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I bought a bunch of Ottogi 3-minute ready-to-eat (RTE) food products: meatballs, burger, curry, chicken teriyaki. We've had the burger and meatballs so far... Masarap! Delicious! It's enough for 1 person. I did not heat the foil pouch in boiling water or empty the contents para i-microwave per instructions. Ang ginawa ko is I poured the contents sa small saucepan and let it boil over low heat. NOTE: I also added some water kasi thick at konti lang sauce nya… Pakuluin lang ng konti, yum! Madami nadin yung mini meatballs, maybe 1 dozen? It tastes homemade ala sweet n' sour. Yum 👍 Ottogi is a Korean brand. I want to try their other products because they make delicious RTE food. I bought the Ottogi 3-Minute Meatballs online sa Shopee . It's also available on Lazada here .

One week na since I ordered from the Watsons app but still… nothing. I last ordered our vitamin C from Watsons in April 2021 and it was delivered in one week so I thought maybe they caught up with their backlog na (I like the Watsons brand of vitamin C because it’s a coated tablet.). However, this recent order is taking too long again like what most of us experienced in 2020. I followed it up via chat within the Watsons app and they told me the status will automatically update when it is out for delivery. My concern is that the actual Ximex XDE tracking app says it's still preparing to be shipped… hay, ano bang tama? Ewan. (XDE is the courier per the Watsons app.) *Update 7/19/2021: I got my package na... It was shipped via LBC, not XDE - that's why tracking was wrong! FYI, the app still shows the same "shipping" status as the pic above as of now. I feel for the reps answering the chat because the app is not reflecting the order's status in real time. Anyway,

SALE Upto 22% off until 11/24/2020... Click the banner to see the Nestle Official Store on Shopee! Merong sale ang Nestle sa Shopee until 11/24/2020... This is the official Nestle Store at the online Shopee Mall.  A lot of manufacturers have an official storefront there and it's great that we can buy direct online na!  Among the Nestle products I buy are Milo and Bear Brand Adult Plus. I like that you can get P40 off shipping when you reach the minimum order total... it's not really free shipping, but P40 off kasi P45 talaga ang shipping within Metro Manila as of now. At the Nestle store, merong free shipping for a minimum order of P500. The vouchers and promos on Shopee change over time kaya you have to check what's new when you buy online to get the best deals. Eto yung mga deals nila until 11/24/2020... Discounts up to 22% off. Nice. So far, maayos ang delivery sakin ng mga official stores sa Shopee Mall. Quality products, malinis (as in hindi old stocks na naalikabok na

Sa BonChon, either hit or miss ang lasa ng food... First taste was at a restaurant inside SM Bicutan -- the beef "bibimbowl" was shockingly salty. As in! Second, delivery naman via FoodPanda -- Bonchon beef stew and soy garlic chicken. Both were savory! Very delicious!  Third, delivery ulit -- Bonchon soy garlic chicken and chapchae (pic below). The Bonchon chapchae was sweet as expected. But the soy garlic chicken... bakit super sweet din? Anong nangyari? Waah!

Photo courtesy of Unsplash Since Honestbee disappeared, I tried other online grocery alternatives here in Metro Manila. So far, MetroMart failed - I will not use MetroMart ever again - so, Pushkart it is. In the last three months, my experience with Pushkart was OK. I like the "kredits" refund for unavailable items, and the shopper asking about replacements. I had nothing to complain about... until last week. Available slots are getting full too quickly: On my last order, the soonest available was 4 days away! System glitches: Their website has always been slow... but lately, "kredits" were not reflected properly, and the "Cart" was not updating. Yung Cart talaga merong issue... nasasayang ang oras ko magshopping. Sigh. Si WaltermartDelivery naman, as of now, ang laki ng minimum (2000 pesos) at delivery fee (300 pesos) so not practical talaga. Meron pa bang other online grocery options? Out na yung mga specialty shops; I just need regular su

APRIL 2019 My first time to use Metromart since Honestbee is still down... FAILED pa, grabe! Short Version: I ordered groceries sa Metromart website and paid online with a credit card. BUT pagdating ng groceries ko, sabi ng deliveryman na meron pa daw akong dapat bayaran in CASH! Ano daw?! So tiningnan namin yung receipt... Ayun, nakita na binili ng shopper ang di ko in-approve na item at dinoble pa... over 400 pesos ba naman! Kaloka! Eto pa ang malupit: 1000 buo lang ang cash-on-hand ko and walang barya ang deliveryman. Late na din so hassle na samin at deliveryman nila... So yung BISITA ko ang nag-offer na magbayad!!! Waah! Nakakahiya talaga. That's why I will never buy from MetroMart ever again. Long Version: I did not have a good experience with Metromart's grocery delivery... I had a short list and the shopper texted me about unavailable items. I approved one (1) item replacement -- tocino. Yun lang, nevermind na yung mga hindi available We had no problem texting,

How to fix a Paymaya Duplicate Account issue? Do not waste your time sending an email to support@paymaya.com or messaging PaymayaCares on FB because you will only get a canned response (and a headache). YOU NEED TO TALK TO A HUMAN BEING... If you do not have a landline but you do have a Smart number, call *788 directly. This is free. That's what I did. I spoke with a rep and she fixed it right away, mabilis lang. She said the BSP (Bangko Sentral) is strict and will only allow 1 upgraded account per user. Any attempts to upgrade a different number will flag the new account and put you in this duplicate account mess and you won't be able to add money to this new number anymore. (The original account will not be affected though.) Because they cannot cancel the submitted upgrade request on the new number (it doesn't work that way daw), I had to choose which number I want to keep-- If I choose to keep the old upgraded number, they will delete the duplicate account and I

Cashbacks from Shopback.ph that are supposed to be Confirmed by now are just passing by, stuck at Pending. It started mid-September. Missing cashbacks are cropping up as well. My Honestbee.ph clicks are being recorded but the completed transactions are not being recognized as Pending like they used to. I reported a missing cashback from Honestbee.ph last month that is now being "investigated." [*Update: Investigation is done and they rejected it. hmmm...]  Is this happening only to me??? I have over 1,000 pesos in pending cashbacks from Honestbee.ph... it will be so bad if I don't get it back. [*Update 10/12/18: Yung mga transactions ko na too-long in Pending status are now verified, sunod-sunod pa. Good. Winithdraw ko na agad at baka mawala nanaman.]

Honestbee has a P200-off promo for first-time food orders. I used it yesterday. I picked Hanako. Japanese food. It has a branch along Dona Soledad Ave. That's close enough. - California Maki = yummy - Gyoza = fried but got here soggy na - Ebi Tempura = same as the gyoza, soggy So, either Hanako cools the fried orders before closing the containers for delivery or I don't order fried items from them anymore.

Promo period is whole month of March 2018, excluding March 15 and March 30, 2018. With a minimum spend of Php 500.00, PayMaya users will get 15% discount if they use PayMaya to shop in Lazada & use the promo code “PAYMAYAMAR”. Promo period is... every 15th and 30th from March to October 2018. Use code PAYMAYAPAYDAY to get 20% off at LAZADA every 15th and 30th of the month when you use your PayMaya. Minimum spend of Php 1,000 is required (maximum discount per checkout is Php 300.00). I successfully used PAYMAYAMAR earlier today to buy bags of activated charcoal to get rid of strong cooking smells coming from our neighbors. I expect them to be delivered next week... I hope they work!

Gold-filled ring . Size 8. Simple & chic. Bought this online at pulserasbykim.com . I recommend this shop. Transaction was smooth and shipping was quick. I like it very much. The size 8 is okay for a thumb ring on me but a little too loose so, maybe a 7 would have been better. I want to find another gold-filled ring like this in a size 6.5 for my index finger, or a size 6 for my ring finger. Funny thing is, I did not know my ring size before buying this. Now, I think I have a pretty good idea. :)

Myskgras Comforter by Ikea Hope it can save my ass from pressure sores...

Celeteque Traveler's Basics P149 at Watson's via LazadaPH Online I like travel-sized things. Last time I was at Walmart (or another supermarket, I forget) in FL, I spent most of my time in front of a wall with bins of travel size toiletries - baby wipes, toothpaste, soap, deodorant, etc - that cost ~$1 each. Too bad I could not see the top bins from my powerchair. I remember that moment, I rolled back and forth in front of that wall taking forever to decide what not to buy.

Success Buying groceries online from Walter Mart's grocery delivery website works. grocerydelivery.com.ph I ordered and paid on Wednesday, Feb. 15. The soonest time slots open for delivery were on Saturday, Feb. 18. Wow, it fills up quickly. I chose the 1-3 pm slot on the 18th. The minimum cart total is 2000 pesos to go through. Delivery was supposed to be free for first-time customers but when I got to the ipay88 payments page, 300 pesos for delivery was added. Hmm. *UPDATE Feb.22: They returned 300 pesos to my credit card so, delivery was free! Everything was through email: 1. Received my order confirmation with the itemized grocery list and the ipay88 payment info within minutes of completing checkout on the 15th (Wednesday afternoon). 2. On the 16th (Thursday morning), received an email that my order has been scheduled for delivery. That's it. Today, the 18th, my order was delivered at 12:15 pm. Happy. Everything was well packed. My receipt was good and everything was acco

 fail I wanted this to work. Sayang. Puregold online grocery store They're only taking COD (cash on delivery) as of now. I don't think they're implementing this well cuz at the checkout page, there was no message box to enter instructions like how much change they should prepare. So I assume someone will just get in touch but I don't like that cuz that means we'll be texting back and forth and I hate waiting for replies. I ordered in the morning. It's next-day delivery so I had to wait (delivery fee is 80 pesos if the cart total is below 3000 pesos). I downloaded the pdf of my shopping list from the transactions page, a nice feature, actually (for a moment I thought my list was gone forever). The pdf included the auto-assigned branch too. At 4pm the next day, I received a text from Puregold Southpark (my auto-assigned branch) asking which area I'm in. I answered. They texted back to say they'll refer my order to a closer branch which is Puregold JR. Oka

Delivery is within Metro Manila so Lazada ships free and quickly. But I wish the Lazada PH online store will: 1. Stock more grocery items, and 2. Add the option to sort by Seller. I find that if Lazada itself is the seller, they ship in one package and it's delivered to me the next day. Saya.  When I have different sellers in one order, they deliver separately. Kaya minsan, iba-ibang araw, may package akong dumadating pero isang checkout/order lang yun. Di ko type. Kaya, ayun, wish #2.

More shopping on amazon.com It raining now. A little gloomy and dark in here. I kind of like it. Amazon.com is wonderful when you're in the US. While it's not 100% efficient - I've had a couple of late shipments and wrong products - their mistakes so far were not major to complain about. I did want to give mom the Tena Ultimate 10 pads she wanted but - just received the package today - they sent the Tena Active 30 pads instead. Amazon itself was the seller so... Oh well, nevermind. I have a few more little things coming from Amazon, mostly groceries. I would've preferred to go to Walmart but it's raining (powerchair must not get wet) and some items I want are on top shelves that I couldn't reach even with my grabber. But it's ok. I still like going there even if it's just to roam around, and people are generally helpful. A nice lady offered to help me reach a Goody hair ties pack that I was staring at for a while at Target two weeks ago. I heard her

UPDATE: The package "appeared" on my table that evening so it must have been delivered in the afternoon. So the local Usps scanned too early? Probably. ...... Bought a lipstick palette on amazon from a 3rd-party seller with free shipping. Usps tracking says it's delivered at 11:49 a.m. today, 11/16/16, but it's not here! Makeup (even cheap $7 makeup!) is already a splurge for me which makes this doubly frustrating. On top of that, I have a migraine on the right side of my head, from my temple to the back of my skull.

Yay! Find-it organizer/supply caddy was delivered in 2 days with amazon prime. It's well-made and the design is nice. My things fit and they're finally all in one place. Less clutter in my small space.

My lamp is broken . Bought this USB LED bulb from the online shop, Lazada PH. Note re: Lazada, since I've signed up, I've received email spam... a lot of it... everyday. From shopping to gambling sites (mostly from gambling domains). Lazada can share our email address with their "affiliates," says so in their terms last I checked. Bad. 04/04/2016 1:58 AM MONDAY No Internet connection. Lost it around 1:10 a.m. Couldn't reach the pldt modem to power-cycle. Waited 20 minutes, thought that maybe it'll come back. It didn't. OK, can do nothing about it now. It'll have to wait till morning. Hello, bed. 04/04/2016 8:59 PM MONDAY Got up at 10 a.m. Still offline. Went to modem. All lights good. Turned modem off. Checked dial tone. It's fine. Checked pldt account. It's current, paid in advance pa nga e. Turned modem on... we're online. SIGH.