Generikard Winners

The holiday lull is definitely over.  Except for the ongoing bug (flu/cough/colds) flying around Generika (the pharmacy), which by the way landed on me a few days ago, we have been kicking butts for triple time action on marketing activities.  So as a jumpstart for 2011, we gave away Generikards to 10 lucky customers!!!

Launched 1st quarter of 2010, the GeneriKard allows customers to earn points for purchases made from Generika stores.  Earned points may be applied to succeeding purchases, on top of the special privileges and exciting offers exclusively provided to Generikard cardholders.  To know more, click HERE.

Over the weekend,  while these in-store and external activities went on ...

Free Medical check-up

Flyering with free blood pressure at wet markets

.... we raffled off Generikards to ten lucky customers.  Here they are :)

CHEERS, winners!!!
 
For inquiries on the Generikard, please feel free to email us at generikamolino@gmail.com.

BOO!!!

BOO!!!  Malls and streets are swarmed with ghosts, witches, fairies, angels, mummies, pumpkins and so many many more.  Oh, I even brushed elbows with Harry Potter while having lunch at the mall today.  Even the cast of Twilight  zoomed right before my eyes. Unfortunately, my camera's battery conked out on me and so I am left with these few photos.

First, a glimpse of Halloween 2009 in NY ...

I love BOO!!!  I made BOO my profile pic in Facebook :)

Frankie

Big Brown Eyes

Guardian Scarecrow

And the 2009 winner, Gizmo in his Hotdog costume!!! Yummy!!!

Moving on to Halloween 2010, scenes from Generika-Bahayang Pag-Asa (the pharmacy) at 6am ...

Cut-out bats made with "love" by the pharmacy staff. 

Our store's version of BOO! with a cut-out witch flying along the milk shelf.

Spider on a web while having your blood pressure taken.

The crafts corner.  All made by the very creative staff.

Generika's 206 early trick or treaters for Operation Health Alert.

And, strolling along Alabang Hills Village ...

Lawn decor

Tree decor.  Love it!!!

Security guard at your service.  Cute!

But here's the best of  em' all ... 

Early plug:  Toys and Gifts Bazaar at the Community Center of Alabang Hills Village on December 10, 11 and 12, 2010.  By Beaded Story will be there.

Happy Halloween!!!

Create your world full of your favorite things

I love Skycable's TV commercial!!!  You bet,  I STOP whatever I do each time it comes on.

I swear I can so relate to it!  The song.  Its lyrics.  The little girl's room.  Her imaginary world, how it comes alive right before her sparkling eyes, and the thrilling experience she feels. That's just simply me. And that's exactly how I am each time I create my favorite thing.  

By now, I hope you already know by heart that my favorite thing is to create bead necklaces.  And this knack has kept me sane and kickin' for 4 years now.  Yes, its been that long and this month in fact marks the 4th year anniversary of my beading.  Thank God, I haven't had lost the touch yet.  A lot have passed me by, but the beading is still strong as ever.  Cheers to that!

But here's the thing.  Creating favorite things can be a bit messy too.  At least twice a year, the BEDroom (which happens to be that same room which I share with J. Bond) makes its transformation into a workshop.  A no choice situation for the husband since there's no other part in the house, not even in my previous place of residence, I'd rather bead but right at the confines of my bedroom.  Oh, on the floor and in front of the TV!  Explains how I came across  Skycable's TV commercial.  Don't worry, husband's got his little nook while the work is going on.  Although, too much walking around while beading is definitely a no-no.  The safety of the beads is the PRIORITY during work time.  Lol!

Remember this photo?  Towards the end of Summer 2010, it was all about kids and the Pharmacy.  So paper, scrapbook materials, stickers, pens, prizes were scattered all around the room and floor.  I heard no complaint from the husband but I'm pretty sure he was oh-so-happy when the "arts and crafts workshop" ended.

Pardon the mess and to my husband's dismay, this is  how a corner of the room looks right this very minute.  Lol.  Boxes, baskets, bags containing bead works and bazaar paraphernalia are all stacked in that corner. A big green luggage is even buried under those boxes.  To think I haven't officially started yet and we are looking at December 12 as the culmination of my bead/bazaar activities.  I hope "love" continues to stay mum about this for 2.5 months.   Hang in there, dear. Hehe.

But seriously, I thank J. Bond for being so supportive of my imaginary world.   After all, I wouldn't have lasted 4 long years without his help (by carrying all the boxes and doing the set-ups, pull-outs and driving around) and patience (practically hanging around the food area of the bazaar all throughout the day, waiting for me to pack-up).  Now, here we go again in two weeks time.  We're both excited.

How about you? Have you worked on your favorite thing today?

HYPER and CRAZY

 So how did today go?   Take a look at these ...

Thank you for the balloons Lactovitale and Lactopafi 

Photos of the six generiKID finalists on-display

Here they are, LIVE!

A little bit of rehearsal at our pantry before the event

The talent show began with a high-energy dance opening number

Awww!!! No one knew about this. 

A surprise gift by generiKID finalist Jhamaeca and her friends.

Muchos Gracias, kids. J. Bond and I loved it :)

Calamansi relay and a few other games for the audience

Alvin in action.  Alvin is both a Pharmacy staff and our in-house PROFESSIONAL DANCER. The "chipmunks" (oops, they hated this word) at the back are two of his dance groupmates.  Yep, he really is professional.  He performs in shows, concerts and handles our every Saturday Dance Exercise. Here's the real deal -- Alvin has been existent even way before the Pharmacy happened.  He has been my sidekick for bazaars that I either organize or participate on.  So you see, he is the guy behind the bead selling, and definitely not me for I FAIL on this part of the process. I just float around, while Alvin does all the talking. Great selling skills, I swear!

Meet N Greet Mr. Lacto

The generiKIDS with their Moms in their generiKID pose :)

Hungry kids.  Thank you for the packed lunch, Nutri-Pharma.

Vitamins for ALL kids by Pryce Kidz --- our major sponsor.

Seated are our judges:  Pryce Kidz representative, Rob-Generika Operations,

and Sir Jay-Generika Marketing Head

WHO WON?

Gabriel won 1st runner-up.  He sang a 1950s classic.

Title, no idea!  Lol.

And our Grand Prize winner .... drumroll please ....

Hip-Hop Zedekiah is Generika-Molino's 1st generiKID!!!

A photo moment with the TOP 3 generiKID winners.

They join us in our school campaign in a few weeks

So with all these, how did today go?

HYPER and CRAZY

Thanks TEAM!!!  GOOD JOB!!! HAPPY 1st YEAR ANNIVERSARY!!!

generiKID

This is how it has been this week ...

The six finalists amidst clutter.

The bedroom cluttered with pictures of a bunch of talented kids, colored paper, cardboards, stickers, scrapbook materials, pens, scissors and a lot more (except beads). After four elimination Saturdays, we're finally down to six finalists.  And in ten hours (10am to be exact), I watch them all once again perform live  in a  much more grand set-up --  with balloons, confetti, mascots, shimmery backdrop and professional sound system! To add to the festivities, a  100 underprivileged kids will come watch the Grand Finals and later on be fed with a yummy yet healthy lunch provided by a sponsoring Pharmaceutical firm.  Vitamin samples will be handed over to them as well  for free! 

Exciting!  After all, generiKID is a brainchild of Generika-Molino that aims to campaign for a child's healthy and active lifestyle.    Sad to say though that  there will only be only be one grand winner for these prizes:  xxx cash prize,one year supply of Pryce Kidz vitamins and a generiKARD loyalty card. 

But everyone gets these gifts...

Books on  Healthy Eating and Exercise

The Exercise book. Pages rendered in colorful illustration.

The Healthy Eating Book

Kids must exercise too. 

Fun way too exercise. Jump Rope.

Water Bottles for school or pleasure trips. 

Remember:  Drink 6-8 glasses (1.5-2L) of water per day.

Generika school notebooks and pens are included in the list of gifts as well.

I'm feeling a bit sentimental that this fun event will soon come to an end for 5 kids.  But whoever wins, this  is just the start. By end-July, Generika-Molino and generiKID goes SCHOOL TO SCHOOL!!!