Let's All Say YES to CHANGE!

Everyone would love to have a better future for ourselves and our country specially these days. But, everything won't happen in just a blink of an eye if you won't dare to change. Changing for the betterment of one's self, one's family, one's community, one's nation and our world is any youth's goal to be achieved, and this CHANGE for the good of many is what SEACHANGE is all about.

SEACHANGE is an ongoing movement connecting Southeast Asian Youths to projects, organizations, businesses, and leaders who can help them with the change they want to see. They are inviting youths ages between 18 to 35 to join and register to have a chance to win free tickets to the most awaited event. It costs $2,500 which include a plane ticket, hotel accomodation and food! And this is the reasons why I am inviting you to join and be a part of this Youth Engagement Summit 2009 as well! =D

YES2009 will be happening on November 16 and 17 in Kuala Lhumpur. You can even have a chance to meet global icons such as the co-founder of twitter - Biz Stone, founder of live Aid and Lives - Sir Bob Geldof, director of Market Development at Facebook - Randi Zuckerberg, Hollywood megastar, movie director and television host - Amitabh Bachchan, former managing director of the World Bank - Dr. Mamphela Ramphele, Malaysian Entrepreneur and founder of Tune Air - Dato Seri Tony Fernandes, the ultimate survivor and inspirational speaker - Nando Parrado, Russian living legend of chess - Garry Kasparov and not but not the least, noted former presenter of CNN and CNBC - Lorraine Hahn.




So what are you waiting for? Let us all join now and be a part of the SEACHANGE Movement and the first ever Youth Engagement Summit in South East Asia. Let us all be the reason to change. Let's all say YES to CHANGE!


You can click H E R E to join the YES2009 Summit and know more infos as well. Goodluck to us, blogger friends! Don't be afraid to aim and try your luck, CHANGE may happen if you just dare and hope! Cheers! =D Read More on this Mumbling...

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My Pizzahut Baby

I was browsing on my picture folder to delete some unwanted photos when I came to realized that Jian is actually a Pizzahut baby! Wanna know why?!hehe

Here are some chosen shots of Jian growing up with Pizzahut! =D

1st bonding moment with his uncles!

One fine Sunday, our Family day, after mass.

Halloween 2008.

Jian's treat to his Papa and Mama's 50th birthday!

A Family Day escapade again.

Sigh... Jian's growing up so fast. I was looking at him now while he's asleep, and it seems like yesterday when I was wishing to have a straight 5-6 hours of sleep for him and myself.hehe My wish actually did came true after 6 months and now, I can even take a nap in the afternoon with him. Oh, next thing I know, I'll be sending him off to school, leaving me waiting for him to arrive home. Aw, I hope he would still love to be kissed and hugged forever. Haay...I Love you, son! Read More on this Mumbling...

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Please Vote For My Baby Jian Ezekiel

Huggies is launching its 2010 calendar later this year and they will be choosing 12 lucky babies to be featured as their talents. The 12 babies with the highest scores will receive 3 months’ worth of Huggies Jeans, and 3 months’ worth of Huggies Dry Pants. Yes, my 20 months old baby is joining and we really need your votes and support. All you have to do is to register, if you're ain't a member yet, to Huggies' Website and click the button below:


After clicking that button on their site, you can then search for my son, Jian Ezekiel D. Wagan and vote for him. You can actually vote everyday. We're hoping you can cast your votes now as we need a minimum of 150 votes to be counted in. The contest also runs until November 15, 2009 only but still we are positive that our blogger friends will help us out on this. :)

It doesn't matter if you're still single, or you're a guy whenever you register. Huggies.ph only wants everyone who will be voting to be registered.

Thanks a lot in advance, guys! Hope we can make it on the top 12! =D

If you've cast your votes to my son already, please feel free to leave a link of your blog at the bottom for me to personally thank you. This could also be a link-love to your site that would surely gain visits too. wink* Thanks again and don't forget to register and vote for my little Jian Ezekiel! =D

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COMELEC Calamba's Very Poor Processing

More and more Calambenos are piling up in front of COMELEC-Calamba office

Me and hubby went a few weeks ago to our local COMELEC office here in Calamba. We were actually expecting a swift registration and change status processes but we were so disappointed that it's way too far different from our expectation. We were there at 10 in the morning and went home at 3pm. Tsk!

A lot of blogs that I've read talked about how easy it was to register, change status and even file a transfer of localities in Manila, but I just can't figured it out why it so happen that here in our small town of Calamba Laguna, they don't have an effective system like those COMELEC offices in NCR (which actually has more barangays to accommodate).

Waiting for our stubs to be released... It takes forever!

I actually had 2 days of very bad experiences on it. The first day was when we arrived at around 2 in the afternoon, the guard told us to come back the next day at 6am to get "a numbered ticket". Having our baby along with us was a hassle, but we shrug our shoulders off deciding that we shouldn't bring him the following day. Next day came and we arrived at 10 in the morning since government offices open at 8, but unfortunately the guard informed us that the 1-70 numbered tickets were all given out just before we arrived so he advised us to come back again the next day! It was such a torment since me and hubby took a day off just to process this community obligation so I told the guard that we have to fix everything that day since we have work obligations too and we cant be absent for another day. After my fast pissed off litany, the guard told us to come back at 1pm to have the second batch of numbered tickets to be distributed! What the heck?? If I did not told him the bother it costs us, he will not tell us the best thing to do! What are these guards thinking?!

So as we waited in line, we discovered a lot of people more pissed off than us. Some complained about individuals who've got numbers 69 and 70 done already just before numbers 50 onwards were called. Some left killer stares on students who came before clock strikes 12noon and finished registering after 5mins just because someone they knew gave their forms inside the COMELEC office and off they went in for their turn. Some came from Manila and wishes to transfer but it took them forever because of someone who gets forms of certain groups of boys and pass it inside the COMELEC office so they will be finished off first making the numbered tickets so useless. Every person trying to follow the rules that the COMELEC comittee in Calamba imposed were actually the one sacrificing a LOT and those who tried the ever popular PALAKASAN SYSTEM are making its statement in their office. It will surely get you thinking whether this local registration can really do something in the voting process in 2010. Baka harap-harapang dayaan din 'to... Hmp!

There was even a man who asked a woman COMELEC officer humbly about his voting situation and that officer shouted at the man which made everyone of us there shocked. Tsk, she's shouldn't be in an MASA office without patience and being considerate to a lowly looking person. She maybe thinking that he was a crazy-old man but he really wasn't. I actually tried to talk to him too. Too bad for a COMELEC officer to be that judgmental! Grr! What are these COMELEC employees in-charged thinking?!

Can't you see they're vexed too?! Haay!

More and more people I knew did not even bother to come back and register nor changed their status because of this bulok na sistema of COMELEC officials in Calamba. If and only if they were organized enough to follow their numbered tickets and they assigned persons appropriately, maybe they could be more productive, structured and loved too by the locals (just the same as the bloggers I've met from Manila). You can ask anyone who tried to process their registration here in Calamba, and you'll surely get a lot of different pitiful and resentful stories. I wonder who will blew these persons nerves for them to do what is right and what they are supposed to do even if the registration will end just a few more days from now. Read More on this Mumbling...

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Johnson's Mommy and Me Click

Today was really tiring (but fulfilling) because of all the household chores I did. Our house-help went to Manila with her mom already and I'm currently needing a new nanny/house-help for my kid. Too bad for us, a family of asthmatic, we really need help for all the household chores most of the time. Anyway, since I'm quite drained, I asked Daddy Mike to write a post for me for the fun-filled activity we had at Festival Mall yesterday. I told him that I want to hear his side of story about the event we participated in. Oh, well, he's too busy to maintain his site, so I wasn't really sure if he'll give in to my request. Fortunately, he sweetly said YES.;)


Hello avid readers of Pinknote's Diary! This is a guest post from none other than the guy who took the photo above, haha. We'll I'm not really used to be mushy and all but when talking about the two very important people in my life, that is something I take whole-heartedly. We took this photo yesterday at Festival Mall, Alabang because we decided to have our usual day-out exclusively for the family - no work, no surfing the net, no blogging, just family and doing maintenance in the household.

Jian exerting all of his energy for fun!=D

Getting back to the story, Johnson 'n Johnson held a "mom & baby" event showcasing their baby care products: Baby Milk Bath & Baby Milk Lotion. Our kid was very happy playing in the event, especially where the bubble machine was. He always liked popping bubbles - he stood in front of the bubble machine itself ready to pop all the bubbles that sprung out of it! I really enjoyed watching him play as Mommy looked around (to get some freebies, haha). They were promoting that a mom and her baby can have a great bonding moment while taking a bath as portrayed in their short puppet show. Yes that is true - I see that everytime she gives Jian a bath, and sometimes I am also included in their bonding moments. True enough, it really gives you great joy seeing your wife and son happily playing in your home. She asked me to come with them in the picture above, but I insisted it should be a "mommy and me (baby)" moment for them. They are my pride and joy. I'm no writer of sorts but when she asked me to write this blog entry, I didn't think about the activities that happened in the event like the basketball shooting, or the details of the puppet show, or the photo shoot for mommies and babies; what entered my mind when I saw that picture was their out-of-the-blue bonding moments when they are together.


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PLDT My DSL Watch-Pad Lauch at Mag.Net Cafe 2009

PLDT launched its very first bloggers event last Thursday, October 15 at Mag.Net Cafe, Bonifacio High Street. At first I was hesitant to attend since I am not a fan of Gimik Night Life whatsoever, but when Nuffnang teased us bloggers of the 1G USB flash drive wristband we'll be getting, Oh, we just need to go!=D

Ain’t that nice? - images from Nuffnang

Nuffnang and PLDT teams have been so nice that bloggers, specially me and hubby, are so thankful for their hospitality and friendliness. I just couldn't miss how they treat bloggers well and that's the bestest thing ever! =)

Food was great and over-flowing, so to speak!=D
We had fun trying out PLDT My DSL Watch-Pad too!
(Thank God we brought lappy along with us...)

We really had a blast! The star-studded event made us high and we just can't help to take a pic with them. Too bad we haven't got a chance to hang out with Amber Davis and Marcus Evans, but they were awesome too just like Rian Ramos and Jay Durias. Well, as someone who plays in a band in our later years, (haha) me and hubby got more starstruck with Jay. His voice was nothing compare in what we're hearing on our radio and TV, he's much better singing live!

Chillin with the Southborder

Rian is way too pretty in person! Her TV shows don't do her justice..ahaha

At 9pm, the show ended with a contest instruction from PLDT and Nuffnang for everyone to have a chance to win a brand new Lenovo Laptop! We so much enjoyed trying out PLDT's Watch-Pad that we did not hear everything well.hehe Anyway, here's what we've got home from the event!

Hey! We've got caps, USB wristbands, ID laces
and PLDT Watch-Pad Installers!

Who said only the two of us had fun???=D

Congrats PLDT for a very successful 1st ever bloggers event! We're looking forward for your next gig with us! Woot Wooot!=D

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Philippine Blog Awards Night 2009 at PETA Theater QC

After receiving an email and being ecstatic that The Philippine Blog Awards 2009 made Pink Notes Diary an official nominee for the event, I cannot hold on to the excitement when Sis Chikletz of My Orange Vest and Sis Niqabi informed me that I also made it as one of the Finalist! After bottling up my happiness because of Typhoon Ondoy's Aftermath in our place, I burst it all up when everything is falling on the right places, then on after.;D So, as me and my hubby attended the Philippine Blog Awards 2009 at PETA Theater, last October 9, at around 6pm we were not actually assuming and expecting to win, since my competitors are a lot more veteran in the blogosphere compared to me. But still, I'm so proud for being on the list and becoming part of the 2009 Philippine Blog Awards Night. Here's actually a video clip of the announcement for the Special Award: Blog Design Category!

Me and my hubby just can't contain the excitement on ourselves
seeing Pink Notes Diary on the big Screen!haha

Congrats to Mr. Site Guy! =D

Eventhough we haven't tasted how delicious the food were (because upon arriving, we just don't know where it was located and if it is self-service or when are all the people will be taking their dinner), we are still loving the fun night we had!

(L-R)
Pinknote taking a pose from the entrance door!
Daddy Mike at the Summit media booth getting his free magazines too!

And of course, I won't forget to share with you the freebies me and my hubby got!=D

Thanks to Minglr for the free internet usage and ballpens...
Summit Media for the Yummy mag...
Mozilla Firefox for the baller ID, tattoos, stickers, button pins and ID laces...
Clique for our lovely photo booth pic...
and Nokia - Ovi for the sales talk!hehe
(there were still lotsa sponsors but we've got nothing from them - Out of Stock!)

As we made a swift escape after the program ended at 10pm, we dropped by at our all-time favorite resto, Pizzahut Bistro in Ayala to grab some food for dinner. Oh, we were actually hungry but we decided to eat there just to be sure we'll still have passanger buses to take us home.

1 hungry couple at Pizzahut Bistro, Ayala! haha

We've got lots of fun! Maybe next time me ang hubby will be attending the PBA and come along both as a Finalist! Hihi =D See you again next year!^^ Kudos to the people behind the event!

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