Archives for December 2012

Bye, 2012

December 31, 2012 by Anna — 2 Comments
Filed Under: Personal

I’m gonna be straightforward here and say that for this year, I have nothing special planned on my year-ender post like the last previous posts I made for the past 2 years that went by. I don’t have any drafts, or any ~~pretty graphics~~ to put here to design my speshul year-ender post.

So I guess I’m just going to babble until I reach a decent length of paragraphs enough to be considered a “serious, lengthy, important-sounding year-ender blog entry”.

OK, let’s go.

2012 began as a cautious year for me. I was hospitalized the month before that, and I felt like 2012 should be the year where I should be really careful and start to live healthy. I was able to follow in that course for a short amount of time, but eventually I went back to my old habits.. up until this moment. Again, I am making this silly promise to myself to do a healthy way of living this coming year.. I don’t know if I’ll be able to keep up, or even begin at it again.

Come to think of it, that should be my only resolution for the new year. The only rules in this resolution is not to eat any meat, and sleep early. I’ve already broke rule #1 like 2 hours ago (hngh pasta) and #2 last night because I couldn’t sleep (though I was in bed by 12 midnight). God.

This year also gave me opportunities to go to a lot of events and meet new people. Some things that I never thought I would get to experience such as going to fashion shows, watching a noontime variety show as part of the studio audience, going to promotional events, were made possible by this group, and this man: the fangroup OED for Enchong Dee.

I got to watch 3 Bench fashion shows (the Coke-Bench fashion show, two shows during PFW and the most-awaited Benchuniverse), got to watch the noontime variety show ASAP as part of the live audience and went to a number of mall shows where he was a guest. I’m happy and grateful that I got to go to these events because I get to take lots of pictureesssss. So now I have like thousands of photos of him in every event that I’ve been to. Lol.

So fun.. I hope there’s more in 2013.

The Greatest Time of Year

December 22, 2012 by Anna — Leave a Comment
Filed Under: Life

A month ago, I shared a photo on Facebook from the Ayala Triangle park. I wanted so badly to go there because (in the photo) it looked so nice and very inviting. Look at it, doesn’t it look warm, cozy, Christmas-y, and like.. it’s calling you to just go there and watch the light show (that happens every 30 minutes)?! Because that’s exactly how it made me feel when I saw that photo.

Shot this one as soon as we got in the area of Ayala Triangle Gardens

Got my wish granted last night. . . my friends and I finally visited this go-to attraction and I finally witnessed these lights with my very own eyes. Needless to say, it was a very exhausting experience that I lost my mood to enjoy it. 🙁 But at least I still got to see it, pwede na rin. I did not expect that this place is that much far from the Ayala malls.. plus we were going to this place and to Ayala back in forth in such a hurry (we had to catch a 7:55pm showing of a movie) so it really drained my energy both to enjoy and appreciate the whole thing.

PS: The post title is from one of Aly & Aj Michalka/78violet’s songs. Video here.

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ABS-CBN "Liwanag ng Pasko" Christmas Special

December 21, 2012 by Anna — Leave a Comment
Filed Under: Events

It’s been six days since this was aired on TV so it’s kinda useless to make kwento about it now. :)) But I shall post photos for your viewing pleasure anyhow.

I had the privilege of watching this Christmas special live at the Smart – Araneta Coliseum last Dec. 11. Thank you to OED and E for the ticket! 🙂 It was very fun to watch and it was also the first local production I watched at the big dome, because I mostly go there to watch concerts of foreign bands.

Also, I would just like to point it out that I was most thrilled that I finally got to see Bamboo in his new environment. Haha. Last time I watched ASAP (the Sunday noontime variety show here in the Philippines) live, I didn’t get to see his prod or even see him walk by the halls of the building. Woop, woop! Gotta love Bamboo.

Before I bore you, here are some photos from the show.. and the FB link is at the end of this post if you would like to view the whole set. There are more than 50 photos that await you, hahaha. 😛

Guest Post: Itadakimasu at Yabu

December 5, 2012 by Anna — 2 Comments
Filed Under: Food, Reviews

For months, we’ve been dying to go to Yabu House of Katsu. But Anna and I are lazy ladies, refusing to go to SM Megamall to where the only Yabu in the Philippines was located. It was not very near our comfort zone so we delayed eating there for several times. But around October, I think, I went to MoA on an errand and saw that Bistro Ravioli was gone. I really love that place and learned that it was now at the ground floor of the left wing. Anyway, Yabu got Bistro’s new location and this most sought for Japanese restaurant just had their soft opening last week, November 28, 2012. It was the same date as Up Dharma Down’s Album Launch at Esplanade so we, Hannah, Ian, Anna and I, decided to eat dinner there.

The whole restaurant was very welcoming and warm. Also there were manga strips on the wall, which I didn’t get to read much because I was facing the other way. Anyway, I think they were about katsu and intense feelings.

I had a difficult time choosing which to order since it was my first time and I had no idea which is the best dish. Though, I had the vague idea that pork (tonkatsu) was the original if not best katsu. I ended up choosing the Cream Dory Set. Basically a katsu set consisted of the following: unlimited rice, unlimited cabbage salad, a bowl of miso soup, Japanese pickles, a bowl of fruit, a special red sauce for seafood and also your choice of katsu. Also here are the condiments: