A Sweet Treat from Krispy Kreme

Last week, me and hubby signed up for Krispy Kreme's Sweetest Friend promo on FB. We registered, shared the good news to 5 friends and waited for our sweetest gift vouchers.

Last Wednesday, Dec.19, hubby and I claimed our free treats from Krispy Kreme Greenhills.

They just took a photo of us with the voucher and the treats and poof! We enjoyed our free donuts and coffee!

Thank you, Krispy Kreme!

Lunch 101: Sarciadong Tilapia

Hubby and I are starting a less pork-chicken-beef diet. Healthy living drama. Haha. So I decided to cook fish sarciado one weekend lunch. Want to cook yours, too? Here's how:

Ingredients:
4 cloves Garlic
5 medium sized Tomatoes
1 medium sized onion
1 egg
1 and half tilapia ( i hate left overs so I cooked just enough serving for three heads)
Flour
Salt
Pepper














1. Fry flour covered tilapia then set aside.








2. Saute garlic, onion and tomatoes. Season to taste.








3. When the tomatoes seems done, put the egg and stir.








4. Pour it on top of your tilapia. Enjoy!














*if you want it more saucy, just add water while cooking the tomatoes.

Happy cooking and eating!

SM Stationery's Free Gift Coupon.

I just got my FREE COUPON today!

Around two weeks ago, I have completed SM Stationery's survey which entitled me to this free gift coupon. I honestly forgot about this already, until I got their email today. :-)



I hope something really useful will be given to me. Will claim it this week or the next.

Want to have your free gift coupon, too?

Just Like SM Stationery's FB Page, fill out the Customer Feedback Form and wait for your coupon to be sent on your email!

Thank you SM Stationery! :-)

Breakfast 101: Ampalaya Omelette

I love preparing food for my loved ones. Feels good when they appreciate the meal you've prepared for them. This morning, I made Ampalaya Omelette. Just experimented and it turned out yummy!

Ingredients:
1 small bitter melon (ampalaya) or 1/4 of the big one, cut into small & thin strips.
4 cloves garlic, minced
1 small onion
1 tomato
3 eggs, beaten and seasoned with salt
coconut oil







1. Saute garlic, add onion & tomato



















2. After 30 secs, add the ampalaya.







3. After 30 secs, add the eggs.







4. Fold. Serve with garlic rice. Yummy!







I know, this is not my best fold, sorry.

Perfect make your kids eat bitter melon. Our son suprisingly ate and enjoyed it! :-)

Customer Service: PLDT myDSL. The worst.

Two months ago, my fiance decided to transfer to another house near my place. With this, he thought of terminating his 10-year old PLDT account since he is already leaving the area and saw some reviews that transferring to another location will take some time -- really long time. But before he made a move for the termination, he thought of trying to request for transfer of location instead of cutting the subscription permanently. He's giving PLDT a chance to prove all negative reviews wrong. He also thought, "I've been a PLDT subscriber for 10 years, and there was never a problem." That was THEN.

April 12 of this year, he requested for transfer of location through the PLDT website. No reply. 

April 15 he transferred to his new place. 

April 16, he called 171 to follow up his request to transfer. The CSR said she will make a request for it and the processing usually takes 2 to 3 weeks before transfer will actually occur. She also asked us what type of transfer are we getting -- simultaneous, the service will not be cut and we will still be billed even if we're not using their service; and disconnect-reconnect, which will temporarily cut the service and reconnect it once transferred to the new location. Fiance asked the CSR which is faster, she said the SIMULTANEOUS. 

And because we are in a hurry, we opted for the simultaneous, believing that it was FASTER.

We've been calling 171 for a week for almost everyday to follow up. We're getting the same answer, "2 to 3 weeks pa po sir". I told fiance to stop calling 171 and just wait for 2 to 3 weeks and if nothing happens, that's the time to nag the CSRs again.

Come May 8, which is the start of the fourth week, we called 171 again and asked for an update. They said that the matter is already forwarded to the branch that is assigned to the area where fiance transferred. Asked when will the "real" transfer happen, "Sir/Ma'am, we can not give you a definite date because we are still waiting for a feedback from the technical team." OKAY. 

May 9, fiance finally decided to break up with PLDT. He called 171, requested for termination of subscription and applied for Globe Tattoo Broadband. :)

From then on, we've been calling them everyday to follow up. And guess what? The termination of subscription can not be processed because they still have to cancel the transfer of location request and we still have to pay P700+ because we still got billed for choosing the simultaneous transfer. 

171 is our everyday phone pal since then. Fiance got his Globe Tattoo Broadband connected, enjoyed his fast internet and landline plan while PLDT has not yet moved on from cancelling his request for transfer of location. Great!

May 18, finally! Oops, don't be too excited. Finally, the cancellation of transfer request has been processed! Okay, I know we are not done yet but hey, you've read the story right? Of all the requests we made, this is the first that they actually finished! Now we can move on to the termination of the account.

Been calling them again EVERYDAY for status update. And we've been getting same shits everyday. The account is still active and the request is still in process. We're trying to have it terminated the soonest time possible because we don't wanna get billed again and pay for something we haven't used.

June 4, I called, talked to a guy CSR, asked for an update, got same answer. I asked him, if we get billed again, are we supposed to pay? He said no. I answered, "so even if it would take you a year before the line gets terminated, we will no longer pay anything, right?" He said yes. End of conversation. 

June 11, (imagine, we called them everyday from May 18 to June 11. Grrr), fiance called 171. CSR Michelle got his call. When he asked about the status of the termination, she said that the request for termination was cancelled. There. The bomb exploded. He asked for another contact number where he could bring up this matter because 171 is no help. Unfortunately, the CSR said there was none but this 171. He almost threw the handset back to the unit. This. Is. War.

After an hour, I decided to call again 171. This time, it was me. John Frias got my call, I inquired, he made me wait for 3 or more minutes, got back to me and said that the line was already DISCONNECTED. He gave me a service order number, made it clear that we do not have to pay anything anymore, that if a bill comes, we'll just have to disregard it. Disconnected? But our old number is still ringing, I said. He said, "Ma'am, that's okay, you will no longer be billed for that" I asked him if we need to follow up or call 171 again. He said "NO." I said bye and thanks.

My take? The service is still active. They just decided to tell us that it has been disconnected to avoid further nagging. It may already be in process but they have not completed it yet. The lady told us the request was cancelled and this guy told me that our account has been terminated. The request was cancelled and after an hour, the account was already terminated?! That was fast! PLDT, you kidding me? Maybe because they know that the process will take years and they don't want to hear anything from us again that's why they released a statement that it has been permanently disconnected. 

I have read a lot of same reviews regarding PLDT. And this is just one of them. Very bad. If you're too happy and you wanted some stress? Call PLDT's 171. You'll never get disappointed. 

SM Business Center. More fun in getting NSO Birth Certificate.

After learning that I had my Philhealth data records wrong, I emailed Philhealth and they replied with an attachment of the form that I have to fill out plus the message that states the documents needed for the data correction. I need to bring a birth certificate.
I hate long lines. I hate going to government offices. But I hate paying too much for government documents even if it means lesser effort. Thank God for SM Business Centers.

Since SM Marikina is just a tricycle ride away from home, I went there one weekend to get a copy of my Birth Certificate. No long lines. At the entrance, I told the guard what I will be needing. He gave me two copies of a form that I have to fill out for my request to be processed. If you don't have the time to apply, you can also ask somebody to apply for you. Just don't forget to let your representative bring a valid ID and an authorization letter. :)

After finishing the form, I paid to the cashier a total of 160php for a copy of my birth certificate. 140php is for the birth certificate itself and the 20php is for the service fee. The request can be picked up after seven working days. If you are in no rush, this is a very convenient way of acquiring a copy of your birth certificate. But if you are really the busy type and you're willing to pay a higher price, you can go to http://nso.citizenservices.com.ph/ pay 330php per copy of your birth certificate and wait 2-3 days for your document to be delivered. :)

PhilHealth Wrong Entry

Our office building recently had a Philhealth ID booth in the lobby where you can register to be a Philhealth member or apply for a Philhealth ID if you are already a member. 

I applied for I have been a member for five years already. It's supposed to be fast, but since there were too many applications, the machine can't catch up with the number of IDs that they need to produce. Took me five days (including the weekend) to finally claim my ID.

And the day finally came. I got my ID! But to my surprise, it says "MALE". :(

Wrong gender entry. When I asked the staff of Philhealth what happened, they just told me that that was according to the records at the Philhealth office. So I have nothing left to say but, "OKAY!"

I'm not the type who loves  to rant when you can just do something about it instead of wasting your time in ranting. So I searched the Philhealth website for an email address that I can contact regarding my concern. I found info@philhealth.gov.ph.
Emailed them regarding my problem. I am not really expecting them to reply because I rarely get replies from government agencies whenever I hit them an email. I just tried. And thank God! They sent me back a message with an attachment of the form that I needed to fill out and pass for the correction of my data records. In all fairness. Thank you, Philhealth!