It's that time of year once again when love is in the air. Whether
you're single or in a relationship, one thing’s for sure—Valentine’s Day is always a
wonderful opportunity to express your affection and appreciation towards your
loved ones. Here are some ways you can share the love:
Nurture
and practice self-love
You’ve probably heard the saying “If you don't
love yourself, how will you love someone else?” many times, and yet self-love
is still often overlooked.So why not
use Valentine’s as a reason to also focus and care for yourself? There are
plenty of things you can do to cultivate self-love. Write a love letter to
yourself, a gratitude list to be reminded of things in your life that bring you
joy. Spend a day of self-care by pampering yourself at home or spoiling
yourself at your favorite salon or spa.Celebrate your achievements and indulge yourself with something you've
wanted for a long time without breaking the bank. Especially with Payday coming
soon, reward yourself for your hard work at Shopee’s Payday Sale on February
15. Checkout with ShopeePay to enjoy all-day free shipping at ₱0 min spend, 15%
cashback vouchers, up to 50% bills cashback, and more!
In a happy, loving,
and committed relationship? Everyone knows that no matter how well you know
your significant other, picking out the perfect gift can still be very tricky
at times.
Struggling to come
up with gift ideas for the most romantic day of the year? Shopee has a roundup
of products that’ll make your partner feel loved, whether you’re celebrating
this special day at home, or apart.
Enjoy deals and discounts up to 90% off on a
great selection of gifts at Shopee’s Valentine’s Day Sale. Check them out
below!
Valentine’s Day is just around the corner, and it’s time to fall head over heels on PayMaya’s deals this month of love! From gift shopping online for your loved one to dining out at your favorite restaurant with your special someone, you can have a more exciting and lovelier Valentine’s Day celebration when you use PayMaya for your payment transactions.
Here are 6 ways to enjoy PayMaya’s BalikBayad perks this month of love!
SHOP FOR A SPECIAL GIFT ONLINE
It’s always the thought that counts when you’re buying a gift for your loved one. Since Valentine’s Day is fast approaching, shopping at the mall can be a challenge.
So skip the hassles of dealing with rush hour traffic or lining up at the mall and enjoy a sweet P143 cashback when you shop for gifts online with a total spend of P5,000 using PayMaya. This promo runs until February 15, 2020.
HAVE A BOOK-SHOPPING DATE AT THE BIG BAD WOLF BOOK SALE
If you and your date are book-lovers, have a fun and exciting date at the much-awaited Big Bad Wolf Book Sale at the World Trade Center, Pasay City from February 14-24, 2020. PayMaya is once again powering the cashless experience at the mega book sale event, allowing you to enjoy the convenience and perks of using PayMaya and other cashless options to shop for your favorite books.
You can score up to 100% cashback when you pay for your purchases via PayMaya QR. Aside from that, you can get P50 cashback for every P2,000 single-receipt transaction using the PayMaya physical card.
SURPRISE YOUR LOVED ONE WITH KFC’S FINGER LICKIN GOOD BITES
Express your love in the simplest way possible, such as surprising your loved one with a delightful meal from PayMaya Preferred Partner KFC. It’s surely a Valentine’s Day treat to remember because of the cashback rewards from PayMaya.
You can score a P100 reward weekly until March 1, 2020 when you #ScanToPay for your KFC meals with a minimum spend of P200 using PayMaya.
ENJOY A GASTRONOMIC ADVENTURE WITH YOUR ZOMATO GOLD
Bring your date to an unforgettable culinary adventure! Take advantage of more food at a lesser price when you use your Zomato Gold for your post-Valentine's Day celebration.
To unlock the best food deals in the metro at the best price, pay for your Zomato Gold membership using PayMaya and get a 50% discount upon your payment. You can also maximize your perks by dining at Zomato Gold partner restaurants with PayMaya QR because you have two chances of getting up to 100% cashback throughout the weekends of February.
GO ON A ROAD TRIP WITH YOUR LOVED ONE
Enjoy a romantic getaway with your loved one this February. Whether you’re going to the beach or exploring scenic places, you can have an amazing and memorable road trip when you gas up at PayMaya Preferred partner gas stations.
You can definitely avoid the heartbreak and enjoy P5 savings per liter when you #ScanToPay at Total, Metro Oil, Power Fill, and Marz Fuel. This is on top of the usual PayMaya QR promos, where you can get as much as 100% cashback capped at P500 for every qualified transaction.
FIND LOVE ON TINDER
If you’re single and looking for that special someone, start your journey in finding true love by subscribing to the world’s most popular mobile dating app, Tinder. Meet new people and engage in interesting conversations every time you swipe right!
Furthermore, you can get lucky and connect with more people when you purchase Tinder Plus and Tinder Gold in the PayMaya app, which is currently at up to 75% OFF until February 29, 2020.
Don’t miss your chance to express gratitude and appreciation for your special someone this Valentine’s Day and this whole month of love! With the help of PayMaya, you can now spend this special occasion in the sweetest and most hassle-free way, plus may BalikBayad ka pa!
Download the PayMaya app for free on iOS or Android now and avail of great deals, promos, and offers. For more information on exclusive deals and offers available to users, visit www.paymaya.com/deals or follow @PayMayaOfficial on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
Per DTI Fair Trade Permit No. FTEB 22899, 21869, 21871, 22521, 20801, Series of 2019. Per DTI Fair Trade Permit No. FTEB 01767, 01601, 01769, 01599, 01765, 01405, Series of 2020.
Inspiring love stories don’t just happen in the movies. This season of love, experience being the star in your own romantic film, along with other fun Valentine’s Day activities at SM Supermalls. “This love month, we have prepared unique activities to spread love and good vibes the whole month of February that all our shoppers ̶ couples and singles alike ̶ can enjoy,” said SM Supermalls senior vice president for marketing Jonjon San Agustin. Here are 5 fun ways to discover love at SM:
Dating on V-Day these days can be as adventurous as going on a random trip out-of-town to a super chill binge-watching session at home. Not sure how to celebrate this month’s special day with your loved one? Check out our list below for the best pair you and your special someone can wear for each date so you can celebrate in comfort and style!
For the Foodie. If you enjoy eating together and trying new dishes, then it only makes sense you celebrate Valentine’s Day the way you know how. Plan a tasting of the newest grub in the city for a gastronomic and romantic adventure in one. Head to The Truck Park in Marikina, the Backyard Food Park in Fairview, or The Yard in Xavierville to get you started.
Valentine's day is special and it's made more special with this giveaway from WeChat! Just post a picture on your FB wall with your Valentine, and tell us why He or she is special to you.
It can be your Boyfriend, Girlfriend, Husband, Wife, Dog, Cat.. Anything that you hold close to your heart! Don't forget to add the hashtag #WeLove and tag Wechat Philippines, otherwise your entry won't count!!
You have from today until Feb 16 to join, so upload now, for your chance to win that iPad mini! Like this post? Subscribe to Manila Life by Email Like Manila Life on Facebook to be updated.
This Valentine's, Beyond the Box, your favorite Apple Premium Reseller is giving you and your special someone the chance to have your very own Urbanears headphones for the price of one! The Urbanears Perfect Pair bundles.
For the price of one, you’ll get to share the music with the one you love. You can choose from the Plattan and Medis bundle(P2,950), and the Humlan and Bagis bundle(P2,250).
Available in color combinations from the previous Urbanears collection: the Indigo and Lilac, and the Indigo and Tomato. The bundles also feature Urbanears’ newest colors——the Citrus and the Julep, combined with Dark Grey.
Make two headphones beat as one. Hear the same music at the same time by using the ZoundPlug found on all on-ear Urbanears models to plug in the other pair of headphones included in the bundle.
Urbanears Perfect Pair bundles are exclusively available at Beyond the Box from February 8 until supplies last.
Make room for a lotta love this Valentine's Day! on Feb 13 and 14, experience a dinner date to remember at the Ballroom of Oracle Hotel. Enjoy a 4course dinner while jamming to the music of the Juice band. Get a chance to win an overnight stay at Oracle.
For only P1,350net enjoy seafood chowder, mesclun greens with fruit vinaigrette, panseared duo of pink salmon and dory and a dessert collection. It will be a night of laughter and romance. for inquires call 926-7777
Closeup brings to us the 3rd Philippine International Pyromusical Competition! The 2012 Close Up Pyromusical will run every Saturday from February 11 to March 17.
And to kick things off this year, Closeup brings lovers, friends and families together for PYROPALOOZA! Happening on Feb. 11, 2012 at 7PM, with performances from Zia Quizon, pop rock band Indios and Never the Strangers, a special appearance by Youtube sensation JAMICH and a performance by David Archuleta.
Experience love, joy, happiness in the season of love this Valentine's. Show your special someone your love, be close and have the world's greatest Pyro extravaganza at your midst. What 's great about this is that you don't even have to buy tickets!
Just purchase Closeup products worth P100 with proof of purchase (receipt) to exchange for a silver ticket (up to a max of 3 tickets for 1 receipt) or use it as a 50% off discount for gold and VIP tickets worth P300 and P500 respectively.
Claim your tickets starting Feb. 1, 2012. CLICK HERE for the list of redemption centers for your tickets. See you there!!!
2 lucky winners will get to have a Valentine Dinner Date at Hotel Elizabeth Baguio or Hotel Elizabeth Cebu!!! Want to win this? Then join Trip or Treats Valentine's Goodie Giveaway!
Calling all dessert enthusiasts and just about anyone with a strong appetite for sweets. Here's a dessert buffet impossible to resist. Available on Monday Feb. 14, 2011, Valentine's Day, Medchef's Dessert-All-You-Can could be the sweetest thing that you can give to your significant other/bestfriend/relative/yourself.
For inquiries and reservations, call Medchef at 585-6052 / 0917-366-0430 and look for Jayson, Jobel or Ritchel.
"When your heart responds instinctively to other people's joys and sorrows, you will know you have lost your self and attained the experience of your 'one-body-ness' with the human race - and love has finally arrived."
~Tony de Mello~
Let Chef Niño take you from that first spicy glance of attraction to those juicy slices of tender loving affection to the seductive bites of intimacy and down to the trickling sweetness of true love.. Ah finally!
"La Vie En Rouge"
An Extra Special Valentine Dégustation
In celebration of ~
- The Month of Love and the Year of the Rabbit
- NINYO Fusion Cuisine's 2nd Year/Garnet Anniversary
(Also Chef Niño's birthday)
All in the extra special month of February..
So brace yourself for a complete, thoroughly satisfying, all-consuming gastronomic love affair..
"La Vie En Rouge"
12-Course Extra Special Valentine Dégustation
AMUSE BOUCHE
Tuna Prosciutto set on endive with spicy balsamic mayo
APPETIZER
Sake Oyster Shooter infused with ginger, yuzu juice served with faux caviar
SALAD
Wagyu Tenderloin Carpaccio served with bouquet of arugula rockets, hijiki sauerkraut
in strawberry and yamamomo vinaigrette
PASTA
Uni and Spinach Ravioli in wasabi cream sauce
POULTRY
Duck Quartet
~ Tortellini with duck leg confit and cream cheese drizzled with honey ponzu vinaigrette
~ Duck leg confit okonomiyaki with torchon of foie gras and gobo
~ Patoyaki (Foie gras and duck leg stuffed balls)
~ Mesquite smoked duck breast set on dehydrated apple in cranberry dressing
SOUP Mesquite Smoked Heirloom of Tomato Soup topped with basil froth garnished with parmesan crisp
SORBET
LAMB
Miso-braised Lamb Shank Croqueta infused with wasabi strawberry coullis and lamb jus
SEAFOOD
Wasabi Coconut Prawn Thermidore
BEEF
Coffee-crusted Wagyu Rib Eye with Valrhona Chocolate and Beef Au Jus served with asparagus wrapped in parma ham
CHEESE
Crazy Heart Cheese Crackers
Cracker pillows stuffed with blue cheese, gruyere and cheddar mornay sauce coated with moringa quezo blanco garnished with smoked mussels stuffed in green and black olives
DESSERT
Spicy Valrhona Chocolate Cake
DRINK
Special NINYO Iced Tea/ Vin Rouge Spritzer
Php 2,500
Inclusive of 12% VAT, exclusive of 10% SC
*Available from February 12-14, Friday-Sunday only.
**12-Course Valentine Dégustation available from Feb. 12-14. Musicians will be playing classic love songs live on selected nights, dinner time only.
***8-Course Valentine Degustation Menu also available
Ninyo Fusion Cuisine and Wine Lounge is located at 66 Esteban Abada St., Loyola Heights, Quezon City. For reservations, call 4260301/ 09175385813. Hurry, tables run out fast at NINYO during this time of the year (If you're put on waitlist, no worries.. it'll be worth it!:-)
Because your special someone is worth the wait.. See you at NINYO!
photo credits to Paolo Zalameda
Cupid’s Arrow Sparks Love at Richmonde Hotel Ortigas
This February, Cupid’s arrow points to the perfect romantic paradise in the city this season of hearts—Richmonde Hotel Ortigas.
Love sparks from February 5 to 28, 2011, with Richmonde Ortigas’ special Valentine’s Room Packagesstarting at PhP 5,800 nett for a Superior Room. Dine your way to your beloved’s heart with the Chef’s Exclusives set dinner for two and the charming breakfast buffet, both served at the stylish Richmonde Café and included in the room package. Make a Valentine toast with a bottle of wine set in your room, together with a box of pralines, and spoil your significant other with a relaxing in-room massage for two at 50% discount. You can also celebrate the Valentine affair at The Exchange bar with a 15% discount on all offered concoctions.
Propose to your sweetheart over the Valentine’s Set Menu, served from February 7 to 13, 2011, and hear her gush “Yes!” to the scrumptious 4-course meal of creamy Tomato Soup, delightful Smoked Salmon with Poached Shrimp Salad appetizer, a choice of either a plate of Beef & Prawn or Lamb & Prawn and Strawberry Terrine for dessert, topped with a Glass of Red or White Wine, all for only PhP 1,250nett.
On February 14th arrives, families, couples and good friends can revel in Richmonde Café’s Valentine’s Day Lunch Buffet which presents a wide array of fine international cuisine complemented with a glass of wine from 11:30am to 2:00pm, and priced at only PhP 1,200nett. Or whoop it up at The Exchange, with its Valentine’s Day Wine Buffet from 9:00pm to 12:00mn featuring select red and white wines and enticing bar chow, for only PhP 580nett.
Valentine’s Room Packages are valid only for local residents and foreigners with ACR and is subject to room availability. The Richmonde Café and Exchange Bar are located at the 2nd floor of The Richmonde Hotel at 21 San Miguel Avenue, OrtigasCenter, PasigCity. For inquiries and reservations, please call 638-7777.
Cuddle up with your significant other and celebrate the season of love at Eastwood Richmonde Hotel with its dreamy offerings that are sure to spice up any couple’s relationship.
From February 7 to 28, 2011, escape to a romantic getaway with your better half with Eastwood Richmonde’s Valentine’s Room Packages at rates starting at PhP 7,400 nett for a Superior Room. Choose between an indulgent reprieve and a luscious respite amidst the relaxing interiors of the hotel’s well-appointed guest rooms.
The Indulgence Room Package lets you and your beloved enjoy a divine evening date at the Eastwood Café with a fine 4-course dinner complete with wine. Feel love surround you as you enter your room as we set the mood with long-stemmed roses, box of pralines,bottle of wine and a cheese platter. Courtship continues until the morning after with a hearty buffet breakfast for two at the Eastwood Café.
Let love flourish and make your Valentine’s luxurious with the Lush Room Package that lets you keep the fire burning with a 60-minute Oriental Acupuncture for two at The Spa, conveniently located at the 2nd floor of the hotel. The package also includes long-stemmed roses, a breakfast buffet as well as a 4-course dinner that you can relish with your special someone at the Eastwood Café.
The enchanting 4-Course Valentine’s Dinner served at the Eastwood Café consists of Smoked Red Bell Pepper Soup, Baked Brie as starter, a choice of Beef Medallions & Roasted Prawn or Pan-seared Fish Fillet & Roasted Prawn for the main course and Maple Syrup Cheesecake for dessert or coffee or tea, with a glass of house red wine to complement this delightful meal. The Valentine’s Dinner is available only from February 7 to 28, at PhP 1,250 nett per person. And on the 14th, live piano music will waft through the air to enthrall the diners.
Infuse more romance and grab a few cocktails as well as other luscious concoctions with a 15% discount at The Gallery located beside Eastwood Café at the ground floor of the hotel (included in both Indulgence and Lush Packages). Already giddy with love? Fill up on courage and The Gallery’s featured red and white wines with amuse-bouche served at the Valentine’s Day Wine Buffet on the 14th. Unlimited iced tea and soda are also available.
Eastwood Richmonde Hotel is located at 17 Orchard Road, Eastwood City, Bagumbayan, Quezon City and is accessible from the 2nd floor of Eastwood Mall. For inquiries and reservations, call 570-7777.
Spread the love, and spend it with your special someone at The Legend Villas this Valentine's day, with special treats and promos you surely will love. Spend the evening at The Legend Villas and enjoy foods prepared by Lola Maria's restaurant.
