Sunday is love. I got to do something for myself. Last Sunday after half-year of waiting (the impatient type), I finally had a time for a fab haircut. The asymmetrical bob. So yes, I'm sporting a new hairstyle now and I'm loving it! After like 2 hours in the salon, my tummy decided to have strike. Good thing I have my friend with me who can eat a whole house down. Hahaha! Originally we planned to eat at a nearby mall however as soon as we got out from the salon we saw this cute little thing.

I heard a lot of good words about Resorts World Manila, in terms of good food, cozy ambiance for foodies, sophisticated place for play/theatre lovers and the convenience and a different experience for movie go-ers. It's been awhile since they open to public however because of it's location, I declined the comfort and new experience it may brings. However it seems that my "no" is a "yes" awhile ago. Change is inevtable. Amen to that.

Fresh from the city of lakes, (yep, daughter duties, visited my homies over the weekend), i opened the door to my apartment and found my two housemates laughing their heart to some boob tube show. And like a lightning in the middle of summer sky, i blurted, "tara nood tayo movie!", oooppss I did it again! Me and my impulsive mouth, uurrgghh!

It was 0900pm then, so when we checked nearby cinemas, all of their last full show will be shown 15-30 minutes from 9. Then a light bulb with sparkles appeared just above my head, Resorts World Manila. We checked schedules online, called their hotline and boom before we knew it we hopped on a cab with my girls for a spur of a moment movie night out. *winks*


So we decided to watch Bride for Rent, (okay fine! I decided which movie to watch!) starring Kim Chiu and the super hottie Xian Lim. It's all about a man who hired a girl to play as her wife so he can get his trust fund. The plot is a cliche, very wealthy man, hired a poor girl, fell inlove, a conflict occured, then they live happily ever after. But what makes it good?! Is how the actors portray their part, the lines, and how some of the parts just tackled in such realistic form that i thought how real is reel?! Or reel is real?!  There is a part of the movie which they interviewed a real couple and all of them says the same in finding the one, "pag nakita mo na sya, alam mo na sya na yon".  And then for the other parts, i was choked laughing, out loud! Hahahaha!
Newport Cinema in Resorts World Manila is an upscale cinema house. Crowd is more sossy compared to others. I suppose they covered their mouth when they laugh on those hilarious part. But since we just don't care they have must been gotten envy on how jologs we were and get them loosen up cause I heard them laughing at the top of their lungs,like we do, as the movie progresses.



I was looking forward actually to their movie house seat. Heard they do have a lazy boy, but not at the cinema we've been. Maybe that would in their different cinema room, but the seat we had was comfy too. The seat itself shaped to your back and can be slant. It can turn into lover seat as well since you can move the hand rest. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to try that. Soon! LOL!

                                                            

A friend told me that there's a new coffee shop in Makati. Caffe Benne is originated in South Korea. They serve coffees, be it hot, iced or frapp and a lot of pastries.  Being a person who loves "first times", it's a must, to try it out. Add to the fact that I have a friend who is a K-Pop addict, she loves everything that is "korean", so this is really it for my January first time project.

Fortunately after a muscle killing, a-week-lingering-body pain, badminton game, I was able to drag my friends to Caffe Benne. We drag each other actually, because where just too pagod, however that won't stop us for our first time. All right, so here comes the dreading part, finding the place. Zero qoutient in terms of directions, address, street names... aahh you know that already. Yes we did loose our way a bit, thanks to phone a friend life line, we saw the light just in time, in time for my crumbling tummy. Caffe Benne is in Multinational building along Ayala Avenue. However it's in the back part of the building. I believe it's easier if you'll go to Valero instead, well if you're coming from RCBC or somewhere there.

Caffe Benne offers a cozy ambiance that I instantly love. They do have seats outside their shop, which is very important to me. *winks* I adore their couch, their spacious seats, how the whole shop is designed, I found it so comforting. Soft music playing, fluffy-softie couch and smiling crew, I controlled myself to ask for a pillow. Eveything in Caffe Benne are lulling me to sleep *yawn*.


Luckily I got to held on my virtue, home is where the bed is, so we head to the counter and check on their mouth watering treats. Since I already had my daily caffeine dose, I decided to have their Misugaru cold drink. The drink is non-caffeine, a healthy drink that comes with.... My verdict, not for me. It tasted different, maybe it's too healthy for me. Hehehe! I ordered pandesal asado too, so Filipino right?! And its the most affordable too! *winks* We also tried their Choco banana bread, its a stack of toasted white bread with banana and whip cream on top sprinkled with choco chips. Nom! Nom! Nom! Though it's not like my lucban longganisa yum (weird comparison, lol!) but i love it cause is not sweet, soft bread and the mixture of banana and whip cream just clicked together.

My friend says this isn't the first Caffe Benne in the Philippines, there is one in Libis too. Another friend told me that Caffe Benne in South Korea is still the best, which I think it should be or must be, since they started it anyway. So I learned that aside from Kimchi, koreans loves coffee too, they have a lot of coffee shop in South Korea, I assume they love to park their ass for couple, quadruple of hours in coffee shops too, because I do. Something korean in me?! even with my big rounded eyes?! hahaha! Now I wonder what's my name in korean... Phone a friend!

Remember the monthly project I have with da'barkads?! Ooohh yeah, K-PUB in BGC is our next target. The mouth watering eat all you can Samgyupsal is our target for my favorite month, October. However as much as you want to plan things out, sometimes, things won't happen just the way it's in blueprint.

Second week of October, da'barkads backed out to our plans due to some time-money-issues (nothing serious?! it's just that we have to save for future gimiks!). Sad, though we can move that for November, however I don't have a "something new" for October. Though, they say if the door closes, a window opens. A light at the end of the tunnel?! Rainbow after the rain?! Better opportunity?! Oohh yes! Better opportunity means libre!! Free! Free! Free! Waaahoooo!  Free lunch buffet at Flavors Holiday Inn Makati Suites! Apir!


Well to tell you the truth, this isn't that free, nothing in return thing. A suppose to be me-time-Sunday was taken off to have extra work off site. Ooohh, not that I'm complaining. I so love my job and complaining isn't connected at all with that. Our Close Out Summit took place at Holiday Inn Makati Suites and after some hours of listening and sharing what we need to share, it's time to eat! Yaaay!


Flavors is the sole restaurant located within the vicinity of the hotel. From the level of meeting and function spaces there's a grand staircase (i wish i have one in my room *winks*) going to the restaurant. The kids area caught my attention, (i love colorful things and this side of the restaurants is a stand out because of the kids toys) I really wanted to run and play, however I realized that I came there as a matured woman attending a meeting. Chosss! That area was a sight to see. If other people gets comfort with a view of nature, mine is kids and their play area.

Moving forward there we're seats reserved for our group. I love that they also have tables with couch unfortunately some colleagues were occupying the beloved couch. cry! sob! cry! On the end of the restaurant the buffet table was set up with matching glitters and stars above, ooppss! I think the stars and glistening is just part of my imagination and my crumbling tummy. I only have limited pictures for this eating adventures since my tummy didn't permitted me to take pictures. There was a war in my stomach so I headed automatically to the buffet bar and feasted to different mouth watering treats! aaayyiiieee! (PG lang ang peg)



First on my plate, something light, naaaah! Bring it on rice, I'm ready for you! Hahahaha! Its Veggies Paella, something like that. Healthy me, ayt?! Add to that a chessy broccoli which i super love. I'm a rat, and i adore cheese and the broccoli... i love it. period! I also had a flavored steamed squid and some red meat that I totally forgot. toinks! I also tried the fish which they called snapper, which I called skipper, hahahaha! Why?! I dunno! I though it was skipper eh, snapper pala syeeett! lol! They also served some baked tahong which I didn't tried since my tummy is not used to it. I hoarded maki, different kinds of it, overflowed on my plate. California maki is what I know best. But there's a lot of it in there, which I didn't acquainted myself of. I just munched all of them up. hehehehe! takaw!



Next is the dessert bar, my colleagues literally run to it, to take pictures. They all cute and sweet. I'm not a sugar person but they look cute so I tried it. Banoffee Pie is really uberly arnibal-ly sweet. It was a bit of challenge to finish it all up, but i did! hehehe! Cakes, ice creams, panna cotta...  there's a lot! All I can say is that I had too much of everything that I didn't ate dinner or even breakfast the next day because I'm feeling bloated and heavy. :)

Since it was company charge, I didn't know how much they charge per head. So I did a little research, and I found out that lunch buffet at Flavors will cost you around 1,200php per head. Actually I only had Yakimix for a buffet experience and compare to it, Flavors offered a little less compare to Yakimix but maybe that is just enough for me since I'm not really a big eater.

Flavors experience is a thumbs up, maybe because it's free and the staff are nice and accommodating as well. I'm coming back? Let me think about it. Hahahaa! May libre ba uli? :)

I'm a bit under the weather for the past few days, uhmm maybe the stress of work or just because of this yearly flu vaccine shot given to employees. Don't get me wrong, I don't have bad blood with syringe (which most people do, matapang ako!), but the vaccine... oh yes I do. For two straight years the flu vaccine just don't do any good for me, and every year I don't learn my lesson well. Five days after the shot, here comes the unwelcome visitors, sore throat, runny nose, flu, and cough.  And guess what it's just mid of the week, how on earth will I rest my body in peace(if its only Wednesday)?!

Since my weakling body called for it, I filed for a vacation leave and took a day off. However I realized that, VL is sayang, if I'll just stay in bed and sleep. My mind has its feet of its own. A complete itinerary, food and massage packed in one long night, processed automatically in my mind. Luckily, my partners in crime filed their leave as well and got approved. Yaaayyy! Let the fun begins!

For our first stop... The Burger Project

How did I know bout it?! Uhhhmm it's pretty popular, especially their store in Quezon City and Taft. Though I didn't care back then, since I'm not your patty princess. I eat it but I do not crave for it and besides those area are pretty far from my place. Urrgghhh, traffic, lrt sardines, naaahh! One time while watching the boob tube, Kris Reality TV featured it. And it somehow caught my interest, especially when I learned that there's a new burger project near my hub.

The concept of The Burger Project is to create your own burger with it's step by step checklist and you'll have the privilege to name it. Starting with the patties, bun, cheese, basic toppings up to premium toppings, feeling a true blood foodies, your choice!

Actually the place is easy to be spotted but since we are a bit below average in terms of direction, nothing new, ooh yeah we lost our way. That would be another story. Moving on, we entered a the store and the graffiti designs on the wall, makes the place lively and cool. Different seat tyle, couch, high chairs and tables, but you know very well that I so love the couch. So we chose the high chairs, (chosss!), the couch of course near the counter.

I haven't been to Enchanted Kingdom, SERIOUSLY!!! And people will react as if I'm like an alien or something especially when they learn that i'm a local, (though Sta. Rosa is far from San Pablo) but yeah I haven't been to EK. Looser... You think so?! In you face because the looser is now a winner. LOL! I conquered Enchanted Kingdom last Sunday (**proud, head held up high**). Dont I deserve a round of applause for that?! Hands please! :D Thanks to my sponsor, my friend who is dying for stars (self proclaimed stars addict, popular drunk line, "gusto ko ng stars!", sabay drawing ng maraming stars), Aryanee. Luckily out of her million friends, she decided to invite me to their company family day (uunn oohh libre with wizards money pa, paaakaaakk!).

Though I'm excited, I really have to do the usual before anything else and of course greet my mom since it's her day. So it's past 11 am when we took the bus going to the magical place. A bus ride going to Sta. Rosa and a short ride of tryke, not crossing 10 rivers, or 11 mountains , or 2 Sahara desert (that's what i thought before one reason why I haven't been to EK).



Strategic planning, Aryanee being a regular of the place said that we should first try the sweet rides for warm up. But as soon as the ride all you can band was on our wrist, as if our feet bought us infront of the extreme ride of the park... my heart thumb-thumping and the sign read... SPACE SHUTTLE! OOhh yeaah Aryanee that's one sweet ride?!

Half of the ride I was yelling, fine! fine! all through out the ride, it seems that my soul decided to take off my body and oohh yeah, I was screaming wildly. Uhhmm though it scares the hell out of me, somehow the experience felt so liberating, (sheeet! feeling ko talaga ang tapang ko! LOL!), so when Aryanee asked me, what's next?!, Kaya pa?! A big grin on my face.... Bring it on!!

My first visit at the park was a sucess, we enjoy almost all the rides it offered, except from the swan, wheel of fate and some kiddie rides. Love the log jam, space shuttle, anchors away, disc-o-magic. I'll be coming back since I miss the wizard encounter, next time I'll be bringing my family.. soon!

It's my first KCon ever. Due to some unexpected event I need to cut short my two days of amazing experience which was held at SM Arena and SMEX. We bought our ticket online, sign how techi our generation is. This mind opener is only for 900php, really cheap after experiencing the Conference.We have some investment that we need to take that may help us to grow more as it may open doors to good opportunities.

Happy 1st birthday Unnah my dear. You little kiddo brings joy to all of us especially to your mom and dad. Love is pouring everywhere for you and I'm sure you'll grow up happy and full of hearts. Kiddo just stay good and nice and don't forget that you have a sweet, sexy, voluptuous, pretty Tati (eehheeerrrmmm!) that will love you forever and ever! Love you baby!  

One Big Happy Family

Bearing a child makes one helluva woman. That completes a descendant of Eve. It was said a gazillion times that giving birth is like putting your half leg in your grave just to give life to another cute creature (well all babies are cute ei!). That leaves me to think that guys (ur paaak-ner in crime who entered and leave some belongings, tsk! LOL) are the one who digs the gals grave... (with the gals consent if I may say!)

Therefore I conclude... I'm just a girl not yet a woman. Toinks! Let's just say that I haven't found yet the guy who'll dig my grave with my consent. BAAAM!

Anyhow too much of the introduction, all I want to say is that bearing a child is just crazy painful, add to that the long 9 months of having your belly getting bigger and bigger and other weird changes to one's preggy mommy.



On that note me and some friends decided to honor the "painful" (but fulfilling in the long run) phase of our preggy beloved Jenju and surprise her to one awesome baby shower.

But before we proceed to the awesome part, we indeed pass the stage which they called the-crazy-messy-organizing step.

• Attendees
• Date and Time
• Place
• Gifts
• Give Aways
• Design
• Money