MFEO

Last Wednesday, Dionne and I went to watch Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix at Greenbelt 3. (We were finally able to use our M-Pass again. It was about to expire after two more months of inactivity. But after Wednesday, it’s back to six more months.)

We opted for a relatively early screening (7:05 PM) so as to avoid being out too late. At 6:15 PM, we were able to get our tickets.

Because we didn’t have enough time for a non-fastfood meal, we just bought snacks to bring to the movie. Dionne had what looked like a big bucket of cheese-flavored popcorn. She eventually found out that there was a piece of cardboard at the bottom of the bucket that occupies around 20% of its volume. Tsk tsk tsk.

While I had a Sack of 4 (with cheese) from Sliders. For PHP 100, it’s not worth your money.

(We also bought a box of cupcakes from Gonuts Donuts.  You have to try these!)

Surprisingly, the cinema wasn’t even half-full. That’s just a week after it started being shown.

And then it started…

Dionne liked this movie more than the previous ones because Yates‘ take on it is more catered for adults than for kids.

My younger brother Jeffrey (Male, 24, Single) said that his friends say that they didn’t like this one because there was no Quidditch.

See the kids’ point of view?

Anyway, the last installment of the series is going to be available tomorrow. I’m not sure if bookstores will still be open at 12:01 AM later to sell these… If you are one of those who didn’t reserve a copy and want to get your hands on it, you can check this out. I got the link from one of my former officemates. I started reading it yesterday but somehow it felt different from J. K. Rowling’s style. I could be wrong… I’ll know tomorrow.

After the movie, we had a hearty dinner at Bubba Gump.  We ordered one pasta dish and a bucket of shrimps cooked in different ways.  One of them was called “chilly.”  We thought it would be spicy.  It didn’t occur to us that it was spelled such.

Imagine our surprise when we took our first bite of this chilly shrimp.  It was cold.

Chilly not chili!  Duh!

I was still able to finish most of it though.  And still felt bad that I was not able to wipe out the chilly shrimps.   They just taste odd.  Just like the cold soup I had in London.  (Yes, I still owe you guys the London kwento.)

From Bubba Gump, we went to Cold Rock.  Dionne treated me to Ferrero-flavored ice cream with cookie dough and Nutella.  Sinful!

I’m very happy with how our date turned out.  It’s been a while I guess.  I hope to do this more often now that most of my projects are almost done.  As long as baby allows us.  Wavyu baby!

Last Friday, Joven and I went to see Stranger Than Fiction at G4. Since I got out of the office quite late (because of an extended meeting that left me in high spirits for the weekend), we had a quick dinner at Burger King – one of our favorite fast food restos. The movie was funny but not as funny as his other movies. But we both enjoyed it… well… if not for the annoying man behind us. Grabe sa hilig mag-comment! Di ko nga maintindihan kung di nakikita nung kasama nya yung palabas eh. He’s verbalizing everything he’s seeing! Gash! Haay. Anyway, I enjoyed laughing at them afterwards.

I love going out with my husband, whether it be a simple grocery errand or a big date. Kahit na may mga kakaibang sitwasyon, nakukuha pa rin namin mag-enjoy. =)

Our Saturday was uneventful. We spent our day lounging at home and finished 13 episodes of Heroes. I must say we’re hooked. Aliw! Hiro looks sooo cute. Teddy bear-ish cute. Hehe!

Yesterday, Joven and I went to Bench Fix to have our hair fixed. =P

This is how Joven looks like:

Pogi no?

Ever wonder how I look like with straight hair? The stylist told me that he needed to texturize my hair (whatever that means) so he needed to blowdry my hair straight. It took him quite some time, para hindi naman masayang effort nya I took a picture of me. Hehe!

You had me at scrolling

iPhone. iWantOne.

No touch

Jason of 37signals says:

How can you dial the iPhone without looking at it? How can you reach in your pocket and press “1” for voicemail? How can you orient yourself with the interface without seeing it? With a traditional phone or device with buttons you can feel your way around it. You can find the bumps, the humps, the cut lines, the shapes, the sizes. You can find your way around in the dark. Not with the iPhone.

With this phone, it is no longer possible to text without looking at the keypad, as there is no more keypad. Instead, the user is given with a full QWERTY keyboard. A fair exchange for the flexibility it offers? Maybe. Whatever the case, I’m still excited about this phone.

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SAL Mini-reunion

We were just supposed to meet Brian for dinner. He went to France last December and was kind enough to bring home a pair of Eiffel tower key chains for us. Dionne won’t be able to join us as she now has Spanish class every Thursday. I suggested that we invite our SAL friends to join us since it has been a long time since the group met.

Last Thursday, January 11, the mini-reunion pushed through, thanks to Brian’s persistence. Unfortunately, he was unable to join us for dinner as he had to attend to some office matters. He joined us at Starbucks later that night though.

Besides Brian and me, the others who were there, according to time of arrival: Chris J, Brymac, Bob (with Shine), Tseri, Lino, Benj (with Beej), Kat, and Richie.

Pics courtesy of Brymac:

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Blood Diamond

Friday, January 12, was reserved for our date.

Before lunch, I got a text from Dionne, a message from Mimi, that one of the photos from our prenup was printed as part of a feature on prenups on Wedding Essentials:

Nice.

Dinner was at Heaven n Eggs. The food was OK, but a bit expensive. The hot chocolate was good though.

We watched Blood Diamond at Glorietta 4 with tickets we bought via Sureseats. Only 4 months left on Dionne’s M-Pass load… We initially wanted to watch Night at the Museum, but would have to wait another week for that one.

Blood Diamond… Another very good movie for Leonardo DiCaprio!

It’s fun to go out with Dionne again. We must do this more often. Yihee!

Dionne always jokes that if we’d met 5 or 6 years ago, we probably would not have ended up together. Here’s why (daw):

I think not! =P

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Last Saturday, November 11, Dionne and I went to Gateway Mall to spend the Rustan’s gift certificates that were given to us on our wedding by my Nanay’s officemates. Items here are somewhat expensive for my taste… We once saw a nice box. It costs around 6k. I would not pay 6k for a box! I would rather buy a nice pair of rubber shoes. Hehe.

Dionne wanted to get a pair of Crocs for us. I hesitated. They’re even more expensive than Havs! They do look comfortable though… Something for Christmas? Could be.

We continued looking around until we found ourselves in the toys section. Dionne mentioned that she liked Risk so we looked for the board games there. I remember playing this with Benj, Cors, Ryan and Richie, and enjoying the friendly (aka competitive, hehe) atmosphere.

That’s why when we saw this:
We bought it!

Now, who wants to play?

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For a long time now, we have been craving for Bellini’s. Friends have been saying that the food there was great and reasonably priced too! From Gateway, we made our way to that famous resto.

We were not disappointed. Sarap!

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The following day, November 12, we met Cri-c and the rest of her entourage at the LRT-2 office at Recto. Judgment day! Aka, fitting day. Hehe.

No problem! Still sexy…

We’ve been meaning to watch The Prestige since we saw the trailer. Based from the reviews in the papers and from our blogmates, we really had to make time for it. Finally, last night we did. Joven and I together with friends (Irish, Bon and OJ) went to RobPlace to see it.

We both enjoyed it. Other than the fact that Angier and Borden were so beautiful onscreen, the story’s very engaging. I was gripping Joven’s hand during the climax of the movie. Nice!

It’s a mix of drama, suspense, sci-fi and what-not. =D

The love story came after… in Starbucks. Finally! Hihi! Saya!