Mapanghingi ka ba? Happy na, Birthday pa Giveaway!

Update on mechanics 08/21/2010

Guys, I'll be making little changes on the mechanics of Mapanghingi ka ba? Happy na, Birthday pa giveaway!

Instead of the earlier announcement that only top three photos will win, I've decided to give the prizes to the top five instead and. Thus, there will be no more best comments category. I need to make the adjustment because I might have a difficult time choosing since there are a lot of great entries. I might need help from guest judges. I hope you, guys will understand.

Here's what I'll be sharing to the winners of this contest which will run until September 5, 2010.

Grand winner:
Php 2000 Dental First GC (can use for dental consultation, cleaning, temporary/ permanent filling, simple extraction and just about anything a dentist can do to your mouth) courtesy of Mapagbigay ka ba?

A Goodie Bag from Unilab (please be a fan of Unilab FB fan page)

A Guyito stuffed toy from Philippine Daily Inquirer. Guyito is the offical mascot of PDI.

Consolation prizes:
Two (2) runner-up winners will bring home a Unilab goodie bag and Guyito stuffed toy each.

Two (2) best commenters will also bring home a Unilab goodie bag and Guyito stuffed toy each.

So that's 5 winners all in all.

To Join, here's the simple mechanics:
1. You should follow or subscribe to my blog Mapanghingi ka ba? and "Like" MKB Facebook fan page.

2. Post a photo on your FB Wall (or you may also upload it via MKB FB) that would best fit the caption: "Happy na, Birthday pa". It can be amusing, tearjerker, dramatic, romantic, weird, wacky, cute or whatever as long it can convince me that it is the photo
that I'm looking for.

3. Don't forget to tag @Mapanghingi ka ba? along with this caption "This is my entry to Mapanghingi ka ba? Happy na, Birthday pa giveaway!" along with a little description of the photo.

4. You can send in as many entries as you can.

5. You can also win by commenting on the photos of other entry senders. Two best comments (malicious and/ or foul words please) will be chosen. So be creative and witty!

6. The contest is open to anyone, male or female, willing to claim the prize in our office in Mandaluyong City. The winners will be announced on September 6, a day after my birthday celebration!

Thank you to my contest sponsors: Mapagbigay ka ba?, Unilab and Mr. Jesse Rebustillo of the Philippine Daily Inquirer.

How do you make your kids sleep better?

Share with us your bedtime routine and win JOHNSON´S® Baby Bedtime products!!! (click to join)

Sleep is one of the most important factors in releasing growth hormones, most especially for very young babies.While your baby sleeps, her little body produces 3x more growth hormones.

The good news is there is a way to promote better sleep for your baby: through a consistent nightly bedtime routine.

Learn more about the JOHNSON´S® Baby Bedtime Routine, clinically proven to stretch your baby´s sleep by as much as 23%.

In addition to the JOHNSON´S® Baby Bedtime Routine and products, there are countless other ways you can help your baby fall asleep and even share bonding moments in the process!

Parenthood for me is like a bottle of an energy drink. It will keep you alive and wide-awake until the last drop.

Well, that’s the case I our home with our little dynamo Charles. He would wake up a little pass 6 am and would be a baby wrecking crew in our house. And we love every moment of his toddler adventure at home.

One thing that my wife and I have yet to fully understand though is the art of making our baby sleep at night time. Baby bed time is somewhat a mystery to solve. Our little one would sometime sleep in his mini bed. Other times, he prefers being swung by his mommy and/ or daddy depending on who he feels like hugging that evening. But before that, we would engage in a series of chase scenes and peek-a-boos before we can make him lie down in bed.

Just recently, we found an ally with our cellphones that plays mp3 songs. This may sound something stupid but my son loves the tune “Something Stupid” by Robbie Williams and Nicole Kidman (pardon the redundancy). We would play it endlessly until he fall asleep and it has worked for two weeks now every night.

Do you have your own bedtime routine? Share your story and you might win Johnson’s Baby Bedtime products. You can either blog or comment about it to win exciting prizes. So that means, even non bloggers can join and win!

Kindly comment on this post if you have a bedtime routine to suggest that other parents can try. Thank you in advance for those who will take time to share.

Win autographed copy of "Pacific Rims" by Rafe Bartholomew

For me, basketball is the next best thing discovered by man next to television.

My first toy was a plastic basketball worth Php 5.  I was rushed for treatments twice after sustaining broken limbs in separate incidents playing basketball but never regretted both accidents.  I still look up to Sen. Robert Jaworski Sr.  My well-kept treasure is my Charles Barkley collection and I even named my son after this NBA hall-of-famer.

To say that I am a basketball fan is an understatement.  I lost count of how many family events, meet-ups with friends and even dates with my then-GF now my wife Leah I skipped just to stay home and watch an important basketball game on TV--- UAAP, PBA, NBA... name it.  I have marked them in red on my calendar.

This may sound a little exaggerated but you can go and ask my wife.

Anyways, enough of this lengthy introduction for a promo being conducted by National Bookstore FB fan page.  Here's what they posted in their page:

Send us any basketball themed photo of yourself or a loved one for a chance to get an autographed copy of "Pacific Rims" by Rafe Bartholomew! The top 3 photos with the most "likes" by the end of the voting period and 2 "NBS Choice" entries will win!

Some examples:
1. Wearing your favorite basketball jersey
2. Playing basketball with your... friends
3. Twirling a basketball
4. Reading a memoir of your favorite player or coach
5. Your child learning to play using a toy basketball court
6. You and your favorite basketball player

Entries must be sent to contest@nationalbookstore.com.ph by August 12, 12 noon. Deadline of voting is on August 20, 12 noon. Good luck!

Rafe is an American author who stayed in the Philippine just to write about Filipinos fascination with the game of basketball.  Just a little trivia.  He acted as one of the American who Sunshine Dizon forced to be the father of her child in GMA 7's Bakekang.

Win Rexona Gift Packs

Still looking for a perfect deodorant for you? Here's a new variant from Rexona called Nature Nuture that is sure to douse the most difficult bushfire of all armpits.

My Online buddy Rowena has ongoing promo on Animetric's World where she is giving away Rexona gift packs by just leaving a comment on her post

She want's you to try out Rexona's Nature Nurture application on Facebook HERE and tell me what you think of it by leaving a comment. Please indicate your name and email address.

She will raffle off five (5) Rexona Naturals gift packs to all the commenters. Each gift pack contains a 20g stick and a 40ml roll-on. Contest is open nationwide to all residents of the Philippines. She will ship the prizes to you if you win. You have until August 31, 2010 to join. Raffle will be done via Random.org.

That's easy! Join now!

FREE Children's Book from Jollibee on August 8

One of the books to be given FREE

Waaaahhh! I wish I am a Jollibee Kids Club member :-(

On August 8, Jollibee gives away selected Pinoy storybooks from among the winning titles cited by the PBBY during the recent National Childen’s Book Awards ceremony last July 24.

The first 50 Jollibee Kids Club members to drop by on this day in any of the 50 selected Jollibee outlets in Metro Manila will get a free book each. Jollibee Kids Club members just need to show their membership ID and they can take home one of four charmingly-written and beautifully-illustrated children’s books.

Sign up your kids with the Jollibee Kids Club so they can start enjoying more exciting goodies, fun-filled activities and exclusive promos!

Participating Jollibee branches include: UP Philcoa; Grand Central, E. Rodriguez; Greenmeadows C5 Libis; SM Mall of Asia 1; Market Market; Alabang Junction; NAIA Terminal 2; Bonifacio Stop-Over; Glorietta 4; Makati Avenue and New Las Pinas.

For a complete list of participating branches in Metro Manila, go to www.jollibee.com.ph.

Do you look like Lito Atienza?

from wikipedia.org

I miss former Manila Mayor Lito Atienza. Nope, I don't live in the city. What I mean is that I usually see him on TV every Saturday morning courtesy of "Maynila" and lately my sked forbade me in watching a weekend guilt pleasure. I know, the story are sometime cheesy and predictable but I grew up following Kuya Germ's Young Love, Sweet Love and TGIS and these shows make me feel like I'm 17 again. :-)

Btw, can someone tell me, "Palabas pa ba ang Maynila sa GMA 7?"

Now for the contest part, FHM (yeah, that magazine who featured young stars, who also appeared in Maynila, showing more flesh) is giving away an Indo Board care from Aloha Boardsports. (Timing, pang-beach!)

All you need to do is send in photos to FHM.com based on the requirements below. Two other freebies will be given away under other categories:

1. Photos of wannabe surfers in Lito Atienza Hawaiian tops, tighty whitey briefs under and bakya for footwear get a chance to practice balancing skills some more via an Indo Board care of Aloha Boardsports.

2. Sleepy office workers who risk taking snapshots of themselves dozing off in the office cube move closer to winning P2,500 worth of gift certificates from a hip new coffee shop by the bay: the Red Baron Coffee Shop.

3. Wet photos of yourself with or without clothes on compete for a Coast gift pack courtesy of the good people from Unisell. Drip wet, take a snap, win a prize. Easy!

Entries in by August 25!Send entries to FHM.WINWIN@gmail.com. Winners will be notified thru email by Summit Media's Marketing Assistant. Claiming period is until Sept. 20, 2010 only.

A Contest Exclusive for Winners

I found this contest interesting because it has a not-so-usual requisite: You have to be a certified winner to join the contest.

How do you prove that you are a winner? Well, you have to brag about it through your blog and post photos of certificates, prizes won, awarding ceremonies and any image you can think of that will make you eligible to join and win blogger Jayson Biadog's birthday contest Winner's Place: Share your winning story contest.

Well, if you'll ask me if I am a winner myself. I can enumerate all the contests and promos that I won all the way back my elementary years (yes, i started that early but I have yet to win the big ones like house and lot, brand new car and 1 million pesos that's why I'm still joining contests up to now) but the best gift I ever got in the biggest contest of them all (a.k.a. LIFE) is captured in the photo below--- my wife Leah and son Charles!

And I think, the mere fact that I got to wake up each day and see their beautiful faces, that alone makes me a WINNER!

Btw, before i start sobbing here... just want to inform you that the contest will run until October 14, 2010 and you can win exciting prizes like adventure pass, books, phone cards and many more!