celebraTINg exisTENce: Crush

One thing that I've relearned yesterday is that I should lift all the things that I have no control of to Him. <3 Maybe, just maybe, I was forced to let go because there are other things that I should hold onto. Haaaay, I am frustrated but I'm offering this journey to You, Lord. Help me to become patient while waiting for Your perfect time. Grant me the courage and wisdom to overcome all my future obstacles.

Anyway, we went to Our Lady of Peace and Good Voyage yesterday like what I told myself if ever I'll be given the chance to leave the country this year.

While eating, someone told us, "Pupunta ba kayo sa simbahan malapit sa Hinulugang Taktak? Dun nag-shooting si John Lloyd saka si Bea para sa A Second Chance."

JOHN LLOYD AND BEA.

JOHN LLOYD.

SHET.

PINAGKASALANAN NILA SA A SECOND CHANCE.

I was so excited to visit the church where Popoy and Basha got married but I got more excited when I found out that it was a parish of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, my praesidium when I was still an active legionary. Hihi.

Sorry, Mama Mary kung di kayo kaagad naisip puntahan. hehe. Kaya palaaaaaaaaaa.

The delay made sense the moment I laid my eyes on this parish. ITO NA 'YUN OH.

To give you a context, I am a fan of John Lloyd and Bea since the start of their loveteam and it has been my goal to visit the places they've gone shooting at. HAHAHAHA.

Pasig Ferry Ride
Bellini's Italian Restaurant
Paco Park
Alabang Town Center,
Petronas Towers, Malaysia

Parang last one na, Callao Cave at Tuguegarao.

Mass schedule sa simbahan na pinagkasalan ni Popoy at ni Basha.

Buti pa si Popoy pinili si Basha pero lampake ako kasi ako si Shacks sa kwento. Go places muna. Hi, ako nga pala si Ara. TabAra. HAHAHAHA.

GANDA!

The landmark is the Hinulugang Taktak Falls.

Funny how life works.

You lose one thing then it gives you something of more importance than what you lost. But the catch is, it's not immediately do we realize that all step backs and wins we encounter are parts of the greater plan. Haaaaaaay. Another proof that my vision is limited.

God, help me to always understand Your plan.

Thank You!
All for Your glory. <3

Popoyyyy nasannnn kaaaaaaa naaaaaaaaaaaa ❤❤❤❤❤ #asecondchance #church

A photo posted by Tin Gallemaso (@xtintina) on Mar 23, 2016 at 10:54pm PDT

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Because I got depressed when I learned that Lee Min Ho's dating, I had to turn to food that brings me comfort. For that day, it was Singaporean cuisine again. It has been a month since I read the article so I have already forgotten intensity of my emotions that day but yeah, it was really a sad and shocking news.

I'm trying to be happy for him these days.. HAHAHAHA! Apektado talaga. Kailangan nagk-kwento. Kailangan nagpapaliwanag.

Di ko na rin maalala kung ito ba 'yung Barbecued Pork Rice o Roasted Pork Rice basta Pork Rice 'to.

Wala.💔💔💔 Ikain na lang ang feelings. Ikain na lang lahat. 😂😂😂 Si #LMH naman kasi, nakaka-shock ng bonggels. 😭 Palusot pa ko eh. Haha. #weenamkee #singaporean #ricebowl

A photo posted by Tin Gallemaso (@xtintina) on Mar 23, 2015 at 5:19am PDT

Wee Nam Kee never fails me. We ordered the most affordable rice meal (naka-promo pa nga ata 'to na 20% off noon. P 190.00 ang original price pero nasa P 145.00 lang ata nung kumain kami), the serving was enough, the food was definitely delicious, and the service was great. Yep, made me happy! Tumaas ng konti ang happiness meter as soon as we left the restaurant. Good choice ang Wee Nam Kee.

1k4w74n954p4tn4. Love you, bae.💜👌 @actorleeminho #leeminho 😨😱💞

A photo posted by Tin Gallemaso (@xtintina) on Mar 16, 2015 at 8:37am PDT

For Lee Min Ho, whom I liked for the last six years, I'm letting you go. Lahat naman ng sakit, pino-proseso lang. Oo, kaya kitang kalimutan. Matagal siguro pero kaya! Kakayanin kasi dapat kayanin! Haaaaay, lakas ko pa magpaturo kung paano i-type ng maayos 'yung "IKAW LANG SAPAT NA" tas malalaman kong may bae kang iba! Edi wow!

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. Muntanga pls. :)))) It was fun while it lasted. Fun talaga. Naglaro lang? De, syempre he deserves all the happiness he can get so fangirls should be supportive of all his decisions, diba? Pero... pero kailangan talaga mag-draw ng line somewhere. Huhuhu. Hindi pwedeng mag-hold on to something that's no longer doing you good. Saka, kahit 'yun talaga lagi kong unang tinitignan, ayoko na sa lalakeng may dimples!!!!!!!! WAHAHAHA.

Sorryyyyy, ang OA ko, noh? Pero okay na rin na after 1 month bago ko 'to na-post kasi mas OA ako nung March. May linyahan pa kong, "Ayoko na pangarapin pumunta ng South Korea! Nag-jowa na si LMH!!!!" Joke, life. Joke lang 'yon talaga. :))) Take me to Korea someday, universe!! I'll wait. <3

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Day 2 is also known as NGANGA SINGAPORE.

In order to save on accommodation costs, we decided to cross borders at night and just choose buses with reclining seats so we could sleep the whole travel time. From Pudu Sentral in Malaysia to Golden Mile Complex in Singapore, it only took us around 5-6 hours (immigration of two countries included).

We left KL at 12 midnight and arrived at SG before 6AM. Although we were lost for a lot of times and experienced several nganga moments, this, the morning of May 26, 2014 was the nganga moment that topped everything.

We arrived at Golden Mile with no SGD only with PHP and MYR. So kahit may pera kami, we couldn't do anything, we were so lost for words. Sobrang talino namin at hindi namin naisip 'yon. We walked to Lavender Station and asked the guy manning the ticket counter if there was a nearby money changer and there was. OMG, money changer at last! Until he continued his sentence and told us, "But they're still sleeping. They will open at 8AM." WTF. We saw an ATM in the MRT accepting Mastercard and Visa ganyan, so okay, pikit-mata sa international service charge, I entered my Eastwest Visa Card to withdraw SGD only that, I forgot my pin code. Shems!!!! My friend also tried withdrawing but the ATM couldn't read her card. Not sure if her bank needed an international activation whatsoever. So ang ending, wala pa rin kaming SGD. Nga pala, even if pareho lang ang oras natin sa Malaysia at Singapore, past 7 na sumisikat at lumulubong ang araw doon.

We looked like the suspicious-looking persons there so we went up the station and waited for the businesses to open. Yes, we stood there for two hours hoping for a Malaysian or Filipino person to pass by whom we could exchange our money with. Pero waleeeey! Hindi na namin alam gagawin namin but to wait and when it was almost 8 AM, we asked for the nearest money changer and the nearest they have there was in Golden Mile Complex. (Pero ngayong iniisip ko, tinatanong ko pa rin sarili kung bakit nga ba hindi kami naghanap ng upuan. Hahaha! ) Shems!!!!!!! Babalik kami doon tapos babalik kami sa Lavender Station ulit!!! For those who've been to BGC, the distance is like from Market! Market! to the Fort Strip or even a bit farther. Okay naman sana kaso bitbit kasi namin 'yung backpack and we haven't eaten anything in the last 10 hours.

So my friend's house was in Ang Mo Kio area so we rode the Eastwest Line Lavender Station (EW 11) to Jurong East (EW 24), transferred to North South Line of Jurong East (NS 1) to Ang Mo Kio (NS16). Umikot kami sa SG! My ghad!!!!! That MRT ride was the longest ride I've been to eveeeer! We took the loooong way to Ang Mo Kio only to find out that from Lavender (EW11), we could have alighted at City Hall (EW 13), transferred to the North South line of City Hall (NS25) to get to Ang Mo Kio (NS16). Diba, station codes pa lang, mas mabilis na puntahan? Isa pa, in SG buses and mrt just use one MRT card. It doesn't matter what line are you from, you just have to select your boarding and alighting points for your fare. Dyan pa kami nagkamali, we exited Eastwest line and entered again (another fare) to ride NS line.

Turista ka sa SG?! Nakapunta ka bang Ang Mo Kio? Nakita mo ba 'yung mga construction sites? Nakaabout ka ba ng Woodlands? ng Marsiling? ng Yo Chu Kang? Hindi?! Kami, oo! Nakita namin lahat lahat. Ikaw ba naman mag tour via MRT sa umaga. Ewan ko na lang. Yan na lang nga pampalubag-loob namin eh. One of the best ways to enjoy a foreign country is to live and travel like a local. Yan! Yan!! Yan!!!

After 10 years, we arrived at Ang Mo Kio station that is connected to a mall named Ang Mo Kio hub. We ate at Sizzling Pepper Lunch and this is priced s$10.00 with a sidedish and drink. Grabe, that feeling when you finally arrive at your destination after experiencing so much! Daming nangyari. The best 4 hours of my life that felt like forever. Huhuhuhu.

After washing-up and a little bit of rest, we were at it again. Hi my dearest ticketing machine bestfriend! Sa sobrang bestfriend namin nito, ayaw na niya ata kaming mahiwalay sa isa't isa.

DAY 2 started at 2PM. Late na kameeeee. :(

You have three options should you prefer riding the MRT and LRT:

1. Buy ticket per ride (this ticket is called Standard ticket which could be used up to 6 times). You won't need to pay the deposit of s$10 and no need to reload your card. We used this card.
2. Buy the regular EZ link card and just reload your fare budget.
3. Buy the Singapore tourist pass link: here.

Option number 3 could actually be the best bet should you decide to spend your day roaming around SG and if you have s$30. We were supposed to avail one but upon thinking it over more, we decided not to since we didn't have enough time to go to other "places of interest" anymore.

We arrived at Chinatown! Yeheeeey!

From Ang Mo Kio (NS16) we alighted at Dhoby Ghaut (NS24), transferred to its Northeast Line (NE6) and rode until Chinatown (NE4).

Buti na lang sanay na sanay kami sa MRT at sa LRT sa Pilipinas, chicken lang ang pagsakay sa MRT at LRT ng Singapore. Except sa paglipat-lipat ng lines ha, once a lost kid parang always a lost kid ata ang peg namin. Huwag naman sanaaaa! I'm really confident that if one day I'll be in Singapore again, I can ride the MRT and LRT encountering minimal to no problems. First time kasi 'to. Alam mo na. hehehehe

Do you want me back, SG? Ayyy, kahit ayaw mo, I'll be back. :)))

You can shop/hunt for souvenirs here in Chinatown. It's like our Divisoria or Baclaran only a lot cleaner and safer. Sana ganito rin 'yung set-up sa'tin. I bought shirts, key chains, nail cutters etc. here and used my BPI Mastercard Prepaid (Soon! I'll write a post about it soon) without international service charge. 'Yung price na na-debit sa card ko was the converted amount of SGD to PHP. (The souvenirs I bought aren't included in a day's budget.)

I never really understood the tagline "Singapore is a fine city." until I went there. Lahat talaga ng mali mong gagawin, may fine! That's the reason why we always thought twice before drinking, eating, walking at sidewalks, crossing the street etc. Who knows, baka nasama pa sa experience namin doon ang "Bail Us Out Singapore" na thankfully wala naman. hehehe. Singapore, too, is a safe country. I heard that it has one of the lowest crime rates in the world. I forgot to say that I was shocked when I first rode their MRT/LRT because almost all riders were using their phones (Sosyal phones!), tablets and the lady seated beside me was even using her laptop. Stress! Sa Pilipinas, takot na takot akong ilabas 'yung phone ko. Doon, keriboomboom lang eh.

They also have several inns and hostels in Chinatown if you're looking for accommodations.

Buddha Tooth Relic Temple and Museum

We are practicing Roman Catholic but when we saw this Buddhist temple, we immediately went inside. This isn't the first time anyway that I've gone to one. This is a massive 5-story museum and it's free but we only toured around the first floor.

Each visitor is to light a free incense before entering the temple.

Not sure which is which but there is a Hundred Dragons Hall, Universal Wisdom Hall, Courtyard etc. in the first floor.

This is the Vairocana Buddha, the guardian of those born in the year of the monkey.

Vairocana Buddha represents the Dharmakaya, the true nature of reality, thus an embodiment of the highest wisdom.

When we left the temple, we went back to Pagoda street (the street on the first part of this post, not the one in the picture above), to convert our PHP to SGD for our budget on our second day in Singapore. Money changer in Chinatown gave us higher exchange rate (higher by a dollar than the first) then the money changer in Little India gave even higher exchange rate which was higher by 2 dollars I think.

Anyway, the road in the picture is named Southbridge Road.

Along Southbridge road, you can also see this Hindu temple named Sri Mariamman Temple that we weren't able to enter.
Given that there are different temples in the area, one may conclude that Singapore is a multi-religious country. What's amazing is that even if there may be a great difference in background, beliefs and ethnicity, you'd notice that the people remain to be peaceful- respecting the freedom of others in practicing the religion of their choice. Kasi kung sa aaminin man natin o hindi, may ibang lugar na chaotic dahil dyan. Mahirap minsan mag co-exist sa iisang lugar ang mga taong may iba't ibang paniniwala.

You just got to love the diversity of religious practices there. Di ba, there's more to the world than what we are aware of.

Presenting Chinatown's Food Street (Smith Street)
Don't miss this place when you're in the area!

Notice the high ceiling glass that has internal cooling spots. Sobrang okay dyan! Rain or shine. There's also a free wifi connection for those who can register. Binigo ako ng Globe Roaming ko kasi. -_-

I bought this Signature Wanton Noodle (s$4.50) at Joo Chiat Ang Moh Noodle House
This one's good! I just didn't like the vegetable included because of its bitter aftertaste.

Went back to Pagoda street because it is where the MRT station is so we could transfer to Little India.

The street of Little India called Serangoon Road.
Chinatown is NE4 while Little India (also commonly known as Tekka) is NE7.

Aside from sight-seeing, the main reason why we went here was the Mustafa Centre. It's like our Dutyfree. Hulaan mo!! Hehehe. There are lots of things to buy in the whole area but we went there for the chocolates.

I bought around s$30.00 worth of chocolates in cash, that's around P 1050.00. So all-in-all pala, our budget for two days touring in Singapore was P 3,000.00 compared to the P 4,000.00 that I put in the main page of this backpacking adventure link: here.

After our souvenir shopping, we wanted to go to another "shopping district of SG" called Bugis Street but because we were carrying a lot of things that time, we opted to skip it and just travel back home. Uyyyyy, palusot. :)))) Ayaw lang mapa-gastos. Hahahaha. Balik na lang ako for you, Bugis. Wait ka lang.

We went back to Ang Mo Kio and ate our dinner here at a nearby hawker place. We ordered steamed chicken rice for s$3.00. Not sure if this chicken is also the well-known Hainanese chicken. Medyo na- wrong order. Tignan mo 'yung dugo. -_- Yes, it was good and okay especially when dipped in its sauce except 'yung ibang parts because of the blood. Shems. But the rice was good though. Enlighten me pls, ganyan ba talaga?

While eating, we shared our table with a local named Charlie. We really think that he is one of those who clean the tables because the Auntie kept shouting at him in Chinese while he just continued conversing with us. In SG, even pensioned senior citizens continue to work! It kind of felt weird to see senior citizens cleaning after us but since it's the practice, nasanay din. Some work not because they need to but because they want to or some continues to work to supplement their income because of the high living expenses there but one thing's for sure, gamit na gamit ang human resources and that's a good thing. Gumagalaw at hindi ini-aasa lang sa iba o sa gobyerno ang buhay. Anyway, back to Charlie, he only knows two things about the Philippines. One is President Ferdinand Marcos and his wife, Imelda Marcos whom he referred to as the number one woman in his generation. Second, Filipino shirts look good because of the floral designs He might have seen Mayor Lito Atienza somewhere. hehe. Naturally, he bragged about Singapore and kept on asking us if we enjoyed, we told him yes and that we were only staying there for two days, and he told us that we should have stayed longer.

Okay, Charlie, babalik na lang akooooooo!

We decided to stay in Ang Mo Kio Hub for a few minutes before heading home.

Matcha Latte Regular Size
Forgot the price but this was between s$5.00 - s$10.00

Papilay-pilay na kami when we were in Ang Mo Kio hub, our feet hurt so bad already because of too much walking until we saw this picture of Lee Min Ho. Hahahaha.

"Uy, si Lee Min Ho!!!" Akala mo andun talaga siya ehh.
Sabay napatakbo kami ng mabilis, took a picture "with him" not minding the people looking at us. #fangirlproblems

Hayy, Lee Min Ho, you're an effective energy booster and pain reliever. hahahaha. I think that I can even join a triathlon and win if you're the trophy. :))))

Bus ride to back to home.

End of Day 2. :D

The rest of our backpacking adventure link: here.

P.S. Google+ created a timeline (with pictures and locations) of my trip to Malaysia and Singapore. Link: here.

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For us who can't get enough (I don't think I'll ever get enough!) Bench is giving us another opportunity to catch our Lee Min Ho Oppa at three different malls on Sunday, March 23, 2014.

FUNMEET AND GLORIETTA 2012 link: here.

All you have to do is purchase P 1,000.00 worth of Bench merchandise with So Inlove or Sure Blue fragrances to get a chance to receive a signed Lee Min Ho poster. Tingin ko personal niya iaabot 'yung poster!!!! :>

EDIT: Thanks to a reader for pointing this out. I didn't know about this because it wasn't announced last night. I thought that you'll automatically be given a signed poster once you buy worth P 1000.00 of Bench products but as what Bench said in their Instagram account earlier today, "For every P1k worth of Bench purchases that includes Sure Blue or So In Love EDT in participating stores, a customer will automatically get an entry pass and a CHANCE to score an autographed poster of Lee Min Ho! Promo runs today until tom March 23 only." So raffle pa pala itez.

But of course, should you opt not to buy Bench merchandise anymore and you're okay just by staring at him, you're still welcome to go there.

The venue and time are as follows:

3:00 PM - Trinoma ACTIVITY CENTER
5:00 PM - Glorietta ACTIVITY CENTER

6:30 PM - SM MALL OF ASIA OFFICIAL MUSIC HALL

Just like when Siwon and Donghae went here last 2012, pwede manood from sa mga upper floors link: here. Okay, lalayo pa ba e nung nagpunta si Lee Min Ho sa Glorietta dati, nakatingin lang din kami eh. Ang kaibahan lang talaga, 'yung bibili ay makakapasok at mabibigyan niya ng posters.

Anyway, below are the pictures of today's FUNMEET.

Just like most of us who attended tonight's event, I still can't get over!!

Ganern? Pag si LMH kahit puyat na ko e pinu-push ko pa talagang matapos 'to ngayon. hahaha!

Philippine All Stars Dancers and Sam Oh

Ayan na siyyyaaaaaa. <3

환영해요!! 너무 보고 싶었어요!!

Literal na dimples pa lang ulam na, wala kaya kaming dinner!!

And the staring galore started the moment he entered the stage.

It was so hard not to stare at his face. MY GOLLY.

MY GOLLY ver. 2.0, inggit much ako sa mga naka-hug at naka-selfie! Kelan naman kaya ako?!

아주 잘 생긴 남자... 어떻게 그럴 수가 있어?
네가 보고 싶으면 어떻게 참지?
How can a man be that handsome????? Bawal talaga hindi tumingin!

Unlike his first fanmeet, he sang this time which made the event a lot better. Only I was waiting for his booty shake!!

And I love it that he's now more comfortable interacting with the fans. Thank you, oppa for a kilig-filled night! Still hoping for a selfie/picture with you!

오빠의 집에 꼭 갈게!!

P.S. Grabe, lahat na ng "interaction" ko kay LMH nasa blog na 'to at post agad ang peg! Adik na adik lang. hahahahahaha.

아니, 그냥 사랑해 빠졌어.

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I was able to watch SS5 Manila last Thursday at Mall of Asia Arena and until today, I still get "kilig" when I hear songs of Super Junior.

I saw Donghae and Siwon last year at Bench's fanmeet link here.

HAHAHAHA.

This is so funny. I don't even remember but I wrote this in my first SiHae post... "아까, 동해 오빠와 시원 오빠를보지만 저는 너무 너무 멀었어요. 다음에, 가까운 곳 있으면 더 좋을 것 같아요. " This means, "I saw Donghae and Siwon oppa earlier but I was too far. I hope to be at a closer place next time."

Fast forward to a year and two months later... I wasn't only in a closer seat but they danced and sang in front of us!!!!!!!

I'm not a fan but some of my friends are so I get to hear things about them too. And sorry 'cause I don't even know some of the other members, I was like, "Who's that???" during the first part of the concert.. I know everyone now though.

PHOTO ESSAY:

We were seating in the lower box section.

Still can't believe that there would come a time when I'll be a part of sapphire blue!!! (I mean this in a good way. Really thankful that the concert tickets found us haha)

Ryeowook

We were given FREE light sticks.

Among the four cross-dressers, Seungmin was the cutest!

I found my new BB in Henry.

Not even in my wildest dreams, Siwon oppa.
This is just too close!!!

And this too.

Seungmin performed in front of us too.

Donghae passed in front of us for so many times but for some reason, I have no decent picture of him.

Shindong!

This is the most unflattering picture of Donghae! Just to show you how close he was to us.
죄송해요 오빠. 그래도 아주 멋 있어요 :))

With Kyuhyun.
Para-paraan picture with SuJu's maknae.

They taught us a dance step... Ryeowook's one line was like, "Ang landi naman." Hahaha

Kangin and Henry at the back.

Kyuhyun again.

My Korean skills got tested that night.
I'm so proud of myself for understanding most of their spiels.

은혁 오빠, 저는 한국어를 할 수 있어.

That concert vibes!!
I look so happy.

Sa-rang-hae-yo-kim-hee-chul!!

My SuJu bias!!
My eyes were too busy looking at him that I wasn't able to concentrate on taking pictures. Regretting nothing though. hehehe

Zhou Mi happens when you mix Siwon and Leeteuk. :))

Eunhyuk's handsomeness/sex appeal increases whenever he dances.

SuJu and their back-up dancers as they do their final bow.

I had so much fun!!

I definitely did not see this coming!!
Thank you!!재미 있었어요!!! 다시 오세요 오빠들!!

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