using the official hashtag, #CBSat10.