Showing posts with label Kitkat. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Kitkat. Show all posts

KitKat Break Movement: Speak Fluently In Any Language


Being an introvert, I've always admired people who have a knack for anything language-related, like people who can: (1) write articles so good matatameme ka sa galing, (2) speak fluently in at least 2-3 languages, (3) speak in front of an audience without looking and sounding nervous and (4) turn dull conversations into the most engaging talk in town. So, if I were to unlock any skill after taking a KitKat break, it would definitely be the skill to speak fluently in any language.  


Maybe after taking a break with these many KitKats, I'll surely be able to unlock this skill, yes? :)


Join the #KitKatBreakMovement! 
Have a Break, Have a KitKat.
And you just might unlock your hidden skills! :))


My KitKat Break Movement Experience!

The Art of Getting There was one of the lucky bloggers (yiheeee) who got invited to the special screening of Transformers: Age of Extinction at the 4DX cinema of Bonifacio High Street. Wondering how I got the lucky invitation? We simply have to answer this question by KitKat: 

If you were given the chance to unlock any of these skills, what would it be and why?
  • type faster and flawlessly
  • never forget any detail
  • create awesome presentation decks
  • multitask at any given time 
An easy question for a 4DX experience, yes? Check out my entry here.
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The special block screening was held on the opening day of Transformers: Age of Extinction, last June 25, 2014. Before the day of the movie, winners got this mission-like invitation:


On our way to Bonifacio High Street, my plus one and I got lost (yep! winners get to enjoy this awesome movie treat with their plus ones!). We don't exactly frequent Makati kasi huhuhu. And since we're just so happy and relieved that we finally managed to get to our destination (after a few quarrels, but hey! that's normal on any roadtrips, right?), here's some help so you won't get lost on your way to Bonifacio High Street. 

After parking at the, uh, parking area at the back of the mall, we thought that we were lost, again, because the mall was kind of empty, as in. There were only few people in the vicinity (and it was still pretty early in the evening, around half past 8). And from the ground floor of the mall, all stores were still under construction. Even the elevators, though functioning, still had the "under construction" looks: plywood pa yung pader. It was like entering a mall from a post-apocalyptic movie scene, haha. We even had to ask the friendly manong guard at the mall's entrance if we were indeed at Bonifacio High Street.

At the 4DX cinema entrance, we were greeted by the lovely and energetic Nuffnang staff. To register, we had to search for our name in their list (we confirmed our attendance via e-mail) so that we could also get our food stubs (ow yeaaaah!).


After registration, we received 2 KitKat bars from the beautiful ladies manning the KitKat booth (the most generous sponsor of the movie experience). 


Buuuut, if we complete a particular task, we get to have a bag of goodies from KitKat! And that particular task was really simple: we just had to take a selfie with our KitKat bars to document our great 4DX movie experience and tweet the photo along with a caption they provided. How easy was that?! The task was made even simpler by the very helpful Nuffnang staff, the lady in the yellow dress (from the first photo) even lent me her Ipad because my phone had no Internet connection, and another guy from Nuffnang let me use their Wi-Fi connection so I can tweet using my phone. A goodie bag from KitKat contains the following (Note: pinagsama na lang namin yung goodie bag ng plus one ko):

Goodie Bag from KitKat

Different flavors of KitKat bars! Yummmm!
Aside from KitKat bars, the goodie bag also have ID tags, mouse pads,
and something that I don't know what it's for, haha.



But that's not all to this awesome movie treat! Since we arrived at the cinema around half past 8, and finished the registration and task around 9, we still had over an hour to wait for the movie to start (the doors open at 10 but the movie starts at 10:45, according to the invitation). That's exactly what the food stubs are for: to eat while waiting for the movie to start! So after getting our KitKat goodie bags, my plus one and I headed over to Quiznos (which was really near Bonifacio High Street, some 5 minutes walk or less). There was also a Nuffnang booth there.

Nuffnang booth at Quiznos




Quiznos counter. You get to see how your sandwich is prepared.

Our food stubs got us a big sandwich plus a drink. The sandwich was really yummy! And BIG. I had no idea how to have a decent one big bite off the sandwich, haha. 

That's for me and my plus one :)


The sandwich doesn't look that big in this photo but believe me, it sure was big, haha!
After our dinner at Quiznos, we went back to the cinema at around 9:45. People were starting to gather outside the cinema doors. Since there was still no lines, we bought some bottled water. Mind you, if you're on a tight budget, bring your own water. Ginto ata tubig dun haha. One 500ml bottled water costs Php75. Whew.

Anyway, since we got to choose our seats at the registration, we don't exactly have to line up early for fear of losing seats. The doors opened at exactly 10 and the movie started at exactly 10:45. It was such an unforgettable experience! Special thanks to the following for making this awesome event possible: KitKat, Nuffnang and Quiznos. Here are other pictures of the event:




The cinema doors

*The review for the actual 4DX experience of Transformers: Age of Extinction is still in the making, haha. Will update this blog when the movie review is ready na :)


KitKat Break Movement

You're not in college if you're not stressed.

When I entered the university, I accepted the fact that I will be spending more sleepless nights than I did back in high school. Those sleepless nights involved a lot of coffee-drinking, procrastinating and crying (which was more evident when deadlines are nearing). And there would always be days when you feel like all your professors are intent on not letting you sleep:


Studying BEEd Communication Arts-English requires a lot from me. I'm expected to do a lot of things. This includes, but is not limited to: doing reports/presentations, attending seminars/conventions, writing all sorts of papers, reading a lot of children's books (all of its genres), maintaining my calm and smile every single demonstration and producing creative teaching materials so that my students will be more engaged.

So, if I were given the chance to unlock any of these skills:


It would definitely be to multitask at any given time. To be able to do just that, I just need to take a break, and have a KitKat. And by that, I'll be ready to accept the challenges that college throws at me.

Why would you want to unlock such skills?
With the help of KitKat (which is pretty much like my version of "Darna's bato"),  I can now do multitasking at any given time:
[1] During actual teaching demonstrations: teach while cutting tapes while preparing the next visual aids while listening to my students' answers while keeping the students behaved and while making "pasilip na mga tingin" to my professors who are observing the demo.
[2] During my students' seatwork time: help open a student's baon  while explaining the seatwork instructions while collecting the works of those who're already finished while entertaining questions like "Teach, may I go out" and while attending to the numerous "sumbong" of my pupils.

[3] During my undergrad course lectures: listen to the professor's lectures while jotting down notes while doing an assignment for the next subject and while having a "secret" conversation with my group mates for a report/presentation.

This was taken during one of my demos at the UP Integrated School.

Oh, and did you know that eating chocolates like KitKat actually do you a lot of health benefits:


So what are you waiting for? Unlock your hidden skills now with KitKat.
#KitKatBreakMovement