something from tiffany's

" It's Christmas Eve. And on 5th Avenue in New York City, two very different men are shopping for gifts for the women they love.
Garry is buying his girlfriend Rachel a charm bracelet. Partly to thank her for paying for their holiday-of-a-lifetime to New York. But mainly because he's left his Christmas shopping far too late.
Whereas Ethan's looking for something a little more special - an engagement ring for the first woman to have made him happy since he lost the love of his life.
But when the two men's shopping bags get confused, and Rachel somehow ends up with Ethan's ring, the couples' lives become intertwined. And as Ethan tries to reunite the ring with the woman it was actually intended for, he finds it trickier than expected."


it's by far one of the books i liked. i was actually having a hard time putting it down, i just wanted to finish it and know how the characters' stories ended. there are a lot of twists and it really kept me wanting to continue reading and find out more on what's going to happen next. though the main idea of having switched bags was kind of impossible, it's still a good easy read. :)

sweet valley twins: the boyfriend mess

"Valentine's Day at SVMS has everyone seeing red!

It's Valentine's Day and Sweet Valley is being treated to the dance of the decade, courtesy of Young Love, the hottest dating game show on TV. But although the music is cool and the decorations are great, the couples at the dance are totally bizarre.

Jessica Wakefield and her identical twin, Elizabeth, switched identities for the dating game. Now Jessica's trapped in a date with her sister's sort-of-boyfriend, Todd Wilkins, who doesn't even suspect that he's with the wrong girl! Janet Howell is stuck with super geek Donald Zwerling, thanks to Young Love. Maria Slater is actually psyched to be with Patrick Morris, but he only has eyes for Sophia Rizzo. Everyone's with the wrong partner! Can they find true romance before this night to remember becomes a night to forget?"

fifty shades of grey

"When literature student Anastasia Steele goes to interview young entrepreneur Christian Grey, she encounters a man who is beautiful, brilliant, and intimidating. The unworldly, innocent Ana is startled to realize she wants this man and, despite his enigmatic reserve, finds she is desperate to get close to him. Unable to resist Ana’s quiet beauty, wit, and independent spirit, Grey admits he wants her, too—but on his own terms.

Shocked yet thrilled by Grey’s singular erotic tastes, Ana hesitates. For all the trappings of success—his multinational businesses, his vast wealth, his loving family—Grey is a man tormented by demons and consumed by the need to control. When the couple embarks on a daring, passionately physical affair, Ana discovers Christian Grey’s secrets and explores her own dark desires."


this is the first book in the most talked about series lately. honestly, it lives up to what it says in the book cover: "erotic, amusing, and deeply moving".
their love story's moving, it made me feel "kilig" and wanted a guy like christian, rich, handsome, powerful, sweet, loving, etc.

i loved most in the book was christian and anna's text, chat exchanges. it was all amusing and really showed their real personalities.

most of all, the book is erotic, with mature/adult content. this is from christian's other personality. his unusual sexual practices that made me think twice that he's not that a perfect guy at all. i'm actually scared of that part of him.

overall, the book's good. i skipped some parts of the sexual portions of the book since it could get too descriptive of the actual acts of bondage/discipline, dominance/submission, sadism/masochism (BDSM). maybe the main reason the book's much talked about is just because it tackled the bdsm concept but still was able to incorporate romance into it.

fifty shades trilogy

i was curious why everyone seems to be mentioning about the book fifty shades of grey. i know i've read somewhere that it's something about sexual story. am not so sure. anyway, i was so curious i went to nbs to buy the book but saw a set of three pack. it was just cheaper by 10 pesos compare to buying the 3 books individually. i was also thinking whether to buy now or wait until september for the bookfair to have discount since it's very pricey. anyway, i thought that september's too far away and i don't want to wait until then to know about the story of the book. hehe. so i purchased the trilogy set and found out it was discounted. too bad it was just 5% off but still, it's discount. hehe.

disclaimer: there's a note in the trilogy set box saying for adult audience. so, there's really something in the story.. hmmm...

hopefully i could start reading it soon, and finish it. goodluck! :)

in each other's shoes

"A mix-up at school lands fashionista Veronica as the editor of the school paper and bookish Betty as the head of the school's charity fashion show. Now the two best friends have to live out the semester in each other's shoes."


their school paper needed a new editor for the last 2 issues and betty wanted to get the position. veronica on the other hand wanted to head the school's charity fashion show. an election was done for the different issues of the school. jughead was in charge of monitoring the ballot boxes and had an accident while bring the boxes to the principal's office. the tag of two boxes fell and jughead swapped the tags.

the result of the election was that betty would be heading the fashion show and veronica is the new editor of the school paper. they tried to talk with the principal about the possible mix up but ginger (who was running both for editor and head of fashion show) was already making a scene in the office that betty and veronica cheated in the election that's why they won. the principal told ginger to accept losing the election and told betty and veronica to accept the responsibility.

the two girls tried to help each other with their tasks but eventually worked on their own. ginger fed both girls with wrong ideas to make them fail in their tasks. later on, ginger found out that there was really a mix up in the ballot boxes and felt guilty trying to sabotage betty and veronica. she asked for their forgiveness and tried to help them in their projects. she was forgiven and the three were able to make the fashion show successful and the last issue of the school paper the best so far.

we're with the band

" BFFs Betty and Veronica decide to form their own band, The Candy Hearts, and spend their summer touring the local hot spots. But will life in the spotlight be all they hoped for, or will the strain of being pop stars take its toll on their friendship?"


finished reading this today. hehe.. i've bought this some time ago but wasn't in the mood to read it. i actually though it was comics type, but it was not. it's really a book, still about archies and friends. actually there are 3 titles of this "series" in the stores but i was only able to buy 2 of them, i'll try to buy the 3rd one to complete my collection, hehe. :)

it was about betty and veronica forming their own girl band when they were told that they were just "icing" on the cake for the band the archies. they were actually able to form one together with nancy and the new girl in town, tina. their band became famous with the "help" of tina who books gigs for them. but tina was much into the whole fame and showbizness of the band to the extent that she'd post the group's scheduled events, where they are hanging out, etc. betty, veronica and nancy were not too keen having lost their privacy and time for them to really relax.

tina also made ways to make betty and veronica get mad at each other, almost making them lose their friendship. it didn't happen of course and the two of them, together with nancy decided to end the band since it's almost the start of school and they'd want to enjoy the rest of summer less the busy sched of being in the band.

tina was angry at the three girls' decision because she wanted the fame so bad. she formed another band which became famous also. archie asked betty and veronica to play with the band which the two girls agreed to since they really enjoy being in the band.

chow bun

i passed by chowking this afternoon and noticed that they have a new product, chow bun which comes in different variants. there's chinese sausage, special chinese sausage, braised chicken, and something beef.

i ordered one chinese sausage for mom and braised chicken for me to take home. after a few minutes, someone from the kitchen came to the cashier girl informing her that they're already out of stock for the chinese sausage, thus, i had to change my order to another braised chicken since we don't eat beef.

as usual, chowking never failed to live up to it's name as the slowest fast food i know. don't reason out that they cook actual dished unlike jollibee and mcdo which only serves basically burgers and fried food. they should have just dropped the fast food part so that customers like me won't expect to have my food asap especially when hungry.

below is the chowking bun. packaging was cute, i especially liked the imprints CK on the bun. the taste of the braised chicken was ordinary for me, a little bit tangy from pepper i think. i could skip the vegetable parts. hehe.. and the tofu was a weird inclusion in this "dish". all in all, it was something to have just to ease hunger. hehe.. for 49 pesos, it was so-so. next time i'll try the chinese sausage one (that one's only 25 pesos, the reason i think why it was sold out easily. hehe, the special chinese sausage is just chinese sausage with carrots and cabbage plus tofu slices which makes it 35 pesos).