SM Cinemas – cool!

wednesday nights are usually our movie date night (except tonight because im just so darn tired). we usually go to SM Megamall because for one, it’s the closest to my ofc and two, booking tickets online is so easy.  YUP for those who are not aware, SM cinemas now has an online booking facility (harry potter here we come!).:)

it’s so easy… just register at their website.

the cool thing about SM is, when you book online, you no longer need to line up at the ticket counters to get your ticket. instead, you just need to head to cinema 6 (in megamall) and get your tickets printed from this booth:

walang ganito sa bundok. ahehehehe

it comes with instructions

you just need to scan your e-ticket, either from your phone or from a printout! how coooolll is that?

barcode reading: success!

and voila! tickets are ready!

sorry if i sound so ignorant! it’s really my first time to encounter something like this (not even in singapore!) and i just felt so in awe. hehe.

the cinemas in megamall are clean and so far, i haven’t encountered any funny smell (ahem market! market!). they also have recliner chairs in selected cinemas – which we had tried and actually liked. para lang nasa bahay! :p hehehe.

our varekai experience (cirque de soleil)

no words can describe how much we enjoyed the show. it was truly amazing / spectacular / breathtaking / awesome !!!  we have never watched / experienced anything like that before! we left the show with huge smiles on our faces. honestly, if the tickets were not as expensive as it is, i would watch it again!  oh there were some parts that were not as exciting as most, but all in all, it was really the BEST we have seen so far!

side story: as soon as we entered the amphitheater, a caucasian usher took my hand (as in  holding hands kami!) and told me “i’ll give you better seats”. so at first, i was thinking: “wow! we are sooo lucky!” but then after a few seconds, i realized that people were watching us and were actually laughing, that’s when i knew sh*t na-wow mali kami! hahaha. the guy just led me around in circles – literally going around a post before finally bringing us back to our original seats! LOL to make matters worst, one of my boss was there and he saw the entire thing! shoot! hahaha.

real-life circus tents!

closeup much? hehe. sorry if we’re squinting… the sun was scorching!

this was the view from the seats we booked. as you can see, there is a HUGE post / pole in the side which gave us restricted view.

oh btw, that was the same post that that i went around like 3x because of a gag! so embarrassing!

good thing we moved to better (and more expensive) seats! (nope, we didn’t pay – we just asked if we could change seats and they said yes. hihi)

the toilets remind me of sydney, new year’s eve 2010

boracay – 2nd time around…

hubby and i finally went on a vacation! we headed off to boracay for the long weekend. would you believe that it was my first trip to the beach for 2011 (not counting bondi beach in sydney)? pathetic right? well, better late than never!

our trip was like a series of unfortunate events – why? read on…

the first unfortunate event was me discovering that the travel agent actually booked mla-kalibo flights a few days before our trip! all the while i thought that we were going to land in caticlan! that was a major boo boo on my part – not checking the itinerary sent to me but the good thing was, our package included free transfers from kalibo to boracay, so it didn’t turn out to be as bad.

the second unfortunate event was, when we finally reached the port in caticlan to take the hotel’s private speed boat to boracay (thank God for this!), it really started to pour  – REALLY REALLY hard! as soon as we stepped out of the van, the rain poured with a vengeance. and eventhough i had an umbrella, i got drenched in an instant. so we had to retreat! went back to the van soaking wet and shivering in the cold. there was no way we were going to be able to get to the boat in that rain. so we decided to wait for a while and hope the rain will let up. thankfully, after waiting around 15 mins, it finally did. the rain just stopped completely!  so we hurried into the boat and got to boracay in a matter of minutes!

@ regency’s private speed boat

thank goodness we were not on that boat…

third unfortunate event – i wanted to go to jonah’s extremely bad! but i didn’t know that it was sooo far from the hotel we booked! but since i wanted it so much, i persevered! the first night, after having our dinner (our package included all buffet meals – bfast, lunch and dinner) i coerced hubby to walk all the way to the far side of station 1 to get some jonah’s avocado shake. so we started walking but after probably 15 minutes, the rain poured hard again! so we went to the main street and decided to take a tricycle back to the hotel – so much for the shake! the next day, after breakfast, i again asked hubby to go with me to jonah’s… and guess what happened? yes, it again rained so hard that we had to retreat! lunch came and i told hubby that this is it. by hook or by crook i got to have my jonah’s shake!!! and we succeeded! though we didn’t get to the branch in station 1 – we chanced upon a branch near the main street LOL lucky us. so i had my banana chocnut shake and hubby had his avocado shake. all was well! :p

it was soooo worth it!

so was the trip worth it? hell yah! i think this trip just made it to my most favorite trips that we had taken! :p yes, it was raining most of the time. yes, there were a lot of unfortunate events. but i guess that just added to the drama and to the uniqueness of the trip.

i loved our walks by the seashore under our umbrella, holding hands, looking at footprints on the sand, drawing nonsense on the sand. i loved all the laughter we shared trying to get to that very elusive jonah’s and all our misadventures in the rain. i loved our bonding time together

walking by the shore in the rain – priceless.

it was truly an awesome trip and i would do it again anytime!

btw, for those interested, we stayed at Boracay Regency and i would highly recommend this to anyone! the free meals saved us a lot of money and time and was really convenient. the private pickup was also great because we didn’t have to fight the crowd to get to a boat or to get transferred to our hotel. the room was really clean! there wasn’t a grain of sand in the room / shower area! i was soooo glad we booked a nice hotel because ended up staying in our room most of the time! the only downside was – it was at the far end of station2! but then again, the main street is just a few steps away and you can take a tricycle anytime you want! or you can do what we did, walk along the seashore.

deluxe room

dining area

pool side

bon chon

i was uber excited to try this new restaurant in town due to VERY HIGH praises from a friend in new york (yes bri that’s you). so i was ecstatic to know that they opened a new branch in megamall…

tried it tonight and here is my verdict:

1. there are two sauces you can choose from, garlic and chili. the garlic was yummy but the chili was a bit too intense for me.

2. the chicken was a bit dry you bite into that very crispy and succulent skin and then you get disappointed by the dryness of the meat

3. the chicken was super small. i had the 3 pcs wings and well, it was like eating appetizer for dinner! i had the set meal that comes with the rice. BAD idea. i dont think the wings go well with rice. i would have rather munched the wings by themselves. hehehe.

4. the place was small and there were only 2 counters! loooong lines. if you are planning to go there to eat, better go early.

would i eat again? hmmm yes, i would probably give it another try. the sauce / marinate was really yummy.

here it is! :D

http://kikaykendz.wordpress.com

enjoy!

project kikay :)

it took me a long time to sum up the courage to start this project. but with the blessing from my dearest hubby, i am set to go – i will try my hands at a new beauty blog

the site is still under construction… nothing major just creating a new blog to separate my personal from my beauty posts. better safe than sorry right?

i am uber excited with this new project and hope it turns out well. i do not have hopes of being sponsored or paid to blog… that has not been my intention from the start… i blog because i want to write. i want to share my thoughts

but since i have been spending LOADS of moolah on cosmetics, skin care products, hair products, etc… i thought i might as well have fun with it and share it with people who are interested

i was very hesitant to start this beauty blog because i don’t want to be judged with the amount of money i spend on makeup. (it’s a LOT) but hey to each his own right? some people like to spend on clothes, some shoes and i CHOOSE to spend on beauty products.

sooo wish me luck! i will post an update once the new blogsite is ready to roll

epic fail

was reading the label of the new pantene nature care hair system and something caught my eye that almost made me ROFL!

see for yourself -

got it?

althoughhhhh i have to say, i like the shampoo!  my hair does have more body… and it doesn’t seem to be doing much WEAKENING!

singapura singapura

im so stressed… my whole family (when i say whole, i mean 10 people all in all!!!) is going to singapore and they expect ME to be their tour guide!

it’s my uncle’s first time in singapore and it took us a loooonnggg time to convince him to go to singapore for a vacation. so i have to make sure this trip is going to be awesome!!!

i have a rough idea on what to do but i still need recommendations / suggestions.  here is what i have in mind:

thurs – arriving in SG in the morning. will drop our things at the hotel and will head off to universal studios! will spend the whole day there and have dinner at NO SIGNBOARD – vivo city ( do i need to reserve???)

fri – group 1 (meaning my hubby, uncle and 4 cousins) will  head off to zoo / night safari. most of them are first-timers :p

group 2 (me, my mom, aunt and sis) will head off to ikea / orchard for a day of shopping and eating :p

sat – need recommendations for lunch and dinner!!! was thinking of going to esplanade / merlion. help! (indian / kuishin bo / chinese food ???) marina bay sands???

sun – flying off in the afternoon. was thinking of bringing them to kopitiam in raffles city. or any other suggestions?

btw, we’re staying @ bayview in bencoleen. sooo pls suggest good eateries nearby!

thanks in advance guys!

double birthday celebration and some

had a VERY busy weekend!

lots of food (sofitel spiral and lugang cafe in conneticut) and lots of fun!

and my first ever fun run proved to be just that – “fun” but also EXTREMELY tiring! we woke up at 3am because our friend Plong had to be there by 4:30 (he ran 21km!). and here i am, proud and happy that i got to finish my 3km in pathetic time :p

here are some photos taken:

 

let’s get physical!

soo… i decided to join the yoga club and the dance guild here in ADB. might as well make use of the facilities right??? trying to be more active!

update: after the last yogilates session (refer to previous entry), i could barely move. it hurt everywhere! i swear my body hasn’t ached that much for a looonnng time!

thurs, i tried dance fusion. i actually love love love it! im attending the dance classes every thurs and sat yoga hopefully mwf, at least!

aside from that, im also joining my first ever fun run (the natgeo run) on sunday! LOL wish me luck coz ill be needing it! i haven’t trained for that – so ill probably be walking most of the time hahaha.

hopefully i can keep this up. hoping for a better candy soon!

oh, i decided to doll up today – complete with makeup and cute dress it’s my sis and uncle’s birthday and we’re going for a double celebration tonight!!! yeyyyyy (boohoo coz ill be missing the bruno mars concert)

(pardon the smile, was trying to imitate my sis’ signature smile hahahaha!)