Get your FREE Olay Total Effects 8grams sample just by registering through the Olay.com.ph.

What are you waiting for? Register now! They are only giving away 100,000 samples. I got mine already! Go get yours!

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Benefits of 7 Anti-Ageing treatments in the new Olay Total Effects

^{Olay Total Effects has just gotten even better. Now with 75 percent more Niacinamide and the addition of anti-oxidants, it now gives you the benefits of 7 anti-ageing treatments in just 1 bottle!}

^{Thanks to the revolutionary dual action of VitaNiacin, Olay’s unique vitamin complex, and a power-packed combination of anti-oxidants, the New Olay Total Effects 7-in-1 Anti Ageing Cream combines the benefits of 7 anti-ageing treatments in just one step. It acts on the same biological principles used in professional skin ageing treatments.}

^{By stimulating collagen production, the Niacinamide and anti-oxidants in new Olay Total Effects help minimize lines, a similar benefit from a non-ablative laser treatment. For firmer skin, it also provides a subtle lifting benefit, similar to that of a facial massage.}

^{These ingredients also refine your pores to give you smoother, more radiant skin, similar to microdermabrasion benefits. A chemical peel replaces dull skin cells on the surface with fresh young-looking skin. Olay’s increased Niacinamide also improves the skin’s rate of renewal giving the same benefit. It also evens out your skin tone and reduces the appearance of dark spots, similar to an Ionto treatment.}

^{Anti-oxidant rich facial masks infuse skin with anti-oxidants such as Vitamin E and C to prevent skin damage from free radicals. These same vitamins can now be found in the New Olay Total Effects, which has 4x more Vitamin C derivatives, Vitamin E, plus green tea extracts in its improved formula.}

^{Moisturizing face masks deliver moisture and nutrients to your skin; Panthenol and Niacinamide in the New Olay Total Effects also gives the same benefit by increasing our skin’s moisture barrier so it can stay hydrated.}

^{Scientifically proven and given the stamp of approval by the Asia-Pacific Center for Skin Aging (APCSA), now you can try for yourself the upgraded Olay Total Effects that’s considered “a powerful alternative to anti-ageing treatments”.}

^{It’s time to stop waiting for a miracle and switch to a product that really works. Proven to have the benefits of 7 anti-ageing treatments in one bottle, there has never been a better time to switch to the New Olay Total Effects. The best just got better.}

photo & article from www.olay.com.ph (my photogrpaher is just soooo busy…)

Be the GRAND W-I-N-N-E-R of a trip to HOLLYWOOD, USA for 4days and 3 nights, complete with accomodations and pocketfull of moolah!

10 Consolation prizes (P5k TCBTL GC + tea timer)

1 People’s Choice (P5k TCBTL GC + tea timer)

HOW?
Share your MOST memorable experience ever while sipping your favorite TCBTL cup of coffee/ tea, chilling out with friends who are addicted to TCBTL ice blended coffee drinks.

What are you waiting for? JOIN now and forever you may regret!

What’s great about this is that you can submit your entry online thru almost all of the social sites you know (Friendster, Multiply, Facebook, MySpace, Flickr, ShutterFly, Blogs and other social sites) instead of the traditional way of joining a contest.

Remember, the duration of the contest is only until 31 July 2008 so you have at least one-(1) month and one-(1) day to go to submit your entry!

Oh and by the way, you can also vote for your favorite entry or maybe find the entry quite similar with your experience, do share it with your friends BECAUSE TCBTL will give you a token of appreciation for taking the time to read the entries.  Cool!  Go on….

Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf is located at TriNoMa, SM The Block, Gateway, Ortigas Park, Paseo Center, Bonifacio High Street, Mall of Asia, Convergys Ayala Avenue, Salcedo Village, Alabang Town Center, Rockwell, Robinson’s Ermita, Grreenhills Promenade, Robinson’s Galleria, Eastwood, Tomas Morato and 2 more branches in Cebu.

Visit their website at http://www.coffeebean.com.ph or http://www.whatsyourcoffeebeanandtealeafstory.com for more information.

We’re selling tickets at P1,200 (orchestra center & loge center)/ P1,000 (orchestra sides & loge sides )/ P700 (balcony center)/ P500 (balcony sides) FOR 6 September 2008, 8pm at Meralco Theater.

Let me know if you are interested to watch West Side Story!

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“West Side Story,” Stages’ major musical offering in 2008, is all set to go on stage with an assembly of a strong cast headlined by
Christian Bautista, Karylle, and London West End’s Joanna Ampil; a live orchestra with Gerard Salonga as musical director; and a
first-rate artistic team with Audie Gemora as executive producer, and Menchu Lauchengco-Yulo as director.

After rigid auditions that took two months, whose mix of aspirants emerged not only from the Philippines but also from other countries
like Singapore, Australia, the United States, and the United Kingdom, STAGES has finally completed its cast of singers and dancers.

Balladeer Christian Bautista is given the role of Tony. He is tall, handsome, and has the makings of a perfect romantic leading man.

Singer and actress Karylle could match Natalie Wood’s film version of Maria.  She is young and beautiful.  She sings her songs with utmost conviction.

Meanwhile, the Philippines will get the rare chance to watch Joanna Ampil in her first musical theater assignment in Manila after sixteen
years playing lead roles in London.

Joanna has agreed to share the role of Maria with Karylle because she has long wanted to perform for her kababayans who cannot easily afford to go to London to watch her in a musical.

Local audiences have to see why Joanna is a favorite of British producer Cameron Mackintosh.  Joanna, at one time, was even handpicked by Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber to play Mary Magdalene in “Jesus Christ Superstar.”

Gian Magdangal as Riff returns to the theater after a three-year hiatus. He is seen in the reality show “Philippine Idol” on ABC 5, and
“SOP Rules” on GMA 7.

Another world-class import, Filipino Australian Rowena Vilar, who played Kim, Gigi, and Ellen in the recent Australian tour of “Miss
Saigon,” joins the cast of “West Side Story.”          Highlyrecommended by Leo Valdez, who played The Engineer in “Miss Saigon,”
Rowena will be flying in to share the role of the feisty Anita with local theater and pop artist Pam G.

Since “West Side Story” is primarily a dance musical, the artistic team had to call professional dance groups, and handpick very strong
dancers for the supporting cast. Rest assured that the show would be a night of great dancing. Jazz choreographer James Laforteza is tasked to reconstruct Jerome Robbins’ original choreography in the Broadway production.

It is interesting to note that musical director Gerard Salonga has been longing to do “West Side Story.” Lea Salonga’s husband Rob Chien, who now manages the FILharmoniKA orchestra under Ambient Media, went the extra mile to make it possible for them to play for the production.

“West Side Story” is one of the best musicals of all time with music by Leonard Bernstein, and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim. It is a
beautiful, dramatic dance musical with many show-stopping numbers and immortal songs like “Somewhere,” “Tonight,” “One Hand One Heart,” “America,” and “Something’s Coming.”

STAGES’ production of  ”West Side Story” is its third major musical production after “Footloose” in 2005 and “High School Musical On
Stage” in 2007.

“West Side Story” will run from September to October 2008 at the Meralco Theater.

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HB decided to experience the World Pyro in a different setting for this year (his 3rd of the World Pyro) — sailing the Manila Bay. No, we’re not that hugging couple.

Tagging along (tagging?!) with us was this sailboat…suddenly, I wished I was with that group!

Up close. They were swaying as the wind was kinda strong. But I’m sure the people on board pretty much enjoyed the windy and exciting ride.

HB made sure that we got a slot on the last Saturday of the World Pyro because the Philippines will showcase their innovative imagination into action.

Whoa! Nicely done! I kept on pondering what if we brought AD here, would he like it? There were so many what ifs but what we overlooked was, us riding on the yacht. I didn’t realize that the weather was not fit for him to be in the yacht. It was windy and a bumpy ride. I think AD would like to be inside the yacht BUT I also realized that it would not also work out if we brought AD along (He would’ve eaten and riden the yacht for FREE!). You know why? Because when I returned from my water break (inside the yacht), I got dizzy. So, if we, AD and I, just stayed inside and then transfer from one place to another, I wouldn’t be able to make it. I shouldn’t have asked for Bonamin but I thought I can manage. It was a totally different experience riding on that kind of a yacht from the ship we rode going to Corregidor or from the boats used to and from an island.

This was La Mancha’s finale. It was firing towards us — yachts on the Manila Bay. We were quite surprised with what happened but very happy that we were kinda acknowledged being there — the others.

This was the after effect. We even caught sight of tea lights when it landed somewhere on the yacht. So, that’s how they did the lasting light effect.

This was a nice excuse to embrace your date for the night so maybe next time, you’d try reserving 2 slots for you and your date. Paying P1,800 per person (vs P1,500 of the World Pyro organizer) was not bad at all because you got an advantage of seeing the fireworks at a fair distance while on a yacht, dinner was included and best of all, not at all crowded. Lastly, we did not get stuck in traffic after the event.

Let me know if you’re interested so we can give you our contact. Also, the organizer do offer almost the same services for special occasions like Valentines’ Day.

ang mamatay ng dahil sa iyo (die for your sake)…

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