I Support BENCH 1M41M!

So that's what all those tweeting are all about! Last Thursday, BENCH gathered a few bloggers and their ambassadors at M Cafe, Greenbelt to further divulge what their amazing new campaign/project is all about. Everyone was all ears as the Bench team explained the wonderful news. We are all for this life changing campaign, we support!:)

host DJ Mia of 89.9

 Bench marketing team explaining how and what will happen:)

 Video presentation

Enlisting the help of its endorsers, Bench has drummed up a list of 15 foundations for the ultimate goal of endowing one of these charities with 1 million pesos.

                                     Ambassador Janine Gutierrez for White House orphanage

Isabelle Daza for Ephesus (center for abused women and children)

In summary, once @BenchTM reaches 100,000 followers, and for every additional 100,000 followers up to a ceiling of one million, Bench will endow the charity with the most votes, with 100,000 pesos. A total of 1 million pesos will be donated to charity, divided into 10 in order to help more institutions. Here are the rest of the celebrity ambassadors and their chosen charities!


World Vision for Sam Concepcion, Kris Lawrence and Anthony and David Semerad, K.I.D.S. Foundation for Diether Ocampo, YesPinoy Foundation for Dingdong Dantes, Ephesus, Home of the Abused Girls for Isabelle Daza, School for the Deaf for Iya Villania, C.R.I.B.S. for Jake Cuenca, White Cross for Janine Gutierrez, Mother of Mercy Home for the Elderly for Jason Francisco, Missionaries of Charity for Jessy Mendiola, National Children’s Hospital for John Prats, Philippine Orthopedic Center Auxiliary Board, Inc. for Jon Avila, CHILDHaus for Karylle, AGAPP for Kris Aquino, Childhope Asia for Lovi Poe, K.I.D.S. (Kapatid Iwas Droga sa Tulong ng Sports) for Lucy Torres Gomez, Philippine Red Cross for Paulo Avelino, and Cancer Warriors Foundation for Rocco Nacino.

 Blogger loves--Photo by Isabelle Daza grabbed from twitter!:)

The promo started January but it's not yet too late to participate! 

1. Visit www.benchtm.com/1M41M and then log in via Twitter. If a user has no Twitter account, there will be a Twitter Sign Up button for him or her to sign up.

2. Follow @benchtm, by clicking on a button on the left side of the page. If the logged user is already following @benchtm, he/she will see a grayed out button.

3.  Finally, vote by clicking on options on a poll on the left hand side of the screen. 

4. Once you vote, there will be a button with which to send a TWEET saying "I follow @benchtm and voted for Celebrity Name for Charity Name via http://www.benchtm.com/1M41M#Bench1M41M."

Once @BenchTM reaches 100,000 followers, and for every additional 100,000 followers up to a ceiling of one million, Bench will endow the charity with the most votes, with 100,000 pesos. A total of 1 million pesos will be donated to charity, divided into 10 in order to help more institutions. :)

Here are some of my blogger loves who came to support!

 tin and tracy

reg, me and ana

To know what's it all about, here's the 1M41M official vid. Enjoy!:)

:)

Holiday in Cebu: Day 3 & 4

Sorry if I haven't been updating my blog that much, I'm just feeling a bit under the blogging weather lately. Heh. I'm just enjoying the last few days of 2011 by relaxing and spending it with friends. :) Will be back to regular programming next year (or tomorrow?hehe). Anyway, I'm now back in my messy apartment (argh)! Here are photos from the last 2 days from my Cebu trip. I had a blast, as always. :) No decent outfit posts for this one. Sowee.

breakfast of the champions! heh

at Papa Kitz recreation park or something

It's funny coz all the clothes I brought with me are beach and tambay clothes! It was the best decision to bring my favorite sneaks--my red Keds! At least I looked a little sporty. D lang bagay mag zipline ng naka oxfords or ballet flats! Lols. And this was also the only decent shorts I brought with me, just wore cycling shorts underneath. Argh. Borrowed the hoodie from Mich, it's the same one I slept in. Award.

no sleep at all look. getting ready for the zipline!

stylish

no rest for the wicked! Annnd...hello kuyukot scandal! (dont ask me what that means haha)

Mich's sis and mom

me and my pink helmet!

me and the lowtide hehe

me, the fucktard wooden stopper and my startled candid face. i love you guys so kahit nakakahiya i'm sharing this weird pic. Haha.

si mich naman!

 

Rested a bit and snacked on this...

kamote + lechon! nomnomnom

Went fishing afterwards!

 

fishing rods were rented out for P75

Cottage rental was P600 

finding our lucky spot.

After an hour--Mich's sis finally caught 1! But she let it go coz baby pa daw. hehe

one hand fishing.. yeaaah me already! haha

Me to the fisheses: F@#4k y'all! Mga user! (after eating my bait & fish food for the nth time)

at location #3. nakakapagod mag lagay ng bait paulitulit.Grr.

After more than 2 hours, badtrip na. Haha.

So Mich and I gave up and just slept the remaining hours away. Lol! Her sister caught 2 big ones though! So thank you Steph for saving our lives and for our lunch. Haha!

i didn't eat the fish though. i can't eat them when I saw them alive an hour before. Lol. 

Paid P800+ for our delicious lunch. And can I just say, I find the fish, kilo and pay rule stupid. After all the hours we've squandered and effort we've exerted catching the fish, can they just give it to us for free as a reward? Haha. Just sayin'! I had a great siesta though. So yeah it was fun. :)

After our short excursion, they dropped us off at the hotel and I slept til 9pm. We then headed to the Sendong fundraising event at Kartzone to meet some of my Cebu blogger loves. :)

 with Yves, Eden and Pax (yes may kapangalan ako! haha)

with toni and eden

yves, me, toni and van

Kudos to Eden and her teammates for organizing this! It was a huge success!!!:) I wish I stayed longer, but sadly I had work so I had to go back to the hotel agad.

stopped at Mr. Coffee for a late night dinner!

cute interiors

they have a diverse menu, so much affordable and food's delicious

Here are the clothes I bought from the fundraising pop up bazaar!

gorgeous brick red metallic dress for P300 (fits perfectly!)

chunky knit sweater for P350

The next day, I met up with 2 of Cebu's bonggang bloggers--Vanessa and Eden for a few hours of thrift shopping! Love these girls:) They're so much fun to be with. They're also 2 of the most real people/bloggers I've ever met. :)

showing off their fab finds!

:)

We were supposed to go to this place called Carbon to buy accessories but it rained (been raining here for days!), so we just ended up chillin in a restaurant called Kuls Kitchen. Food was great! Too bad I wasn't able to take photos na. Got busy exchanging stories with my loves. Heh. Fun times.

So that's it! As always, I can't wait to go back. :) I wanna end this post by sending my love and greeting you all a very late Merry Christmas and a very happy New Year!!! Bring it on 2012! We're ready for ya. See you guys next year! Bukas na yun! Haha. Have to sleep now, big street party at my lola's house later! Toodles!:)

P.S. Don't forget to join my The Little Things She Needs & Gifts Ahoy giveaways!

The Moonleaf & BRGR Project

I wanna start this post by thanking everyone who dropped by Moonleaf last Dec. 23 and showed their support for our SENDONG fundraising garage sale. May God bless your kind hearts. :) Here are photos from that amazing day...

(photo by jesrhel)

LeNice Boudoir top, NowhereNow shorts, Parisian flats, Bubbles necklace, Girl Shoppe belt

thanks Inee for the Lego necklace! Love it!:)

with Aie, Angel, Ana and Melai

with mah girls Sarah, Ana, Krissy and Aie

bloggers:)

with my childhood friend Catch

my new dress and accs from Anagon!:)

more bloggers

the red cross youth serenaded us with Christmas songs:)

johnoy danao:)

After the successful event, we then headed to my good friend's restaurant, The Burger Project! It became our mini Christmas party/food event. Heh.

checklist for your order! feels like im taking a quiz hehe

 serious with their checklist/order form hehe! Ruben, my friend/co-owner, explaining it to the girls.

my Paxie Corpuz (coz Aie and I shared!)  burger and Catch's catchg burger

Melai's style & soul burger and Ana's anagon burger

they have designer burgers for people who don't want to come up with their own burger hehe

P25 per topping! love the caramelized onion, tomato, lettuce and jalapeno

sauces:)

 

And then our food came! yey!

Ana's veggie burger

their house blend iced tea ---loveee!

french fries

mozzarella sticks-- love it and love the dip!

Catch G burger-- made of angus beef, cheese and pickles? tama ba catch?

Paxie Corpuz na naging paxie Cute (i dont know why) burger! Loaded with beef, lettuce, tomatoes, mozzarella cheese, caramelized onions, jalapeno, egg in a sesame bun. Yuuum.

 yummy milkshakes!

sarah's double chicken patty burger hehe

melai's burger

dinner and chika with the owner

yummm

 

co-owner of The Burger Project (and a good friend of mine from UST!) Ruben Lanot;)

Aside from The Burger Project, they also co-own Pino, Pipino and Brgy. Bagnet along Maginhawa St. UP Village. Bongga! You should really go visit their restos. They serve amazing food!:) 

Thanks Ben!

We decided to stick around even if Ruben had to leave. Spent the next few hours bonding with my blogger loves over stories, jokes and beers. Haha. So much fun. :) The perfect way to celebrate Christmas:)

cheers!

I can't wait to go back and eat my Paxie burger again. Hehe. And yeah, I'm still dreaming about those perfect onion rings, iced tea, milkshake and fries. Yuuum.

BRGR: The Burger Project

122 Maginhawa St.

Teacher's Village, QC

351-7474

0932-843-BRGR(2747)

Delivery: 2121212

Facebook: The Burger Project

P.S. Don't forget to join my The Little Things She Needs & Gifts Ahoy giveaways!