Just Got Lucky: My 2016 Winnings

The year 2016 was lucky for me. Lucky in the sense that I won several prizes (thanks to the raffles I joined) and gained new friends who have very infectious energy and passion in what they do.

It was in the first half of 2016 that I experienced a winning streak. For three straight months, I won prizes. Although no money was involved, I still feel blessed for all that I received.

If I remember right, my first winning happened in March. There was this summer party event in Damosa with some celebrities as guests and I wanted my teen son to go there because it was a party with DJs providing live music (which he love). I happened to visit an online magazine sort of website focusing on Davao City and it was giving away free tickets via a raffle. I signed up and eventually won one ticket which I gave to my son (supportive mom here). I was glad he had a great time there and even took selfies with celebrities like Sam Pinto and Martin del Rosario.

In the month of April, I also won a prize during the 70th anniversary celebration of Mindanao Times (where I used to work) at the Royal Mandaya Hotel. My name was picked when it was time to give away flat irons (plantsa). Yey!! The major prize that night was a large (forgot the size) flat-screen  TV which Boy Lim (local photographer) won.

Thank you Mindanao Times.  

Sarangani Bay Partners with Pepper's Iberica to Bring Delicious Milkfish Dishes to Davaoenos

Davao has an abundance of fruits and food of all kinds. When it comes to fish, it also has rich resources and that includes the local milkfish or bangus in Tagalog and in the local dialect. The Ilonggos call it bangrus.

I've always loved eating this national fish since I was small despite the fact that it has perhaps the most number of bones. I just love its taste which is creamy (it's a milkfish, after all) and different from the rest of the fish species.

About Sarangani Bay Prime Products

Here in Davao, Sarangani Bay is a leading supplier of frozen milkfish products available in most grocery stores and supermarkets. It also has the largest and only commercial bangus fry hatchery in the Philippines spanning 50 hectares situated in Lun Masla, Malapatan, Sarangani province. Among Sarangani Bay's prime products include the split regular-sized and baby bangus (unseasoned and marinated), milkfish belly, sliced bangus, smoked milkfish, whole regular and the whole baby, sinigang cut and fillet tocino style.

It also has a cooked and frozen line such as the milkfish regular and baby size smoked, stuffed relleno style and embutido. The cooked and bottled milkfish is another line featuring the regular and spicy variants.