2012 Starbucks Planner for the Philippines

The 2012 Starbucks Coffee Planner is now available in the Philippines starting November 3. Starbucks Philippines has been offering the Starbucks Coffee Planner for 9 straight years now. This year, they leveled up their planner offerings with the theme of "Shared Planet," and for the first time, will be available in five unique covers (Poplar, Bamboo, Cherry, Spruce, and Oak).



Each planner comes with a pouch, a bookmark, and nine different coupons that can be redeemed at all Starbucks stores in the Philippines in 2012. Among the 5 cover designs of the new 2012 Starbucks Planner for the Philippines, I got the color Spurce. It's the second to the darkest among the 5.

Unboxing of the 2012 Starbucks Planner for the Philippines:

The pouch is very useful. It can contain your 2012 Starbucks Planner, and it has two extra pouches inside for your gadgets or money. I tried putting my two phones inside with the planner, and it fits perfectly! :) I like!




These next photos will show of the insides of the new 2012 Starbucks Planner for the Philippines. I am happy that they put back the pages where you can view your whole schedule for the month. Also, I like that they included a Notes page, where you can doodle and write without lines to obstruct your thoughts and ideas. :)



You can avail of the Starbucks Christmas traditions planner promo card and the 2012 Starbucks Planner starting November 3, 2011 and collect stickers from November 3, 2011 to January 8, 2012. One sticker is awarded for each Starbucks beverage purchase. A customer now has two options in collecting stickers to redeem one (1) Limited Edition 2012 Starbucks Coffee Planner.

OPTION 1: Nine (9) Christmas beverages plus eight (8) core beverages except bottled drinks = 17 stickers

OPTION 2: 23 core beverages except bottled drinks = 23 stickers. Now you can opt not to purchase the Starbucks Christmas beverages (fore those who do not want the Starbucks Christmas offerings)



The planner materials used and design reflect this years theme of Starbucks Shared Planet. Starbucks Shared Planet is Starbucks' commitment to doing business in ways that are good to each other and to the planet. Its three pillars include ethical sourcing, environmental stewardship and community involvement. This year's planner supports these through:

Ethical Sourcing - The Starbucks Coffee Planner was produced in a facility that is FSC (Forest Stewardship Council) certified.
Environmental Stewardship - The inner planner pages are made from 70% recycled paper.
Community Involvement - For every planner redeemed, a donation will be made to SparkHope - Starbucks Philippines' flagship program for early childhood care and development in partnership with UNICEF.

Previous Limited Edition Starbucks Coffee Planner in the Philippines:
2011 Starbucks Coffee Planner
2010 Starbucks Coffee Planner

Thank you to Starbucks Philippines for the event invitation and the FREE 2012 Starbucks Planner for the Philippines :) Mabuhay kayo!

Free! Rare Leather Starbucks 2011 Planner Contest

Ever since, I wanted to run a contest on my blog, but I have yet to talk to possible sponsors, who would be willing and generous enough to agree to this. Maybe it’s time to do it; a way of saying thank you, to YOU, my readers and friends, who have been with me in this gastronomic and scenic blog-journey, for my 3 years this coming January 2011. I have been blessed with a lot of awesomeness with this blog, and it has been really a wonderful experience for me and my close friends, who have been with me in my adventures. There is still a lot of work to be done.



For now, my uncle, Martin Gomez, has been generous enough to provide 2 of these unique Starbucks planners as prizes to a contest he is sponsoring. These RARE Starbucks holiday planners cannot be found in the Philippines, because it is issued in Malaysia; plus, it's already out of stock there. I would say it is better because of a lot of reasons, but I'll let the photos do the talking.



Now, if you are wondering how can you win this awesome rare planner, all you have to do is answer one of the two (or both) questions below in a blogpost, use the URL SHORTENER he created, and get a chance to win these awesome Starbucks 2011 planners.



WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO TO QUALIFY:
1. Answer one question (1 Starbucks planner as prize per question) as a blogpost in any of your blog/s (blogspot, wordpress, facebook, multiply, etc);
2. Link this contest in any part of your blogpost;
3. Use the xvr.in URL shortener to shorten the URL of your blogpost;
4. Promote the xvr.in URL shortener in the most creative way possible (must be referenced or talked about in your blogpost);
5. Post the shortened URL as a comment in this contest blogpost.

Q # 1: How did the true spirit of Christmas come alive in your Christmas?
Q # 2: How do u plan to plan your 2011 with a planner?

Criteria for Judging:
75% - Content (How you answered the question)
25% - Promote the xvr.in URL shortener in the most creative way possible. (Must be referenced in your blog post)

Deadline of this contest is on December 31st, 11:59pm. | FYI: One blog post per question, per person. So a person can join once per question. :) Thanks!