DIPLO GEAR ♙ Cufflinks and cufflink box
I love that I’m married to a man who wears french cuffs and cufflinks daily. He’s always loved french cuffs, even before he entered into the diplomatic corps… and I totally love this about TD. They are just so much sexier than buttons. =P I love seeing him put on his cufflinks in the morning. So one of my gifts to him in the past has been his starter cufflinks box and some really quirky cufflinks from THE CUFFLINK STORE.
Read MoreDIPLO DINING ♨ Fred and Friends Winelines
Just wanna share with you guys one of the super cute birthday gifts of TD to me. He knows I love Fred & Friends and I guess he’s not super into the country look of my crocheted wine cozies so he got me these cute Winelines!
Read MoreLittle gifts to say thank you to TD
Sometimes I like to get TD little gifts. We are far from being a romantic couple, in fact we don’t even have an anniversary for getting together, we are both bad with dates (remembering birthdays, anniversaries, etc.) and we even don’t celebrate Valentines. Thank God we are alike in this way so no hard feelings. We do show our love in other ways. One of those things for me is getting gifts for no occasion (my best friends know that I don’t remember birthdays, but sometimes I just randomly give gifts… it’s my own way). One of things I love is getting us his and hers stuff. Last time I got us his and hers stainless steel key chains and hip flasks (matching but his is bigger than mine). Check out what I got this time!
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Bearing gifts from Sri Lanka
Just wanna say thank you to my best friend, Mrs. O, for the pasalubong from Sri Lanka! Her husband came to Jakarta for a meeting and came bearing gifts. It’s customary for Filipinos to bring gifts when arriving from travel or visiting friends in other countries. We call such gifts pasalubong.
Read MoreDIPLO MOMENT ♕ Tokens from the president
This is related to the visit of President Benigno S. Aquino during the last ASEAN summit. After he left my husband received some tokens from the office of the president. It’s nothing really but I love collecting souvenirs and scrap-booking… but… I am also trying not to let stuff pile up… so taking a picture and putting it on my blog is a great way to remember without becoming a pack rat =P This way I get to use stuff AND keep a souvenir!
Read MoreCharging Station in Action!
Remember our secret compartment for charging station & storage (on top of TD’s shoe compartment in our mega-console)?
For Christmas I gave TD a universal charging station that fit perfectly in the hidden compartment! Here’s a picture of it in action!
The Sanctuary Universal Charging Station
You can see how awesome it is in the video below.
In fact, this BlueLounge product has won several international design awards. It’s not only functional (can charge up to 1500 different gadgets) but it also looks aesthetic!
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Book: 101 Things I learned in Culinary School
I highly recommend this book to anyone who loves to cook but doesn’t have the time or money to go to culinary schoool. It’s basically the 101 most important concepts/ideas/processes that the authors learned in Culinary school. The nuggets of wisdom are explained in such a clear concise manner with simple illustrations so they are easy to understand and remember.
Read MoreSnake Skin Travel Wallet
My brother-in-law is an expert traveller (after all he had been a diplomat for much, much longer) and like him, I also have a thing for traveling with the right luggage, bags and travel paraphernalia. On his last visit he found out that it is nice to have snake skin and leather items made here in Jakarta. We met with this woman named Yully at my friend D’s place. D was nice enough to host a lunch for all her friends to come and see the different products. There were so many in so many different colors – bags, wallets, purses, clutches, shoes, etc.!
Read MoreAll-I-want-for-Christmas Giveaway Promo!
After my first EVER promo giveaway for readers in the US and Canada, many of my friends from the Philippines were saying they wished it was open to folks back home in Manila.
Finally I’ve a promo for peeps in the Philippines thanks to the amazing people from QUIRKS Novelties & Curiosities! Weeeeeee!
You know how much I love quirks and novelty items – not only for my home (Just like my TeaCupCakes and Tipsy Toes Re-freezable Ice!) but to give out as gifts as well! So this Christmas I am giving away something from QUIRKS Novelties & Curiosities to one lucky reader!
QUIRKS Novelties & Curiosities is one of my favorite stores in Manila. In fact I make sure to drop by their store whenever I am home! Here are some items I would LOVE LOVE LOVE to find underneath the Christmas tree! =)
I'd love to get 2 of these! This would be the perfect key chain. I'd place the socket by the door so I never have to go searching for my keys again.
If I got this Apron Guide, then I would never have to type on my laptop with sticky baking hands for conversions!
Details on how to join the giveaway promo after the jump!
Read MoreDIPLO DINING ♨ Taking tea to another level with TeaCupcakes
I can’t wait to serve tea to the ladies in these gorgeous silicone cupcake molds!!! The TeaCupCakes are a bit expensive at Rp 230,000 per pack of 4 but they are so unique and will definitely make for a great conversation piece during a tea party that I just had to get myself a dozen (or 3 boxes).
Read MoreDIPLO DINING ♨ Fred Tipsy Toes – add a little kick to your cocktail!
I’ve several weekend finds that I want to share with you. Most of them are FRED Products. I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE FRED! Anyway here in Jakarta I find Fred products in Aksara Bookstore.
Pictured on top are Tipsy Toes (Rp 125,00 per pack at Aksara Kemang, which is the branch that specializes on gift items) which are refreezable water-filled plastic “ice cubes.”
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