Review: Here Comes the Bride

This would be my first movie review. I'm not a movie blogger so the things i make note of here are based on a simpleton's views and opinions after watching the movie.

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i'm not typically into the Pinoy movie scenes. it's always the same story, different characters. but once in a while i do get to see some few gems along the way.

one would be Here comes the bride. a comedy starring Eugene Domingo and Angelica Panganiban. i love watching Eugene for her comical prowess. for the inner gay in me, she connects to me. and almost all of her quips, leave me laughing out loud.

i was able to catch the movie with a good gay friend/officemate. i didn't set any expectations about the story. all i wanted was a good laugh. and the movie delivered. there were a lot of quips and moments that left the whole moviehouse laughing and even squealing, from kilig or diri, i wouldn't know.

for a moment there, i totally forgot all the worries, the drama and the stress for that week. for an hour and a half, i was laughing my heart out. laughing really out loud.

favorite scenes can be found in the movie's trailer:



this movie will definitely be one of those i'd love to watch again and again.

letters to my 3 boys

i tried to write them letters that they get to read once they're bigger, but the moment i start the letter i get washed away with so much emotion that i can't continue. but i have to, i just don't know when. i have to control my emotions first and get these letters done.

my plan is to have a letter for them on their 7th, 13th, 21st and 30th birthday.

dear lord, give me strength and emotional capability to finish them before the tears start to fall again...

my 3rd honor graduate

it was such a pleasant surprise to find out that my little boy, kyle got 3rd honors in school. it was such a proud mommy moment for me.

funny story: Thursday morning (august 27) while waking kyle up for school, one of our yayas told us that kle got 3rd honors in school. we asked how did they find out. yaya told us that she saw the letter from kyle's teacher inside his lunchbox. the letter said that recognition day will be on Friday, which was the next day. if we didn't find out about the good news, our little boy would come up the stage without us. and that would be a sad, sad scene.

but thank god it didn't happen. :) i was able to accompany him and go up the stage. hubby unfortunately, arrived late. just after kyle and i went up the stage. but he was one proud daddy nonetheless. :)

and here's my little boy and his award:and with me getting his award on stage

happiness, thy name is Red Mango

i'm not really a fan of yogurt, but if i do get the chance to get my hands on one, i would gladly eat it. so far the only yogurt i had a taste of is the one from nestle.

but with the boom of the frozen yogurt business here in the country. almost everywhere you go, you see a stall selling for-yo. and as an officemate called it, fro-yo is the next shawarma. remember the shawarma craze way back when? fro yo takes the throne today.

i was given the chance to try out one of the most popular fro yo stalls/stores while doing our rounds for the restaurant reviews over eastwoord tuesday last week. aside from the happy tummy from all the good food, we get to try out a dessert place! yey!

and then i met red mango. and i got hooked!

i ordered the fro yo over shaved ice with 3 toppings. special k, peaches and blueberries. and according to the manager, the combination i chose was their highlyu recommended combinations to those who are aren't quite sure of what to get. as a first timer, i felt damn proud of my choice. haha.

the yogurt wasn't that too sour nor too sweet. it was actually just right for my preggy taste. and the mix of the blueberries and peaches and the crunchyness of the special k was a party in my tongue all the way to my tummy. and you can't go wrong with yogurt, it's much healthier than getting a huge scoop of ice cream. one small order is filling enough.

and that's not all red mango offers, aside from the usual fro yo and endless toppings, they also offer coffee and waffles for those who aren't that into yogurt. at least the owners / managemet thought of capturing a market of yogurt and non yogurt lovers.

a bonus: the ambiance is such a good place to hang out post date with you SO or that person you like. not too private, not too public. just the right coziness to chat and enjoy your fro yo.

now hubby and i are looking forward to our own red mango date.


Red Mango is located at:
Trinoma and Eastwood Mall

*photos to follow

a father's day post for the best dad of three

i know father's day is a yearly thing and i read my last year's post for hubby. 10 things about him being a dad.

and if i may add:

1. he's not afraid to admit that his fashion sense is going into the direction of daddy-ish. but he still has his days of shorts, sneakers and polo shirts. either way, he's still a hot dad.

2. he's willing to give up his sleeping space and literally sleep like a log so that kyle can sleep and roll as much as he can. with a little complaint here and there, but he's only human.

3. he sacrificed a lot not only for the kids, but for me. and it gives me much more respect for him.

4. he has totally learned to put the kids first before himself and his needs.

5. he still has the proud daddy laugh that is genuine and from the deepest depths of his heart.

the list can go on and on. i'm just happy that my kids are the luckiest kids in the whole world having a daddy like him. he may not be there most of the time, but as i mentioned in the old post, we chose quality over quantity when bonding with the kids.

happy father's day to the best dad my kids could ever have! this is your best year ever with little KX #3 on the way any week now. :)

bring on the cheese

last night, hubby called me up. his voice was a bit depressed. he must be tired from work, i thought. he said he's on his way to pick me up and we need to talk.

uh-oh this is something serious. i hope it's not family related, i thought. as soon as he arrived, he looked forlorn. he started his speech like this:

bear, di ko na kaya to eh. di ko kasi masabi lahat sa iyo kaya sinabi ko na lang kay tigger lahat ng nararamdaman ko. di ko kasi alam kung paano sasabihin sa iyo kaya idinaan ko na lang kay tigger.

huh? tigger? why is a disney character involved?

and then he handed this to me:


can you say cheesy?

we were laughing our heads off with his cheesy lines. kilig factor rating 100/10. perfect score. and totally out of the blue. rare, special and definitely romantic indeed.

why the gesture? because he knows i love tigger, because he knows we have been blessed the past few days, because he knows i've been biting his head off lately about being more of a dad than just the provider to the kids.

and basically, just because.

now, how will i top that? oh yeah, another baby boy for him. haha but seriously, it's so hard to beat this sweetness.

*now basil the plant has a new companion in my cube :D

** and yes hubby did ask me to blog about it. haha

experiencing Eastwood part 2

now where was part 1 you might wonder? well i didn't really blog about it yet since i intend to make a few notes about the 5 restos we've raided and sampled their specialties. which, of course has been stuck in my trusty coffee bean and tea leaf notebook for quite a while and the photos, stored in my laptop's hard drive.

and so, for this part 2 update, we raided 3 restos in Eastwood.

but again, this is just a teaser since being OC and all, i have to start with the first batch right? but fret not dear readers, (if i do have readers haha) i shall post asap.

and another Eastwood resto raid is on it's way next week. another happy tummy moment for the little one and of course mommy. haha (and i have to "borrow" some photos from the cosmo girls.)

watch this space for my first ever food review. sort-of :)

meet basil

my new plant here in the office. it's a basil plant so what else to name it than basil, right? :)

to the best hardworking hubby in the world

a big congratulations on your promotion! good job! the youngest ever to run a sales office for ABI. idol! =)

good job aishi! i know you can do it. prove them all wrong.

all the late nights of going home paid off. i hope this time you get to follow your own schedule and pace. your boys and baby and i are all behind you.

good job aishi!!

Black Heart Inertia

pardon the fangirl in me. but i am an Incubus fan eversince. and seeing brandon boyd in nerdy glasses makes me all giggly and kilig like a highschool student.

His and Hers

Thanks to hubby's connection with the people from Adidas (ex office mates to be exact) we were able to score some rocking sneakers. hubby has about 4 pairs of these and i guess it's about time i have to have one for my own too.

behold, our first his and hers item: sneakers!!

minehubby's

this is one of the lightest sneakers i have ever worn!

a burger joint beside a carwash

a few minutes ago, hubby and i went on a food hunt. since he was in the pasig area near my office, he decided to try out this burger joint he has seen a few times when he was passing by the Kapitolyo area. when i heard it was Charlie's i couldn't be happier. i heard about this place when i read Anton's blog.

and from his reviews, and from some friends who tried it, i was beside myself with excitement. hubby and i are of course burger lovers and die hard carnivores. so, we're sure this place wouldn't disappoint at all.

and in fact it didn't. waiting for the burgers were rewarding in itself. if you're the impatient kind, this would be torture for you. but i assure you, it is so worth the wait.

we ordered the black angus beef burgers with fries.

(had to borrow the photo from Anton since i forgot to bring my camera). the burger's size is just right, a bit leveling on the size of Jollibee's Champ. but only better. the fries were salted just the way we like it. they were also very generous with the catsup serving, and if you want more, you can just borrow the huge bottle of Heinz from the counter, along with the mustard.

we also ordered the half dozen buffalo wings with blue cheese mayo (sorry, no photo. next time na lang). and so far this is one of the best buffalo wings i have tasted. just the right amount of heat, sourness and spice. even the veggie sticks were yummy! :)

we left the place with our faces and tummies happy. we would definitely go back and try out their other menu.

*photo credits: Anton of Our Awesome Planet

Charlie's
16 Kapitolyo Drive, Pasig City
(the same street as Cafe Juanita but you have to go straight past Good Burger)just look for the carwash and the little sign above or when you see a good amount of people lined up. :)

fare thee well, grissom

so grissom now leaves csi. for fans like me, this is one of the saddest episodes ever. next to sara leaving the team.

csi will not be the same without the quirks and eyebrow raises of the one and only grissom. but seeing him happy is more than enough.

now, mr. lawrence fishbourne has to size up to my viewing standards (haha). first day on the job starts in tonight's episode. can't wait to go home!

us, and a bag of beans

obviously this is a very late post.

hubby and i were invited to attend my former boss' wedding in tagaytay one saturday in january. it was a fun wedding even if majority of the guests were freezing in the cold cold breeze.

after the church ceremony, we had a few hours to spare before heading to the reception. so we decided to grab a steaming cup of coffee - hot choco for preggy old me. and we found ourselves at bag of beans. i've been hearing a lot of reviews about the place. reminds me of a smaller version of sonya's garden that serves good batangas coffee.

hot choco for me please

we opted to stay in the garden area. aside from the steaming mugs, hubby and i ordered some food. we were quite hungry, with the reception a few hours away, we decided to order something light and something we can share. we decided to order this:

their breakfast sampler

something light huh? oh but it is! and up to now, hubby and i can't stop raving about this feast! the bacon was crunchy-right, the sausage was divine, the eggs cooked just right, the hashbrowns needed a little more salt, and the ham could pass for christmas ham. it was that good! and it is good to share for 2 and priced around 200++ if i'm not mistaken. a good deal or what?

for sure, we'll go back to bag of beans for this. even the kids i'm sure would love to have a bite of this breakfast sampler. :) we finally found a new haunt next to starbucks and mushroom burger. :)

adidas opens its newest flagship store

last thrusday, i was invited to attend the grand opening of the adidas store in greenbelt 3. as some of you are familiar with greenbelt, the previous adidas store was the one beside coffee bean and tea leaf, now that space is occupied by la senza. the new store moved a few units away inside the mall, just beside the nike store.

the event started around 4 with a little fashion show of the different product categories the store carries. by far, the greenbelt store now replaces the sports performance store in trinoma as its newest flagship store and now hails as the capital of the 3-stripes nation.

the store is categorized into 2 divisions: sport performance, where anything and everything to do with sports and athletics can be found to support an athlete's passion. sports under this category include: football, running, training and basketball.

the second division named sport style houses, originals, fashion group and style essentials. making that essential link of sports with fashion only adidas can offer.

and in line with the store opening, the mi adidas philippine collection was unveiled. top running and basketball shoes embodying the filipino spirit and nationalistic pride. imagine wearing your counrty's colors on your shoes! but here's the catch, only 60 pairs are available, so if you're feeling nationalistic, better reserve your pair now.

and of course, we the people who work for the media, didn't leave the event empty handed. we were given the token press kits and as a welcome surprise, GC worth P2,000.00 which we can use on that day itself to purchase anything we wanted from the store. and to my glee and happiness, i was able to finally purchase something from adidas originals. with this purchase, i hope this is going to be the start of more adidas originals apparel and footwear.

here's my lovely purchase. finally! i have a neat, big white bag to lug around (added a few pesos since the price is a little over 2k). :) thank you adidas!
so visit the new adidas store in greenbelt and explore the biggest flagship store of adidas. so far. :)

Happy Birthday Blog!

didn't notice that my blog has turned a year older now. (actually it was supposed to be last mar. 3 pa)

so anyway, here's to another year of (hopefully) more blogging and stories.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BLOG!!

ever wonder

what's the meaning behind Unilever's logo?

at fist, i thought it was an attempt to make them stand out from the rest. but i was wrong, when i was browsing their website (you know for work), i stumble upon an explanation about their logo.

you can find it HERE it's flash based so you have to move your mouse pointers to each drawing/symbol to get the idea.

it's genius! each symbol embodies the product line they carry.

i say hop on over and check it out. :)

peanut butter drams!

now i'm definitely going back to them for this:

this is a welcoming treat when i read this in my email.

here's what they said:

Krispy Kreme has an "irREESE'Stible" offer - The NEW REESE'S Peanut Butter Doughnuts!

Your favorite Reese’s peanut butter is now on a Krispy Kreme doughnut!
Available in 3 variants - NEW Reese’s Peanut Butter & Kreme, an irresistible Reese’s peanut butter mixed with creamy vanilla icing on a Krispy Kreme doughnut.
NEW Reese’s Peanut Butter & Chocolate a perfect combination of Reese’s peanut butter, vanilla and rich chocolate on a Krispy Kreme doughnut and the
Reese’s Pieces & Kreme, a chocolate iced Krispy Kreme doughnut topped with crunchy Hershey’s Reese’s peanut butter candies drizzled with creamy caramel.
Visit your nearest Krispy Kreme store today and grab a dozen to share with your friends!

Taralets! time to invade KK! yey for peanut butter lovers!

one year older, one year wiser?

One more day to go before I turn another year older, wiser? That I have to check. (haha) but I do like to think I got a little bit wiser from all that has happened the past year. I’ve learned not to do the same mistake again – as the cliché goes. But yes, it is true.

I looked back in my old blog about what I wrote about my 26th birthday. and it was more of a thanks/tribute to those who have been there to celebrate the day with me. If I remember fondly, I was celebrating a week before my birthday with a bunch of gigs and bonding moments with my friends. It was a blast and this year may not be the same as last year, but I am sure the people who matter, will be there.

I may not invite all the people from work, acquaintances etc. but really, when you do get older, you would chose to have those who were there (another cliché coming) in good and bad times.

I’ll have another blog post about looking back 26 years ago in my life. I’m past the 20-25 age bracket and moving up the 26-30 age bracket, so there must be something worth looking back on.

mommy's got a new toy

this is what i was plurking about yesterday.

that morning, i got the best ym message. our assistant tole me that our ISD is finalizing the turn over of my new laptop. whee! and i'm going to get it that afternoon.

this is what i actually needed since i can't lug around my desktop to all my meetings right? starting today, less papers for me to print. yey for saving the earth! now all i'm bringing is this baby and my usb drive.

so without further ado, i present you my new toy/baby:


but i still feel bad for leaving my desktop. it was the best. it was fast, great. and the monitor was amazing!

see?
no complaints here.

i just hope the next peroson who'll use my desktop would take care of it and be the same level of OC-ness as i am.