Experience SMART #LikeNeverBefore

I've experienced a connected Rizal a couple of weeks ago, and I felt and seen the remarkable work that Smart has done to improve coverage and internet data speeds. It's just one of the few things they've done to make it the most reliable one in the country. What would this mean to you?

This would make you feel how it is to "Be there like never before". It's how you can now share the most intimate moments. It's the time you can experience life with your loved ones even when you can’t be physically present (OFW's or just working in far flung places) Smart can still get you connected.

These days, it's super easy to know you're there. Get on Facebook so you could like, comment or heart their latest photos. If you can't be physically there, try the video call on Facebook messenger so you can still talk, see each other and let the most important people in your life feel that you’re always there for them. You can't say distance or situations can break you apart, because in some way shape or form, Smart can definitely bring you there.

Smart has already rolled out tons of network modernization programs in different parts of the country. You can now start seeing the improvements, like faster connections, the wider coverage, I even have signal now inside my home in Metro Manila.They also did network improvements in Queen City of the South Cebu, our President's home city Davao, the adventurous CDO and a whole lot more! Now that Smart has a better than ever network, you can now start enjoying that connection with other subscribers and feel how superior it is over other networks. You can start by watching the video HERE first.

If you want to know more about this experience today, check the information across all of Smart’s social media channels (around lunch time) and on their website smart.com.ph/likeneverbefore to see how YOU could have something #LikeNeverBefore.

Jackie Rice, Yasmien Kurdi and Teri Aunor on People VS The Stars this Easter

I was keeping this post on drafts because it was taped a couple of weeks back. It was my first time joining the audience too. I was there during the launch and this Easter Sunday, you'll be seeing me on the sidelines of People versus The Stars with lovebirds and hosts Drew Arellano and Iya Villania-Arellano. During this episode you'll see the angelic but funny Jackie Rice (who also appears in Ika 6 Na Utos), Afternoon Soap Queen Yasmien Kurdi (who just finished Sa Piling Ni Nanay) and super funny Superstar impersonator and Bataan politician Teri Aunor. They'll be answering several TOUGH questions designed to confuse, outwit, and make them rich. Otherwise, the money will go to deserving audience members raffled off by a DTI representative during the shoot. 

To start the game, they kinda choose a leader so if the time runs out they can declare their final answer. This time they chose Teri Aunor, which was quite a good choice because he's quite adept in answering trivia questions. You'll see how she panics because she talks too much before telling the hosts what it is. It was hilarious!

Behind the scenes, seeing Drew and Iya have fun while doing the show was actually refreshing. These two look absolutely in love, like it was if they were still boyfriend and girlfriend with the exception of the super cute baby that they have of course.

We won't tell you if they win the prize pot or not but they answered almost everything on the show. It was mostly Philippine General Information questions and I would have answered most of them myself. I like that they've got multiple choice questions and if you're not careful, you'll end up with almost nothing.

During the latter part of the show, you'll also enjoy the presence of GMA's home grown boyband ONE UP. Well, let's just say they've made some of the girls scream on the top of their lungs while the guests chose the answers to the final question. 

If you would like to be part of this show you can follow their social media channels or GMA Network because they do include online participants to be part of the audience sometimes. It was fun and very educational and if you're lucky, that smartness might prove you to win moolah if you get pit against The Stars!

People VS The Stars shows every Sunday at 5PM. Don't miss it this Easter Sunday!

For more information about their artists:

Official GMA Artist Center

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http://gmanetwork.com/artistcenter

Taste Setters: SYSU International's Food and Beverage Workshop

We are at the Taste Setters: Creativity That Shapes Food and Beverage Trends workshop sponsored by SYSU International in cooperation with their partners Lee Kum Kee, Clara Ole, Tabasco, Tulip, Treetop and Smuckers here at CCA Makati. It's a series of workshops that the company and the brands are sponsoring with their partner and non partner restaurants, caterers and establishments to hone their skills using the very best products in the market. The morning sessions had them start with food trends and how Filipino restaurants and casual dining places have improved over the years, to learn how they would be successful.

Chef Louise Mabulo, a finalist in Junior Masterchef also paid a visit. Her credentials would gladly beat any seasoned Chef as she also has international ones at a very young age. She's very eloquent and has been doing workshops and seminars in the past. During the session, she shared her views on our affinity to food. She mentions it stemmed from doing feasts, and our fiesta spirit and the happiness we get from it is immeasurable. I get that we do thank the saints and God in general with these celebrations, but what gets us together is the concept of family, community and love, that's a fact. She also shared how successful blogs and social media has been just by sharing genuine food recipes that remind them of home, the Philippines.

During the activity, we were also split into groups and I got together with some food researchers, specialists and chefs from Max's Restaurant, Goldilocks, Peri Peri Corporation and a lot more. We needed to conceptualize a stir fry dish that would be innovative using products from Sysu International's brands. In the end, they worked as a team and in this manner it's not much of the company they work for but the innovation we do with these recipes that could help the food industry grow, be practiced among Chefs, R&D people and restaurateurs who choose to not only make the best Filipino representation of food, but create new ones as the word "innovate" suggests. 

I can't wait to join them in more Taste Setters Workshops that they have in store this year. For those who want to join, make sure you follow the social media accounts of the brands they carry. That's Tabasco, Lee Kum Kee, Clara Ole, Tulip Chocolates, Treetop Juice and Smuckers or their website www.sysuinc.com.ph/.

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Eu'Genia Shea: More Than Butter, A Way To Empower Women

We all have our own way of taking care of ourselves, but there's always some really good regimen we can do for skin, hair and just about any part of our extremities that can make it all better. I've been reflecting on it all day while in the bath tub. Men and women have seen the remarkable benefits of using skin care butters as it alleviates the problem of dry skin, hair, wrinkles, cracked lips, stretch marks, cracked heels and nails. I'm taking There is certainly nothing wrong with skin care butters like cocoa, but when you're looking for the ultimate nourishing and natural cream, shea butter is one of the finest products known to man. Packed with numerous antioxidants and vitamins like A and E, shea butter is very beneficial to the hair and skin. It takes care of everything from head to toe which would be beneficial for the entire family.

Unfortunately, not all shea butters are created equal. From source to methods, it really is different especially on how they extract the precious shea oil from shea nuts.

Luckily, the world has the Eu'Genia Shea company. It's a family run business with roots in Ghana and America. Mother and daughter embrace the generations and a long tradition of shea butter knowledge. They have long seen the superiority of raw, unrefined Ghanaian shea butter.

Harvard graduate Naa-Sakle Akuete launched the Eu'Genia brand in 2014, naming the shea butter line after her mother. In fact, Ms. Eu'Genia is the former president of the Global Shea Alliance, which includes some 400 members from 31 countries. In addition, Akuete's grandmother was a well-known mid-wife who used rich shea butter in her practice for years. Shea is healing, very nourishing and known for reducing stretch marks.

Eu'Genia Shea is a wonderful business filled with pride, self-empowerment and exceptional Ghanaian shea butter imported to America. The company's headquarters are based in Brooklyn, New York, and the gorgeous variety of shea butter products can be purchased through e-commerce at their website https://www.eugeniashea.com/. The luxurious shea butters are sold in three strengths, including Everyday Shea Butter, Pregnancy Strength Shea Butter and Dermatological Strength Shea Butter. Each butter comes filled in colorful tin containers and can also be purchased through a monthly subscription if desired.

Eu'Genia Shea butters are also in a quality class of their own. The brand uses at least 95% shea content, while their competitors use less than 25% shea. Another aspect that allows the Eu'Genia Shea company to stand out is the mission behind the brand and the compassion that goes with it. Akuete and her loved ones are strong on family values and social responsibility and have labored hard to ensure that rural Ghanaian women workers receive benefits and proper job security and employment opportunities.

Eu'Genia Shea has since established a co-op of female pickers in northern Ghana that provides sustainable wages and training to their employees. The family run enterprise also donates 15% of their profits back to the co-op in the form of an education fund.

It's an amazing way for Akuete to give back to her country, she says and to introduce people in America to the magical, natural goodness that shea butter has to offer.

That's just remarkable.