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Friday, August 23, 2013
shameless endorsing: unwarranted delights @ 06:48
Today is a lovely day to be certainly generous and giving. What with all the recent issues that are happening here the in the PH (Pork Barrel scam, Typhoon Maring, Ninoy Aquino day, etc) I decided to take a trip down memory lane and it occurred to me that hey, I have a blog to update! And here I am, doing one of my silly and shameless endorsing. If you have previously read my posts, I am a person who believes in karma out of all things. That whatever good I do to one person, eventually will return to me someday.
Now, as aforementioned, I am here to endorse one of my friends: Ingrid Valeriano. She is my schoolmate, batch mate, classmate, and
ka-kada (which basically means, we belong in a circle of friends). Ingrid is a hyper, food-loving, artists, and talker with a fiery spite of everything that she does. She sounds cool right? Well maybe if you check her blog, you'll get to know her and her culinary faux pas a little better.
'Course you won't see much (because she just started anew, and our other friend, Danica is helping out with her layout and fancy editing), but I assure you will be seeing much more in the future.
So as mention before, I told you that Ingrid is a food-loving person. I can fully admit that, yes. She absolutely loves all things food-related, and she loves cooking and culinary arts as well. The thing with her is that she never misses a chance to grab an exotic restaurant and just
eat there y'know? That's our Ingrid, hehe. (By the way, I do wonder if she's reading this.)
Another is that she's an artist, she can draw really cool stuff. Stuff that I can never do in my whole life. I just never had a talent for drawing or sketching or painting, so sad.
And she's a really cool person, really full of spite and energy. She is so hyper all the time that it is so funny, and that is a compliment. Her blog reflects all those things, so basically her blog is her. Do you get what I mean? So as I've said before, if you watch out for her blog, you'll get to know each and every part of her cool life (just like what you're doing with mine, but mine is a little bit boring haha.)
Ingrid Valeriano: Unwarranted Delights
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By the way, I've been receiving secret messages (yes I can see you) that you want to be shamelessly advertised too. It's okay, you can
e-mail me. I won't bite.
Labels: endorsing, food, food blog, lifestyle, lifestyle blog, personal, personal blog, shameless, throwback post, travel, travel blog, unwarranted delights
Saturday, May 25, 2013
noriter cafe @ 01:22
Located in between buildings and within a nearly fading structure, is a quaint little cafe called, Noriter. My friend Mariella (@mariellaoctavo) and I decided we have our lunch there for the sake of protruding memories. It was a cafe that we both knew by heart and decided to pay it a little visit.
We had the very famous and expensive (P130) Banana Split and excuse the pun,
split the payment in order to be a little cost-saving. It was small and adorable (like the cafe itself), but it was delicious and satisfying. The split banana was topped with chocolate and vanilla ice cream, decorated with chocolate syrup and nuts. I'll leave you to your imagination to what it tasted like.
The sweet little cafe was made originally for couples, but I guess with the carefree vibe and the relaxing atmosphere, it could also be open to friends and family alike. The cafe is divided into the "bottom area" and the "top area". I would recommend the top area, because it has absolutely no chairs and just two round tables. It's also more spacious because you can lay on the floor and just chill out.
Mariella (@mariellaoctavo) arriving with our drinks.
The atmosphere is just so playful and carefree. Let me give you just a few details about the place. The word noriter actually means playground in Korean. So you can definitely feel the air of playfulness within the restaurant. It's cute and an expression of freedom; restaurant-style. As you can see from the picture, you can write on the walls. They won't mind at all. It's part of your freedom of expression.
That's actually one of the things I wrote (and some more, but I didn't have anymore time to take a picture of every single on of them). B2014 is actually my batch, and yes, from what you read above, I do love every single on of them. I've been with them since my Prep years and I couldn't bear to part with them. I only realized this during the summer, now that I'm enrolling as a Senior.
Another best-friend pair next to our area, you can see that they're also vandalizing the place.
So some are actually better at creating graffiti than most, these guys decided to this underneath the table. The most unsuspecting place to write your thoughts actually.
More pictures of the restaurant, I apologize for the bad quality. My phone was clearly not agreeing with my at that time.
More graffiti because vandalizing is fun (but you can only do this at Noriter).
They have been compared with Starbucks because they also are a cafe just like Starbucks, but then again Starbucks is Starbucks and Noriter is a playground. So I don't really understand why you should compare the two when they're obviously different.
Noriter has a variety of drinks, most of these drinks are coffee. Then you have the remaining which are shakes, desserts, sandwiches, and such. You can visit the store yourself.
The view from outside, nice huh?
What do you think about the restaurant? I think I liked it and it's a definite must-visit if you're a teen or have a special someone in your life because of course it was created for couples. But you can bring your friends over too. Noriter means playground (take careful note of that) and it's a place to play, relax, and have fun. We all need a chill pill once in a while.
Have fun!
Located in:
Taft Avenue
2nd Level, Reyes Bldg.
Taft Ave., corner Estrada St., Malate Manila, Metro Manila, Philippines
Operating Hours:
Monday to Friday: 9:00AM to 11:00PM
Saturday: 11:00AM to 8:00PM.
Labels: banana split, cafe, coffee, food, freedom of speech, fun, graffiti restaurant, korean, noriter, playground, restaurant, throwback post
Friday, May 24, 2013
instagram: raspbearys @ 03:13
I'm on a roll today, posting three blog posts in one day. I feel extremely and utterly productive today, so I decided to make one last post before I retire.
You all have heard of Instagram right? That hipster app for Apple users with studded iPhones and such? Well, I have that. And to be honest, and biased, I am not one of those hipsters. I don't have an iPhone, but I do have an iPad. And that's kind of like my substitute. I use my Android phone too (Sony Ericsson Live with Walkman). Anyways, back to the topic of Instagram. The main purpose of Instagram is to collect photos of your memories, travels, and basically your whole life experience. So here I am, endorsing my Instagram since I want to share my experiences with you using photos.
This is an Instagram post of my brand new school books, completely untouched. I was really amazed by the books being so thin and light that I decided to post it. I'm an incoming fourth year student by the way! Here I come Senior year.
A photo of food, how very typical of me. You all know how very foodie I am, so the thing you should know about my Instagram is that the majority of my pictures are food. Because of course, I love food so much. I don't like taking pictures of my face much too, so pictures of food are such a great substitute.
Ah, I remember those days. It was approximately 7:06AM at that time and I was at Starbucks waiting for Princess (@ManthonyFrvr), Mariella (@mariellaoctavo), and Mela Sinocruz (@NuteLala) to come arrive and pick me up so we could all enter the Academic Gateway Review class together. It was one of the very first days of my review class. What a throwback.
This was a Instagram repost from @kittensofinstagram, and I was absolutely in love with this kitten. I couldn't help but keep it. Another thing you should know about me is that I absolutely love cats of all kinds (excluding maybe the bald ones) and I would want to adopt one.
This was taken from way back into April, wherein my brother graduated with a medal for having good conduct. I was very proud, but hid it very well. I remember the caption bidding him good luck in high school, discreetly commenting that he would need it.
This cosplay is a adorable, period. I couldn't stop myself from posting it. If you must know I am a huge Kuroshitsuji (Black Butler) fan and I love Grell Sutcliff. You might see me posting pictures of him and more in my Instagram
These are my fellow classmates, (left to right) MD (@mdreezy), Mela (@maaarshmelaaa), Vanessa (@NessaUnicruz), me (@grellbear), Rubini (@rubieberr), Eileen (@eileenalcaraz), Kiara (@kiararoa24), Thalia (@ManthonyKlaine), and Silvino (@biancasilvino), from Junior year during the JOG (Junior's Outdoor Gimmick) and this pic was taken while we were making the floating lanterns for the Chemistry round, and it was the very last round. So you can see that we're all very tired from the whole thing, and it wasn't even afternoon yet.
And of course, you all know this picture from my previous post.
Well now you've seen some bits and pieces of my Instagram, why don't you go and check it out? You might like it.
instagram: raspbearys
twitter: @grellbear
Labels: black butler, fashion, food, fun times, incoming senior, instagram, kittens, school, school events, starbucks, throwback posts
road to the healthy life @ 00:41
Everyday I've wondered what it would be like if I had clearer skin (don't get me wrong, I have clear skin but I keep having breakouts of acnes and blackheads and such) so I succumbed to the very fact of living healthy. Meaning I have to eat numerous amounts of fruits, vegetables, nuts, and
water. And here's the thing, I absolutely
despise water. I have no reason for this though, I just always thought that water was so damn tasteless and bland. If they made chocolate flavoured water, I would drink it every single day without fail.
Regrettably, my inner self told me otherwise. If I don't start drinking water, my chances of being fit are going to slim. I'm actually thin right now, but I decided that I needed to be more than thin. (There's a very huge difference between thin and healthy, I'll tell you this later.)
So starting today, May 24th, I shall start being healthy. Even if it's just a little.
I made a list on what should I eat everyday, call it a friendly reminder for my self esteem.
DAILY EATS:
- Nuts and fruits, preferably raisins, almonds, and walnuts;
- Water (if you're a hydrophobic like me, start slow like 3-4 glasses instead of 8-10);
- Green tea, my substitute for water at times;
- And a few cuts of leafy greens (try at times the Caesar's salad without the chicken, it's really good).
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THREE-TIMES-A-WEEK EATS:
- Oily fish (and I don't mean the fishes dripping with excess oil, I meant fishes like salmon or sardines);
- Yogurt (Greek yogurt is recommended too, it has lesser carbon fat than the Yogurt you buy at grocery stores);
- And broccoli (two words: soy sauce).
ONCE-A-WEEK EATS:
- Red meat, I would definitely say steak for this. Tenderloin specifically, it has less fat.
- Pasta;
- And dessert, at least a few scoops of ice cream, not the whole gallon.
ZERO-TIMES-A-WEEK EATS:
- Basically anything fast food and greasy;
- Sodas;
- And anything with the word diet, they're called artificial sweeteners. If you think foods that are labelled with the word "diet" would help you with anything healthy, then you thought absolutely wrong.
There it is, my list. I actually had it written down, some of it derived from Alton Brown's Four List Eating plan from his show, Good Eats. You should watch it sometimes.
Aside from just eating healthy, I have to commit to being healthy too. My aunt asked me personally if she would like me to go to Gym every few days. I hesitantly agreed, but I realized sooner that it's a great way to be fit.
Anyways, I'll be back with new posts later on about my healthy living. It's gonna be fun! I hope.
Labels: exercise, fitness, food, fruits, good skin, gym, healthy foods, healthy living, nuts, vegetables, water
