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PLDT Telpad: Tell Me How…

I know, the commercial is very heart warming.. I can see tears from here *wink

but really how did she do all that?!?

That’s the amazing technology of PLDT Telpad’s TelMeHow app, right at the comfort of your HOME.

mommy bloggers checking out the new PLDT Telpad app: TelMeHow

PLDT Telpad gets an upgrade or can we say APP-grade with TelMeHow.. your online source of easy to follow and useful how tos. The app hosts several categories and here are some of my favorites:

cooking
fashion
photography

Other very useful categories includes:

First Aid
Fitness
Language
Speak French
Sports
Living Space

And if you love entertainment there’s:

music
videos

There’s a category for travel, events and even for graduation!

Now, you would wonder, where the how tos came from or who made the tutorials? PLDT Telpad teamed up with some of the professionals on each categories. For fashion, designer Sassa Jimenez and stylist Bea Constantino will be giving practical and professionals tips. Travel blogger Lois Yasay of WeAreSoleSisters.com will take care of the travel category.

The PLDT Telpad S7 Slim boasts of an 8 GB internal memory, 512 MB RAM, 1 GHz Qualcomm processor and
additional storage capacity of up to 32 GB. The sleek S7 Slim also has a micro HDMI port for larger scale
viewing on HD television. It also comes with 3-axis Accelerometer, gravity, and ambient light sensors.
Each Telpad plan comes with unlimited calls and unlimited broadband service. Plans start at P1,849 at
1.5mbps. The Telpad unit is an Android™-powered device so subscribers can take advantage of more than
450,000 applications available for download at Google Play (formerly known as Android™ Market).
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This latest version of the Telpad is also equipped with a 0.3-megapixel front and a 3 MP rear camera for still
shots, video capture and video conferencing.

Find out more about PLDT’s revolutionary tablet landline at www.PLDTTelpad.

Tinkerbell Themed Birthday Party at Jollibee

I just recovered some of my files.. ah not.. recovered not the right time.. more like, saw it again. My netbook‘s been sleeping for almost a year and finally had the chance to buy a charger for it. Most of Sati‘s first few moths documentation was stored on the netbook. So I had the chance to reminisce the first time to a baby girl feeling (and be really thankful for that.. separate post) and discovered that I am luckier than I think for having the best mom in the world (more to that later)..

and to mark our first year of overwhelming happiness, her first birthday party was celebrated with friend, online friends and family at Jollibee. It was my first time to have a birthday part at Jollibee. I am actually a bit lost when planning her Jollibee Birthday Party. Good thing about Jollibee is they have a party planner website. You will have an idea how much a Jollibee Kids Party will cost you. And birthday planning is all about 6 easy steps:

Step 1 Choose your food package
Step 2 Additional Food Items
Step 3 Choose Party Theme
Step 4 Add Theme Favors and Loot Bags
Step 5 Party Add Ons
Step 6 Finalize Important Details

Tinkerbell Themed Birthday Party at Jollibee? Is that possible? yes it was and here’s how I was able to do it, taking it step by step:

Step 1. I chose two kinds of food, one for the adults and the other one for the kids. I did not order a dessert, thinking the mini cupcakes I ordered will do, only to find out that you cannot serve a cake or cupcake if it was not from Jollibee‘s cake supplier which is Red Ribbon and of course it has to be included on the party package. I still had the tinkerbell cake displayed and the cupcakes was given as a take home. I created my own meal (food package 5 at the website).

Adults: chicken, spaghetti, coke and yum burger, with a total cost of P175.. this is 2010

Kids: chicken with spaghetti meal, juice and jolly hotdog for P140 (2010 price)

The party fee during that time was 1200 PhP.

Step 2. I added a few more since each package is only for 30 persons, if I am not mistaken we had 70 for adults and 30+ kids meal.

Step 3. With the party theme, as I wanted a Tinkerbell themed party, I decided to choose a Jollibee theme.

Step 4. Add theme favors.. since Sati’s first birthday is all about Tink, I did not add party theme favors.

Step 5. Party Add ons. I added some balloons, which I regret after, I thought the function room will be bare, didn’t realized that the function room has a fixed balloons decoration.

Step 6. Finalize. Jollibee Part Planner is not an official booking, so I still had to visit the Jollibee branch where Sati‘s Tinkerbell Themed Party will be celebrated.

Her party was celebrated at Jollibee Ortigas Roosevelt (Along Ortigas Ave. cor. Roosevelt Road, San Juan, Metro Manila). The place has one big function room (located on the 2nd floor)which can accommodate 100+ guests but can be also transformed into a smaller room for smaller party. This branch does not have a playground.

That was just the venue.. mind you, planning for her first birthday party was stressful! There’s the costume, party favors, giveaway for the adults, Tinkerbell cake, birthday party games, game prizes and a lot more. Good thing that during that time, my husband allowed me to attend events after events.. mind you it helped me a lot. I have the tendency to be calm when I am very busy..

Let’s start with the Tinkerbell costume, unfortunate events happened and here supposed to be Tinkerbell costume did not arrived on time:

And we had to look for alternatives, her ninang in the US sent funds to look for another costume. Divisoria is the answer. I bought three kinds of garments. Green Celadon Satin, Pink tule and purple tule made into a flower… the result:

As for the wings, I just bought a ready made wings at Divisoria, her head piece was made from the same material as the one on her waist.

I was very lucky to have guests who willingly played with us. Attire for kids should be Tinkerbell or fairy for the girsl and peter pan or pirate for the boys. As for the adults, it should be pink, violet or brown and everyone obliged to our simple request!

The party favors (all bought in Divisoria) for the kids was personalized, it was different for girls and boys. Also, the name of the kid was written in front along with a Tinkerbell sticker if it is a girl and a Peterpan sticker if it is a boy. For the giveaway for adults, I came up with the most usable and practical giveaway, Sati ecobag..you can read about it the bag HERE. The prizes for games I also bought in Divisoria.

The cake, I ordered from PH Bakehouse. I bought the toppers from Greenhills and PH Bakehouse made a cute Tinkerbell inspired cake for me:

All in all, I think I spend around 40K PhP for Sati’s Tinkerbell Themed Birthday Party. And it was so much fun! I think I will do this again on her 7th birthday party!

Gardening Update: Okra Is Flowering!

My love for vegetables is limited to Okra, Sigarilyas, Tomato (debatable I know..), Onion, Garlic, Eggplant and a few green leafy ones. I never like carrots or bell pepper.. but that’s a secret, I have to show a brave face to my kids every time we have chopsuey (ugh!) but we moms are great on pretending.

And as you know, my vegetable garden is all about the vegetables I love. I can’t wait for the day that they start bearing.. ahhh that would be an aaaaaaaaaah time.. hihi

So imagine my surprise when one morning, I saw my Okra starting to bear flowers! I was like, or almost, jumping for joy. Immediately got the camera and took some photos:

Ca you spot it? Oh by the way, I already transferred some of our veggies to our mini garden outside, specially the okra. They already need a bigger space.. but still hadn’t bought a bigger pots, I end up digging the front garden and cultivating it to make way for the okra, tomato and sigarilyas and some sili too. I think I lost more than 1000 calories doing that! hahaha

I know for some people, okra is not a favorite. What does Okra taste like? I cannot explain, but yes it is very slimy.. but it has some sweetness on it, and really goes well with calamansi and bagoong! yum yum

The Chinese Kangkong is growing too and might need to be transferred to a bigger pot (Divisoria here we come!).. as well as the eggplant and some of the sili left on the small pots. I am thinking of buying more Kangkong seed.. this proves to be the most useful veggies of all! We have sinigang every weekend and my mom always adds the kangkong we had on the garden… reason why the kangkong on the picture is kalbo 🙂

Next update will be about the pots.. and where to buy them and how much each one will cost me..well after I am done reading about fixed immediate annuities and other tax forms 🙂

And oh, I am planning to start an herb garden, so watch out for that too!