Category: Lifestyle

I Am Nicely! is Giving Away a Vintage Stylish Cellphone Mobile Design Watch Necklace on Her Birthday

Posted by Rochelle Sy Chua On November 22, 2009

Hi, guys! I would like to invite you to participate in another blog contest that I am joining in celebration of Nicely’s birthday on December 7. It is so easy to join!

Here’s the mechanics:

Copy and paste Nicely’s entire post (including the necklace photo below) in your websites, blogs or facebook notes.
Kindly fill in the blank: All I wish for Nicely is continued happiness & joy in her life.
The title of your post must exactly be “I Am Nicely! is Giving Away a Vintage Stylish Cellphone Mobile Design Watch Necklace on Her Birthday”
To validate your entry, please leave a comment and your entry’s link on Nicely’s post so that she can check and get back to you as soon as possible. Please don’t forget to include your full name and e-mail address, too â˜º

Deadline for submission of entries will be at 11:59PM of December 6, 2009. The winner will be drawn by an online raffle device and will be announced on Nicely’s birthday.

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The lucky one will then receive a Vintage Stylish Cellphone Mobile Design Watch Necklace, courtesy of my eBay.ph sponsor, Tinatindera. The winner will be informed of his/her winning through e-mail and the item will be sent to his/her preferred mailing address not later than December 14, 2009. The prize is not refundable for cash.

Good luck and thank you for your continued support to I Am Nicely! â™¥lots!

** On a personal note, Nicely, Happy Birthday! This is my entry to your contest, hope I win! 🙂

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Branding U – How to Stand Out among 90 Million other Filipinos

Posted by Rochelle Sy Chua On November 15, 2009

*Important Announcement – I just got word that this has been postponed. Tune in for more updates*

I’m set to attend the biggest Personal Branding Program on December 4. Two of my friends, Randell & Carlo will be speakers for the event. They are very prominent in their fields and I admire them for their skills & achievements.

With them sharing how they become successful together with author Efren Cruz is an opportunity everyone of us should grab and NOT let go.

Branding U is for employees, businessmen, freelancers— even career politicians. It is about establishing the right skillset and credentials. It is about using new media and the internet to extend your influence.

What will you learn from this?

Establishing the right competence and credentials
Using new media and the internet increase your reach and influence
Climbing up the corporate ladder fast
Getting referrals and repeat business
Putting all the theories and concept into action

Price is Php3,000. If you register now, you can get it for Php2,500. This will be held at Crowne Plaza Hotel in Ortigas. To register & for inquiries, you can send an email to info@brandinguevent.com or visit http://www.brandinguevent.com. So what do you say?

Most of us want to improve ourselves. Some of us want to stand out. This seminar is definitely for you. So I highly encourage and recommend that you go to this seminar. So I’ll see you there, all right?

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My Big Love Movie Review

Posted by Rochelle Sy Chua On November 15, 2009

While everyone in the Philippines were busy watching Pacquiao-Cotto fight, I was watching the TV screening of My Big Love.

This movie was from 2008. The stars were Kristine Hermosa, Sam Milby and Toni Gonzaga. Well, I think the title says it all that it is about love. What the title doesn’t say is that this movie is also about looking beyond the physical aspects of a person.

Sam Milby stars as Macky, a pastry chef. His character had this huge crush on Kristine Hermosa’s character, Nina. Macky showered her with gifts, flowers and food but everything changed when they met in person. Nina had a shock of her life when a 300 pound guy showed up in front of her.

Toni Gonzaga’s character, Aira on the other hand was a fitness instructor. She tried to work hard to provide for her family. She attempted a lot of times to help Macky get in shape in order to get the love of his life, Nina.

When Macky finally agreed to be Aira’s client, the 2 ended up learning to love and care for each other in the process.

Aira accepted an offer to work abroad and had to leave for 2 years. During this time, Macky continued to work hard to lose weight. He then became a most sought after bachelor. He ended up with his forever crush, Nina.

When Aira came back, well you guessed it: Macky became confused as to who he really loved. Is it the one who he had been dreaming of or the one who had loved him unconditionally? I love this movie! It had its touching moments & also there were funny comedic moments.

Star Cinema is really making quality movies that I love. I’m really glad that I was able to catch it this morning! 🙂

My Rating for My Big Love: 3.5 out of 5 stars

Thousand Cranes Shabu-Shabu

Posted by Rochelle Sy Chua On November 15, 2009

Thousand Cranes Shabu-Shabu
2/F Greenbelt 3 Legaspi St., Legaspi Village, Makati City, Metro Manila
(02) 729-8640

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The only shabu-shabu place I know is located at Greenbelt 3. It has great ambiance. Even if you’re eating something hot, you won’t feel uncomfortable.

Service though is a bit blah coz there were only 4 staff that day. So there was only 1 manning the kitchen, 1 manning outside area, 1 manning the inner area & 1 manning the counter. How could they serve customers with over 15 tables & they were undermanned? tsk tsk!

Before our order arrived, the staff helped setup the cooking area and ingredients for sauce. I lovvveeeeeee sate sauce.

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For those who don’t know how to cook, no worries!!! It’s easy! You just need to put the ingredients on the boiling soup, wait for a few minutes for it to be cooked and then you’re good 🙂

Here are what we ordered:

Shrimp & Meat Shabu-Shabu (Php 570)

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With Shrimp & Meat Set, you could choose chicken, fat beef or porkloin as your meat. We have chosen porkloin. By the way, you need to be attentive when you start putting your shrimp and meat in. To cook shrimp and meat, don’t let it stay more than a minute in the soup.

All Balls Set (Php 400)

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Different kinds of balls in this order: shrimp balls, squid balls, meat balls, even crab sticks! 🙂 If you just want pure & simple shabu shabu meal, then this is for you.

Fresh Buko Juice (Php 70)

I still prefer Shabu-Shabu places that offer eat all you can. I think those are more affordable and we have more control as to what we’ll eat. For me, I would have preferred more porkloin and more shrimps!

And also, there will be less waste for those ingredients that we don’t like (or eat).

More pictures here.

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The No Nonsense Seminar on Finance

Posted by Rochelle Sy Chua On November 15, 2009

I attended Randell Tiongson’s No Nonsense Seminar on Finance: How to Invest for the Future last week. I must say there is really NO nonsense in this seminar.

I’ve been to several seminars on finance before but I ended up disappointed because I felt that it was more of a marketing scheme for them so people can invest on their company. The examples & theories were just so common. Some even used Robert Kiyosaki’s teachings that has been overused by lots of companies already.

With Randell’s seminar, all the things that we NEED to know about investing is there. Each & every slide that Randell showed to us is crucial for us to know so that we can be on our way to financial freedom.

You can really feel Randell’s passion in teaching financial management. He doesn’t want us to just stop right where we are but encourage us to go a step further and invest for the future!

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The best thing about this seminar is Randell made it so simple for us to understand. Investing is not just for people who are good in math or accounting. Everyone can be successful investors!

No Nonsense Seminar on Finance: How to Invest for the Future is basically a vehicle for us to learn investments, investment planning, investment risks & investment instruments in a practical way.

Some of the key takeaways from the seminar are the ff.:
Manage your money

Set a Budget.
Stick to it.
If you Exceed, Repair.
Record & Know where it went.
Eliminate Debt.
Establish a Savings to Keep.

Setting your goals

Aim the Target – Be Specific
Formulate Budget
Implement
Build on your Mistake – Review Performance

Get Out of Debt

Minimize Loan
Get Out of Debt
Cash Out Your Assets (You Cannot Accumulate your Wealth if you are in Debt)

Photos from the Seminar can be found here.

I missed the 1st hour of the seminar so I really hope that there are more repeats for the no nonsense seminar. You can get updates from Randell’s site here & join their online discussion here.