Category: Life

  • and wow there’re two angsty letters written by

    and wow there’re two angsty letters written by my pubescent hand hahahaaaa and hmm an enchanted kingdom map, some other trinkets. lovely past self me.

  • okay I’m looking through my old diary book

    okay I’m looking through my old diary book pockets and what who is this person?? haha there’s a random graduation pic of a guy I cannot recognize. I think. Who is thisssss?? =)))

  • Book of the Month: Something Classic

    Journey to the Centre of the Earth Jules Verne, 1864 Recommended. I first encountered Jules Verne in a dusty, undisturbed bookshelf in my high school library. The book was Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, and though I cannot remember praising its literary style or ingenuity, the novel opened my eyes to the wonders of science…

  • Travel Diary: #HK2013

    Travel Diary: #HK2013

    The Rhinestone family all in HK!

  • Random Post

    Before I post about Hong Kong or that book I read, I need to get this out of the way. This has been (severely lacking and not necessarily in order) May 2013. Brilliant.

  • :) Very, very happy awhile ago. Also very

    :) Very, very happy awhile ago. Also very charged haha. But then woosh time to study for Chem 31. -_- Seven powerpoints and two books to go through, yay us. *Also grr Sir Biads haha. He posted the results of the third lab exam, but deliberately left out which results matched who. Just grades. And…

  • Whirlwind weekend: Makati Shangri-La

    After a week of fun and stress and excitement, I had the unexpected opportunity to relax with an overnight stay in Makati Shangri-La with my lovely mother, sister and tita. Since I’m not too overly invested to write about everything that happened, here are some pictures instead (with captions attached).  *Most of the pictures were…

  • Restaurant: Tito Chef

    Rating: 3.5/5 Food: Palatable, but not very exciting or memorable Ambiance and design: Lovely, and quite possibly the highlight of the place Prices: Affordable (relatively)  Location: Reachable, moderate traffic on a Saturday night. They have their own parking spaces.  Extras: A bakeshop (with not so good reviews) and a basement culinary shop (cute!) 

  • Movie: Iron Man 3 (Spoiler Review)

    After watching Iron Man 3 thrice –once each on the first showing,  just last week, and this morning– I’m pretty confident in saying that I’ve a good grasp on the quality of the film. And my verdict is A++ (I wouldn’t have gone for seconds otherwise). Rating: 4.9/5 Details: Directed by Shane Black, produced by Kevin Feige…