"It's an in-between house where the change takes place. It's a big step since you can never return to caterpillar life. During the change, it will seem to you or to anyone who might peek that nothing is happening-- but the butterfly is already becoming." - Hope for the Flowers It's not unusual that we personify animals but from time to time, it really is worthwhile to pause, observe and learn things from them. Ants teach you perseverance; Turtles teach you to take things slowly; Eagles teach you to love the "storms" in your life and use them as your advantages; Dogs teach you loyalty; Caterpillars teach you to be brave and take risks, and last but not the least, Cockroaches teach you to kill... your fears. :))))) Pero basahin niyo talaga 'yung Hope for The Flowers. It's a good book and every time you read it, there would always be something new to discover/realize. Anyway, I've read an online article which I can no longer search (Nakalimutan ko 'yung website at title nung article) but its content was something like, opportunity is not universal and each that comes our way entails a certain level of responsibility. I always remind myself to be grateful for everything and I'm glad the universe never fails to remind me too. In this case, it (sige na nga, the author of the article) reminded me that I have opportunities that were given to me the moment I was born and I'm very lucky to have the things I have when there are some who can't even dream of having them. The article was just in time 'cause last month was my anniversary as a World Vision sponsor but I was also trying to reduce my expenses, kunyari pumasok na lang sa buhay ko ang prioritizing ganyan kaya pinag-isipan ko ng kaunti kung itutuloy ko pa ba o hindi. This is embarrassing but I forgot the pin code of my old Eastwest Bank ATM (Nasa Singapore kami nung nalaman kong hindi ko pala alam 'yung pin. As in OMG Pano kita nagawang kalimutan ang drama ko. HAHAHA.), I immediately had my card replaced thus my card number was also changed. I had the chance to stop being a sponsor to my child because they won't be able to deduct my monthly contribution anymore but I chose to e-mail them and update my card number. I continued because I want to continue creating an opportunity for someone who's willing to learn yet don't have the means. I am not rich (anymore/yet/insert the most appropriate word here) but I'm blessed and greatly flavored (favored pala. Hahaha. Claim natin 'yan plssss.) so in my small sacrifices, I know that I'd be able to make ends meet and I know that I'd be able to set aside the money that I'll spend to bless others as well. I don't know yet what August has in store for me but cheers for my another year of existence. Thank you, world at hindi ka nagsasawa na buhayin at turuan ang isang kagaya ko. Hehe. <3 |
Last July 12, my friend and I went to this year's Yummy Eats. One of our most anticipated events! Need I say more?! Food galore!
It was held at Metrowalk's Metrotent in Pasig. The tent is fronting Metrocars and obviously, Pasig is in Metro Manila.
Metro Init. Metro Kain. Metro Jubese
Providing us with this kind of container was a great idea since it has become easier for us to take home the food we couldn't eat anymore. |
Someone's always a happy kid when she has food in her hands. |
I have a lot of backlogs but I'm too lazy to put watermarks on my pictures yet so here's a review of another bank product: BPI MY e-Prepaid Card.
To know more about the differences of Prepaid Card, Credit Card and Debit Card click: here.
Image Source Here's what the card looks like. I got the blue one though. |
Despite having a lot of cards already, I decided to apply for this card before I left for Malaysia. I applied online thru my account at BPI website. After a week (I think!), I went to the branch of my choice, presented an I.D and paid the P 500.00 processing fee then I got my card. You can apply for this at the branch just that I didn't have the time to go there twice. Hahahahaha. Pa-busy, pa-artista. :)))) You don't even need to have an account at BPI for you to apply.
Anyway, while composing this I remembered that around this time last year when I didn't know yet that I was going out of the country, I posted a review on a different bank product and I put there that I am not closing my doors for this prepaid card because this would come in a lot handy when travelling abroad. View the post: here. Thank You po that naging possible na ang isang bagay na ginusto ko last year at dahil claim lang ng claim ang peg, maga-out of the country kasi ulit ako!! Claim lang ng claim! :D
Reasons for Applying/ Reasons why I like this card:
- I wanted a prepaid card which is reloadable online and I wanted it to be a MastercardWith this first reason, this prepaid card seems like the perfect card for me already. It is a Mastercard and I enrolled it to my account so fund transfer/reloading would be possible online.
- This can be linked to a Paypal account and can be used to purchase at any Mastercard affiliated merchants. May it be online or anywhere around the world.I don't use this a lot actually since I have other cards that I use here in the Philippines. But like what I have said above, this was very handy when I traveled abroad. I used this in Singapore and I wasn't charged any international service fees and the likes. The amount that was debited from my card was just the converted amount of SGD to PHP and nothing more.
Reasons why I don't like this card:
- This is not actually this card's fault but of my Easy Saver's Account. For an Easy Saver's account kasi, every customer-initiated debit has a charge of P 5.00 so everytime I reload this, I am charged P 5.00. Online reloading should be free if you have their regular savings account. I see this na lang as the price of my convenience since going to the nearest branch to reload over-the-counter would cost me a lot of time and a P 17.00 jeepney fare. Ganun din.
It expires every two years and have to be renewed for also P 500.00.
If you're going to use this card frequently, you should be able to maximize the processing fee by the time this expires. Let's say in a span of 2 years, you've used this card for 500 times, edi you paid a peso for every use which doesn't sound bad.
Should we stay or should we say goodbye?
STAY! And I'd decide if it's a goodbye or not in 2016. :)) Nabayaran ko na eh. hahahaha.
Seriously though this is really an okay for me. Not minding all the other charges and the fact that I can't withdraw using this, the three main reasons why I like this card: re-loadable online, prepaid and Mastercard.
'Cause eventhough I like my Eastwest Debit Card and my BDO Credit Card, iba pa rin 'yung andun 'yung limitation ng not having everything in my untrustworthy hands especially now when I can't afford to spend for the things I don't need. "Ah, ito lang laman nito. So ito lang ang pwede kong gamitin." Kailangan ko kasi talaga na naka-separate 'yung pang-gastos at 'yung hindi dahil wala talagang nangyayari kapag nasa isang lagayan lang. Kailangan ko rin kasi talaga na wag iisipin na matagal pa naman 'yung due date lalo pag hindi naman napag-isipan ng maigi. Pahinga muna ko sa cards at sa gastos pala talaga. HAHAHAHAHAHAHA. Itawa na lang lahat. HAHAHAHAHAHA
"bumagyo at patuloy na babagyo ng blessings kasi mabait kang bata."
Bumagyo talaga. Sinabihan rin ako na maraming blessings kasi umulan sa araw ng aking kapanganakan (Ulan na nga, may kasama pang sobrang lakas na hangin.) Uhm, pampalubag-loob siguro pero naniniwala nga ako na maraming blessings. Sino ba naman aayaw? 'Yung tungkol sa dahil mabait akong bata.., ako lang nagsabi nun. Hahahaha. Baka sa kakaulit ko e magkatotoo naman balang-araw at bumait nga ako.
Bumagyo talaga. Sinabihan rin ako na maraming blessings kasi umulan sa araw ng aking kapanganakan (Ulan na nga, may kasama pang sobrang lakas na hangin.) Uhm, pampalubag-loob siguro pero naniniwala nga ako na maraming blessings. Sino ba naman aayaw? 'Yung tungkol sa dahil mabait akong bata.., ako lang nagsabi nun. Hahahaha. Baka sa kakaulit ko e magkatotoo naman balang-araw at bumait nga ako.
1. It was my birthday last July 15 and I really didn't want to celebrate it because a typhoon (Glenda) was set to enter the Philippines but they insisted so they did, wala na kong nagawa. Stubbornness runs in the blood, that's it. It wasn't a big party just an eat and run kind of celebration 'cause the moment my guests, whom some I didn't know pa, have finished eating; they were sent away. hahahahahaha. Totoo baaaaaaaaa. :))))) San ka nakakita ng, "Tapos ka na ba kumain? Okay. Ingat. Bye." Anyway, I'm very thankful that there are people in my life who would force me to celebrate something even when I don't feel like to.
2. According to Yahoo, July is Friendship month and because of that they published an article with 10 suggestions about where you and your BFF can bond together. Hahahahaha. This is so funny 'cause I posted Seri Fantasy World back in 2012 and whenever I see the pictures I took inside their 3D museum, it's always a laugh of embarrassment followed by a face palm. As in ang lala. Wala pa sa kalingkingan ng iba kong mga pictures 'yung naka-post dito. HAHAHAHAHA. But whatever, okay naman 'yung napili. View the article here.
3. My sleeping "skills" is both a blessing and a curse. But it's us who determine which is really which, right? So it's none other than a blessing. Glenda "devastated" Metro Manila area with its strong and raging winds and where was I? In deep slumber. I only realized how big the damage was when I woke up and saw broken branches and fallen leaves in front of our house, when we drove around Q.C area and saw years old trees that have fallen too and when I watched the news. Imagine, 'yung hangin na pumutol sa maraming puno, bumasag sa maraming salamin at kung anu-ano pa, hindi ako nakayanang gisingin?! Thank you, Lord that I am able to feel calm even if others can not. Sobrang talent 'yung kakayanan kong maging tulog-mantika lalo na dahil may ibang tao na may mabagsak lang ng konti e gising na. E-enjoyin ko 'tong bahagi ng buhay ko na hindi na ata ako masyadong dumadaan sa stages 1-3 ng sleeping cycle, lagi lang ata ako nasa 4th stage. P.S. Nagigising naman ako lalo pag sinasabi ko sa sarili ko bago ko matulog na "Kailangan mong magising kasi..." pag mga ganyan, nare-recognize ng utak ko 'yung alarm. Hahahaha. Pero pag wala kong iisipin bago ko matulog, ayun lang.
4. I had 5 cakes, di ko na-picturan 'yung isa. Daig pa nung nag-debut ako. hahaha.
Five cakes, supposedly mean, needing to blow 5 candles, right? And 5 candles should entitle me 5 wishes, right? Right? Not? Right? Right?
May nabasa ko before na pag naging vocal tayo sa mga gusto natin, mas may chance na magkatotoo. Kasi sa pagsabi mo pa lang, nagiging substance na siya, nagwo-work na 'yung universe para mapatotohanan 'yung bagay na gusto mo. All my life (almost all), I thought that wishing for something more meant that I was ungrateful for everything that has been given to me so wishing, for me then, was a bad thing. Until I realized that it's not bad to want more for myself, it's not bad to have dreams, and even if wishing meant wanting more than I already have, it's not being ungrateful. At ayan na nga, nawili, at nag claim lang ng claim. :))))
a. Good health not only for me but for everyone else.
b. Just like what others have been wishing for me, more travels. Akalain mo nga naman na nung sinabihan ako dati na malayo mararating ko, hahaha, sa lakwatsa pala 'yun.
c.. Sony Digital Camera. My Xperia ZR captures good photos and I rarely bring my canon camera with me anymore but still, I want to own a Sony TX30 someday.
d. More persons to "teach". So unlike me ba to look for people whom I can teach? Hahahaha. I have no plans of becoming a teacher... yet. Whether it's through a blog post, through texts when people ask me for directions, or whatever it is. I am also my happiest when I share what I know with others and whenever I learn something new from them as well.
e. This is not actually a wish that I had since forever, nabuo lang 'to last night pero John Legend concert ticket plsss. I heard he's having an "All of Me Tour" here in the Philippines in September. Ayan, going back to my teenage years (parang kailan lang naman 'yun!), I spent most of my Friday and Saturday nights at bars or gigs. Nakakamiss din makipag-kwentuhan habang may kumakanta sa background, nakaka-miss din magsayaw na parang wala ng bukas ,pero alam mo 'yun, mas gusto na pumunta ng pera ko sa pagkain, savings at lakwatsa kesa sa inuman. Wahahaha. Baka talaga inom ako ng inom dati, noh. At baka talaga nakaka-ipon ako ngayon, noh :)))
My gifts to myself are: massage at TonTon in Congressional Avenue (our go-to massage place because we like it Thai) and a Jansport backpack (Cortlandt Fall 2014). I "invested" on a backpack because I am claiming that I will have more travels in the future. Since it was the Great Northern Sale last weekend, apart from the 10% discount, I received a P 100.00 gift certificate and probably the best thing about this purchase is that I'd pay for this in September pa. August, be good to my finances.
Things got luckier that I almost had two "Just Got Lucky" LMH shirts. Na-cancel lang 'yung isa bago ma-process 'yung order so I received a wallet instead.
Five cakes, supposedly mean, needing to blow 5 candles, right? And 5 candles should entitle me 5 wishes, right? Right? Not? Right? Right?
May nabasa ko before na pag naging vocal tayo sa mga gusto natin, mas may chance na magkatotoo. Kasi sa pagsabi mo pa lang, nagiging substance na siya, nagwo-work na 'yung universe para mapatotohanan 'yung bagay na gusto mo. All my life (almost all), I thought that wishing for something more meant that I was ungrateful for everything that has been given to me so wishing, for me then, was a bad thing. Until I realized that it's not bad to want more for myself, it's not bad to have dreams, and even if wishing meant wanting more than I already have, it's not being ungrateful. At ayan na nga, nawili, at nag claim lang ng claim. :))))
a. Good health not only for me but for everyone else.
b. Just like what others have been wishing for me, more travels. Akalain mo nga naman na nung sinabihan ako dati na malayo mararating ko, hahaha, sa lakwatsa pala 'yun.
c.. Sony Digital Camera. My Xperia ZR captures good photos and I rarely bring my canon camera with me anymore but still, I want to own a Sony TX30 someday.
d. More persons to "teach". So unlike me ba to look for people whom I can teach? Hahahaha. I have no plans of becoming a teacher... yet. Whether it's through a blog post, through texts when people ask me for directions, or whatever it is. I am also my happiest when I share what I know with others and whenever I learn something new from them as well.
e. This is not actually a wish that I had since forever, nabuo lang 'to last night pero John Legend concert ticket plsss. I heard he's having an "All of Me Tour" here in the Philippines in September. Ayan, going back to my teenage years (parang kailan lang naman 'yun!), I spent most of my Friday and Saturday nights at bars or gigs. Nakakamiss din makipag-kwentuhan habang may kumakanta sa background, nakaka-miss din magsayaw na parang wala ng bukas ,pero alam mo 'yun, mas gusto na pumunta ng pera ko sa pagkain, savings at lakwatsa kesa sa inuman. Wahahaha. Baka talaga inom ako ng inom dati, noh. At baka talaga nakaka-ipon ako ngayon, noh :)))
My gifts to myself are: massage at TonTon in Congressional Avenue (our go-to massage place because we like it Thai) and a Jansport backpack (Cortlandt Fall 2014). I "invested" on a backpack because I am claiming that I will have more travels in the future. Since it was the Great Northern Sale last weekend, apart from the 10% discount, I received a P 100.00 gift certificate and probably the best thing about this purchase is that I'd pay for this in September pa. August, be good to my finances.
Things got luckier that I almost had two "Just Got Lucky" LMH shirts. Na-cancel lang 'yung isa bago ma-process 'yung order so I received a wallet instead.
In the midst of our own personal problems, of Glenda, and the terrorist attack of Malaysian Plane MH17, there are a lot of things to feel sad and depressed about but that one fact that we are still alive is in itself a gift and a miracle that is definitely something to be thankful for.
Hoping everyone's well and safe.
God bless.
God bless.
This is one of the most affordable and most delicious Korean and Japanese restaurant in Quezon City area, I swear. Most of their food were priced below P 150.00 and that's cheap given how expensive these two cuisines can get. Thank you for being true to your word mashitta!
Mashitta means delicious in Korean fyi. :)
It's 맛 있다 in Hangul, romanized as mashitda or mashitta
The hangul word, 맛, means taste and 있다 means to have so it means to have taste/ to be delicious. Should the food be tasteless and not delicious, 맛 will be combined with 없다 which means to not have/to not exist. Therefore... 맛 없다, romanized as madopda or madopta, is the antonym of 맛 있다. Okay, enough for Korean language lessons. :))
Mashitta means delicious in Korean fyi. :)
It's 맛 있다 in Hangul, romanized as mashitda or mashitta
The hangul word, 맛, means taste and 있다 means to have so it means to have taste/ to be delicious. Should the food be tasteless and not delicious, 맛 will be combined with 없다 which means to not have/to not exist. Therefore... 맛 없다, romanized as madopda or madopta, is the antonym of 맛 있다. Okay, enough for Korean language lessons. :))
Since my friend and I were so hungry after doing physical work for the last six hours before we went here, I thought that I'd be able to eat every food in the world so I kind of "over ordered"
Bibimbap P 105.00 One of the best! They didn't scrimp on the ingredients and this alone was enough to make me feel full. This was even better than some resturants (even those priced at 100% more). We were also given a bottle of gochujang so we were able to adjust the spiciness based on our preference. Their bibimbap is much like BGC's Seoul Express link: here. |