Yohoho everyone! A rather belated Merry Christmas to all! I may not be updating at all, but Southbound (and its remaining three readers) is never far from my mind. My wish for 2010 is to get it back up and running actively–with the forums, an updated directory, regular features, everything we envisioned from the very beginning. When that happens, I’ll count on you guys who are still making the regular pilgrimage to the site (or are subscribed via RSS) to spread the word.

In the meantime, to share some Christmas (New Year!) love, I’m giving away my Starbucks planner this year. I earned this by spending countless evenings working and countless mornings “driving through” at Starbucks Madrigal (and while this branch has kept me alive the second half of this year, I miss my regular drive-far-to-visit branch in Las Pinas–hi Ed and Kelly!). I actually have two, but I’ve already reserved the other one for curious_girl, the first person to express an interest in the planner. :D
So… no idea how I’m going to choose who to give this to–I’m making up the rules as I go along here. Leave a comment below if you want it; that counts as one entry (you can leave multiple comments, but if it’s down to the same email address, that still just counts as one). Just to cast the net far and wide, you get four entries if you also post about this (and include a link) on your blog, or share it via Facebook, or retweet, or whatever it is that’s now done on the internet to get the word out–just leave a comment below with a link to your sharing post (naturally I have to be able to see it, so I guess that means either a public profile or being friends with the Southbound account–for Facebook, the email address is southbound.ph@gmail.com; for Twitter the account name is southboundph). Please make sure your comment has a valid email address associated with it (the form asks you to enter it) so you can be notified if you win. :)
As much as possible I want to give the planner away before 2010 arrives (yes, I know, I’m the queen of procrastination, hehehe), though since the site has been veeery inactive lately, some people think it’s dead, and I probably won’t get a very warm response… so the compromise is, I’ll do the draw on December 31 if there are already 100 entries (via comment and sharing) available. If not, then I’ll have to wait a little more. So please do share! :D
Oh, and because I’m still officially a Twitter dunce, and don’t know how to find people to follow yet, please follow me, or add me up, or whatever it is they say, and I will do the same. ;) Ah. And can anyone teach me how to tweet via mobile? :D
Tags: contests, Promos, starbucks planner
I want!
Blogged about it here
thanks sarah! entry quick-count (not counting my own comments, hehe) 4 entries (1 blog post) on the site, 4 entries (1 share) on facebook. haven’t checked twitter yet, am still chicken. ;p
share some more folks, want my planner (and two-odd months’ worth of coffee) to go to a good home. :)
Trying my luck on the Starbucks planner.
A Southbounder by heart.
Will post this one in facebook too. =)
wow, never to late to have a starbucks planner! hope i’ll win :D
I want a Starbucks planner! hehehe
Happy New Year Betty! I would love to have that planner. Will post this on Facebook. :)
My favorite is the cherry version =b Hoping to get this one!
cool ü hey betty, happy 2010! Ü
entry count: 24 entries so far. will hold out until 100, so please help spread the word!
Happy New Year! I’ll be delighted to have one of your Starbucks planner - Southbound avid reader.
share your contest thru my FB :D
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?ref=logo#/home.php?ref=logo
fb account: spdls0215
cheers to 2010, betty! :) i’ve always been an fan of your site!
i want one too! :) new reader here.
entry count: 34 entries. thanks to all who have shared so far! 66 entries more to go before someone wins!
spreading the love via
a. my multiply
b. my twitter
c. my FB wall too
thanks torque15! you just bumped up the entry count to 46. welcome to the southbound community!
Betty, I do hope my multiply and twitter will haul in some more :)
Good luck to everyone joining! Though I hope I win too.. Or rather, hope that there are a number of planners to be given out, lol
Waaaah, I want a Starbucks Planner too!
I posted at my Facebook profile http://www.facebook.com/hidburn?ref=profile
I hope that link is correct, I’m also social-network-challenged…
and just so others may be looking into my blogspot amidst loads of the same. the more, the “many-er,” right?
the bird is following you http://3.ly/iJnT
yahoo woohoo http://9Vk
sorry my bad.
yahoo woohoo http://3.ly/9Vk
entry count: 60 entries. possibility of more planners, since the longer this goes on, the more coffee i drink: 60% hahaha.
Hi im a newbie..
I want the planner! never got the chance to own one =( if ever this will be my first starbucks planner.
good luck to all!
twitter done
posted at yahoo blog
upping this for visibility. join na tayo!
Merry Xmas and Happy New Year to everyone! I leave for a few days for the province and now my inbox is full of Southbound updates! But when I’m eagerly waiting for the next post, nadda! oh no.. oh no.. what is the update here? you’re past your deadline betty! It’s already 2010!
And thank you, thank you for the reserved planner for yours truly! ^ ^, What a nice surprise! Additional Chrismas present Yay!
This contest of yours will be my first post for the new year!
My sister wanted this planner so bad. She’s been nagging my cousin to fill up her card…haha!
just finished new post! Soon there will be 2 planners up for grabs! hehe
entry count: 73 entries. 27 entries to go! share with facebook friends and twitter followers please! plus maybe you should explain the mechanics, i’ve been told they’re not too clear, hahaha! thanks all!
Just moments ago, I was fixing my things I’ll be bringing with me to Starbucks for my weekly study time. When my little brother heard that I was going to Starbucks, he hurriedly went down the stairs to get his school bag, went up and handed me his card with only 5 stickers on it. He asked me if I was really going to Starbucks, and that if I could put stickers on his barely-full card.
While waiting in the line at Starbucks, I browsed the back of the card and read: “Stickers may be obtained from November 4, 2009 to January 6, 2010″. I looked at the date and realized tomorrow’s my brother’s last chance to get a hand of that Starbucks 2010 Planner he’s been wanting to have for a long time now.
It would be impossible for him to finish collecting all the stickers by himself by tomorrow, that is why I googled “Starbucks 2010 Planner” so I came across your site. So I decided to join this contest, keeping my fingers crossed, that I may win this contest for my little brother, for him to have a nice planner to use all throughout the year. :)
Happy Holidays!!
No multiple entries for me as I believe in quality over quantity. I’ll just keep my fingers crossed. Thank you for this opportunity, Southbound.ph! =) More power to you and your site!
@isabelle, aw, so sweet! ;D good luck to you!!!
(btw, you can get stickers up to jan 15 pa, but yeah, focus your efforts on sharing this post instead so you have more entries and more chances of winning hehehe)
whoops our comments crossed! ok, good luck to you!!! what a cute story. :)
I’ve always wanted a Starbucks planner, but being independent takes alot from me, so I just can’t afford one. I won’t expect much but I’ll be reposting this on my facebook and twitter and hopefully I can get my very first Starbucks Planner ever. Thanks!
entry count: 74, 85 pending pending maron’s links.
@maron, please post a link to your twitter and fb accounts, or add / follow us: southboundph on twitter, southbound.ph@gmail.com and southbound.ph page on facebook.
I’ve posted them yesterday on both accounts. =)
Thanks!
just a little more! kakaexcite!
@maron, i think what is meant is pls post here the link of your twitter status update and your FB profile update?
you may also try the links we have left above as examples. cheers to you 85 we’re nearing the goal!
please a starbucks planner :)
plurked http://www.plurk.com/p/3b1vim
will try my twitter next.
I already told my friends about this site. :) *crossed fingers!!!!*
entry count: 79, 92 pending maron’s links and bush’s twitter entry (sorry, miscounted in my last update). konti na lang!
bush has finally tweeted hehe
http://twitter.com/bushpipe/status/7679454076
hey i wanna join this contest :) marami akong sinalihan to get a planner,but i think i am not that lucky:( hope i get this one…
so,this comment still counts?i think i have lots of email address. hahaha
tweeted about this: www.twitter.com/langga_joanne
follow me,i’ll follow you.. didn’t know your username..heheh
i really want to win this.. hahaha
hey bush.where can i find the url for my tweets?don’t know how to find it:(
wan’t to have a starbucks planner…
entry count: 90, 98 pending maron’s links. almost there!
i really,really want that planner. SO i am using all my email address to get that. hahaha
plurked about this one: http://plurk.com/p/3deipc
and made this my status message in FB too because my Facebook is linked with my plurk. hahaha
here is my profile because i dont know how to get the url.hahah http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?ref=profile&id=701157498
antagal naman mag100 nito… go! go! go! heheh
Betty, still haven’t written on my planner, don’t wanna ruin it haha. If I don’t write on it soon, my sister will have a reason to wrestle it away from me 0_o
yahoo! abot na tayo! thanks to joanne. and the tweet url is found by pointing and nt clicking the timestamp below the tweet. ung may 5seconds ago ata.. then right click to copy link.
thanks :) eto yung sa twitter : http://twitter.com/langga_joanne/status/7756034004
and last but not the least : friendster (looks like nobody posted this on friendster.com) but hey, you can view mine : http://profiles.friendster.com/joannegonzales721
wooohhoooo
Hahaha, Lui, you’re so funny! Gamitin mo na yan, mamaya pag tingin mo, 2011 na! :D
Alright, we made it past the 100 mark!
Will prepare the “raffle” and report back asap! Good luck everyone!
And the winner! (drumroll please…)
Congratulations Faith! You get the Starbucks Cherry planner. :)
But wait… since it took quite a while to get to 100, I managed to get another one yesterday, hahaha.
This one goes to… Donna Rose!
Congratulations you two! Let me know how you plan to get your planners (hehehe)… will coordinate via email.
Thanks to everyone who joined! Have a great 2010 everyone!
mabuti umabot ung isa pang planner. ^ ^,
Congratulations to the winners!
congrats sa winners :) at wala pa rin akong planner:D hahahaha
wow congrats to all who joined. worth the fun! congrats to betty! sana may isa pang planner hehe
kahodininthehouse, di na abot, hanggang bukas na lang talaga extension e. ;)
Thank you so much Betty and to those who joined the contest too!
Napasigaw ako ng nakita ko email ko kanina. Buti na lang mag-isa lang ako ngayon sa office. =)
After ilang days na hindi maayos ang tulog at pagod ng katawan kakapabalik-balik at palitan namin magkapatid sa pagbantay sa papa ko (due to surgical repair operation) sa hospital, this is a very nice reward to get.
Already informed my sister and she was delighted!
Again, thank you and more power to this website.
Invite all you friends living in the south to join Southbound.ph
hello,dba sabi ko wala pa rin akong planner,guess what,i got one na :D hehehe sponsored by coca cola,and made by belle de jour :) so cool
congrats joanne! Enjoy your BDJ! Aliw rin yan.
aww. I really want this one!
I still don’t have a planner,
I thought of BUYING one but now I ended up waiting for something that I really, really WANTED.
i go to serenity at least twice a week! try winter melon milk tea with full sugar plus chicken chops and oh, the deep fried basil is back!