QuaranTalks: Pandemic Panic!

I said 2020 will be an epic year.

2020 was a year of exciting times. I even spent the first new year of the new decade in a different country. We got to celebrate it with my family in a amusement park complete with a concert and fireworks. Though accidentally my phone dropped and some of the screen had cracks. It was still working yet not as flawless as before. However, it seems to be an omen of an upcoming dangers as I started the year.

I thought that the year would be just like any year with some exciting parts. But even at the start of the year we are already shocked with news such as wildfires in Australia, the threat of war in the Middle East, and even the eruption of Taal Volcano. Both natural and man-made events stir worry to many, and I have to admit that those things scare me too.

But then came the next months and now being introduced with viral disease of COVID-19, prompted many countries into lockdowns, quarantines, and other strict measures. With the disease infecting fast and is also lethal, abrupt closure of businesses, work, and school was enforced. 

Cook a Chinese New Year Feast with Electrolux Appliances

Chinese New Year is one of the most celebrated occasions around the world; a time for families to get together in a grand reunion. This festive holiday which lasts 15 days (16 if you count New Year ’s Eve) is full of feasting, but you don’t have to go to a restaurant to enjoy your favorite dishes. Electrolux’s line-up of kitchen appliances is here to help you welcome the Year of the Pig by making it easy to cook classic Chinese dishes, with recipe suggestions from its all new Life App.

Electrolux Ideas Lab: Let’s bring healthy, home-cooked food to every dinner table

Global eating habits are changing as our passion for food is booming. What you eat can help you reach and maintain a healthy weight, reduce your risk of chronic diseases and promote your overall wellbeing. In a new global competition, Electrolux seeks innovative ideas to inspire healthier, tastier and more sustainable home cooking through Ideas Lab.

Filipino consumers today search to source organic produce, share meals on social media, travel to the far reach of the Philippine islands for new flavors and tastes. But at the same time, food is increasingly recognized as a sustainability challenge in terms of food waste, CO2 emissions, and health issues such as obesity, diabetes and under-nutrition. Simply put, the appetite for great food is growing but consumers are also hungry for change. With Ideas Lab, Electrolux is taking innovation further and providing food for thought among consumers around the globe. Today’s passion for food is a key ingredient for a healthier, more sustainable tomorrow and it all starts in the heart of any home – the kitchen. This competition offers an opportunity for Filipinos to cook up creative ideas that inspire people around the world to enjoy tastier, healthier and more sustainable home cooking.

The guide to making a splash at a pool party

With the temperature shaping up to be the hottest on record, a pool party is sure to be a hit among kids and adults alike. The great thing about a pool party is that with their relaxed atmosphere, it’s relatively easy to arrange. Read this guide from Electrolux for a simple checklist and get ready to cool off and have fun in the sun!

Set up the time

An email or Facebook invitation works well. Make it clear that it’s a pool party, and that guests should be prepared with towels and swimsuits.

Keep the décor simple

A few simple, creative touches will do the trick. Pool parties demand color, so add some bright tableware, fun decorations and colorful touches– a few vases of flowers and grass skirts to line the food table for a more outdoorsy feel.

Four Tips to a Slimmer, Healthier Summer from Electrolux

Whether you’re aiming for a beach-ready bod or simply want to shed a few pounds, summer is a great time to start a healthier diet. To help you get started, Electrolux has put together a few simple tips on healthier food substitutes and ways to prepare food that will help pave the way for that slimmer silhouette.

Microwave your veggies

Did you know that cooking veggies in your microwave is a great way to preserve its nutrients?

Electrolux calls out for better environments for children with asthma

Electrolux invites everyone to send 10,000 straws to school staff members and other decision makers across the globe in the #spacetobreathe initiative.

A straw can be more than just something for drinking. Electrolux, a global leader in home appliances, gives this everyday item a new meaning in their latest campaign to raise awareness on a potentially serious illness— asthma.

About 14% of the world’s children suffer from asthmatic symptoms, and it has been a leading cause of school absenteeism, and a common reason for children being excluded from sports and other activities. In the Philippines alone, around 10 million people have this disease. By asking 10,000 school staff members, sports coaches, and decision makers to breathe through a straw, Electrolux hopes to inspire the community to create asthma-friendly environments.

Vote for your favorite Design Lab idea and win a trip to Paris!

The Electrolux Design Lab competition is now on its final stages of selection. After nearly 1,700 entries submitted, the judges have selected the top entries among the innovative ideas of design students across the globe.

To make things more exciting, Electrolux is giving the audience the power to vote for their favorite entries. The idea with the most votes will be named People’s Choice Award and two lucky voters will win a trip to Paris for two nights to witness the Design Lab event gala in November!

Joining is easy. Simply choose your favorite entry by visiting www.electroluxdesignlab.com and answer the question “What is a healthy home to you?” Voting period is until October 14, 2014 at 12:00PM CEST (6:00PM, Manila time). Know more about the trip to Paris in the Design Lab website.

Go on a gastronomic adventure with the Delightful-E Yummy Web Series

Great-tasting food can only come from the freshest ingredients. Before learning to prepare mouth-watering recipes, knowing how to pick the best ingredients must come first. That’s why Electrolux, a global leader in home appliances, brings you the Delightful-E Yummy Web Series!

Delightful-E Yummy Picks

Join DJ Delamar Arias of the Morning Rush as she travels to various places in Luzon to pick the freshest ingredients and keep them at their best condition inside the Electrolux NutriFresh™ Refrigerator. From harvesting the freshest herbs and lettuce to picking the best meat cuts in the market, DJ Delamar will give you the know-hows in selecting only the best ingredients for a delightfully delicious meal every time.

XSTIG: Design students contribute to building thoughtful homes

Imagine this: You had an exhausting day at school and you can’t wait to get home and rest. On your way home, the weather was unpredictable and the pollution in the streets was horrible. As you enter your room, you realize that it is not as spotless as you hoped it was. You come in to the kitchen to find good food, but you find nothing on the dining table. You had a draining day and the last thing you would want to do is take care of the household chores.

As you let out a weary sigh, you realize that your home appliances can take care of all these. You see the MAB cleaner scanning your house and deploying its flying mini-robots to the areas in need of cleaning. Meanwhile, an Atonium 3D Food Printer has determined your nutritional needs and is working on a healthy meal for you. At the same time, the Breathing Wall started to purify the air while recreating an environment that will help you relive a happy memory. Imagine this futuristic scenario made possible by you.

This advanced home is the brainchild of the top three winners at last year’s Electrolux Design Lab competition.

Electrolux Discover-E Food Market Goes To Cash and Carry Mall

Electrolux Discover-E Food Festival does not stop with their latest event held at the NBC Tent in Bonifacio Global City. They now have a tour at different "food hotspots" in the metro and one of them can be found in one of the shopping landmarks in Makati, Cash and Carry Mall.

The mall is always filled with faithful patrons from Makati and and the nearby neighborhood. The Food Market set by Electrolux is jampacked with a lot of food lovers and mall goers as they can see a live cooking demo by Chef Bruce (Saturday), and Chef Rosebud (Sunday) and many other feature chefs that shares their one of a kind recipies made and prepared with Electrolux appliances.

Together with partners like Cif, Gastro Chef, Dole, and Solane, participants of the Food Market enjoy fun mini-games as well as great food choices from food stalls within the venue. This is also a great time to check on new and discounted Electrolux appliances which is exclusive for the event.

Electrolux Clothes and Hugs Wash-a-ton and the Winner of the "My Shirt" Contest

Electrolux is not just a company of robots and machines but also have heart for people in need especially to our fellow Filipino and they have made a unique campaign that helps both the Filipino consumer and also reach out to those less fortunate. Eletrolux had a contest for online bloggers of "My Shirt" which tells the story of loved clothes. With also clothes donated by bloggers at the event will be donated to beneficiaries and promote the spirit of giving and also the promotion of making laundry more fun with electrolux washing machines.

Share your Moment of Celebration and Join the “Live, Love, Firande! Electrolux Photo Contest”

Celebrate with Electrolux Philippines in their 10th Anniversary and get a chance to win an exciting luxury and travel package!

Firande means celebration in Sweden where Electrolux traces its roots and to celebrate 10 thoughtful years in the country, it invites everyone to join the Live, Love, Firande! Photo Contest by sharing their unique moment of Firande through photos – from remarkable achievements and important personal milestones to fun family vacations and exciting getaways with friends. 

To join, visit the “Live, Love, Firande! Photo Contest” tab of the Little White Book Facebook page from April 1, 2012 to May 20, 2012 and fill out the required participant details. Then, submit your Firande photo along with your answer to the question, “what’s worth celebrating to you?” in 50 words or less.

All qualified photo entries will be uploaded in the Live, Love, Firande! photo album of the Little White Book Facebook page and will be featured in a commemorative 10th anniversary advertisement in leading newspapers, magazines and TV seen nationwide. On top of that, the top 3 Firande photos will get a chance to win exciting prizes from Electrolux Philippines including Electrolux appliances and a luxury and travel package! 

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Electrolux Design Lab Theme 2012: Design Experience

Electrolux Design Lab’s 10th Anniversary challenge to international design students is tied to Electrolux professional heritage in a theme that stimulates all senses.

Electrolux Design Lab is a global annual design competition inviting students and recent graduates of industrial design to compete for a six-month paid internship and prize money by submitting ideas that develop the sensory experience of home appliances. This year the jury will also take special note of the aesthetic qualities of the concept and the way textures and surface materials have been used.

Brief: Design Experience

As demonstrated in the Cube by Electrolux, the world of professional cooking is all about the experience. It’s not about achieving the perfect inner temperature of a steak for the sake of science or performance. It’s about designing the best possible experience for your guests. The creative force behind the experience is the merger of intuitive and innovative appliances with the creativity of the chef and carefully selected high quality ingredients. 

HEALTHY LYF: Make Your Laundry Woes Vanish With Electrolux’s Front Load Vapour Action Washer

Wash, fold and iron. These simple words carry much dread for most of us especially when it’s multiplied several times over for those needing to do the laundry for the whole family.

Chucking clothes into the washing machine may be easy enough but once the wash is done, the real work starts. Pulling out your tangled clothes piece by piece, flapping them in vain to straighten them out, hanging them out to dry, and finally the dreaded chore of ironing that looms ahead.

And what about those delicate pieces that require hand washing?  Don’t you wish you could also chuck them in with the rest of your laundry? Hand washing delicate clothes, drip drying slowly or even sending them out to the professionals for dry cleaning, and finding time to collect them back, can be a hassle. Don’t you sometimes wish the delicate wash in your machine is truly delicate enough for your precious clothes?

Creative Blog Entries Dominate the Electrolux Dynamica Doom of the Broom Blog Contest

In photo are (from left): Electrolux Philippines
Product Manager Andrea Pionilla, Dynamica Doom
of the Broom Grand Prize Winner Iris Acosta and
 Electrolux Philippines Marketing Manager Terry Sales.

In line with its launch of the Dynamica vacuum cleaner, Electrolux, the global leader in household appliances from Sweden, recently concluded the much anticipated Doom of the Broom Blog Contest. Opened to all bloggers residing in the Philippines, 10 blog posts were chosen to win out of the many entries that made it to the April 30 cut-off. I wanted to join unfortunately, I was too busy and there was no broom at home. But with Dynamica, the future of the broom is doomed!

At the awarding night there were also games and prizes that everybody enjoyed as we  wait for the announcement of the winners. Winning the grand prize is “Doom of the Broom” by lifestyle blogger Iris Acosta of Pinay Ads. Iris Acosta demonstrated creativity by making an original comic strip that showed the difficulties of using a broom for everyday household cleaning. She described the special features of Dynamica vacuum cleaner which are perfect in saving her from the broom crisis. Also, the entry received the most positive feedback from readers, garnering an impressive number of 218 responses in the blog post. 

Dynamically Clean Homes with Electrolux Dynamica!

Are you still using a broom just to keep your house spotless? It would mean busting your back and wasting precious time in the process and tends to merely re-scatter dust into the air, making it virtually impossible to totally rid of the germs that go along with it. Plus it also makes cleaning your house time consuming, especially those hard to reach places.

Electrolux, a Swedish global appliance company that pioneered vacuum cleaners, has a perfect solution -  The Dynamica vacuum cleaner. It boast of a sleek razor-like design that makes it  pretty to the eyes unlike your regulat eye-sore broom. Its double-jointed floor nozzle enables the head o swivel from side to side, making cleaning those hard-to-reach areas and corners an absolute breeze. And it comes with a parking stand for easy storage, which is ideal for those who live in condominiums.

The Dynamica is the perfect cleaning companion - easy to handle, only weighing 1.6 kilograms, yet very powerful at the same time. Its motor bruch and cyclonic action allows the Dynamica to pick up everything from hair to fiber to dust and crumbs for a visible and effective clean feel on carpets, woodrn surfaces and hard floors.

And finally, the Dynamica not only makes cleaning easy, it is also easy to clean and mantain. You have one liter dust container so you don't have to empty it so often. When you do, all it takes a single push of a button to clear the dust container. The same process goes for cleaning the brush.

Gone are the days when you have to go through great lengths like using the broom, mopping the floors and washing the carpetjust to achieve that clean feel to protect your family from germs. With all effort you just put in cleaning the house, it robs you of precious time and energy that have been spent with loved ones and friends. With Dynamica, having your house in spic-and-span condition will be the easiest chore in your to-do-list. With all that time saved, you can now have more bonding time with your family and can have more time to do other things important to you.

Swap your broom and get Php 1,000 off for a Dynamica vacuum cleaner!

Now you know about Dynamica Vacuum cleaner, here is another treat, the TRADE IN YOUR BROOM Promo! Bring your walis tambo or broom to any participating appliance store an swap it  with a coupon that entitles you to a Php 1,000 discount when you buy a Dynamica corded lightweight vacuum cleaner. The promo, valid for one year from date of issue, can be availed by presenting the coupon  to the cashier of the store where the broom was exchanged.

So hurry and swap your old broom and make your house spic-and-span in no time! Promo is until May 31, 2011.

And Here is another great news from Electrolux!

These Hard times, Electrolux comes to the rescue with a Shellance discount worth Php 500!

The steadily rising cost of basic goods and comodities put a great strain on the household budget of many Filipinos. And during the country's summer fiesta season, when they whip up stumptuous feast to share with the family, friends and practically the whole town, sqeezing in additional expenses into a budget poses yet another big challenge.

True to its "Thinking of you" philosophy, Electrolux a global leader in household appliances from Sweden, presents an exciting consumer promotion. This is in line with Electrolux's Wok-a-holic Level Up campaign - celebrating the unique Filipino way of cooking with a wok or a kawali using the functional, stylish selection of Electrolux, Cooking Ranges, Hobs, Ovens and Hoods.

With a Purchase of an Electrolux Cooking Range or Built-in Hob, you are entitled to a Php 500 discount on the contents of a Shellane LPG tank - a considerable value sure to help ease the burden of extra expenses!

Users of non-Shellane LPG, on the other hand can get  Php 250 off LPG contents, plus a free regulator set. You can also avail of a 20% discount on a purchase of a Shellane tank. To claim the discount, just call the Shellane hotline at 8875555 or visit the nearest authorized dealer in your area.

So hurry and make the smart buy! Let the fiesta celebration continue, even when times are hard, with the Electrolux appliances.

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Take a Break at the Electrolux Mobile Spa!

 

HALSA, its a Swedish term for health and with the elements getting more harsh and pollution levels rising in our world, we do need to think more of our health and wellness as it is our most important wealth. And with the holy week, we would also encounter a lot of stress sometimes more than the vacation that we  plan to.

This Holy Week, have a new reason for your gas station stop over. Not only you can recharge fuel, take quick nap or buy snacks, but now, you can also avail a free massage treatment from Electrolux Mobile Spa.

First, you need to stop over in the NLEX Total Gas Station in Apalit, Pampanga (north bound) from April 20-23 (Holy Wednesday to Black Saturday) or SLEX Total Gas Station in Sta. Rosa Laguna (north bound, going back to Manila) from April 24-25 (Easter Sunday to Back-to-Work Monday). Then to avail of a relaxing massage treatment Electrolux Mobile Spa, gas up or spend at least P500.00 at any of the establishments in NLEX Total Gas Station. For the SLEX Total Gas Station, spend at least P500 worth of purchases from Total Fuel or Bonjour.

The Electrolux Mobile Spa is led by Electrolux Philippines together with Blue Water Day Spa and Total Philippines. Blue Water Day Spa is providing the massage services from their experienced and well-trained therapists while Electrolux constructed the calming and relaxing Mobile Spa built with the Electrolux air conditioners. The range of air conditioners Electrolux offers has integrated Air Filtration System, bringing wellness to facilities, homes and offices. It eliminates up to 95% of bacteria and 99% of dust particles released in the air. It also has Vitamin C technology that discharges that burst of freshness to help reduce stress and help fight off incidence of asthma, skin allergies and common colds – ensuring that the air you and your family breathe is clean and pure.

Share more of our thinking at www.electrolux.com.ph. For more news and updates visit: www.electrolux.com/electrolux-insiders or find us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/thelittlewhitebook.

And me and blogger friends had the chance to check out the mobile spa in Pampanga, and it was a relaxing experience after some time on the road. Hope you can also drop by and take a break before going in or out to Manila.