Author: Rochelle Sy Chua

Win a Slendance DVD & 1 box of Slenda! Join now! :)

Posted by Rochelle Sy Chua On August 31, 2009

As promised (see related post), HeaRty’s Haven is giving away Slendance DVD and 1 box of Slenda to 5 lucky readers!!!

I’m going to start taking Slenda tomorrow. In line with that, I’m launching the Slenda giveaway so we can all start living a healthier life!

Slenda is a supplement product that you can take 10 minutes before meals. It promises to address overweight & obesity problems through the ingredients in the product (Resveratrol, EGCG, Banaba, Turmeric).

Ever wondered why French people stay healthy despite their high intake of fats? It is because they drink red wine a lot. Resveratrol (ingredient of Slenda) is a polyphenol derived from red wine believed to be mainly responsible for the health benefit it offers.

HeaRty’s Haven is giving away 1 box of Slenda (90 capsules) – Php 1,080.00 worth (Php 12 per capsule) to 5 lucky readers! This is one-month worth of Slenda if taken 3 times a day before each meal.

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Food supplement isn’t enough to achieve better health & body figure. You have to do that with exercise. That is why we’re also giving away Slendance DVD worth Php 250!!

Slendance is an easy to follow 30-minute work-out that combines aerobic exercise, coordination, endurance & mental workout.

Here’s how to join:

Become a Fan of HeaRty’s Haven on Facebook. Click here. If you don’t have Facebook, subscribe to HeaRty’s Haven RSS Feed (see right pane of site)

If you have a google/gmail account, follow HeaRty’s Haven. (see right pane of site)

(optional) If you have a blog, multiply, facebook, post a short entry about this Slenda & this contest. Put a link back to this post on your entry. – this is optional but increases your chances to win 🙂
Make a status announcement in Facebook regarding this contest (or announcement that you have joined the contest)
Lastly, post a comment here and mention why you want to try Slenda and win this contest. How do you think it will benefit you? 🙂

Contest starts today and ends September 30, 2009.

* This contest is limited to readers who are based in Metro Manila, Philippines.
Another important note: this contest is open for both Male & Female HeaRty’s Haven readers. Slenda might only have female endorsers but the benefits of Slenda & Slendance is good for everyone.

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readers who has the most points win! 🙂

breakdown of points:

fan of facebook page – 1 point
subscribe to RSS feed/via email – 1 point (please let me know if you have done this, honesty basis)
google follow site – 1 point
post an entry on your blog or facebook or multiply regarding the contest about Slenda & this contest – 2 points
make a status announcement in Facebook regarding the contest – 1 point
make a status announcement in Plurk or Twitter regarding the contest – 1 point
comment here & mention why you want to try Slenda & win this contest – this is mandatory. will be a basis just in case there is a tie.

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HKO: Alba & Her Journey to Level 15

Posted by Rochelle Sy Chua On August 31, 2009

I posted an entry a week ago regarding Hello Kitty Online. I just registered that day & the week after, my character now reaches level 15! Wohoo!

Meet Alba, my HKO character.

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She’s currently a week old. Born last August 24, 2009 and has blood type AB. She’s very jolly and hardworking.

Throughout the week, she has been to Sanrio Harbour & Florapolis. Learned how to farm, plant, gather & mine. She has also been hired to do tailoring, forging & cooking.

She acquired a farm too!

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Getting to level 15 is not easy to do in HKO. It’s even easier to level up in World of Warcraft rather than in HKO. It took me like 7 hours to get from level 14 to 15. Imagine the total # of hours I played to reach this milestone 😛

One thing I learned in leveling up is aside from performing the quests, you can also just raise your skills namely:

Planting – you do this in your farm. Put fertilizer first then seed then water it.
Gathering – When you see a tree, that’s where you can gather. You can also gather stuff from the plants in your farm.
Woodcutting
Mining

There are 4 profession that your character can do, I don’t think raising this will let you level up but doing this will let you finish some quests. You’ll need to purchase recipes in order to perform the job, some are given as a reward when you complete a quest.

Forging
Cooking
Tailoring
Carpentry

I spent most of the time woodcutting & gathering in order to level up fast. So that’s the tip I can give to people who want to reach higher levels at the fastest time possible.

Truly a cute game. I’m excited for it to go out of beta. Let’s see if they do some improvements. Hopefully they listened to my suggestions.

My biggest request is for them to make this Mac OS-compatible PLEASE 🙂

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Chef Robert

Posted by Rochelle Sy Chua On August 31, 2009

Chef Robert
847 Banawe corner Linao Street, Quezon City

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Had lunch today with friends at Chef Robert Banawe. I was the one who decided on the place, wanted to try it out since it’s newly opened.

The first thing I noticed is the big teddy bear on display and also the sign that it has free wifi. Seems like a lot of establishments are offering free wifi now, makes it easier for us to connect to the internet 🙂

We ordered 3 different solo dishes but we ended up sharing coz we wanted to try out all of it.

Here are what we ordered:

Korean Beef Stew(Php 185)

While this was served, we didn’t see the meat. The sauce (that looked like soup already) was overwhelming, we have to use the spoon and scoop up the meat so we can see 😛 The meat was tender, sauce is pretty good as well. It’s their specialty after all!

Pork Cutlet in Mushroom Gravy (Php 135)

Best presentation from all the main dishes we ordered. This is porkchop with mushroom gravy sauce. Tasted okay, similar with the burger steak of Jollibee just that it’s porkchop instead of burger 😛 Go figure 🙂

Fish Fillet in Hollandaise Sauce (Php 135)

The fish is thin & fresh but the sauce is blah. We all agreed that the sauce ruined the dish, it tasted like pure butter. I think it’s better if they just use garlic sauce, it might work well with the fish.

Mango Banana Shake (Php 75)

This one is good. Fresh Mango & Banana blended together is perfect.

Triple Chocolate Mousse (Php 115)

Layers of bittersweet, white & milk chocolate topped with chocolate chips. Presentation is good. Tasted okay, just like how triple chocolate mousse should be.

Chef Robert is not really my type of restaurant but worth a try. 🙂

Link From Blog

Posted by Rochelle Sy Chua On August 30, 2009

I stumbled upon this site from a friend’s website. When I tried to register, it says that I need to post about the site in order for it to be activated.

So here I am posting about it though I really don’t have any idea how it works or if it really works.

Here are the benefits according to the site:

For Advertisers

Advertise your business in blogs. You can get your website noticed by launching a viral campaign about your product or service. You set price & buy blog reviews with original content written by bloggers. Each review has an inbound link to your website. Prices start from 10 cents per one blog post. Order more reviews and have success in marketing & advertising your business online.

For Bloggers

Earn with your blog, doing reviews of the goods & services of advertisers.

So if you’re interested, you can just click the icon and join away 🙂 I’ll let you know if mine works soon.

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Globe Tattoo I Dare You Event

Posted by Rochelle Sy Chua On August 29, 2009

A lot of bloggers attended this event yesterday. When we received the email, we didn’t have any idea what will happen. All we know was that we need to dress nicely and be prepared for a surprise. I was pretty sure they’ll launch a new product from Globe.

First, off I’ll share what transpired from 1-5PM, August 29, 2009.

1PM – Bloggers meet at Museum Cafe at Greenbelt 4. Snacks & Iced Tea were served.

2:15PM – We were asked to prepare to leave, no destination place was named. 2 bloggers can ride a harley to the event, the rest of us rode the van to wherever 😛

2:30PM – Arrived at Handlebar! Band was playing, we were served buffet, we can play billiards! They also invited Up Dharma Down to play for us.

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3:00PM – Globe people shared with us their new product…….. Globe Tattoo! A blogger also gets a chance to get a REAL tattoo and win a netbook. I didn’t join, I don’t have plans of having a tattoo anywhere in my body 😛 More information about the new product/offerings later.

5:00PM – We got a ride back to Museum Cafe, event ended.

So why did they put up an event like this? To introduce Globe’s newest offering… Globe Tattoo with a tagline: New Hip. You. SIMs just like you.

It is a SIM that is all in – take note, a single SIM that can make you do the ff.:

calls
text
internet

Everyone was given a Tattoo SIM to try out, unfortunately I was not one of them. I just borrowed from one of the bloggers and took a picture of it.

It’s kinda cool that you can have one SIM for all needs because it used to be that we have one SIM to make calls & text and another SIM to access the internet.

Other things that Globe shared are:

I believe the pictures can speak for themselves.

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Lastly, Globe Tattoo will have a cool new website which is widget-based and has everything in it. This reminds me of Sandbox from Smart.. I’m a Globe subscriber & don’t have plans on switching since I love my iPhone. You can take your pick, I’m sticking with Globe.

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More photos from the event here.