the canDIshhh tales

Color is the spice of life.  Well, to be honest, without color - things can be a little different.  My parents would tell me that they first saw television in black and white!  Movies - those Charlie Chaplin movies, were in black and white.  Imagine everyones delight when they finally saw TV in color.  I would remember watching period movies that emphasized that the show is now *In Color!*  And movies - how the colors takes us into another world. When I first saw a Roy & Biv store, I was fascinated.  I mean, they were able color coordinate their displays and you don't see that everyday, right?  It was something different to me and so I would spend minutes just looking at the display rack of a certain color and admire all of the things on display, it was mesmerizing.  My Panget would always call my attention to hurry, I guess inside a Roy&Biv store - I was always get stuck in a moment. So when I visited Roy & Biv Glori...

Last weekend, I brought Kailee with me to SM North Edsa to visit the newly opened Tickles at the main mall across Jollibee.  On the way to the store, I excitedly and happily told Kailee that when I was younger, I used to buy stationaries and pens at Tickles and that there used to be a store in Greenhills.  There were times my friends and I would walk to Shoppesville after school.  She was quite excited to see what Mommy was talking about. When we got to the store, Kailee was so excited to see whats in side.  When we were inside, I think she was mesmerized with all of the stuff!  She was grabbing things left and right and putting them in my basket!  She said she wanted to get everything and obviously, that's not possible.  Hahaha!  So she had to put a lot of things back.   The store is filled with so many knick knacks.  I'm sure you'd find one for every member of the family.  It's a different experience once you're insi...

Yesterday, I was treated to a beefy and cheesy filled afternoon.  Caught up with blogger friends and met some new ones.  We were all entertained as Sam YG hosted, he was charming and funny as always and kept the crowd on it's feet.  The highlight of the event was the launch of Burger King's newest endorser - the ever talented Billy Crawford!  I have known of Billy Crawford since he was small, as I used to watch him when he was little in That's entertainment.  I also followed his career as a pop singer that hit charts in the UK, hahaha!!  Yeah, I was so showbiz when I was younger.   BK Press Brief:

It was by pure accident that we passed and saw Shake Shack in Gangnam.  I didn't even know that there was a Shake Shack in Seoul, South Korea.  I have been wanting to try it since learning about it a few years ago from friends who have gone to New York.  While we were in London last 2015 - I was aware that there was a Shake Shack that recently opened that time, we just didn't have time to visit, and then that same year, we went to Tokyo - we still didn't get to visit.  It wasn't a place that we needed to visit, but it was a place I *wish* to visit, alam mo naman my Panget! It was right after our Samgyupsal dinner, we came from Everland and got dropped off at Gangnam.  We were quite tired and dreading the commute back to our Airbnb apartment as it was 20 stops from Gangnam to our nearest stop.  The travel time was more than an hour, it was a really long commute considering it was just one line.  We were just walking and figuring out where the subway s...

Just by walking, you will earn you rewards. Really?  Seriously. I am dead serious. With the Philam Vitality Active App, being on the go and active gets your rewarded!  It's the coolest thing, not only will your body and being be rewarded - you'll be rewarded when you reach certain goals!  To give you an idea on what these rewards are: Just download the Philam Vitality App on the App Store or Google Play.  Fill in the details and answer a quick questionnaire about yourself and health and voila - you're good to go.  Since I am on a Fitbit tracker, I have connected my Fitbit app with the Philam Vitality Active App, so they can sync my day to day activities. How I wish I had learned of this app last week.  I could have gotten so many rewards with my highest record of 29,244 steps in one day!  But you know what, I'll try and reach that goal again.  Haha!  I know it'll be a long process, but it's a good proces...

Above and beyond is what I can say about my recent stay at The Excelsior Hotel.  The hotel really made our stay very comfortable and special.  I don't think I remember any other hotel doing this to us in the recent years. The Excelsior Hotel has been our go-to hotel when I was still young.  My mom would always pick this hotel or The Park Lane when we were younger.  My brother and I have memorized the streets of Causeway Bay like it was Manila because of our frequent stay here.  It was only when the rates went up and cheaper hotels sprouted that we stopped staying at The Excelsior.  I honestly think it has been more than 15 years since I last stayed there.  It was only last October 2016 that I was able to stay there again.  The lobby, the elevators, the hallways and the room looked the same, it was exactly how I remembered it to be.  All the memories came rushing back - the old World Trade Center mall, how it was a smaller shop then and the ...

South Korea is the land of skin care products.  My Panget noticed on this trip that the skin of the Koreans that he has seen were mostly flawless.  I told him, it's because of the their 10 step skin care regimen.  He looked at me and repeated - 10 steps?  I said yes!  I am one who is very very very lazy in putting on moisturizer.  I have been told to start doing so as early as my teens, but well - I'm lazy.  I am very masipag though, when it came to washing my face.  My mom introduced me to Shiseido when I was in my teens - I used the Pureness line, it was for younger skin.  I swear by it and up until in my late 20's I was still using it.  I guess when I was younger, I didn't have a problem with acne or dry skin.  It was only when I got pregnant that, well - I needed to use moisturizers. One thing I dislike with moisturizers is the feeling that my face is sweating after I put them on.  I only have one moisturizer that I like ...