One of my favorite snacks when i was a kid was leslie’s Cheese puffs.  I do not know if you remember that snack, but I know my brothers and sisters do because it was our favorite.  It was only P 5.00 for a big big pack and it was soooo….. yummy. After awhile, it disappeared and I was so depressed, I wrote the company to ask them to bring the product back.  About 20 years after, I met Bobby Wong, the owner of Leslie’s and told him about my request and he remembers receiving my letter.  Since I met him, I have been asking him to bring back our favorite snack…..and many years after…….IT IS BACK!!!

I am making ” yabang” that I was given a sample to try during the product development stage and now got a hold of the product before reaching the supermarket shelves.  I have my inside connections - Bobby and Douglas. 

It is not exactly the same as the original one in terms of shape, color and taste, but it is close in terms of taste.  It comes also in a new flavor Butter and Cheese which is on the sweet side and it tastes good too !!!!!

I enjoin all my Heart2Heart friends to try this new product and share in my JOY and EXCITEMENT! Leslie’s is giving 200 lootbags of Cheesy puffs for you.  All you have to do is go to Rustan’s Supermarket Makati Customer Service counter and present a copy of this blog and get your CHEESY PUFFS LOOTBAG!

mechanics:

1.)  First come first serve - for the first 200 Heart2Heart friends to claim

2.)  Present a print out copy of this blog at Rustan’s Supermarket Fresh Makati, Customer Service counter

3.)  Write your name on the printed copy

4.)  Claiming period will be from October 4, Thursday till October 7, Sunday

HURRY!!!! and get to TRY CHEESY PUFFS!!! YOU WILL LOVE IT!

Elegant decor at the Tatler Ball using ficus topiaries and hedges.  By Rustan’s.

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Sept. 28, Friday  9:30 am - 2:30 pm Educare daycare center, Our Lady of fatima, Batasan Hills, Quezon City

Thanks to Rachel/QT and her six friends who spent 5 hours giving almost a 100 kids haircuts for the Educare kids.  She introduced the idea to me early this year and I got so excited since it was such a unique activity. 

QT went to the Wella Studio to learn about hairstyling since she wanted to put up her own salon but has not pursued it.  She met the other hairstylists in Wella Studio who helped make today a special day for the kids.

This proves that everyone can share whatever talent they have and help in whatever way they can….   

From left to right:  Thanks to Rachel/QT del Mar ( Board of Director CCP ), Vicky Manese ( hairdresser ), Karen Hao ( owner, Filu Salon, King’s Court ),  Cha Cha Raya ( hairdresser ), Fatima Ovenson ( owner, Teen’s Makeover Salon ),  Jose marie Rivera ( owner, Rivea Salon ), Ariel Evangelista ( dentist and hairdresser as sideline )

Educare Day Care Centers by Jaric Foundation Inc.

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A special degustation night marked the first year anniversary of Mezzaluna, one of Serendra’s signature restaurants. A degustation menu consists of several courses, with each course highlighting the specialties of the house. It was SUPERB!!!
Congratulations to Tito Baby, Tita Bing Bing and Inez on a successful venture. More power to you!! Happy Anniversary Mezza Luna!

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Thanks to Tito Bert and Tita Fely for hosting a delicious hotpot dinner at Gloria Maris for the Reyes family and for some of us friends.
Aside from having a delicious yet healthy meal, Rina said Tita Fely enjoyed the evening and was happy to be surrounded by people who love her….and that is what is important.

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Impressed again by another delicious dinner by Gaita. A gourmet Filipino dinner for a special guest of honor. It was EXCELLENT!!!

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I thought citronella was used only for candles to drive mosquitoes away.  There are so many other uses which I discovered.  

There was a time I was having problems with ants in my house since we leave a lot of snacks and chocolates on our tables or just in the kitchen or pantry.    My cousin, Ana taught me a tip to get rid of those ants!  She is such a great resource for household tips.  

After thorough detergent cleaning, wipe all surfaces which are prone to crawling insects (mainly the kitchen and bathroom) with a cotton pad soaked in full strength citronella essential oil. Use a flat cotton pad over the cotton balls since it makes the most efficient use of a fairly expensive essential oil. Another way would be to dilute it in water as a spray, but, Ana recommends to use cotton in full strength.
After the area is thoroughly cleaned,put a cotton ball dabbed in citronella inside a small plastic container in the area. Do remember to keep the citronella away from any food which is not sealed tightly as your food might taste lemony or like citronella. 

Citronella keeps away the flying insects to a limited degree, but, it really keeps away all sorts of crawling insects ( cockroaches and ants especially )  and the best part about it is that it is all natural and not harmful.

Available at Rustan’s Supermarket Fresh, Rockwell and Makati. 

For more information, visit: http://www.manilaherbal.com/essential_citronella.htm

Benefits from Citronella

**This perfect plant for the tropics is a natural insect repellant that can keep household pests like mosquitos, cockroaches, ants and house lizards at bay. Public areas with the likes of public toilets and baths, hospitals, kitchens, stadiums and others are the perfect places to need this essential oil as cleaning agent.

**For household use a few drops of this essential oil in water to clean the floors, toilet bowls and kitchen sinks and bathroom and kitchen walls and ceiling and rooms of the house to keep ants, cockroaches and lizards away and to keep mosquitoes at bay.

 **Its biodegradable and antiseptic property makes it an ecological substitute to chlorine as a swimming pool fungicide.

**Use a few drops in your laundry water to keep the moths from attacking clothes in the cabinets and those to be stored.

**This essential oil can be added to carrier oil in oil lamps to keep mosquitoes away in the outdoors or open places.

**It can also be placed in spray cans to scent the rooms, cars, office space and other spaces to keep it from mosquitoes.

**Most pet lovers dub a drop or two of this essential oil behind the ears of their pets to free them from fleas. Sometimes it is added to pet soaps and shampoos

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We had dinner in Maurizio Ristorante since we just found out that this is owned by our friends, Mykie Ozaeta and Emerson Yao of Lucerne. The eggplant dip which came with the pane di casa was very good. The pastas and risottos were very good as well and the black cherry gelato.

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