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Minute Maid is tapping the power of bloggers to promote their drink online. Bloggers are asked to Pulp up their blogs by sharing their pulpy story through a blog post and use banners provided to pulp up the blog post and the blog. 3 bloggers will take home P20,000, P10,000 and P5,000 respectively based on creativity, use of banners, and number of comments. Commenters of blog winners will also get to take home a month’s supply of Minute Maid. So go ahead and leave a comment below so you also win in case I do win (finger's crossed)


The application generates text content which you could add lines to. Below is a copy of what I did. Only the last lines of each paragraph are mine.

I just drank a bottle of Minute Maid Pulpy. They say it’s got ‘no preservatives added’. Aw, c’mon…It’s bottled juice. Is that even possible? So I thought maybe... I should look into this myself

I didn’t believe it the first time I heard it’s got no preservatives added. So I read the ingredients (even the fine print) and everything checked out! It really has NO PRESERVATIVES ADDED! That means it doesn’t have ingredients that may turn out to be allergens, or worse...carcinogens! Whew! Now that’s healthy goodness that tastes so good, I can feel it invigorating my senses.

So okay, it’s got no preservatives added. That’s really good, right? Not just because it doesn’t have those icky, harmful ingredients, but it also means... I get the freshest ingredients with all those vitamins too.

So far anyone who still has a hard time believing that Minute Maid has got no preservatives added - meaning it's THAT natural, it's almost like it's plucked straight from the tree, it's just as Mother Nature wanted your orange juice to be, it's got nothing but the good stuff yes, none of those potentially toxic stuff that can harm your brain, kidneys, heart; cause tumors aargh- the list of preservatives' bad effects just go on!!! Anyway, just to prove a point on just how good Minute Maid Pulpy is 'cause it's got NO PRESERVATIVES ADDED, I'm gonna drink this everyday!

Feels good to know about the real pulpy deal, right? C’mon show me a smile on the comment box, and you might win yourself a Really Pulpy Deal! (That’s a chance to win a Minute Maid gift pack simply by commenting. Sweet! C'mon you just might be picked as the lucky 'commentor'!)

Love,

Boy Kuripot

• Open to all Filipino citizens and foreigners who are of legal age, at least 18 years old, and are permanent residents of the Philippines
• Must have a blog
  

1. ‘Like’ the Minute Maid Pulpy Facebook Page
   
2. Pulp up your blog by completing phrases using the Pulpy Generator and publish it as your blog post and by downloading any of the different Minute Maid blog design elements to put up on your blog:
• Minute Maid Background
• Minute Maid banners
  
• Leaderboard - 728x90
  
• Banner - 468 x 60
  
• Half banner - 234x60
  
• Button - 125x125
  
• Skyscraper - 120x600
  
• Wide Skyscraper - 160x600
  
• Small Square - 200x200
  
• Square - 250x250
  
• Medium Rectangle - 300x250
  
• Large Rectangle - 336x280
• Minute Maid Badge
• Minute Maid Widget
3. Post the URL of your blog post on the Minute Maid Pulpy Facebook Page
4. Promote your blog post and have your readers comment on it so they can win a prize as well if ever you win
5. Judging Criteria
• 60% Creative Writing
  
• 30% Use of Minute Maid’s imagery
  
• 15% Background
  
• 5% Banners
  
• 5% Badge
  
• 5% Widget
• 10% Number of comments
  
6. View complete contest mechanics
   

• Grand Prize Winner: P20,000
• 1st runner up: P10,000
• 2nd runner up: P5,000
• One commenter from each of the 3 winners: A month’s supply of Minute Maid (330 mL)
  

• FREE to do
• CASH prizes

• You need a blog
• Can't seem to find the widget
  

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With most of the things that can be done online, you can't help but say things are a lot more convenient. BPI pushes those that currently have accounts with them to enroll and use their BPI Express Online service in exchange for a chance to Win prizes such as P25,000 shopping money, iPads and iPhone 4, and a Honda City. New enrollees get 10 raffle tickets while each online bills payment and reload prepaid phone gives you 1 raffle ticket.

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Slot machines comes to Facebook with Smart Buddy's Lucky Combo promo. Both Smart and non-Smart subscribers may register in the application to play the game. Each spin requires a token to play which you can easily earn in multiple ways. Daily prizes include 100 pcs of P100 Smart load, 10 pcs of P500 SM GC and P5,000 CASH. Winners of the P5,000 can risk the cash for a bigger or smaller mystery gift. Weekly winners can receive up to P50,000 depending on the number of fans gained while the grand prize winner will take home P500,000. Winners of the weekly and grand raffle prizes are limited to Smart subscribers ONLY.

Promo Mechanics:

1. “Like” the Smart Communications fan page and click on the Lucky Combo tab
2. Enter your full name, email address and Smart cellphone number or from other mobile provider
3. Play the game by clicking the SPIN button to begin the randomizing process until it stops. Each spin costs 1 token
4. Earning tokens
• 50 tokens - application registration
  
• 10 tokens - friend referral
• 20 tokens - friend referral accepts and becomes a fan
• 1 token - getting 4 Smart load variants logos of any combination with each spin
• 50 tokens - registration to any of the following load offers
  
• All Text 20 Combo – 150 texts to Smart + 10 texts to all networks + 10 minutes of calls for P20/day.
• Max Call Combo 25 – 30 minutes of calls + 100 texts to Smart + 10 texts to all networks for P25/day
• MegaLahatxt 20 – 200 texts to Smart + 50 texts to all networks for P20/day
• Smart Talk 20 – Unlimited calls up to 6 people for P20/day
• Smart Talk Lite – Unlimited calls from 1am to 11am for P15/day
• 10 tokens - sharing the application on wall profile
• 10 tokens - replenishment of tokens in every 24 hours
5. Daily winners of P5,000 cash will have an option to choose between the cash prize or a mystery gift
6. All registered who played at least once within a week are eligible for the weekly draw
7. All registered who played at least once within the entire promo period are eligible for the weekly draw
8. View complete promo mechanics
   

Promo Period: December 6, 2010 to January 23, 2011

Promo Prize:

Lucky Draw and Raffle prizes



Mystery Gift for daily winners



Upside:

• Big prizes
• FREE to do
• Raffle prizes
• Daily replenishment of tokens
  

Downside:

• Non-Buddy subscribers are not qualified for the weekly and grand raffle prizes

For more information, log on to facebook.com/SmartCommunications

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Now on it's 12th year, the Ateneo Video Open is once again inviting collegiate-level filmmakers to submit films be it experimental, music video, documentary or short film. Each submission has a P100 application fee. Over P32,000 in CASH prizes are at stake. See whether the films you submitted in class live up to the grade that you got.

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Cebu Pacific surprises everyone by offering Piso fares this Christmas! Book your Piso Go Lite fares, applicable to all domestic and international destinations, on December 25, 2010. You have to be patient though because travel period for the Piso sale is from November 11 - December 11, 2011. Tickets may be bought online and through travel agents at Amadeus. Try to book online anytime today. I'm sure they opened the sale for purchase already like what they usually did in previous sales

It's the end of the year and you still haven't received money from your relatives abroad because you find the fees too high. Well, if you use Xoom for the first time to make remittance to Philippines before the year 2010 ends, you could have they money transferred to you for FREE. Just have your relative sign up an account they could make a Peso or US dollar payout by December 31, 2010. Sending money is done in 4 simple steps without the need to leave home and recipients can either get the money by delivery, pickup or deposit to a bank account

Suffering form stuffy clogged nose because of your allergies and cold? Bummer right? Well you have your standard oral decongestant tablet and pills you could take orally but it would take an 30 minutes to an hour to take effect that would last for only a couple of minutes if not hours. Drixine Nasal Spray however will cut the time it would take effect in just 5 minutes and lengthen the lasting effect to as long as 12 hours. Say goodbye to your clogged nose.

Want to Win 1 of 10 bottles of Drixine Nasal Spray and put an end on that sniffle? Read on

Personally, I experience clogged nose in cold weather especially that I'm used to Philippine climate. My body does not acclimatize too well. Surely, there are numerous people that have the same dilemma as I do. Possibly the worst time clogged nose could happen is before you sleep. You can't sleep because your breathing is obstructed and if you use your mouth, it dries your throat. How dreadful.

Good thing there is Drixine Nasal Spray to aid our stuffy nose. Drixine is a nasal decongestant that provides fast relief from clogged nose associated with colds, sinusitis, hay fever and other respiratory allergies in as little as five minutes. It uses an ingredient called Oxymetazoline to decrease inflammation and swelling of the nasal passageway to allow air to flow through. Each dose will provide up to 12 hours of relief from your nasal congestion.

Application of Drixine is very foreign to most of us Filipinos. Most nasal decongestants are done orally. For Drixine however, you will have to insert the tip of the spray into the passageway of your nostril and squeeze to spray. Application can be done 2 - 3 times a day for up to 3 days ONLY.

Now I haven't really tried it myself since I don't have clogged nose since I got Drixine, but if the does claim to relieve clogged nose in 5 minutes and the effect can be as long as 12 hours. I'm sold for it.

Drixine retails around P210 - P220 and is available at your local drug store.

Now here's how you can Win a Drixine for yourself.

Promo Requirements:

• Open to Metro Manila residents only
  

Promo Mechanics:

1. Answer the form below
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3. One entry per person only. Duplicates will be disqualified
   
4. Those with correct answers will be randomly raffled using Random.org
5. Winners will be announced here on this post and will be contacted using the email provided on the form. Prizes will be sent out next year after the holidays
   

Promo Period: December 17 - 20, 2010

Promo Prize:

• 10 winners - Drixine Nasal Spray delivered via courier
  

WINNERS UPDATE:

Some of you didn't get the answers correctly. To clarify, Drixine works as fast as 5 minutes upon application and effect will last as long as 12 hours. The 10 lucky winners are:

1. De Guzman, Eriza Ann
2. Jade Ngo
3. castro ma. lourdes
4. Usero, Polinda
5. Paul Allan Manuel
6. De Guzman, Ervine Lizette
7. Munoz, Diana N
8. Padilla, Wendell II
9. Carlos, Jeremiah
10. Cabredo, Patrick Eufracio

Drixine will be contacting you shortly to get your address so they may deliver your Drixine spray! Thanks for joining.

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Beauty company Avon is holding its very own global talent search with the Avon Voices Singing Talent Search for women and the Avon Voices Songwriting Competition for men and women as part of 125th anniversary celebrations. Judges include world renowned singers Lea Salonga and Fergie. Prizes at stake is a recording contract for the singing contest and a music publishing contract for the songwriting contest.

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As long as you are attending Simbang Gabi, you might as well check out the Shopwise Sunrise Sale happening this December 16 - 23, 2010 from 5AM-8AM. Different types of items/goods will be on sale for up to 50% off each day - Meat, Toys, Seafood, Noche Buena items, Produce, Poultry, Bakery, and Wines, Chocolates, Snacks & Beverage. You do however need to purchase at least P1,200 worth of items not on sale to avail of the discount. There's also a limit on how much you may purchase to prevent you from hoarding. You should also try to join the Christmas Alphabet promo. Purchase P800 worth of items plus P100 worth of participating products to Win a car, trips, laptop, refrigerator, electronic gadgets. Use the P1,200 requirement for the sale to get yourself a raffle entry for the promo

• Purchase at least P1,200 worth of items not on sale to avail of the discount
  

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Sun Cellular, one of the most progressive telecom operators in the Philippines, has launched Facebook Zero, a service that allows all Sun subscribers to access their Facebook account for FREE. To use this service, you just have to activate the GPRS feature of your mobile phone. Once activated, go to wap.suncellular.com.ph and click on the Facebook Zero button (as shown below) and you can already start browsing Facebook for FREE. However, the Sun Cellular FREE Facebook service is limited to updating your status and commenting on your friends' posts. Should you try to access external web sites and photos, you will be charged the regular rate of P10 for every 30 minutes of Internet surfing. Will Globe and Smart follow suit?

Potluck parties are very common for parties and gatherings especially for us Filipinos. And now that it's Christmas season, there will be even more potluck parties. It's quite exhausting to think of a dish that you can contribute. For gifted cooks, this isn't a problem. They would actually be more than happy to make a dish and receive compliments for it. However for those who have no skill whatsoever at cooking, the best option or the only option is to buy. Here are some of the Christmas food I have tried which you may consider bringing to your next Christmas potluck party.

Photo from filipino-foods.com

Pizza Hut Lechon Pizza

There's no doubt that this dish looks and sounds awkward at first. It's like the sisig pizza Greenwich offered in the past. Just trying to imagine eating lechon, cheese and bread is a bit weird.

But everything new has to be given a chance so I tried it. The pizza looked like a meat lovers pizza with "chicharon" evenly distributed and drizzled with lechon sauce when it came out. The first bite didn't taste like a regular lechon. It actually tasted like a regular meat lovers pizza with lechon sauce. But as I took more bites in, I slowly had a hint of taste of that lechon flavor I was looking for.

What impressed me the most about the lechon pizza is the pig skin. It was crunchy and surprisingly not oily, somewhat similar to Oishi's Marty's Chicharon. It is said that the skin will retain it's crispiness for a long time because of a process they did where they took out all the moisture from the skin. Eating the pizza with the skin is more enjoyable and delectable. I would definitely eat this again

The lechon pizza is offered for a limited time only. It might not be available on the menu by early next year. The medium size (10") costs P329 while the large size (14") costs P499.

For more info on the lechon pizza, log in to facebook.com/pizzahutphilippines They are also having an ongoing promo where they are giving out a Lechon Pizza feast

Krispy Kreme Chrismas Doughnuts

Krispy Kreme has a new line of donuts for this holiday season. There are 2 variants to choose from. The vanilla-frosted square-shaped doughnuts with green and red icing ribbons and the ring doughnut topped with vanilla icing and red and green candy sprinkles. There's also a snowman doughnut with vanilla icing and candy strip wrapped around its neck that acts as a scarf and blueberry jam that acts as buttons.

I found all of the donuts too sweet for my taste. Of all the donuts, I fancy the snowman doughnut most for the design, candy and blueberry jam. It's a mix of different taste of sweetness.

If you plan to buy these donuts, better make your way to your destination fast or keep the doughnut cool. When I opened my box of Krispy Kreme, the icing had melted which made it less appetizing and appealing to eat.

Not sure on the price per doughnut but I recon it will set you back probably around P50 - P60 each.

Reyes Barbecue Party Packs

I don't think I ever went to a potluck party without a barbecue. Someone always brings barbecue. If you're considering buying barbecue, you should consider the party pack Reyes Barbecue offers.

I'm pretty sure everyone has already tasted a Reyes Barbecue in their lifetime so I won't even bother to describe it. If you haven't, where have you been all these years?

The party packs offers barbecue in 2 sizes - regular and party size (cocktail size). The reason why they made a party size barbecue is because some people demanded a smaller version of the regular size barbeque. Maybe some people are light eater and a party size is perfect for them. That's better than wasting a half eaten barbecue right?

Party size (left) Regular (right)

Reyes Barbecues are made in meat-fat-meat-fat arrangement to give the meat the flavor of the fat as it cooks. The sauce is a perfect compliment for the barbecue.


Orders can be made through Quickdelivery or at their Bonifacio Stopover branch with tel. 8561215

Just a secret, take outs made at Bonifacio Stopover branch are given 10% discount.

Halfmoon Cafe Bibincrepe

Halfmoon Cafe made a twist to one of the most traditional Filipino desserts - bibingka. Their version is called bibincrepe, a fusion between a bibingka and a crepe. They use a pancake like batter to make the bibincrepe and fold in in half with filling sandwich in the middle. They have filling flavors like Cheese, Chocolate, Choco-Cheese, Corn-Cheese and Choco-Mallows.

Recently, they broke the world record for making the largest bibincrepe

Good for 200 people!

To be honest, I don't find anything extraordinary about the bibincrepe. It's just like a pancake folded in half with filling inside. I would prefer eating a regular bibingka over the bibincrepe.

For more information about Halfmoon, log on to masterchino.com/halfmoon/

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Three bloggers are asking "How badly do you want the BlackBerry Curve 3G?" Depict your answer through a photo and a few lines, you may just just win your Christmas wishlist phone. Animetric.blogspot.com, YugaTech.com and TechPinas.com in partnership with RIM (Research in Motion) (maker of BlackBerry) are giving away a brand new BlackBerry Curve 3G each to the most creative photo and caption/writeup. So how badly do you want a BlackBerry Curve 3G?



Promo Mechanics:

1. Take a photo showing “How badly do you want the BlackBerry Curve 3G” and include a writeup or a caption explaining why you want the prize!
   
2. For Animetric.blogspot.com:
• Email your photos to animetric1(at)yahoo.com and indicate your full name, city of residence, and contact numbers
• Leave a comment on Animetric.blogspot.com's promo blog that you have submitted your entry to make sure your entry counts
• Limit photos to 1MB
3. For Yugatech.com:
• Upload your photos on Flickr, PicLyf, TwitPic or PhotoBucket and include a caption. You may also write a blog post entry if you like and email the link to your entry
• Add the tags YugaTech, RIM or Blackberry in your entries if possible
• Leave a comment on Yugatech.com's promo blog with a link to your entry (Best if you also include your email address as well)
4. For Techpinas.com:
• Email your photos to techpinas[at]yahoo[dot]com with your name, address and contact details in the email. You may also write a blog post entry if you like and email the link to your entry
  
• The subject of the email should be "TechPinas Gadget Bonanza # 1 : BlackBerry Curve 3G Entry"
• Make sure your photo has a caption
  
• Minimum photo resolution is VGA or 640 x 480 pixels
• Multiple entries allowed
5. Bloggers will select the most creative photos and caption/writeup and award him/her a BlackBerry Curve 3G

• One winner of a Blackberry Curve 3G for each of the 3 blogs
• Additional Prize for Yugatech.com - 5 winners of their choice of a Globe Tattoo or a P500 Globe Call Card

• Easy to do
• Online submission
• FREE to do
  

• Nada!
  

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In celebration of the Month of Overseas Filipinos and International Migrants Day, the Inter-Agency Committee (IAC) organized a FREE film screening of two OFW themed films, namely Rigodon and Fidel, in behalf of Philippine Migrants Rights Watch (PMRW) and co-chaired by the Commission on Filipinos Overseas (CFO). The Cineforum on Migration marks the first time independent films will be screened simultaneously in 19 SM Cinemas on December 13 and 14. The CFO hopes these screenings will encourage discourse among students and families of OFWs who are experiencing the travails of having loved ones working overseas. Since this is a government effort, the two movies will be exempt from review and classification which makes it open for everyone.

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If there's a sale that tech savvy individuals go to, it's the annual Microwarehouse Year-End Sale. This year, the sale is scheduled on December 11-12, 2010, and as always, the sale will be at the Decagon Silver City, Frontera Drive corner Julia Vargas Avenue, Pasig City (in front of McDo and beside Starbucks). Microwarehouse year-end sale is known for having big discounts on branded hardware and accessories such as Apple, Samsung, and Blackberry. I usually go home empty handed whenever I go there. However I do see a lot of people going out with boxes of goods. My friend who has been avidly going to the annual event said that the best items on sale are in the morning.

Are you a Canon user or a Nikon user? Whatever your preference is you may want to check out both sales from these top camera brands. Canon is having a 3-Day Christmas Sale at Tiendesitas from December 3 - 5. Get 50% off on selected camera models, FREE camera cleaning and FREE photo prints. It seems that they do the sale yearly. I checked out the sale last year and went home with a FREE picture. Prices were decent though. Nikon SLR users on the other hand can check out the Nikon Lens Sale slated on December 6 - 31. Numerous branches will participate in the promo however I suggest you call them up to check if they have the lens you want on stock. The discount and list of lenses are not indicated on their Facebook announcement

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You asked for it and Nokia listened... I think. Those who didn't get a chance to grab one of those C6 Nokia offered at 60% last November 13 will have another opportunity to do so. Nokia will be offering 70% off on Nokia Phones (see list below) on December 4, 2010 at participating Nokia stores (click on image below). Like the last promotion, Nokia will enforce a 1 unit per customer only. It's also indicated that the sale is "open for cash and straight transactions only" although I'm not sure I quite understand what they mean by "straight transactions." There's also a tiny fine print that says that the packages are slightly dented. Hopefully this time around, they would be able to satisfy most if not all those who are in line to make a purchase.


According to some blog posts, these are the models that will be available for the sale:

• Nokia 1280
• Nokia 1616
• Nokia C3
• Nokia 5230
• Nokia C5
• Nokia C6

Craving for a sandwich or burger? Then head over to either Brother's Burger or Subway for a quick bite with big savings. It's happy hours at Brother's Burger for 10 days. Get a Big Brothers Burger for P99 (from P195) until December 10 from 6PM - 9PM only. For sandwich lovers, Subway is offering their 6 inch Sliced Ham Sub for P69 (from P125) now until December 16.

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