As you all know, I have won the AcQuabella and AcQuabene by Penshoppe Promo and got an iPad 2 after I attended the Nuffnang Blogopolis. I have been an android user for a couple of years now and it is my first time to own an Apple product... What a better way to own one other than as a freebie, WEEEHHH!!!!

This will not be a tech review but just a simple unboxing moment. I am sure you could all relate since Christmas time is just two sleeps away and we are all excited to unbox our presents. By the way, did you know that in New Zealand Dec 26 is a national holiday for them called "Boxing Day"? It is the day they (un)box the Christmas presents that they recieved. Oh, that just something I learn from my former counterpart who hails there. 

So without further adieu, unbox this iPad2 with me.

Thank you Lord for using Nuffnang Philippines and AcQuabella/AcQuabene by Penshoppe as your channel of blessing. I pray you make these brands prosper in 2013 that would be honorable to your name!

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I got this iPad Halo Case from Glorietta for only Php 835.00. I am wandering how I could better protect this nifty gadget, any suggestions? Feel free to comment below.

Merry Christmas everyone!

Getting run out of time to buy gifts for your Kris Kringle? Don't fret, just go to the nearest 24-hour convenient store, drug store or supermarket and grab a bottle of AcQuabella and AcQuabene scents by Penshoppe. For as low as, Php 100-120 you can buy as much as 5 bottles for those exchange gift worth Php 500. This line of scents has many variants and nicely bottled with cool designs, your gift will not look rushed at all. Just package with a nice bow and you are all set!

Fruity Mist Collection

Flames Collection

The AcQuabella and AcQuabene is exclusively retailed in the said outlets, you won't even find it inside the Penshoppe store. Get one for your love ones and perfect gift to your many inaanaks! You can even match it with their personalities.

I Am Collection

I already bought some and I need not go too far. Buying from the 7-11 store just right beside my office building. No extra time and energy needed to brave the traffic jam or go through the aisles of the mall.

Men's Street Scents Collection

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Thank you also for this fabulous Christmas Gift!!!

Special thanks to
Chris of AcQuabella and AcQuabene by Penshoppe
AJ and Toni of Nuffnang Philippines

The young and hardworking people I met over lunch. May you continue to be a blessing to the company you are working for. I really appreciate the short time we spent together. God bless!

Hubby and I grew up in the 90s -- the era when Pinoy Rock Bands reign the FM radio frequency. Not only the Eraserheads and Rivermaya tops the OPM Charts and fills up song hits magazines, but metal bands like Wolfgang also made their own personal mark in the local music industry.

Fast forward today, two decades after -- who would have thought that we will have the chance to see the rock band royalty, Wolfgang, performing live in our favorite place to be: Bonifacio Global City... for FREE!

Yeap, it was through the efforts of the Bonifacio Global City community who put up the very first PassionFest 2012. A 3-day celebration of different passions that makes this urban modern community lively and interactive. I'll be blogging more about the PassionFest in the following days but for the meantime here is a preview of Wolfgang's performance last night. They were the very first professional act that performed as the festivity opened.

No Falter by Wolfgang

Coincidentally, one of my Nuffnang Blogopolis freebies from AcQuabella by Penshoppe is a 100mL bottle of "I AM ROCK CHIC" included in the I AM Body Spray Collection. I totally enjoyed the first two scents that I tried that this time I also want to share this fragrance to one blog reader who rocks!

Here's the mechanics:

Open for blog readers here and abroad but with shipping address within the Philippines (so I could ship the bottle with no hassle, I will cover the shipping charges). Male readers can join assuming that you are joining to win for a rock chic that you know *yiheee, may crush*.

1. Click the Facebook Share icon found below at the very end of this post to quickly share in your timeline.

2. Leave your Facebook username in the comment box (also found below) so we could find you in FB.

3. Like our FB Pages: facebook.com/YAPtography and facebook.com/TimesOfRefreshingBlog

That's it! Promo ends on December 8, 12 midnight and we'll announce the winner at our FB Pages the next day. For security purposes, we will get the shipping address of the future winner via personal email.

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Thanks to Nuffnang Blogopolis, I am now on my second scent from the AcQuabella by Penshoppe freebie. I already tried one fragrance from the I AM Collection body spray so I decided to try one from the Fruity Mist Collection.

The one I had inside my loot bag was the Cherry Burst variant. So I sprayed it on me and smelled it.

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Then I asked hubby to sniff me (hihihi, children don't do this at home!). He purposely flirtly lingered a little while getting wind of the scent. He smiled back at me and said it smells like bubble gum. I totally agree because it kinda reminded me of my childhood favorite candy -- the Cherry Balls bubblegum that you get for 25 cents a piece that doubled as a red lipstick. Remember that one? When we were still a young girl we use it trying to look like all dolled up without putting on actual make-up.

Photo from the Internet (Cherry Balls)

The Fruity Mist Cherry Burst body spray made me reminiscent of that childhood memory and I like that when fragrance triggers your sensory and allowing your brain to find connections to your experiences. I am glad that I opened this bottle for myself.

 I also tried AcQuabella by Penshoppe 'I am Sassy' Body Spray

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But wait there is more!

I have enjoyed the two scents that I tried so far that I'll be sharing the remaining AcQuaBella by Penshoppe freebies to a lucky blog reader. Catch my next post so you too can activate your sense of smell when I give away AcQuabella by Penshoppe Body Spray for FREE!!!

Earlier I mentioned to you that my favorite from the AcQuabella by Penshoppe freebie in the Nuffnang Blogopolis lootbag was the 'I am Sassy'. So to cap off my busy week and welcome the weekend I decided to sprint on this yellow variant from the "I AM" Collection.

I am not big on perfumes but I do enjoy light scents that perks you up in the morning to help you start your day right. As we prepared for work, hubby stopped and asked..."Uhmm... Nagpabango ka ba?". Which I answered with a big yes, "I put on the I-Am-Sassy AcQuabella".

The five sprays I did in the morning already lasted for the whole day at the office. The only time I sprayed it on again was during early evening when BGC Passionfest was about to start at 9th St. of Bonifacio High Street.

One of the six variant from the I AM Collection Body Spray, 'I am Sassy' is describe as bloom and blush with sun-ripened citrus orange and apple, mingled with warm floral bouquet of sheer musk and sandalwood. For me, it is like wearing summer scent during Christmas season. I think this body spray is perfect for our upcoming Coron Island getaway!

After this one, I also tried Cherry Burst from Fruity Misty Collection

A big plus is that this AcQuaBella by Penshoppe Collection is available in leading beauty shops and drug store nationwide at a very affordable price!

 

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I'm sharing one 100ml bottle of body spray to a blog reader who rocks!

I was glad that hubby picked me up from Makati Shangri-La after the Nuffnang Philippines Blogopolis event. I would have probably had to hail a cab so I could carry FOUR lootbags all for free...feeling ko nanalo ako ng sari-sari store showcase from a noontime show sa dami! Of course, we had to thank the generosity of the sponsors for giving out so much freebies.

1-2-3...4 lootbags!

So when I got home from the fun-filled day, I still took pixies to post on my Instagram. One by one I unpacked each lootbags and feeling like a kid again coming out from a children's birthday party.

There was a couple of smaller Penshoppe plastic bags inside the Nuffnang Blogopolis lootbag. When I took it out I found four different scents of AcQuaBELLA.

AcQuaBELLA by Penshoppe

But this one has got to be my favorite labeled as "I am Sassy". Yeap for real, my blogger name is Sassy. My own short version for Sasa Yap. So feeling ko it was made just for me...awww! Birthday month ko pa naman...feeling special tuloy. Hahaha, babaw di vah?

#AMASASSY, I am Sassy Scent AcQuaBELLA by Penshoppe

That was the last photo I took and called it a day! 

Thanks Nuffnang Blogopolis sponsors especially Penshoppe for this giveaways.

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