Kill 'Em With Kindness

I just want to share with you what happened to me last August 21 in BGC. I was about to go home then from a really fun team building in Laguna when something unfortunate came up. There was this small utility hole which was left uncovered along Lawton Ave right before turning left for 5th avenue in BGC. Although the uncovering seemed unintentional, it still poses a big risk to drivers who pass by the area. 



As you could guess, I unfortunately hit it which extremely ruined my left front tire.

Thankfully, a BGC traffic officer named Alex Aniñon was kind enough to help me. It was really an unlucky day for me as my spare tire was also broken so I had to go to the nearest vulcanizing shop (which was somewhere near SM Aura). I had to leave my car and a friend with Sir Alex while I took care of the spare. He, on the other hand, took out my ruined tire, grabbed a cab for me and ensured to give the direction of the vulcanizing shop, watched over my car to ensure it's not towed, assisted me to put in the fresh tire I got from the shop and ensured to take action on the utility hole. Needless to say, I really think he deserves a commendation for what he's done. So I contacted several people to help me reach out to his boss whom he referred to as this certain Manny Blas. I tried contacting Top Gear and James Deakin. Thankfully, James was kind enough to help so I was able to contact Manny Blas via Facebook. Turns out he's Fort Bonifacio Development Corporation's (FBDC) Head of Commercial Operation. I knew the title, but little did I know that he's the big boss of some sort. To give you an idea, he's actually Mind Museum's Managing Director and for newly opened buildings in BGC, he actually gets invited for ribbon cuttings. So yeahhh.

Going back, Sir Alex could have just let me call my dad or anyone else who could help me and not bother at all, but he didn't. Instead, he showed me that in a world where you can be anything, you can be kind. The action shown by this man is a good example of how we can make a difference.

So I bet you're wondering if they did replace my tire? Hehe. I haven't gotten one yet but I have reached out to them already and once I got one, it'll be reimbursed. Apart from that, they scored me free BHS Cinema Exclusive Passes + All Day Passes for Mind Museum! Paul and I already got to use the Cinema tickets earlier, we watched USS Indianapolis in pretty sick reclining chairs! How cool is that?! All of these for free just because I voiced out something positive for a real good thing done to me.  

"Unexpected kindness is the most powerful, least costly and most underrated agent of human change."

Xoxo,

Ellie

Bohol 2016

Okay so this is gonna be an incomplete post or some sort of sneak peek of our recently concluded Bohol trip. I, unfortunately, got sick on our 3rd (out of 4) day there and here I am lying in bed and extending my leave for 1 more day just because I was dehydrated. Anyhoos, I'm now recovering thanks to Hydrite and Pocari Sweat! I'll update this as soon as I get the pictures from Paul..for now, here ya go!:)

Xoxo,
Ellie

Boracay 2016

Last Sunday, I went to Boracay with Paul and his family to spend some relaxation and quality time in the island. It was a good 4-day trip and I had loads of fun! Well you can only guess that I'm quite sore now with my reddish complexion haha but it also means that the weather was nice to us and did not even shed a raindrop the whole time we were there. It was super sunny so thank God for that. :) Sharing to you some pictures... :)

Paul and I were able to relax and not think of work for at least a couple of days. It was also nice having to share a wonderful time with his family. I'm excited for future adventures! Next month, off to Bohol we go! :)

Xoxo,

Ellie

Fun Weekend

Oh I know I have a lot of utang posts but I just can't help but blog about how fun my weekend was. It was jam-packed with activities with my friends, Paul and my family! It started out after my Friday shift when the entire team planned to go to Banchetto. After pigging out and laughing so hard with all the crazy stories we were talking about, we had an impromptu decision to continue the fun at Metrowalk for some karaoke time. It was wild! I lost my voice because of what I did there but it was so much fun so wth right?! :)




And even though I got home at 6am that day, I woke up at around 12nn because Paul and I have plans for the afternoon. Paul picked me up at home and we went to Mang Larry's Isawan at UPD and consumed sooo many hahaha! (I think the only time I'll get payat is when I have to prepare for my wedding 'cause mapipilitan ako haha). Anyhoots, imma break it down for you: 30 sticks of freakin' isaw, green mango with spicy bagoong, kikiam and chicken balls + avocado ice cream. All for our hungry tummehs! Superb!



And since we were already around the area, we decided to go to Maginhawa and try The Iscreamist. We had to walk around to look for it since it had changed its location and didn't have any signs and whatsoever. But we were able to find it and our experience was so funny! So the concept of this ice cream shop is that it's somewhat mixed with rocket science. What we had was smores and the proper way to eat it is to have it dipped in Liquid Nitrogen which will turn it into a frozen smore instantly! It's pretty dope and we had so much fun! I did not get to take maayos pictures like most people do because we were just laughing the whole time. But here are some pictures I took:



We then capped off the day by talking about life and our future ♡. I'm so excited of what's ahead for me and my love!

But the fun did not stop there for this awesome weekend. Even if the rain was intense in the morning, it did not stop me and my family from going to church. We then watched Independence Day 2 at Rockwell where I was seated beside Sen. Cynthia Villar (wife of Manny Villar) who was very humble. She even asked me if I liked the movie and I shyly said: "I liked the first one better po" to which she immediately agreed. All's well that ends well. I hope you guys had an awesome weekend! It's Monday again, make sure to choose your battles wisely and just do what you can do. Don't push yourself too hard. Have a great week ahead!

Xoxo,
Ellie

Hello World!

Hey guys! Meet Abbie :) Abbie's not mine but I love her oh sooo dearly. More of Abbie on my next post. For now, make gigil over your phone brought about Abbie's super kaduper cuteness! ♡♡♡




Xoxo,
Ellie

Family Love

Over the weekend, after my road trip with Paul, my family and I went to Vigan. It was a crazy 12-hour drive which was ideally only 7 hours (sans the traffic and stopovers I guess). But amidst the tiring and butt-hurting trip, we had loads of fun! Ever since I was young, my parents would always take us on long roadtrips and by long I would say 6 hours minimum. I grew up in Mindanao where cities are hours away from each other, unlike here in Manila. But yeah, I grew up loving long trips and stopping over convenient stores to buy coffee and stuff. I grew up singing to Aegis when Papa blasts their songs over because he's kewl like that (hihi) but recently though, he's been listening to rap (which I also sing along to).
I just love spending time with the people I care so much about, I so love my family! <3

Xoxo,

Ellie

Happy Birthday, My Love!

Hey you guys! It was Paul's birthday last May 18 and this post is solely dedicated to the person I love and treasure the most. It's already his 4th year out of his 2* (hihi) birthdays with me and it's no secret that I actually don't settle for anything less when it comes to the people I love. Soooo I got him a verrrryy cute tyre cake from The Sweetery (IG: @thesweeteryph). It's so cute that it wasn't eaten right away as it had to go through a lot of photoshoot. The cake was custom-made straight from my idea of having this design to represent Paul's extreme interest in cars. The details are super intricate, it's really lovely! Please wait for my top 10 list of favorite cakes in Manila. (Btw if you're wondering, the flavor of this one is chocolate mud ganache YUM!!!)


And since I'm a master planner, of course I did not only give him a cake. I also got Paul a new lens for his SLR (so we could capture more memories!!!). But apart from those gifts, I think I'm his best gift ever! Hahahaha! Kidding aside, we went up North to celebrate. We went to Subic and stayed at White Rock Resort where we had it all for ourselves! It was pretty calm and quiet and we really had a nice time. It was also full of stuff to do some team building activities and of course, we tried them (by we I mean took pictures and Paul tried them hahaha). Sharing some of our pictures (P.S. we're so chubby and cuddly noh? hahaha)



Well look at that.. we even snuck a selfie at SCTEX!




It was a quick getaway but it was all worth it. Road tripping with Paul is really one of my favorites. I'll always look forward to food trips (he drivin', me feedin'), extremely loud 90s music and two crazy people singing their hearts out and of course, the holding hands and 'kiss mo naman ako' while driving. <3 Looking forward to more roadtrips with you love! Looking forward to our Boracay and Bohol soon! Yahooo! :)

Xoxo,

Ellie