Gadgets and Tech’s First Annual Phone Raffle Contest

Gadgets and Tech’s 1st Annual Phone Raffle Contest is officially launched and I’m raffling out a brand new Samsung GT-E1175T phone with warranty until July 15, 2011.

Samsung GT-E1175T Specifications and features:

Dual Band 900/1800 MHz
Type 1.52″ 65K CSTN
Resolution 128×128 pixels
40 Poly Ringtone
Operation System Samsung Proprietary
Messaging SMS, MMS
Battery 1000 mAh
Dimensions 108.7 x 46.1 x 14.1mm
Weight 72 g
Torch Light
Fake Call
SOS Message
FM Radio

Some other fun features of this phone are its “Fake Call” feature (Simulates an incoming call, so you can “fake” receiving a call as an excuse to get out of a potentially uncomfortable situation ) and its “SOS Message” feature (Lets you send an emergency message discreetly to an emergency contact to inform them you are in need of assistance).
In addition to the Samsung GT-E1175T phone, I am including a PHP 2,000 gift card from Power Mac Center.

Raffle contest rules:

1. Any person from the Philippines with a blog and a Facebook account can join the contest (shipping cost of the prize for non-Metro Manila resident will be shouldered by Gadgets and Tech .
2. To join, you must create a blog entry (one blog entry per blog per person) about “Gadgets And Tech’s 1st Annual Phone Raffle Contest” and include two links: Gadgets and Tech and Gadgets And Tech’s 1st Annual Phone Raffle Contest.
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5. After doing the said steps, submit your entry by placing a comment in this contest blog post making sure to include your name and contest blog post url.
6. After verifying that you have done steps 2,3 and 4, a reply to your comment will be made which will serve as the confirmation that you are already included in the raffle.
7. “Gadgets and Tech’s First Annual Phone Raffle Contest” runs until 11:59 PM, July 31, 2010.

Start blogging and promoting “Gadgets and Tech’s First Annual Phone Raffle Contest” and get a chance to win a brand new Samsung GT-E1175T and a PHP 2,000 gift card from Power Mac Center!

CAMSUR ADVENTURE!

after a lot of pencil booking and changed of plans, now i’ve been to the land of Camsur . it was a crazy roadtrip along the way. headed on around 12mid after the shopping marathon at tri for some clothes and outfits. we took a van with 10 pax inside, 3 couples including me and harold’s fam. Of course… it was camwhore session first thing first:)

the trip made me dizzy, it was a zigzag crossroads across the mountain. Thank God I was able to sleep in the middle of the trip for quite times.


It was already 7am when we landed at Naga, dropped off first at tito’s tomb for a short visit. Enjoyed picking calamansi with ate chris hahaha it was pretty cool that im just imagining apple picking around LOL

also, went off at their farm, pass in the middle of bukid and ate a lot of fruits. Honestly.. it was a peaceful life I’ve experienced from the south. I could never imagine that life could be simple as that but just for 1 day… I still can’t live without Facebook, digi, cel and tv hahaha

then after an hour, the party just decided to went straight to CWC bec it was already lunch and harold’s cousins was already waiting for us. It just took us an hour and half to get there. pigged out @ Gerry’s Grill first and enjoyed free wifi at sm.

Then it’s CWC time! Rented a red container room which was not really good outside but very comfy inside.

Some of us got really tired and had a lil nap first but me and Harold roamed around the resort, watched the wakeboarders doing their exhibition.

had a lil snack and was able to taste their best seller’s laing pizza! Spicy but very delicious:)

went back to our room, had our first dinner and stayed at the skate boarding ramp after, even tried it without a board and it was really fun and cute. had a lil rest with Harold but unfortunately didn’t enjoyed the night and fell asleep throughout same as with them.

So we just woke up early.. it’s a beautiful sunshine outside!summer outfits turned on and had our breakfast right beside the pool. what perfect way to relax!

We did a lot of pictorial shots c/o kuya jay’s DSLR, jumpshots everywhere hahaha

eat some chips then the boys decided to do the wakeboarding thing… 490bucks for the whole day… kinda cheap compare to lago de oro. They’ve tried first the knee boarding and everyone was able to get the trick. Then sachi and krizzia tried It too which made me really envious cuz honestly… I can’t do it. Of course I’m scared! I can’t swim on the lake hahaha at looks dirty! Kiddin! I’m just scared… period!

Hehehe it’s enough that I’ve watched them enjoying this expensive crap… yeah it was expensive! Papin has one board which cost around 20k! I can buy an iphone with that! LOL! Hmmm it’s his passion.. so be it:) atleast I am familiar with the drill hehehe And take note ate chris didn’t tried it as well so we just swimmed the whole day and enjoyed the pool much.

Queued back around 6pm to get ready for the dinner cuz we decided to eat outside to look for a resto cuz the food at CWC wasn’t really good. Get off the van and headed on to Naga, parked at westgate mall and dine in at dennis grill and the food was perfect! Esp the crispy pata super yummy!

After being bloated went back again and started our inuman session. Some of us got tipsy indeed with the 5 bottles of the bar apple flavor.

Played cards and In between to entertain us. It was really a night killer in a way... gone tipsy and sleepy then.

and so it's our last day... another 12 hours of drive way back to manila. eat our breakfast first and so on the long trip started and arrived in the city at 12 mid the next day.

it was a long and adventurous trip to remember:)

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I LOVE BORACAY... the 2nd time around...

the second time at BORA... coming back has been always last on my list, since i've been to this paradise way back 2008 celebrating our 4th anniv at ber months. yeah i do prioritized escaping other parts of PI to complete the map adventure of mine hehehe but this is a family reunion for him and spending a lil amount is a big thing! and there it goes...

this is my 1st summer on this island, i always love bora but it was really different last time stoop down on it.. it was a clear white sand without lumot. and it's going to be like this according to them until summer is over. wew! not so good! but then then how could you resist staying at boracay regency? it was a real luxury time. 10am when we landed at kalibo then headed on to caticlan, came around past 12 at the hotel.

since rooms were not yet ready... pigged out first at boracay regencies super buffet where we got so bloated:)) hahaha yes! literally!

so we just decided to take a rest for a few mins. in our room. two family rooms for us, a camp for girls and a camp for boys.

as my girls cannot resist the beauty of bora, we've decided to roam around the beach and take off our first swimsuits... then the fashion thing happened, thou it was really really hot, sun was never an excuse! took a lot pictures on every X mark! hahaha it's my term:))

as for the boys did the atv thing..spend the whole day along the beach and swimming pool at night. packed up then change dress outfit for the dinner and first gimik kick off. again.. bloated the 2nd time around lol! rest then off to bar... a lil amount of poison ended the 1st night.

good morning bora! the 2nd day kicked off! breakfast then summer two piece extravagant again, that was the only thing i did there hahaha over flowing pictures with the girls.

then late afternoon it's the diving activity.. the reef walk. the whole family enjoyed it as well as tita had her 1st underwater exhibition. she stooped down on something which caused her accidentally fell down under 30 ft water wew! it was terrible i swear but i really applauded her how she survived and take the challenge going down again. perfect! took a lot of pics then rest and getting ready for the dinner.

dress fashion for us and super bloated meal again from regency. i wonder how many pounds i've earned staying here for 3D and 2N with unlimited meals hahahaha

bar again after the dinner and enjoyed watching fire dancers. how i wished i could learn their tricks heheheh night ended...

the last day! it was an early call time from harold where we planned to walk into the beach and yes we succeeded.

took of the time together... it was a romantic walk to say. a priceless one for a few mins then the rest of the group joined us.

accompanied tita going to groto where we walked and jogged for almost 15 mins under the sun. this is i think where i got my tanline skin.didn't like it much at first but it's summer! what can i do! hahahaha took a lil time to pray then gone back to our room for our checked out.

it was 12pm when we packed up all the things and pasalubong. had our last bloated lunch with seafood carbonara on my plate. gluttony!

hahahahah headed on to the airport then landed back to manila at 8pm! vacay is over but this one is superb! i owe it to the ludovice clan! :) blast indeed!

HONGKONG-MACAU ESCAPADE!

our first international flight together! love it! yeah... it's so first! and so memorable. 4D 3N trip for us! it was 9:35 when we landed @ HK. and as for the first plan... MACAU. it was so cold and funny thing we were thinking that we can go over with the weather... surprisingly its freezing 5C hahaha thanks to mitch for the jacket! but harold? hahaha his skin turned into a chicken and guess what? he has around 4 shorts on his baggage! me i was a sort of prepared! :) so that's it!

at HK airport... we don't even know where to go first... wer looking for a bus going to ferry port. we just went straight to the concierge.. then we simply followed instructions! at last! on board on the 1st ever ride on a up and down bus going to macau port! it was just like a guessing game for us on picking up which way wer going! but swear! it was really fun! then we arrived at macau port! wooooo! i was lil scared when i saw we wer riding on a turbo jet going to macau! how stupid thinking im going to macau thru a JET? hahahaha what a heck!



it was 1 hour and 40 mins travel... and was we landed a pinoy named james came over with us offering a tour... we wer kinda doubtful.. sort of afraid being scammed! :P so harold and him take time for a lil talk and that's it! JAMES! our official tour guide! he's nice and accommodating! thanks to him for getting us a 5 star hotel in Taipa Island. @ new world...

we just put down our bags! change my dress into a winter outfit! and the tour started! 1st on the list was to buy a jacket for harold cuz its becoming a shit on his part hahaha freezing to death! we went to a mall to find one! jackets wer so cheap as in literally CHEAP! he got a blue mossimo for only 20HKD! great! first stop @ emperor hotel owned by jacky chan...

it was awesome! floors were made of gold bars!

next is the ruins of st paul, this church was bombed few years ago... we took a lot of pics on it! then we had a lot of hotel hopping that night.

went on to macau tower after! a must see tour in macau! it has 61 floors! and on the top it... it was a perfect view ever seen in macau thou it's much colder staying on the top.. we just enjoyed our 90 HKD ticket hoppin and camwhorin! hahaha

afterward we went to the city of dreams... crown hotel... we watched the bubble and dragon show! it was so amazing! were on a big aquarium then a big screen around us! we saw chasing dragons, 3D bubbles, awesome effects in one! perfecto!

got so lucky! we had a stop over @ the macau food festival... it's a once a year feast for them. we had a lot of food tasting! beers can be bought for only 5HKD! and we tasted it of course! hmmm and we liked it both! i bought 2 botts to take home in Philippines.


last stop for the night is the venetian hotel... the most luxurious hotel in macau and a fashion mall at the same time! superb! we just stayed for 15 mins cuz wer really really tired. we just had a quick dinner then went asleep!


2nd day! after dressing up my outfit with my fav boots! first agenda is the macau park and the macau grand pix! it was my first time when i saw racing cars 20 steps away from me! and what can i say! it was a big WOW!!!

after it... we went hoppin on diff casinos! we visited again ruins of st paul cuz i wanna see it's day view! had a lotta street food tasting and lil shopin on our way. it was our last day in macau! got business class ticket going to HK from venetian mall! we owe it to james! thanks so much for a wonderful tour on the land so called as a lil vegas!

i just love macau! plus it's a national boots day during our stay! hahaha and yes! going to HK again!

1st things first is to look for our hotel, we already have a reservation. this time... it's only us! we wer very tired cuz it was kinda diff to find Kowloon thanks for some residents who's been very good to us thou some of them were shits! don't even know how to speak english hahaha so its a change outfit again!

going to HK disney land!!! it's on the sunny bay station! and finally! this is it! thanks to omar and sunny for the birthday tickets they've bought for us! the disney land resort....super OMG! got so gaga when i saw mickey and minnie... had pictorial with them:)


i love the park so much... we went around... thanks to our tripod for a job well done! hahaha and for the finale... it was the much awaited fireworks! hmmm can't explained the feeling of being there and witnessing the castle with the a whole new world background...

so romantic as well! wanna go for the 2nd time! perfect! then we went back to hotel after this tour! tired again but happy bec of the loot bags i got from disney! kiddin! :) i won't ever forget the stitch encounter, had a interview session with him in front of dreds of people! and guess what? he pushed harold to say I LOVE YOU RISSA! hahaha love it! once in a lifetime exp on my list! blissfulness! just had a lil time checkin fb for 30 HKD the went asleep:)

3rd day! we woke up at 9AM.. had our ever 1st rice breakfast after 2 days! hahaha they're much into noodles and breads!

got so full then dressed up for our 2nd target in HK! the OCEAN PARK! hahaha hmmm im not so so excited for this... cuz harold for sure will push me to ride on the roller coaster! hahaha and much to say im so blessed cuz it's on renovation mode when we went in! thanks bro! :) ocean park was so amazing as well!

its so big that u need to ride a train and cable cars. speaking of cable cars!... didn't miss to exp the 10 mins ride! i was so nervous but overcome it with it's priceless view.

had also a lot of toys won by harold in the basketball game.

i also had sea lion encounter exp after being chosen by those fellow organizers! harold tried the up ride (hahaha that's what i called it)

we watched dolphin show and first time to see live pandas they're so cute and lovable. it's really a long and tiring walk roaming around the park. we even forgot to take lunch cuz wer to busy dropping off into a lot of booths inside it. plus a lot lot pictorials pic:) we didn't have much time to explore ocean park cuz of it's early closing time. a lil upset but it's ok! cuz we really enjoyed spending the whole day on it!

had dinner at kfc and bk then brewed at sbux. it tastes diff by the way! the cream chip frap! yummy :) we even tried to look for a cinema but got so depressed cuz new moon will air by dec in HK! err! hahaha just went back to hotel and take a rest for a long day on our 4th stay in HK!

4th day and the last day! had the last flight so we can still maximize the tour. we went to Ngong Ping 360.. the goden big buddha on the top of the mountain. the Ngong Ping village! it was so cold at the top of the peak! much like the 100 steps walk upward in Baguio.

we tried their ice cream and it's not melting! hahaha yummy! we wend around the place...

and indeed a Chinese culture exp

camwhore again and after a 3 hours stay we went back in the city for the noahs ark... the replica of the bible story about noah. it's on the park island... we rode on a ferry going there and we wer too late cuz the park will be closed in just a few mins when we came but it's ok! i've seen the big boat outside! hahaha


then we headed on the hotel to picked up our baggage cuz we need to be in the airport 2 hours before the flight. wer on the rush mode cuz of the long travel going to airport! how stupid that we went on the wrong gate... going to india!hahaha bought some pasalubongs then headed on the waiting area. thanks bec its a wifi free! fb while waiting for the flight. went asleep during the plane and ride. and that's it WELCOME PHILIPPINES!!!

to sum it up! it was a a really nice exp for a seasonal traveler like me with harold of course:) i love the weather during our travel... i love the places that we went in! needless to say im super blessed! so much blissfulness and looking forward for another international vacay!