Exercise Your Right to Vote
Posted by Rochelle Sy Chua On September 5, 2009
We still have till October 31, 2009 to register! We better grab this chance to vote for the people we see fit to run our beloved country, Philippines.
Here are details & instructions regarding election registration gathered from COMELEC’s website
Where: at the office of the local COMELEC office where you reside
How: Personally
Coverage: all cities & municipalities, except the ARMM
Procedure:
- A qualified applicant need only to appear personally at the local COMELEC office.
- The applicant’s identity & residence will be verified. (Bring a valid ID w/ photograph & signature).
- The applicant’s status of registration will also be verified. You can verify your registration status here.
- After a successful verification, the applicant shall be given an application form to fill up (in 3 copies).
- The applicant’s biometrics will then be digitally captured.
- An acknowledgment receipt will be given to the applicant afterwards.
Nestle Meet & Greet
Posted by Rochelle Sy Chua On September 4, 2009
An informative & fun event indeed. It was well-planned and well-attended by the Nestle People 🙂 It was their 1st blogging event and I’m lucky to be invited to it.
The agenda was composed of 3 major topics:
- I Choose Wellness
- Nestle Recipes by Chef Tess Sutilo
- Creating Shared Value
I Choose Wellness
Nestle has been passionate about promoting wellness among us by a health campaign called “I Choose Wellness”. The company launched the program on promoting good nutrition and physical fitness for achieving wellness & preventing lifestyle diseases.
The company organized activities nationwide to promote it:
- regular fitness activities
- nutrition counseling
- wellness in the workplace workshop
- wellness seminars
Get more information here.
Nestle Recipes by Chef Tess Sutilo
A global food company will not be complete without recipes!
Julius Maggi Kitchen’s Chef Tess Sutilo showed us how to cook 2 recipes (Magic Fish Fingers & Papaya, Carrots & Fried Fish Salad). Ofcourse, using Nestle products particularly Maggi Magic Sarap.
We were also served with some more food like BBQ, Tofu, Palabok after the demo.
See the demo & recipes here.
Creating Shared Value
Nestle defined this as long-term investments that benefit the country and its people, while they do business. It’s more of a good act that will make difference in the lives of the ones in need and also inspire others to do their share.
Here are the success stories that came out of it:
- Batzam Distributor
Mang Andy or Andy Jimenez was a farmer & a scrap dealer before he became a Nestle distributor in Bataan & Zambales.
- Business on Wheels
He used to deliver food items for an agency, but with an initial capital of Php4,000, Jaypee Padilla suddenly found himself transformed into an entrepreneur – with a tricycle load of goods, a ready market & a seasoned business partner.
- Ice Cream Street Selling
Madonna & Herman Falcis made their 1st foray into business by distributing dressed chickens. Encouraged by their initial success, they accepted an offer to go in micro-distribution for Nestle. Today, their home in Laguna accomodates their small extended family & an ice cream depot – along w/ their vendors
- Micro Distribution
Joel Domacena became a MD entrepreneur in March 2008 after being in & out of the job market since 2005. Since then, Joel has been selling more than Php10,000 worth of Nestle products daily, earning a comfortable profit plus additional bonus incentives for meeting sales quotas.
Thanks to Nestle. I’m pretty sure lots of people are more aware of their personal wellness now 🙂 I’ll join the Milo Marathon soon, maybe next year? We’ll see… 😛
More pictures from the event can be found here.
Nestle’s I Choose Wellness Program
Posted by Rochelle Sy Chua On September 4, 2009
I bet everyone notices the ad campaigns of Nestle focusing on wellness. 
Nestle shared to us bloggers during the meet & greet yesterday why Nestle is into wellness.
- Global Health Trends – Rising health problems as reported by the World Health Organization. These problems are mostly lifestyle diseases that can be prevented. Examples are heart disease, hypertension, cancer, pneumonia, tuberculosis, diabetes.
- Nestle being the World’s Food Company – comes a responsibility of the company to its consumers for better health, nutrition & wellness.
Basic Principles of Wellness:
- Eat Right
- Exercise Regularly
- Find Balance in the physical, mental, emotional & spiritual aspects in life
The question Nestle Corporate Wellness Head Cora Sager asked us was “Are you an Apple or a Pear?“
When we say apple, the fats are saturated on the waist area (more prone to heart disease & hypertension). If you’re a pear, then your fats are on your hips (more prone to varicose veins & orthopedic problems). I definitely know that I’m a pear but whether we are a pear or an apple, there is a definite need to choose wellness.
To get started, we have to assess first. Cora taught us how to get our own BMI, waist circumference and waist to hip ratio.
The Body Mass Index (BMI) is a quick indicator of health by measuring the appropriate weight for one’s height. Here is how:
- know your height & weight
- convert your height to meters, weight to kilograms.
- bring out your BMI wheel to find out where you stand
If your BMI result is <18 then you’re underweight, 18-24.9 then you’re average (I’m here! yipee!), >/=25 then you’re overweight.
Next is to get your waist circumference, it is located between the lowest rib and tip of the hip bone. An indicator of abdominal fat.
Ideal: Male (<35 inches), Female (<31 inches)
Lastly, get your Waist to Hip Ratio. Formula is Waist/Hip (Hip Circumference: Largest area of the buttocks).
Target: Male (<1), Female (<0.8)
Once we have finished the assess part, we’ll need to set our goals. Find out what our ideal measurement are and set it as our ultimate goal.
Nestle gave us a kit of I Choose Wellness w/c we can use to achieve personal wellness.
The last step is to plan little steps and milestones monthly to achieve our wellness goal.
So just to summarize, the 3 steps to do get started on personal wellness:
- Assess – BMI, Waist Circumference, Waist to Hip Ratio
- Set a Goal – find ideal measurements
- Plan Little Steps & Milstones Monthly
Nestle has the “I Choose Wellness” movement that you can join so they can help guide you to achieve personal wellness.
They provide free nutrition counseling, wellness seminars, fitness activities, brand sampling/games/activities.
You can go to the choosing wellness site here to join and get more information.
Cooking Demo by Julius Maggi Kitchen’s Chef Tess Sutilo
Posted by Rochelle Sy Chua On September 3, 2009
Part of the Nestle Meet & Greet awhile ago was a cooking demo by Julius Maggi Kitchen Chef Tess Sutilo.
Julius Maggi Kitchen is a fully equipped kitchen located at the Nestle Center in Rockwell, Makati. It is where recipes made with Nestle Products are developed & tested, cooking demonstrations are done here as well.
Chef Tess Sutilo is the person responsible for developing recipes for Nestle. Cool, isn’t it? Such a big responsibility & such talent that she has. 🙂
Let me share with you the demonstration by Chef Sutilo as well as the recipe of the 2 dishes she prepared.
Ingredients:
1/2 lemon
1 8g Maggi Magic Sarap
2 cups All purpose flour
Ground pepper & salt to taste
Vegetable oil for deep frying
Procedure:
1) Squeeze 1/2 lemon onto fish. Season with Maggi Magic Sarap.
2) On a plate, mix all purpose flour, pepper & salt.
3) Roll the fish in the flour mixture, making sure to coat the fillets evenly.
4) In a pan, heat pure vegetable oil and fry the fish until golden & crispy.
5) Transfer on a plate lined w/ paper towels to drain excess oil. Serve w/ the papaya salad.
Demo:
Ingredients:
3 cups grated unripe papaya
1 1/2 cups grated carrots
1/4 cup chopped wansuy
1/4 cup hibe (dried shrimp), soaked for 10 minutes then drained
3 pieces siling labuyo
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup cooking oil
1/4 cup calamansi juice
1/4 cup vinegar
1 8g Maggi Magic Sarap
2 tbsp patis or to taste (optional)
Shredded left-over fried fish
Crispy fried tofu or fried wonton wrappers
Procedure:
1) Toss papaya, carrots & wansuy in a bowl. Set aside in the refrigerator to chill.
2) Using a mortar & pestle, coarsely crush the hibe & the siling labuyo together. Transfer in a bowl. Add sugar & mix very well.
3) Whisk in oil, calamansi juice & vinegar until the mixture is fully incorporated.
4) Season w/ Maggi Magic Sarap & patis to taste.
5) To assemble salad, toss the prepared vegetable in the prepared dressing. Transfer on a plate & top with fried left-over fish, fried tofu or crispy wonton wrappers.
Demo:
both dishes are yummy! But I especially love the salad, I’ll ask lucy to follow the recipe. Hope it’ll taste the same 🙂
I’m Nuffnang’s Featured Blogger for September 2009!
Posted by Rochelle Sy Chua On September 2, 2009
Sometime August, I was informed that I have been chosen to be Nuffnang’s featured blogger for September. I was so honored & happy to hear that. I was asked to write an article about me and my site. That article will then be posted on Nuffnang’s site.
Today, the article was posted. There are so many bloggers out there in the Philippines, being considered as one of the featured bloggers is such a surprise. Thank you so much Nuffnang for the opportunity to share my site to your members. 🙂
Nuffnang is an online platform that allows advertisers to serve graphic advertisements into blogs. Aside from this, Nuffnang is also a community for bloggers. The company do organize and support several events for bloggers like parties, meet & greet, etc.
You can see my writeup here. 😀