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hey! it's alex
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introduction
Hi! Welcome to my new blog/rant page/whatever-I-want-to-say page! I'm Alex, in case you still don't get it from my URL. I'm currently 21 years old which I think calls for a new blog that is way more serious or sort more formal than my since-high-school-blog-full-of-cute-guy-pictures. Yes, I like to-do-this-dash-thing. I recently graduated from college and now working like any other feeling responsible middle class person in the country. Supposedly the 20s is the most adventurous time of people's lives. Well, let's see about that. So yeah, that's basically it. Byeeee.
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Let someone love you... - Monday, 30 September 2013 @ 22:30
“Let someone love you just the way you are – as flawed as you might be, as unattractive as you sometimes feel, and as unaccomplished as you think you are. To believe that you must hide all the parts of you that are broken, out of fear that someone else is incapable of loving what is less than perfect, is to believe that sunlight is incapable of entering a broken window and illuminating a dark room.”
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The Clark Experience - @ 22:28
I never thought that in my 6 months Contractual Service to DAR that I will be able to go out of town because of work. Of course the very idea of going out of the Metro is exciting enough what more is the free hotel accommodation and free food, right? But the trip was really just for work tho. I believe that the term "isolate" is more appropriate because in this way they are able to confine us a big ass convention hall where we work for the usual office hours even until midnight.
Of course we can't complain that we have prior commitments or we live far because we just need to take an elevator to go to our rooms. They served us food from breakfast, to morning snacks, to lunch, to afternoon snacks, to dinner up to overflowing coffee. However, their food was really disappointing. I felt like we are on a Holy Week retreat or something because they served fish fillet for the whole week! I mean it's not like I don't eat fish or anything but they didn't even cooked it right! It was vile! Anyway, at least I was able to watch some TV because it's been months since I last watched some TV.
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Finally done watching the Before series. - @ 20:53
Finally done watching the Before trilogy (I really don't know what it's called but I call it the Before trilogy) after all the recommendations/nagging of my friends. Finished it in like 2 nights. Thank God for torrent and loyal seeders!
Anyway, I thought the trilogy was very well written. Given the fact the whole point of the movies is Jesse and Celine and walking and talking all throughout the whole movie. But then it gives the audience the feeling that in reality people don't make grand gestures and just break out with a dance routing or something. In real life people talk and when there's this one person who you can just connect. Just like that. At first I can't imagine how the film will maintain their audience's attention to focus on their dialogues but they did.
But the thing is because of this film many people, or is it just me, will always expect that there is someone who's going to connect with us intellectually. Someone we can talk to until the wee hours in the morning and not just some crazy flirty talk but things about life, philosophy, dreams, soul, and other things. But then again maybe it's just me.
Definitely a two thumbs up! P.S. Ethan Hawke really looks like Louis Tomlinson. Can't help myself to imagine Louis in the films. Sorry I'm not sorry.
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Now is Good (2012) - Thursday, 26 September 2013 @ 00:22
“My life is a series of moments. Each one a journey to the end. Let them go. This right here, right now, is definitely a moment.”
I hate that I somewhat love watching cancer movies. There's Stepmom, My Sister's Keeper, A Walk to Remember, Sweet Novemnber, Letters to God, and I recently finished watching Now is Good. It's not like I like people dying but it reminds me how life is so precious and short, how life is so damn twisted and messed up but at the same thing so amazing and unpredictable. Judge me all you want for sort of enjoying the message of these films while someone's dying but I believe that one way or another their stories serve as the life lessons of those who are left behind still struggling in this world, in short, us.
The latest cancer movie I've seen is Now is Good which is a British film featuring Dakota Fanning and Jeremy Irvine. It revolves around the story of Tessa Scott who has leukemia who doesn't want to get anymore treatments but instead spend her last days doing her 'list.' Then she met her new neighbor, Adam, who's so hot
Can I just say that Jeremy Irvine's portrayal of Adam is so sexy and perfect? I know he's fictional but damn he sure knows how to treat a lady. Even though he knew that he'll get hurt for staying with Tessa he made sure that he did anything he could for her till her last days. Plus his looks would just be some inspiration for Tessa to live longer, right? The moment that I really felt that he's so damn serious was when he painted her name all over town just because she wanted to "put her name out in the world" figuratively. I mean c'mon! Are you sure you're fictional?
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'One More Chance' dining experience - Sunday, 22 September 2013 @ 23:02
For the first Saturday of #gastosSaturdays with Aila we went to Bellini's! It's located at Cubao Expo, Quezon City. It's the restaurant where the Popoy and Basha's friends get together and catch up. It's legit Italian Restaurant and Mr. Bellini even greeted us and asked us how was the food.
The food is actually good but a bit pricey. But some are fair like their cakes which are around 250 per slice but the serving is ginormous! Well, not that ginormous but can served for two people. But one of their cakes is really racist, it's called Obama Cake. Seriously? Just because it's a dark chocolate with some caramel doesn't mean that we should call it the Obama cake. C'mon! Good thing is that it was really good. I actually want to try their other cakes and I think some of them have more decent names compared to the Obama cake.
 
We ordered this Quatrotizza, if I'm not mistaken, which is a pizza with four flavors. It was actually really good except for the all-veggies part because I don't like veggies with more veggies and some more veggies. Anyway, our dining experience was good but I think I was paying more for the place. Their ambiance is really quaint and gives the feeling of the whole cozy intimate date. Or is it just the aircon blasting? Nevermind. Or maybe it's just the complimentary house sweet wine? Real smooth Alex, real smooth.
Looking forward to more #gastosSaturdays with Aila or actually anyone who's game to try or eat something and somewhere new. :) And there's no better way to end this post but to post Popoy's famous line that was said in this very restaurant: "Malaki lang ang katawan mo pero di mo ako kayang patumbahin!" Enough said.
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Off to Clark tomorrow. - @ 09:05
I have a bad habit of overpacking.
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Finally. - Thursday, 19 September 2013 @ 12:55
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Project Pie: Obligatory Family Treat - Sunday, 15 September 2013 @ 22:11
The whole concept of Pizza Project is to give their costumers to design and build the pizza they want to eat. They got a lot of toppings to choose from:
Aside from the usual greasy pizzas they also serve dessert pizzas like Banana Nutella, Peanut Butter Nutella, and others. We tried the Banana Nutella. It's actually really good. The bananas are like dehydrated but still tastes good. I just kinda wish that they put more Nutella on the pizza. I mean there's nothing wrong with some more Nutella, right?
Also we tried the Build-Your-Own Pizza or should I say our own version of Bacon on Bacon Pizza since the only thing on top of our other pizzas are Bacon and Canadian Bacon and some cheese and BBQ and some onions.
As for the price range, their "Order by Number" Pizza starts at P 245 and all customized pizzas are P 285. The good side is that there is no limit on the toppings so even though you put everything on it all you need to pay is P 285. Neat huh?
But I was a little broke after this trip since I paid for everything. pft. Oh! And another thing, their Hong Kong Mist blah blah iced tea tastes like ordinary gulaman so just choose the sodas. That's the only thing that ruined by trip there.
The place was really cool too. The structure, the interiors, even their crew was great but try to go there during weekdays because during the weekends the queue can be really long and there aren't even that much tables on the restaurant. So yeah. Thumbs up Project Pie! :) Definitely going back to try other pizzas and choose soda over your 'gulaman' iced tea.
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Office Treat - Wednesday, 11 September 2013 @ 01:07
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Hey. - Monday, 9 September 2013 @ 19:51
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