Tabasco Giveaway Winner!

I know! Kaye is late (again!). But Kaye is busy. Extremely busy. Hehe.

Today, I am taking a few hours off work (at 10PM) to catch up with entries for the blog. I actually started writing this entry Saturday afternoon, but apparently, it didn't save. Boo! So I had to start all over again. Anyway, let me go straight to the point and announce the winner...

...who will win all these from Tabasco!

CONGRATULATIONS TO LOUINA YOUNG-TALADUA!

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Please wait for my email (which I will probably get to send next week, sorry!)! I shall ship your prize next week. Let me get this week over and done with first. Have events this week, and I will be out of commission until Sunday.

Thank you to everyone who joined this giveaway! And thank you to JA for sponsoring this. I will miss you! May God bless your new season in life!

To Die with a T.

My younger brother is getting married this year. June, to be exact. I have about 2+ months to lose weight (I don't want to look like the mother of the bride no, LOL). So I've been starving myself lately, literally cutting down on food.

I tried going on the Cabbage Soup Diet last month. Alas, I actually gained because I gorged on cabbage soup all seven days. Kasalanan ko ba na I love cabbage soup? LOL! So ayun, I ended up gaining two pounds instead of losing any! Aray!

You must be wondering how I managed to eat all that soup, and why I didn't get tired having bowls and bowls of it everyday. The secret? TABASCO SAUCE!

Man, a few drops of Tabasco Red Pepper Sauce gave it the extra punch, and it was indeed delicious soup! I really, really didn't mind having it every single day.

A week after that diet, I switched to all veggies. I love salad. I love greens, carrots and tomatoes. I don't mind having it plain (no meat), kahit na minsan, feeling kambing na ako. Hahaha! Baaaa!!!

My cabbage, lettuce, arugula, carrots, tomatoes and sunflower seed salad. Nom!

And I'd add a few drops of Tabasco Sauce to the apple cider vinaigrette. Sarap! Life-saver talaga! In fairness, I lost those two pounds plus some.

Thank you, Lord, for Tabasco Sauce!

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Ok, I know this is late, but I had tons to do last week, plus I had a bento party order early this week. Pasensya na, sorry po. Haha, here's last week's scheduled giveaway...

Yup, you guessed it. Tabasco. I knew I was going to write this piece, especially since I was heavily using this hot sauce brand during my cabbage soup week. So I thought I'd give some away.

WIN THESE! Giving away this set of Tabasco Pepper Sauce!
Garlic Pepper Sauce, Original Red Pepper Sauce, Green Pepper Sauce, and Chipotle Pepper Sauce!
(Oops, missing Habanero, oh well.) 

Original Red is the best! I love this because it is classic! Plus, look, it's FAT FREE!

Green Pepper Sauce is mild and gives just the right punch to any dish!

Garlic Pepper Sauce is my favorite! I love Garlic, and use this for steak. Mmmm...

I also love the smokey flavor of Tabasco Chipotle! This is great for burgers.

FACT: I always bring along a bottle of Tabasco Sauce in the car. We bring it with us to McDonald's, KFC and other restaurants. Once, we ate at this posh steak house (name of establishment withheld) and I cannot believe they didn't have Tabasco! Instead, they brought a bottle of some local brand of hot sauce that didn't quite taste like anything hot and peppery. I cannot (and will refuse to) use any other hot sauce brand. Only the best - Tabasco.

Anyway, you know what to do. Follow all applicable steps on Rafflecopter below. Please remember to use a valid email address when logging into the Rafflecopter app. That same email address will be used to notify you in case you win.

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This giveaway is open to anyone with a valid Philippine address, and will run from today until 1159PM of Tuesday, March 18.

Bonne chance!

Tres Amigos Gift Pack Winners (Day 6!)

Ok, I know I've been behind on the blog. I have this long, long list of things to do, and it's mostly for work. O_o So I'm posting this then I have to get going. I hope you don't mind the wait. I am not sure if I can send you guys your notification emails this weekend, but I'll try. I have to finish a dozen releases, and write a number of PRs. Hehe, excuses I know. But a working mom's got to do what she has to do.

Gah! I want a tall, cold glass of Treetop Apple Juice! I think I have a can downstairs. Hmmm... the downside to blogging about food is you get to crave them. So maybe I should stop blogging past midnight. Hehe.

Anyway, CONGRATULATIONS to the following people who got picked by Rafflecopter! You each won a Tres Amigos Gift Pack!

PRECIOUS TOBIAS

ANNALYN T. LAXINA

IANNE CALATRAVA-VALENZUELA

RACHEL PERALTA

JULIEANNE VELASQUEZ-DIMAANO

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I'd like to thank my good friend SCRAT for agreeing to let Tabasco join my giveaway! Thank you! You are beautiful! And sexy! Pahingi pa ha? LOL! I'd also like to thank ADG aka Mrs. Poon (hehe) for giving me La Española when I asked for more things for this blowout. Good friends are hard to come by, but you guys are the real deal. Thanks! Don't forget my samples ha? Hahahaha!

BIRTHDAY BLOWOUT DAY 6 HAS BEEN BROUGHT TO YOU BY TREETOP, TABASCO AND LA ESPAÑOLA!

Winners will be notified via email. Please wait for it so you'll know how to claim your prize. Thanks and Congratulations again!

Birthday Blowout - DAY 6!

Don't fret. Don't fret. Because I realized I was supposed to post more blowout days over the weekend, and didn't. :( Now I'm way behind schedule and have to move the days around, because... well because. :) Anyway, here is Day 6!

DAY 6 IS A MIX OF PRODUCTS I LOVE!

But first, let me show you my mini miniature collection. Ok, I didn't know what to call it. But it's mini because that's all I have. Hehe.

That's a battery (AA) for size reference. From L-R: TicTac Mint, Tabasco Pepper Sauce, Kikkoman,
Heinz Tomato Ketchup, La Española Extra Virgin Olive Oil. 

Ok, back to the giveaway. When I worked for food brand, I handled a number of products. One of which was Treetop Apple Juice.

TREETOP APPLE JUICE
Treetop Apple Juice is 100% sweetened by the sun - NO SUGAR ADDED. That is why some people liken the taste to wine as there are no added sweeteners. It is recommended for babies and toddlers, no need to look for Gerber (which, incidentally, I also used to handle).  Try this chilled, you may add ice if you think the taste is too strong for you. But if you're an apple juice lover (real apple juice and not the artificially-flavored ones) then you'll love TreeTop!

I don't think a 2L bottle of TreeTop alone will do for this giveaway, so I'm adding two more products I love!

TABASCO PEPPER SAUCE
Tabasco this; Tabasco that. I use Tabasco on almost everything! There was a time I was so addicted to it, I had one on my desk in the office, in my bedroom, in the office ref, in the car... no kidding. I use Tabasco on burgers mostly. Yes, McDonald's Cheeseburger + Tabasco. PERFECT combo. Can't have the burger without it. I also use it on steaks, adobo, and yep, just about anything. No other pepper sauce can compare. Tabasco comes in the regular Red Pepper Sauce, Garlic Pepper Sauce, Green Pepper Sauce, Habanero Pepper Sauce and Chipotle Pepper Sauce!

LA ESPAÑOLA EXTRA VIRGIN OLIVE OIL
A staple for pasta and salad lovers! You cannot go wrong with La Española! What with over 160 years of olive oil history! Only the best, I tell you. And I am giving away the miniature bottles - perfect size to use when adding to salads and pastas.

3 Different Brands make up Birthday Blowout DAY 6!

As usual, we're using Rafflecopter for this giveaway! I noticed that most of you didn't follow my Rafflecopter options to the "T". I had to disqualify a number of entries the past 3 draws. When it says "Leave a blog post comment", please leave a comment on this post. Doing nothing disqualifies that entry (and yes, I check). Same goes for the other options. Anyway, making this one simple.

As usual, should you win, you must be able to pick up from a House of Praise store.

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C'est tout! Bonne chance!

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BIRTHDAY BLOWOUT!

T'was my birthday yesterday! And I had planned this blowout to run for the last 14 days of May. Alas, work and life got in the way (again!). So we're starting today - a day AFTER my birthday... because I still want this to happen! After all, I have all the swag here, waiting for me to give them away.

A little disclaimer first. I work for brand. I have been in Marketing for the past so and so years. Because of what I do, I have friends in the same line of work - thus the abundance in swag. I ask demand my friends for promotional items and they oblige. Haha! The prizes you will see in this blowout have zero cost to them. My friends have paid zilch to get them in this blowout, and I have paid zilch as well. Everything is here because I have cool friends who love me. Naks!

God has been so good to bless me with so much (the secret to youth included, ha!), I don't feel a day over 16. Haha! Seriously. So I wanted to share my blessings with you! This blowout will run for 14 days (non-consecutive, depends if I find time to post). I will be giving out 5 things per blowout day. You have about 3 days to send in your entries (from the time the blowout is announced). 5 winners will be picked per blowout day to win one out of 5 things. All in all, I will have 70 prizes and 70 winners. So yay! Watch out for Day 1!

*NOTE: Congratulations to sweetie_mayumi for winning a special prize for guessing what's next on the blog this month. :) It's still May, right? LOL! Leave a comment below with your Twitter ID and I'll send you instructions on how to claim your special prize.

My Top 10 Comfort Grub

sigh. like i said, when depressed, it's either i eat or i spend. but because i don't want to pack in the extra pounds, i have to resort to eating uh... healthy food to keep me happy. when a pint of macapuno ice cream would normally do the trick before, or a few slices of red ribbon's mango cream pie or ube cake... sigh... i have trimmed down my list to these waistline-friendly food:

10. Gluten and Mushrooms from Bodhi - yeah, yeah... i dunno why i even like this but i do.
9. Bega Mozzarella String Cheese - brings back memories of the HK trip with my bro, circa 1996... yea, walking down the side streets with string cheese and Hi-C Lemon Tea!
8. Fresh Amoy Lumpia from DEC - the one with the yellow egg wrapper
7. Tabasco Garlic Pepper Sauce - on almost everything! but since this is a healthy food list, i should say... uh... with tofu (see next entry)
6. Soy Tofu from Hap Chan or David's Tea House - with fresh calamansi and hotsauce. nom!
5. Kellogg's Special K Cereal with Red Berries - yummy! but i can only eat this for like a week and i get so sick of it.
4. Oatmeal and a chicken sausage - what can i say? i love oatmeal. the sausage is my umay-buster, hehe.
3. Bananas and Cottage Cheese - yep, this is one of my ultimate comfort grub. but sigh... cottage cheese is SO EXPENSIVE!
2. S's Green Cabbage Salad with Arugula and Apple Cider Vinegar - i had this for 2 straight months after my september crash. the arugula gives it the needed umph!
1. 5-pack Yakult - who needs to take each bottle out of the 5-pack wrapper when you can conveniently stick a juice straw through each foil lid? yes, yakult makes me feel good right away. ikaw? okay ka ba tiyan? haha! just had to say it!