Ours and Our Kids

Review on a Purchased Deal : Ristorante Pia y Damaso

robin.emz@gmail.com (robinemz) — Thu, 26 May 2011 04:36:00 +0000

P300 for P600 worth of Food and Drinks at Restaurante Pia Y Damaso in Greenbelt 5!

Comments :

This was our first attempt to eat at a resto in Greenbelt 5 and our first time to consume a deal bought from any groupon site. We first went here the day I bought the voucher. My bad, I didn't notice that the redemption date should be a week after pa. So anyway, we were already there and we already consumed P800 something bucks for a meal that I'm sure my hubby can do better at. With that, I was able to prove that the write ups I've read about this resto was indeed true.
I instantly agreed that they we're not good at their main courses. When we returned at this resto a week after, we consumed P600 worth of voucher on desserts,where they are well know for talaga, siyempre this means we ate dinner somewhere else na.Lol.

BTW, we devoured on Sisa's Dementia and Ibarra's Kiss. :)

Rating (5 being the highest) : 3.5 for the main course but hats off to their desserts, i'll give that a rating of 5 :)

Ristorante Pia y Damaso, Greenbelt 5
2/F Greenbelt 5, Legaspi St. , Legaspi Village
Makati City, Metro Manila

(02) 729-5511

* Images taken from Our Awesome Planet and BlueLawByAnna

Review on a Purchased Deal : Focaccia Italian Restaurant

robin.emz@gmail.com (robinemz) — Thu, 26 May 2011 04:23:00 +0000

50% OFF! Enjoy Pizza, Pasta, and More Mouthwatering Italian Food from Focaccia Restaurant. Only P250 for a Food and Drinks Voucher. (P500 Value)

Comments :

I'm so happy that I discovered this pizza house. It's my top pizza store outlet at the moments. Their pazzo rollios are mouth watering.

And they have a hefty serving of their argula and alfalfa sprouts. It's a sooo worth it purchase!

You can follow this link for another post I made about Focaccia.

Rating (5 being the highest) : 5++++

Focaccia Italian Restaurant

A. Venue Mall Branch
Ground Level, A. Venue Mall
7829 Makati Ave. corner Valdez St., Antel Lifestyle City
Makati, Metro Manila, Philippines
Phone Number: (63 920) 921-8891, (63 2) 729-9403

The Fort Strip Branch
Katipunan Circle cor. 7th Ave., Bonifacio Global City
Taguig, Metro Manila, Philippines
Phone Number: (63 2) 475-3724

*Images taken from the Serial Tripper

Review on Purchased Deal : Benefits Style Salon

robin.emz@gmail.com (robinemz) — Thu, 26 May 2011 04:21:00 +0000

Only P249 for Hair Keratin Treatment for all hair lengths at Benefits Style Salon (valued up to P1,000)

Comments :
Last week, I went to Benefits Style Salon at Libis and enjoyed this hair spa deal together with my SIL . It was actually me and my sweetie's advance birthday gift for her.hehe.. Again, service is great.:) Their team at this salon was very accommodating. Not sure if it's just part of the deal but we we're also given complementary iced tea once we arrived.

Going there is just a little difficult though especially if you haven't been to Libis area. Good thing my SIL knows this place very well.

Rating (5 being the highest) : 5+

Benefits Style Salon
2F Fashion Square Bldg. Eastwood Citywalk, Libis, QC

Call the following nos. for reservation:
Phone #:
(02) 421-6961
(02) 421-6965
Email: benefitstylesalon@yahoo.com

Review on a Purchased Deal : Shokuji Restaurant

robin.emz@gmail.com (robinemz) — Thu, 26 May 2011 04:19:00 +0000

Only P250 to Enjoy Succulent Sashimi, Crunchy Maki & More Healthy Japanese Treats at Shokuji Restaurant! (Original Price: P500)

Comments :
Me and my sweetie were supposed to spend this deal on our 5th wedding anniversary. But since, we didn't have the luxury of time to visit Shokuji's branch in Makati on that day, we decided to visit this place after a working day.

This is one deal that was really a sure value for our money. The service was great. Crews were nice and attentive to our requests. I so much enjoyed eating their Shitake Beef Rolls. Just hearing the name makes me want to come back and order it again. I still can't get over the taste. The sweetness of the sauce was just right, the mushroom was juicy and the beef was cooked perfectly. I love how the taste come all together in my mouth.Yum!Yum! I also enjoyed their Gyoza! It was soooo tasty. Since this is one hidden resto at the heart of Makati, you won't really find this place crowded even if the area is not that big. They also have a small area where you can have a small gathering for i guess 20 or 25 pax?

Rating (5 being the highest) : 5 ++++

Shokuji Bar & Restaurant
G/F LPL Center San Agustin cor. Sedeno St., Salcedo Village, Makati City
Tel. (632) 812 9235

What a Lazy Afternoon..

robin.emz@gmail.com (robinemz) — Thu, 26 May 2011 04:16:00 +0000

It's a rainy stormy Chedeng day this afternoon.. and it makes me feel kinda lazy.. Just a little (don't worry). Anyway, since the storm is up, want to share this laaaazy song with you from Bruno Mars. This nice and light song. Really funny. You better watch the music video, it hilarious! I like it! A lot!

The Lazy Song by Bruno Mars
Today I don't feel like doing anything
I just wanna lay in my bed
Don't feel like picking up my phone, so leave a message at the tone
'Cause today I swear I'm not doing anything

I'm gonna kick my feet up then stare at the fan
Turn the TV on, throw my hand in my pants
Nobody's gon' tell me I can't

I'll be lounging on the couch just chilling in my Snuggie
Click to MTV so they can teach me how to dougie
'Cause in my castle I'm the freaking man

Oh yes, I said it, I said it
I said it 'cause I can

Today I don't feel like doing anything
I just wanna lay in my bed
Don't feel like picking up my phone, so leave a message at the tone
'Cause today I swear I'm not doing anything
Nothing at all, nothing at all

Tomorrow I'll wake up, do some P90X
Find a really nice girl, have some really nice sex
And she's gonna scream out

This is great
(Oh my god, this is great)

Yeah, I might mess around
And get my college degree
I bet my old man will be so proud of me
But sorry pops, you'll just have to wait

Oh yes, I said it, I said it
I said it 'cause I can

Today I don't feel like doing anything
I just wanna lay in my bed
Don't feel like picking up my phone, so leave a message at the tone
'Cause today I swear I'm not doing anything

No, I ain't gonna comb my hair
'Cause I ain't going anywhere
No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no

I'll just strut in my birthday suit
And let everything hang loose
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Oh, today I don't feel like doing anything
I just wanna lay in my bed
Don't feel like picking up my phone, so leave a message at the tone
'Cause today I swear I'm not doing anything

Nothing at all
Nothing at all
Nothing at all

Review on Purchased Deal : ACT Dance and Arts Academy

robin.emz@gmail.com (robinemz) — Fri, 06 May 2011 04:42:00 +0000

We got two vouchers for ACTS from Cash Cash Pinoy. The deal says "Only 175 for a Dance or Fitness session at ACTS Dance & Arts Academy!

Comments :

I bought this because the deal said that you can use it for classical ballet. When I called act academy to schedule a session for my two girls, they said classical ballet is not included on the deal. If you look at the description at CashCashPinoy, it clearly stated that classical ballet is part of their open class offering. I tried to do a refund on CashCash but they just suggested to give the voucher to a friend. So disappointing.

I need to comment out the post I previously made for this deal. Am just so grateful that after a couple of email exchange with Cash Cash Pinoy, they extended there service a bit by taking time to discuss this deal with ACTS. So thank God that my girls were able to consume the vouchers we bought. Special thanks to my sweetie for accompanying our girls to their ballet session and to my two SILs for coming with them. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to go with them since there were no available weekend schedules for their pre-ballet class.

Here are some fun pics:)

More pictures from our fb page:)

Cheers!

Baking 101 with my daughters

robin.emz@gmail.com (robinemz) — Fri, 06 May 2011 04:17:00 +0000

I almost bake every night. And my girls have already gotten used to seeing me in the kitchen
with what they call "my stuff". My girls, specially missy, usually goes to me and asks me tons
of questions when i do "my stuff". Questions like "what are you baking today mommy?",
or "what is that?" and "what does it do?" (while pointing to an ingredient i've just
added on my mixing bowl) are just some of her common repeating questions.

Now, once missy sees me do "my stuff" she always tells me that she wants to help.
It's fun coz i feel like im starting to breed a future pastry chef here. lol.

Oh well, here are some pictures of me and my girls..on the kitchen..doing "my stuff". :)

mommy pouring milk while missy stir the egg yolks

missy explaining to me what she's doing:)

here's cj as she gets excited to see her sister use "my stuff" :)

cj as she tries stirring the ingredients

Cheers!

My first edible Cherry blossoms

robin.emz@gmail.com (robinemz) — Fri, 06 May 2011 04:12:00 +0000

I'd like to share this site i recently discovered. The instructions was so easy to follow and I was so happy that i was able to do my cherry blossom decor so easy as a-b-c:)

Here are some pictures of my project. They almost look so real!

Cheers!

My Baby Models :)

robin.emz@gmail.com (robinemz) — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 04:43:00 +0000

One of the activities I did with my girls last weekend was to take pictures of them while they model some of their hand me down dresses from their ate Asia. thank God I don't need to think about buying them new dresses for a little while :)

Here are the edited version of their shots:

ate Missy in a rose garden painting

Cj having fun on her imaginary garden (described by ate Missy when i showed this to her)

And their raw pictures:

You can view more of their shots on our fb page :)

Cheers!

A Review on Our Purchased Deal/Groupon Vouchers

robin.emz@gmail.com (robinemz) — Tue, 26 Apr 2011 17:36:00 +0000

Just want to share my review from the deals that we've consumed so far. Hope this helps you in deciding where you want to put some of your extra money. :)

Cash Cash Pinoy
1. 50% Off! P200 For P400 Worth of Delicious Food and Drinks at Gino's Brick Oven Pizza!!
Comments : I the found the pizza quite small for my craving appetite.. The Bianca Verde was definitely delicious though. We also ordered some donuts from Cello's (Gino's wife) and i sooo enjoyed all the flavors. I specially like the Choco Oreo and Cheese :) Rating (5 being the highest) : 3

My picture was not that good so I borrowed this one from The Tangled Web

3. 77% OFF! Only P350 for a Haircut at the Manila's premiere luxury Philippe's Salon in Sofitel Plaza Hotel!! - scheduled next month

4. Only P500 for Balinese Coffee Scrub + manicure, pedicure and Luxury Foot Treatment at Islands Massage! (instead of P1350)
Comments : I was not able to bring my camera when we went here. The place was okay but I did not expect it to be that small. The lobby/reception area is where they do the foot treatment, manicure, and pedicure. The one who handled my foot treatment was good. But the pedicurist left the right thumb on my foot swollen for days:( If I could suggest, it would be nice to have a television or magazine on their lobby/reception area. Rating (5 being the highest) : 2.5

5. Only P300 for ANY eXtra-Large Pizza plus 4 Iced tea at Sicilian Express!
Comments : We've bought several times from Sicilian Express. So when I came across this deal, I did not hesitate to grab one :) I looove their pizzas! My recos : - White Pizza, Cheese Margherita, Pizza Cinque Formaggi Rating (5 being the highest ) : 5+++

Ensogo
1.Only P299 for Teeth-Cleaning Service at K Dental Studio, Ortigas, Pasig (value at P600) - Comments : scheduled next month

Ebay Kuponan
1. 50% OFF on Assorted Petite Cream Puff Box (14pcs), Valued @ P 280
Comments : still awaiting my voucher. Should be on my email by tomorrow :)

Metro Deal
1. P250 instead of P500 for an All-Day Pass to Spash Island, the Ultimate Water Adventure Fun Park in the Philippines - Save 50%
Comments : We got 12 vouchers last March. It was the best! We've been at this place last year. They were able to perk up this place in just a small span of time. New twists added were the following : a. Their wave pool already has floating boats which you can use when the wave is not turned on. b. They have rock climbing and zipline near the Harbour area c. The entire place is tiki theme inspired - I'm not a big fan of this tiki idea though. I mean, were not in Hawaii right?? Rating (5 being the highest) : 5+++

2. P345 instead of P1150 for a heavenly Shui Hilot Triple 90 Min. Combo Massage & Foot Treatment at Shui Hilot Healing Spa
Comments : scheduled for next week. I got this deal from my aunt and mom but both have no time to relax. So I and my hubby are consuming this deal instead. I believe we do really need one once in a while.

Cheers and more deals to consume! lol

Me at 30

robin.emz@gmail.com (robinemz) — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 16:15:00 +0000

I'm officially 30 and at the same time celebrating my 5th wedding togetherness and happiness with my sweetie! A lot of things to thank God but not enough time to blog it all since I still got lots of brownies, cookies, and cakes to bake this evening.:) But some important highlights / blessings I would say would be the following:

I have 2 beautiful, sweet, and caring daughters
The business we started 3 years ago is continuously growing
My pagibig housing loan application has already been approved as of yesterday
My job is doing great. just recently earned another certification last month (http://www.prlog.org/11414205-misnet-consultants-gets-talend-certification.html)
I recently finished paying one of my bank loan and by next month will be finishing another one:) One more left and we'll finally be debt free! weeee..
We've already started investing on mutual funds since last year
I have a loving, caring, and hardworking husband who's always been there to support me.

I know all these happened because God loves me so much and I know he will always be my provider. Of course life sometimes has its ups and downs but everything will always turn out great in the end because God is there and will always be there for us no matter what. :) So thank you Lord for my 30 years of existence and am excited to see what more plans you have for me in the next 30 or more years.:)

Praise God!

Pazzo Rollio! My latest food find :)

robin.emz@gmail.com (robinemz) — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 14:41:00 +0000

If you're one of those pizza lover who enjoys your pizza with veggies, I encourage you to try Focaccia's pazzo rollio!

Focaccia is one of the best pizza store offering paper thin crust pizzas here in the metro. What i love about their pazzo rollio is that:

it has the right amount of saltiness(unlike yellow cab's na mejo salty for me),
there are lots of different cheeses on top,
they give you so many alfalfa and arugula leaves unlike other pizza outlets na para kang nang limos ng gulay dahil kakapirangot lang ang inilagay.
there are tons of flavors to choose from
it's fairly cheap!
and of course their pazzo rollios just smells soooo deliciously tempting good!

Not sure about their other dishes though. I tried one of the appettizers, Bruschetta con Pomodoro, but i got disappointed. I feel like i can make something better that that.

Focaccia has two branches here in Metro Manila. We always go the the Fort Strip branch in Global City. The resto's size, just enough for probably 25 or so pax. We've never seen this branch jam packed though.

Hurray for Great Deals and Discounts!

robin.emz@gmail.com (robinemz) — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 17:52:00 +0000

Living in this age where almost everything you want to know is barely at your fingertips is just amazing. Gone were the days when only those privileged, and I mean those who can afford to buy Almanac, Websters, or World Book encyclopedias, are able to grasps and learn massive information. Gone were the days when you have to walk through building of books on your school library and search hundreds of pages just to get the right data that you need for your research. Now, almost all questions that bothers your head can be answered by simply typing some words on the search box and hitting the Go button on your favorite search engine. Even people from all walks of life get discovered and get world wide recognition due to sites such as YouTube! Something that no one could have ever imagine can happen a few decades ago.

And now, another trend is fast spreading on the internet. Another brilliant idea I would say that I myself am taking advantage of. I'm talking about these sites that offer great deals and discounts! I'm not sure yet where and who started this idea but it's definitely sure hit! If you're from the Philippines and haven't heard about these sites yet, consider yourself lucky!=)

Here are some of the site that can help you spend some of your hard earned money on some luxurious treats :)

1. CashCashPinoy
2. Buyanihan
3. Ensogo
4. MetroDeal
5. DealGrocer
6. CrazyDeal
7. BeEconomic
8. LocalRoam

Hope you don't miss checking out these deal sites as often as I do. hahaha.

Cheers!
Emz

Dessert Station : A sweet treat for your guests :)

robin.emz@gmail.com (robinemz) — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 15:39:00 +0000

I feel too guilty for not being able to find time to update this blog as often as i want to. If you look at this blog's history, never will a month pass without me posting anything on it. Oh well, i'll try to revive this blog by starting with this first post for year 2011. =)

As some My Chocolate Heaven (MCH) fans know, we're already offering dessert bar setups as part of our mch products and services. The concept simply started when i realized that we can actually put all our dessert products together on one table.^_^ And since we already have TONS of competitors on our chocolate fountain business but just a few ones in the line of dessert bars/station, I knew that surely this would be a hit.

Am actually happy that our dessert bar setup has started flourishing in the market of party planners. Honestly, it's kinda difficult to compete with dessert bar suppliers because I only have the recipe books, the internet, my 20years of baking experience, and my God given talent and skills as resource. I so much want to go to a baking class to learn more baking and decorating
techniques. But my techie work on weekdays and our events on weekends might never permit me to do such.

So to make sure that we are not "kulelat" in this line, we always research about
a. what's new on the market,
b. how these desserts can be presented in a fab/chic way, and
c. which products prospective clients would love

To date, we are now offering these dessert treats below that clients can mix and match for their party's dessert station:

1. Chocolate fountain
2. Cakes (rectangular pan)
3. Miniature bundt cakes
4. Brownies and Fudge bars
5. Cookies
6. Parfaits (on shot glass)
7. Fruitie Jell-o's (on shot glass)
8. Fruits Exotiques au Ginemebre et au Miel (on shot glass)
9. Mini tarts
10.Gourmet mini donuts
11. Pastillas
12. Yemas
13. Pulvorons

We're still continuously researching and testing more dessert treats that we can include in this selection! I will actually be adding some 4 or 5 more dessert products on our dessert list above:)

Here are some dessert bars that we've already done so far.

Dessert Bar setup @ Villa Virginia Party Venue, Mandaluyong City

Dessert Bar setup @ The Rib Eye Steak House, Angeles City Pampanga

Dessert Bar setup @ The Corinthian Gardens Clubhouse, Mandaluyong City

Do visit our new site at http://mychocolateheaven.webs.com to see more of our products.

Cheers!

Halloween Costumes=)

robin.emz@gmail.com (robinemz) — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 14:46:00 +0000

This is just my overdue post about our Halloween day.

We bought each of our girls costumes at Bumblebee and Company just a couple of days in time for the Halloween day. We went to Trinoma's Cirque Festival 2010 because it was near our in-laws' place (below are some pictures I took while we were waiting for the mall to open).

But i was very disappointed with how things worked that day. I went on a long queue to have my two girls registered, thinking that only those registered kids are allowed to do trick or treating on selected Trinoma stores. To my surprise, some families were already going from one store to the other for trick or treat while I and still a lot more parents were lining up to get registered=(. After seeing this, I told my husband to do the same while I line up to register. After our registration was done, my girls got tired and so we went home na=(.

Good thing the costumes we bought included a free photo shoot plus one 8x10 print at Blow-up Babies! Regular cost per photo shoot at this studio is P500 for non-members plus additional P900 for every 8x10 print.

Here is the outcome of the photo session..

Missy enjoyed playing with this big dancing ball

CJ embraced and loved riding on this horse^_^

Costumes does look prettier in person and on studio shots huh? Or maybe their photographer just did a fabulous job? Or maybe my girls just look awesome on their outfit? lol ^_^

Our First Pampanga Event!

robin.emz@gmail.com (robinemz) — Mon, 11 Oct 2010 16:19:00 +0000

We just had another successful out of town event yesterday. We don't really accept out of town events not unless the client is budgeting more than 15k (transportation not yet included). Hmm.. I think the last time we held an out of town event prior to the one yesterday was way back May 2009 at The Greenery in Baliuag Bulacan.

I was extremely excited about this event because it was our first Pampanga event and our biggest dessert station order so far. Planning this dessert with our client, mommy Diana, was a breeze. She actually gave me the idea of introducing parfait to our line of products. I've made parfaits only during family gatherings but never though that it could be a nice add-on to our line of dessert station products.

We arrived at the venue around 1pm and immediately started with our setup. I told myself that we needed to be there at least 2 hours before the event because of the parfaits that I only do on the venue, plus the mini cupcakes that will be iced with cream cheese frosting and whipped cream frosting. So glad that we were able to pull everything in time for the party.

Here's our dessert station setup :

Super Premium Mini Cupcakes

Parfaits

Gourmet Mini Donuts

Chocolate Fountain

Thank you so much mommy Diana for the warm welcome and your kindness (I meant the extra transpo tip.Ahem^_^).

Oh btw, we lost 14pcs of shot glasses that day=(. This was our third time to cater with parfaits but our first time to lose shot glasses. We, including the resto's waiters kept on searching for those glasses but sadly never found them. Just hope that it does not happen again because clients are charged with any lost or broken items.

Cheers!

Dessert Station @ RibEye Steak House Angeles Pampanga [Webshots]

Sun, 10 Oct 2010 22:05:45 PDT

Dessert Station @ RibEye Steak House Angeles Pampanga

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My Great Budget Finds =)

robin.emz@gmail.com (robinemz) — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 12:18:00 +0000

As a mom, we need to budget our hard earned money all the time. And am so glad that I was lucky enough to find these great find items at the mall and online!

1.Here is Missy and CJ enjoying their new sofa bed.=)

Description : We bought this at the Megatrade Hall at SM Megamall last September 18. SM Home World has this 3-day Home World Warehouse Sale once a year to sell dinning, kitchen, bath, bedding, living room items for as low as 30-90%. We got this sofa bed for only P9,000.00 but is originally priced at P14,500.00.

Savings : P5,500.00

Below are some other items we bought from the Megatrade Hall sale :

A pair of pillow case - Bought it at P100 per pair. Originally priced at P100 each. Saved P100.
A gold curtain holder - Bought it at P180.00. Originally priced at P350.00. Saved P170.
An Orocan kitchen cabinet - Bought it at P999.00. Originally priced at P1,299.00. Saved P300.
A pair of hand towel - Bought it at P45.00 each. Originally priced at P75.00 each. Saved P60.00

2.Beside Missy is our new curtains.

Description: We also got those from Megatrade Hall's Home World Warehouse Sale. We bought those three curtains for only P750.00 but its originally priced at P1,500.00.

Savings : P750.00

3. My Ninewest bag!=)

Description : I bought this slightly used cute Ninewest bag with cellphone holder from an ebayer.=) And I sooo love it!! I got it for only P1,300.00 but mall price is P5,500.00

Savings : P4,200.00

4. My brand new Fossil watch=)

Description : Honestly, this is my first time to buy my own watch. I normally receive watch from our relatives in the US or a hand me down from my mom(again from her siblings in US). So am so so happy that I was able to purchase one for myself this time. Hopefully next time I'll buy one for my mom too=) This brand new item came from Portland, Oregon and bought from another ebayer for only P3,000.00. Mall price is a shocking P7,500.00.

Savings : P 4,500.00

5. Hubby's new Samsung Champ *^_^*

Description : This cellphone is so lovely. It's a touch pad! We got this through Globe Telecoms=) It comes free if you grab their cheapest P299 My Fully Loaded plan with a 3-year lock in period. I've heard this model is worth P5,000.00 if bought from Samsung outlets.

Savings : P5,000.00

Now that we already bought some for ourselves, it's time to look for early Christmas sale for our kids, relatives, and friends=)

Cheers!

Cj @ 3rd birthday celebratio at Dad's and Kamayan's

robin.emz@gmail.com (robinemz) — Sat, 25 Sep 2010 03:02:00 +0000

We had a simple celebration of Cj's 3rd birthday at Dad's and Kamayan's at SM Megamall Sunday last week. It was only exclusively for my family and my hubby's family. Some got their foods from Dad's merienda buffet (already priced at P190 per head) and for some who still opted to eat rice, they chose Kamayan's lunch buffet (priced at P360 per head).

Both buffet treat were satisfying. I cannot recall the selection available for Kamayan's lunch buffet, but for the merienda buffet (where I also got my meal), there were:

1. Dimsum (Siopao, Mami, Siomai)
2. Chocolate cake
3. Kakanin
4. Spaghetti
5. Carbonarra
6. Cream Puffs
7. Puto and Dinuguan
8. Pancit Bihon
9. Pancit Palabok
10. Ginataan

After the food trip, hubby's family went ahead while we still stayed at the mall and headed of to Kidz Republic! My two girls enjoyed this playground better that Dave's fun house. They were both very energetic at this point and were so much full of excitement as they went up and down the slide and the trampoline, round and round the hanging rubber trees, running around the hanging bridge etc. They can still recall what they did and where they went. And every time they remember that playground, they would always tell me, 'mommy let's go to the jungle playground!'. lol.

How I wish we could go back this weekend but we are so preoccupied with three events. Hopefully we'll be back there again next weekend. I'll be bringing the camera for sure!

Cj @ 3!

robin.emz@gmail.com (robinemz) — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 13:34:00 +0000

Our youngest daughter's birthday is already coming up but haven't got any plans yet till this day. Even if we're done celebrating CJ's birthday together with her ate Missy last month, I feel guilty that i still haven't done any party preparation until now.

Of course we need to celebrate that day. I'm still thinking about what's the best way to celebrate her third birthday.. if it would be celebrated in our home with our relatives, on a resto, or a park, or a small party at a fastfood chain like Mc Donald's or Jollibee.

Here are my thoughts :

1. If it would be celebrated at home:
- i'd like to create a do-it-yourself cupcake package for everyone's entertainment.
- plan to cook turon and pair it with vanilla ice cream
- plan to make cheese or caramel fondue.. i love both but i need to pick just one hahaha
- i don't want to bake a cake this time, since i already baked at their party.. not sure if this is a good idea though
- daddy will cook , no plans yet what he intends to do

2. If it would be celebrated on a park:
- i would still do what i plan to do/cook at home but will bring this on a park for picnic.--the thought sounds tiring though ;(

3. Iif it would be celebrated on a resto
- it would probably be at dad's and would be a merienda buffet for our relatives and close friends

4. If it would be celebrated on a fastfood chain
- this would be fun, but i need to check my guests and need to book the event soon
- we wont do anything elaborate. will just utilize what they have on the party package and will probably invite relatives and close friends only.

Hmm.. can't decide since i also have lots of thought in my head..lots of events this week and next week..

By the way, am so proud that our Cj is already using the potty to pee and poop! No one taught her that;) Also, she sooo loves singing and dancing!

Missy's 4th and CJ's 3rd Rockstart Princess Birthday Party! [Webshots]

Wed, 18 Aug 2010 08:42:42 PDT

Missy's 4th and CJ's 3rd Rockstart Princess Birthday Party! August 7, 2010 One San Miguel Ave Bldg Roof Deck Ortigas Center, Pasig City Official Photos by MediaMonsters

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My Supplier Ratings for Missy and CJ's Rockstar Princess Birthday Party!

robin.emz@gmail.com (robinemz) — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 04:54:00 +0000

It's now time to share our feedback and supplier ratings for our two girls' birthday party held last Saturday. I just now realized na talagang wala atang perfect party. Meron at merong konting glitches at malilimutan..

Venue : 49th floor One San Miguel Ave. Bldg
Comment : Very nice place talaga for a party kse nice ang lighting esp ang view outside the bldg. Yung ibang guests pumunta pa talaga sa labas para mag picture-picture.=) BTW, may big poste tong venue na to bandang stage area, kaya to complement that, we told the caterer to situate the stage on the side across the entrance door. Normally kasi, stage is situated on the left side of the entrance door wall( if ganito setup the big poste will really block the stage). On the party picture, you won't even notice na may poste.
Rating : 5* kahit may mahiwagang poste hehehe
Peso power : Free if your order at their caterer is 15k up kaya ours was free

Caterer : Baby Nathan's Catering (official caterer of OSMA Bldg.)
Comment : Sarap sarap ng foods! All guests din were satisfied sa food kaya thumbs up ako dito. Wala na akong fave kasi lahat talaga masarap :) Kasama sa freebie ng catering ang floral centerpieces kaso hindi na ko nagpalagay ng floral centerpieces kse may balloon centerpiece na kasama yung package na nakuha ko sa Party Boosters. Sayang lang kasi hindi pumayag yung caterer na gumawa ng ilang floral decor sa dessert buffet area instead of those floral centerpiece sa table..
Rating : 4* dahil sa hindi napagbigyang floral decors sa dessert buffet :(
Peso Power : 23,800 (260 per head sa adults and 100 per head sa kids)

Balloon Decorator/Venue Dress-up : Party Boosters c/o Jacque (n@wie)
Comment : The best talaga ang Party Booster sa akin. Always superb ang rating ko every time i see them setup parties na kine-cater namin. Mababait din ang staff ni Jacque and helpful. Tinulungan pa ko ng isang staff sa paglagay ng cupcakes sa tower, at mga brownies at mini cupcake sa dessert buffet :) All guests were raving about the beautiful colors of the balloons and the rosset balloon table centerpieces. Nai-uwi pa namin yung mga pillars at nilalaro pa rin til today ng mga girls ko.hehehe
Rating : 5*
Peso Power : 5,500 (balloon pilars, balloon bursts, table centerpieces, and balloonderitas).

Side Entertainment : Arts n Faces c/o Liby (face painting and hair salon)
Comments : Madali kausap at mabait si Ms. Liby. The best yung mga staff na binigay nya sakin. Ang galing talaga ng pag tatoo nila. Luv luv ko rin yung setup ng hair salon nila with the big mirror na may lights, barbie head model, hair color sprays, hair pins, etc. everyone enjoyed this area talga. Sulit na sulit din every penny ko sa kanila. If we have another party, sila pa rin kukunin ko.hehehe
Rating : 5*
Peso Power : 3,800 (promo rate nila :)

Host/Magician with Side kick and Balloon twisting : Boogie n Friends
Comments : Na-disappoint ako dito sa supplier na to. I was hoping to see kuya Boogie mismo kasi sa mga bnf hosts, siya lang talga ang type namin maghost. I always tell grace (yung nakakausap ko sa contact number nila) na si kuya Boogie ang gusto namin. Even on the email i
sent them, i always tell them na si kuya boogie..umooo naman si grace pero hindi pala si boogie ang ipoprovide. They provided a host na long hair like boogie pero walang quality ang hosting. Pure tagalog, may mga palpak na magic, parang hindi coordinated ang program, mejo
hindi alam magencourage ng kids na sumali sa games..basta i was not satisfied. Quite helpful naman ung side kick sakin pero siyempre yung hosting ang importante sa program..
Rating : 3* for coming early, making the guests laugh on some acts, and for the helpful sidekick

Additional Comment (after seeing the pictures) : I guess hindi lang na-meet ng host na pinadala yung standard na hinahanap ko sa host. If it was Boogie talga, im sure I won't have anything to say kasi we were all the while expecting him. Lagi kse kami nasa birthday parties kaya we know kung ano ang meaning ng isang magaling na host. Lesson learned ko lang is next time choose a host na siya rin ang contact person, hindi yung parang companya ang kinakausap.
Peso Power : 3,000

Photographer : Mediamonsters c/o Lisa
Comments : They came in just in time na magsisimula pa lang yung party. I was happy kasi she came with a backup photographer which i did not expect kasi i know sa package na kinuha ko one photographer lang ang kasama. Tapos happy happy din ako kse may kasamang freebie ang nakuha namin. Hope the pictures turn out great!
Rating : 5* as of the moment kse dko pa nakikita ang output
Peso power : 3,500

Guitar Cake and Cupcakes : My Chocolate Heaven (DIY ko)
Comments : Siyempre satisfied ako kse love your own! hehehe. Sabi ng guests masarap ang cupcakes and mga relative na nakatikim ng cake nasarapan din kaya superb irerate ko.whehehe.
Rating : 5*
Peso power : DIY ko. Pero if costing based from our rates its 5850 + 2k for 75 cupcakes with themed cupcake topper in premium box and
the guitar shaped cake.

Dessert buffet : My Chocolate Heaven (DIY ko ulit)
Comments : Hiniwalay ko to kase lower irerate ko sa sarili ko..I left the dessert treat labels sa house and due to time constraints (kasi nga its our party), i was not able to put the cream cheese frosting on the mini cupcakes. Nice raves pa rin naman ang guests sa taste.. sarap daw lahat esp yung brownies na may mint (that's Creme de Menthe..wala nga kasing label hehehe), Lemon Mini Cupcakes, Cake pops, at Cheesecake Brownies. So happy na rin to hear that :)
Rating : 4* dahil sa kulang na details
Peso power : DIY again. Pero if costing based from our rates its 5,500+ (70pcs mini cupcakes, 40 pcs cake pops, 3doz cheesecake brownies, 3doz creme de mente brownies, 1 customized silver package chocolate fountain setup, assortment of yema, pastillas, and polvorons

AVP : DIY ni mommy and c/o tito dop (bro ko)
Comments : I love the AVP my bro din. Mejo nasayangan lang ako kasi hindi na-isetup ng maayos yung projector. Mejo nagingn bluish yung color (another not perfect thing that day). But thanks to my dad din for bringing the projector (na galing pa ng province).
Rating : 4* dahil hindi perfect yung output color
Peso power : none

Name tag(na naiwan sa bahay with the dessert station labels kaya sayang..),backdrop,welcome tarp,invites,lootbags,game prizes: labor of love ni mommy at daddy
Comments : kinarer since 3 months ago. Labor of love ulit kaya superb rating ko dito!
Rating : 5*
Peso power : 3,500

Sana makatulong ang rating sa ibang mommies=)

Missy’s 4th and CJ’s 3rd Rockstart Princess Birthday Party!

It was a stressful day for us pero worth it effort. :)

Wack-Wack Golf and Country Club

robin.emz@gmail.com (robinemz) — Sun, 08 Aug 2010 16:54:00 +0000

robin.emz@gmail.com (robinemz) — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 07:21:00 +0000

I and my hubby enjoyed decorating this cupcake tower for baby keisha's wonderland themed 1st birthday party last saturday. Now our wooden tower looks more elegant=)

Mommy Joanna ordered for a chocolate fountain setup (Gold Package) and 50 pcs themed cupcake in a tower. The flavor she initially wanted was Vanilla, but since she ordered for 50pcs, I asked her if she wanted half of her order to be chocolate flavored. I was all smiles when the guests were already eating their cupcakes esp the grandpas who weren't contented with just some bite. Normally I would see cupcake or icing leftovers at party tables.

But for the cupcakes I baked, you'd see guests eating everything. One grandma even approached me just to say that the chocolate fountain tasted great and that guests said the cupcakes were yummy.

Here's the chocolate fountain silver package for her guests.

Thanks for getting and trusting our service Ms. Joanna. Until our next event;)

Cheers!

Party Menu from Baby Nathan's Kitchen and MyChocolateHeaven

robin.emz@gmail.com (robinemz) — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 04:44:00 +0000

Just to add excitement to our special guests, i'm sharing below foods that will be served for Missy and CJ's birthday party.

From Baby Nathan's Kitchen Catering, we ordered the following menu for the adults:
1.Steamed Rice
2. choice of Pork: Porkloin Tips with Oyster Sauce
3. choice of Chicken: Lemon Chicken
4. choice of Pasta/Noodles: Baked Macaroni
5. choice of Vegetables: Vegetable Tempura
6. DESSERT Leche Flan
7. One round of Iced Tea

For the kids and yayas we ordered the following :
1. Chicken
2. Spaghetti
3. Tetra juice

From MyChocolateHeaven, i'm adding the following items for dessert:

1. Black Forest Mini Cupcakes with Whipped Cream Frosting
2. Moist Lemon Mini Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting
3. Carrot Walnut Mini Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting
4. Cheesecake Brownies
5. Creme de Menthe Brownies
6. Dark Chocolate Fondue on one chocolate fountain
7. Purple Chocolate Fondue on one chocolate fountain
8. Pink Chocolate Fondue on one chocolate fountain
9. And the following dippers :
- Marshmallows,
- Chocolate Wafer Sticks
- Rosquillos
- Pretzels
- Melon
- Apple

For the cupcake souvenirs, cupcake flavors would be the following:
1. Peanut Butter Cupcake with Chocolate Cream Icing
2. Banana Chocolate Cupcake with Purple Whipped Cream Frosting
3. Moist Chocolate Cupcake with Pink Whipped Cream Frosting

Their cake would be a guitar and star shaped Moist Chocolate Cake.=)

And we're also bringing in chips and nuts as pica-pica and additional iced tea beverage for everyone!

Some additional notes:
2 kinds of food stubs will be distributed to the guests upon registration. Stub in pink Food Stub message will be given to kids ages 3 to 12 years old and yayas. And stub in purple Food Stub message are for guests ages 13 and up. Note that the dessert bar does not need any stub and will be open to everyone at anytime during the party. And lootbags will be given to all kids regardless of their age:)

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Missy and CJ's Baby Gift Registry
So glad that our girls are now registered at Rustan's and Toy Kingdom! Thanks to GT about this idea. Initially I thought gift registries are only for soon-to-be-wed couples, baptisms/dedications, and first birthdays. Well, I was wrong about that:)

Missy and CJ's Baby Gift Registry

robin.emz@gmail.com (robinemz) — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 07:43:00 +0000

So glad that our girls are now registered at Rustan's and Toy Kingdom! Thanks to GT about this idea. Initially I thought gift registries are only for soon-to-be-wed couples, baptisms/dedications, and first birthdays. Well, I was wrong about that:)

For those who were able to get the invite with the discount cards from Rustan's and Toy Kingdom, you may buy gifts from any of their outlets even outside Metro Manila.

The difference:
1. At Rustan's - Guests may choose what they want to buy

2. At Toy Kingdom - We picked our wish list so guests can easily identify what the kids want as present

We know Missy and Cj will be very happy to get of any of those items but of course any gift would be very much appreciated. Thanks in advance to our guests:)

For our online invited guests, here's what you'll see on their wish list at Toy Kingdom:

UPC	Product Description	Retail Price
2068380532335	WINFUN 8030 POWER LAPT	999.75
2068380462168	TOMY MEGASKETCHER 65	849.75
2068380236103	WINFUN 11288 MEGA TOUC	1549.75
2068101456858	DISNEY CHARC-BHM DISN	549.75
2068380439870	TARA ROLLING ART DESK	799.75
2068380230903	BARBIE BARBIE HAIR BEA	499.75
2068380439900	TARA SIT N47 PLAY ACTIV	999.75
2068380518537	UNEEDA UNEEDA DOLL TWI	1499.75
2068320290509	PLAYGO-GAMES & HOBBI	1079.75
2068101487708	WD DISNEY PLUSH	649.75
2068320289282	PLAYGO-EDUC TOYS TEA	1499.75
2068380500587	STYLUS SPRAY ART STATI	799.75
2068380548930	BEADOS DISNEY PRINCESS	749.75
2068320290424	PLAYGO-GAMES & HOBBI	849.75
2068380439863	TARA REFLECT N47 DRAW P	799.75
2068380411968	POOH MY FUN CAMERA 9	249.75
2068810148932	DISNEY IMC	449.75
2068101579144	LONDON (DISNEY PRINCES	900
2068380596559	DORA DORA BRASS BAND S	399.75
2068320339789	BOOKS-LIF STATIONERY	299.75

One thing I like about this is that guests can easily pick what gift they can bring at the party. And of course they'll be able to buy that item at a discounted cost because of the discount coupon these stores provide.:)

Cheers!

Disney Princess Themed Mini Cake Castle for Chloe=)

robin.emz@gmail.com (robinemz) — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 07:58:00 +0000

I almost forgot to share this cake I made the other week.

Mommy Tina requested me to bake a disney princess themed two-layer mini cake and mini cupcakes for her cute daughter's 1st birthday party. The party was held at the second floor of Mcdo c5 libis, pasig city.

It was fun conceptualizing this cake because its my first time to bake a cake with this theme and my first time to make a castle-like cake fit for our birthday princess.

If you're interested to bake your own castle cake, all you need are the following:
- One 4x3 mini cake
- One 6x3 mini cake
- royal icing
- edible beads
- ice cream cones
- and your decorating materials (spatula, turn table, icing tips, gel icing colors in pink, green, purple, & lemon, and pastry bags)

Befor you begin decorating, make sure you have baked your cake the night before and have kept it safe on your freezer. Also, you may want to put colors on your icing ahead of time so that all you need to do on the day is decorate=)

First step: Put your cake together using a dowel rod and cover with icing

Then pipe green icing to create big leaves at the bottom portion of the cake and vines with small leaves surrounding the 2-layer mini cake.

Then add edible beads to make it look more "princessy"! Is there such a term?

Then add the ice cream cones.. and cover it with whatever icing color you like. I think it will also look cute even without the icing=)

And here's my finished product with some more icing, a flag, and the celebrant's name..

Here's how the setup looks like at the party venue..

They also got our Chocolate Fountain Gold Package..

Cheers!=)

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Dessert Station Setup for Jaja's Pink and Black themed 18th Birthday

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Taköhl Design Ltd. - Ring Collections

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A Multiple's Choice: party venue

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Mon, 19 Jan 2009 00:00:00 PST

Our new gadgets from Globe Telecom's 3-Day Sale at Glorrietta!
I have been applying for a globe plan 800 thru the corporate package than was sent at our office last October. But since, we haven't got our units (their sales representative always tells us that the units are out of stock), i declined my application with theme two weeks ago. Good thing we passed by the activity center of Glorrietta yesterday. We were amazed to see one of their packaged plan which attracted us to enter the activity center. The package consists of a 1 unit SGH-M150 slim Samsung phone (Postpaid Plan 800) plus 1 unit of SGH-L770 (on a Prepaid Plan 500 load balance) with free Samsung Mini-Speaker and a 7.2 mega pixel Samsung Camera! lol

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Tue, 09 Dec 2008 00:00:00 PST

Our Chocolate Fountain catered event last Sunday
Me and my hubby had a very hectic schedule last weekend. We got a text from an event coordinator on Saturday and we needed to go places to buy extra chocolates, dippings, and utensils to match our client's motif which is red and gold. The event that we catered was for an 18th birthday party at Camp Crame Multipurpose Hall. It was a pretty much big event since it looked like they have more or less 150-170 guests. We were so happy that the items we got did match their theme and everyone starting from the kids to the teens to the adults adored and loved the chocolate fondue. Even the event coordinators were impressed and said that our fondue tasted good. And I'm glad that we were able to meet their expectation. The package they got was the Silver Package which consists of 3 regular dippings and 2 regular fruit dippings (the dippings chosen were chocostick, bread stick, graham crackers, apple, and melon).

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Wed, 03 Dec 2008 00:00:00 PST

Missy and CJ meets Go Diego Go!