New Endorser WILLIE REVILLAME Starts 3.3 and 4.4 SHOPEE Mega Shopping Sale

This morning was one for the books as popular online shopping app SHOPEE finally unveiled their latest Shopee ambassador. It was actually very obvious as it wouldn't really make sense if he wasn't one because his hit prime time variety show has always delivered help to the masses, who else but Willie Revillame aka KUYA WIL. Wowowin on GMA has been a platform for Filipinos to not only find entertainment, but relief from the stresses of everyday life. What's more is that Willie Revillame has been doing this for years now and it has benefited countless Filipinos of mostly poor and underprivileged parts of society, and he hasn't stopped til now. When he did stints for Shopee, the unbelievable response to the app's promos and giveaways showcased why he's been the trusted by everyone, and the live sessions are proof for it. 

 Shopee Philippines Director Martin Yu introduced him and says "Thank you for your unwavering support for Shopee. Last year it was a transformative year for eCommerce. From a commercial, we go to a more social experience and it will have a key role in doing business. We will keep driving growth and this 2021, payments, logistics and digitization will be part of that. Today, you can do so much more with Shopee pay. We have growth in food, health and home sectors. More brands are coming in, about 3x increase than usual. Businesses had to adapt so they can grow their presence online. Shopee live made sellers able to showcase their products wherever they are in the country. Our 3.3 and 4.4 MEGA shopping Sale of the year include cashless festival, flash deals sale, payday sale, and mega free shipping sale. The 3.3 and 4.4 sale is also supported by our partner brands, and we will have 3.3 Shopee Milyonaryo TV Special on GMA 7 and Shopee live! But that’s not all, today we are officially welcoming Willie Revillame!”

To get the press a little entertained during the event, he got one live audience (from us entertainment media) and one from those who are covering online. He got us to play his hit game choosing between a mystery box and a couple thousand bucks. Well, I think he and Shopee went a little generous and gave the winner a huge surprise. I wished I got picked, but it didn't happen LOL. Congratulations to the winners though!

 

Oh by the way, Willie is spearheading the sale that's going to happen this 3.3 and 4.4 as their Mega Shopping sale will have Shopee Pay 1 peso deals, Free Shipping and 20% cashback on several products on the app. Well in fact, they've got a whole calendar full of events so you can save from discounts that tons of stores from the app get enabled only on these dates, plus the payday sales, and the things that stores offer on the platform. So you see, there's really a lot of things you can save from the app. I actually get coins and discounts myself which I use for me next purchase on the Shopee app.

Now I don't want to tell you things you wouldn't want to know, but it was also a different experience seeing the Wowowin dancers live during the event.

Aside from that, they also got Bugoy Drilon, Michael Pangilinan, and one of my favorite performers Kris Lawrence to do some RnB numbers, man I was seeing sparkles and doves during this portion. These guys are good, it was crazy good!

To a more serious and not serious note, we sat down with Kuya Wil after the event amd got to ask him a few questions about this endorsement. He answered why he's not stopping helping people and why he's not asking for anything more. He also worries about the people who work for him during this pandemic, it was nice to see how he answered it unrehearsed, the man has a good heart.

 

 Kuya Wil will be appearing in several print, digital and TV commercials so you're bound to see him a couple of times from February to April. He also sees this partnership last a long time, so stay tuned for more of Shopee in Wowowin too!

If you haven't yet, go download the Shopee app on Google Play and the App Store. What Kuya Wil said about trusting the app is substantial, if he trusts the people behind it, you should too. Follow their social media accounts too for some of their promos are going to be listed there.  By the way, I'm going to come out with a vlog with my experience during the press conference this morning, so please subscribe too on YouTube.com/kumagcow okay?

Pauline Mendoza Takes on GMA Primetime Show "Babawiin Ko Ang Lahat"

 

New year, new show, and that means there's room for some new artists on GMA. The show is called "Babawiin Ko Ang Lahat" (I will get everything back!) which is top billed by Pauline Mendoza who's done several shows like Little Nanay, That's My Amboy, Alyas Robin Hood, My Love from the Star, Kambal, Karibal, Cain at Abel, , Love You Two and One of the Baes. Needless to say, she's worked her way up and 2021 is her year, which means you're going to see her star shine even more.

The vibe I got from this blogcon was so nice, the whole cast became extremely close during the locked in taping and when they did meet again during our press conference, the jokes were thrown from all directions. The experience of shooting during the pandemic had them be together with other artists as room mates, so even after the long day, they got to eat, tell stories and talk about how their day went.

As you can see, there's no shortchanging in the looks department as artists like Therese Malvar (who plays Lala), Kristoffer Martin (who plays Joel Espejo), Manolo Pedrosa (who is Justin Roxas) and Dave Bornea (who plays Randall Madrigal) will also be in the show. They will be involved in Pauline's character Iris as what she believes was a perfect and contented life with her family, suddenly would fall into shambles as Carmina Villaroel, Tanya Garcia, John Estrada will put their past troubles on the shoulders of their daughters. Watch out for the character of Liezel Lopez named Trina Espejo because she'll be the one you'll despise in this show.

 Here's our short chat with them a few days ago. You'll love "Babawiin Ko Ang Lahat!"

 

 Show starts February 22 and will air weekdays. It can be watched on GMA Pinoy TV too if you're not in the Philippines, so please ask your cable provider.

 

Hyun Bin and Son Ye Jin in "Be Unstoppable with Smart 5G" Campaign

Looks like Smart Communications is making 5G more possible in the country by rolling out network projects left and right, plus having Korean superstars Hyun Bin and Son Ye Jin as their brand ambassadors too.

FVP Consumer Wireless of Smart Ms. Jane Basas says "This is another milestone in our country and we have featured Hyun Bin and Son Ye Jin plus the music of Ben&Ben in our ad released during Valentines day. We also have Smart Signature, and the success of our Crash Landing on You stars Asian superstars campaign and our offers have been brought out. We owe this to our subscribers who love them and the trust of our customers propelled us to make this into a reality. We will do our best to serve you better, to put a smile on your face. When we started our campaign initially with Hyun Bin, people clamored for more and wanted Son Ye Jin in the commercials. We decided to have them both and renew them too, we might see them soon as they owe us a visit to the Philippines and perhaps a live online event, we'll have to fix that in the next few weeks. Our objective is simple, it is our way how much we love subscribers, to tell you honestly it wasn't easy. To bring both of them together is really a lot of hard work, plus most loved band Ben&Ben to make original music for this campaign, INEVITABLE is our love song to our customers, the kind of hard work we do, it's our best, our best postpaid plans and best 5G network."

Corporate Marketing and Strategy for Smart Lloys Manaloto says "We promise a superior network, now we are the fastest as measured by Ookla and Open signal. Now you can stream videos seamlessly, no lags with 5G. It gives us a new platform, fiber like speeds on mobile has changed the way we connect. World class digital services is now on our fingertips and all these is because Smart ako!"

VP for Postpaid Mark Dimagiba says "We are constantly partnering with phone manufacturers in order enjoy 5G and plans now include unlimited call and texts among other services. We want to make the impossible possible. iPhone, Samsung, Huawei and Vivo already have launched 5G phones. 5G is part of our tech platform, part of our network, we have the nationwidest LTE already, but now with 5G we will have fiber like speeds on your mobile so you can get exceptional speeds with the new technology."

Ben&Ben says "We didn't really force anything with the creative song, what Smart wanted to achieve was in line with what we wanted to pull off as a band. It was just like, we flowed in the same direction and it's a beautiful partnership. After talking with Smart and over the holidays, I thought of the song and it was inspired by personal experiences in the past few months. I shared it with the band over the holidays and we got back, it was just good in its rawest form. It just happened. It tells the story of two contrasting feelings, one of mystery, one of certainty, and the music we made for it just highlighted it, it was just inevitable. We're really excited because Hyun Bin was going to be part of it and Son Ye Jin, it was super kilig for us because we thought of the couple too when we made it. The message is no matter how hard things are now, the good things are bound to happen, whether it's love life, career, family, finances, you'll really attain it when you keep it real, it's inevitable."

 

 

Hyun Bin and Son Ye Jin says in a video message "I'm very happy to see you in Smart's project, we have prepared something for you. Simple Smart ako!" then they showed us their bts for their latest commercial with Smart.

Now there's a lot to look forward to in the next few months, few years in fact. Aside from the Korean superstars, there will be lots of things to see in the 5G technology that they're rolling into the country. Wish I can get a plan with it soon!

Earn as much as Php 250 Cashback with PayMaya

 

 

Quick blog to tell you about this because it's almost end of February and you might miss this deal.

You see, I've been using PayMaya to pay for groceries if I'm in Robinsons Supermarket, Shopwise or Mercury Drug when I'm out for errands. I usually use the QR code payment system so I don't have to cash out large sums of money from my bank which by the way is so far away from my place. Recently, PayMaya announced a sweet deal so you can cash out Php 50 when you pay for Php 1000 worth of groceries.... and you can do it 5 times. You may check out http://pymy.co/FebGroceryQRCashback for the list of establishments participating in this promo.

See? I always take advantage of cashbacks in Paymaya :D

Again, it's only going to be until the 28th of February so you've got a few days left to get it. I've divided my purchases in different dates and done groceries in Mercury Drug and Robinsons Supermarket so I can get the max cashback. If you remember, I have had Php 1,600 worth of cashback last year, which I'm sure is easy to beat this 2021. Don't tell me I didn't tell you huh!

Go get them before it's too late!