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[withlovelica]

food trip x up diliman

i told my husband we should walk in up diliman as a form of exercise, but we ended up eating more than breaking a sweat haha.

this university is a haven of good street food. if you want to experience authentic pinoy eats that is neither healthy nor nutritious, this is the place to go! plus, you can burn it all off by walking around the campus.

we had fishball and sweet corn

at first, it was just supposed to be sweet corn because we forgot to withdraw money and we only had 100 pesos on hand. but thanks to g-cash, we had to tease our dopamine just a little bit more with a serving of fishballs!

craving satisfied.

[withlovelica]

jipan has good omu rice

my family and i have a go-to mall - estancia and i think i have mentioned it in my previous post (see oppenheimer). this time we had a weekend lunch at a japanese restaurant called jipan. it has been ages since we ordered anything from there and it was time.

my husband says they have the best omu rice! so for those who enjoy that sort of thing, jipan makes a delicious rendition of the japanese dish that originated in ginza tokyo.

i had a bowl of tempura udon which was my late mom's favorite thing in this particular establishment.

[withlovelica]

Oppenheimer x Tiong Bahru Hainanese Boneless Chicken Rice

I am not sure how it goes in other countries, but where I am from, there is a designated day where seniors can watch a movie for free!

In our city, Monday is free movie day so dad and I opted to watch Oppenheimer. We have seen Mission Impossible, now it was time for something historical.

Our date started with lunch at a restaurant called Tiong Bahru in a mall called Estancia. It was a franchise from Singapore and it served really good Hainanese, Lemon and Roast Chicken to name a few.

For some reason, dad and I went on a Singaporean food frenzy the past days starting with Hawker Chan, then Nanyang three days ago and now this! And I am not regretting any of it.

We had Veggie Fritters (P 165.00), Lemon Chicken (P285.00), and Hainanese Rice (P 70.00).

I was trying to discipline myself by not looking at my phone while waiting for our food so I brought a book with me haha. I bought I am a Cat by Soseki Natsume three month ago and have only recenly picked up again. That is how bad I am at reading.

Movie started at 2:00 PM and ended at 5:00 PM. It was a mighty long film (the longest by Christopher Nolan) and it gave a detailed narration of how the Americans raced against the Nazis in creating a so-called atomic bomb. They succeeded with the help of a Jewish-German scientist named J. Robert Oppenheimer, but sadly as predicted, the super nation wanted more. On that note, it was also story of how Oppi (how his comrades joyfully called him) was tried and tested by the government because he was morally against the creation of the hydrogen bomb which was said to be megatons stronger than what was formerly created.

Long before stretching my legs to enjoy this movie, I was already scouring the internet for videos and literary pieces that would give me a sense of what times might have been like during the dawn of WWII to its very grim end. It was a very dark and interesting topic to delve into. The more I dug deeper, the more apparent it became that we are at the brink of history repeating itself one more time.

I hate to say that WE ARE at the age of war once again, and it is only a matter of time when things start escalating beyond control.

Oh well, but Lord I pray I am wrong. There is always hope. And though I have lost my faith in humanity, my faith in the Lord has not wavered - whether we do find ourselves armed with arsenal whose power is beyond anything we can imagine or not.

Oppenheimer was incredibly good by the way! maybe I can watch Barbie naman for a change haha.

[withlovelica]

Boxing Day x Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf

Dad and I try to go boxing once a week. Our sessions were reduced to four rounds instead of our usual six (but my dad could go as far as 12 if he wanted, something I could not do).

Our gym closed down during the pandemic so we had to find a new one - Elite Boxing Gym in BGC.

I love the location only because it gives me a view of the city while I throw a few punches.

After a very exhausting workout, we would usually drink coffee at a coffee shop at the ground floor of the building called The Coffee Academics.

After a short coffee break, we headed for lunch in Coffee Bean nearby. It was raining so we did not stray away from the building since we were parked at the basement.

We split a burger which was surprisingly delicious! It was so moist and tasty.

And of course, a salad to again balance the unhealthy vibes of our burger. Tonight’s movie with dad was His Girl Friday on Amazon Prime!

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[styleuxph-blog]

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[styleuxph-blog]

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