Foundations Forge Partnership: Investing in Youth Through Tech Education

Two entities, SM Foundation and BingoPlus Foundation just formed a partnership in order to provide technology based education for those in exposed communities. The plan is for the BingoPlus FutureSmart and SM Foundation scholarship programs to fund those with interests in Game Development, Software Engineering and Data Science. They will also be supporting those who would delve in Web Development, Multimedia Arts, Design, and IT. This will benefit over 30 students for the upcoming school year.

DigiPlus is making headway in making sure the 100 Million Pesos of investments (through grants and partnerships like these) they are pouring in would benefit Filipino lives, the IT industry, especially since they are an entertainment corp that is all digital.

Debbie Sy the Executive Director and Trustee from SM Foundation reiterates how this collaboration is transformative and could create a huge impact for future professionals of the Philippine IT industry. If you want to know more about it, visit sm-foundation.org or digiplus.com.ph/bingoplus-foundation if you want to also help.

You Can Now Convert Your SMAC Points to PAL Mabuhay Miles and Vice Versa

Had a wonderful time at Conrad in Pasay City for the Philippine Airlines Mabuhay Miles and SM Advantage Card event aimed to elevate your travel and shopping experience as they partner up for a rewards program like no other that would be able to make you convert your Mabuhay Miles into SMAC Points and vice versa.

This was witnessed by PAL President and COO Stanley Ng, PAL Senior VP and General Counsel Atty. Carlos Luis D. Fernandez, Executive Director for SM Food Retail Group Herson Sy, COO of Digital Advantage Corp, Kevin Hartigan Go and several members of the Sy and Tan families. This is great news as you can now choose the best rewards for yourself and use either for a purchase in any SM retail corp or fly to any destination that Philippine Airlines cover. They properly call it "Shop To Fly , Fly To Shop" and every frequent flyer with PAL can convert their Mabuhay Miles points i.e. 500 Mabuhay Miles Poiints can be converted into 50 SMAC points, while any SMAC members can convert 250 SMAC Points into100 Mabuhay Miles points, so imagine the shopping, the local and international destinations you can go to right?

 

Stanley Ng the current Philippine Airlines President and Chief Operating Officer says "We are certainly evolving over at PAL Mabuhay Miles and this program will certainly make every heart of the Filipino beat. If you're into travel, shopping or dining, Mabuhay Miles will continue to be your partner everyday. This would be a great for both of our customers, we are so glad about this partnership!"

Digital Advantage Corp COO Kevin Hartigan Go says "We're helping the travel and retail sectors especially at a very crucial moment in the PH economy. It would be good to see how customers would be able to fly with their SMAC points when they shop at SM shops and brands nationwide."

This is part of Philippine Airlines' celebrations on their 81st Anniversary. It's a way to thank their most loyal members as they plan to further pursue more lifestyle partnerships for the benefit of their 5 Million customer base. SMAC on the other hand takes this to thank their 6 Million members, finding more ways to reward them every time they use the SMAC Card. 

Congratulations to PAL and SMAC, with this, people are certainly going places!

Magnum Gold Now in the Philippines!

These ladies were keeping something in their back. I could see it slightly peeking on the middle but they didn't let me check it out. For whatever reason, they asked me to go back when it's a little around 3PM because something big is happening. Something GOLD is appearing for the first time in Philippine shores; and no less than SM Supermarket is giving us a peek at what seems to be something luxurious and decadent... I was tempted to push these girls away but I'm a gentleman.. I had to find out later on.

I went in SM Supermarket to buy a few things for my personal consumption. I forgot to buy stuff for myself when I went to the grocery the day before so I went ahead and splurged on chips, plus Vanilla Coke and Cherry Coke. Oh I know what you are going to say! Don't judge! :P

The kind ladies on the counter helped me sort out stuff and I paid for it.

Then a person from their Customer Service desk approached me and said STOP! She handed me a golden ticket and said CONGRATULATIONS because I'm one of the few who would be able to get to taste tentenenen!!! 

 

MAGNUM GOLD!

Imagine rich thick Vanilla Ice Cream with a salted caramel swirl then coated two layers of mouthwatering, sweet, sinful and addicting Belgian chocolate. I already surrendered whilst listening to the ingredients being mentioned LOL!

Aside from getting that Ice Cream bar, I was also told that if I could open the vault using the secret code, I could win a brand new spanking iPod Shuffle or an iPad Mini (in the day's raffle)! Since it starts at 3PM, I did the next best thing to kill time.

I asked my blogger friends to come along and eat MAGNUM GOLD with me.

There's definitely more where that came from and we all enjoyed this new MAGNUM GOLD flavor since it retails at Php 55.00 only! Now, there's no reason not to enjoy it this summer when the heat comes back right? Aside from that, we went ahead and lined up to get our chance opening the vault to win the iPod Shuffle!

A commotion ensued when it was already 3PM and I even saw customer Erdy Tumapon win the MAGNUM Gold Ice Cream MP3 Player! Funny thing is... when it was my turn.... I entered some numbers on the vault and pressed the enter button.... and you know what happened?:D

I am now a proud owner of this iPod Shuffle! =)  I couldn't believe I guessed right. The number was XXXXXX hahah of course I won't tell you! :) I haven't won anything for a long time and opening this great prize was just the icing on the ice cream. I too struck GOLD in MAGNUM GOLD! This wouldn't be possible if I didn't go to SM Supermarket in Megamall! =) Thanks guys!

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