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Love and red are everywhere! What do you have for Valentine's Day? Are you single, married with kids, in a relationship, whatever your status is, better enjoy this day cause it's a Saturday! Give yourself a break, right?

What to do then?
If you happen to be single and all you can have for the day is the company of your barkada or a friend, then I suggest that you attend the Backtrack: UP Fair 2015 in UP Diliman Sunken Garden. Jam for a night with Gloc 9, South Border, Soapdish, Rocksteddy, Slapshock, Barbie Almalbis, Ransom Collective, Wolfgang, Tanya Markova. You can buy tickets at the USC Office, Vinzons Hall, UP Diliman from 8AM to 4PM or if you can't make it at those hours, you can buy them at the ticket booth located on the venue. You can also reserve online through this site. You can also invite your friends to watch Fifty Shades of Gray, I heard it's already shown in theaters. But don't forget, it's an erotic movie.

Photo taken from UP Fair Facebook page

If you prefer to go solo, the UP Diliman Academic Oval and the Quezon City Memorial Circle are your options. You can take a stroll, jog, eat some streetfoods, or just enjoy the cool atmosphere of these places. If you want to be a couch-potato, go watch the latest movies, be updated with the new episodes of your favorite TV series or anime, read online manga, or browse the Zalora site for new clothes or accessories, they have a great collection of comfortable and stylish tees by the way. You can also try some food in a restaurant that you haven't been before or cook some hearty meal in your kitchen. Have your cheat day once in a while.

If you are in a relationship, then I say, do the usual. Things like a reservation in a romantic restaurant or recreational venues, the gift of flowers and chocolates, the surprise visit, doing sports together, etc. It's a special day to celebrate with your special someone so make it their super special day.

If you have your kids and/or your husband, spend the day outside and enjoy the sun and the earth with them! You can have a picnic in UP Diliman grounds (I know, I'm biased but I just love the place!). Equip yourself with the barbecue grill, packed lunch, and the picnic mat, then off you go for a good Saturday! You can also bring your bikes, badminton rackets, frisbee disc or your soccer ball and have fun playing. The important thing is, you give them your time as well as your love.

So, what's up for me?
We might bump each other in UP Diliman, I'll be there for the concert! See yah!
Spread love not only on Valentine's Day.

FREE texts to ALL networks?? Globe and TM users are happy to have it! The texts has no expiry as long as your account is active and your "Credit expires" notice is not yet due. You can continue using the FREE texts by extending your "Credit expires" notice thru loading regular amount to your account. Don't worry, your regular load will not be consumed if you still have the FREE texts. (Update: Not Working as of May 2015)



GLOBE Users
Requirements:
Globe Prepaid SIM
PhP41.00 Regular Load

Procedure:
1. Dial *143*1*1*2*2**1*1*1# and press the Call button. Better do this between 7-9AM so as not to forget registering in the next step. But you can do this any time of the day as long as you can follow STEP 2.
2. Around 7-9AM, text GT5 to 8888 three times. Better way to do it is register on 7AM, 8AM, and 9AM. Remember you have to send 3 GT5 registrations!
3. That's equivalent to 3000 texts to all Network. If you can't register thrice, you can only have 1000 or 2000 FREE texts.
4. Enjoy your no expiry FREE texts to ALL networks.


TM Users
Requirements:
TM Prepaid SIM
PhP35.00 or PhP25.00 regular load (check procedure for the difference)

Procedure:
PhP25 equivalent to 3000 FREE texts
1. Send UC15 to 8888. Wait for the confirmation text.
2. Send UA10 to 8888. Wait for the confirmation text.
3. After promo expires, you can still send texts to other network because you have 3000 FREE texts! You cannot see it in your balance inquiry though.

PhP35 equivalent to 6000 FREE texts
1. Follow Step 1 and 2 in the PhP25-procedure above. 
2. Send UA10 STOP to 8888. Wait for the confirmation text.
3. Send UA10 to 8888. Wait for the confirmation text.
4. You now have 6000 FREE texts to ALL networks which you can use after your promo expires! You cannot see the remaining texts in your balance but it's there for you to consume.

Update March 24, 2015 (Cannot register to UC15 so we register to UC20 here)
PhP30 equivalent to 3000 FREE texts

1. Send UC20 to 8888. Wait for the confirmation text.
2. Send UA10 to 8888. Wait for the confirmation text.
3. After promo expires, you can still send texts to other network because you have FREE texts! You cannot see it in your balance inquiry though.

Enjoy texting!

I do not own this info/tutorial, just reposting.

You read it right! For only PhP25.00 you got to have three days unlimited internet (with the exception of Youtube streaming and torrent downloading) from Sun Cellular. Well, it's a good deal already especially for those light internet users who uses their phone or their broadband stick to be connected in the social networks and the world wide web. This promo is available only using Sun Broadband SIM. So, if you haven't got one, you can buy it for only PhP15.00! Sun really suits our budget.

Sun's Lite load is available in various denominations. This PhP25 promo is the cheapest one among them all. I don't know why it was oddly ranged. To register, send LITE 25 to 247.
(Promo is no longer available, You can use NONSTOP50 for 3 days instead.)

I am using this promo in a pocket wifi with the following settings:
APN: minternet
No proxy and port.

If you are having trouble with the R icon appearing on your dashboard (that means Roaming and the SUN signal is weak in your area), it will use the SMART network instead so, you have to check the option box "Automatically connect even when roaming". Make sure you don't have any available balance in your SIM otherwise it will be consumed as a regular load. (Update: You can now prevent the accidental consumption of your extra load using this workaround on turning ON your Sun SIM's Load Protect)

Other keywords send to 247 also.
LITE 15 - PhP15.00 for 1 day
LITE 50 - PhP50.00 for 5 days (PhP10/day)
LITE 100 - PhP100.00 for 7 days. (PhP14/day)

*Note: Signal strength is area dependent. So the upload and download speed may vary.

Talk 'N Text and Smart Users, check this:
Piso per Day Unlimited Internet Access

Enjoy browsing!

If you want an easy inexpensive meal that is complete with carbs and protein, try Alcapurria. It's a Puerto Rican fritter but in this version we will be using ground pork, saging na saba, yautia (known as San Fernando in Filipino), and carrots.

Alcapurria molded into balls

Ingredients:
1 small sized carrot
5 pieces of small yautia (San Fernando) or 3 pieces of medium size ones
100 g ground pork
3 pieces saging na saba
3 cloves garlic and half onion for saute
 pepper and salt to taste
1 small bottle cooking oil for deep frying

Estimated Expense: Less than PhP100.00

Procedure:
1. Mince the carrot.
2. Saute the ground pork and carrot with pepper, garlic and onions.
3. Grate/mash the saging na saba and yautia then add salt to prevent them from turning gray or brownish.
4. With your hand, coat the sauteed ground pork and carrots with mashed/grated saging na saba and yautia (Mold them into balls with the pork as fillings).
5. Deep fry the balls until golden brown.
6. Serve while hot! Enjoy!

Alcapurria

Makes 4 servings.
Let me know your comments through the form below! (wink)

I just encountered a trick to have unlimited internet using Smart SIM cards! For only PhP15, you can avail of unlimited web surfing and downloading under Smart for 1 day. You can use this promo in your Android phones and tablets or in you modem, pocket wifi or broadband stick using just the regular Smart SIM card. This is supposed to be used only in the Nokia Xpress Browser (NXB) but now, it can work for all applications even in your pocketwifi, broadband stick or modem.


New! Piso per Day Unlimited Internet for TNT and Smart Users
Unli Internet With Unli Call and Unli AllNet Texts For Less Than PhP10/Day (TNT/Smart)

You will need:
1. Smart SIM Card (any variant: Buddy, LTE, Jump IN, etc)
2. Android Phone or Tablet or Smart Bro Stick
3. Web Browsers such as Opera Mini, Google Chrome, UCWEB, Firefox, Dolphin Browser, etc. You can also use other web applications such as torrent downloaders, IDM, video streamers, messengers, Facebook app, etc.


Procedure:
1. Using your phone/pocketwifi/broadband stick, register in the promo using any of the following codes and send to 211:
NXB15    Unlimited Internet for 1 day
NXB80    Unlimited Internet for 7 days
NXB160    Unlimited Internet for 15 days
NXB299    Unlimited Internet for 30 days
2. Send POWERAPP OFF to 5555 and wait for confirmation.
3. Redo POWERAPP OFF to 5555 and wait for confirmation.
4. Enable your data connection and start browsing, downloading, uploading, anything you want to do in the internet. Done!

This is a loophole in Smart's NXB (Nokia Xpress Browser) promo. So avail it while it's still working.

Known issues:
-NO browse after following all the steps above. Register to FB2 to 6406 then send POWERAPP OFF to 5555 twice. You have to wait for confirmation after each keyword. Then restart your device. If you still cannot browse, register to BIG5 to 9999 and send POWERAPP OFF to 5555.

Enjoy! Use the comment form below for your feedback and queries.

Since I've been whining how Talk n' Text is no longer cheap and I had been availing their UNLITXTPLUS10 promo everyday because it is the cheapest combo promo that I can get, I was relieved to know that TNT has this new EXTRA promo! The concept is similar to TM's DAGDAG load on which you can add minutes of call or text to your current promo.

TNT's Extra promo works like this: with your 5 pesos, you can extend your existing Unlitxtplus10 promo for another day! So, for two days, you will only spend PhP15 (PhP7.50/day Update: You can use the extend promo for up to 30 days! You can also register continuously within a day.). It's now better! Sulit ain't it?


To avail, you have to text EXTRA to 4545 and you will receive a text message on which you will have to choose from the among the options. And take note, you have to text these codes while you are still registered in your current promo:
1. EDAY to 4545 while still registered to TP10 or TP20
2. ETOK to 4545 for additional 10-minute call to TNT/SMART/SUN.
3. ETXT1 to 4545 for 50 more texts to TNT and SMART.
4. ETXT2 to 4545 for 25 more texts to all networks.

All Extra offers are valid for 1 day and for only 5 pesos.

Note: 
a. EDAY cannot be used with ETXT and ETOK.
b. ETXT and ETOK can be availed while registered to GT10, TP10, TP20, TRI20, AL30, GU15, GU30, and UA20. 

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Smart Communications opens its new promo for the Facebook social media. For only 2 pesos, you can access the FB page all day! You can post your status, browse your feeds, comment and like your friend's posts, stream videos, upload photos, just anything as long as it is in the Facebook area. Isn't this cheaper compared to the PowerAPP promo which is 5 pesos?


Smart users can register by texting FB2 to 6406. This promo is also available for Talk n Text users; just text FB2 to 4545. Wait for the confirmation message then you can start Facebook-ing!

Note: This promo can only be availed if you have an existing Smart/TNT Prepaid promo i.e., Alltext, Unlicall, TOT10, GaanText, etc. 
You will need the Facebook App for this to work. You can also try using Opera Mini, Google Chrome, UCWeb, Dolphin or other browsers to access FB.

Piso per Day Unlimited Internet Access for TNT and Smart Users

I just watched the music video/trailer of Sarah Geronimo and Coco Martin's Maybe This Time! I can say that I am excited for it though I can't say if Coco-Sarah tandem will be such a hit based on the trailer. They lack chemistry or is it just the trailer that's giving me the false hopes?

The song Maybe This Time (original by Michael Murphy) speaks for the storyline of the movie. Two old friends meet again, wearing older faces, talk about the places they've been. Two old sweethearts who fell apart somewhere a long ago, someday they'd meet again and had a need for more than reminiscin'. It's just my favorite song and I am glad that Sarah revived it and a new movie was developed with her as the lead actress. Sarah G fan here!

Along with Sarah and Coco in the movie were Ruffa Gutierrez, Ogie Diaz, Dennis Padilla and Tony Mabesa. The film is directed by Jerry Lopez Sineneng under Star Cinema. Movie will hit the cinemas this May 28, 2014.

Here's the music video and trailer:

Video credits to ABS-CBN Star Cinema (Youtube).