Category: Lifestyle

The Time Traveler’s Wife

Posted by Rochelle Sy Chua On August 23, 2009

Watched this yesterday courtesy of my friend’s Citibank receipts hehehe 😛

I’m such a fan of Rachel McAdams so whatever movie she has, I’ll definitely watch.

Time Traveller’s wife is an adaption of the book by Audrey Niffenegger.

Basically a love story.. Eric Bana’s character has a rare genetic disease where he travels through time, vanishing without specific timing and being gone for a long time.

He met Rachel’s character during his time travels (she was still a child then). She has been dreaming to be married to him and eventually met Eric’s character when she got older.

The movie is a bit dragging but was pretty exciting in the end. I shed a few tears especially at the ending when Eric’s character died. Apparently, when he was still alive and time travelling, he was visiting Rachel & their daughter in the future… *sniff sniff*

I never read the book so I can’t compare. This movie reminds me of “the Notebook” & “a Walk to Remember”. Another story that shows that there is indeed true love..

My Rating for The Time Traveler’s Wife: 4 out of 5 stars.

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Sugarbunnies by Sanrio

Posted by Rochelle Sy Chua On August 21, 2009

I attended the Hello Kitty Online Bloggers Party last night, I have yet to post a review of HKO but will need to personally play it first so I can provide a better review 🙂

Gift Gate/Sanrio was one of the sponsors of the event. They introduced to us their new collection, Sugarbunnies goodies!

The Sugarbunnies were created by Sanrio in 2004. Featuring twin sisters who bake delicious treats for people with special dreams & wishes because, when the treats are eaten a magical thing occurs.

The twin sisters are:

Hana Usa (yellow bunny) – florist who is a good friend to the flowers and is able to make sick flowers be hapy. She is known for her cute eyelashes and the flower on her left ear.
Momo Usa (pink bunny) – florist also and has great techniques for flower arrangements. She is known for her ribbon on her right ear and for being everyone’s fashion leader.

Here are some of their products in the collection:

Two-way Shoulder Bag (Php 2,299.75)

A cute & fashionable handbag perfect for your little girls movie & play dates.

Tote Bag (Php 1,499.75)

This bag offers lots of space perfect for ballet class or school

Nylon Tote Bag (Php 1,099.75)

This bag will be able to fit your kindergardener’s crayons, folders & activity books.

Quilted Tote Bag (Php 999.75)

This tote is cute & perfect for packing your little one’s needs for short trips around town.

Pouch (Php 699.75)

This water resistant pouch is perfect for pens or toiletries.

Wallet (Php 1,199.75)

Every little fashionistas dream wallet.

Pouch (Php 799.75)

Great for organizing & storing little trinkets.

Visit Gift Gate or Sanrio Surprise stores to get your hands on the Sugarbunnies goodies 🙂 They are available at the ff. locations:

G/S SM Mega Mall B
Sanrio Surprise SM Mega Mall A
NBS Quezon Avenue
Trinoma
Glorietta
Robinsons Ermita
SM Cebu
Greenhills
SM North Edsa Annex
Alabang Town Center
Eastwood Mall

Roch’s Games Wishlist

Posted by Rochelle Sy Chua On August 18, 2009

I’m a gamer too but not a good one! hahaha!

I used to play a lot of World of Warcraft but stopped a few months ago due to time constraints.

There are lots more games that I used to play: counterstrike, sims, c&c generals, etc.

Playing games is also one source of stress reliever, enjoyment, something you want to do if you want to relax and forget about stressful stuff.

Here are my Gaming wishlist:

Playstation 3 Rock Band 2 Special Edition

How can you play PS3 without Rockband? It’s such a craze right now. All internet cafe in the country have this to offer. Even our office has one! 🙂

PSP Go – Black

This will come out on October. I do feel it’s sooo cool! I would want to have this! A small gaming machine you can bring wherever you go! It’s a bit pricey though, I think it will retail at $250.

Warcraft III Battle Chest

After I stopped playing WoW, I learned about DOTA. My officemates and some friends are playing this that I ended up wanting to learn how to play this right so I can finally join them in this game.

I’m still not good at it so I wanted to have a copy of Warcraft III so I can practice on my own. Once I know enough, I’ll join the group games. 🙂

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Digital Perm at Tony & Jackey

Posted by Rochelle Sy Chua On August 15, 2009

I just had my haircut last month at Toni & Guy, but here I am again getting another make-over 😛

This time I wanted my hair permed. I guess I really followed what my stylist told me. That the haircut that he has done for me is best suited if it’s permed. So there..

I went to Tony & Jackey coz I know they are the best when it comes to digital perm. They have a promo now. For only Php 3,000, you’ll get the ff.:

Digital Perm, any length (Korean Medicine)
Hair Manicure
Hair Treatment
Haircut

Cheap right?

Top (a Korean Stylist) was the only one available at around 6:30PM. So I opted for him to be my stylist 😛 He was a bit hesitant to do my curls. He said my hair is just too thin and it might not hold the curls.

He was asking me to use the herbal medicine instead which will cost me Php 8,000!! I said no! my budget for the curls is only Php 3,000. So I’m okay with the normal Korean medicine. I don’t know why but he really insisted. So as a compromise, he let me use L’oreal but I won’t be getting the hair manicure (w/c is perfectly fine for me).

I think Tony & Jackey was the first salon to offer the digital perm services. They use this machine for their perm.

The overall process took around 3 hours. It was all worth it.

This is me with Top.

He also permed my bangs but I’m worried that it might be gone after a short while, I hope not. 🙂

More pictures here.

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Tony & Jackey Salon

CTTM Square, Tomas Morato corner Timog Avenue, Quezon City

(02) 407-6928

I Shop, I Splurge, I Surrender!

Posted by Rochelle Sy Chua On August 15, 2009

I didn’t plan to spend so much for shopping yesterday but I ended up spending a lot! 😛

It was all worth it though coz the items that I bought were all on sale. All of those items are really nice and so I conclude that they are value for money.

To be completely honest, I used to dislike shopping. It’s really not my thing. I’d rather spend time in a supermarket, bookstore or hardware than walk around shopping for clothes. If there’s something that I like to shop around, then that is to look for new gadgets to drool on.

I don’t know what changed, maybe because I’m older now? hahaha! I guess I became a lil conscious on how I look now compared to before. But nevertheless, shopping isn’t that bad.

Last night, I bought items from 4 shops:

So! Fab (Php 499)

See my post here. Definitely value for money. 2 Yellow pairs for only Php499.

Banana Peel (Php 180)

I was really planning to buy slippers as I walk everyday. I usually park at A. Venue during workdays and it is really far from our office. I have to park there as I need to save some money. It costs us Php130 a day if we park at our office building and only Php40 a day if we park at A. Venue Open Parking Lot.

Since I always wear high heels, it’s really not sustainable. So I have to bring my shoes to the office together with my laptop, bag, lunchpack, etc. I will need to find comfortable slippers to walk almost 5 blocks every weekday.

Hopefully this is a good buy. Let’s see when I use it on Monday 🙂

Tango (Php 499)

I like Tango’s clothes but I just felt it’s too expensive for me. Though whenever I see the shop on sale, I make sure that I check it out.

Last night, it was on sale! So Hai and I entered, I saw this checkered dress for only Php 499! It was originally priced at Php 995.

It’s a bit sexy though, I will need to find a tube or something to go with it.

Cosmopolitan Clothing (Php 1,100)

The last time I splurged was when I first discovered Cosmopolitan Clothing at the Ramp.

Their designs just suits me, I felt like all the clothes there were meant to be made for me.

When we dropped by there last night, I just couldn’t resist but buy several clothes there.

Here are what I bought:

Black/Fuscha Dress (Php 499) – According to Hai, it looks weird. Nevertheless, I still feel it looks good, I especially liked how the upper part of the dress was made.

Checkered Blouse (Php 299) – SUPER value for money! It just look soooooo good when I tried it out. There was no hesitation when I decided to get it.

Green/Black Dress (Php 299) – I didn’t like this so much but Php 299 is just too cheap so I decided to get it.

The last time I bought clothes from Cosmopolitan, I think I spent about Php3.5k. The owner was there so when I bought some clothes yesterday, she gave me this necklace for free.

I felt like that I’m already on the road to being a shopaholic. I hope not coz I surrender! :P:P:P