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Blog Anniversary Giveaway Winners


 

The week-long blog giveaway is up and now is the time to announce the winners. República Negrénse would like to thank Merci Pasalubong, Delicioso, Swap Straps and Baked Lunchbox for providing the prizes for my Blog Giveaway. As mentioned in the announcement, there will be separate winners for Metro Manila-based winners and Metro Bacólod-based winners.

The participants’ names were keyed in to the Android app “Shake Raffle Roll” developed by the Pinoy Android App Developers from Juandroid.org. If you want to know how this app works and is interested in downloading this one, just refer to this article by yours truly at Android Alliance Philippines, the online magazine I work in, for more details.

For Metro Bacólod-based readers, here are the winners of last January 29, 2012 raffle done between 12 nn to 1:30 pm and arranged by the order they were randomly chosen by the Android app. Each of the ff. will receive two gift certificates each from Delicioso:

WINE –

Ms. Andrea Xayide Gaurana

COLD CUTS AND CHEESE –

Mr. Neil Cordova

CAFÉ AMERICANO with BAILEY’S CHEESECAKE

Ms. Jade Bioneda

Ms. Emgee Po

Mr. Mark Rowell Prado

For the winners, please wait for February 3, 2012 to claim your gift certificates from Delicioso to give way for the transmission of winners’ name to the restaurant management. Delicioso is located in the ground floor of Breizh Building, Lacson St., Bacólod City which is fronting the Carmelite Monastery near Robinsons Place Bacólod.

For Metro Manila-based readers, here are winners of last January 29, 2012 raffle done between 12noon to 1:30pm and arranged by the order they were randomly chosen by the Android app. Since Swap Straps are flip flops for women, names of the ladies who gave in their entries were first chosen. Two ladies will receive a pair of Swap Straps flip flops with two sets of straps and they are the ff.:

Ms. Bea Gonzales

Ms. Rachel Canales

For the winners of Swap Straps Gift Certificates, please wait until February 3, 2012 to claim your prizes to give way for transmission of winners’ names to the Swap Straps Entrepreneur, Ms. Jerina Ramos and for the electronic GC’s to be sent to the winners’ email. I recommend reading my previous blog feature in Swap Straps to be guided on your choice of flip flops and straps.

Meanwhile, the names of the ladies who were not chosen randomly by the Android app were included for the other prizes. Names of Swap Straps winners were not anymore included. Here are winners of last January 29, 2012 raffle done between 12nn to 1:30pm and arranged by the order they were randomly chosen by the Android app. The ff. are the prize winners:

MERCI PASALUBONG –

Mr. Raffy Pekson II

Ms. Vix Parungao

Ms. KC Canlas

Mr. Lawrence Fernandez

Mr. John Patrick Magallanes

Ms. Millicent Tan

The prizes for Merci Pasalubong Boxes may be claimed anytime. Just set an appointment via text at (0927) 485-73-34 or via email at administrator@republicanegrense.com. The meet-up points are either in the general areas of West Ave. and North Triangle (SM North EDSA or TriNoMa) or in Greenhills Christian Fellowship (GCF), Ruby cor. Garnet Roads, Ortigas Center, Pasig City.

Those who will be preferring a meet-up in West Ave./North Triangle areas, you will be meeting me personally while those who will prefer picking it up in GCF may redeem it from the lobby guard but inform me of the day so that it will be dropped off the day before.

For the winner of the Giant Cookie, you may get it anytime from the Baked Lunchbox Entrepreneur, Ms. Tracey Tan from the area of the University of Asia and the Pacific at Pearl Drive, Ortigas Center, Pasig City. Here is the winner for Baked Lunchox:

BAKED LUNCHBOX GIANT COOKIE –

Mr. David Rosario

Kiong Hee or Congratulations to the winners of this year’s Anniversary Blog Giveaway and see you in the next blog giveaway which is hopefully on my birthday week, July 3, 2012 onwards. Thank you and… TO GOD ALONE BE THE GLORY!


First Anniversary Blog Giveaway!


Finally, here is what you have been waiting for the first anniversary of República Negrénse! I will be having a little blog giveaway as my appreciation to you my readers as I celebrate this blog’s First Anniversary and the Chinese New Year. Exciting prices await for the winners of the blog giveaway that will run today until Sunday, January 29, 2012 at 12nn. I will be having a separate blog giveaway to Manila-based readers and Bacólod-based readers.

FOR MANILA-BASED READERS

For the blog giveaway for my Manila-based readers, nine (9) lucky winners will be chosen by way of the Android App “Shake Raffle Roll” by Juandroid.org. The first set of six (6) winners will received a box of pasalubong treats from Merci Pasalubong, the second set of two (2)winners will receive a gift cheque from Swap Straps and the last set of a single winner will receive a Giant Cookie from Baked Lunchbox. For you to have an idea of the prizes, here are some pictures provided by our commercial partners:

MERCI PASALUBONG Boxes with the ff items:

not pictured: cheese tarts (my favorite) and pita crackers

SWAP STRAPS Gift Certificates

BAKED LUNCHBOX Giant Cookie

In order to join and qualify for the app raffle, do the ff:

  • posting it here on the comment section
  • posting it on the comment section of the Photo Blog Post
  • posting it on the Facebook page of República Negrénse
  • tweeting it to @RepNegrense with the hashtag #MoreFunInNegros
  • Please include your email address in your comments. For Twitter, DM me your email address.
  • Failure to comply with either of the above-mentioned will nullify your entry.

FOR BACÓLOD-BASED READERS

For the blog giveaway for my Bacólod-based readers, five (5) lucky winners will be chosen by way of the Android App “Shake Raffle Roll” by Juandroid.org to avail of GC’s or Gift Certificates from Delicioso. Delicioso, as I have featured before, is at Breizh Bldg. at Lacson Street, Bacólod City, right in front of the Carmelite Monastery. The first set of one (1) winner will received a GC for wine, the second set of one (1) winner will receive a GC for Cold Cuts & Cheese and the last set of three (3) winners will receive a two GC’s each for Cofi with Bailey’s Cheesecake. For you to get more excited with Delicioso, here are some pictures:

In order to join and qualify for the app raffle, do the ff:

  • Please “like” República Negrénse in Facebook and/or ”follow” me on Twitter @RepNegrense and/or Tumblr.
  • Please “like” Delicioso- Wine Food Coffee on Facebook.
  • Tell me what places I must visit or delicacies/food I must savor in Negros Island by either:
  • posting it here on the comment section
  • posting it on the comment section of the Photo Blog Post
  • posting it on the Facebook page of República Negrénse
  • tweeting it to @RepNegrense with the hashtag #MoreFunInNegros
  • Please include your email address in your comments. For Twitter, DM me your email address.
  • Failure to comply with either of the above-mentioned will nullify your entry.

For my loyal readers outside Manila and Bacólod, I know you would have wanted to also join in. If you will be in Manila or Bacólod next week and will be staying in for a minimum of five (5) days, you are also qualified to join. Just put a note “visiting next week” beside the email address you will be posting in the comment or through DM and indicate the number of days you will be staying. Winners will be announced in this Blog, Photo Blog (Tumblr), Facebook and Twitter. Confirmation messages with instructions for price redemption will be sent to the winners via the official blog email – administrator@republicanegrense.com.

After receiving your prices, I hope you’ll email be back and tell me what you think about these products. You may send just a simple comment or even a full-length 400-word article that will be featured here. Best wishes and God bless all of you!


¡Feliz Primero Cumpleaños República Negrénse!


Aimlessly looking out in the internet to divert his attention to the problems that crushes his heart, he searched for random things just to soothe his broken heart. That was the night of January 20, 2011, the day after a bitter break up from someone he once has his whole attention day to night and very much heartbroken. He found WordPress.com and thought suddenly to open an account just to serve as his emotional diversion. He did not think of anything fancy, just a place online to pour his heart out. After a few clicks and types, he launched his blog with the title The Midway Journal as he was in the middle of a lifechanging situation. Little did he know that his little “emotional diversion” would someday help travelers, tourists and foodies to discover his beloved homeland, Negros Island and his beloved hometown, Bacólod City.

Mark Will Magallanes, diary entry for January 10, 2012

The story of República Negrénse is a very personal story mine, borne out of a simple prayer that the pain caused by a bitter break-up would have meaning in my life. Exactly one year later, I have seen it bear fruit with readers from several countries worldwide, five plane tickets to or from my hometown, unbelievable amounts of food tasted, countless of friends made, a domain, thousands of fun miles walked and enjoyed. The very heartache that spurned me to blog is now already gone but here I am still, blogging. It was an answer from the Lord I did not realize until I looked back at how many breakthroughs I had with my life because of this blog, a blessing in disguise. Thousands of words and 160 posts later, I am now celebrating this blog’s first anniversary.

As I am writing this, I keep on finding right words to use but joy has overwhelmed me much. I thank my family for being my most rabid fans and has been helping me in many aspects of blogging. Mom, Dad, my younger brother John and even my older sister Chrysee, I give my biggest thanks, my warm hugs and appreciation. My dearest friends, nongs and nangs from Negros Bloggers, blogging friends in Manila like Jillian Bantang and Berniemack Arellano, even to the very supportive SSC Bacólod barkada, I give my biggest thanks. My loyal readers and all my blog sponsors, I thank all of you for reading my blog and believing in República Negrénse. My wish is that I can offer more exciting blogs to help you in your travel, heritage and food fancies.

Highest of all, I thank the Lord for making all these possible! You never left my side when all the zephyr of problems kept on knocking me down. You deserve all my praise and offering, to you I dedicate this year, this blog all the way. GOD BLESS…

and TO GOD ALONE BE THE GLORY!