Biggest Earth Hour Yet. Philippines, A Hero Country

It's been a few days since we celebrated Earth Hour. The tallies are in, and an estimated 1671 RP Cities, Towns, Provinces and Municipalities of the Philippines joined Earth Hour, making the Philippines the country with the most number of cities (et.al) who joined. RECORD BREAKING! We've been awared "Hero Country" as we have been number 1 for  four consecutive years; since we joined in Earth Hour. IMBA talaga ang Pinoy. (Filipinos are really good/one-of-a-kind)

Learn More Here: http://www.wwf.org.ph/earthhour/

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What did you do during the Earth Hour?

So, what did you do? Some people (like me for instance), don't go out to earth-hour celebrations. I just stay at home and try to do something productive under the moon- and candle-lit night.

This Earth Hour, I decided that I wanted to have a candle-lit dinner date. Haven't experienced it at all, and I thought it would be fun. So, as soon as SDEHBF (super duper extra hot bf) arrived at my place (around 1830), I asked him to help me out with preparing our date food. We didn't want to go for rice since we were trying to trim down our waistlines. Turned out, rice might have been a more low-calorie choice! Haha!

Our menu last night:
Deviled Eggs
Herbed Tomato Gratin
Garlic Bread
Banana-Mango Dessert-y (No idea what to call it)
Grape-Lemonade + Soda + Gin Punch

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We had so much fun making the food before earth hour. It was all spur of the moment, and what was tough was we didn't have the same taste in food (well, the ones we were preparing anyway). I wanted the deviled eggs spicy and tangy. He didn't want it to be spicy. I want the tomatoes to be infused with a strong herb flavor. He didn't want a strong herb flavor. Everything turned out great afterwards anyway. Yummy! We made too much food it was good for 4, but we ate most of it! So much for our waistlines!

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Garlic Bread

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Banana-Mango Dessert-y (No idea what to call it)

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Grape-Lemonade + Soda + Gin Punch

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So this was how I spent my Earth Hour. How did you?

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Earth Hour Philippines

In just a few hours, it\s already Earth Hour.

Just reminding everyone to switch-off your lights at 8:30 PM  - 9:30 PM Tonight!

I forgot to post my IWIYW pledge, so I'm posting it here now:

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Earth Hour 2012

We're just a few weeks away from Earth Hour 2012. Are you ready?

March 31, 2012 20:30 marks the 4th year that Philippines have joined in the world-wide campaign to protect the Earth. The Philippines have been ranked #1 in terms of cities and municipalities that have joined Earth Hour. I hope beat our rank this year and aim get more people to join.

This year, Earth Hour dares everyone to do more than just turning off their lights for an hour. It's time that we do more. In fact, Earth Hour greatly tapped into social media to promote Earth Hour. It launched "I will if you will" campaign (IWIYW) which dares everyone to do something, even if it's just a small change, and commit to doing it, in order to save the planet.
 
Here is the official video for this year. My hairs were standing on end and my spine was shivering while watching this. This video have overwhelmed me, to the point that I wanted to cry. I was touched that much! I hope that we do better this year, and that we do MORE than just switching off lights.

For more information on Earth Hour
Visit:
WWF Philippines http://www.wwf.org.ph/earthhour/
Earth Hour http://www.earthhour.org

I will. I definitely will. Now, I dare you.

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