Why Investing in Beauty is the First Step to Success

I agree with this article. One should solely trust medical experts when it comes to investing in beauty treatments. Anything less might end up in disastrous results. So make sure to consult only dermatologists who are members of PDS! 

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Investing requires the right timing, management, and strategic planning. Still, investing remains risky for some. 

What if there’s an investment where you never lose, an investment that gives you more than an ROI, an investment that gives you the power to become better and achieve greater. Would you take the risk? 

Investing in Beauty is a bet you can’t lose, not when your end goal is Success. You’ve hustled and you’ve hustled hard, now that you’re on your way to the top all eyes will be focused on you---leaving no room for mistakes. Not even a blemish.

You’ve invested in your education, experience, shoes, bags, and everything that make up your power look. The next step, earning the power and confidence to face and shape any situation the real world gives you---and only real experts understand this. 

That’s why Philippine Dermatological Society, the Real Beauty Expert recently launched its newest campaign that supports and empowers the go getters of today. 

Philippine Dermatological Society is the only specialty society for dermatology accredited and recognized by the Philippine College of Physicians (PCP) and the Philippine Medical Association (PMA) making them Real Experts in Beauty. 

Unlike other beauty institutions, PDS doctors undergo three years of training in PDS accredited hospitals making them skin, hair, and nail experts. Aside from knowledge, PDS doctors are also well-quipped with the technology and skill to make everyone beautiful from the face to the body. Only Real Beauty Experts can give the best care and treatment when it comes to key issues and concerns of women such as wrinkles and sagging skin, pigmentation, and body and face contouring. With the message #BeautyIsPower, PDS assures to give you nothing but the best expert care as you make your way to success. 

Investing in beauty makes a huge difference in your life, personally and professionally. It shapes the way you interact with others and it reflects the opinion you have of yourself. Success is decided by how much you’re willing to invest in yourself, so go ahead, take the leverage of Beauty, invest now, trust  PDS, the #DermAuthority. 

Have a Flavorful Holy Week with Mega Creations!

Need some meatless recipes for Holy Week? Here are a few easy ones!

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Holy Week is fast approaching and mothers (and fathers, too!) are rummaging through old recipe books to come up with the best Holy Week menu for the family. Fear not as Mega Creations Premium Sardines is here to help you with some of the most mouth-watering ideas this Semana Santa and cooking may not be required. 

Because every can and bottle of Mega Creations Premium Sardines is made with special premium oil sauces and ingredients prepared with the freshest sardines, you can prepare Cucumber Tomato with Sardines, Aioli and Dill as easy as 1-2-3. With this dish, you would need a can of Mega Creations Natural Oil Sardines, 10 1/8 inch thick slices of cucumber, 10 1/8 inch thick slices of tomato, 100 grams of mayonnaise, 1.5 tablespoon of chopped garlic, and salt and pepper to taste. 

To make the aioli, mix the garlic, dill, and mayonnaise, drizzle with sardine oil (50 ml) and season with salt and pepper in a bowl then place the mixture in a chiller. After being chilled, you can already prepare the base which is the tomato and on top of it is the cucumber followed by a whole sardine straight from the can! Top it with aioli and merienda is served! 

Mega Creations Premium Sardines guarantees the freshness and natural goodness of sardines in every can and bottle with the 12-hour catching-to-canning trademark of Mega Sardines that is perfect for every meticulous mom and dad who only want to serve the best for their family. 

Not only that, Mega Creations Premium Sardines also has different variants that families can choose from.  The Natural Oil and Spanish Style variants in cans; and the Corn Oil, Olive Oil, Tomato Sauce in Oil, and Premium Spanish Style in shrink-wrapped bottles are sure to give flavor to any cuisines mothers and fathers choose to serve their families, but subtle enough to compliment the taste of other ingredients in dishes. 

For lunch and dinner, the Mega Creations Premium Sardines in Spanish Style is perfect for a Sardines and Vegetable Curry and Sardines Gising-Gising, respectively. 

For the Sardines and Vegetable Curry, sauté half sliced red onions, three cloves of garlic, and half an inch knob of grated ginger until fragrant. Add half a cup of cup each of carrot, eggplant, sayote, cauliflower and bell pepper and continue cooking for two minutes. Add one cup of coconut milk, and simmer for five minutes, uncovered. Season it with two teaspoons of shrimp paste and one tablespoon of curry powder. Add the two cans of two cans Mega Creations Premium Sardines in Spanish Style, deboned and filleted, and let it simmer for not more than 5 minutes so the vegetables won’t get mushy. Add a tablespoon of lime juice and you’re good to serve six happy tummies for lunch! 

For the Sardine Gising-Gising, sauté one julienned red onion, four minced garlic cloves, and half a knob julienned ginger in one tablespoon of vegetable oil for 2-3 minutes. Add 200 grams of sliced kangkong stems and stir-fry. Add one cup of coconut milk or gata and half of lightly pounded sili and season it with one teaspoon of bagoong alamang. Mix in one can of deboned and flakes Mega Creations Premium Sardines in Spanish Style and the rest of the sili and let it simmer until done. A Mega cooking tip, be careful not to cover the pot after you poured in the coconut milk so it won’t curdle. 

With Mega Creations Premium Sardines, families will still be able to enjoy exquisitely tasting, mouth-watering dishes with less time in the kitchen and more time to reflect and focus on their spiritual health this Lenten season.  

Celebrate The Best of Summer with Greenwich and Your Barkada!

Whether your barkada is composed of family members of best friends, there's always a good reason to celebrate get-togethers with a Greenwich Pizza!

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It’s everyone’s most-awaited season! With the heat cranking up, there’s no doubt summer is here! It’s time to get together and create new adventures with the barkada! Whether you’re visiting a theme park, going on a movie marathon, wakeboarding in Nuvali, taking a road trip, or even camping out on a beach, any experience is always made better when shared with your barkada!

Having to pick from all the different activities to do this summer may be quite challenging, but the best of friends will always make sure that the whole barkada gets the best experience and makes the best choices because they know you deserve it! That’s why they hang out at the pizza joint with the cheesiest and meatiest pizzas around, Greenwich Pizza! 

Be that best friend in the barkada and kick off summer with Greenwich’s best-tasting #HawaiianOverload pizza! Topped with the perfect blend of meaty slices of ham, sweet and juicy pineapple and finished with slices of green bell pepper, #pinaghaHawaiian talaga ito ng barkada! This delightfully tasty and cheesy pizza will complement all the different summer activities you and your barkada have lined up for this season.

You can begin your summer activities by bringing your barkada over to the Greenwich Hawaiian Overload Combi Van that will be going around the metro all throughout this month! Catch it in SM Megamall on March 19 and Festival Supermall on March 20!

In the Greenwich Hawaiian Overload Combi Van, you may start your #PinaghaHawaiian challenges for a chance to win different prizes! Three simple steps:

1. Simply register and claim your FREE freshly made Greenwich #HawaiianOverload Pizza from our Pizza Masters.

2. Take that perfect #groupfie with the Greenwich #HawaiianOverload Pizza Combi Van, post it on Twitter and Instagram and tag @greenwichpizza with the hashtags #PinaghaHawaiian and #HawaiianOverload. 

3. Complete the challenges within the given time at the different counters and win even more prizes!

And as overloaded as it could be, get additional Greenwich treats by participating in our Greenwich Bloggerkada Activity! You and your friends should add the hashtag of the different Bloggerkadas on your posts for a chance to win Php 5,000 worth of Greenwich GCs from the winning Bloggerkada! The Bloggerkada will win by having the most number of hashtags used! So lets make this a barkada effort!

Start the summer right, watch out for more on March 29. Share the best summer experience with your barkada with the best tasting #HawaiianOverload Pizza na #PinaghaHawaiian ng buong barkada!

Follow where the combi van will be next and get to know the different bloggerkadas by liking and following the Greenwich barkada on Facebook and @greenwichpizza on Twitter and Instagram for more updates.

Summer Food Fiesta Open to Exhibitors

Restaurant and food brand owners! If you need more product exposure, this would be a great venue to expand your brand awareness' reach!

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Ad Asia Conventions & Exhibitions International Corporation recently announced their premiere project, the Philippine Summer Food Fiesta. Scheduled for April 15 to 17, 2016 at the Philippine Trade Training Center, it aims to provide a promotional platform for food and beverage businesses, from manufacturers and food franchisors to restaurants, caterers, and retailers. Neighboring countries within the Southeast Asian region will also have representatives at the event.   

“Our country’s culinary landscape has never been more exciting, with the Philippine Summer Food Fiesta, we hope to encourage entrepreneurs to reach out to their market and interact with the other members of the industry, this is an opportunity for them to build their brand,” said Ad Asia President Kenneth Jude R. Fresnoza. “For the consumers, we see the fair as a venue for unique finds and special deals that they will not normally have access to in retail establishments,” he continued. 

A program will run alongside the selling activities. Lined up are cooking demonstrations from the different exhibitors and guest celebrity chefs. A variety of competitions will also be staged for enthusiasts and professionals. There will be an ice cream scooping challenge, a beer drinking match, and a bartending contest, among others. Also on the agenda are talks on trends and forecasts. “We would also like this assembly of experts to cultivate an exchange of information and best practices,” Fresnoza added. These will be open to all visitors, free of charge. To run from 10am to 7pm for three days, the Philippine Summer Food Fiesta’s number of expected guests is pegged at 6,000. 

The 2,290-square meters of space at the Philippine Trade Training Center (located at the corner of Gil Puyat Avenue and Roxas Boulevard, near the World Trade Center) can accommodate 150 booths of various configurations, the smallest of which is at 2 x 2 meters. Discounts are available for those who will book early. Interested parties can inquire at Ad Asia CEIC through (+632) 5797185 and (+632) 5797184 or inquiry@adasiaevents.com. For more information, you may visit their website at http://adasiaevents.com/philippine-summer-food-fiesta/.

FitKids - The Active Summer Camp 2016 is Now Open for Enrollments!

Hey, moms and dads! If you’re looking for meaningful activities for your kids this summer, here’s a great option!

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This May 2016, FitKids is launching their fitness summer camp for kids in the Philippines for the second time!

FitKids – The Active Summer Camp is a 8-session fitness camp designed especially for kids 3 to 8 years old. The goal is to improve children’s level of physical fitness through fun activities and, at the same time, to educate them on nutrition and the importance of having an active lifestyle at an early age. 

All activities are designed for fun and participation, and are non-threatening and tailored to the skill and fitness level of each child. The camp activities include arts and crafts, yoga, dance, healthy baking and juicing, light boxing, HIIT (High-Intensity Interval Training), Zumba, and basketball. 

According to Anna Escalona, Founder and President of FitKids, “We have successfully launched this for the first time last year in April 2015, thanks to all the partners, parents, and children who joined us in this vocation.” This year’s activities will be conducted in partnership with Urban Ashram Yoga, HIIT Philippines, and Russell Hobbs to create richer experiences for the campers.

FitKids will be held on the following dates: May 11, 13, 16, 18, 20, 23, 25, 27, 2016. Participants have the option to attend morning (9AM to 12PM) or afternoon (1PM to 4PM) classes. 

Venue will be at Cabana 1, Valle Verde 5, Pasig City. Early bird rate is P8,000.00 (until March 18 only) while regular rate is P8,500.00. For more information, please contact 0917-5138377 or 0943-7044117 and email reservations to fitkidsph@gmail.com.

Enjoy Guilt-Free Indulgence with Shakey’s Flavors of the Mediterranean

Just in time for Lent, everyone’s all-time favorite casual dining restaurant introduces new sumptuous meatless dishes!

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Celebrating good times and great memories, everyone’s all-time favorite casual dining restaurant, Shakey’s makes it easier to enjoy guilt-free indulgence with a new line of satisfying, meatless dishes - Flavors of the Mediterranean.

Mediterranean Tuna Pasta

Taking inspiration from the fresh greenery and sea fare abundant in the region, the new line brings together two new tasty dishes with one of Shakey’s best-selling salads to create flavors that Filipinos will surely love. 

Shakey’s Flavors of the Mediterranean is composed of the Mediterranean Tuna Pasta, a light oil-based pasta dish served with generous helpings of chunky tuna, fresh tomatoes, black olives and crumbled imported feta cheese, the Grilled Vegetable Pizza, a simple yet tasty all-vegetable dish with fresh garlic bits, caramelized onion and fire roasted eggplant, zucchini and red bell peppers, and the Greek Salad, a classic Shakey’s salad that makes use of crisp garden fresh lettuce, tomatoes, cucumber, black olives, salami slices and feta cheese topped with sweet-tangy dressing.

Grilled Vegetable Pasta

It has always been Shakey’s’ vision to provide Guests with the most memorable dining experiences at the best prices. The new Flavors of the Mediterranean dishes are light, yet filling, and are made from only the freshest ingredients, perfect for those who are looking for healthier options and are conscious of their food intake.

The Mediterranean Tuna Pasta can be ordered at P195, on a single-serve basis only, while pizza aficionados can enjoy the Grilled Vegetable Pizza starting at P220.

Greek Salad

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