Author: Rochelle Sy Chua

Terminator Salvation Movie Review

Posted by Rochelle Sy Chua On July 13, 2009

Thanks to Columbia Pictures & TV5 for the opportunity to watch this. I liked this movie a lot mostly because of Sam Worthington who played Marcus Wright in this Terminator Franchise. He just looked so tough and his heart of gold is pretty obvious in this movie, he really portrayed his role excellently. I can feel his character

The movie started with Dr. Kogan (Helena Bonham Carter’s character) convincing Marcus to sign his body over a medical research. Marcus is set to undergo lethal injection that day.

Terminator is basically a movie about a war between human & machines. John Connor (Christian Bale’s Character) is fated to lead the resistance against Skynet & terminators. John sends radio broadcasts to surviving resistance members & civilians around the world. This was being listened by Kyle Reese who’s with Marcus who he rescued from a terminator. Unfortunately, Kyle was held prisoner by the machines while they were on their way to John’s Base. Marcus arrived at John’s base wounded & resistance fighters discovered that he is a cyborg with human heart thus distrusting him. Marcus convinced John that he is human & would only want to save Kyle. The 2 formed an alliance and they were able to save Kyle & the other prisoners, winning the battle.

I loved this movie that much that I ended up watching it twice. 1st was the blogger premiere and the other was with a friend. There was one scene that I find so funny! When Arnold Schwarzeneger went out as a T-800 model 101 terminator ahahhahaa I was just laughing so hard, just made it a genuine terminator movie

My Rating for Terminator Salvation: 4 out of 5 stars.

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BlueWater Day Spa New Endorsers Launch

Posted by Rochelle Sy Chua On July 13, 2009

BlueWater Day Spa formally introduced their new endorsers to the media at C3 Events Place at Greenhills last May 26. The new endorsers are Karylle & Brazilian/Japanese model Akihiro Sato (previous endorsers were Piolo Pascual & Marian Rivera).

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new endorsers Karylle & Akihiro Sato

It was a jampacked event with Phoemella Barranda as host. They interviewed the new endorsers & also people who are behind the company. They gave out prizes & gladly, I was one of them! Thanks Blue Water Day Spa for the goodies.

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me with fellow bloggers Cher & Jennie

Aside from the new endorsers, BlueWater Day Spa also introduced 4 new services/treatments, they are:

Athlete’s Massage – designed for sports-minded people to prepare their body for optimal performance, prevent injuries & function well during training. This involves a 10-minute application of hot moist packs for healing of pain & improving mobility.
Tibetan Meridian Fire Therapy – means of getting rid of fat deposits by fire & slimming massage techniques. It is guaranteed to take away as much as 1/2 to 1 inch from the body measurement after treatment.
Comfort Zone Monticelli Mud Treatment – developed in Italy using the specially formulated Monticelli Mud Wrap. It detoxifies & softens skin while removing keratinized skin cells from the body.
Biovegetal Enzyme Skin Peeling – evolved from the latest technological breakthroughs in skin care in Switzerland. Using organic products, it restores the skin’s softness, smoothness & suppleness without the harsh effects of a chemical peel.

The new treatments are already available at all Blue Water Day Spa branches. For more information, you can go to their website at http://www.bluewaterdayspa.com.

More pictures from the event can be found here.

Night at the Museum – Battle of the Smithsonian

Posted by Rochelle Sy Chua On July 12, 2009

Thanks to SM for letting us watch this movie for free during the Sky Garden Launch at SM City North Edsa.

This is a sequel to Night at the Museum (2006). Ben Stiller reprises his role as Larry Daley. In this movie, he was shown to have left his previous job as a night guard to the American Museum of Natural History and moved on as the head of Daley Devices. Daley Devices is a company he founded where he manufactures his inventions like the Glow-in-the-Dark Flashlight (actually after I saw the demo in the movie, I really would like to have one!!!).

Anyway, Larry visits the museum to check on his friends and apparently learned that the museum is closed for renovation. He also learned that some of his museum exhibit friends will be moved to the Federal Archives at the Smithsonian Institution and some including the tablet will be left at the museum. Since the tablet is responsible for putting back into life to his friends, he would need to do something.. that’s where the story revolved [Him trying to save his friends, retrieving the tablet, meeting Amelia Earheart (Amy Adams’ character), etc…]

The movie is entertaining, funny & cute! I’m sure people from all ages & sizes will love this.

My Rating for Night at the Museum – Battle of the Smithsonian: 3.5 out of 5 stars.

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SM Sky Garden at SM City North Edsa

Posted by Rochelle Sy Chua On July 12, 2009

I had the privilege to be invited to Sky Garden, a new part of SM North Edsa last May 23, 2009. Around 20 of us bloggers attended it, we were toured around the area, had lunch at one of the establishments there (Padi’s Point), watched a movie (A night at the museum 2) and went home happy.

I live in Quezon City & SM North Edsa is the mall closest to my house. I used to go there a lot when I was a kid, playing bowling, dining, shopping, etc. But for the past few years, I ended up going to malls outside QC so I wasn’t really aware of the new things in the mall. When I was invited to this event, I realized that there were a LOT of changes in the mall! SM North Edsa looks sooo cool now. Every time I want to go to a mall now, SM North Edsa is already part of my choices

The highlight is really Sky Garden, a great concept by SM. Located at the 2/F, the place has an environmental theme whereas the place is surrounded by plants, grass, trees. A lot of establishments too that are situated on water ponds that look like it’s floating (Cool, isn’t it?).

Sky Garden at SM North Edsa has the ff. Major Attractions:

Roof Garden

This has 55 species of plants, grass & trees that grow on special type of soil. A great attraction if you want to just relax while walking around the area.

The Sky Dome

Open for concerts, events & other activities, this is basically their performance area. Has a seating capacity of 1,000 and has a movable stage that is solely for the purpose of being flexible so they can accomodate all kinds of events.

When we were there, the Mossimo Bikini Contest is having their event that night at the Sky Dome. We had the opportunity to watch it but unfortunately, I was too tired to attend it so opted not to.

The next day, I returned to Sky Garden again coz I wanted to take more pictures of the place especially at night time. That day, the dog show event was ongoing at the Sky Dome. I entered & watched since it was free and also a friend of mine hosted the event. Took some pictures there. Here are some:

Water Features

This was definitely one of my favorites. The water features that Sky Garden has includes ponds & a waterfall. The waterfall specifically is on the edge of the 2nd floor where even drivers around edsa and people walking around the overpass can see. Such a great sight especially at night.

Retail, Dining & Entertainment Outlets

Lastly, how can a place be without any dining outlets or other establishments? at Sky Garden, they have several food outlets that will give customer a great dining experience. This includes La Mesa Grill, Padi’s Point, Ineng’s BBQ, Pixie’s Sinugba, Gerry’s Grill, Starbucks, Coffeeworks, Coffee Experience, Churassco Express, Art’s Cream Gallery, Cello’s Donuts & Dips, Do Eat Cotton Candy, Ferino’s Bibingka, Green Mango, Kitchen of Cakes & Coffee, Tita Lyn’s Suman, Fruits in Ice Cream, Heavenly Chocolate, Freshbar by Big Chill, Blushing Cupcakes & Chef Tony’s Popstore.

Starbucks caught my attention the most even if it’s not yet open or even started construction/renovation yet. The floating stall/outlet thing is really quite obvious here. Excited to have one of my cofee bonding with friends at Starbucks SM North Edsa.

You can find more pictures here.

a Birthday Full of Surprises

Posted by Rochelle Sy Chua On July 12, 2009

Another delayed post for me…

For the past years, I really don’t celebrate my birthdays. Some friends would text but it’s just a normal day… no birthday nightout, no party, nothing…

Last May 21 was my 32nd birthday, it was a memorable one. After all these years with no celebration, I ended up celebrating it twice! 2 surprise birthday parties for me (one at the house & one at the office). Thanks to Lucy & my colleagues!

Surprise Breakfast B-day Celebration at my House

Lucy (my yaya who I lived with at my house) arranged this breakfast party for me She has been living with me for the past 5-6years and it was in actuality her birthday 3 days after my birthday.

Lucy invited my carpoolmates Anna, Mariel, Queena & Anna’s mom to have breakfast at our house to celebrate my birthday. When I woke up that morning, Lucy greeted me sooo happily! When I finished shower, I went down. To my surprise, everything was laid out..

Spaghetti, fried chicken, a cake personally bought by Lucy & her gift for me (black shoes by Natasha). I was just sooo touched. Lucy is the sweetest yaya/maid ever! I treat her as my sister, I believe she treats me the same. She has never failed to make me laugh whenever she sees I’m lonely, and she also never fails to take care of me whenever I get sick.

Anyway, back to the surprise party, my carpoolmate arrived and all of us had a hearty breakfast.

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I really thank Lucy for such effort, it’s just so heartwarming. This is truly unforgettable. I’m just so lucy to have Lucy & I appreciate and love her more for it.

Surprise Merienda B-day Celebration at the Office Pantry

I arrived at the office happily after being treated so specially by Lucy. Somehow, my officemates didn’t greet me for my birthday (seems like everyone forgot about it w/c is really weird ). I didn’t think about it that much since I was conducting a daylong training to some HP folks for my role that I need to transition out.

After the training, my colleague Paul told me to go to pantry coz he needed to ask me something about work. When we arrived at the pantry, SUPRISE! My closest colleagues were there, happily greeted me “Happy Birthday!” It was really a suprise! I was trying to fight my tears, it’s just to touching. I was rarely treated that way, so things like these really has a great effect on me.

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My favorite food like birthday misua, etc were served. It was just… soo heartwarming. I believe Jo, Maus & my BBS friends organized this for me. They asked everyone not to greet me during the day so it will truly be a super surprise.

Inspite of the busy schedule that everyone has, they took the time to celebrate my birthday with me… Thank you so much everyone! This is just… touching.

More Pictures can be found here & here.