Category: Life

  • 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…

  • Heyyy I’m so out of it

    because apparently summer classes are not easy, and hopes of a stressless life are just, you know. Hopes. 

  • Captain Jo Steve Presents…