PAL Way-To-Go Fares (Part 2)

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Way-To-Go Promo Fares Part 2


I was looking for honeymoon destinations and while trying to check flight prices, I came across this information. This might be interesting for those who want to go on vacation in the next few months.



Book and Buy at http://www.philippineairlines.com/ or call PAL Reservations Manila at (632) 855-8888, Cebu (032) 340-0191, Davao at (082) 222-0366, or your travel agent. Sale and ticketing 27 July to 03 August 2009 only.



Travel Period
Regional and Honolulu - 16 August to 30 September 2009
USA and CANADA - 01 September to 25 December 2009




Below are the applicable routes and ALL-IN fares in USD. Prices listed below are inclusive of surcharges, and exclusive of government taxes and other fees that are to be collected at the airport.


APPLICATION:
Roundtrip Economy Class all-in fares. Inclusive of inflight meals, snacks, beverages, entertainment, blankets and newspapers. Spacious legroom and seating comfort.

TRAVEL VALIDITY:
-USA and CANADA Valid for outbound travel from 01 September through 25 December 2009.From MANILA/CEBU/DAVAO to LOS ANGELES/SAN FRANCISCO, outbound travel is permitted on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays only From MANILA/CEBU/DAVAO to LAS VEGAS/VANCOUVER, outbound travel is permitted on any day

-REGIONALS AND HONOLULU Valid for outbound travel from 16 August through 30 September 2009.

MINIMUM/MAXIMUM STAY:
-USA and CANADA Minimum 3 days and maximum 21 days stay
-AUSTRALIA Minimum 2 days and maximum 21 days stay
-REGIONALS Minimum 2 days and maximum 8 days stay

SALES RESTRICTIONS:
Tickets must be issued on or after 27 July 2009 and on or before 03 August 2009.

RESERVATIONS, PAYMENT AND TICKETING:
-Tickets must be issued 72 hours after confirmed reservations. For reservations made and confirmed on 03 August 2009, tickets must be issued within the same day.
-Changes are not permitted. Rebooking/rerouting/reissuance/upgrading/endorsement/combination are not permitted
-No extension of validity
-Non refundable. Surcharges attached to this fare are likewise non-refundable. Government taxes are refundable subject to applicable Refund Service Fee
-No child/infant discount

MISCELLANEOUS PROVISION:
Not eligible to earn Miles with PAL's Mabuhay Miles

Please visit the link below for more details!http://www.philippineairlines.com/fares_and_promos/special_promos/other_promos/waytogofarespromopartII/way_to_go_promo_fares_part_2.jsp

Bankers' Buffet + Makati Shang Promos!

There's a promo right now for local bankers: Dine at Circles and get 100% INTEREST rate on your food bill spending. Basically, if you're a local bank employee, you get a voucher for 100% of the total food spent! Pretty sweet deal for bankers.

Tell your banker friends to treat you out, those cheapskates!

Here's a link to the slides: here

Also, some more promos even for non-bankers included in those slides so non-bankers, check them out as well!

Oven Lovin' Update

Hey Manilenos and Manilenas! Remember the call to exhibitors for Oven Lovin? Now Here's the official invite and the details for the event :) I personally cannot wait for this fair as I love cake and sweets too much for my own good :P

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Behrouz Chelo Kabab Kobideh - The Best in the Metro (so far!)

I can't review Behrouz in its entirety because the past 5 odd years or so that the hubby and I have been to this restaurant, we only order one dish, the Chelo Kabab Kobideh and have never ordered any other.

The Kobideh is made of ground Beef skewered into flat metal strips and grilled to toasty goodness. The dish is served with two small grilled tomatoes and a big serving of basmati rice with butter. The rice is heaped over the two strips of ground beef in a big plate or a bandehado in Tagalog. We ordered one for each of us, ate in silence, grunting only in agreement, the only words being exchanged were "the best", "sarap talaga" and "old reliable".

The Kobideh is never complete without dipping it and the tomatoes in Behrouz's garlic and chili sauce. Each spoonful is always packed with rice, beef and tomato. The charred beef, the juicy tomato and the yummy yummy rice is heavenly. (I stay away from rice on most days but a Behrouz trip is never complete without Basmati)

garlic + chili

then stir

then scoop

We used to frequent the Behrouz in Libis which closed down for unknown reasons. We then moved to Behrouz in Wilson, Greenhills and used to eat Kobidehs there if our MBA classes were at DLS Greenhills (during those times it was either Behrouz or Hot Rocks). Imagine how happy we were when Behrouz Metrowalk opened and it has become our old reliable since then.

We've gone through 3 menu changes and price increases but the Kobideh is comfort food for me and the hubby. The charred beef with its toasted edges, the juicy grilled tomatoes and scooping the loose, long grained and fragrant basmati rice is an experience we seek every now and then. You've got your beef, your veggies and your carbs, it's a complete meal in itself. The total bill cost us Php 620 with drinks. Pretty pricy considering that other Persian restaurants offer less. But in our experience, the more popular chains of Persian restaurants sacrifice quality for price and use ordinary rice instead of Basmati. You really can't beat the combo Behrouz has.

Hopefully, the next time we go to Behrouz, we'll get to try some other items in their menu. But as of now, take our word for it, their Kobideh is a classic!

Behrouz Persian Cuisine

Metrowalk, Ortigas, Pasig City 687.27.59

213 Wilson St, San Juan, Metro Manila 723.833.38/725.3340

63 Scout Tobias St., Timog Ave., Q.C. 374.3242

One order of Kobideh is Php 270, Canned Soda is Php 40

Calling All Baking Enthusiasts! Oven Lovin' Needs You

Do you need a venue to show off your mad baking skills?

Join the Oven Lovin' Baker's Fair on
Aug.15-16 and 29-30
Christ the king, Greenmeadows

Please contact Bobbie Sta. Maria at 0918.928.5878
or
Raoul Duque at 0922.872.6853 for more details

Beijing Foot Spa

a MUST-TRY foot spa!

I love the feeling of being in a spa. When you step inside, you're already relaxing with every breath that you take.

For those of you who have been to Wensha Spa in Manila, there is another alternative if you are from the north. You can visit Beijing Foor Spa at Silver City (The building of Starbucks near Tiendesitas).

Being spa addicts, we always wanted to try this place. They offer just foot and back massages. The rates are the following:

Foot Massage - Php 500.00 for 70 minutes (this includes head, hand and shoulder massages)

Back Massage - Php 350.00 for 30 minutes

Foot and Back Massage - Php 850.00 for 1 hour and 40 minutes

They also have a promo that when you visit and schedule a session from Monday to Friday from 1:00 - 5:00 PM, you get 20% off. It's a pity that we have work during those days.

Can you imagine having a 1 hour and 40 minute massage! EJ and I tried the Foot Massage. This was for 70 minutes. When we entered the spa, we were asked to wait for just a few minutes. After a while, a lady came and guided us to a room full off lazy boy type chairs with mini televisions (just like the ones at Wensha Spa). That time, we had the room to ourselves. The room had around 10 chairs. EJ and I turned off the TVs we had. We were so tired and just wanted to relax.

The ladies who were to do our massages came in with a bucket of warm water where we had to soak our feet. They gave us the head, hand and shoulder massages while our feet were soaked. After which, they took out the pails of water and gave us two weird feeling hot packs. One was placed at the back of our necks, and the other was placed in our lower back. The one at my back felt good but the one at the back of my neck felt a little uncomfortable. You can take it out though if you feel uncomfortable.

Our foot massage started. It was really good. The ladies were trained well. If they claim that they have chinese trained therapists, well, that Chinese was a good teacher. I practically fell asleep, and so did EJ.

When we woke up, it was around 1 hour and 30 minutes after, more than the 70 minutes promised! This was really worth our time. I would recommend this to everyone who reads this review. I already started recommending it to my family.

For contact details:

Beijing Foot Spa

Branches at:

3rd Floor 008 Silver City, Frontera Verde Drive corner Julia Vargas St. Ortigas, Pasig City

Cell #: 0922-8338902

Tel#: 7061678

#1 Riverside St. Corner Santolan Road, Blueridge Quezon City

Cell#: 0922-8338903

Tel#: 9129744

Level 3 IL Terrazzo Tomas Morato cor. Sct. Madrinan Quezon City

Cell#: 0922-8338909

Tel#: 4016810

They are open daily from 1PM to 12MN.

Conned! Yahoo Messenger Scam

This post may be a bit different from the posts here in the blog but I do feel that this is still in keeping with our purpose of informing people about what's out there in our fair city (or the world wide web as this case may be). I promised to blog about what happened to me and my husband to warn everyone of the current modus operandi of hackers using Yahoo Messenger (YM).

Just this Tuesday, my husband was scammed by a hacker posing as his cousin via YM. His "cousin" asked for 50 pcs of 500 peso Globe Prepaid Cards. My hubby did not think too much of this request since he helped his cousin with her wedding planning this year. He paid for and contacted suppliers for her wedding here in Manila as she was based in the US. He thought that this was just one of those requests. His "cousin" said that she will be selling the cards to friends in the US and will give my husband his money back with a small profit. With the help of another cousin, my husband bought the cards scratched the numbers and encoded them in excel.

As he was doing that, I was on facebook and my hubby's cousin has just updated her status saying that her YM account was hacked and that the person responsible is asking for Php 25,000 load. Apparently my husband was not the only cousin the hacker was hoping to fool that day. I told my hubby about this and it's only then that everything made sense to him. He then started asking personal questions that only his real cousin knew about. The hacker would log in and then log off, blaming his/her internet connection. In short the hacker never answered any of the questions.

My husband lost Php 500 that day but he could have lost a lot more, Php25,000 more to be exact. Facebook saved the day whereas YM failed.

We finally got to chat with the real cousin who promptly changed her account, her username and password. When she buzzed my husband she told him of a childhood prank they played on their neighbor involving a very large jackfruit as proof of ID. My hubby knew right away that his cousin was the real deal.

How was the real cousin's account hacked you may ask? She remembered that she was once buzzed by a friend who was based in Dubai. The friend gave her a link, asking her to check "kung ok ba webcam nya". Our cousin clicked the link and it took her to a site which she said most likely phished her account details. The hacker now had access to our cousin's profile and email addresses which the hacker could use for his/her scheme. The hacker also had access to emails, information from which he could use to strike up a conversation with the victim.

If you have YM and you've received messages about acai berry supplements and some other weird stuff, don't click the link. The link would either be a phishing site or a virus-laden website.

So we're now left with a lotta load to spare. We've alerted our officemates about this so that they'd be forewarned. Now, I'm blogging about this so that you'd also be alerted to this modus operandi.

It's very easy to let your guard down now given the many messaging sytems out there. But, like I've told my husband, there will always be scam artists out there no matter the time and medium.

Be careful out there!

Here's another blog entry of the YM Prepaid Card Scam

image sources: here and here

Earle's Delicatessen

The best sandwiches ever!




Ginger introduced me to Earle's Delicatessen recently, at their Wynsum Building branch (Ortigas). It's a stone's throw away from Strata 100, where we practice yoga, so it's very convenient.

I'll just get to the point -- they serve the best sandwiches. I have, so far, tried 3 flavors:

Meat Trio Sandwich

I ordered this on French Bread. The sandwiches are served cold which is perfect for the meat. The 3 kinds of meat complement each other (I'll look for the 3 kinds and update this post) really well. What pleases me the most though is how much meat there is in the sandwich. I mean, just look at that picture! This one does not disappoint and is sure to make for a heavy dinner.

Smoked Chicken Sandwich

Ginger ordered this one on Wheat Bread. This is Ginger's favorite sandwich. Again, the amount of meat does not disappoint. The meat is just the right amount of salty and, like the meat, the veggies are generously heaped on. I'm pretty sure the next time we're here, Ginger will order this again.

Capicollo Sandwich

This one is just full of capicollo ham. A slightly spicy ham that lends itself well to the tomatoes and pickles they include in the sandwich. Another really good sandwich!

We've been there a lot of times and we have NEVER been disappointed. The staff is nice and the place is very clean. The BEST thing about everything is how much these sandwiches cost -- they cost around P120 per sandwich. Yup, those huge sandwiches full of tasty tasty meat above are priced very very reasonably.

We're sure to come back again here really soon. I highly recommend this establishment.

Hmm... I think I wanna go there now... See you!

Locations:
G/F, The Columns Condo., Tower 2, 6821 Sen Gil Puyat Ave. Makati / (63 2) 900-3354
G/F, Alfresco Area, South Supermarket, Westgate Center, Alabang / (63 2) 771-3354
G/F, Wynsum Corporate Plaza, Ruby Rd, Ortigas