Polar bears! Gerry's Grill! Christmas party outfit! Tonton goes to MOA!

Sorry for the not so nice title. I was having a hard time thinking of a suitable title for my journey last Saturday.

Anyway, last Saturday, November 20, me and my dear went to MOA. And the experience was awesome!!! Although I was quite pissed in the morning because he was an hour late! ='( Our meeting place was supposed to be at Ayala MRT. But when I realized that I'll be waiting for him for more than an hour, I decided that I'll go ahead to MOA. I arrived early. The mall was still closed. I sat by the benches and surfed for a while with my Itouch(good thing SM's WIFI is on) But I didn't make it a big deal. I don't want to spoil our date because of that. (But seriously please, don't let a lady wait for you that long.) And he arrived! The smile on his face and the apology that he said melt away my heart. I forgot about the issue. :)

While strolling around, our eyes caught something. a winter-themed photo booth with life-sized Polar bears! And Penguins too! There is Papa polar bear, Mama polar bear and Baby polar bear! Awesome experience!

After the picture taking, we headed to Gerry's grill to eat. For the past weeks I've been craving for Chowking's crispy noodles. Sadly, it was phased out! :( Good thing Gerry's Grill do have Crispy noodles on their menu! Yum Yum! We ate crispy noodles, sizzling garlic chicken, beef casserole, and crab rice (Too many for 2? >:))

After eating, we headed to the department store to look for our Chistmas party outfit. (The event is on Nov. 27 and we haven't had anything to wear yet XD). After testing for different outfits, we have decided on one outfit for me! Yay! (We didn't buy anything for my dear because he has already something in mind, which we will buy this week at Makati.)

We were quite bloated. We ate so much. We met with Tonton, Bernie, Iris, Tintotz, Nica at National Bookstore. We helped Tonton to buy a laptop. :) After, we ate at May Lin! Superrr busogg! :)

Why Women cries

I found this email in my archives folder. And I would really love to share this to all women out there!

A little boy asked his mother, 'Why are you crying?' 'Because I'm a woman , ' she told him.

'I don't understand , ' he said. His Mom just hugged him and said , 'And you never will.'

Later the little boy asked his father , 'Why does mother seem to cry for no reason?'

'All women cry for no reason , ' was all his dad could say.

The little boy grew up and became a man , still wondering why women cry..

Finally he put in a call to God. When God got on the phone , he asked , 'God , why do women cry so easily?'
God said

'When I made the woman she had to be special.

I made her shoulders strong enough to carry the weight of the world, yet gentle enough to give comfort. 

I gave her an inner strength to endure childbirth and the rejection that many times comes from her children.

I gave her a hardness that allows her to keep going when everyone else gives up , and take care of her family through sickness and fatigue without complaining.

I gave her the sensitivity to love her children under any and all circumstances , even when her child has hurt her very badly.

I gave her strength to carry her husband through his faults and fashioned her from his rib to protect his heart.

I gave her wisdom to know that a good husband never hurts his wife , but sometimes tests her strengths and her resolve to stand beside him unfalteringly.

And finally , I gave her a tear to shed. This is hers exclusively to use whenever it is needed.' 

'You see my son , ' said God , 'the beauty of a woman is not in the clothes she wears , the figure that she carries , or the way she combs her hair.

The beauty of a woman must be seen in her eyes , because that is the doorway to her heart - the place where love resides.'

If you share this with others , something good will happen - You will boost another woman's self-esteem.

 
Pass it on to men too - perhaps they will then understand

'why women cry'.

 

JDrama Review: Atashinchi no Danshi

*Warning! Spoiler alert*

Alright, another JDrama. But this is definitely not the usual JDrama I love to watch. There were not so many *kilig* factors here like Yamato Nadeshiko Shichi henge or Proposal Daisakusen. But I loved it! And this is a must be seen film for it promotes good relationships within the family, whether they are blood related or not. Horikita Maki stars as Chisato Mineta, one of the main characters of the story.

A 20 year old homeless girl named Chisato, spent her youth running away from debt collectors. She lost her mother at a young age due to sickness. Her father left them a huge debt, which explains why she is running away from debt collectors.(Her father actually made her as a co-signer without her consent! >.<)

Her life changed when she met Shinzo, president of a very huge toy company called Miracle, who agrees to pay her debt when she marries him. Actually in the series, he immediately pays the 100 million debt of Chisato, without asking her first to marry him. O_o. Where is the option in that? LOL. Anyway, Chisato agrees after finding out that he has only one month to live. (Shinzo learned this from the 'fortune telling' toy. lol)

A month later, Shinzo died. She then found out that the contract between her and Shinzo has many more conditions aside from getting married. She actually needs to be the mother of his 6 adopted sons for 3 months! Each has different personalities and is not in good terms with each other. In short, they all are total strangers to each other. If she refuses, she needs to pay the 100M debt in cash! So she gradually accepts the condition.  She needs to complete the "Mother's goals" specified on the contract. Her first meeting with the brothers didn't turn out quite well. The brothers thought of her as a villain, with an evil plot(They thought she was only after the inheritance). They are not very comfortable, living under the same roof, but as time pass, laughing, crying, fighting,  living like a family and protecting each other from bad guys, a bond forms within them. :)

Ohkura Family (L-R: Fuu, Sho, Masaru, Chisato, Satoru, Akira, Takeru)

Homeless Chisato-look

Ohkura sons

Ohkura Sho. Kawaii!!!

Yamato Nadeshiko Shichi Henge + Live action

*Warning! Spoiler alert*

Actually, I was really planning on making a review of this anime. But I am too busy. either because of work or doing something else. But today I've finished watching the live action series. And it was really good(except of course the over reaction of the stars imitating their anime counterpart.)I really don't know how to start, but I'll try my best to share what really is Yamato Nadeshiko all about.

This is a story about a girl, who shut herself in, shuns all form of beauty both in herself and life. This is because she was called 'ugly' by the one she loves when she is confessing her love. She loves all kinds of things that is related to horror (example: blood, skulls, crime, horror movies etc.). Concerned by here drastic change, her aunt, convinces 4 very handsome students to turn Sunako into a perfect lady in exchange for a free rent in her mansion. And so the adventure begins! The story didn't focus too much on Sunako because everybody has their own stories. Own complexities, own problems. Especially the live action! Family, friends, love ones. They are all in there. I cried while watching the last 3 episodes. And learned many things. :)

What I love about the anime is how they portray Sunako-chan. 90% of the anime, Sunako-chan is seen as a chibi version of the original one. And she is sooo cute! Her grown-up version is so cool too! I also like the deformation of the characters in some events. It's so funny! She is also seen as super scary (I really have chills when I watched it) like Sadako from the film 'The Ring' O.o

Chibi version

Original version

Sunako excited with blood

I didn't like the faces of the 4 boys that much. But it's ok, they're still funny! And I love their personalities. Specially Kyohei!

Boys scared of Sunako(She looks like Sadako!)

The four dazzling boy

I realllyyy love to share the story, but I hate to spoil people reading this (if there are any) So I suggest you watch this. It's a must seen movie, specially the live action one. You can see how love sees the beauty within and not from the outside. Example, based on my experience, I like Takenaga of the early episodes of the Live action version. He's so cute! Haha. Then while I progress, I started to like Kyohei. :) Kyohei loves Sunako but he is scared to admit it. Same for Sunako. Hahaha. I really learned a lot of lesson from this series. And I want you to experience it too! So grab some copies now!

People aren't their faces. It's what inside that counts. Don't ruin your life over something so dumb!
-Takano Kyohei

Bigby's! LU Live! MOA! Seaside Cloudy sunset date! Fireworks!

Another must-be-added-to-good resto list! Bigby's! We discovered this resto while wandering at MOA to find a place to eat. Frankly speaking, I thought we didn't order enough(we are very big eaters nom nom nom.) But when they served our meal, my jaws dropped! The plate was soooo big *said in a manly voice* 

And their mushroom soup taste so great! The best I've ever had!

Passion fish

Grilled Rodeo Chops

Cream of mushroom(half eaten due to non-stop eating)

 

 

 After eating, we played with our gadgets for a while as we waited for our digestive system to do his thing. Then we headed to World Trade Center to attend the LU Live 2010. My dear bought a personalized shirt. I was expecting to see the Ragnarok match, but I guess it's not time yet. We bought LU laces for souvenir *I didn't find anything that i like to buy* :( soorry!! 

We head back to MOA. We failed to play bowling and watch movie due to unforeseen circumstances. But the very special part of our date was the Seaside-cloudy-sunset date. So romantic! *faints due to nosebleed and being so inlove*

SOBRANG NAKAKAINLOVE! Isa yun sa mga nasa listahan ko na need magawa before I die. Thanks dear for this. I love you!

And lastly, the fireworks special.. Haayy.. so romantic. Sabi ko nalang kay dear na parang yun yung New Year namin magkasama. Kasi di pa kami nagkakasama ng New Year. :)

And I wished. Syempre sakin nalang yun. :P

Points on how to improve your life

These were taken from an email. Would like to share with all of you. :)
This is worth the time. 

Personality:

1. Don't compare your life to others'. You have no idea what their journey is all about.

2. Don't have negative thoughts of things you cannot control. Instead invest your energy in the positive present moment 

3. Don't over do; keep your limits 

4. Don't take yourself so seriously; no one else does 

5. Don't waste your precious energy on gossip 

6. Dream more while you are awake 

7. Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need..

8. Forget issues of the past. Don't remind your partner of his/her mistakes of the past. That will ruin your present happiness.

9. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone. Don't hate others.

10. Make peace with your past so it won't spoil the present 

11. No one is in charge of your happiness except you 

12. Realize that life is a school and you are here to learn. 

Problems are simply part of the curriculum that appear and fade away like algebra class but the lessons you learn will last a lifetime.

13. Smile and laugh more

14. You don't have to win every argument. Agree to disagree.

Community:

15. Call your family often

16. Each day give something good to others 

17. Forgive everyone for everything 

18. Spend time with people over the age of 70 & under the age of 6 

19. Try to make at least three people smile each day 

20. What other people think of you is none of your business 

21. Your job will not take care of you when you are sick. Your family and

friends will. Stay in touch.

Life:

22. Put GOD first in anything and everything that you think, say and do. 

23. GOD heals everything 

24. Do the right things 

25. However good or bad a situation is, it will change 

26. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up 

27. The best is yet to come 

28. Get rid of anything that isn't useful, beautiful or joyful 

29. When you awake alive in the morning, thank GOD for it 

30. If you know GOD you will always be happy. So, be happy. 

when a girl....

Since I'm too emotional today, here's an inspiring message(re-post from FB) for everyone on how to handle girls. Being a girl, I kinda relate to these. Not all, but most of them. I've included my comments in blue.

But always remember, that girls are weird creatures sometimes, you won't know what they want unless you ask them. Or they want their loved ones to know what exactly they need/feel/want without telling them.


Next time, ill post something on how to handle boys. But I'll do research first. If you have any ideas, feel free to post. :)

• When a girl walks away from you - [Follow her] - Depends on where she is going. O_o

• When she stares at your lips - [Kiss her]

• When she pushes you or hits you - [Grab her and don’t let go] - i love this really.

• When she starts cursing at you - [Kiss her and tell her you love her] - yeah, shut her mouth before she throws any more words that can hurt both of you. Not all the time they mean it. If they're really angry, they can't control their mouth. So please.

• When she's quiet - [Ask her what’s wrong] - this doesn't work all the time. Girls prefer to be silent at some times.

• When she ignores you - [Give her your attention]

• When she pulls away - [Pull her back] - show her you love her, and you don't want her to go. Hug her tight.

• When you see her at her worst - [Tell her she's beautiful] - Ahaha!

• When you see her start crying - [Just hold her and don’t say a word] - Nice.

• When you see her walking - [Sneak up and hug her waist from behind] - Na-uh

• When she's scared - [Protect her] - But of course! You're his knight in shining armor!

• When she lays her head on your shoulder - [Tilt her head up and kiss her]

• When she steals your favorite hat - [Let her keep it and sleep with it for a night]

• When she teases you - [Tease her back and make her laugh]

• When she doesn’t answer for a long time - [reassure her that everything is okay] -Nice!

• When she looks at you with doubt - [Back yourself up with the TRUTH] - YES be HONEST.

• When she say's that she likes you - [she really does more than you could understand] - +1000

• When she grabs at your hands - [Hold hers and play with her fingers] - Sweet.. I really love this.

• When she bumps into you - [bump into her back and make her laugh] -Slam each other? O_o lol

• When she tells you a secret - [keep it safe and untold]

• When she looks at you in your eyes - [don’t look away until she does]

• WHEN SHE MISSES YOU - [SHES HURTING INSIDE] - Of course, missing someone is painful. And frankly speaking, not all the time, someone is missing someone. It comes and it goes. So when it do, grab the chance.
  

• When you break her heart - [the pain NEVER really goes away] - Agree.

• When she says its over - [she STILL wants you to be hers] -Yes :'(

• Stay on the phone with her even if she’s not saying anything - until she sleeps.

• DON'T let her have the last word

• NEVER call her hot! Pretty and beautiful is sooooo much better

• Say you love her more than she could ever love you - +10000000

• Argue that she is the best girl ever

• When she's mad hug her tight and don't let go - The same as above? O_O

• When she says she's ok, don’t believe it, talk to her - Follow your instinct!

• When she says she's sorry, she truly means it - :'( I don't say sorry if I don't mean it.

• Because 10 yrs later she'll remember you

• Call her at 12:00am on her birthday to tell her you love her - anniversaries, monthsaries, holidays!

• Call her before you sleep and after you wake up - any means of communication will do.

• Treat her like she's all that matters to you - We don't like to be less prioritized.

• Stay up all night with her when she's sick

• Watch her favorite movie with her or her favorite show even if you think its stupid

• Give her the world

• Let her wear your clothes - Luv it!

• When she's bored and sad, hang out with he

• Let her know she's important - Like I said above, we don't like being taken for granted.

• Kiss her in the pouring rain

• When she runs up at you crying, the first thing you say is;"Who's ass am I kicking today baby?" -Kyoheiii!!!

Fiesta Pacita

I woke up this morning, to the sound of the campaign jingles(SK) and the Ati-Atihan. I was irritated because I still want to sleep. I slept late last night; due to being addicted to my new IT. :P

I couldn't do anything, i was surrounded!!! T_T 

So I accepted the fact that I need to wake up. I took a bath and went to Robinson to buy groceries with my brother. It was so hot! Makes me wonder if there is really a typhoon coming. I head straight to the push carts and noticed that there is only one left (good thing I was fast; I heard the man behind me said "Sayang!" lol) I said to myself that there are lots of people shopping today.  I couldn't help myself to think that people are actually in the state of "Panic Buying" because tomorrow, Typhoon Juan(Megi) will make its landfall. Or maybe it is Fiesta.

We had our lunch(Me, Donz, my dear Ivan, Leonard, Kiten and Nadet) at Edward's place. The food was great! I ate a lot even though I'm on a diet! Well, minsan lang to, sulitin na! Hahaha. Thanks Edward and Family for inviting us! ^_^ 

We had our dinner at home then we head to the church for the high mass. We also want to see the fireworks display.(It is done yearly every fiesta) I was quite sad thinking that the fireworks show will not commence due to the heavy rain. The rain poured so hard, but after the Mass, it just stop. ^_^


Everyone enjoyed the show! Happy Fiesta everyone! ^_^

New gadget on hand!

Finally, new gadget in hand! ITouch 4th gen. I had a reservation at MOA power Mac last week and they told me they'll call if there were new stocks available. But a week has passed and still no call. =( anyway, I can't blame them, the 4th gen was so popular, stores with stocks are rare. So me and my dear ventured out yesterday night to greenbelt power Mac to see if they have stocks. And they have!! And now the exploring begins.. I'm happy because of our lovely date and a new gadget and the chance to buy my dearly beloved a skullcandy for our anniversary hihihihi.

My 1st post for my nth blog

Hello world! I'm back.. again! For the nth time! Hopefully this will be successful this time. Yatta! *blog blog blog*

I'm also wondering why did I used Iron Maiden to name my blog. Maybe because i can't think of anything else! Haha. Or maybe i chose it because of myself as a whole: Iron as being strong,and boyish, Maiden, self explanatory. Of course it means being a girl. I'm thinking, can I change Iron to steel? Or to adamantine perhaps? Iron seems weak. LOL.

And do you know what an Iron maiden means? Here is the definition from wikipedia:

"An iron maiden (German: Eiserne Jungfrau) is a torture device, consisting of an iron cabinet, with a hinged front, sufficiently tall to enclose a human being. It usually has a small closeable opening so that the torturer can interrogate the victim and torture or kill a person by piercing the body with sharp objects (such as knives, spikes or nails), while he or she is forced to remain standing."

^___^