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Let’s Have A Tea Party!

I feel like a majesty every time I drink my milk tea:

Here’s why: (press release from Twinings)

Twinings honors Queen Elizabeth’s Diamond Jubilee witha special blend in commemorative tin cans

Twinings, the official tea of the British Royal Family since 1837, joins the world in celebrating the 60th year of Her Majesty, The Queen’s accession to the throne with a special blend of loose whole leaf tea in limited edition commemorative tin cans.

The world-famous English tea company has combined the rich, malty, second flush Assam tea from the Brahmaputra Valley in North Eastern Assam with the smooth, mellow Yunnan from South Western China for that perfectly blended blacktea – fit for a queen! For an additional touch of royalty, Twinings makes available the special commemorative blend in elegant pink, green and blue tin cans that provide you with a special keepsake from the Queen’s diamond jubilee year.

To enjoy the Twinings Diamond Jubilee Blend, add one teaspoon of loose tea leaves per cup of freshly boiled water. Leave to brew for 3-4 minutes. For best results, use a China or iron teapot, and enjoy with milk, sugar, honey or lemon, depending on your preference.

Crowned as Queen Elizabeth II in 1953, Elizabeth Alexandra Mary is the second longest serving monarch next to Queen Victoria. Her Majesty, The Queen and His Royal Highness Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, reign over the United Kingdom and 15 other Commonwealth realms, including Australia, the Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Canada, Grenada, Jamaica, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea and Saint Lucia.

The celebration of Her Majesty The Queen’s 60th year in throne kicked off with a Diamond Jubilee Weekend last June with a big Jubilee lunch, the Thames Diamond Jubilee Pageant, a BBC Concert at the Buckingham Palace, a service at St. Paul’s Cathedral, a lunch at West Minister, a carriage procession to Buckingham Palace and a balcony appearance by Her Majesty. The year-long celebration is a tribute to Her Majesty, The Queen’s lifetime of duty to her people.

Granted the Royal Warrant for tea by Queen Victoria 175 years ago, Twinings has had the honour of supplying every successive British Monarch’s household with tea. The company has likewise celebrated countless milestones with the Royal Family through specialty tea blends, including the recent Royal Wedding of Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge and the 50th anniversary of Queen Elizabeth’s reign.

The Twinings Diamond Jubilee Loose Leaf Tea Blend (100 grams) in limited edition commemorative tin cans is now available in all Santi’s outlets in the Philippines with a suggested retail price of Php 580.00.

Join Twinings as it celebrates Her Majesty’s reign with a cup of hot Twinings specialty tea!

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About Twinings

Since 1706, Twinings tea has been at the forefront of the tea trade, providing rewarding tea moments to consumers in more than 100 countries. The broad range of Twinings flavours provides a rich selection of black and green teas, and fruit and herbal infusions available in teabags in the Philippines. The black teas and green teas are all rich in antioxidants. Fruit and herbal infusions are naturally caffeine-free and low in calories. Twinings is imported by AB Food & Beverages Philippines, Inc., part of the international food, ingredients and retail group Associated British Foods. Twinings is available across the Philippines in leading supermarkets, specialty stores and hotels and restaurants.

Running With Headware

As I try to be more active and move more.. I noticed how distracting my hair can be or even the sweat from my forehead..in a way, it makes moving a bit uncomfortable, specially that my hairstyle is a layered one with a little bit of bangs. Headware made it easy for me (will blog about that soon!). And now Headware releases a new line specially made for runners! Perfect timing as I plan to join fun runs on a monthly basis! Yay!

Made from a fabric that allows the skin to breathe freely, The Headware Headbands takes away small nuances like sweaty foreheads and dangling hair away from your strides. And what’s better is that you can use it for other activities or even as a casual head ware.
Style is also part of the running package today. It doesn’t hurt hitting the road while making a statement with what you carry. Design-wise, these headbands go great with regular running gear. They also reflect an active lifestyle even when worn away from sporty activities.
All in all, there are seven unique designs to choose from. Perfect for running and several other sporting or non-sporting activities, The Headware Headbands is as useful as it is trendy.
For your feet, there’s a multitude of brands to choose from. But for your head, there’s only Headware Headband.

Get your Headware Headbands for only P290 at the all branches of ROX, Brat Pack, Chris Sports, Toby’s and online at http://www.zalora.com.ph/headware/ this September.

About the Headware®
Established in 2010, Headware® develops functional and useful products that allow people to enjoy to the fullest the active life they seek. Their first creation, the Basic Headware, is a multipurpose seamless tube that has more than twenty uses for a deceptively simple-looking product. The Basic Headware has amassed a vast following from the sports, adventure and travel communities.

Plastik Ka Ba? Weeeh Di Nga?!?

I had the chance to watch Cheche Lazaro presents Plastic Ka.

made me realize I should continue posting about my “manong wag mo na i-plastic” adventure to inspire more people to stop using plastic.

Opps. did I say stop using plastic? I take that back.. watching Plastik Ka, I have to agree on some points.. yes we cannot live without plastics.. and I am sharing with you some of the things that I can’t do without plastics:

frenemies… eek I was just joking hahaha
Milk Tea and float straw.. I don’t use straw on my drinks.. but with Milk Tea and Coke Float, is it really possible? I mean to enjoy the drink without the straw? Isn’t one of the most exciting part of drinking milk tea is the sinkers and how it goes through the straw.. ang saya di ba?
Plastic wrapper for books and notebooks.. self explainable.. paki explain sa katabi mo kung di gets.
Plastic on supermarket meats.. which I learned from Cheche Lazaro show, I can actually use my containers instead!

I did not include other plastic usage such as hanger, containers etc.. those are plastic made stuff that I really can’t live without..yes we cannot live naman without plastics.. but I think we can minimize the use of it. How?

Here are five ways to minimize the use of plastic without much hassle to your lifestyle:

if it is not milk tea or coke float, do not use straw.
when buying small medicine, don’t ask for plastic and if they put it in a small plastic, say you’ll just place it inside your bag.. those small plastic bags, it has no use, you can’t even reuse it.
avoid the “pakidoble” culture… that is common no? padoble ng plastic at baka mabutas.. as much as one plastic would do, let it be that way.
your garbage bin can live without plastic, so don’t make it a habit to line your garbage bag with a plastic. The thing is, because you are doing it, you will have the tendency to commit the “padoble” culture just to have more plastic that you can use to line your garbage bag.. gets?
when buying at convenience stores.. specially if you’re just buying a mineral water or a pack of something, that an do without using a plastic bag..

It’s not easy..as I have mentioned before, inconvenience is the price I have to pay to help save Mother Earth. It’s very inconvenient to bring your own ecobag, to bring your own container when shopping for meat and wet goods.. it’s not easy but inconvenience is a very small price.

I do agree, on the point that, plastic banning is not the ultimate solution, it was pointed out that other trash such as wood, old clothes have the tendency to sink at the bottom of the river.. and that only plastics are seen as the waste that clogs the river… making the metro more susceptible to flooding.. it’s all about waste management still and education. It was amazing what Villar Foundation has done to clean up their river and how they manage waste in their area..I hope this kind of waste management can be done in all parts of the metro (if only LGU will unite.. OK that’s another thing..)

Of course, waste management aside, minimal plastic use will be a great help…

How about paper bag? as one of the guest in Cheche Lazaro presents said, “basura pa din yon”….indeed..