I've always had this pet peeve of my hair being really gorgeous and smooth after shower... But even before I get to Baclaran church my hair is all sticky and kinda greasy already.

With all the storms happening lately, laundry can be a bit of a heavy chore. Most days recently, you can't even dry  the laundry, which results in clothes that feel and smell damp.

7 Folds Laundry in Quirino is a great solution to the students, travelers and even households around Manila because they offer quick, clean and fast laundry services with options of having it delivered to your doorstep too!

Sir Rey Layoso and his wife has the vision of giving not just a solution to a common house hold chore. They want to go more than that with good service and it starts with deliveries, and one day services.

PS: This place has free wifi so doing the laundry here is definitely LESS of a chore. They've also got other branches around Manila and Quezon City! Deets below.

Bench Cafe recently opened their 3rd branch here at Rrobinson's Manila today. I got curious just because:

• They had a promo of a "Year's worth of meals" for the first 100 customers
• I was kinda wishing in the back end that they'd have waiters with  Bench Bodies. LOL.

For reals though, I know Bench as a young adult clothes shop, and a salon. So I got curious how Bench would be coming in the restaurant business and what they might be offering.

Nippon Paint Philippines has been acknowledging great young designers for over 10 years now. Asia Young Designers Awards (AYDA) 2019 opens up with the theme "FORWARD: A Sustainable Future". Said theme gives architects and interior designers a chance to use their talents to transform future environments that are ecological, sustainable plus create a big impact on the succeeding generations by providing practical design solutions.

BONUS: The winners get a chance to win up to 50,000 pesos along with internship opportunities and a chance to win a 6 week learning experience suited to their career of Design in Harvard University School Of Design in USA under the Design Discovery Program .



The ADYA 2019 Theme openly sums up what we need to focus on today- the needs of our community and our future generations with materials and the earth itself slowly losing its resources. Designers today are facing challenges of providing a balance between urbanization and sustainability. Which needs should prevail, the individual or that of the community?

Asia Young Designer Awards Prizes include:

It's almost the end of the month, which means PAYDAY! This usually means time to pay the bills. For most of us though, it means time for some rewards after a couple of hard weeks like:

• family bonding at the nearest Sagmyupsal restaurant with the family
• a visit to the department store because most malls also have these red tag sales on going
• maybe even a scroll to your add to cart section and clicking buy now on the whole list.

We do need to remind ourselves not to over do it, because if you save more instead of spend more, you're actually giving yourself better rewards.


Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas recently did a survey on consumer expectations for the first quarter of 2019. Long story short, 63.4% of pinoy households did not have any savings. Another survey of BSP  showed that only 22.6% of Filipino adults had formal financial accounts (bank, e-Money, microfinance, cooperatives) and the rest remain unbanked. (BSP Financal Inclusion Survey)

This is a sad number because with today's financial technology, new platforms have come up to provide easier ways to pay and to save. Leading mobile wallet GCash for example is encouraging its users to save more by:

Last friday, SM Executives poured some color onto their model icebergs, signaling the launch of SM Baliwag's Arctic HUE-niverse Campaign. This is SM's efforts to help educate and remind the masses about the on going global warming, along with some facts and ideas about our friends in the Arctic, the Polar Bears.

bobble v.  If a piece of clothing or material bobbles, it develops small balls of threads on its surface. In Tagalog: Himulmol mga dears.

How old are you when you found out the english for the dreaded himulmol? Me? Today years old. 

When I was young, my mom would always hand wash our clothes, especially those we use for going out. She mentioned that washing machines, hard scrubbing and the very detergents we use make the clothes look older, faster by:

• color fading
• shape loss
• roughness
• yellowing if our favorite clothes are white and the worst of them all
• bobbling or pag hihimulmol. 

If you've been wanting to start eating healthy but don't know where to start, check out Chi Em Gai! Or maybe you're craving for that authentic Vietnamese Pho? They're sure to fix your cravings in no time!

Ambiance At Chi Em Gai

Chi Em Gai is located at Eton Centris Walk, near Lazer area and beside Assi mart. The place is actually owned by a Vietnamese national so you're sure that the dishes they serve here are authentic as can get. The place itself is really cozy and comfy with all the greens and browns that's going for a light and fresh look to the eyes- much like their dishes!



PS: They do Deliver via Food Panda. :D