Gong Cha Craze

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One day when I was strolling around SM North Edsa, I found this newly-established tea shop called Gong Cha at The Sky Garden. Being a huge fan of milk teas, I definitely tried one of their specialties and found love. XD I've already tried three milk teas from their menu: (1) Taro Milk Tea with Egg Pudding (Php 100.00); (2) Earl Grey Milk Tea with Pearls (Php100.00); and the third which was bought just an hour ago is (3) Toffee Milk Tea (Php75.00). I totally love their beverages! :D One can really tell how fresh the ingredients are. Find out more about Gong Cha Philippines and try one for yourself!

Gong Cha sets the highest standards when choosing tea materials, and takes the utmost attitude in quality control in order to provide the best tea available with considerate services to our customers....Every beverage is tailored for the customers and is made by our well-trained people (Gong Cha PH, 2011).

Just so you know, this isn't a paid ad. :)

The Splash Corporation General Assembly

It's a rare thing for small-scale school orgs to perform in front of well-established corporations like Splash. Fortunately, we, the UP Manila Biorhythm, were invited to partake in the occasion. We practiced for almost 2 weeks for this occasion; day and night we sang our hearts out in preparation for this event and I guess it was a successful gig! :D

I even saw a former Montessorian (my high school), 3 years older than me, who is now working for Splash Corporation! It was unexpected. She took a picture of us singing, and look, the videocam focused on me for a moment. See the white background and that big face over there? That's me. XD

It was an awesome experience! It made us realize one important thing -- we're not just college students but performing artists as well. As our President had said:

After that event, I felt how great it is to perform and sing because I love to. It's only the rough start of the school year but we get to sing in major events like this already (e.g., our gig in Robinson's Place Manila). I shall anticipate more for the coming months! Long live UP Manila Biorhythm! :)

Bonding with Tricia!

It was a rainy Sunday bonding with my cousin who came all the way from Saipan! My cousin's name is Tricia and our last meeting was six years ago. Yes, we definitely grew up away from each other but this cousin of mine surely is close to me for unknown reasons. We just jive on whatever we talk about, I guess! :D Talk about blood being thick. ;) Trying to kill time on our way to Manila Ocean Park, here's a picture of the view from the window while rain poured down like cats and dogs.

We had Tokyo Tokyo for lunch! Nomnom.

Then we headed to MOP. It was my second time there but decided to accompany her that day. We strolled around and took pictures together. I still find ocean park great for family bonding! It's too crowded as always though. There are a lot of lines waiting for you, either for ticket buying, entering the park, or waiting for your turn to get your feet treated in the Fish Spa. Here's our picture after entering the Manila Ocean Park. YES, I know right it doesn't show the ocean but rather a place with terrestrial plants, but after that portion, we get to see the aquarium! XD

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Anyways, we had the chance to experience the Glass Bottom Boat Ride. IMO, it's 65% okay if I were to rate it. It needs to be developed, and I hope the admin would work on that; nevertheless, it's a fun way to get a much closer look at different species of fish under the sea! :D It is best for appreciation of marine life. ^-^

Before ending the trip, we ate at UCC Cafe. She bought French Toast and Mango Juice while I bought a cake (forgot the name, but they told me it's their latest cake addition) and Irish Choco Cream Cooler. I'm very much into coffee y'know!

FUN DAY IT WAS! I hope to get more bondings with my cousins. I definitely needed this break away from Acads! It sure keeps me sane. :D

Jabbed Lips

Yes, people, I jabbed my lips on Thursday night while riding the jeepney. I didn't know how and why it happened. LOL! All I know is I was fixing my hair then this road humps got in the way~ T_T So now I have this scar on the right side of my lips.

Being conscious of how I look in front of others as I have been since I had my debut as a lady last year(18 years old in the Philippines), I bought a lip tint the next day! I can't stand to see my lips' uneven color, so I chose a liquid tint. Fortunately, while strolling around SM North Edsa's Department Store - Cosmetics Section, I found Tony Moly in there! And wallah!

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I bought Tony Moly Lip tint in Red Apple. It's 2-in-1 such that you can use it both for your lips and cheeks! XD Of course I was ecstatic to use it just to save my uneven lip color.

At least it's even now! :D On another note, life's busy as usual, so I seldom blog and bloghop. I think my Junior year will be toxic yet fun. How's that suppose to happen? we'll see! It's just my hypothesis. LOL! XD

Questions:

• Have you ever jabbed your lips like this?


• How was your first weeks of classes?

Jellybean Goodies

Today I went to SM Megamall with my sister and bought some goodies from Jellybean. Here's a ring I totally liked because of the ladybug, a member of Family Coleoptera, in it! Ever since I became a biologist by heart , I've become attached to things that make me appreciate life at its best. LOL IKR? Too much Biology in my system. XD One more thing that made me buy this is that it fits my finger! You see, I have small fingers that I rarely find a ring which fits me well.♥

I bought another shades! Squircle Shades is the type of sunglasses that complements my somewhat round face. I liked the designs at the side too, so I definitely purchased it!

Both were sold 50% off! So I bought the two for Php300.00 only and saved almost Php299.00. Definitely good buys. :D

Junior Year: First Week!

Before anything else, let me share to you my schedule for this semester. I'm officially a Junior in college! Thinking about it, four years of pre-med is fast enough that the next thing I'd do is to be in Medicine after a couple of years more. :D So there, I have three majors, Hum2 for my GE subject, and Physics.

I was pretty occupied for my first week of classes not really because of academics but because of our preparation for our, UP Manila Biorhythm, performance in Robinson's Place Manila in celebration of Dr. Jose Rizal's 150th birthday. :D It was held last night at Midtown Atrium. I've been part of UPM Biorhythm for a year but it really feels like a family whenever I'm with them. It's like the craziest org I've joined because of the people I'm with! :D For acads, we only had first day orientations; nonetheless, I expect more things to happen in the coming days. It's Junior year anyway, so I really do expect more in this battle. :))

Here are a couple of pictures of Juris, in purple, and I while waiting for our dresses. I used Skinfood's Tomato Jelly Lip Tint #3 again in here. I reviewed this a couple of days ago if you remember. :D

On another note, it was my dad's birthday last June 17. we had a gathering at home and the table was full of scrumptious dishes! My fave dessert, of course, was served -- Mango Bravo from Conti's.

Before The New Schoolyear Begins

We had a little gathering in our favorite "reunion spot" -- Yellowcab, Visayas Avenue. That branch is more on delivery so only a few customers would go there to dine in, and more often than not we are the ones who occupy most of the tables on the second floor! :) (Except for that day coz they won't turn on the 2nd floor's airconditioner, LOL!) So we had the typical HHB (Hati-hati sa Bill), and ate 18" of New York's Finest and pasta.

We were there from 3PM to 8PM  eating, chatting, catching up with one another's lives and all that. We've been classsmates/friends in grade or high school in MMSQC so we get to be really bonded all the time during our stay in our Alma Mater. :) Everything changed in college; nevertheless, we see to it that we can still contact one another even in the midst of college stress! :D Here's a couple of pictures. Unfortunately, we weren't able to take a picture of us being all together! :) Not all of our HS friends were able to come though.

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Kennen gave us (Meg, Mae, Dawn and I) a ride home, but then Kennen had this urge to treat us at Starbucks, so we decided to stop over for frappe! :) Thanks to him coz he paid our bills. How generous can this guy get, eh? XD Thanks for that treat, Kennen! Lols. We talked about love and advices, and the usual cheesy stuff! HAHA It was really a cute chat. Nothing beats high school friends' conversations, IMO. :)

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At the end of the day, I went home with a smile. I don't usually come with them when there are gatherings in between months of a school year, that's why I definitely came in this gathering coz I'll surely be busy for Junior Year in college. I miss being in high school, for real! :)