Little Fake Summer
Well, today, I had to reload study mode after a brief encounter with summer vacation yesterday. I went to Starbucks Shopwise Commonwealth and got my grande iced vanilla soy latte, which has officially fast tracked into my fave drink list after weeks of swapping raspberry non-fat cocoa cappuccino and dark mocha Frappuccino light to get my study caffeine fix. Yes, I have gone that low now, I end up talking about Starbucks. It's Ambassador Tantoco's birthday today, so my visit got me a free Via Instant Brew coffee. *joy*
So anyway, 5 April was my major, major exam, which was Corpo Law. I really love Corpo Law but I made a lot of nooby mistakes in the exams. Which was immediately remedied by a box of Ladurée macarons that Pat Tobias was kind enough to grace me with! To think that she's the one who deserves a pat in the back for being part of the semifinalist team in the Jean Pictet International Humanitarian Law Moot Competition! And yes, I ate like... 3 in one sitting, attacking praline first, my absolute fave. Thank you so so much Pat!
Awesome empty box of pretty yummy pastries
And soon thereafter, we receive fantastic news that my predecessor, Krissy Conti is going to represent the entire University system's student body as our new Student Regent! The last time a law student was student regent was, Terry Ridon. Krissy, or Ate K as we call her, was selected unanimously by ALL the UP units. It's going to be a very political position, but Ate K's definitely a straight arrow. As per what most Filipino people do, Carlo and I were the ones who physically made sure we got nominated, although the initiative came from her blockmates and other peers who thought she was the perfect fit for the position. It was worth not preparing PIL for! Hahahaha! Congratulations Krissy!
So 6 April became my ONLY summer day. Sort of. Well, there's still my PIL exams on the 16th, my internship starts in the 11th, which leaves me 10 days to study PIL, 5 of which while I'm working. But then I have Holy Week free, and 14th May onwards as my last summer break as a student! Woot! Anyway, the point is, medyo matagal pa yun. So I decided to have a *taste* of my summer on April 6th.
It started with ... well, breakfast with mom. And then, she made me do a very responsible errand. As in responsible because it felt like something a parent usually does, which is to enroll my brother to music classes in the UP College of Music's extension programme. I brought my sister with me, who ended up playing Tilt To Live as I navigated through the procedure in a breeze, being trained in harsher enlistment procedures in my 14 semesters of Diliman life. We picked up breakfast for my brother as well, and then my sister realised we just became overglorified nannies. But it was all good. Hahaha... it's just like taking care of Chuck, with more needs.
And then after a few hours of lounging around at home, Carlo came over. After forcing my brother to take a bath while Carlo played Minecraft, this weird game that has the biggest pixels in the world because it's conceptualised after Lego, we took off to Greenhills. We had Happy Lemon! Rock Salt & Cheese Cocoa (50% sweetness) was AWESOME. But I definitely will go back to Milk Tea after that. Hehehe.
Carlo with his Oreo Cookies and Cream Milk Tea; He might look like a Sad Lemon, but it was very yummy
NR Lemon Gioshua and Happy Lemon Mecko
Happy Lemon Squared!!
Mecko and I decided to go to Bizu to get an additional macaron fix. AUGH. BAD IDEA. The ganache did not have the thick-yet-fluffy consistency, and the cookie was hard to eat. The temperature was all wrong. But the flavours were good. Anyway, I want to try Pierre Hermé macarons next time. My sister ran into two of her blockmates with cute names: Smiley and KitKat. No joke.
We then watched Hall Pass, which was really funny, but it could have been downloaded. It was very sweet towards the end thou', so it's really like a date movie, and not really a movie you watch with your boyfriend along with your younger siblings. But it was all good.
To continue the pig out session (while everyone else are pursuing their beach bodies), we went to Rancor Centre in Ortigas Avenue to eat at Charlie's Grind and Grill. Uh... pure awesome! I didn't get the best selling Black Angus burger, and instead opted for the mahi-mahi sandwich. My siblings got the famed burger, and Carlo got fish and chips. It was really great! Everything was really awesome. Although they all made fun of the fact I ordered something called mahi-mahi. Carlo was wearing the same cardigan as another customer, which we found rather amusing.
Walang pag-asa. Di man lang nakahinga yung pagkain.
Finally, yoghurt fix from Yoggle. Cute name. Cute store. Even cuter people.
Store
Siblings
Yogi Couple
Sorry, pangit ng quality ng pictures, phone cam lang kasi.
Pre-summer is fun (not to mention filling). Hope the rest will be!
Ta-ta.
CK ♥
So anyway, 5 April was my major, major exam, which was Corpo Law. I really love Corpo Law but I made a lot of nooby mistakes in the exams. Which was immediately remedied by a box of Ladurée macarons that Pat Tobias was kind enough to grace me with! To think that she's the one who deserves a pat in the back for being part of the semifinalist team in the Jean Pictet International Humanitarian Law Moot Competition! And yes, I ate like... 3 in one sitting, attacking praline first, my absolute fave. Thank you so so much Pat!
Awesome empty box of pretty yummy pastries
And soon thereafter, we receive fantastic news that my predecessor, Krissy Conti is going to represent the entire University system's student body as our new Student Regent! The last time a law student was student regent was, Terry Ridon. Krissy, or Ate K as we call her, was selected unanimously by ALL the UP units. It's going to be a very political position, but Ate K's definitely a straight arrow. As per what most Filipino people do, Carlo and I were the ones who physically made sure we got nominated, although the initiative came from her blockmates and other peers who thought she was the perfect fit for the position. It was worth not preparing PIL for! Hahahaha! Congratulations Krissy!
So 6 April became my ONLY summer day. Sort of. Well, there's still my PIL exams on the 16th, my internship starts in the 11th, which leaves me 10 days to study PIL, 5 of which while I'm working. But then I have Holy Week free, and 14th May onwards as my last summer break as a student! Woot! Anyway, the point is, medyo matagal pa yun. So I decided to have a *taste* of my summer on April 6th.
It started with ... well, breakfast with mom. And then, she made me do a very responsible errand. As in responsible because it felt like something a parent usually does, which is to enroll my brother to music classes in the UP College of Music's extension programme. I brought my sister with me, who ended up playing Tilt To Live as I navigated through the procedure in a breeze, being trained in harsher enlistment procedures in my 14 semesters of Diliman life. We picked up breakfast for my brother as well, and then my sister realised we just became overglorified nannies. But it was all good. Hahaha... it's just like taking care of Chuck, with more needs.
And then after a few hours of lounging around at home, Carlo came over. After forcing my brother to take a bath while Carlo played Minecraft, this weird game that has the biggest pixels in the world because it's conceptualised after Lego, we took off to Greenhills. We had Happy Lemon! Rock Salt & Cheese Cocoa (50% sweetness) was AWESOME. But I definitely will go back to Milk Tea after that. Hehehe.
Carlo with his Oreo Cookies and Cream Milk Tea; He might look like a Sad Lemon, but it was very yummy
NR Lemon Gioshua and Happy Lemon Mecko
Happy Lemon Squared!!
Mecko and I decided to go to Bizu to get an additional macaron fix. AUGH. BAD IDEA. The ganache did not have the thick-yet-fluffy consistency, and the cookie was hard to eat. The temperature was all wrong. But the flavours were good. Anyway, I want to try Pierre Hermé macarons next time. My sister ran into two of her blockmates with cute names: Smiley and KitKat. No joke.
We then watched Hall Pass, which was really funny, but it could have been downloaded. It was very sweet towards the end thou', so it's really like a date movie, and not really a movie you watch with your boyfriend along with your younger siblings. But it was all good.
To continue the pig out session (while everyone else are pursuing their beach bodies), we went to Rancor Centre in Ortigas Avenue to eat at Charlie's Grind and Grill. Uh... pure awesome! I didn't get the best selling Black Angus burger, and instead opted for the mahi-mahi sandwich. My siblings got the famed burger, and Carlo got fish and chips. It was really great! Everything was really awesome. Although they all made fun of the fact I ordered something called mahi-mahi. Carlo was wearing the same cardigan as another customer, which we found rather amusing.
Walang pag-asa. Di man lang nakahinga yung pagkain.
Finally, yoghurt fix from Yoggle. Cute name. Cute store. Even cuter people.
Store
Siblings
Yogi Couple
Sorry, pangit ng quality ng pictures, phone cam lang kasi.
Pre-summer is fun (not to mention filling). Hope the rest will be!
Ta-ta.
CK ♥