It's June 13 tomorrow, start of classes, but I'm not yet prepared! I still have vacation hangover. I had fun this summer especially last month. Of course I'll never forget our trip to Tanay at JE Camp Hotel and Resort where I had so much fun. Last month was also my bf and I's anniversary and it's our first time together at Manila Ocean Park. I really enjoyed it! You see, still not ready for school! hehe

As much as I want to spend another month of vacation, I have to get ready for school. D (the bf's initial) and I went on a date this last weekend. Initially we thought of going to Greenbelt and so I can drop by to nearby malls (SM Makati, Glorietta, and Landmark) for my schoolbag hunt. Honey overslept so we ended going to Boni High Street for dinner and Market! Market! to buy my schoolbag.

Dinner at Brothers Burger

We tried Happy Lemon for the first time!

I know this post is about me going back to school but I just have to make kwento about our Happy Lemon experience. I ordered Lemon Yakult regular and he, the Milk Tea w/ Oreo Cookies. The Lemon Yakult is quite good. I liked it. However, the bf didn't like the milk tea! haha He said it tasted like tobacco! I was laughing so hard because the first time I tried milk tea years ago, I had the same reaction to the taste. So I know now to avoid the said tea.

Ok, back to schoolbag hunt. ☺ I was looking for a bag that's huge enough since I always bring a lot (besides pens and notebooks, I bring novel books, umbrella, wallet, kikay kit, etc, etc... other unnecessary things) to school. I always have my eye on bags from Follow Your Heart at Market! Market! They have great selections from shoulder bags, backpacks to travel bags all for you girls! I like their unique designs too!
I chose to buy the Charlie Tote Bag w/ Eiffel Tower Embroidery.

I call this the Eiffel Bag! ☺ | Photo by Follow Your Heart

yeah, just ignore the face! ☺

I bought the one with the red handle! I really like it especially the Eiffel Tower embroidery. I have this dream of going to Paris someday. Hoping it would come true. For now, I have to prepare for school! :)

Wow! So, I just watched the official trailer of The Perks of Being a Wallflower movie and I must say, I'm excited to watch the film! The movie is an adaptation of the book with the same title by Stephen Chbosky. I just learned that he also directed and wrote the screenplay. Amazing! Well, I haven't read the book yet so gotta read it soon. Here's the official trailer:


Oh how I love Emma's American accent. Just watching the trailer, you'd know that Emma did a great job here as an actress. I see her here as Emma herself and not Hermione. : ) The release date would be on September. I still have time to read the book!

Love the catchphrase! ~ WE ARE INFINITE

These days of the end of summer vacation, I'm just at home and no plans (or budget) to go out. Good thing I was able to win free tickets for the screening of Snow White and The Huntsman. Thanks to Nuffnang and Skin White! So it was a movie date with the boyfriend! :)

The free screening was held at Shangri-La Mall and I really wanted to go there not only to watch the movie but also to try the Bonchon Chicken. When we arrived, we went immediately to the resto. There were a lot of people because it was already dinner time but fortunately we're able to get seats.

Wings Ricebox (Soy Garlic Chicken Wings)

Fish and Chips Box

I was actually craving for buffalo wings. I searched the web to look for a restaurant where we can try buffalo wings when I came across Bonchon Chicken. I learned that they have a branch at Shangri-La Mall and that made me really excited to try it. We ordered the Boxed Meals. I ordered the Wings Ricebox and my boyfriend ordered the Fish and Chips Box. The two cost P145 each with drinks! Well most of the Boxed Meals are priced below P150. I think it's worth the money!

Bonchon Chicken is one of those popular restaurants that offer "twice-fried" chicken. The "double frying technique" as they call it is used to create the crispy chicken skin in the first fry and then it would be fried again but this time with the tasty sauce. Bonchon is the original double-fried chicken from Korea and tagged as the Best Chicken in America.

My verdict: Awesome goodness! The chicken was so addicting. I liked the sweet and flavorful taste of the soy garlic that will make you want more. My order was served with rice but I wanted to ignore the rice and just savor the sweetness of the chicken wings. The chicken wings were fried golden brown and the skin is really crispy. You'll hear the cracking sound when you bite! The meat is lean, not too juicy but not dry at all. I don't know if there's breading or not but there's no hint of it. Great!

The bf gave me one of his fish strips so I was able to taste it. The fish fillet is dory, also coated with the same one as my soy garlic chicken wings. It also tastes good! It came with the delicious fries that are definitely great for snacks.

Unfortunately we're not able to take photos of the interior because of the dinner crowd. After we ate, we went immediately to the cinema to get our tickets. I thought we're early but there were already a lot of bloggers who got their tickets and chose their seats. We ended up seating at the right far end from the screen.

My review of the movie here.

What honey?

Picture taking while waiting! ☺

He's funny like that. Always in the background! haha

That face! XD The bf did something that distracted me from my own solo picture taking.

Then it's time to watch! The theater was full of bloggers! :)

The bf and I watched Snow White and The Huntsman courtesy of Nuffnang and Skin White (like their facebook fanpage here!) at Shangri-La Mall. I was also looking forward to go to Shangri-La because I wanted to try Bonchon Chicken. My next post will be about it!

Kristen Stewart (the Twilight Saga, On the road) plays the only person in the land fairer than the evil Queen Ravenna (Oscar winner Charlize Theron of Prometheus, Hancock) who is out to destroy her. But what the wicked ruler never imagined was that the young woman who has escaped her clutches and now threatens her reign has been training in the art of war with a Huntsman named Eric (Chris Hemsworth of Thor, The Avengers) who was dispatched to capture her. (from their website)

Seriously? I didn't see any training! But then, The movie is not bad at all. The special effects are good. Charlize Theron is really such an evil queen! She did a great job portraying Queen Ravenna. Of course Thor, I mean Chris Hemsworth is also good. The main reason I wanted to watch the movie is because of him. ☺ Kristen Stewart, well, not bad as well. It's just awkward to see her as Snow White. I think she was chosen because of her fierce look which is needed for the Snow White version of this movie.

Queen Ravenna

The Huntsman

Prince Charming

The movie is a retelling of the fairy tale so definitely the familiar plot is present (prince charming, dwarfs, enchanted forest, apple). The difference is that this version is darker and a braver approach on the traditional fairy tale. Action packed scenes and a fighting Snow White will be seen.

No training!

Warrior Snow White

Mirror, Mirror on the wall (I like how she said it with the accent!)

Over all, I enjoyed it. The dwarfs are funny. The Evil Queen is evil. Snow White lived happily ever after. I guess! :) It's a 7 out of 10 for me and the bf. ☺

Lately I've been busy with my new hobby -- Making friendship bracelets! I'm really into arts and crafts and I really like handmade crafts. I was actually browsing on Tumblr and I saw a photo post of these colorful friendship bracelets. That reminded me of the time back in high school when I'd spend my free time making friendship bracelets. I even bought this round thingy called Kumihimo disk (just learned the name a few days ago). It's used to make friendship bracelets as well.

Kumihimo disk

Well, I couldn't find the Kumihimo anymore so I just searched on awesome Google for tutorials and patterns. I came across this site. They have tutorials of the basic knots, how-to's, and great collection of patterns you can choose from! I was really excited when I see some really good patterns. So after a day or two, I bought DMC threads and started making friendship bracelets!

Here are just the first two I made. I have to buy more threads. I already chose different patterns I'd love to make into friendship bracelets. Just comment below if you like to see some tutorials. I'll probably make one. :)

the first one I made

Bordered Chevron friendship bracelet