Monthly Archives: November 2011

Lutong Bahay

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How about some good old-fashioned home cooking? I have not been posting any home cooked meals lately – either we keep having the same meals or I always forget to take pictures of it. Thankfully, I have the iPhone to quickly snaps pictures of food lately.

Some yummy Pininyahang Manok:

We love having quail eggs, hotdogs and milk with this – so it’s a very creamy and yummy meal for the kids!

Nilagang baka:

The market ran out of beef so we had to settle for some buto-buto but it was the same :)

It’s going to be make-your-house-ready-for-Christmas day for us here! So I am going to be busy setting up our bookshelf speakers with Christmas songs while we put our tree up!

Cafe Breton

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Even if the weather has noticeably gone cooler, it didn’t stop my and my friends from enjoying some cold sweet treats from Cafe Breton.

We usually go to Starbucks for some cake and coffee but the people this time of the year is out of this world crazy (maybe because of the Starbucks planner?) so we decided to go to Cafe Breton instead.

We were not disappointed!


Coffee with whipped cream – oh la la!


Le Magnifique


Strawberry Short Cake Crepe


Banana Split Peach Melba

Starbucks Holiday Red Cups are Back!

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What is the easiest sign of the holidays at Starbucks?

The return of the red cups!

I am sure that the Address Plaque of Starbucks would automatically mean Peppermint Mocha, Cranberry Mocha and Toffee Nut to some people and the mad dash to complete stickers for a Starbucks Limited Edition Annual Planner.

This year I am still nowhere half of my stickers. For some reason I am not digging the Cranberry Mocha Frappucino (have yet to try the hot version though):

I miss the white cherry mocha.

But I love their Chistmas sweet treats, that’s for sure. Molten chocolate lava cake anyone?

The Phases in Doing a Customer Satisfaction Survey

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Just like doing work on online market research and setting trends in prediction markets, doing a customer satisfaction survey involves phases. Your customers can provide valuable insight into whether they are satisfied with your company’s products, services, and support. Surveying them can uncover important information that will guide your decision-making.
Here is a general blueprint:
1. Pre-Deployment Stage. Call for a meeting with your department heads. You need to designate key people to handle the project even if you are hiring a company to do the survey for you. Discuss goals you wish to accomplish and the types of questions you plan to include in your survey.

2. Choose and target the right segment. One of the keys to conducting effective customer surveys is targeting the right group of participants. While there are times when a broad deployment across your entire client base will be appropriate, your surveys will often require a tighter approach. For example, you may want to involve only those people who have purchased a particular item. Or, you might only want to approach those who have spoken recently to your support staff. The more targeted your group of participants, the more easily you can design questions that will speak directly to them.

3. Conduct survey.

4. Design, Data Collection, Analysis and Evaluation

5. Take action.

HealthDesigns.com Review

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The huge advantage of HealthDesigns.com over other sites that sell health products are the general products that it offers such as beverages, household cleaners, laundry products, nutritional bars, and many more. Because of the wide range of products being offered by HealthDesigns.com, everyone has something they can from the site.

Since there are tons of products you can buy from HealthDesigns.com, you will surely want to buy a lot of items. It is a huge advantage that orders above $49 get free shipping so you can shop for more items. Staying healthy is a lifestyle because if you really want to be healthy it will have to apply to every aspect of your life. It may sound difficult but HealthDesigns.com can make it seem easy and hassle-free.

Popcorn Snack: Why It Can Be Part of A Healthy Diet

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The Health Benefits of Eating Popcorn

It maybe hard to believe that the most popular snack choice for moviegoers can be considered as a super food but it is true – popcorn is a healthy snack for people of all ages!

Research shows that popcorn may not only prevent cancer but it can also help those trying to lose weight. It has been long regarded as junk food but with correct preparation and in moderation, pop corn can give more advantages than risks health-wise.

How? Here are some health benefits of eating popcorn:

popcornWhole Grain
Popcorn is a wholegrain food. Wholegrain goods have been proven to reduce the risk of cancer and heart diseases. It helps to lower ‘bad’ LDL cholesterol as well.

Full of Fiber
Popcorn contains three times more fiber than sunflower seeds. It also balances blood sugar levels; keeps us fuller for longer periods of time, hence stops us reaching for sweet snacks.

Fiber is an important substance for the body that encourages healthy digestion and regularity of bowel movement. Foods rich in fiber take longer to eat; make you feel full sooner and help you resist eating other diet-busting snacks.

A Healthy Alternative

When it’s not coated in butter, salt or fattening oils, popcorn can be a very healthy replacement for potato chips, salted nuts and other high-calorie snacks that are often full of saturated fat.

Did you know? A 30g serving of popcorn is equivalent to one portion of whole-wheat pasta or a daily 30g portion of brown rice.

Full of Minerals
Popcorn also contains Vitamin B, which is known to boost energy levels.

Has Antioxidants

Popcorn has antioxidant properties known as polyphenols, similar to those found in fruits. These antioxidants remove free radicals in our body. Its iron content, especially the yellow popcorn variety, is particularly interesting because iron deficiency is one of the most common nutrient deficiencies in the entire world. A serving of yellow popcorn has 5% of the RDA for iron, 10% each for magnesium and phosphorus, and only a trace amount of sodium.
Low-Calorie

Unbuttered popcorn only has about 40 calories per cup.

Popcorn is healthiest in its butter-free, air-popped variety.

Benefits of Fusion Hair Extensions

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Hair extensions are used to thicken hair or add color, depth, length and texture to your hair. As one of the secrets of Hollywood stars, real hair extensions care has become one of the most popular treatments in improving how the hair looks, feels, moves, falls down and goes up.

There are others ways to achieve hair improvement through adding hair. These include sewing, clipping, gluing and tubing. However, the most preferred method of hair weaving is air extensions through fusion.

The fusion hair extension method became popular because of its painless, non-surgical procedure that lasts only about fifteen minutes, but could provide longer lasting results of up to five to six months. If you wish to have extensions attached to your roots, then you might consider this method to produce a more natural look.
Fusion can be used for either hot or cold fusions hair extensions. While hot fusion uses hot glue to attach the extensions, cold fusion extensions are attached by using keratin-based polymer that is attached to your roots one stand at a time. Instead of heat, this method works by using ultra sonic waves (or rapid impulses).

When applied by a professional, fusion hair extensions will be indistinguishable from your natural hair. Since this real hair extensions method uses no type of heat, they are ideal for people with thin or very fine hair.

If you want to achieve natural looking, 100% human hair extensions that can match your natural hair color, then cold fusions extensions are the best option for you. With these kinds of extensions, you will have longer, thicker and plumper hair than you ever had before.

Hongkong Emperor Seafood Restaurant

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We went to Mall of Asia last October 31st for my husband’s side of the family’s tradition of trick or tripping. We all dress up alike (Last year we were vampires, this year we were devils), have our pictures taken, eat and then let the kids play around. It’s a simple tradition (albeit an expensive one since we are almost 20 people). We catch up on each other’s lives and talk about anything under the sun even Materials Manager Jobs and the death of Apple icon Steve Jobs.

We tried this Chinese Restaurant in MOA called Emperor – love the interiors, looks like a very elegant five-star hotel, and the food was delicious!







Hongkong Emperor Seafood Restaurant, SM Mall of Asia
2/F Entertainment Mall, SM Mall of Asia, Ocean Drive
Pasay City, Metro Manila
Philippines
(02) 556-9520 to 22