Megan Young Shares Smiles with Smile Train’s Patients

Smile Train, the world’s leading cleft charity, continues to spread smiles one week
after World Smile Day® this year through a storytelling event with
Smile Train Philippines’ Ambassador Megan Young at partner hospital,

Philippine Band of Mercy. The actress and beauty queen visited Smile Train’s
patients at the Philippine Band of Mercy to share the story of Simon, a bright,
red cardinal, hatched from his shell with a big gap in his beak. Smile with
Simon is a story of friendship, love, acceptance, and kindness written by one of
Smile Train’s Cleft Community Advisory Council members and active supporter of
the organization, Patricia Simon, a registered nurse who was also born with
a cleft lip and palate. Having had cleft surgeries herself, Patricia has dedicated
her life to advocating for those born with clefts all over the world.
“The story is one of love and acceptance and I am grateful to
Smile Train for giving me the opportunity to share this message with the children.

Similarly, by reading stories such as Smile with Simon to children with
birth differences, I hope to boost their confidence and treasure their individuality
when dealing with the world,” said Megan Young,
Actress and Smile Train Philippines’ Ambassador.
“It is always a pleasure to work with Smile Train.
You can see the impact of their work
when you meet the children they have helped.”
“For Smile Train, creating smiles and inspiring others to do acts
of kindness should happen every day,”
said Kimmy Coseteng-Flaviano, Smile Train’s Area Director for Southeast Asia.
“We are grateful to have Megan come and spend time with
the children and our local medical partners
as we believe that she can continue to raise awareness and
inspire others to spread smiles as well.”
For more information about Smile Train's global efforts and to
make a donation, please visit smiletrain.org.
Follow Smile Train Philippines on Twitter and Instagram @SmileTrainPh,
and like us on Facebook at @SmileTrainPhilippines.

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About Smile Train
Smile Train empowers local medical professionals with training, funding,
and resources to provide free cleft surgery and comprehensive cleft care to children globally.
We advance a sustainable solution and scalable global health model for cleft treatment,
drastically improving children’s lives,
including their ability to eat, breathe, speak, and ultimately thrive.
To learn more about how Smile Train's sustainable approach
means donations have both an immediate and long-term impact, please visit smiletrain.org.

Smile Train’s Cleft Community Advisory Council (CCAC)

The CCAC is an important part of the Smile Train community.
Its members help advance the organization's marketing initiatives
and communication strategies by serving in an advisory role.

Happy Times!

5 Creative Gift Hacks for the Christmas Season

Christmas is just right around the corner, and the season of readying presents, prepping feasts, planning reunions, and practicing holiday traditions have already started. You might even be worrying about finding unique presents as early as now, but there’s no need to fret since we’ve got some smart hacks for you!

1. Online Shopping – easy, accessible, and hassle-free!

You don’t actually have to go out of the house to shop anymore. Just fire up your laptop or smartphone to go online, and you’ll find tons of online shopping sites just waiting for you to add items to your cart. What are you waiting for? Search for the product you want to buy, and have it delivered straight to your doorstep. It’s definitely easy and convenient! Just make sure to purchase from reliable websites, and you’re good to go!

2. Hit the malls and be one with the holiday crowd.

You can always go back to the good ‘ol mall sales. With prices dropping up to 50% off and buy-one-take-one deals popping everywhere, malls are the main go-to for holiday shoppers. If you’re willing to dive in with the crowd during this busy season, you can purchase great finds in various malls.

However, you have to be wise in managing your time when you choose to deal with the Christmas crowd. Prepare the list of items you want to buy, or names of people you want to shop for, to save your time. When visiting malls, you really have to stick to your list to avoid lavish spending.

3. Garage sales and Bazaars - a nifty way to get great steals!

A wise man once said, “One man’s garbage is another man’s treasure.” Well technically, it’s not really garbage - some items and clothes in garage sales are just barely used, and are actually still in perfectly good condition. With a little bit of cleaning and washing especially with a premium detergent’s superior cleaning formula, it can be worth way more than what you paid for.

Bazaars, on the other hand, can be handy as well. They sell a wide range of exciting things from clothes to socks, scarves, caps, shoes, accessories, and many more. There are a lot of bazaar set-ups lining up in malls once the “ber” months hit, so you’ll surely have no problem spotting one! 

4. Go Treasure-hunting with Ukay-Ukay!

When it comes to hunting down unique finds, ukay-ukays or thrift shops are the most common go-to shopping spree spots for Filipinos. You can find fashionable and branded pieces here that can definitely work well as gifts! Nowadays, there are many bloggers and vloggers you can get inspiration from when it comes to styling clothes from thrift shops. You can simply watch their ukay hauls and vlogs to get an idea on where to get great finds and what pieces to match it with.

When buying from ukay-ukay stores, it’s important to make sure that the items you bought are clean and fresh before giving them away. Quality is of utmost importance, and it’s a good thing a little bit of laundry washing can go a long way. You can always use a great detergent like Ariel to wash away the stains - even those pesky invisible kulob stains! Those ukay-ukay steals should be clean, kulob-free, and in good shape.

5. Don’t have time to buy? No problem! Raid your closet.

There’s no excuse for not giving anyone a gift when you have pre-loved clothes and accessories living in your closet. Look for tops or pieces you’ve only worn once or never even used before that will be perfect for other people. This will not only let you save money, but it will also make room for new items in your closet! Say goodbye to your old clothes, and say hello to the new ones to come!

Of course by doing this, you need to make sure that the fashion items you’re giving away smell fresh and kulob-free! You might not notice, but there can be invisible stains lingering on your clothes that cause that awful kulob smell. There’s no need to worry though, as long as you get to wash them with a detergent that can go for deep and superior cleaning. Give it a shot with Ariel, with intensive cleaning that can remove even those invisible kulob stains with just one wash. 

This can definitely turn your clothes from closet stuffing to an actual gift that looks brand new! Your friends and family won’t even notice, especially when the gift is finished off with a nice packaging then — Voilà! You have yourself the perfect well-thought of gift for your friends and loved ones! 

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Kulob is an awful smell that is common during the rainy season. Did you know that it is actually caused by invisible stains that cannot be removed by ordinary detergents? Kulob is a stain you can’t actually see, but you can definitely smell. It’s caused by ineffective cleaning of leftover dirt and sebum stains, and these stains go through the process of oxidation, leading to microorganism activity the gives out a rancid odor.

Thankfully, there’s a detergent that can effectively combat the awful smell of kulob — Ariel’s deep cleaning formulation, which intensively cleans clothes and washes off invisible kulob stains and malodor-causing bacteria.

Need more proof? Find out more about invisible kulob stains through this link http://bit.ly/ArielNoInvisibleKulob.

#ArielPhilippines 

#NoInvisibleStainNoKulob 

#KulobStory


May your holidays be full of warmth and cheer!

Smile Train and BEYOND Yoga Celebrate their Second Annual Yoga for Smiles Classes

Yoga for Smiles is back for the second year in a row to help raise awareness and funds for Smile Train, the world’s leading cleft charity, and the many children they help around the world and in the Philippines. BEYOND Yoga, Manila’s premiere yoga and fitness studio, will host a series of classes at five of their studios to encourage participants to truly live the yoga philosophy of being of service to others.

Launched in August 2017, Yoga for Smiles, invites the public to genuinely practice the philosophy of seva, whichencourages one to serve others, BEYOND Yoga extends the invitation even to those who do not practice yoga. 

“BEYOND Yoga is excited to collaborate with Smile Train again this year,” said Benedict Bernabe, Head of Operations for BEYOND Yoga. “Smile Train continues to inspire others with their commitment to helping give more children their forever smiles, and we look forward to using our platformwithin the yoga community.”

Every Saturday during the month of October and one in November, BEYOND Yoga will host a Yoga for Smiles classat their studios in Serendra, Rockwell, Greenhills, Quezon City and Alabang. 

“We are grateful to partner with BEYOND Yoga for the second year in a row,” said Kimmy Coseteng-Flaviano, Smile Train Area Director for Southeast Asia.  “It is exciting to see so many people and businesses wanting to get involved with our cause and help raise awareness for children born with clefts in the Philippines.”

For more information about Smile Train's global efforts and to make a donation, please visit smiletrain.org. Follow Smile Train on Twitter and Instagram @SmileTrainPh, and like us on Facebook at @SmileTrainPhilippines.

About Smile Train
Smile Train empowers local medical professionals with training, funding, and resources to provide free cleft surgery and comprehensive cleft care to children globally. We advance a sustainable solution and scalable global health model for cleft treatment, drastically improving children’s lives, including their ability to eat, breathe, speak, and ultimately thrive. To learn more about how Smile Train's sustainable approach means donations have both an immediate and long-term impact, please visit smiletrain.org.

About Beyond Yoga

Beyond Yoga is a leading yoga studio in the Philippines with five branches including Quezon City, Alabang, Greenhills, Rockwell, and Serendra. At Beyond, we believe that yoga is a transformational practice and that everyone should be able to experience its effects. Regardless of age, gender, fitness level, or range of flexibility, there is a yoga class that suits you. We offer a wide range of yoga styles including Vinyasa, Power Yoga, Ashtanga, Rocket Yoga, and Yin Yoga. And we complement this with other fitness systems, like Zumba® and AntiGravity®. Our internationally certified instructors will make sure that you will have an enjoyable experience in a safe and supportive environment. For schedules and rates, please visit igobeyondyoga.com. For more information about Beyond, please contact inquire@igobeyondyoga.com.

Whimsical Halloween Parade and Party 2018

Earlier today my family and i attended a Halloween Party located in Ramada Manila. This is my son's second halloween event last year he was on Brainfit free trial and trick or treat. The event is not for free we paid 800 per person for adult and 600 per person for kids. With lunch buffet, trick or treat, loot bag, more fun games and magic show.

First activity is the trick or treat at the nearby hotel.

After the trick or treat we get inside the hotel and we fall in line for our photo shoot. They gave us copy i love that its magnetic we can display it in our ref. 

Before we start the main program we had our mini game at the side of the room we need to finish  the 3 play booths so that we can get our loot bag after the program and my favorite part LOL we devour our lunch buffet.

Our table

Selfie Time!

Here comes the party games for adults and kids and magic show. 

The last program is the science lab we did not watched it we need to leave early because my husband had worked. We enjoyed it! We had so much fun! Thank you to my husband for being our official photographer. This is what's inside his loot bag! More snacks, chocolates and candies! My son loves it so much his favorite is the coloring book. 

FOX Officescape 2018

Hello guys! Last week i won on an Instagram Contest from FOX Officescape my prize is a loot bag filled with goodies from there sponsors i also had an exclusive access at there event. Its a fun event/day off for all the office workers around metro manila. 

With more games, food, fitness and wellness program inside the venue.

I joined the blind folded makeup challenge i did not won but they still gave us loot bag as a consolation prize. Yay! 

I took home three loot bags from the event, its heavy to carry all of them but its all worth it! Thank you very much for this wonderful prize FOX Officescape! My friends and i had so much fun!

My Son's 7th KFC Birthday Party

Hello everyone! Yesterday my family, friends and my son's classmates had so much fun! Why? Because we gathered together to celebrate my son's 7th birthday party at KFC Nagtahan. We invited 100+ guests because we wanted to invite all his classmates and friends to his party. This is his 7th birthday its like a debut for kids so we wanted to make it simple but extravagant celebration. I love the ambiance of the venue its huge and clean. The birthday theme is happened to be his favorite cartoon character its sponge bob square pants. We are disappointed that they did not include balloons to there birthday package they are more expensive compared to jollibee. My husband decided to bought balloons at divisoria so that he can get a cheap prize. I requested a two tower balloon and my husband did not disappoint me he did it all by himself very thankful for my husband for all his hard work and effort. 

The party starts with the usual opening prayer, more games and prizes, Colonel Sanders mascott appearance, picture taking, food, greetings to the birthday celebrant, blowing the cake and distribution of loot bags for kids. 

They don't have cake they only have donut lollipop to the birthday celebrant. How can he blow a cake and make a wish if he don't have one its a birthday tradition. Good thing my husband's brother gave a birthday cake to my son as a gift so we don't need to buy one and also my friend sponsored a butterscotch dessert balls to all the kids guests. 

I made the party more exciting i booked a face painting session for all the kids. They enjoyed it! They fall in line and patiently waited to get there face painted. My son requested Flash to put on his cheek as his favorite super hero. Kuya face painter is on time and his service is very affordable. He did his job well and the kids loved it! The face paint is non toxic and  hypoallergenic so its good for the kids skin. 

KFC is not that good when it comes to birthday parties but the most important is we all enjoyed the party! We had so much fun! More memorable photos and laughter! 

If you want to book a face painting sesh for your child's birthday party you can message them on there Official Facebook Page by clicking this link: Kaleb Face Painting

If you want an affordable and yummy dessert balls for your child's birthday party you can order on my good friend Official Facebook Page by clicking this link: Taste of Angel

Thank you for you time and until my next one! :)