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2 Yellow Pairs for Php 499 at So! Fab

Posted by Rochelle Sy Chua On August 15, 2009

I’m always on the lookout for nice shoes. My budget for each pair is Php700 (that’s already the maximum).

Hai and I came across So! Fab last night. I was looking at a yellow pair of shoes. Hai told me “hey it’s 2 pairs for Php499”. I answered “what?”.

Then I saw the sign… Any 2 yellows for Php499. Wow! That was my reaction. It was like 249.50 per pair!!! And the shoes are really nice.

I don’t know if it’s because of Cory Aquino that they had this sale but it was just so cool! Shoes that were originally priced as Php800 are now being sold at Php250 per pair.

I bought the ff.:

Now I have shoes to match some clothes that I have 🙂

Spaghetti Factory

Posted by Rochelle Sy Chua On August 15, 2009

Spaghetti Factory

Glorietta 5, Ayala Center, Makati City, Metro Manila

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Last night, I bonded with my dear friend Hai 🙂 We went to Glorietta to shop then had dinner at Spaghetti Factory.

I’m not fond of Italian food so that includes pizza & pasta. I do eat them but they are just not my favorite. We were just so hungry that we need to find a place that serves fast (as in FAST hahaha).

here are what we ordered:

Lemonade (Php 45)

It’s not bottomless but the glass is HUGE. I wasn’t even able to finish it. 😛

Pesto Classic (Php 169)

Pasta w/ basil, garlic, extra virgin oil, walnut, parmesan & cream.

This restaurant has this concept of preparing your pasta dishes by order, they call it “ala minute”. When you order, they ask you to choose your pasta shape haha! They even have this Pasta directory with pictures of each kind for your easy reference:

The pasta directory includes the ff.:

– Farfalle, Bow Ties

– Fusilli, Spirals

– Penne Short Tune

– Fetuccini Flat Strands

– Lasagna Raffled Sheets

– Spaghettini, Thin Spaghetti

– Capellini, Angel Hair

– Linguini, Long Ribbons

– Spaghetti, Little Strings

Hai was able to finish her meal sooo fast. I bet the pasta was really good. 😛

Italian Sausage Pizza (Regular-Php 139, Large-Php 189)

I was not in the mood for pasta so I decided to try out their pizza. I ordered lasagna at first but they informed me that it was already out of stock.

Since I love Italian Sausage, I ordered their Italian Sausage Pizza. I’ll have to wait for 30minutes though before the pizza can be served. Since they bake it when we order (“ala minute”?).

This has Spaghetti factory’s homemade spicy Italian sausage, onion, tomato, mushroom & mozarella toppings. I love their pizza crust, yum!

The branch has a promo now. They called it the “Loyalty Promo”.

You just have to visit Spaghetti Factory (Glorietta 5 branch) and spend at least Php300 per visit for 5 times during July 25 to December 31, 2009. You’ll get a free shirt! 🙂

Meet & Greet: Chiz Escudero

Posted by Rochelle Sy Chua On August 13, 2009

Such an honor to have met Chiz Escudero in person. Thank you so much Jonas & Marcelle for inviting me to the event. It was really a rare opportunity to chat with Chiz upclose & personal 🙂

Chiz Escudero Meet & Greet
Venue: NPC Clubhouse, Bougainvilla St. cor. Balete Drive, New Manila QC
Date & Time: August 13, 2009 6PM
Organizer: Yehey.com

It took me quite some time to find the venue. Good thing Carlo helped me find the way hehehehe 😛 Arrived at the venue at 5:55PM. Saw Chiz came in at around 6:10PM.

We were served Chicharon while waiting. Then buffet was ready.

We were divided into groups. So about 5-7 people in 1 group (there were 30 who attended). So have to wait hours for our turn. We were the last group 🙁

I was just lucky that I was in good company. Had a good chat with my tablemates/groupmates 🙂 It was a good 3.5 hours, though at the end, I was starting to get really sleepy and bored. For the last few minutes, Marcelle showed us some magic tricks to keep us entertained.

And the waiter who served our food? winner! hahahaha! He was just so funny! We were asking for more chicharon and he just said he’ll try to find it in his bag hahaha! I just wish all waiters are like that 😛 I can’t help but ask if he can take a picture with us.

Finally, our turn came and it was already 9:30PM! But who am I to complain? Chiz haven’t even had dinner yet that time!! And he still greeted us wholeheartedly without even showing a bit of tiredness.

He was continuously smoking, I think he already finished 1 whole pack of cigarettes. He asked us if we could share what our name was one by one. And when I told Chiz that my name is Rochelle, he just reacted! hahahaaha! He told us that his ex-girlfriend’s name is Rochelle! And it has been a looong time since he uttered that name so he was picking on me the whole time during our discussion hahaha!

So the discussion started with Chiz’ lovelife ehhehe 😛 He told us he had 2 girlfriends, started 2nd year college with the 1st one, went on for 9 years (that was Rochelle :P). The next one went on for 5 years and he eventually married her and they are happily married now 🙂

I asked Chiz if we could ask him about politics (the organizer asked us not to ask any political questions), he told us that we can ask him about anything. 🙂 Then we started to ask questions…

here are what I remembered (not exact words, I really can’t remember everything hehehe):

We noticed that you smoke a lot, how many do you smoke in a day?

Weekdays – almost 2 packs, Weekends about 3 pieces (I don’t smoke at home)

What are your hobbies?

I used to shoot before. But I do wish to learn to play the guitar before I die.

Do you plan & want to run for presidency?

Yes. I want and plan to run for presidency. I have not submitted my application yet but I intend to do so. If I lose the election, I plan to quit politics altogether, that is my promise to my wife.

Why do you want to be the president of the Philippines?

I want to serve the country while I’m still strong enough and while I’m still young. I feel bad about people telling me that I’m too young to run for presidency or I don’t have enough money to run a campaign. I want to show them that I can and will be able to change the lives of the filipino by serving them right. I believe I can do it within 6 years. I will make use of technology in order to reach out to people and get their opinion. When I ran for senate before, I only had 1.5M but at the end of the campaign, we spent 65M with the help of sponsors. I was #2 in the race though I spent just a small amount compared to the other candidates.

Who do you want to be your vice president?

Noynoy Aquino. Because I know he has the purest intention for the country. His heart is at the right place. If I’m not to run for presidency, I would want Noynoy to be our president.

Chiz is smart, funny, witty, engaging & charming. We really had such a great time talking to him. It was like talking to a friend. I really hope we were given more time. I’ll still be able to see him on saturday for the OFW talk. I’m excited to meet him again.

Regarding his plan to run for presidency, all I can say is he’s determined to rule our country and to change the way things are. He mentioned this lots of times during our discussion “Aim High, Shoot Low.”

More pictures here.

Facebook Quiz: What’s your Biggest Weakness?

Posted by Rochelle Sy Chua On August 12, 2009

I took this quiz today & was really amazed at the result. It was just right on. I just felt that it’s too accurate… If you have a facebook account, you better try out that quiz. You can just click this in order to access the quiz.

According to it, my biggest weakness is jealousy. I was a bit shocked at first but when I read the rest of the result, I was like… hey it’s totally right.. I do agree that it is my weakness..

Here is the rest of the analyzation/quiz result:

You envy others, but you are also confident about yourself. But sometimes you wish you could be confident about yourself without masks.

You clean before people come over, even though you are typically a mess. You dress up or wear revealing clothes, show off your tan, tattoos, and body, because you feel like it will get attention & make you feel worth something.

Sexiness is something you value, but you really want to be admired for your heart. You want someone to see through the masks & love you for you, but you sometimes don’t know who that person is and you fear opening up to someone because you don’t want to be hurt.

You wish you could be like someone else, trade places just for a day, to see what it’s like to be perfect. You like lists & getting things done, but you rarely finish them.

You want to be loved, so badly, for who you are & you’re just waiting for the right person to show you that it’s okay to rest in who you were made to be, and not who you are always trying to be…

Because I’m a Girl by Kiss

Posted by Rochelle Sy Chua On August 11, 2009

I’ve been listening to a lot of songs now… and I’m more inclined to listen to songs that have meanings or songs that touches one heart.

While searching, I was reminded about this favorite music video of mine. Whenever I watch this video, this just never fails to make me cry. :'(

The story is about true love… the guy gave both of his eyes to the girl he loves… at the end of the video, the guy said “there is a girl whom I love. Now I can`t stay with her, but I still love her.” awwwww..

I’m a hopeless romantic… though I still haven’t found true love… will I ever find it? I don’t know… Am I still hopeful? not really 😛 let’s see where my life leads me..

Here’s the english lyrics & translation of the song:

Yuh Ja Ee Ni Ka

Do dae cheh all soo ga obbso, namja duel ee ma eum
won hal daeng un jeg go, da joo ni ee jen dduh nan deh
ee run juk chuh eum ee ra go, nuh nun tuk byul ha da nun
kul mal eul mid usso, nae gen haeng bok ee ussuh

Maul eul ha ji kuh rae suh, nae ga shil uh jyot da go
nun ji ga ob nun nah nuel bo chae gi man haessuh
nuh reul yok ha myun suh do, man ee kuh ri eul go ya
sarang ee jun boo een na nun yuh ja ee ni ka

Mo deun gul ship geh da joo myun
kum bang shil jung nae nun geh
namja deul ussuh tuel rin mal kat ji ahn ah
da shi nun sok ji anh oh ri, ma eum muk uh ji man
ddo da shi sarang eh moo nuh ji nun geh yuh ja ya

[narration]
Oh nuel oo rin hae yuh jyot ssuh
boo dee hang bok ha rah go
noh boh dah joh eun sah ram mahn nah gil bah rahn dah go
noh doh dah reun nam ja rang ddok kat tae
nal sarang han dah go mahl han dden on jeh go
sul jik hee naâ€¦ nee gah jahl den eun goh shi roh
na bo dah yeh boon yuhja mahn na hang bok ha geh jahl sahl myun oh tok hae
keu roh dah nahl jung mahl Eee joh boh rhee myun oh tok hae
nahn Ee rok keh him deun deh.. him deul roh jook ket neun deh
ah jik doh nohl noh moo sarang ha neun deh

Sarang eul wi hae suh ra myun
mo deun da hal soo it nun
yuh ja ee chak han bun nung eul
ee young ha ji nun mal ah jwo

Han yuh ja yo tae unna, sarang bahd go sa nun geh
ee ruh geh him duel go, oh ryul eul jul molla suh

nuh reul yok ha myun suh do, man ee kuh ri eul go ya
sarang ee jun boo een na nun yuh ja ee ni ka
nuh reul yok ha myun suh do, man ee kuh ri eul go ya
sarang ee jun boo een na nun yuh ja ee ni ka

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Because Iâ€™m a Girl (English Translation)

I just cant understand the hearts of men
they tell you they want you and then they leave you
this is the first time, youâ€™re special
I believed those words and I was so happy

You should have told me you didnâ€™t like me any more
but I couldnâ€™t see that and you just rushed me
although I will curse you Iâ€™ll still miss you
Because I am a girl, to whom love is everything

i heard that if you give up things too easily
to a man, he will get bored with you
i donâ€™t think this is wrong
a girl says that she will never be fooled again
but she will fall in love again

you should have told me you didnâ€™t like me any more
but I couldnâ€™t see that and you just rushed me
although I will curse you Iâ€™ll still miss you
Because I am a girl, to whom love is everything

[narration]
Hey babe
the pain
itâ€™s not enough to describe how i feel
we were so happy together
but I know now
Iâ€™ve been blind
you told me that youâ€™d never let me down
whenever I needed you youâ€™d always be here
I can forgive but I cant forget
even though you hurt me
I still love you
I still love you
Donâ€™t take advantage of a girlâ€™s willingness to do anything for love
and her caring instinct
U didnâ€™t know that to be born as a girl and to be loved was so hard
Although i will curse you iâ€™ll still miss you
Because I am a girl, to whom love is everything
although i will curse you iâ€™ll still miss you
Because I am a girl, to whom love is everything

[the guy said]
there is a girl whom I love. Now I can`t stay with her, but I still love her.