How many times have you felt that sense of anticipation to cash out or swipe your credit card to purchase attractive marked-down items at the mall? Long-awaited discounted items are strategically displayed at check-out counters or sold in a buy-one-get-one deal to entice consumers. You walk in a store and suddenly find yourself picking items not even in your list to buy.

For Cyril dela Cruz, accountant at the Ramon Aboitiz Foundation Inc. (RAFI) Micro-finance, impulsive buying exploits our impulses to buy our wants for instant gratification. Oftentimes, she said, it occurs when one spots something that stirs a particular passion in him/her.

Good news to all commuters especially those who often ride the Ceres Bus Liner, for aside from a comforting safe ride towards your destination, you can also update your social network accounts. Well goodbye crappy mobile 3G signal and say hello to 3.5 mbps free wi-fi.

Yes, Ceres Buses now offers free wi-fi for their passengers and take note it’s totally free and there is no increase in the fare either.

Ceres Bus Liner has 253 buses and aims to have all air-conditioned bus units Wi-Fi `ready by the end of the year. He said they are also considering the possibility of setting-up Wi-Fi services in non-aircon buses. Ceres has placed stickers on buses with Wi-Fi connections.

Philippine Red Cross, Lapu-Lapu/Cordova Chapter, Lapu-Lapu City will hold 2nd Red Cross 143: Volunteer Run for Humanity in partnership with the City Government of Lapu-Lapu City. The event will be on November 11, 2012 .

Assembly Time: 4:00 a.m. Gun Start at 4:30 a.m. for 21 K Category; 4:45 a.m. for 12 K Category; 5:00 a.m. for 5 K and 3 K categories and 6:30 a.m. for 500 Meter Kiddy Run. The venue for this event is at Hoopsdome, Lapu-Lapu City. This event is inline with the 2012 City Fiesta Activity. We are inviting everyone to partake and join this event that the Philippine Red Cross, Lapu-Lapu/Cordova Chapter will do for its fund raising events to support the and finance the fast growing needs of the Chapter Operations, Capability Building Enhancement Training Programs for the Chapter Volunteers, 24/7 Ambulance Service Operations and the Disaster Relief Preparedness Program of the Chapter

Here is a quick update of what’s keeping me busy the whole week. First and for most I have been in bed often due to my on and off headache which I thank that mellowed today.

To wrap up here are the things that keeps me excited and busy the whole week.

1. Babe and I went to get our NBI clearance to travel abroad, well not that we are going abroad but we are planning to get a passport for ID lolz and of course travel soon and I am excited just the thought of traveling outside the country.

There are 2 latest news on Krispy Kreme

First is, Krispy Kreme has launch new doughnut products. They have partnered with Nestle, so for sure all chocolate lovers will be delighted to know that Chocolate Nestle Krispy Kreme doughnut is available for grabs in all Krispy Kreme outlet nationwide.

Here are the Doughnuts You would not want to miss.

The Kit-kat doughnut has kit-kat toppings with white belgian chocolate.

Baby Ruth Krispy Kreme doughnut is filled with Nestle Baby Ruth Chocolates

“Without education and liberty, which are the soil and the sun of man, no reform is possible, no measure can give the result desired.” – Dr. Jose Rizal – Philippine National Hero

Education plays an important role in every individual because education is the key to success to every man’s life. Education is the only thing a parent can give to his children that cannot be taken away by anyone. Sadly, not everyone can acquire good education because reality check quality education comes with a price, but wait let me share to you something important that can change your life.

We are now in the rainy season and it is a fact that when heavy rain pours in Luzon particularly in Manila, there is also flood. As of this moment our brothers and sisters in Manila are suffering from the wrath of floods again so I personally knock on your heart to help them.

Donations:

Through Red Cross:
Text RED <10,25,50,100,300 or 500> to 4143 (SMART) or 2899 (GLOBE).

Through Globe GCash:
Text DONATE MPIN SLB to 2882 (e.g. DONATE 100 1234 SLB) Globe has waived transaction fees for this.

Fun run has been a hype for years now. People join fun run for the sake of fun of course, but there are people who run for a cause. If you are a runner, just started running or you just feel like running then here is a good running opportunity that will make you stay fit, have fun and help.

What: Value Charity and Make a Change Run by the Visayas Community Medical Center
When: September 2, 2012 – 4:00AM
Where: Park Mall Mandaue City

There are many beautiful beaches in the Philippines and you can see some of them in the island of Mactan in Cebu. One of the most prestigious hotel and resort in Cebu is Costabella Tropical Beach Hotel. You can view my recent posts about facts of Costabella Tropical Beach Hotel here.

As I mentioned above Costabella is a prestigious beach hotel because it is mark by the Department of Tourism as an AAA resort in the Philippines since 1998 and the resort now is running 31 years.

Let me share to you what I love about Costabella Tropical Beach Hotel

Going to the beach is a very fun activity and summer for me is a whole year celebration and not just a 2-3 month event. The beautiful beaches of the Philippines can be bask the whole year round and its scenery is the same whatever date of the year you decided to hop in one island.

Mactan Cebu is among the many islands of the Philippines blessed with such lovely beaches, and one of the most splendid resorts in Mactan is the Costabella Tropical Beach Hotel.