Valentine's Idea: Premium Chelsea by Saint Marc Cafe

You must be still thinking what to actually give her this Valentine's day. Well, better than a bouquet of flowers is this Premium Chelsea by Saint Marc Cafe. They're the same people behind the Choco Cro which I give as gifts to friends and family in nearby provinces. I also got this to give as gifts to people I know in the PR industry. No more boring china made products, just lovely crushed Meiji Chocolate (and some secret ingredients) into a thick brown filling making your butterscotch dreams into a reality!

This is more of a dessert and definitely can fill you in one serving. So if you plan to give some to family and friends, they don't really need that much of it because really, one is enough for one person. If you are on a diet, you might even need to share. But I tell you, it's really intense butterscotch flavor and it's the same formulation that they do in Japan. You'll love it as it's freshly baked everyday in Saint Marc Cafe.

Now if you are making this as a gift to your special someone and plan to refrigerate it first (to give later in the evening), as the premium Chelsea can be reheated in the Microwave (for a few seconds) or usual oven around a minute or two and it'll still turn out flaky, irresistible, because it's what dreams are made of.

Or you could always have the original Choco Cro from them too. Though I'd prefer something different, something that you can take home, something that she's going to think of as something you made an effort with. The usual roses and chocolates could definitely be boring... find a good alternative like this one from Saint Marc Cafe. They have branches in SM Megamall Fashion Hall, Greenbelt 3, UP Town Center and SM North Edsa. Better yet, visit them there and have those lovely Valentines Bundles that's got everything good at a lesser price. 

Dude, take her there!

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Power Mac Center and ADAM elements at the 21st Philippine International Hot Air Balloon Fiesta

I was invited to go to a trip up north for the 21st Philippine International Hot Air Balloon Fiesta with some of my blogger friends to try out one of Power Mac Center's best selling products, a brand called ADAM elements. I'm an iPhone user since they discontinued the Blackberry, so it's quite a long time already since I've had my iPhone 5 and iPhone 5S. As a blogger, I've taken thousands of photos, tons of videos too because of my coverages and you know I would suffer in storage because of that. I've been surviving using 2 16GB phones because I have fast LTE connection courtesy of Smart Communications (which I am super thankful for) where I upload my media real time so my phone won't get full. Sometimes, I couldn't still delete some of the files on my phone because I blog on it too and need the photos to be posted on my @kumagcow instagram account fast. 

This is the 32GB iKlips DUO+ which I used during the Hot Air Balloon Fiesta, it was easy to transfer files and take photos because you don't have to worry about storage.

This is the iKlips DUO which I won in the raffle, and now it's part of my life.

I've been looking for  a solution for my storage problems but I couldn't really find the one that would be easy to carry around and connect to my laptop when I need to. ADAM elements took us to take photos of the Hot Air event and had us compete with our co-bloggers to see who could whip up an excellent shot without worrying about storage using iKlips (the app), iKlips Duo (first generation hot swappable storage) and iKlips Duo+ (which I had that afternoon). I actually had the capability of putting all my old files on it and making an experiential video about the trip, so here you go and enjoy!

I actually had 4 entries in mind and wanted an element of humans in it. This one was for the German Balloon, pulled by men who worked so early in the morning before the lift off around 7ish.

An element of love, there were tons of brides and grooms who did their prenup in the venue.

This was the ceremonial first fire, done by the Captain himself

My photo entry called TRINITY. It won me an iPAD2 from POWER MAC CENTER!

I would like to take this bit and thank POWER MAC CENTER for bringing us to Clark Pampanga, thank you also to ADAM elements who gave us an experience using the iKlips DUO and DUO+ storage (one of which I won in the raffle! Thank you!). Also, thank you to the fine people of 21st Philippine International Hot Air Balloon Fiesta aka Ms. Millet who gave us Media Passes for the event. Thank you for changing my life ADAM elements!

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Meant To Be at Enchanted Kingdom

Having been able to meet them in their past projects was good enough, but seeing them together in one place was even awesome. We spend the afternoon exchanging graces, them telling the stories of their individual characters and just about their daily life being part of the show. 

Meant to Be is one of the most highly rated show on GMA and they did this small event so they could thank their most loyal fans and take them to Enchanted Kingdom. The meet and greet ended with a great show where stars Barbie Forteza, Ken Chan, Ivan Dorschner, Jak Roberto, Addy Raj and the whole cast (less Ms. Manilyn Reynes) took some time off their busy schedules and sang, serenaded and even performed dance numbers for the fans and the EK riding public so they could give back for all the love they gave MTB.

Here's our interview with the main cast, enjoy!

Here they are giving you reasons why you should watch the show!

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#NoFilter selfie with Vivo V5 Plus

There are tons of people who always use the hashtag #NoFilter on their social media posts but look like plastic already because of the tons of filters they use just to look good. It's cringeworthy, but forgive them for they do not know what they are doing. Now it's actually possible, Vivo introduced the V5 Plus. Dubbed as the Perfect Selfie Phone, it boasts of a 20 MP front camera making it the most capable phone to take vividly sharp photos of this magnitude, a first in the world!

They got tips to make it even better and I'm sure you'll all get to relate. 

Natural Light - If you want more natural looking photos, make sure you have ample amount of NATURAL light. It's the best light source, from warm to cold, it's not too harsh and you could take lovely shots so easy it'll be like clockwork. Oh yes, they can also do it at night without that much noise on the output.

Fix Your Brows and Hair - You would look sad and messy if you don't. It's easy takes only a few minutes and remember, it's the details that count.

Pick A Nice Background - You want to be the center of attention, so don't shoot on places that look like a war stricken country if you can. Make sure it's not too busy, it'll distract people and you wouldn't want that to happen right?

Choose The Right Angle - Look fat in front and a a little thinner by turning to the side and choosing the right angle. By rule, it's on your 30-45' angle and it does wonders for those who are on the little plump side. It goes the same for the face too so make sure you make it a habit to play around in your room's mirror. Oh and if all else fails, wear black! It fools people.

Smile - It changes the mood of the shot, be it with teeth, or closed for a more mysterious smile. Or if you wanna do it angry, it'll take pounds off your face. Trust me on that. LOL

If you wanna know more about the VIVO V5 Plus Phone just go to VivoGlobal.PH or their page Facebook.com/VivoPhil. Follow them too @vivophil on IG and on Twitter.

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