Geek Girl Manila, in collaboration with Asian Secrets, is having a raffle!

Haven’t heard of Asian Secrets?

“Asian Secrets is a brand of whitening products. It is a beauty treatment inspired by a most luxurious Javanese ritual called Lulur. The ritual was originally intended for the bride-to-be in order to beautify, smoothen, and whiten her skin before her wedding day. Lulur originated from the royal palaces of Java, Indonesia and products inspired by this traditional treatment are still used by Indonesian women today.”

I haven’t personally tried this product yet, but Liz of Project Vanity and Shen of Shen’s Addiction have written great reviews on them.

So, on to the giveaway! This giveaway is VERY easy to join.

All you have to do is fill up this form.

That’s it! And while you’re at it, please spread the word about this giveaway by tweeting:

Get a chance to win an Asian Secrets Beauty Pack from @leeyahgrl! Join now! http://bit.ly/xqTBue

Five (5) lucky beauty geeks will win an Asian Secrets Beauty Pack WEEKLY until end of February. (That’s a total of 20 winners for the whole raffle! We’re going to have a SPECIAL RAFFLE on February 14, so watch out for that, too!)

The Asian Secrets Beauty Pack includes the following products:
•    Lulur Green Tea (2)
•    Lulur Seaweed (2)
•    Lulur Mulberry (2)
•    Bengkoang Olive (2)
•    Bengkoang Betel (2)

That’s a total of 10 items per gift pack! Woohoo! So what else are you waiting for? Join now! :)

Like Asian Secrets? Follow the Asian Secrets Facebook Page.

Note: Winners will have to claim their prize at Bonaventure Plaza, Ortigas Avenue, Greenhills, San Juan City, Metro Manila. Provincial winners will be sent their prize via courier service. Winners must present a valid ID when claiming their prize.

Get a chance to win one by signing up for an account at Pinspire.com and sharing your inspirations! :)

If you love to share interesting and cute things you find online, then you’re going to enjoy using Pinspire.

What I love about Pinspire is you can organize your “pins” by collections.

Let’s say, you’re planning your wedding, you can make  a “My Dream Wedding” board. If you’re planning your dream house, you can have your “My Dream House” board.

As for me, I have my Geeky Gadgets board, a collection of geeky stuff I want to have, haha! :)

So do you want to win an iPod Touch or an iPod Shuffle?

Contest mechanics are as follows:
1. Sign up for an account at Pinspire.com
2. Create a collection or board that shows your individual inspirations according to the following topics:

• Technology
• Fashion/Style
• Beauty/Health
• Food
• Pets
• Art/Design
• Etc.

3. Collections must have at least one (1) originally pinned image and others can be re-pins.
4. Leave a comment on this post with your Pinspire URL. (Example: http://www.pinspire.com/board/show/195081)
5. Deadline of entries is on 25 February 2012.

Winners will be chosen from all the entries collected from all participating boards through popularity and creativity and judged by the number of pins, board followers, and likes.

Top 10 boards wins an iPod shuffle each and the most popular wins an iPod Touch!

So start pinning and get inspired!

Disclaimer: This giveaway is hosted and run by Pinspire.com

Link: Pinspire

Not a day goes by without us Whatsapp-ing with each other, sharing the silliest things, from the food that we are currently eating, or latest gadget we bought (like a washing machine…), or just any random thought (“our baby is a poop monster!”)

It’s a really great way to pass time when you’re waiting in line, or when you’re stuck in horrible, horrible traffic.

Recently, one of my friends invented a really fun game using WhatsApp! It’s something like charades, but Whatsapp-style.

We don’t really have a name for it, so let’s just call it “WhatsApp Guessing Game”.

To play the game, all you have to do is use the emoticons to describe something. It could be a book, a movie, a TV show, a game, or even a phrase if you want to make it more challenging.

Then your other friends guess what it is!

It’s much easier if I just show you how it works with pictures.

This one is easy! American Horror Story!

Close but not quite… the correct answer as 2012.

Wahaha, literally Lord of the Rings!

Time for you guys to guess! This one is easy. The first one is a movie and the next is a TV series.

Clue: TV Series.

Clue: TV Series.

My turn to give a puzzle! Clue, it’s a movie! ;)

You’re not a geek if you don’t get this, haha! Clue, movie!

And the winner puzzle of the day! Try to guess what this is, haha! Clue, movie!

You can play this game in BBM, too! But since my friends and I are on different models of mobile phones, we use WhatsApp! :)

Just a tip: Make a new chatroom or group for this as you can end up with hundreds of messages in your inbox.

So were you able to guess some if the items above?

Link: App of the Day: Use WhatsApp and Send Local and International SMS for FREE!

It’s the “Last Planner You’ll Ever Have”! :) The size is perfect! Not too big and not too small.

It’s even better in the flesh!

Can’t wait to write my name on it~!

LOL-ing at the [To be confirmed]

“MOMOL. You and Me. P.S. I’m outside na.” – FTW!

Survival kit for everyone! There’s even a survival kit for Emos! ;)

Love how the writing space for each day is well-spaced out! You can scribble a lot of notes!

And now, here’s the announcement you’ve all been waiting for: the lucky winners of the “Last Planner You’ll Ever Have”!

*drum roll*

And the winners are…

Joel says: “There will be a rainshower of asteroids and meteors and that would crash the world.. :)”

Bianca says: “My mom told me, Jesus might go down and take us all. I hope that will happen. Haha. and I also hope that I’ll win a planner. :)” (And you did!)

Congratulations Joel and Bianca! Hope you enjoy the planner as much as I do :)

If you want to buy a copy of the planner, you can order here!

Happy New Year, everyone!

Then check out this entertainingly, unique planner, “The Last Planner You’ll Ever Have”.

This planner pokes fun at the very serious topic of the apocalypse. You have to admit, with the year 2011 coming to an end and the year 2012 coming, aren’t you at least a whee bit apprehensive about the Mayan Calendar Conspiracy coming true?

(To answer your question, YES, I’m actually quite paranoid and I try to avoid watching apocalyptic movies, haha!)

Promise, this planner is too cute not to have!

“The Last  Planner You’ll Ever Have 2012” includes theories on how the world will end, tips on how to survive (per theory), bucket lists, survival tips, last day playlist, template letters, and a whole lot more!

Check out the photos :)

It has Z-O-M-B-I-E-S! FTW! Anything with Zombies is A-OK in my book!

So how do you think the world will end? By Tsunami?

Or by Meteor Showers?

Start your countdown!

What’s on your bucket list?

Uhmm, won’t hurt to have one :P

I want my last meal to be… a Mango Crepe Samurai from Makati Skyline… Mmmmm!

Isn’t this planner awesome? The best part is, it’s proudly Philippine-made! (Support Pinoy Pride!)

So how much is it?

• Early Bird – (First 500 copies) selling at PhP 325 Each (what a steal!)
• Regular Price – PhP 375
• Reseller’s Package – Buy 10, get one free!

How to order?
Just fill out the online order form here!

BUT GUESS WHAT?! You’re in luck, Geeks, because I’m giving away two (2) copies of the Last Planner You’ll Ever Have! to two (2) lucky readers!

Contest is open to Philippine-residents ONLY and must have a Philippine address. Contest is from December 19, 2011 to December 30, 2011, 11:59PM. Any entries received after will not be qualified.

How to Join:
1. Follow @leeyahgrl on Twitter and tweet:

Win the “Last Planner You’ll Ever Have 2012″! Cutest Planner ever! :) http://bit.ly/vDrZiG

2. Reblog this post on Tumblr.
* 3. Like the GeekGirlManila Facebook Page and share it with your friends.

4. Fill up this form to finalize your entries.

Step 1 and 2 is one raffle entry each. So if you tweet and reblog you get 2 entries, and 2 chances of winning.

Step 3 is optional as it is against the Facebook Promotional Rules. BUT, if you do share my page (disclaimer: this means you did it willingly, out of the kindness of your own heart, and I did not bribe require you to), I’ll give you 2 more raffle entries, making it a total of 4 raffle entries for you!

You MUST complete Step 4 or your entries will not be recorded.

Winners will be chosen using Randomizer.org and will be announced on December 31, 2011.

Good luck! :)

But if you want to order NOW, you place your order at www.thelastplanner2012.multiply.com :) Visit their Facebook Page for news and updates!

I’ve been very, very good this year so here are my Christmas Wants! ;)

Lovelots,
Lia <3

P.S. I bought a really, really large stocking so don’t worry about where to place my gifts as we don’t have a Christmas tree yet. Getting you loads of cookies and warm milk, promise!

For the Shoe Geek

Crocs Leigh Wedges in Pink (first choice!), Black and Turquoise, size 7 (I already have one in Oat, my favorite pair as of late!)

Melissa Shoes – Rock Princess and Ultragirl Alice in Wonderland (Red), size 7

For the Watch Geek

Ice-Watch Classic Clear in EVERY color :) (I’d want ToyWatches but they’re too darn expensive)

For the Beauty Geek

Charm Travel Pro V3 Brush Set

benefit chachatint, benetint and posietint (Yay, benefit has reached Philippine shores!)

For the Gamer Geek

A copy of Skyrim for PS3

For the Photography Geek

Canon S95 or S100. I have a perfectly good working Lumix LX3 but I was pretty impressed with the Canon S95′s photo quality!

StickyGram Gift Certificates

Instax Mini Photo Albums

For the Gadget Geek

iMac + Mac Air. Ahhh, my dream set up :) iMac at home and Mac Air when I need to be on the go. Btw, I’m not demanding, I’m just happy with a 21-inch iMac, hehe!

That’s it for my Christmas wish list! Share yours! :)

The HTC Year-End Party was held last December 7, 2011, at the snazzy Skye Lounge on the roof deck of the W Building near Bonifacio High Street.

(Totally love the place, you guys have to check it out!)

At the party, they launched 3 new HTC phones namely: HTC Explorer, HTC Radar and HTC Rhyme.

HTC Explorer (P11,900)
Probably the most affordable HTC phone ever, the HTC Explorer is “Simply the Smart Phone For Everyone”

HTC Explorer Specs

• 3.2 inch touch screen display
• Loaded with HTC Sense 3.5
• 600MHz processor, 512MB RAM
• 3 megapixel camera

HTC Radar (P21,500)
The HTC Radar is the “multimedia powerhouse” bringing together your social media and your multimedia needs. Oh, and did I mention that it’s a Windows® Phone?

HTC Radar Specs

• 3.8 inch WVGA display
• Qualcomm MSM8255, 1 GHz Processor
• Windows® Phone OS 7.5 (Mango)
• 8GB ROM (6 GB usable memory) and 512 MB RAM
• USB and Wi-Fi® tethering
• 5 megapixel rear camera with F2.2 lens, LED flash, and BSI sensor (for better low-light captures), with VGA front camera
• HD video recording
• 5.1 virtual surround sound

HTC Rhyme (P25,000)
The HTC Rhyme will appeal more to the female crowd with its sleek, stylish look and equally stylish integrated, bundled accessories.

HTC Rhyme Specs

• 3.7inch WVGA display
• 5 megapixel camera

HTC Rhyme Accessories

• HTC Rhyme Docking Station – recharges the phone while turning the phone into an alarm clock and music center
• HTC Rhyme Charm – innovative approach for discretely alerting you to incoming calls or messages while the HTC Rhyme is deep in your bag.  The Charm is a small light-emitting cube that attaches to the phone by a cord that can dangle from your bag and also be used to quickly pull the phone out of your bag.
• HTC Rhyme Tangle Free Headphones – The Tangle Free Headphones take the hassle out of listening to your favorite music.
• HTC Rhyme Sports Armband* – The Sports Armband allows you to work out in style while keeping your apps and music close to you.
• HTC Rhyme Bluetooth® Headset* – The wireless headset follows the same design cues as the phone itself and enables for easy hands free use.
• HTC Rhyme Bluetooth® Car Speaker* – The wireless speaker clips onto the sun visor in your car for easy and safe driving.

*Sold separately

Woohoo, loving the new phones from HTC Philippines!

Anyway, back to the party.

As I was saying, it was an awesome party! Free food, free flowing drinks and awesome entertainment from the Techy Romantics.

Here are some of my photos from the event:

Awesome music from Techy Romantics :)

The HTC Radar in the flesh!

Why, hello there, HTC Explorer.

Oh hai, HTC Rhyme.

Bumped into Carlo Tirona of C! Magazine.

Met fashion blogger Reg Rodriguez of HeyRocketGirl :)

HTC Philippines raffled off a few phones that night. I didn’t win (bah, what’s new) but I did get a free HTC car charger. Yay!

Artsy-fartsy shot taken with Retro Camera app for Android :)

For the latest HTC Philippines news, like the HTC Philippines Facebook Page (https://www.facebook.com/HTCPH)

Last December 5, 2011, Lenovo had its End of Year Party at Dillingers, Greenbelt 3.

At the party, Lenovo unveiled two products: the IdeaPad U300s Ultrabook and the ThinkPad Tablet.

IdeaPad U300s Ultrabook
This pretty little thang combines high fashion and superior technology. Perfect for geeks like me!

IdeaPad U300s Specs:

• Full metal ultraportable design
• Long battery life (8 hour battery life and 30 day standby)
• Lenovo RapidCharge, charges to 50% in just 30 minutes!
• 13.3″ with 0.6inch thin body and weighs less than 3 pounds!
• generation Intel® Core™ i7 processor with Intel® Turbo Boost Technology 2.0
• Enhanced Experience 2.0 RapidDrive SSD technology
• 16:9 widescreen HD display, 4GB DDR3 memory and up to 256GB of SSD storage
• Bluetooth®, high-speed 802.11n Wi-Fi, USB 2.0 and USB 3.0 connectors
• integrated 1.3M (720p HD) webcam
• HD graphics support, HDMI output
• Integrated stereo speakers with SRS® Premium Surround Sound™
• Intel® Wireless Display (WiDi) Technology
• Scratch resistant coating
• Comes in Graphite Grey or Clementine Orange

Price: P55,995
Availability: early January 2012

Who said you had to compromise fashion for the sake of high performance?

ThinkPad Tablet
The ThinkPad Tablet, the 2nd device in Lenovo’s tablet family, is an ultra-mobile device perfect for business professionals with a “Work hard, Play hard” lifestyle.

ThinkPad Tablet Specs:

• powered by Android 3.1
• 10.1” WXGA (1280×800) display
• weighs 0.75 kg
• IPS display for a 178-degree viewing angle
• Scratch-resistant Corning Gorilla Glass
• NVIDIA Tegra 2 dual-core mobile processors
• Preloaded full version of Documents to Go app by DataViz
• Optional digitizer pen and Keyboard Folio
• micro-USB port, built-in full-size SD card reader, full-size USB port, mini-HDMI port
• Comes preloaded with McAfee Mobile Security app
• Pre-enabled Computrace ® Mobile app

Price: P28,000
Availability: mid-December 2011

And here are some photos from the Lenovo Party!

The place was packed! :P Good food and free drinks to boot!

Wowie Wong of Intel Philippines.

Vicky Agorrilla, Country General Manager of Lenovo Philippines holding the U300s :)

Blogger Azrael Coladilla of Azrael’s Merryland having fun at the Lenovo Party!

Lenovo raffled out 2 Lenovo A60 phones and Airphil Tickets. Too bad I didn’t win :P Was never lucky with raffles anyway.

For the latest Lenovo news, follow Lenovo on Twitter (www.twitter.com/LenovoPhils) and Facebook (www.facebook.com/lenovophilippines).

This post is a couple of days late already, but it’s better late than never!

Besides, I wouldn’t want to miss the opportunity to thank everyone who has supported my blog! *Big hugs and kisses*

To my family and friends, thanks for putting up with my shameless plugging of GeekGirlManila links on Facebook.

To all my readers, thank you! I wouldn’t have done it without you guys. You guys inspire me to write and share my experiences, no matter how silly or small they may be.

Special thanks to JC Ansis of Pizza and Beer for the nomination! ;)

Again, thank you all so much! :)

I would also like to congratulate all the winners of the Philippine Blog Awards 2011! (list compiled by Inquirer.net)

National Level:
1. Advocacy – Environment Philippines (http://www.environmentphilippines.com)
2. Beauty and Fashion – Jenne Chrisville (http://www.jennechrisville.wordpress.com/)
3. Business – Ready to be Rich (http://www.fitzvillafuerte.co)
4. Culture and Arts – Sining Factory (http://www.siningfactory.weebly.com)
5. Entertainment – Without Wang 2 (http://andronico.wordpress.com/)
6. Food & Beverage – Ralph Guzman // Foodie (http://www.ratedralph.com)
7. Gaming – The Otaku Fridge (http://www.otakufridge.com)
8. Hobbies and Recreation – kuhol.net – cars, culture, competition, community (http://kuhol.net/)
9. Home and Parenting – Dainty Mom (http://www.daintymom.com)
10. Humor – The Professional Heckler (http://professionalheckler.wordpress.com)
11. Lifestyle – Geek Girl Manila (http://geekgirlmanila.com/)
12. Literature – Pointless Paranoia (http://www.pointlessparanoia.wordpress.com/)
13. Personal/Diary – I Am Fickle Cattle (http://www.ficklecattle.blogspot.com/)
14. Photoblog – RosariOko (http://www.rosarioko.com)
15. Society, Politics and History – It’s True! It’s True! (http://www.mistervader.blogspot.com/)
16. Sports – CebuRunning (http://www.ceburunning.com)
17. Technology – LS Geekster Online (http://www.lsgeekster.blogspot.com/)
18. Travel – We are Sole Sisters (http://www.wearesolesisters.com/)
19. Videocasts and Podcasts – Brink Notes Podcast Network (http://www.bncast.com)

Special Categories:
1. Filipiniana – Live in the Philippines (http://www.liveinthephilippines.com)
2. Top Video/Podcast – Krimmy Couple: A Korean-Filipino Love Story (http://www.mykoreanboyfriend.com/2011/02/krimmy-couple-a-korean-filipino-love-story/)
My Korean Boyfriend (http://mykoreanboyfriend.wordpress.com)
3. Top PhotoPost – 2011: its 1/1/11, a new year and a fresh start (http://www.lantaw.blogspot.com/2011/01/2011-its-1111-new-year-and-fresh-start.html)
Lantaw (http://www.lantaw.blogspot.com)
4. Top Post – Blood Stains, the Smell of Disinfectant and the RH Bill (http://www.orchestroscopy.blogspot.com/2011/05/blood-stains-smell-of-disinfectant-and.html) ORCHESTROSCOPY (http://www.orchestroscopy.blogspot.com/)
5. Best Blog Design – Markable (http://www.markable.me/)
6. Readers’ Choice – Culture Shack (http://www.cultureshacked.blogspot.com/)
7. Bloggers Choice – Libre Lang Mangarap (http://otep.wordpress.com/)

Luzon:
1. Beauty and Fashion – Simply Rins (http://www.rina-alcantara.com/)
2. Culture and Arts – Pop Reviews Now (http://www.popreviewsnow.blogspot.com)
3. Food and Beverage – Our Daily Blog (http://regandmitzi.wordpress.com/)
4. Lifestyle – Bongga Ba (http://www.bonggaba.com)
5. Personal/Diary – The Culture Shack (http://www.cultureshacked.blogspot.com/)
6. PhotoBlog – Lakad Pilipinas (http://lakad-pilipinas.blogspot.com/)
7. Technology – GameOPS (http://www.gameops.net/)
8. Travel – Lakad Pilipinas (http://lakad-pilipinas.blogspot.com/)

And here are my measly photos of the night: (I brought my camera… but forgot to put in the memory card! /facepalm)

Artie and I.

Jeff aka Mr. Pinoyfitness.com and I! Pinoyfitness was a finalist for the Sports Category, National Level.

Giving my acceptance speech! I felt like I was blubbering the whole time, urgh.

The winners of the Philippine Blog Awards 2011!

My celebration dinner at Fridays, Bonifacio High Street with Vince, Hannah, Marcus, Mike, Clem, Artie and Jeff.

For more (and better) photos, you can visit the Philippine Blog Awards Facebook Page or Azrael’s Merryland :)

As promised, let me announce the winners of the Crumpler Giveaway! :)

Okay, let’s get the ball rolling ’cause I know you guys are exciiiiiiiiteeeeeeeed! :)

*drumroll*

Winner of the Carrot is…

Dorry Lyn Tan!

Winner of the Noose is…

Janice Paglinawan!

Winner of the Limpet is…

Michael Zee Pua!

Hurray! SO DID YOU WIN?!

Congratulations to all the winners!

I’ll be shipping your prizes out, hopefully, before the week ends :) (Please drop me a note or send me a photo of you with the prize when you receive your prizes!)

Again, congratulations and thanks for joining! (So happy to see so many entries! 60 entries for the Carrot, 47 for the Noose and 18 for the Limpet!)

To everyone, keep visiting GeekGirlManila for future giveaways! Or, you can add me up on Twitter or Facebook to get the updates on my latest misadventures!

Happy Monday! :)

Link: Carrot, Noose and Limpet Review