One of the safest, most reliable, and efficient cooking fuel is liquefied petroleum gas (LPG). By simply making sure that replacement tanks and accessories are properly installed and placed in well-ventilated kitchen area, this cooking fuel brings convenience to many homemakers, letting them cook hearty meals for their families and loved ones. 

Leading LPG solutions provider Solane shares the following 7-point safety check to ensure you enjoy worry-free and reliable hours of cooking using this dependable kitchen partner. 

When a customer calls for a Solane Hatid-Bahay service, the order is promptly delivered by its friendly, courteous, and well-trained riders. They then perform the Safety Check on the following:

1) Environment: Cylinders must be in a well-ventilated area, away from sources of ignition;
2) O-Ring: The rubber O-ring inside the valve should be free from scratches or cracks;
3) Regulator: The regulator is in good condition and replaced every 3 years.
Moreover, the riders inspect the following;
4) Regulator and Valve Connection: The regulator must be securely connected to the cylinder valve.
5) Hose: Must be in good condition and replace after every 2 years;
6) Hose Connection: Metal clamps are used to attach the hose to the regulator and appliance;
7) Flame Quality: The burner produces a blue flame.

Finally, Hatid-Bahay riders conduct a Weight Check in front of customers using calibrated portable weighing scales, assuring households of value for their money. Customers can order via the Hatid-Bahay Hotline at 887-5555, or www.solane.com.ph.

Aquabest the country's premier water station franchise is reaching out to its local community by opening a soup kitchen for indigent people.

Every Friday afternoon the company operates a soup kitchen dispensing hot meals to the poor at its head office along Quezon Avenue. Since it started operating this February, the soup kitchen regularly serves dozens of underprivileged people.  

The soup kitchen is part of the company's efforts to give back to society and is a reflection of the Christian values that underpin the company's operations. "As a company we have to strive to make a positive influence in our community. And our efforts here however small can help our underprivileged brethren that other people still care about them" says Carson Tan the company's President and CEO.

After bringing Filipino films to mainstream European cinemas via “A Second Chance” and opening 2016 with the grand screening of “Everything About Her,” TFC@theMovies creates history anew as it screens CCM Creatives’ critically acclaimed “Padre de Familia” first in the Middle East and Europe.

TFC@theMovies will bring the widely talked about “Padre de Familia,” directed by Adolf Alix Jr., to mainstream cinemas starting February 18 in the Middle East (in partnership with Gulf Film) and starting February 20 in Europe.

According to ABS-CBN Europe, Middle East and Africa Managing Director Kai Rodriguez, the milestone screening of “Padre de Familia” is part of ABS-CBN’s continuing mission to reach out to global Filipinos. Since 1997, ABS-CBN has been retelling the stories of overseas Filipinos (OFs) on film through its movie production and distribution unit Star Cinema. These films include “Sana Maulit Muli (partly shot in the United States of America)” “Goodbye America (U.S.A.),” “Anak (Hong Kong),” “American Adobo (U.S.A.),” “Caregiver (United Kingdom),” “For the First Time (Greece),” “Milan (Italy),” “Dubai (United Arab Emirates),” “Love Me Again (Australia)” and “In My Life (U.S.).”

ABS-CBN’s international arm TFC then started producing its own films on OFs with “A Mother’s Story” in 2012 and just last year, 2015, with “EDSA Woolworth” through its brand TFC@theMovies.

Rodriguez said: “TFC does not only provide the platform for relevant news and world-class entertainment for Filipinos in different parts of the world. It also provides the avenues - specifically films - that will retell their stories, let the audience learn from their struggles and inspire all of us with their successes outside the homeland.”
In the tradition of these films, “Padre de Familia” is also about an OF, specifically of Noel (Coco Martin), who took over the reins when his father Ben (Joel Torre) left the family and his responsibility as head of the family. While he was in Malaysia, Noel thinks that his mother Aida (Nora Aunor), as the one expected to provide guidance to the family, is performing her role until the harsh reality that she too has her own needs, sets in.
“Padre de Familia” is also the first team-up of the Superstar and the Box Office King plus Primetime King. Both have been, time and again, compared for their humble beginnings, expressive eyes and superb acting. Some industry observers have even called Martin “the male Nora Aunor.”

With their impressive body of work, Aunor and Martin are expected to deliver memorable performances as a mother and son who will bring the OF audience to a journey of life, love and forgiveness. In the end, the question remains – who is truly worthy of being called “Padre de Pamilya?”
Catch the international screening of “Padre de Pamilya,” co-produced by Martin, on February 18 in United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Bahrain, and Oman and on February 20 in United Kingdom and February 21 in Italy and France.

For more information, visit emea.kapamilya.com (Photos by Jojit Lorenzo)

Love is in the air and most of the people think of ways how to express their love to their special someone. My husband and I thought of a simple yet memorable Valentine's day Celebration together with our parents.
Last year we celebrated Valentine's through a dine experience in one of the resto in the metro. This year, we decided to make it simple and affordable. I resigned last year, our budget is too tight that I need to squeeze it to make it enough for all our expenses.

Valentine's Day this year fell on a Sunday, which is Family day. My husband and I woke up early and bought ingredients at the market that will be needed for our lunch date in our house. Prior to that I already told my parents and my in-laws to wear red on Sunday during our Lunch.
Viola, here we are, all wearing red even my kids, and it was happy to see them (my parents and my in laws) longing to our bonding day over lunch date.
I prepared my very own version of Aglio Olio Tuna Pasta. I used Royal Pasta and Olive Oil which are left overs from our New Years Celebration and Mega Tuna Spanish flavor. My family loves it, it's not too salty for the taste buds of the oldies, its healthy according to them.
My husband did the grilled pork liempo and Milk fish, which are better food for the oldies and they loved it so much my father and father in law enjoy it.
My fruit salad, the cakes from paper moon, juice and the bread are the addition to our sumptuous lunch plus the pictorial and that's what a memorable valentine's celebration is.
After our Valentine's Lunch Date, we had a bonding session with a videoke, which most of the filipinos love it, we really love to sing. My father  requested so many songs that he just wanted to hear it while my mother sing it. “Ang dami mo namang request (you got so many requests)" my mother told my father. My mother is complaining but still she sung all my fathers requested song, they are sooo sweet.
While my In-laws just keep on singing, when I told them the title, they kept on telling that they don't know the song, but when they heard the lyrics surprisingly they know the song and they sung it, hahaha.

My kids love also their grandma and grandpa, they love to be with them and make memorable moment. Even my youngest son hold the hands of my father, his grandpa, while walking outside when they are about to leave and went home.

My husband and I saw the faces of our Parents with a big smile after our celebration. No intimate or date outside, but still this is the happiest Valentine's day celebration in our lives so far.

It was my first time to celebrate Chinese New Years eve at the oldest Chinatown, the Binondo. There are so many people buying foods to include in their celebration, I told my self, it is just the way we celebrated the new year's eve as well.
Lucky Charms and crystals, fruits, tikoy and hopia and dragon dance are some of the highlights of the celebration. Love the tikoy so much but my favorite of all time is the hopia, no month that I never buy or eat hopia in my life, I really love the taste of it.
Gladly, I was invited in one of the iconic chinese hotel, the Chinatown Lai Lai Hotel, to cover their re-launch featuring Feng Shui interiors, rooms and new amenities.
Strategically located in the heart of Chinatown, Philippines' oldest business district, Chinatown Lai Lai Hotel opened its doors in September 1, 2014, under the new management of Jackson Chua. Veering away from the old hotel, Chua did not just changed the name to “Chinatown Lai Lai Hotel, but also developed it into a modern Chinese-style hotel form the facade, lobby, rooms down to the hotel decors.
“Lai Lai” meaning “come”, the hotel is inviting people go visit the significant part of the country's history. Chinatown Lai Lai Hotel is surrounded by a heritage of two races, Filipino and Chinese that has perfectly blended through historical landmarks in Binondo. It was build in 1988 and is still in its original structure.

Here are some of the videos during the re-launch,


The new interiors were designed based on Feng Shui that illuminates harmony and happiness in every room; making guests feel relaxed all throughout their stay in the hotel.

“Management wants every guests to feel the excitement of staying at the hotel. Equipped with our strong knowledge in feng shui, our guest will be amazed to occupy a room based on his luck,” says Jackson Chua, Chinatown Lai Lai Hotel General Manager.

Longing to stay at that hotel knowing that they will suggest the right room for you depends on your year. What if, we stay their as family, knowing that I am Year of the rooster, my husband is year of the sheep, my eldest is year of the pig and my youngest son is year of the rabbit.  Watch out for it if we have an opportunity to check in at their hotel.

Accommodation

Both business & leisure guests will appreciate the Chinese-style rooms and choose among Standard rooms ( one queen size bed), Superior Rooms (two single beds), Deluxe rooms (one queen size bed and one single bed) Junior Suites and Executive Suites that provides a refrigerator and an elegant sofa, ideal for families. Hotel room features include LED television, electric kettle, hot & cold shower, hair dryer, working table, phone, built in safe, free wifi and 24 hour room service. Chinatown Lai Lai Hotel has a total of 84 rooms.

Here are the actual rooms:


My blogger friends and I usually celebrates christmas party at the hotel, and I found out that the Executive Suite is the right room for us to enjoy the celebration. I will definitely suggest to them Chinatown Lai Lai Hotel for this year Christmas Party.

Amenities
Guests can also pamper themselves at the Spa which offers Aromatheraphy Massage combination of Swedish – Shiatsu Massage. The hotel also have 5 KTV rooms that can accommodate 10-30 persons. For groups events, the Rich Apple Garden, located at the roof deck overlooking Manila, can cater 100 persons.
My husband and I will definitely try the Spa. Every time we stayed in a hotel, spa is what we are looking for to really enjoy and to be relaxed at the same time. Their spa looks inviting as it is.

Dining

The hotel's dining room experience includes an authentic Chinese restaurant that offers affordable buffet menu form breakfast til dinner. Its signature dishes include authentic sweet and sour pork, Hong Kong Style chicken, seafood pancit canton, fish fillet tofu, squid salt and pepper.

Guest and toursits can explore the whole Chinatown that houses various business establishments, such as the Dragon Phoenix, a one stop shop for feng shui lucky charms and crystals.

Soft opening rates will start form Php 2,280 per room, per night including VAT with a complimentary breakfast.
Since my kids are longing to stay again in a hotel, Chinatown Lai Lai Hotel is included in our bucket list. I will definitely let my family experience the Chinese-style hotel.

For hotel room inquiries and reservations, please visit www.chinatownlailaihotel.com or call (+632) 25-2888 and look for Jeffrey Tee or Apple Castro. You may also send an email to sales@chinatownlailai.com
For events needs, contact LDF Events Management, the home of powerhouse events team in the Metro, though landline number (02) 505-2601 or send an email to ldfeventsmanagement@gmail.com

Ngayong Miyerkules, tuluy-tuloy pa rin ang selebrasyon ng buwan ng mga puso sa TWAC! Tiyak na mapupuno ng kilig-kwentuhan ang inyong gabi at mapapa-'Aldub You' kayo, dahil sa mga espesyal na panauhin ni igan Arnold Clavio - walang iba kundi ang tinaguriang 'Phenomenal Love Team' na ALDub, na binubuo nina Alden Richards at Maine 'Yaya Dub' Mendoza!

Matatandaang sa mga nakaraang pagbisita ni Alden sa TWAC, 'Tay' kung tawagin ni Alden si igan Arnold Clavio. Kaya naman sa Miyerkules, tila may pormal na pagpapakilalang magaganap sa pagitan nilang tatlo! Ano naman kaya ang masasabi ni igan tungkol kay Maine?

At sa mga inihandang pakulo ni igan, kung saan mabubuking na raw ang tunay na nararamdaman ng dalawa para sa isa't isa, tiyak na kikiligin ang buong Aldub Nation!

Tulad ng challenge na 'Sino ang Mas?' kung saan malalaman natin ang pagkakaiba at pagkakapareho ng ugali, mga gusto at ayaw nina Alden at Maine. Sino nga kaya sa dalawa ang mas sweet, mas makulit, mas matampuhin at marami pang iba.

Abangan din ang matatamis na mensahe nina Alden at Maine para sa isa’t-isa, sa masaya at nakakikilig na 2-part interview na ito.

Makilahok sa nakatutuwang kwentuhan! I-follow ang TWAC sa twitter: @TWACofficial at gamitin ang hashtag na #ALDUBYOUTWAC #ALDUBONTWAC!

At para malaman ang mga pangyayari behind the scenes, ilike ang facebook: www.facebook.com/tonightwitharnoldclavio

GMA Artist Center’s Alden Richards celebrated his 24th birthday with a charity event for the Aeta community in Sitio Gayaman, Bamban, Tarlac last February 8, 2016. Even if the outreach was held more than a month after his real birthday, which falls on January 2, Alden was okay with celebrating it a bit late because it was for a good cause.
The outreach program began very early in the morning with a program hosted by comedienne Tess Bomb. Everyone in the Aeta community was very excited to meet Alden and began screaming, cheering and clapping for him as soon as he arrived. Pastor Rico from Gayaman Hope Sungnae Presbyterian church located within the community gave the opening remarks.

When some members of the Aeta community gave a surprise dance number, Alden wanted to make them feel that their effort to put on a dance number for him was much appreciated so he jumped right in and began dancing with them

Alden is no stranger to charity events. He has already participated in house-buildings, read-along sessions, and visits to orphanages

A lucky girl was chosen to participate in an impromptu acting game with Alden, much to the delight of the audience. She was so starstruck she couldn’t even speak!

One highlight of the program was a surprise dance number given by the Aetas. Alden was so touched and happy by the gesture he jumped right in and began dancing with them. The GMA Artist Center talent and Kapuso heartthrob also gamely posed for photos with members of the Aeta community.
 The fun morning ended with a lot of donations and giveaways which Alden personally distributed to children and adults composed of 350 families within the Aeta community. Apart from personally distributing the goods, Alden also donated money from his own pocket to help the Aeta community.

The Gayaman Hope Sungnae Presbyterian church served as a warehouse for the many donations. Apart from people from GMA Artist Center, others helped out with the distribution of goods, such as members of the Land Rover Club of the Philippines and members of Alden’s fan club, the Aldenatics

Alden personally distributed his gifts to the members of the Aeta community. Helping him out were his cousin April Penaranda, GMA Artist Center PR and Events Assistant Manager Rochelle Tuazon, and Senior Assistant Vice-President of Alternative Productions and Assigned Talent Management Head Gigi Santiago-Lara

Some of the items that were given out were rice, salt, sugar, coffee, soy sauce, vinegar, toiletries, shoes, bags, biscuits and kids’ apparel. According to Alden, he personally chose to help this particular group because not a lot of people know about the plight of the Aetas within the isolated community and he hopes that the outreach program will open people’s eyes to the situation there. Located on the mountain peaks of Tarlac, most of the houses don’t even have electricity or enough food to sustain their daily needs.

Land Rover Club of the Philippines headed by Marc Soong generously provided all the Land Rovers that were used to transport the goods and all the people involved in the event. Since the road going there was on very rough terrain, it would have been impossible to reach the area without the presence of their vehicles

Alden enjoyed meeting the Aetas that he just had to shake their hands before leaving the area. A car and driving enthusiast, Alden personally drove the Land Rover Discovery Sport to get to the venue. According to Alden, driving helps him relax

 The event was made possible with the help of GMA Artist Center, Land Rover Club of the Philippines, Pampanga Off Roaders Club Inc., Gopez Sisters, Dona Maria Premium Quality Rice, Boardwalk, PhilPlans, Tide, Downy, Gard shampoo, Cadbury Dairy Milk Chocolate, Sweet Kiss Custom Cakes, Datu Puti, McDonald's and Hapee Toothpaste. 

Good news to all lovers of Chips Ahoy and Oreo just like my kids. Here's another new product from Dairy Queen. DairyQueen Philippines is bringing together two of the most famous cookie brands with the New Chips Ahoy and Oreo Blizzard Treat. Our all time favorite chocolate chip and cream filled cookie is blended with the delectable DairyQueen soft serve that will surely make you crave for more.

Try it in three enjoyable flavors, the Double Cocoa Fudge, Strawberry and Mocha. This unique DQ Blizzard Treat is now available in all DairyQueen stores.
Personally I like the flavor Double Cocoa Fudge, I really enjoyed it very much. I will definitely let my kids and my hubby try DQ's new offering.
Visit your favorite DQ store now and enjoy 3 of your most favorite things all blended in one.
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