Meet Budget Gaming Monster Infinix HOT 11S

They don't call this HOT for nothing as smartphone brand Infinix launches their newest budget gaming phone the Infinix HOT 11S. When they launched the HOT 10S, they catered it to casual gamers and selfie enthusiasts, the HOT 11S will be your best bud when it comes to gaming

The new phone uses a Helio G88 octa core dual chip processor that gets you up to 90Hz refresh rates when you're playing online games and that moba hit you love. The phone also boasts a 6.78 inch Full HD display which would be good for playing and watching KDramas/Movies you've been spending hours on during the pandemic. The back side has a 50MP primary lens with 2MP AI lens for dof shots. They're looking forward to launch this particular model before end of the month.

If you want to know more about it, I suggest you follow their social channels like InfinixPhilippines on Facebook and IG or @InfinixPH on Twitter if you are there too. 

 

Hope to get hands on experience with it soon. Stay tuned!

itel P33 Plus Launched, Available in Lazada

Join and Enjoy. 

That’s their tagline including “My Power, My Hero” specifically for this phone. 

iTel has been known in Middle East and Africa, India and the rest of Asia too. They just landed in the Philippines and introducing their newest smartphone which is the P33 Plus. 

Star Luo the Sales Manager for itel says “Our company launched P32 last year and this year we now have a new one called P33 Plus. It is one of our MaxPower line with a 5000 mAh battery, with 100 hours capability to be IN. The update is the BIG battery. We focused on making the phone have a longer battery life and get it with an AI Power Master which is a battery management system we do for our phones. It intelligently adjusts the phone performance and extend it to 35% more than the usual. We have it in two modes the Smart Power Saving and the Ultra Power Saving mode. The first takes care of wifi, bluetooth and data, the other for calls, sms, calendars to maximize endurance. You can also put it on sleep mode, app freeze, auto brightness, auto start management, which can last you up to 4 days in normal usage all in a single charge. The phone is also available in 16GB memory 1GB RAM, almost 12GB free space so you can use it for stuff you need. It has Face Unlock recognition, fingerprint sensor to unlock, pickup calls, so you get security personalized. The photos can be taken by the 8mp rear camera, an assistant camera and a flash in the back. The selfie camera is around 8mp too and is employing a face beauty 2.0 technology too. Design wise, the photo looks so sleek with the gradient blue hues and a 6.0 full screen display. Very convenient to watch movies and play games and use it for a long time. It is available in colors Gradiaton Blue, Deep Blue and Champagne Gold. It also runs on Android 8.1 Go Edition OS and has got a 1 year warranty. It also has a 100 days replacement guarantee (for manufacturer defects) so they can replace it when needed.” 

The phone only costs Php 3,499 which is super cheap. itel's product is now also in Lazada so if you want one just get it online because they have that as their flagship store. 

Do You Love Your Mom?

How old are you? How many times have you felt sad because you haven't achieved much? Are you doing fine right now? Who do you think helped you in life the most? For me, it's my Mom. I'm sure most of you feel the same. Small things to the hardest problems, she always has the answer. If you want to thank her, what would you usually do? 

This particular video triggered my emotions recently. With good reason I might add, why? Watch this!

So much feels, I just watched it once to hold back the tears. Though if you want to make your mom's dreams come true,I think it would be just proper to get her there. There are tons of cheap flights especially with the best low cost airline servicing us in the Philippines, check out AirAsia today as they have their Red Hot PisoSale back!

5 Things To Catch at the Shopee Gadget Zone

The Shopee Gadget Zone

I’m sure you love online shopping, the rain hasn’t been letting out quite much these days that you would be better off staying at home rather than face carmaggedon in EDSA like what happened last night. I’ve been shopping at Shopee for quite some time now and these days, I figured out that they have almost everything with the multitude of brands and sellers they’ve got in the app. This week though there’s a little known section I want you to take your eyes on called The Gadget Zone and here are my top 5 devices you should definitely buy off of the app.

The OPPO F7

OPPO F7

I have been using this as my secondary Phone for quite some time now and it has not dissappointed me as far as performance would go. The photos this has captured without even editing are all web worthy so I use them for coverages and my own selfies. Even stars attest to it. If you want something good in the midrange market, this would be the thing I would recommend you get and it’s even cheaper in the Gadget Zone.

VIVO X21

VIVO X21

If you want to up your selfie game, Vivo has always delivered in this department. Their recently launched Vivo X21 may well be on the pricey side but it has certainly delivered quality wise with photos and videos. The technology they employ says a lot about the quality of cameras they have in this gadget and if you get them through Shopee’s Gadget Zone, you’ll have 6 months extended warranty and a bluetooth speaker with it. I couldn’t tell you how important service is these days but with that guarantee you won’t be too stressed thinking about what would happen to your phones if it does happen. Good thing you would have peace of mind for a longer time.

ACE 32 inch LED TV

ACE 32 inch LED TV

Savings you say? Then I’d recommend the ACE 32 inch LED TV. Don’t be swooned by tons of promises of other brands because this is simple, it shouldn’t be that expensive and this one delivers. I have seen people hoard this stuff so they could have one or more monitors around their house. Imagine watching TV in the comfort room, your bedroom, even the entertainment area, all because you could now afford it from the Shopee Gadget Zone. I think I’d buy one myself after this article LOL.

Honor 9 Lite

Honor 9 Lite

For those who really are in a budget constraint and want to buy a phone, go get this Honor 9 Lite phone from Shopee’s Gadget Zone. Funny how that rhymes but it’s quite a good deal for what you are getting because I still have my Honor 6 here working fine after a few years, I guess aside from me taking care of it the phone really has been built to last for years, so in a sense you get your money’s worth. We all want a phone that lasts right? Exactly, this also has a mean camera too so you are not getting shortchanged. So there.

Avision 55 inch 4K Ultra HD TV

Avision 55 inch 4K Uktra HD TV

If you need 4K Ultra HD resolution TV, it doesn’t have to be expensive. This one is even cheaper than the one I saw in appliance centers which are about in the 27-30K range. This one doesn’t just out priced that TV, but with the same output you’re getting way more than what you bargained for, definitely a good deal. What I’m so happy about too is that it’s all in one place, all in Shopee’s new Gadget Zone. Go click it when you’re in the app so you get the latest deals, the lowest price with legitimate brands. Things like these should be easy, so go uncomplicate your life by downloading the app on Google Play or the App Store. Anne Curtis would be happy if you did that.

Let’s go to Shopee! Here https://shopee.ph/m/gadgetzone

KUMAGCOW

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Divisoria and Binondo After Christmas

Today was great! I had time to spare so I went to Divisoria and Binondo today and see if I could actually do a short photowalk in Manila's streets after Christmas. The last time I did this was during my D60Krew days back when we had time to do photowalks and didn't have jobs to bother. Anyway, I've been very discreet and careful about doing this because I don't know the place that much and it's been notorious for crimes (as seen on TV) so instead of lugging around my huge DSLR I just used my phone. It's been here since the dark ages, a part of Philippine history, where commerce brewed between the Tagalogs, the provinces and the Chinese. It's also the oldest Chinatown in the world and I couldn't have gone in an opportune time since the crowd has thinned out a bit. Let's start shall we?!

Betty Go - Belmonte Station

Recto Terminal Station

Recto Terminal Station stairway to exit

The short trek required me to take the MRT2 and go to the Recto station. Even if you're fresh, perfumed and all, you're going to smell like shawarma after passing this joint LOL. I took a jeep to Divisoria after that.

You won't really need to be dressed and all, so it'll be better if you're in rags so you kinda blend in and be incognito. I went to different malls like 999, 168 and a couple more just outside the buildings. It's like a complex, some are airconditioned and some are just out in the sun. I've seen a couple of foreigners carrying bags for their Filipina wives, and they looked like they were having fun. I was trying to look for a couple of things to shop for and ended up just people watching. I tried to shop but some of the things just looked cheap. I lowered my expectations of course, but if you think about it I'm the one who's going to wear the clothes and giving the gifts, the wrong grammar on the mugs and prints on the shirt were just too obvious and I might have to go there some other day and do the buying again if I find something good. I mean, I like the stuff in Greenhills and most of them come from Divisoria right? I might probably am looking at the wrong place, so that needs another visit.

I also got lost and ended up walking back from the wet market of Divisoria. I didn't know that was actually Recto too that the vendors are on. I looked at google maps and they were actual roads there. On the ground it was like Balintawak Market but only bigger, most were outside too.

So when I didn't get to buy anything, I got hungry. I went to Wai Ying, a hole in the wall Chinese fastfood restaurant in the district of Binondo. I didn't hold back ordering, as it was cheap and very good. I think it's my third time here.

This is their kitchen, there's a fryer back there and a huge steamer on the front counter. Most of their customers are Filipino Chinese which would probably vouch for their authenticity. 

Like in Hong Kong, they serve you hot tea for free before a meal. I wanted a glass of ice cold water but this will do lol.

I ordered the Hong Kong Iced Milk Tea. They have this in hot versions but I was already hot BOOM and it wouldn't make sense LOL.

I ordered these Beef Balls and should have ordered more. This was so good rather than just having Siu Mai no?

They had chili and soy sauce so ordering sharks fin (without sharks harmed on this meal) was but a good idea. It's pork and a few veggies, it was hot and amazing to have before having my main course.

There's like a 15 minute wait time for this and the shrimp dumpling, but it was so worth it. This is the Kuchai Dumpling (pork and spring onions I think?) and it was probably because of the glass like skin on them that actually deteriorates if steamed too much. Hence the wait time.

I was craving for Siopao since Christmas eve and since I was already here I said "what the heck!" so I ordered Bola Bola and Asado Siopao (2 pcs.) too. It was barbecuey, sweet and savory so I was already full even before my Mami came out of the kitchen.

For my main course (fine dining? Lol) I ordered Dumpling Mami. I know, I've been ordering too much of it but hey I like it. I don't like the gamey smell of carabeef  so I opted for the lighter more neutral Mami instead. I ate it all, yes! It's not impossible, you just have to put your mind into it. I'll be going back to Divisoria very soon and I'll be eating at some more Binondo restaurants, I'll post more as Kumagcow eats more of the streets next year. This was just fun not to repeat!

Merry Christmas by the way and ciao! Thanks to Smart's 3G and LTE connection I was posting non stop from there today!

KUMAGCOW

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A Uratex Foam Plant Visit

If you've got a bed, a pillow or soft foamy things at home, most often than not you've got a URATEX product. The company that have started to produce polyurethane foam in 1968 by Robert Cheng promised only one thing in particular, to provide comfort for life.

We visited their plant in Muntinlupa a few months ago and it was a first for me. Honestly, I felt like a kid going on a field trip. Though the place was filled with onlookers wondering who we were, and what we were doing there. Security was strict, you can't go walking or crossing the street if you're not in a designated area. They said it's because they wanted both visitors and employees to be safe since their trucks and forklifts travel very fast inside the plant. A single mishap would disrupt production and they just want things in order. That part is really understandable.

Each foam maker have their own formula in making this, but what they are basically doing is trapping air inside the product after having chemical reaction. These chemicals are stored in huge silos inside their property and are kept in constant temperatures to make that perfect foam. It is in liquid form and when they get combined in the machines, they just let it expand and stay on its form.

A special wax paper is also used so it wouldn't stick on the conveyor belt. It just basically "happens" on its own then they let it rise.

Then they cut it into the length of their warehouse so it could be arranged and sit to dry them for a few days. You might think it's already good foam at its state but inside, it's still hot, wet and raw. 

They use huge cranes to arrange these on lanes that are also either manually done or computerized. The drying also goes in stages and after it dries you can already cut them up for whatever purpose you want to use it for.

They also use metal rods so they can stick it into these foams to check for temperature. The outside layer may look dry but it's bubbling hot inside if it just came out of the machines. People here take precautions so none of them get into an accident as safety is their first priority especially in this part of the production.

They cut up those huge logs into blocks like these, some of which could be 10x as big as your bed. Different densities for different applications. If you want a softer bed, a softer foam. If you want a firmer bed, then they can make you one as hard as a rock.

They drop, spin and cut them with knives and hot wires so they would look like your everyday foam beds. They also have these processes organized so they don't have to go to other warehouses to finish one product. 

They even make special foams for sound proofing, the ones under the carpet, or the ones carved like hands for sports events like UAAP or PBA. I'm sure you've seen some of that!

As part of URATEX's environmental responsibility, they don't waste any materials and use them jagged cuts to create new foams for flooring and carpet appliques. Unfortunately, old foams would not be safe to recycle because of hygienic purposes. It's understandable because imagine the years of dirt that goes through every bed in a lifetime. Uratex is always finding ways to be environmentally responsible, starting in their own turf in Alabang. Utilities, Water, garbage, packaging, are all monitored so they would be sure to keep clean in the facility.

If you wish to visit them at their Parañaque plant, they've got a full store too in front of the property. The store can cater to your needs if you need plastic, foam, quality premium beds that can satisfy even the most discriminating people. For those who want to have the dreamiest place to sleep when they get home from work, I suggest you also try and check their premium mattresses - especially the models that are firm to lie on, some of which are so awesome, soft and cuddly to sleep in - we all tried it there. Oh yes! The whole line is available for viewing, so you may go ahead and try it out if you're looking for the perfect bed. We just did!

It was a joy to be with very nice people from Uratex, thank you so much for having me that afternoon. I enjoyed it a lot, and really learned so much in just a few hours. Thank you and I hope the next time I write about them, I can tell you more about why I have Uratex in my home too.

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