Thursday 30 August 2018

TRAVEL TO PLACES: PHILIPPINES-- FRANKIE'S NY BUFFALO WINGS

My Personal Experience: I went to Frankie's NY Buffalo Wings this year August 8, 2018, together with my best friend. We went there to taste the famous buffalo wings and big burgers:) Frankie's New York Buffalo Wings made me love! juicy burgers and cheesy chicken even more when you have food that look irresistible and heighten the senses you can't help it but indulge!!














Frankie's New York Buffalo Wings
Craving for delicious buffalo wings to satisfy your hunger? This chicken joint in the Philippines serves 13 different flavors of wings for you to choose from and enjoy! Frankie’s New York Buffalo Wings opened in September 2012 with the idea from a group of friends who decided to take their love for chicken wings to the next level. To date, the restaurant has five branches located at City Golf Plaza in Pasig City, SM Megamall  in Mandaluyong City, SM Aura Primer in Taguig City, Crossroads in Taguig City and the branch I went to SM North Edsa in Quezon City.

Tuesday 28 August 2018

TRAVEL TO MOVIES: CRAZY RICH ASIANS

Director: Jon M. Chu
Cast: Constance Wu , Henry Golding , Michelle Yeoh , Awkwafina , Fiona Xie , Gemma Chan , Ken Jeong , Nico Santos , Harry Shum Jr , Chris Pang , Sonoya Mizuno , Lisa Lu , Kris Aquino
Plot: Based on the novel by Kevin Kwan, Crazy Rich Asians centers on American-born Chinese economics professor Rachel Chu, who accompanies her boyfriend to Singapore for his best friend's wedding only to get thrust into the lives of Asia's rich and famous. She discovers that her boyfriend comes from a ridiculously wealthy family and he's considered one of the country's most eligible bachelors that every woman wants him. Rachel must know now how contend with jealous socialites, quirky relatives and far worse Nick's disapproving mother!!


My Movie Review: The movie is such a craze its revolutionary! reinvents the romantic comedy genre with sassy fun culture on how rich people spend time and life at luxury with all she-bang! Crazy Rich Asians represent what really happen in the social circle of the upper class family in Singapore where people indulge with expensive stuff and big gatherings or over-the-top parties at the same time respecting tradition and preserving values in such heartfelt bedazzle manner! Awkwafina is nasty hilarious rich best friend you want to have yourself:) every family member with her seems fun to be around with their fabulously clever house full of gold embellishments:) The wedding scene in Chijmes such a showstopper the water in the isle was unexpected really surprise me when the bride raised her foot and walk towards the crowd with butterfly tick lights! Truly sumptuous success! making waves in the box office with visual feast in heart and in style!

Critics Consensus: With a terrific cast and a surfeit of visual razzle dazzle, Crazy Rich Asians takes a satisfying step forward for screen representation while deftly drawing inspiration from the classic and still effective-- rom-com formula. The result is hugely enjoyable and hooray for Hollywood for making it happen. It simply tells an endearing story in an exceptional way. And in doing it shows how great stories cross barriers and wind up enriching the world around us!! This movie is totally delightful a wonderful mix of old-fashioned screwball comedy, romantic comedy, it's almost a musical at some points. What the leads do right is what the movie does right, this movie it gets the drama down, they do feel like a couple that's in love and against all odds. Jon Chu really understands the tone of the film that he's making and understands the visual palette that it needs and he even elevate that and I walked out having been entertained:)

Source: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/crazy_rich_asians/

Sunday 26 August 2018

TRAVEL TO PLACES: PHILIPPINES-- DENNY'S MCKINLEY HILL

My Personal Experience: I went to Denny's McKinley Hill this year June 17, 2018, together with my sister. We went there to have breakfast in a dine cause we woke up early that Sunday! Denny's is America's Diner that I've been dreaming of since I love pancakes and waffles luckily we have something like this in McKinley Hill you can fill up your American Diner crave anytime!














Denny's McKinley Hill
This is where guests have come for over 60 years now to sit back, relax and enjoy delicious, hearty meals 24/7, every day of the year. From breakfast anytime to satisfying lunches and dinners, if you're in the mood for it, chances are we're serving it. Denny's is always open, always welcoming and always serving up hearty diner food along with a mug of fresh hot coffee. Come on in anytime, park yourself in a comfortable booth, take a seat at the counter, whatever you want because won't take you long to understand why we're truly America's diner!

Friday 24 August 2018

TRAVEL TO MOVIES: THE FIRST PURGE

Director: Gerald McMurray
Cast: Y'Lan Noel , Lex Scott Davis , Joivan Wade , Marisa Tomei , Aaron V. Williamson , Chyna Layne , Melonie Diaz , Steve Harris , Luna Lauren Velez , Patch Darragh , Rotimi Paul
Plot: Behind every tradition lies a revolution. Next Independence Day, witness the rise of our country's 12 hours of annual lawlessness. Welcome to the movement that began as a simple experiment: The First Purge. To push the crime rate below one percent for the rest of the year, New Founding Fathers of America (NFFA) test a sociological theory that vents aggression for one night in one isolated community. But when the violence of oppressors meets rage of the marginalized, the contagion will explode for the trial-city borders and spread across the nation!!


My Movie Review: The movie is secluded set in one community let the gangsters in the hood become the good guys stopping the crime and the founding fathers sent tropes to do the work!! The First Purge is cutting tension give you all break after the fast action sequence when you need more continuous adrenaline rush it started strong with advancements until ended typical:( The experiment didn't meet expectations as people didn't participate to release their rage and aggression resulted in less terror and the party scene could be epic if focus more scenes on it:) There are cool dudes here have swag just doing their stuff like the lead actor whose bringing in new flavor and the thin face scarified man with orange-yellow teeth that command us attention!

More Description: New Founding Fathers of America set Staten Island as the battleground for the first experimental Purge. Drug lord Dmitri (Y’lan Noel) seeks to protect his turf, while his activist ex-girlfriend Nya (Lex Scott Davis) holes up in a church and her younger brother Isaiah (Joivan Wade) seeks revenge on a violent junkie. True to its title, Gerard McMurray’s prequel the fourth film in the series details the origins of that high-concept, low-logic premise: the New Founding Fathers Of America, shadowy group of white authoritarians, propose an experiment in New York’s Staten Island district where all crime is legal for 12 hours. The location is chosen as it’s a low-income, majority-black neighbourhood, where the government expect frustrations:(

Source: https://www.empireonline.com/movies/first-purge/review/

Wednesday 22 August 2018

TRAVEL TO PLACES: PHILIPPINES-- VENICE CINEPLEX

My Personal Experience: I went to Venice Cineplex this year July 7, 2018, together with my best friend. We went there to check out movies show time and what's new around the cinema:) Venice Cineplex is little bit expensive compared to other movie houses so we just roam in the vicinity and take photos in some colorful backdrop as we stop to fill up coffee with sweet treats!














Venice Cineplex
The newly opened Venice Cineplex features five theathers equipped with the latest in big-screen and sound system technology. The highlight of course is the VIP Cinema and its reclining leather love seats. Each plush seat comes with comfy leg rests, a lamp so you can keep track of your belongings, nifty trays for your snacks. Speaking of food, the VIP Cinema also feature friendly butter service that you can call with just a touch of a button from your seat.

Monday 20 August 2018

TRAVEL TO MOVIES: THE SPY WHO DUMPED ME

Director: Susanna Fogel
Cast: Mila Kunis , Kate McKinnon , Sam Heughan , Justin Theroux , Ólafur Darri Ólafsson , Ivanna Sakhno , Kev Adams , Gillian Anderson , Fred Melamed , Hasan Minhaj , Attila C. Árpa
Plot: Audrey (Mila Kunis) and Morgan (Kate McKinnon), two thirty-year-old best friends in Los Angeles, are thrust unexpectedly into an international conspiracy when Audrey's ex-boyfriend shows up at their apartment with a team of deadly assassins on his trail. Surprising even themselves, the duo jump into action, on the run throughout Europe from assassins and a suspicious-but-charming British agent help them execute as they hatch plan to save the world:)


My Movie Review: The movie is a whirlwind spy action flick that entail fun in a blink of an eye!! The Spy Who Dumped Me is one of the most sensible comedy you can get nowadays it's all about friendship trying to survive the day while caught in spy's world- set in beautiful locations:) What more can you ask for right? probably there's few like why the last action scenes felt rush and how come the ex-boyfriend manage to be alive! how he become a villain towards the end? You watch this movie to be entertain and it did that you see the witty ladies do some action fun but what did you get after that nothing much yes the production value is quite nice and surprise from some new actors stepping up their game the detectives in particular yet comes out fancy:(

Critics Consensus: The Spy Who Dumped Me isn't the funniest most inventive spy comedy, but Kate McKinnon remains as compulsively watchable as ever. The movie runs out of plot and jokes well before the end of a two-hour running time, long for a light comedy. It's a promising idea that starts well, and although it starts to flounder by the end, Kunis and McKinnon do sterling work making sure it never completely runs out of energy. The Spy Who Dumped Me isn't quite sure what it wants to be, though that's not always the worst thing: You might call it an ambitious hybrid. Although Filmmaker Fogel composes his pieces of action with remarkable efficiency and singular fierceness, the film never quite decides if he wants to be funny or brutal.

Source: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_spy_who_dumped_me_2018/

Saturday 18 August 2018

TRAVEL TO PLACES: PHILIPPINES-- BURGER KING

My Personal Experience: I went to Burger King this year July 7, 2018, together with my best friend. We went there to spend the cash we got from my sister after helping to transfer laundry! Venice Grand Canal Mall is near in my sister's condo upon arriving we seek to find fast food Burger King is what we found as we order upsizing the meal is a must we got tired doing work!!














Burger King
Every day more than 11 million guests visit Burger King® restaurants around the world. And they do so because our restaurants are known for serving high-quality, great-tasting and affordable food. Founded in 1954, Burger King® is the second largest fast food hamburger chain in the world. The original Home Of The Whooper®, commitment to premium ingredients, signature recipes and family-friendly experiences our brand for more than 50 successful years!

Source: https://www.bk.com/about-bk

Thursday 16 August 2018

TRAVEL TO MOVIES: THE DARKEST MINDS


Director: Jennifer Yuh
Cast: Amandla Stenberg , Harris Dickinson , Mandy Moore , Skylan Brooks , Patrick Gibson , Mark O'Brien , Bradley Whitford , Miya Cech , Golden Brooks , Faye Foley , Wallace Langham
Plot: When teens mysteriously develop powerful new abilities, they are seen as a threat by the government and sent to detainment camps. Sixteen-year-old Ruby escapes from her captors and joins other runaways who are seeking a safe haven. Banded together and on the run that they soon combine their collective powers to fight the adults who tried to take away their future.


My Movie Review: The movie is about youth revolution who seeks a place to belong and exist with where they can move free without fearing adults trying to get them because of their power! The Darkest Minds comes of like Divergent feels where individuals identify with factions based on their abilities almost the same but this time only kids belong to a certain group color identity! Amandla Stenberg and Harris Dickinson leads the cast as they find love in each other mostly same with other young adult teen novel yet still works for the audiences it please to revolve in:) The formula of this movie maybe old but the execution is fresh and exciting with an inevitable sequel we launch another franchise to follow with positive conclusion there is hope in the dark!!

Movie News: Parents need to know that The Darkest Minds is an action thriller based on the first book in author Alexandra Bracken's best-selling young adult series about a world in which most children, teens have died from fatal virus. Rare survivors have emerged with mysterious superpowers, enhanced intelligence, telekinesis, mind control, and fire-starting. Amandla Stenberg, the movie is fairly violent, with a high body count that includes many children and teens, as well as some adults (who in some cases are compelled via mind control to injure/kill themselves). There's also a scene in which a girl erases herself from her parents' memories. There's some romance, but because of a power that works skin-to-skin, the romance mostly consists of longing looks, one slow dance, an eventual big kiss and dream fantasies in contact!

Source: https://www.commonsensemedia.org/movie-reviews/the-darkest-minds

Tuesday 14 August 2018

TRAVEL TO PLACES: PHILIPPINES-- ARMY NAVY MCKINLEY HILL

My Personal Experience: I went to Army Navy McKinley Hill this year June 16, 2018, together with my sister. We went there to have dinner were I'm starving until eating some comfort food:) Army Navy makes a positive impression to me in my first dine last summer that's why I'm back and known for its good quality food but this branch is not! the staff kill the vibe less welcoming:(
















Army Navy McKinley Hill
Located at Unit A2 810 Bldg, Upper McKinley Rd, McKinley Hill, Taguig.  Army Navy Burger + Burrito serves unique burgers, tacos, and rice meals. They also offer Mexican comfort food, all-day breakfast and burritos. They have popular products like Fearless Fried Chicken- crispy, flavorful quarter chicken served with rice and pepper gravy. Breakfast Burrito (All-Day)- flour tortilla filled with meat, toasted hash brown and scrambled eggs. And side dishes and drinks like Freedom Fries- seasoned thin-cut, crispy zesty fries and Libertea- freshly brewed iced tea!

Source: https://ph.phonebooky.com/restaurant/army-navy-burger-burrito-mckinley-hill

Sunday 12 August 2018

TRAVEL TO MOVIES: MISSION IMPOSSIBLE: FALLOUT

Director: Christopher McQuarrie
Cast: Tom Cruise , Rebecca Ferguson , Henry Cavill , Michelle Monaghan , Ving Rhames , Alec Baldwin , Simon Pegg , Angela Bassett , Sean Harris , Vanessa Kirby , Frederick Schmidt
Plot: When an IMF mission ends badly, the world is faced with dire consequences. As Ethan Hunt takes it upon himself to fulfil his original briefing, the CIA begin to question his loyalty and his motives. The IMF team find themselves in a race against time, hunted by assassins while trying to prevent a global catastrophe.


My Movie Review: The movie is stunning extravaganza the death-defying stunts made impact to viewers that every jump and every fall took turn felt you are part of the journey nevertheless! Mission Impossible: Fallout is the best film in the franchise and one of this summer blockbuster takes us in lifts and bounds giving us the action adventure we all craving for that big old school pound for pound fist fights and over-the-top daredevil chase in motorcycle and in high altitude:) Tom Cruise is pushing the limit on what we think is impossible doing real stunts like halo jump that shot to perfection or the infamous jump were he got injured and his out of this breath runs! What matters most is that story take its peak bringing old characters to settle things or back in the crew and new characters to elevate the experience and excite as the next will be unknown! The thing I love most in this mission taking us to exotic locations beyond our reach and grasp:)

Critics Consensus: Fast, sleek and fun, Mission Impossible: Fallout lives up to the impossible part of its name setting yet another high mark for insane set pieces in franchise full of them Fallout's one huge strength is that the action is consistently riveting, great, unapologetic nose-dive into old-school, free-fall, red-meat action that plays as a stark reminder of why physical presence and real stunts still have the cinematic upper hand over such CGI and green screens In a figurative sense... Ethan Hunt manifests the role of the last great romantic hero, in a literal sense Mission Impossible reaffirms the name of Tom Cruise as the last great star of American commercial cinema. Fallout gets it right. From a one-on-one fight in a bathroom to a helicopter chase, the film never loses our attention and manages to surprise us every time. And lastly the most thrilling, entertaining stand-on-your-feet-this-is-bananas blockbuster such recent memory!

Source: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/mission_impossible_fallout/

Friday 10 August 2018

TRAVEL TO PLACES: PHILIPPINES-- PIZZA HUT

My Personal Experience: I went to Pizza Hut this year July 6, 2018, together with my best friend. We went there to meet-up after his vacation in the province and after my job interviews:) Pizza Hut is the leading pizza parlor in the country you can find it almost everywhere with malls we decide to dine because of their combo meal and sometimes its good to taste simple meals!!














Pizza Hut
One day in 1958, two enterprising college students, Frank and Dan Carney, borrowed $600 from their mom and opened small pizza restaurant in their hometown in Wichita, Kansas. Pizza Hut began in the Philippines year 1984. The Home of Pan Pizza has indeed come a long way. Still delighting millions of customers with pizza that is like no other - no wonder it's the world's favorite. So why don't you take home to your love ones' one of our world-famous pizzas today?

Wednesday 8 August 2018

TRAVEL TO MOVIES: OUR HOUSE

Director: Anthony Scott Burns
Cast: Thomas Mann , Nicola Peltz , Percy Hynes White , Carlyn Burchell , Xavier de Guzman
Plot: A machine that can bring back dead loved ones seems like a great idea...until you unleash the wrong spirits. When his parents are killed in a car accident, science wiz Ethan (Thomas Mann) must leave behind college and his girlfriend (Nicola Peltz) to care for his younger brother and sister. By day, he juggles the responsibilities of raising two kids; by night, he tinkers in the garage on an invention he hopes will change the world: a machine that can generate wireless electricity. He gets more than he bargained for, however, when the device awakens the dead souls that haunt the house. As Ethan and his siblings attempt to make contact with their parents, a horrifying realization sets in: not all the spirits in their midst may be friendly. This hair-raising science-fiction ghost story is a nightmare journey into a past that refuses to stay dead and buried.


My Movie Review: The movie is a school project gone spirit attraction in the house basement! Our House is supernatural thriller that lives in a child's fear that's quite wild to explore but give you a taste of terror that you can face- mild horror in a day to day of siblings that stick together. May not be popular as other horror flicks yet this one delivers such decent scares every time the machine turns on you don't know what's coming until the lady shadow appears in the dark:( Thomas Mann is finally the man after several films in his belt the eldest brother that becomes a parent for his younger siblings led the cast as he stop the spirit trying to comeback in the living. This have nice acting from the kids yet make weak links to stay in the cinema why gone soon?!

Other's Review: Average with a few redeeming features with six stars over ten stars in IMDb. I approached this movie with somewhat apprehensive thoughts, however it wasn't quite as bad as some of my fellow staff members had described. I'll agree that the story is a bit here and there, the characters have about as much depth as a saucer of milk and the actors that play them are almost monotonous and dreary but they occasionally have points to shine. This is one of those films you don't go out of the way to watch but if it's on you should give it a chance.

Source: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2018069/

Monday 6 August 2018

TRAVEL TO PLACES: PHILIPPINES-- TENDER BOB'S

My Personal Experience: I went to Tender Bob's Greenbelt this year May 29, 2018, together with my sister and her husband. We went there to have lunch in a tropical casual summer day:) Tender Bob's is becoming one of my favorite restaurants in Ayala Center Makati like the tasty meals with generous portion truly satisfy my appetite and love comfort feeling on their red sofa!














Tender Bob's
Paused shopping in Greenbelt for lunch at Tender Bob's. Choose the Fully Loaded burger (Php 439) cooked medium Burger took a while to prepare, came out big and sloppy. Fries came out couple of minutes later on a separate plate (good thing otherwise would have drowned in burger juice). Looks and feels like a typical American steak'n'burger restaurant, relaxed and comfortable with generous portions. Had dinner here with work colleagues last week. Regular menu quality of food was bit average and fairly good service. Prices were higher than average!

Saturday 4 August 2018

TRAVEL TO MOVIES: THE NINTH PASSENGER

Director: Corey William Large
Cast: Jesse Metcalfe , Timothy V. Murphy , Alexia Fast , Cinta Laura Kiehl , Veronica Dunne
Plot: The Ninth Passenger follows a spontaneous midnight sea voyage by a group of partying college students. There eight people aboard the luxury yacht, owned by an evil biotechnology CEO who's the father of one of the passengers. Another on board is a mechanic who's quickly embroiled in a trip entails motive. The trip goes sideways when they drift to a dark island and both the engine and radio fail. At same time someone sneak to the yacht - the ninth passenger.


My Movie Review: The movie is nail-biting thriller that goes wrong in every way its quite right:) The Ninth Passenger is about group of young people aboard in a luxury yacht that goes into unplanned sea voyage in the middle of the night were they found mystery creature that kill all?! This movie feels chill in the first half enjoy this kind of cool night out vibe it brings like attractive people try to explore each other with mechanic that investigate just find proof of illegal activity:) I guess love cheap thrill the mystery it convey harm- the things you don't know might save your ass in the end better to be cautious in what your getting into- don't be curious in time of danger. The last part cut in the fast track seem everyone was killed instantly can't see what's the rush?!

More Description: Some of the crew go to the island looking for help but instead find that it is home to a vicious creature. Just a few make it back to the yacht only to discover grisly havoc. In the end two are left when rescue boat comes, we discover that the mechanic was working for a rival company the whole time. But instead of getting paid he and other passenger are left for dead, drifting alone in the vast ocean until something breaks the surface heading straight for them. The mystery of the trailer is that we don’t catch a single glimpse of the monster which is a mutant creature. 308 Enterprises share such teaser the first trailer of The Ninth Passenger.

Source: https://bloody-disgusting.com/movie/3468500/mystery-ninth-passenger-trailer/

Thursday 2 August 2018

TRAVEL TO PLACES: PHILIPPINES-- CAFE ADRIATICO EXPRESS

My Personal Experience: I went to Cafe Adriatico Express this year June 30, 2018, together with my best friend. We went there to have some light dinner prior watching in the movie house and pre-birthday treat of my best friend to me! this is my first visit in their mini-outlet restaurant. Cafe Adriatico is known for its sophisticated healthy meals so expect to eat some green salad:)














Cafe Adriatico Express
Located at the Food Circuit Curve, Ground Floor, SM North Edsa The Block, Quezon City. Cafe Adriatico Express serves a full menu of Spanish-Mediterranean dishes and a variety of light options such as pasta, combo meals, salads, sandwiches, omelettes, cakes, and fondues.