TRAVEL TO PLACES: SINGAPORE ANG MO KIO HUB

My Personal Experience: I went to Ang Mo Kio Hub last May 1, 2011, together with my sister and some of her college friends. We went to visit my sister's friends who lived in Ang Mo Kio and to watch the movie Thor at Ang Mo Kio Hub Cinema. We window shop on the stores, bought some groceries, play on the arcade games and ate lunch at Pepper Lunch.

Ang Mo Kio Hub

AMK Hub is a suburban shopping mall located in Ang Mo Kio, within the North-East Region of Singapore. It is connected to Ang Mo Kio Bus Interchange which is linked to Ang Mo Kio MRT station via an underpass. The shopping mall has 48,250 square metres of gross floor area and 350,000 square feet (33,000 m2) of retail space.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AMK_Hub

TRAVEL TO MOVIES: THE BEST OF ME

Director: Michael Hoffman

Cast: James Marsden , Michelle Monaghan , Liana Liberato , Luke Bracey

Plot: Directed by Michael Hoffman, "The Best Of Me" is based on 2011 novel with same title by Nicholas Sparks. A pair of former high school sweethearts, Dawson Cole (James Marsden) and Amanda Collier (Michelle Monaghan) reunites after 20 years when they both return to their small hometown in North Carolina.

Source: http://movies.insing.com/movie/the-best-of-me-2014/id-90e70000/

My Movie Review: The movie is nothing but romantic, honestly I don't know what to say about I guess plain and simple that's how I can describe watching this. There's something about Nicholas Sparks movies make sense even if some stories were not interesting at all, they manage to pull us to watch them all over again. The Best Of Me almost hit the pot but when Dawson died at the end, the experience was ruin and became so much predictable.
My Favorite Lines: "I don't much to offer, but I promise you can have the best of me." "Love after all, always said more about those who felt it than about the ones they loved." "You want me to fall back in love with you. How do I do that when I haven't ever stopped?" "Sometimes you have to be apart from the people you love, but that doesn't make you love them any less, sometimes you love them more." "Nothing else mattered it was just us"

TRAVEL TO PLACES: SINGAPORE CHANGI CITY POINT

My Personal Experience: I went to Changi City Point last year May 19, 2013, together with my whole family. We went there to assist my parents and my aunt on their flight going back to the Philippines. We had morning mixed salads at Souperlicious in Changi Airport and ate lunch at Texas Chicken and afternoon snacks at McDonalds in Changi City Point.

Changi City Point

It is a shopping mall located in the vicinity of Changi Business Park, Singapore directly opposite Expo MRT station. This mall is renowned for containing factory outlets of various brands such as Adidas, Nike, Lacoste and Pedro. There is also a landscaped themed rooftop garden together with a wet and dry playground on the topmost floor on level 3.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Changi_City_Point

TRAVEL TO MOVIES: INTERSTELLAR

Director: Christopher Nolan

Cast: Matthew McConaughey , Anne Hathaway , Jessica Chastain , Casey Affleck , Matt Damon , Bill Irwin , Michael Caine , Topher Grace , Wes Bentley , David Oyelowo

Plot: A science fiction film directed by Christopher Nolan and written by him and his brother Jonathan Nolan, from a treatment by Kip Thorne and producer Lynda Obst. The film is an exploration of physicist Kip Thorne's theories of gravity fields, wormholes and several hypotheses that Albert Einstein was never able to prove.

Source: http://movies.insing.com/movie/interstellar-2014/id-5de60000/

My Movie Review: The movie is beyond, took my breath away and gave me goosebumps! Matthew McConaughey gives his stellar performance in this out of this world experience sure to captures your heart. Interstellar nice title for this movie, you can't describe what's happening and you can't guess what's going next. Christopher Nolan takes us to his wide imagination, giving us some history about NASA and educate us how the world and galaxy revolves. I don't like the end it's bitter and sad, I prefer a reunited happy ending on Earth.
My Favorite Term: Interstellar

First let's look the at word "Interstellar" it has two main parts: the prefix "inter-" and the ending "-stellar." The prefix inter- is defined as among, between, or amid. The word stellar means of or pertaining to stars or full of stars. If the two are put together, we come up with the definition of interstellar as being "between or among the stars."

Source: http://www-ssg.sr.unh.edu/ism/what.html

TRAVEL TO PLACES: SINGAPORE CHINATOWN

My Personal Experience: I went to Chinatown in Singapore last May 10, 2011, together with my sister, my cousin and my uncle. We went there to buy some souvenirs and gifts for our friends and love ones. We explore Chinatown from the streets, where you can find different stores and bargains to inside holy temples, where you can see religious replicas.

Chinatown

Chinatown is Singapore’s largest historic district, nestled close to the bustling business hub. When Raffles announced Singapore as a trading post in 1819, many Chinese flocked to Singapore, and by the end of the 1860s, the Chinese community had grown to encompass 65% of the population in Singapore.

Source:http://www.yoursingapore.com/content/traveller/en/browse/shopping/shopping-in-singapore/chinatown.html

TRAVEL TO MOVIES: GONE GIRL

Director: David Fincher

Cast: Ben Affleck , Rosamund Pike , Neil Patrick Harris , Tyler Perry , Emily Ratajkowski , Boyd Holbrook , Patrick Fugit , Carrie Coon , Missi Pyle , Scoot McNairy , David Fincher

Plot: "Gone Girl" starts as the story of Nick and Amy Dunne's difficult marriage, which is floundering for several reasons. Nick, a former journalist, loses his job due to downsizing. In a somewhat desperate state of mind, he relocates himself and his wife from New York City to the small Midwestern town of North Carthage, Missouri, where Nick is from. On the day of Nick and Amy's fifth wedding anniversary, Amy goes missing. Nick eventually becomes a prime suspect in her disappearance for various reasons as mysterious clues start to emerge in the wake of Amy's disappearance.

Source: http://movies.insing.com/movie/gone-girl-2014/id-46e60000/

My Movie Review: The movie is masterpiece, there's something brilliant about this I can't explain. Probably one of the best thriller movie I watched in cinemas, the dramatic story is so twisted but still believable and the actors were so compelling they could win an Oscars. Rosamund Pike gives me scares on how women think and frighten me about marriage. Ben Affleck and Neil Patrick Harris were so natural I don't know if they were acting or not. This movie shows how David Fincher's work are epic from now on I will watch his movies.

My Favorite Lines: "There's a difference between really loving someone and loving the idea of her." "My mother had always told her kids: if you're about to do something, and you want to know if it's a bad idea, imagine seeing it printed in the paper for all the world to see." "Sleep is like a cat: It only comes to you if you ignore it." "A lot of people lacked that gift: knowing when to fuck off."

TRAVEL TO PLACES: PHILIPPINES ISLA PANDAN DAY RESORT

My Personal Experience: I went to Isla Pandan Day Resort last February 20, 2012, together with my classmates and some faculty members. We went there to start our first day tour at Honda Bay Islands in Puerto Princesa, Palawan. We travel from NAIA Manila to Puerto Princesa Airport via Philippine Airlines and stayed at Microtel Resort in Palawan.

Isla Pandan Day Resort
Isla Pandan is named after its abundance in Pandan trees. It’s a private resort owned by a hotel in Puerto Princesa. The island also has a rich population of assorted fish roaming around the shore but not as good as Snake Island because of the sea plants.

Source:http://bukool.com/my-blogs/puerto-princesa-%E2%80%93-a-city-in-a-forest-day-3/