GenSan Gems Giveaway!!!

Here's something for you, my readers! I have been featuring the many things I like in GenSan (my life in GenSan, that is) in this blog, I thought I'd share with you some of the products here in a monthly giveaway. There's more to GenSan, than Manny Pacquio and tuna, you know! Every month there's a giveaway. These may include jams, dried fruits, Pacman souvenir items, tuna products, vegetables like asparagus, or maybe something cooked up by A Scientist in the Kitchen.

For this month, May, I'm giving a way fruit jams made by Kablon farms. I'm giving away two packs of Kablon fruit jams so there'll be two winners this month.

Here's how to join:

1. To join, you must leave a valid comment (no spamming, please) any of the posts here at GenSan Gems.

2. Make sure you leave a valid email address. Only winners will be contacted but I will be announcing your name/pen name in this blog with links to your personal website (if you leave one).

3. Prizes can only be shipped to a Philippine address via LBC. So if you live abroad, you must  be able to provide a Philippine address of a family member or friend to which I can mail the marmalade.

4. I will draw the winner(s) on the 1st day of the succeeding month via Random.org.

The elusive Manny Pacquiao

Haayy, I have been here in GenSan for more than a year, but I still have to have my picture taken with Manny himself. I haven't even met Mommy Dionisia nor Jinky! I even pass by his house in GenSan on my way to work, but nary a shadow of him.

So now, I just have to content myself with this cap from his campaign.

Team Pacquiao

Besides tuna, another great idea for pasalubong would Pacquiao souvenirs you can buy from the newly-opened Team Pacquiao store at Robinson's Place, Gen San.

T-shirts, key chains, mugs, sports jackets and bags and jogging pants... towels, bags and more. There are several selection of t-shirt designs, priced at around 420 pesos per shirt. Not that bad.  Oh, and there are caps too.

The shopkeepers are friendly and quite used to people taking a lot of pictures, like I did. Next time I go visit my parents, I'll be sure to get some shirts for my dad. I think the items sold here would make popular pasalubong.

 

You can take a pose with Pacman, too!

Manny Pacquiao's mansion

This is a popular question whenever I go home to Los Baños - have you seen Manny Pacquiao's house? For several time I went home, I always say yes, because it is on the way to the office. But I couldn't show off a picture as proof. Anyway, getting a new cellphone with 8MP camera gave me an excuse to take a picture outside.


Next stop: a closer look... wish I could get inside his house!

Manny Pacquiao everywhere...

What else would you expect, you know? This is the hometown of the world's most famous boxer. Every street corner has his name. Take this huge billboard for example, at the intersection of Pioneer Ave and Acharon Blvd.


This is probably one of the many things you can do here in Gen San, go on a Manny Pacquiao tour - have a coffee at Blue Gre, shop at Pacman's Convenience Store, meet Mommy Dionisia, or go window shopping at Jinkee's Fashion World. Not to mention, a visit to his house in Lagao.