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Prettia Hair Dye : Chiffon Beige

April 1 - After almost a year of having Milk Tea Brown color, I finally decided to dye my hair again. Last year, when I bought my Milk Tea Brown, I also bought Chiffon Beige which is what I really wanted at first but I was scared that it would be too light for me. I secretly have this blonde dream and this color (Chiffon Beige) is what I think prefect for me. Here’s my before photo (you can also read my previous blog on Milk Tea Brown here):

It has a maroon-type of color.

So anyway, I dyed my hair (I have the instructions on my previous post) and left it for about 40-50 mins. I was scared that it would be too light and it might not blend perfectly coz I already have 5-6 in of deep black hair but guess what?! it blended perfectly!!!
I love love love it so much! And it gets prettier as time goes by. What I love about this is the color blends gradiently (dark to light) and it doesn’t give me an obvious distinction between the colored and the newly grown hair.

Will I repurchase? Definitely! I already did! Hahaha! I bought Marshmallow Brown for a change.

Left photo was taken outside on a bright sunny day and on the right side was a low-lighted area with flash.

Color changes depending on the light source. Here’s a latest photo of me:

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Our not-so-pleasant Yakimix Experience

Last March 24, we went to Yakimix Macapagal blvd to celebrate my brother’s birthday. My sis-in-law (his wife) reserved for us 11 seats by 5:30pm. On the day itself, my second brother along with his fiance arrived around 5:00PM to claim our reservation, then he called. He told us that they said he cant claim the reservation and was giving us 15 minutes or else they would be giving up half of the table that was reserved for us. So my sis-in-law called them again saying that we are already in Roxas Blvd. (which is true) and our family member was already there claiming our reservation! After arguing with the girl, she finally agreed for my brother to claim the reservation.

Upon arriving there, what really pissed us off was, there wasn’t even a long queue. Not even ONE person was waiting outside and there’s only a handful of people inside! So where did they got the idea of giving up seats when there’s no one to take our place? I noticed that the 2 people beside us (who were also in a long table) were waiting for their their friends. But I bet they were not asked to give up their seats because they’re Chinese.

Eating experience was ok. I think all the grilled meat tasted the same. It was a so-so experience but maybe because its of what happened earlier.

After 2 hrs of eating, we asked for the bill. My sis-in-law handed the credit card to the server and immediately she said that their credit card line was sort of busy so she’s asking us for cash. My sis-in-law said that we dont have enough so the waitress just said she’ll try. Lo and behold, not even 5 minutes have passed and they already settled the transaction. Busy line eh? Another thing to add to our pissed-off list.

My sis-in-law asked for their manager but they said they dont have so she just asked for the supervisor. It was really an annoying experience for us. We also have chinese blood in our family so we know what chinese people think about Filipinos. read more

Manila Ocean Park Adventure

Im a big fan of buying coupons especially on things like this. Last February 4, 2012, my boyfriend and I redeemed our CashCashPinoy vouchers:

Only P555 instead of P1,120 for a Manila Ocean Park’s Sun Up Savers!
See the Oceanarium, Fish Spa, Sea lion Show and Jellies Exhibit plus an Entrance to Liquid
Pool and Lounge with a free drink!

This is one side of the dome. Inside you will find different restaurants, tiangge stalls, bump cars, 4D Ride (I love this one!!! It’s P100 for 15 minutes but it’s really fun!), Antartica Trails (Free), Sea-horse carousel and the pixie-something playground.

Overall:

I love this place but I’m giving this 4 stars mainly because our timing is really bad. Public School students are having their field trip! And we all know how public school field trips are, they consists of all family members + faculty member + the students (of course!) + different sections and I’m not sure if it even includes ALL LEVELS! They were like around 500+ people loitering around! It was stressful! they even loiter inside the rooms!

Oceanarium, Dancing Jellyfish (they’re not really dancing btw), Marine Show and the Fish Spa, I would say my favorite was the Fish Spa. I know it’s the cheapest in all of the package (normal price is P120) but I really love how my feet felt after. I could and I want to spend my whole day just soaking my feet! The least I like was the Dancing Jellyfish. It was boring, not big enough they used mirrors so you’ll have an illusion that they have lots of them. Anyway, I’ll be doing a part by part review on the places we’ve been so please watch out for that posts!

Will I be back? I will be if I’m gonna be with my nephew coz I know he will enjoy this one since he loves fish so much. But I think im gonna wait for another voucher.

I recommend this to people of all ages, Filipino, Foreigners, dates or family trip… This is definitely a fun place! :)

Manila Ocean Park is located in Luneta, Manila, Philippines (Behind the Quirino Grandstand)

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Manila Ocean Park Adventure: Oceanarium

The Oceanarium is located on the right side of the dome when you enter the Manila Ocean Park.

First stop is an open place with fresh water fish and some alligators. There’s also a photo opp for feeding the koi that costs P100 or P150 (I forgot) but we didn’t bother doing that.

Then we entered here in “Bahura”. This has a lot of aquariums inside. I saw a lot of different kinds of fish but I wasn’t really that amazed coz some of the fishes I saw here were also in our aquarium at home.

Can you see the face of this rock fish?

I feel like im seeing a thin version of Digletts (pokemon)…

I can’t belive how big his eyes are!

Then once you go out of that aquarium room, you’ll be at the center where salt water fish are. It’s very spacious and species of fish here are large already

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I love the old titanic feel here.

Then, next is the Buhay ng Karagatan. This is where the very famous dome is located.

But we weren’t able to enjoy this one becuase a lot of public school students where standing on the sides and they are not moving for other people to see. Yes, it’s their spot so we just left. I was really expecting so much from this dome because from the photos I’ve seen, it really looks good. I expected it to be long but it was just like around 15-20 steps.

Then after that dome, you will see the sharks. I love their blue/grayish eyes ♥

So that’s it. That’s the end of the Oceanarium. Really loved it, I just wish I was able to enjoy the dome more (feel the bitterness). I think kids would really enjoy this one. I always dreamt of being a mermaid, and being here made me feel like I’m part of the sea!

Original Price:

Php 400 per head for adults

Php 350 per head for children 4ft & below

Free for children 2ft & below

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Earle’s Delicatessen

Last night, I went to my boyfriend’s office to accompany him on his after-work basketball game with his co-workers. In return, he treated me to this sandwich store. Earle’s Delicatessen is located in Makati City.

We went there around past 8 and there were just few customers outside. I ordered roast beef sandwich in french bread (you can choose from white or french bread) .

When the ordered arrived, I was surprised on how big it was!

I thought that the sandwich on the photos will be served as half but it wasn’t. And it’s actually cheap for P151 and you get that amount of serving. The roast beef was cut in ham-thin but its tasty. It was good, I love the sublte saltiness of the roast beef. They also have an iced tea + lay’s combo for only P47. By the way, this sandwich is cold.