Pasko is Christmas in english. We are celebrating it quite early with a giveaway caravan called Pasko sa Agosto!

Life of a Filipina Blogger and The F Blogger is giving away one ivory necklace to one lucky winner!

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Giveaway starts on August 10 and will end on the August 31. This giveaway is open to everyone as long as you have a Philippine address . This is not a sponsored giveaway and there is no purchase necessary to join.

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I wonder if that’s really the style of the dress or it unzipped and the woman is unaware of it. This shot was taken in Singapore.

This is my entry for

The replicas watch has come a long way over the years. These were once considered the poor relative of the luxury horology industry. In the past these copies were often of questionable quality, and you never really knew what you were getting when you took the chance and bought one of these items; nine out of ten times you would have been disappointed by your purchase.

Many people became disheartened by the whole thing and this meant that the market for copy watches went into decline. The replicas watch industry today couldn’t be more different from how it used to be. During the bad days of the copy watch industry all the shoddy producers were removed from the market. Nobody would touch their products so they were forced to find other work to do badly. After this major shake-up though, new green shots began to appear in the replicas watch industry and these turned out to be a whole different breed of copy watch maker than what went before.

Today the replicas watch market is super-confident and producing copies that would have been impossible to produce a few years back. This new breed of perfect clone makers have made use of all the available technology to make copies that look identical to the original in every way. What this means in practice is that not only do the replicas watch look the same but also feel the same as the original would on your wrist. The new replicas watch is a vast improvement on what went previously. Understandably some people will have been put off by the bad old days, but there is no reason to feel that way. The makers of the modern copy watch have done everything to make things right again.

Remember our recent trip to an Ostrich Farm in Desaru,Malaysia last May 2?

We have learned so much in that trip, we learned that the ostrich meat is way better than other meat. It is also said to be good for pregnant women.

Aside from the meat, ostriches also produces this wonderful skin that are then turned into leather. It is so unique, you would know it right away when you see it. Most of the designer brands definitely have at least one product from ostrich leather. To name a few of the many luxury designers who have ostrich leather goods : Hermès, Prada, Bottega Veneta and Gucci.

The one that really popularized the use of ostrich skins is Louis Vuitton. It is quite easy to recognize watches with an Ostrich Watch Bands or an ostrich handbag so women just love them for being different and simply beautiful.

Ostrich farming really sounded a good business but bear in mind ostriches are quite sensitive animals too. If they get wet when they are still very young, they will get sick and die.

I think we might will pass on this one and stick to chickens. Although it would just be wonderful to be able to produce that leather in your own backward as well eh?

First I would like to thank all the sponsors of this contest without you, this wouldn’t have been possible.

Dankjewel! Salamat!

And of course to everybody that have joined…You all have worked very hard and I am very grateful for your participation!

There are 2 types of winners.

The first one is the post writing part which entitles the winner of the Best Post $50 cash! There were many good posts but the best I have read is from Pehpot of Make or Break titled ” The Precious Pinay in Singapore“. Just by reading the title, it already makes me smile.

I liked Pehpot’s post because it shows does she really did read my blog and she have made a thorough review of the appearance of the site and of course the blog content. I really appreciate that and I am glad I met you here in the blogosphere Pehpot…hopefully we do get to meet sometime in the future.

Pehpot has won $ 50 courtesy of:
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2 SPECIAL PRIZE will go to the top point earner that didn’t win any of the MAJOR PRIZES

5000 ec credits + Dot Com Domain from The Pinay Blogger -goes to Wiehanne

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PLEASE CONTACT THE SPONSORS DIRECTLY together with the details needed (e.g. paypal id, entrecard acct. url, banner code )in claiming your prizes.

There are some ECS that are already sent to me. If you see this Contact Me (Jade) to claim the prize – please do so. If prizes are not claimed after 7 days, I will choose new winners.

Thanks again guys!!! Have a wonderful week!

We came across this flea market by accident when we went to this address to buy something for our farm in the Philippines. Of course we had to check it out …

It reminds me of the time when we still lived in Holland. We would always go to Rotterdam on Saturday to buy some fresh fruit and fish and browse what they have to offer in the flea market.

The one that we found here in Singapore is not very big but nevertheless we saw some interesting stuff like bowling balls, old shoes, second hand bicycles. I think for people who doesn’t have a lot of means – this would be a shopping haven.

Need some shoes?

If you are on a budget, try visiting a flea market and you might be surprised on what you will find…almost everything except for New York Yankees tickets and even if they do sell this in the flea market I wouldn’t buy it there, better go to a reputable dealer to avoid fraud.

weekend-snapshot

I wanna make things simple and easy for everybody, to give lots of bloggers a chance to win some COLD HARD CASH and other amazing prizes!

Writing a blog review to join the contest is not required anymore although it is still an option.