Day 4 - Photographs and memories

Hello ladies and gents, have you read about our group RAINY? If you are curious how I met this gorgeous ladies and how our craziness and quirkiness brought us together, please check my blog about us.

Much love,

itsmelory (^.^)

Day 3 - Fave shops

I realized I never really had any particular favorite store. I'm so random I think every bargain store I have been becomes my favorite store! hehehe. Since my work occupies a lot of me, I think one store I frequented apart from that 7/11 outside my office building is the grocery store just a stone's away from our place..that makes me a what? boring. Since I am a thrifty gal that I am (only whenever I feel like), I would always go to this shops, and lucky me, I manage to find a good grab! (Disclamer: Photos grabbed from Google.)

Favorite shops, and more

 Landmark Bazaar

As you can probably tell I'm a normal girl, and I enjoy being fashionable. The only downside of being too fashionable is finding a good store to get all things fancy and beautiful at an affordable cost. Good thing about Landmark bazaar, they have various goods for all walks of life which are really affordable. Since it's not all the time I can visit Divi, this bazaar is a good substitute!  I like Landmark Makati because other malls like Greenbelt/SM is accessible through it, and if you're in luck you might find the perfect bargain along other boutiques inside it. Only, that sometimes, it's too crowded!

Shapes| Kamiseta| BAYO

I like soft, cotton fabric that is comfy to the skin, that's why I really like this brand. They have pretty and mostly affordable selections.  I have a couple of nice tops, and dresses from this shop mostly from marked down sales! They have an ongoing sale right now so let's go sago! 

Adam & Criselda's

I always like the feeling and smelling fresh, that's why I like perfumes! My favorite scents includes Happy Clinique, Elizabeth Arden Green tea, Burberry weekend. My go-to shop for this stuff is located Alphaland Building, Makati City. They have wide selections of nice spritz, and affordable! Keep smelling fresh! 

See you in one of the shops,

itsmelory (^.^)

Day 2-Ramen, men!

What's something nice about being in an official business is the business after the official business. Crazy right? Yes,  that's food business I'm talking about. Simply because I have a nice boss who likes nice foods, and today is no different. I'm glad I won't get the karinderia lunch fix today. That-oily, fatty, not quite healthy ulam which you don't have any choice at all because the next food stall is two blocks away- and fast food is just boring right? Say yes.  

Ukokei ramon ron

Morning meeting with Japanese partners ended well. Good job. So Jon-san was too generous to splurge a bit for some ramen. Wait, not just any ramen, but Ukokei ron. My 3rd time so far in this restaurant,  but I would never get tired of it, even Nagatomo-san enjoyed the satisfying and hearty  Ukkokei Ramen Ron. 

The Good

This time, I ordered Higawari lunch set consisting of Ukkokei Shoyu Ramen "soy based" (own choice) mini donbouri, salad, kobachi and some free cold house tea. A complete set of meal. I think this is a good choice. The place is not too fancy, but a homey-Japanese feel. That's all I needed. 

The not so good

Although per bowl serving is good for 2 persons, sharing and taking out is not allowed! Well, honestly, I can't normally finish single bowl-I think it's just quite too much for me. I would suggest they have at least half servings for Ramen. Apart from no own restroom in this branch, all seemed whowkay. (But since I'm a regular, they allowed me to take home the remaining ramen.)

Yeah, men

So, all good things happen in one day, a good meeting, good opportunities ahead of us, and Nagatomo-san was happy to get some home food, and we are glad he liked it here. At the end of the day, all I could think of was my stomach, ramenful , ramen yeah men!

Love, 
itsmelory (^.^)

Note to self:  Next time, come in hungry to finish the bowl completely! No pressure. 

Day 1-Work, just like that

Today's a busy day but thankfully a quiet one. I spent the entire afternoon doing my manager's assignment (joke) and checking updates due for Mancom's discussion. Hey we, women knows how to do 2 things at once. Versatile as that. Beats me.

What work looks like

Such a breeze! The usual BBC news habit which I have subscribed since I'm 10 minutes early for work. It's a relief to read that Israel-Gaza have agreed a ceasefire yet again, but quite horrified that Iraq is at war now and the US sending air strikes, Robin Williams, the Robin Williams was confirmed a suicide, the Ebola virus spread. Everything in the news is just terrible. 
I'm grateful that we are here but at the same it's so horrible to realize that other part of the world is experiencing such ordeals. My day went on just like my other days would be. Monitoring my teams' IT, signing orders, signing requests, and oh I remembered our President dropped by my room asking about the presentation due on Friday. Okay, so is it time to panic?! I mapped out my priorities for the day: sending updates to our Japanese partner, finalizing proposal to another, too busy to notice that its past lunchtime-not until my boylet texted me. So I missed lunch (again) I hope I don't get stomach troubles for this! I love it when I'm busy and feeling productive like this. Keep it coming. 

but what's with the puffy eyes?! 


Please please brain, cooperate.

Work just like that,
itsmelory (^.^)

Itsmelory: The Blog Challenge

The countdown begins before this blog turns 1! Hep hep, yeheeeey hooray! Congratulations to me (slow, silent clap) for keeping this blog as sort of personal diary made available online, and thanks Gmail (hahah!) So to celebrate Marzylorie's 1st year of happy blogging, (or trying to make it appear legit)  I'm giving my brain muscles and finger muscles some stretching just a little more this time because I 'am doing this 30 day blog challenge. Let's see whatever goes.#KapitLang

http://www.pinterest.com/madison_23/30-day-challenges/

So here goes =)

Catch me in the next blog soon ok?
itsmelory (^.^)

Countdown before we turn 1 !

Ghost month

Glenda, Inday -so much for all these typhoons. How is it for you buddy? Lucky for me I'm still in one piece. This raining makes me wanna sleep longer,  do you?? Oh Hola August! Which means we're 4 months away to the end of the year and Christmas and New Year and 2015. Amazing huh? Do you even notice time is running quite fast, really fast.

So before we can even begin celebrating Christmas, there's our usual All Saints and All Souls come November. Semester break by October. Sure, we don't celebrate Moon Cake festival here in September although I've seen lots of stalls around malls with mooncake offerings for some Chinese kababayan. August is apparently Linggo ng Wika right? Now you remember your elementary days wearing baro't saya with matching bakya..haha. Funny days. But, have you heard of Ghost month?

Oh Ghost month

http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424127887324747104579023861625197646

During ghost month, the Gates of Hell are opened allowing dead spirits to wander in the world of the living. This makes the ghost month a bad time to do activities like travelling, starting a new business, contract signing, swimming, strolling, celebrating, even marrying. In short, anything important that you'd like to do is a no-no during the hungry ghost month. This year 2014 Ghost month starts Jul 27 and will end Aug 24. If you would like to know more of do's and don'ts during this time please click here.

Buddhist countries like Japan, Malaysia, India, Singapore, China and HK have always believed that Ghost Month is the most ill fated time of the year, so extra caution should be taken. 

We are all alike

Like All Souls day celebration, we put food offerings to honor our dead and please them. During ghost month a food feast with beer and wine, paper money is held for the spirits which if well-fed and happy~ in return the spirits will bring prosperity and abundance to the family. 
This custom is just one of too many handed down beliefs from generations to generations that we may not fully understand because (we're not Chinese, that's one). Buddhist and Christians have different faith but somehow we are all alike in some aspects like the most basic human value of respecting our departed love ones. I was raised to follow this tradition of honoring the dead and I think there is nothing wrong by believing in Ghost month too.
Ghost month reminds us that there is a greater power above us all.  This is a time of prayer and spiritual value because prayer works! 


May blessings come upon you,

itsmelory (^.^)