Coffee Origins Festival: Discovering The Philippines’ Best

Coffee Origins

Coffee addicts out there, be sure to drop by at Greenbelt 3 and 5 on October 13-26, 2009 and join as the Philippine Coffee Board celebrates the annual coffee festival, entitled “Coffee Origins, Discovering The Philippines’ Best.”

Familiarize yourself with different coffee types grown from the small towns and private farms of the region. Overflowing coffee for FREE from different roasters and processors all throughout the event so get ready for a one of a kind caffeine-high experience.

For more information about this event as well as other events of the Philippine Coffee Board, check out what’s brewing on their website.

Romantic Wedding Proposal Over Dinner.

There are surely lots of romantic ways to propose. But if you are a guy and can’t accept a “no” for an answer from the girl of your dreams, the best time to do it is with a full stomach or just before dinner. Here’s a sure ball set of tips on how to stage a romantic proposal dinner.

1. Think of the perfect spot to stage the proposal at. Of course, take into consideration your significant other’s interests and tastes. For example, if she’s a movie buff, holding it in a theater would surely be a hit. I know of one who created a special video of his proposal lines then it was shown right before a movie they’re about a to watch.

2. Plan her most favorite food for the engagement meal. This is actually a common sense not unless you want to spoil her mood and the proposal consequently.

3. Have someone serve the dinner, that is, if you aren’t a great cook. Cooking and serving it by yourself makes the dinner even more special.

4. Set the mood with proper lighting. Line up her pathway or your dinner space with tea light candles and rose petals.

5. Music sets the mood to the highest romantic level.

6. Plan where to keep the ring prior the proposal. It may be served on a silver tray at the end of the meal or for some, they make arrangements with the waiter to submerge the ring on the ice cream. Just be cautious and alert enough though to pop out the question as soon as she finds it or about to put a serving to her mouth.

7. Setup the Hidden Camera very carefully and discreetly. You wouldn’t want to send off hints about your impending proposal or leave her confused and wondering what the video documentation is all about.

8. Rehearse what you will say in your proposal. Or better yet, just be yourself so you don’t stutter and say the darnest thing that could spoil the proposal.

CDO Samba Promo – Win an iPod Touch

If you are residing in the Philippines and want to have a new iPod Touch (who doesn’t?), here’s an online contest that you might want to join.

CDO Samba Promo
Join the CDO Samba Promo by simply registering on their site to stand a chance to win a 2nd Generation iPod Touch 16GB in the raffle to be held on November 6, 2009.

Promo period is from October 5 – November 5, 2009.

Double your chances of winning by becoming a fan in CDO Samba’s Facebook Fan Page; and sending Facebook friend invites to join the promo.

For the complete mechanics, check out their site.

I just registered and became a Facebook fan.  I’m now crossing my fingers and hoping that I’d be among the lucky ones to win an iPod Touch.

Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire

I just heard a Christmas carol over the airwaves and I just could feel how the Yuletide season is seemingly peeping from not afar. Christmas season is my favorite holiday of the year. I love everything about the season from the Christmas rush to gift-giving, to yuletide foods, to christmas out of town vacations. I’m feeling lucky because the place we’ll be staying in Baguio on December has a wood stove elegantly designed as the firegalores.co.uk’s, we’ll finally get to experience roasting chestnuts while singing “chestnuts roasting on an open fire, Jack Frost nipping on your nose..