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Review: Mallari

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Spoilers ahead. Mallari holds a lot of promise. It's said that he predates Jack the Ripper, the most famous serial killer in the world. While Severino Mallari is not as known he's infamous for being the first (documented) serial killer in the PH.  I really wished the writers have stopped there. They could have literally wrote an entire film with that simple premise but they had to do so many things at once the severity of his crimes have then taken a back seat. There's so many elements in the film that it felt like they wanted to throw everything in the pot to cater to different demographics all at once.  Subtlety would have saved Mallari in my opinion. There are expositions that are kind of OK not to explain, like calling themselves travelers and then eventually it was astral projection even if they can take some things? I didn't know you can astral project blankets and videotapes. They needed to show things in some, and probably not pay too much attention to things th...
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Hotel Reviews: Alpha Suites Makati

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I convinced Reagan that  Bianca's  show would take us all night so might as well find a place to stay. I can't find anywhere exactly near Circuit so I was glad to have seen one that is near his work and Circuit as well that didn't look so shady. Technically it's a serviced apartment and boy oh boy we were thrilled once we opened the door. We were able to check-in around noon ( so that we can still continue working ) and even though it was good in photos, we loved it more once we're in.  The room is around 60++ sqm and dare I say they utilized the space extremely well. I even commented that if they were able to achieve that kind of layout for just 60sqm why not in our own house as well, right?!  It's spacious, there are a lot of storage spaces, appliances that can be used. Reagan even remarked if we can live there instead lols. Their kitchen is filled with all the housing tools you would ever need. They have all the appliances there, I mean you can even bake a ca...
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Unsanitized: Bianca del Rio 2022 Tour in Manila (10.11.2022)

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You mean to say Bianca's been coming to PH even before the pandemic?! I found that she had an event probably a day or two before the early bird sale date in an accident. I can't even recall how I ended up finding out but I'm glad to have else I would have been so pissed.  A bit of backstory I am not a fan of most reality competition shows nowadays but at some point I did watch a few Project Runway, ANTM and even RuPaul's Drag Race when I was younger. But because of other shows and maybe the lack of resource where to watch them I moved on to serials instead.  Then pandemic came and even though it's easing, 3 years is a short time for watching all the shows I missed. I've probably finished more TV shows this pandemic than my entire adult life combined! One of the shows I picked to finish was RuPaul's and was surprised it's still ongoing. I was able to finish all US Originals and All Stars when it was announced that there's going to be a Drag Race PH. J...
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CAVITE DIARIES: Gingerbread House and Reptiland Adventure (10.01.2022)

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This is going to be one of those posts where we had to plan a day in haste.  So my cousins suddenly arrived at our family house. Since they're coming with us to visit our father in Manila Memorial we thought we might make it a day instead of grocery day.  + Gingerbread House + Gingerbread house is one of those places that I always heard but hasn't been. Apparently it has changed through the years that it has added more features and as we've went there still expanding. Other than the large Gingerbread house that doubles as their dining area, they now have little pockets of places for kids to run and play and some places for couples as well. They also have varying tiers of entrance fees:   Photo courtesy of my sister . Visit her shop!  For a Gingerbread House I was hoping there's a wafting air of baking gingerbread or perhaps cinnamon or chocolate or maybe pine (?) just for the Christmas theme. But I suppose it's too much to ask since that's probably a hard thing ...
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CAVITE DIARIES: Nurture Wellness Village (06.12.2022)

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I think our life now involves a weekend in Tagaytay since it's the closest we can go to where it's easier for us to come home after. I was mulling in grabbing a 3 day stay BUT I'm still iffy leaving our house unattended for that long and not to mention the landscaped plants outside of the house, who would water them?! We eventually decided the last minute (this is almost literal) to just book a place for overnight for our upcoming Anniversary on Tuesday. My office is on a holiday on the 13th so we thought maybe we could celebrate earlier than on Tuesday so I don't need to file for an absence.  + The Booking + Saturday night Reagan found Nurture Wellness Village . I told him I've been there before with my family but as I would witness firsthand it has changed a lot (to be fair we went there 2016 pa) . He tried calling all the numbers and eventually PM'd them via FB . Their replies are very slim and the night came and went, they still haven't replied to him th...
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CAVITE DIARIES: Queen's Strawberry Farm (05.08.2022)

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For Mother's Day (yeah I know it's already June as I'm writing this) we decided to go somewhere near Tagaytay. It's hard to look for place where you not just go out to eat but maybe do a little bit of sight seeing so it's not a brainer that I got everyone to a place we haven't been to: Queen's Strawberry Farm . If you've ever been to Sonia's it's near it, so maybe just move your map a wee bit to see where the place is. It's not that new, but it does look like it doesn't get that much publicity yet because even though there are already cars around when we arrived, it wasn't hard for us to secure a seat on one of their restaurants.  Queen's has a lot of plants although a landscape planning could be in order because it seemed like it wasn't as professionally done, like again and this is the last time I'm mentioning it, Sonia's. There are some areas that needs to have be fixed and even though it's a fairly new place, i...
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