Whether you have something to celebrate or just craving for cakes, yet you still don't want to go out, you can always order cakes of all kinds through Cake Rush PH!  Amazing right?  I know almost everything is now sold and available online but to shop for cakes online is something delightfully new to me and I'm sure for you too!
I had a chance to experience this due to my cake cravings one time.  I received Mommy Lucy's Red Wine Moist Dark Chocolate Cake in a can with pearl design (which are all edible by the way) and it instantly melted in my mouth!  Perfect for coffee or tea.  It has a sophisticated taste of the healthier dark chocolate and wine - a combination I love.


But that's just one of the many cake bakers and cake flavors you could shop for on Cake Rush PH.  The newest cake delivery platform in Metro Manila supporting local bakers who offers different cakes and designs for different occasions and budget range.

Here are the reasons why I recommend Cake Rush PH:

1.  Variety of Cake Suppliers - As mentioned Cake Rush Supports local bakers and this includes the following:

• Red Ribbon
• Goldilocks
• Conti's
• Mommy Lucy's
• Bakepertise
• Cheesecakerie
• Fraiche Patisserie
• Homebake Mom
• Indulge Patisserie
• Shamy Cakes
• Sweet Samthings

2.  Availability of flavors - Since we all have different tastes or favorites, Cake Rush PH knows this as well.  Choose from Salted Caramel, Carrot, Chocolate, Mango, Oreo, Red Velvet, and Ube.

3.  Offers different cake types - Although their name suggests only cakes, they also have cakes in cans, brownies, cheesecakes, cupcakes, and also cookies.  So whatever dessert you crave for, they have something to offer on their website.

4.  FREE Delivery within Metro Manila - Yes you read that right!  FREE delivery on ALL orders within Metro Manila.

5.  Same day or Next Day delivery schedule - You may even select the time slot of your cake delivery.  Plus you could also choose your cakes to be delivered for later (up to three days from date of order).

6.  Safe and Convenient Payment Channels - All major credit cards and debit cards are accepted.  You can even pay via bank transfer.  It's safe at the same time really convenient!

7.  Personalize cake with a message - Not on the cake itself though, but you can write your message on the card that Cake Rush Ph will provide.

8.  Available Customer Service Channel - What's great about this is you can contact someone for your inquiries and concerns because they have customer service team.  They are open from Mondays to Saturdays from 9AM - 7PM.

Aren't these enough reasons why you should get your cakes from Cake Rush PH?  I could go on loves!  You could even choose cakes based on your budget!  So there's absolutely a cake for everybody!  So on your next celebration or craving, shop online via https://cakerush.ph!

One of the amazing gifts this quarantine gave me is TIME. Time well-spent building or rebuilding relationships with my loved ones, improving my prayer life, doing what I love and lastly learning new skills. For me, it was baking.

I've always dreamed of baking my own cookies because I love cookies! Baking was an achievement unlocked for me and has taught me some of life's important lessons: To keep on trying; To be exact and consistent; and to be resourceful. After three tries, I was able to perfect my Chocolate Chip Cookies which I am now sharing with you.

Ingredients:

- 2 cups flour
- 2 tsp cornstarch
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 3/4 cup butter at room temperature (you may use a baking margarine)
- 1 cup brown or washed sugar
- 1/2 cup white sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 Tbsp vanilla flavor
- 1 cup chocolate chips

Procedure:

1. Mix Butter with sugar in a bowl until creamy.
2. Put egg and add vanilla. Set aside.
3. In another bowl, mix all the dry ingredients, flour, cornstarch, baking soda, and salt.
4. Slowly pour dry ingredients to the butter mixture. Continue mixing.
5. Pour the chocolate chip cookies.
6. Cover with cling wrap then chill for 2 hours.
7. After chilling, scoop to the size you want and lay on cookie sheets.
8. Preheat oven to 175 degree Celsius.
9. Bake for 15 minutes.
10. Take out the cookies and let it cool.

Enjoy! I never thought that I would achieve this baking momma hat I proudly wore this quarantine. Just like you, I sometimes worry where to get baking ingredients especially if I don't really want to go out. Glad to let you know that you can purchase and pay for them online at these websites.

• Lazada - www.lazada.com.ph
• Landers - www.landers.ph
• Metromart - www.metromart.com
• MyKuya - www.mykuya.com
• Fresh Produce - www.freshproduce.com.ph
• Online Palengke - www.onlinepalengke.com

For my online purchases, I usually use my PayMaya account for safe and convenient cashless transactions. This way, I don’t have to worry about transmitting the virus through cash handling or long exposure to other people.

You can easily do use PayMaya too for your own transactions. Here’s how:

1. After adding items to your cart from your choice of shopping app, proceed to the checkout page.
2. Choose credit card as the payment option.
3. Open your PayMaya app and select ‘My Cards’ then note online payment card number.
4. Go back to the shopping app and choose Online Payment card number
5. Input your card details and confirm your payment
6. An SMS notification will be sent by PayMaya, confirming your transaction

Done! It's easy, convenient, and best of all, safe! All you have to do is wait for the delivery right at your doorstep.

As we smoothly adapt to the new normal, I'm glad PayMaya is here to help us transition to contactless, secure, and cashless payments. It’s always better to be safe than sorry.  To know more, visit: https://www.paymaya.com/quick-guide. Download the app for free today, click this link: https://official.paymaya.com/CAK1/425eb133 and use my referral code: Igs628.

Remember, don't pay cash, PayMaya!

These days, we’ve all become more careful when it comes to managing our household. At home, moms clean more often than before. We wash clothes almost every day, sanitize everything coming from outside, eat healthy and take our multivitamins to boost our immune system, and educate our kids how to wash hands properly. Most importantly, we stay home as much as possible. And in the instances that we have to go out, we equip ourselves with face masks and alcohol.

We do these things to keep ourselves and our loved ones safe from the spread of the coronavirus. This is the new normal and we’ve smoothly adapted to it.

Apart from these safety measures, there’s one area that is often neglected or not prioritized when it comes to safety – transactions and payments. I only have ONE SAFETY TIP – DO CASHLESS or CONTACTLESS transactions. Whether you’re settling bills online or paying for your groceries in supermarkets, don’t pay cash. PayMaya. 



Here are just some of the transactions you can settle safely and conveniently with PayMaya:

1. Pay for online purchases

Shopping online has become a part of the new norm, now that we are being asked to stay at home as much as possible. For online purchases, using cashless options like PayMaya is safer and more convenient than COD. With this, there is no need to scramble for cash when your order arrives. You’re also able to reduce the risk of transmitting the virus through cash-handling.

You can use your 16-digit virtual card number for this, but some merchants also accept payments using only the mobile number linked to your PayMaya account.

2. Pay for groceries or medicines



I still prefer the QR Scan to pay option when paying for my groceries at the supermarket. You don’t need to hand any cash nor card to anyone and returned to you unsure if it carries the uninvited virus we’re all scared about. On top of that, you can also get a cashback of 1%, 10%,  or 100% when you pay via PayMaya QR. Safe and sulit at the same time!  PayMaya QR is available at Landers, Robinsons Supermarket, Rustans Supermarket, Shopwise, Robinsons Easymart, Robinsons Selections, Shopwise, Super8, Wellcome, LCC Supermarket, Metro Gaisano, Citimart Supermarket, WalterMart Supermarket, Budget Mart, South Emerald Supermarket, Prince Hypermart, and many more.

3. Pay bills and other government -related dues.

You don’t have to brave the growing traffic or risk getting infected outside, just to pay for your bills or government dues. You can easily do it in the safety and comfort of your home with PayMaya. With just a few clicks, you are already able to settle your bills and not worry about incurring additional charges for late payment.


4. Buy load for yourself or others.

You can also purchase load for yourself or your friends and family with your PayMaya app.  These items are also discounted so you know you’re getting more sulit deals by simply staying at home.

5. Add money to your account

To do all these things, you would need to have enough funds in your account. Luckily, adding money to PayMaya is super easy. There are a lot of ways to do this. If you don’t want to go out, you can just transfer money from your bank account to PayMaya via Instapay. You can also add funds to your PayMaya using your credit and debit card. But if you don’t have a bank account or a credit card yet, you can simply head to the Smart Padala agent in your community and add money from there!

Even if the quarantine will be lifted in the future, I’ve well adjusted to this new normal. To be honest, I like it better because so many good things had happened to me. My husband and I are more appreciative of each other. My children are closer than ever. I learned many new things like baking and extending my patience. I’ve fortified my personal relationship with God too. Even if it’s declared safe to go out, I still won’t risk my family’s health and safety. I will still do cashless and contactless transactions like how I am doing now using PayMaya. It’s fast, it’s convenient, it’s practical, and lastly, it’s SAFE. 

To know more about PayMaya visit https://www.paymaya.com/quick-guide. You may download

PayMaya for free on Play Store and Apple Store. Click HERE to download instantly. So remember, to stay safe and have contactless transactions, don’t pay cash. PayMaya! 

Since the ECQ, we’ve seen so many changes and we’ve quickly eased to them calling it our “new normal.”  This includes how masks and hats are now fashionable (when going out), how kids are schooled, how we do our groceries and food marketing, how many of us depended on online shopping and food deliveries.  Online businesses have boomed exponentially – clearly because we all want a contactless way to purchase, to pay, to get our needs, to sell or serve other people’s needs, and generally to get things done safely and conveniently.

Lalo na sa mga business owners na malaki din ang sacrifices and health risks to be able to serve their customers.  We all know that viruses and bacteria are easily passed through money or bills, yung physical na bayad, right?  Buti na lang, there’s PayMaya Negosyo App to help negosyantes have a simple, worry-free, and secure transactions.  Best of all, it enables business owners have a contactless payment channel – one that most customers also prefer!


REGISTRATION 
Ang dali lang mag-register and you get approved with 1-2 days!

1. Download the PayMaya Negosyo App (http://pymy.co/PayMayaNegosyo) via Play Store for Android phones. This will be available soon on iOS. 
2. Enter all the needed details then click next to receive a One-Time-PIN (OTP) to your enrolled cellphone number.  Enter the OTP.
3. Enter the verification code sent to your registered email address.
4. Read and agree to the Terms and Conditions stated.
5. The app will require a copy of your valid ID and also a video selfie.

That’s It!  Your registration will be processed in as fast as 24 hours and you’ll receive an SMS notification about the status of your application.


CONTACTLESS TRANSACTIONS AND MORE!
Why the PayMaya Negosyo App?  PayMaya Negosyo App is a safe, secure, and contactless payment channel you could offer to your customers.  The registration is fast and easy.  As a business owner, tracking your transactions (payments/purchases) is important, PayMaya Negosyo lets you do that!

You could accept payments from PayMaya users via PayMaya QR which can be shared in your social media business pages and chat apps!  What’s great about this is customers can receive 1%, 10%, or even 100% cashback when they use this payment method. The cashback, of course, is shouldered by PayMaya. This is a great promo merchants can offer to their customers!

You can also receive payments from upgraded PayMaya users through the Send Money function of the app. And lastly, you can accept payments from bank and e-wallet accounts via Instapay.
You don’t need to pay any monthly fees, just a 1.5% fee to be deducted on every transaction made via PayMaya QR.  You can receive up to Php 250,000 monthly and even transfer these funds from PayMaya Negosyo to a bank account for free!

Ang galing diba?  If you’re a business owner (product or service) like me, register an account with the PayMaya Negosyo App to help boost your negosyo especially as our customers shift to online payments due to the pandemic.

To start easily accepting online payments today, simply download the PayMaya Negosyo app (http://pymy.co/PayMayaNegosyo) from the Google Play store today! To know more about PayMaya Negosyo, visit https://www.paymaya.com/negosyo-merchant.

Laundry.  These days I have to do it more often now as before.  I’m sure most of you could relate to this.  Why?  Because I believe all moms are seguristas.  We don’t want newly laundered clothes smelling as if they have been used already.  Kaya minsan inuulit ko.  Hassle diba?  I discovered that bad smelling clothes or amoy kulob is not because of sweat.  Ang bad odor ng clothes are caused by GERMS!  Yes!  That’s true.  Kaya naman my laundry partners play an important role in making sure that my family’s clothes are germ protected.  For this I use Downy Antibac with the power of Safeguard.

As a busy work at home mom of three boys, sa totoo lang, my greatest challenge when it comes to laundry is when they really smell.  Hindi ko ma-take!  I used to repeat washing the clothes that still smell even if I’ve already washed and dried them.  Such a waste of water, time, energy, and resources.  Not practical at all.  Nakaka-disappoint.  When I heard about Downy Antibac, I gave it a try instantly and the results were impressive.

Fresh-smelling clothes.
When clothes smell good, it says a lot about a person’s hygiene right?  That’s what I teach my kids.  This is one area where Downy Antibac helps me.  It makes sure that my family’s clothes smell fresh with every cycle!  Not only that!  Even if it stays long in the closet, the fresh scent lasts for weeks!  Hindi amoy aparador!


More Hugs.
Because clothes not only smell fresh but are soft to touch, my kids always say ang sarap naman i-hug ni Mommy!  Hindi nila alam mas masarap silang i-hug at masarap sa pakiramdam nating mga mommy ang nahu-hug!  Thanks to Downy’s effective fabric softener technology.  I get lots of tight hugs!

More Time.
Because I work at home, time management is really important for me.  It’s really a waste whenever I repeat a chore like laundry just because it wasn’t done well the first time.  Dito ako hindi binigo ni Downy.  With just one cycle, clothes smell really fresh.  The odor caused by germs – gone!  Hindi ko na kailangang umulit ng paglalaba.  This means, more time for other important things such as play time, teaching time, and time for doing online work.


Germ-Protektado.
These days, moms worry a lot about their family’s health and welfare.  We prioritize cleanliness, hygiene, and thus having the power of Safeguard in a fabric conditioner gives me peace of mind.  Knowing that our clothes will get the maximum protection it needs in every wash, ang lakas makapanatag ng loob ko.  When I learned that it kills 99.9% of germs that causes malodor in clothes, I didn’t think twice.  Sabi ko ito na talaga ang choice of fabric conditioner ko for my family.

I want to share with you the product test I did using Downy Antibac with the Power of Safeguard.  Watch til the end to see my usual laundry challenges, how Downy helped me with these, and if it really is effective.
So mga busy and mindful mommies, if you want fresh-smelling clothes, more hugs, more time, and germ-protected clothes for your family, try Downy Antibac with the power of Safeguard.  It’s a practical and highly effective laundry partner that will give you the peace of mind you deserve knowing that it kills 99.9% germs causing malodor in clothes.

Downy Antibac with the power of Safeguard is available online via Lazada, Shopee, also in leading supermarkets and convenience stores nationwide.  For more information, follow @DownyPhilippines onFacebook and Instagram.