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Wattah Wattah Festival Experience

This is my first time to experience the Basaan Fiesta, right in the heart of the city that celebrates it the most, San Juan!

I am expecting this event to be fun filled! Sa invitation pa lang, na excite na ako.. and honestly, I can’t even sleep the day before the event.. parang bata lang na first time mag field trip!

Indeed, the event turned out to be super fun!

So what’s new with year’s Basaan Fiesta at San Juan known as Wattah Wattah Festival*?

It was made more fun with the inclusion of a huge dry at the Plaza Mayor along N. Domingo Street. Not only that, as the Downy truck passes by, it leaves a smelling fresh scent to San Juan residents. A bubble machine with Downy on it treats the residents as well as mist from Downy.

As for me and my blogger friend Mauie, together with PR that invited us, we rode the Downy truck armed wearing hydro-chromatic shirts (and a super fashion white boots!). The first of its kind in the Philippines, the Downy hydro-chromatic shirts bore hidden messages that could only be seen when the shirt is wet. Nagpamigay din ng downy ng shirts while the parade is on.. super saya!

After the parade, we went straight to Plaza Mayor were we experienced the huge dryer. There were games for media as well as for the residents of the city.

In partnership with P&G Downy, the dryer highlighted Downy’s quick-dry formula that helps dry clothes faster. Fresh towels were handed out afterwards to allow guests to experience the fragrance and softness benefits of Downy Sunrise Fresh.
Downy Brand Manager Nicole Villarojo said the San Juan Fiesta was an ideal opportunity to spotlight the advantages of using Downy Sunrise Fresh, especially since the celebration occurs at the start of the rainy season in the Philippines. “During the rainy season, your clothes take longer to dry because of the lack of sunlight. The prolonged wetness causes a “damp, musty” odor to settle on the clothes. With Downy Sunrise Fresh, your clothes dry faster even during rainy days. Downy Sunrise Fresh has a quick-dry formula that helps dry your clothes faster, keeping them smelling fresh even as you dry them indoors,” she said.

It was really fun.. first timer ba naman eh.. tuwing may maghahagis ng tubig, napapasigaw kame sa truck.. at etong Made to Order eto’ng Manok eh sinabuyan pa kame ng malamig na tubig! hahahaha

Thank you Mauie (The 24 Hour Mommy) for the photos and for the laughter and for the intensity sharing hahaha

*The San Juan Fiesta is an annual festival celebrated in honor of St. John the Baptist to commemorate how St. John prepared mankind for the coming of Christ by baptizing them with water. Residents douse themselves and their friends with water and participate in different basaan games, while bystanders and commuters become targets of residents lining the streets with water guns and hoses.

Moment of Pure Joy With Cadbury Dairy Milk

One thing we enjoyed the most is eating together. Maybe it be a dinner at the restaurant or a meal cooked with so much love. There is so much joy seeing my family eat and share food. And that’s one thing that I am proud of, our dinning experiences somehow instilled the values of sharing with our kids.

From time to time, we make our lunch or dinner more special by sharing a bar of Cadbury Dairy Milk bar. The kids love the idea of one big bar being passed around as everyone takes a bite. It does not only teach them the value of sharing but as well as how to be fair with others.

And for a mom, this one is a moment of pure joy:

Cadbury Dairy Milk is one of my favorite chocolates (sweet tooth alert! sweet tooth alert! ahaha) and being a hazelnut fan, syempere I’d always go for the Hazel Nut bar.. where as the kids prefer the Dairy Milk Bar. I have a secret.. when eating Cadbury Dairy Milk chocolate, I let it melt in my hand first then I savor the smooth and creamy texture of the chocolate.. how about you? How do you enjoy a bar of Cadbury Dairy Milk chocolate?

Cadbury Dairy Milk is available in Dairy Milk, Fruit & Nut, Hazelnut, Roast Almond, Chocolate Mousse and Hazelnut Praline flavours. Its packs are in 40g, 75g, 175g and 180g sizes. Know more about Cadbury Dairy Milk by visiting Cadbury Philippines Facebook Page.

New Routine, Exciting Days Ahead!

Ang title sana ng post na ito ay Back to regular programming.. but after a few days, I realized, the title is not apt for what is happening to us, particularly to me and to my routine.

This school year is different from last year.. I have three school boys this school year but I am less haggard.. it feels like, everything’s in proper places.. parang swak na swak lahat.. My routine is quite hectic, umm more hectic than it was last year, but I am surviving it and loving it. I’d wake up at 5 (but working on 4 so I can blog at least an hour), prepare breakfast (hopefully I can squeeze in my Metafit routine.. it’s a work in progress too haha)take bath (make up time!) wake the kids up, give them a bath.. let them eat their breakfast while I enjoy my “me” time aka coffee time.. after breakfast brush teeth then off to school. After dropping them to their respective classrooms, I’ll go home, work then cook lunch. Wake Sati up then off to fetch Sanko and bring the older boys lunch meal.

We usually go to school an hour before Sangko’s dismissal (mahirap na, baka mapaaga ang uwi, magwawala un pag hindi kame nakita) and to make use of the time, I teach Sati while waiting for Sanko (sorta homeschooling but happens on the school hehe)

Before lunch, a few minutes is spent checking on Sangko’s school books and doing his homework. Lunch time is about me, Sati, Sangko with Sir Chief and Maya.. after lunch, nap time..after nap time, tutor time with the older boys.. then work, the cook dinner.. then sleep.. parang robot lang no? but really, I love it! Mahilig talaga ako sa routine and it’s hard pag mejo nalilihis ako sa routine ko.. so far, so good.. sana ma maintain namin haha

Speaking of “me” time and make up time.. last year talaga, I make it a point na I’m in full battle gear before the sun says hi.. pero pagdating ng summer, tinamad na ako mag make up.. I said to myself, this school year, I should be back to full battle gear.. and one afternoon a surprise and a very nice motivation was delivered at my doorsteps:

Ang bongga di ba! British Invasion!

Collection Cosmetics, one of the hippest and most loved make up brands in the UK, is now here in the Philippines! Get ready to create a make up look that will make you say, “This is me and I love it”.

The box I got includes blush, mascara, lipstick (and lip gloss), eye liner, foundation and a BB cream.. I’d be super biased ha.. pero to date, this is the most exciting loot I received from being a blogger! Yay, thanks so much Collection Cosmetics, ready na ulit sa full battle gear days! (watch out for the reviews on my cosmetics blog: My Painted Lips)