I'm really sorry for the late post. But I will tell you what's been keeping me tied down. Anyways, I know you guys are all excited to know who the winners are of my Mini Birthday Contest! So with no further ado.. here you go!

Congratulations to Tmay & damnvixen! You guys are the 2 winners from the 3rd Weekly Contest. You get (1) kit of Local Obagi plus (1) Mistine White Spa Extra Whitening & Skin Perfecting Roll-on EACH!



TWITTER CATEGORY: Congratulations to @noelledotillos for winning a Flickr Pro account!


MULTIPLY/BLOGGERS: Congratulations to Esvimin Faelnar! You win a Multiply Premium Account + A Local Obagi Kit! Kudos to Vernz & Dhadha also for winning GlutaMAX Lightening Soaps with Glutathione 135g each!



FACEBOOK CATEGORY: Congratulations Jong Gonzales for almost guessing it right. A Havaianas pair is yours since you got the closest guess. According to my birth certificate, I was born at 7:45 PM.



Two other lucky guesses almost got it right. Congratulations to Michelline Cuna & Joana Brusas! You guys get GlutaMAX Lightening Soaps with Glutathione 135g each!




Check if your name is mentioned above, and if so, please contact me. Email me, text me, PM me, tweet me or whatever. Just reach me so I can send you the prizes. :) I know it's pretty delayed. My bad!

Anyway, congratulations to all the winners and I feel like a winner myself. Not only have I received another year to celebrate LIFE & LOVE, Noodle Boy and I were able to open SALA Lounge + Café. Best birthday gift *EVER*! So naturally, this has kept us REALLY, REALLY busy. But no complaints here. *Pwera buyag!* It's probably the best thing that happened to us... yet. And I'm praying to the good Lord that he's gonna continue to bless us with a lot more great things to come! Just gotta have faith.

From this:





To this:







It took a lot of hard work, patience, and necessary arguments to make SALA Lounge + Café a dream come true. We would like to thank our families for all their support, our friends for all the encouragements and inputs, Engr. Ruperto Kangleon and his guys for making our imagination a reality, our new customers for patronizing and advertising the place, and of course, God for making it all possible.



Please visit http://www.salaloungecafe.tk for more information about it or add us to your Facebook pages. CLICK HERE!


MUST TRY! The only grilled burger in the city (that I know of!) is here at SALA Lounge + Café... presenting our Healthy Grilled Burger.













Come visit us soon and we hope to see you guys at SALA Lounge + Café!








PS. I've been having minor troubles with the comments section of my blog so I decided to go with plain ol' Blogger's default for more security and reliability.

My apologies for posting rather late for the third weekly contest question. I've had a lot of things to deal with so I hope you guys understand. I'm also trying to organize a mini party for my Noodle Boy's birthday tomorrow. Nothing big... just a couple of close friends over for some good ol' fashioned (clean) fun and games. Ho-hum... What? That's boring? Well, let's just wait and see! ;)

Anyways, here's the third weekly contest question! And I'll make it all easy for everyone.



Still giving away  (1) kit of Local Obagi plus (1) Mistine White Spa Extra Whitening & Skin Perfecting Roll-on.

Get ready for some time travel! Check your calendars now... Go! And good luck!

I'm a really bad planner. I don't really set schedules because I'm not a big fan of routines. I get bored easily and I always crave for something new. (I'm guessing that's partly why I haven't settled down?) I think it's the personality that I have. I like spontaneity. I live for randomness. And I enjoy being impulsive. Although there are downsides to it all, but I can't imagine myself being monotonous.

All my life I wanted to be different. I think when you follow a crowd, you have a tendency to get lost. I've always thought I'd deviate from the norms. To do things my way. To make a statement. And that got me into a lot of trouble. Really. You know the kind of trouble that gets you a police blotter? LOL! But I'm happy because it's fun that way. I love life. I like living. I have stories to tell my grandkids! It's a great big world out there and I can't wait to spread my wings and fly. Wait a minute, I had my chance and if my memory serves me correctly, I think I tried that already.

But something was missing, you know. I couldn't do it alone. I needed somebody to be with me in all my adventures and misadventures. It was then I realized that it's true we are all angels with one wing. The only way to fly, therefore, is to embrace one another. I asked myself who was willing to fly with me. I took it as a sign when Vincenzo commented last year on my primary photo with the quote, "Maybe some women aren't meant to be tamed. Maybe they just need to run free till they find someone just as wild to run with them." He said he'd run wild with me anytime. It might not be the most romantic approach but it was pretty cute. Because after all, why be in a relationship that stunts your growth? We all need someone who doesn't merely tolerate but also builds us up and molds us to become better persons not by restricting or putting limits to the things we do. That is the kind of relationship that works for me. And boy, am I glad to find someone just like that.

I hope everyone gets to celebrate life and love the way I do. I thank God every day for this gift.

So now I give you the winner for last week's weekly contest... *drumroll please*

The winner is leonora galo!!!

Please message me or shoot an email to mymariatv@gmail.com for details on how to claim your prize as well as send me your shipping details so I can send the items. ;)
Now for the next question... Let's make it a little more challenging, shall we?


Alright guys, there you go! If you haven't yet, follow me at TWITTER @MyMariaTV to win a Flickr Pro account and for this blog contest, a chance to win (1) kit of Local Obagi plus (1) Mistine White Spa Extra Whitening & Skin Perfecting Roll-on...


Of note, it wasn't until I saw the fliers did I realize Lucy Torres-Gomez is actually endorsing this product! Mabuhay ang mga taga-Ormoc!!!
Be good and have a blessed Holy Week ahead, y'all!


P.S. One more week and I can eat meat again! Yay!!!

My blog is an evolution. It is much like the owner who went through a metamorphosis. My thoughts, my actions, and my words have changed over the years. My blogs have helped me all this time. It serves as a reflection and a constant reminder of who I am and what I aim to be. Okay, enough of that...

So I have compiled most of what I have written (save some for those really personal bits) over the years into this blog because I know now that when I die, this blog is going to be my first and probably only memorial... I had asked myself, "What would happen to my blogs when I’m no longer around?" I haven't found the answer yet but I know it will live on. Probably until someone shuts it down or what. Then I might need to come back and haunt that crazy bugger.

Anyways, why talk about death when I'm celebrating my birthday, right? Okay, let the fun continue... FIRST QUESTION for the weekly contest:

That's it. Just write your answer to the question, "What is the exact & complete time & date of my FIRST blog entry?" below in the comments section of this blog post and stand a chance to win (1) Local Obagi kit + (1) Mistine Underarm Whitening Roll-on!

Go!

P.S. Twitter, Blog, and Facebook contests still going on! For more details, check here: http://bastaigatsikat.blogspot.com/2010/03/my-mini-birthday-contest-2010.html