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P&G Christmas Basket 2008

Posted by Rochelle Sy Chua On December 10, 2008

We received our Christmas Basket last friday.
It is always a joy to receive it and open it once we get home. Such excitement it is. Since I live alone, I can really appreciate it as I have enough food to have during Christmas eve though it’s much fun if you spend it with a lot of people.

The christmas basket includes grocery items, 2 hams & assorted P&G products.

The company gave us 2 different brands of ham so we can have options, this includes:

Swift
Purefoods

We have 50+ grocery goods in the blue container trolley w/c includes the ff.:

Magnolia Gold Edam Cheeseball
Kraft Cheddar Cheese
Kraft Cheezwhiz
Kraft Mayo Whip all-purpose dressing
Alaska Creama
Alaska Condensada
Cream all-creamer
Palm pork luncheon meat
Dak pork luncheon meat
Spam Lite
Argentina Corned-beef
Libby’s Vienna Sausage
Dona Maria Miponica Rice
Argentina Shanghai Luncheon Meat
Jolly Cream of Mushroom
Jolly Button Mushroom
Del Monte Italian Spaghetti Sauce
Ideal Premium Spaghetti
Ideal Premium Salad Macaroni
Dole Tropicale Fruit Cocktail w/ more cherries
Pacifica Peach Halves
Jolly Lychees
Jolly Time Popcorn Butter
Oreo Cookies
M.Y. San Graham Crackers
Loacher Cacao Wafer
Nestle Kokocrunch Cereals
Dewberry Strawberry
Dewberry Blueberry
Tobi Creamy Peanut Butter
Finetti Hazelnut Spread
Fox’s Fruit Candy Pouch
Kit Kat Bites
Earth & Sky Iced Tea
Minute Maid Puply Orange Juice
Nestea Iced Tea
Nescafe Body Partner Fit Coffee
Welch Sparkling Grace Juice
Milo Choco Powder Drink
Swiss Miss Chocolate HCM w/ Marsh
Nesvita Oatmeal
Century Tuna in Vegetable Oil Regular
Zaragosa Spanish Sardines
Pringles

Cool isn’t it? So glad that with all the hard work, we are given a kind of benefit like this.

P.S. More pictures here.

iPhone 2.2 Software Update

Posted by Rochelle Sy Chua On November 23, 2008

Today, I updated my iPhone software from 2.1 to 2.2. Obviously, I still own the 1st generation iPhone so I unlocked it via QuickPwn.

Here are the steps that I took:

Update iPhone Software via iTunes
Restore iPhone and backup previous iPhone settings
download Quickpwn (take note: im using a mac)
Use quickpwn to unlock & jailbreak my 2G iPhone

Apple released the update last November 21. Good thing, the iPhone Dev team works really fast that I was already able to download the update today.

Here are the list of updates for the 2.2 software update:
* from Apple Site

Enhancements to Maps
– Google Street View
– public transit and walking directions
– display address of dropped pins
– share location via email
Enhancements to Mail
– resolved isolated issues with scheduled fetching of email
– improved formatting of wide HTML email
Improved stability and performance of Safari
Podcasts are now available for download in iTunes application (over Wi-Fi and cellular network)
Decrease in call set-up failures and call drops
Improved sound quality of visual voicemail messages
Pressing the Home button from any Home screen takes you to the first Home screen
Preference to turn on/off auto-correction in Keyboard Settings

I specifically love the ability to turn on/off auto correction & download podcasts on our iPhones.

How about you? what do you like most on the update?

Pancake House

Posted by Rochelle Sy Chua On November 14, 2008

Pancake House

Petron Bel-Air Square, Buendia Ave. cor Makati Ave., Makati City, Metro Manila

(02) 899-7730

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I had lunch with a very close friend of mine yesterday. It’s going to be her last day of work the next day, so I asked if we could have lunch.

We went to Pancake House as it is near our offices and the place is much cozier than the fastfood restaurants around Makati/Buendia avenue.

When you enter the restaurant, the 1st thing that you will notice is the posters hanged around the walls of the place. They are movie posters from before to present. I do wonder how they came up with the concept, must be the owner loves watching movies???

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One thing I also noticed is the food is getting more expensive each time. The ones we ordered used to be so cheap before but now it’s like 25% more expensive.

Here are what we ordered:

Classic Pan Chicken – 2 pcs (Php 145)

Aside from KFC, Pancake House’s chicken is also good. Surprisingly! I guess it is because when I eat, it’s newly cooked.

Sprite (Php 48)

House Specials Set (Php 205)

This has always been my favorite menu item in this restaurant. The taco is good, the chicken is really good, the garlic bread is good & the spaghetti USED to be good.

I said ‘used to be’ for the spaghetti because when I had this in my plate and I had my first bite, I didn’t dare eat it anymore. I felt the noodle was so tough and it just felt weird that time. Maybe the chef wasn’t in a good mood?

I ended up just eating the chicken, bread & taco.

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This menu item is served with an iced tea as well. You can choose to upgrade it to bottomless by adding a certain amount.

If they raise their prices again, I really would think it’s not worth it anymore. But anyhow, still a good place to hang out to.

World Class Persian Kabab

Posted by Rochelle Sy Chua On November 12, 2008

World Class Persian Kabab

G/F Tomas Morato corner E. Rodriguez, Quezon City, Metro Manila

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I was really craving for this yesterday. And glad that I was able to go there to eat. Yummy yummy… just by blogging about it, I’m craving again… have to think of my diet..

Here are what we ordered:

Beef Kebab (Php 45)

This is usually what I order when I go to Persian restaurants. This is the cheapest beef kebab I’ve known so far. Cheap & delicious.

Beef Tomato (Php 45)

This is like “giniling”, nothing really special but still good.

Chicken Barbeque (Php 70)

This one I love… the chicken is tasty, delicious… I put their chili sauce here and it really tasted so good. I’ll order this next time when I go there.

Pita Bread (Php 10)

Classic Rice (Php 10)

Cheap, cheap, cheap & I prefer this to complement the beef kebab.

On the other hand, do you know that if you like butter in your rice, you have to pay extra (Php 15)? And the butter is just like half-a-teaspoon, that I don’t recommend (not worth it).

Mango Shake (Php 30)

Lamb Chop with Rice (Php 140)

I’m not a fond of lamb so I didn’t appreciate it much. I believe though that this is well-cooked and enjoyed by the customers in the restaurant. A lot of people ordered this when we were there.

Would you believe there are just 2 of us who have eaten all of that? And it’s cheap… still less than 500 pesos. Really worth it. You should try it. I prefer this over Behrouz & Mister Kebab restaurants.

iPhone Springboard Themes

Posted by Rochelle Sy Chua On November 7, 2008

I love themes!

It makes our iPhone more customizable in a way that it can suit our personality… I change themes just to make my iPhone fresh and hip…

sometimes I do get tired of seeing things the way they are.. to make it exciting, i change themes often.

We can’t find this on iTunes AppStore. That’s why jailbreaking is a must! We can find the themes on Cydia for free. To activate them, use Winterboard – also available at Cydia.

iPhone Springboard Themes
A8stract NTW	ABAT
A Touch of Class	Abstract
Air Jordan 1-23	American Dad
Amora	Angular
Anna	AnnMe
Apple Backgrounds	Apple Diamond
Aqua Flivor	ArabicTheme
Arbitrary	Are You Hungry
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