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Cheap Calls To Philippines Using Libon

My youngest sister has been living in the UK for more than a year now. She moved there to be with her husband. They are planning to bring their only son to the UK next year.. To say we miss her terribly is an understatement. Last Christmas, we spent our first without her. We miss her laughs, doing crazy antics with her and all the things we shared with her. This Christmas will be our 2nd without her. We still miss her that much but thanks to smartphone applications for communication, we’re chatting with her more often.

Why my sister who lives in UK chose application to call back home?

Communication application for smartphones are the cheapest alternative for calling your loved ones at home when you’re living in a different country. It’s basically free! All you need to do is download an app and call anyone, anywhere, and anytime without the long distance/ international expensive call fees.

And when it comes to mobile apps for communication, my sister recommends Libon. It’s an application for Android and Apple Smartphone. You can download it for free on Google Play or AppStore. Libon is developed by Orange, the biggest telecom operator in France.
Libon provides very cheap calls, chat and voicemail applications.

Calls from Libon to Libon is always FREE. All you need to do is download the Libon App in AppStore or download the Libon App in Google Play, ask your relatives to download it too so you can enjoy cheap calls anytime, anywhere!

Aside from the free call using Libon to Libon, my sister really loves this app because she can make very cheap calls to the Philippines. As I have mentioned, her son is still here and they uses Libon international call when her son is not online. Yes, Libon can call to any Globe or TM number here in the Philippines! And the pricing is really cheap, I tell you! Libon calls to Philippines pricing is as low as 90 cents (Philippines Pesos) or 2 cents (US Dollar).

The rate is less than 1 Philippine Pesos per minute! No wonder my sister has been calling us almost everyday!

Want to call your love ones as much as you can like my sister does? Or Are you missing someone from abroad? Or missing someone here in the Philippines? Call them using Libon!

No credit on your Libon account? Don’t fret! I am giving away 10 Libon gifts pack which includes 1000 minute* free calls (worth €19.99)

Just tell me on the comment section who are the person you are missing (and wants to call) the most this Holiday!

I am going to choose winners before the year ends and winners will get their Libon credits on January.

*Subject to the country of residence the minutes may vary slightly

Moleskin X Starbucks 2016 Planner

Nalulungkot ako ngayon… I can’t drink coffee because of my pregnancy eh. Balak ko pa naman sana na gawing yearly tradition ang Starbucks Planner Giveaway na nasimulan ko last year.. Sad ako kase I can’t keep up to that promise. Though husband is an SB consumer, he doesn’t like sweet drinks. Last year, naka 6 planners ako.. this year, I know the Mister will make a way to get a planner for me.. un lang, wala akong mapapamigay 🙁

Ang ganda ganda gandaaaaa pa naman ng Starbucks 2016 Planner. It’s a collaboration with Moleskin. And you know Moleskin planners are not that cheap! First look from Starbucks Philippines Facebook page:

Starbucks x Moleskin 2016 Planner comes in 2 sizes and 4 colors (red, black, white and green). What’s the difference? According to Didi of the canDIshhh tales:

if you’re the type to write down your daily tasks and need more space for your daily reminders – get the smaller one. It has an individual page for every day (except of Saturday and Sunday). But if you’re the weekly planner – then you get the bigger one.

Just as always, you need 18 stickers on your Starbucks Christmas Card to avail the planner. Starbucks sticker collection will start this November 2 na!

And if you want to get the big planner and the small planner, you need to fill 2 sticker cards 🙂

You know the drill! 9 stickers for the usual Starbucks beverage and 9 stickers for Starbucks Christmas drinks. Soooo what drinks Starbucks will be offering this Christmas?

Toffee Nut Latte is still on the Christmas drinks menu as well as Peppermint Mocha.. what’s new is Christmas Panettone Latte, a drink inspired by an Italian fruit cake. I love fruit cakes!!!! 9 cups naman won’t hurt my pregnancy di ba? Basta decaf! hahaha

I’ll be getting the red one if ever!

Pregnancy Journey: Dealing With Sadness

Currently listening to…

because I need to know that everything’s gonna be alright…

It ‘s been a month since I learned that one my twins vanished.. and since then, I have a total of 4 breakdowns.. not including the one I had when I learned about the vanishing and the one I had just a while ago.

It’s sad.. it’s lonely and heartbreaking..

I don’t feel normal at all.

This is the hardest pregnancy I had.. emotionally, and physically. I can’t even walk my kids to school.. I can’t even go to the sari sari store to buy a candy. I can’t do anything and it’s making me feel really really bad about myself. If you know me well, I am very independent and I believe I can do everything.. but now.. here I am and all I can do is feel bad about myself.

I feel bad that I can’t perform my duties as a wife and I am overwhelmed with guilt because the husband is very understanding and dependable.

I feel bad that I am being hard on my kids and overwhelmed with guilt because they want to appease me but they do not know how.

I feel bad but somehow writing it here makes me feel a bit better.

Maybe I just need to vent it out.. or I really need to have a new hobby (to make me feel better and accomplished).. or maybe this is God’s way of telling to chill out, relax and just go with the flow. I shouldn’t be too hard on myself no?

*This kind of sadness only happens when I am alone.. maybe normal for someone who is pregnant no? When I’m with my kids, specially when the husband is around, I feel a lot better.