pre birthday blues

Today is the last day of my 31st year on Earth...and the small fact that my age can still be found in the calendar.

On the bright side, tomorrow, my age is still found in LOTTO! DEYM! hahahaha

Cheers to the good life!

pretty(emo and aging!)twistedchick

 

sweet morning

I tried this Dark Chocolate Cherry Sansrival of Starbucks.

I'm not a fan. 

Its toooo messy to eat (hahaha) and sticky! It stucked to the fork, to the paper plate...to everywhere!

I loved the cherry though! haha

I tried this because my friend loved it...guess we have different palate preference! :D

prettytwisted(and sugar rushed)chick

christmas and coffee

Christmas in a cup :D

One of the things that remind me of the coming Christmas season is when Starbucks starts offering coffee on red cups rather than their ordinary white cups.

Also its the start of collecting a certain no. of stickers to be able to get the Starbucks planner. It has been a tradition of mine (since it started 5 or 6 years ago) to get that coveted planner.

Now, I'm not quite sure.

I barely touched the planner I have this year coz I have my own calendar for office, and a sort of journal at home.

So we'll see how I fare with this sticker thing. I might send it as a gift if all else fail.

Grabe, its almost Christmas! I havent done any shopping yet! Goodluck to me. Hehehe




prettytwistedchick

valentine's day

ahhhh its valentine's day once again.

if you're single (like me) you probably dread this day. why? because the moment i stepped out of the house this morning, i am reminded as to my single status. if for couples its valentine's day, for us singles, today is single awareness day! (for others, they termed it as SINGLES INDEPENDENCE DAY but independent from what, may i ask?!?)

yep, that we are!

i'm not bitter or anything (although i project the image that i am bitter hahaha) i am still hopeful that one day, in the near future, love will come my way. :D

so as i've said, its single awareness day... everywhere i go there are flowers scattered, chocolates, people wearing RED dresses/shirts... i, on the other hand, wore black and white dress and pearls (just to be contrary!haha)

since i dont usually wear a dress in the office (it's hard to commute wearing heels + dress) everyone was teasing me as they thought that i have a date.

"nope, i dont have a date" i said. "but i am open to the possibility that at the last minute, someone may conjure enough nerves to ask me out!" hahaha

(to someone who at one point or another toyed with the possibility of spending valentines day with me, you should have had the nerve to ask me out--i learned my lesson, i will not be too grouchy anymore hahaha)

plus I may be dateless today but that does not mean I’m loved-less… I have all the love of my family and friends for now its more than enough… although prince charming is welcome to join the club hehehe...

anyhow, forget about dates...it has been water under the bridge :) on to the main topic:

i loved my breakfast for today! i had one grande (hot) cafe mocha, one dark chocolate macadamia cookie and one FREE VIA ready brew sachet (all from my ever reliable morning cafe, Starbucks!)

yum right?!?

the reason for my early coffee "splurge" was because i'm fueling up for a very tiring day ahead... why do i say so? because my most annoying "client" (if i can call her that--i dont have clients but i have no other way to call her) will drop by the office today (around 1.30pm) hence i need all the ENERGY and POSITIVITY i can get! i tell you, once you meet her, all your energy, patience and strength will definitelydrain!

i just hope it will be finished soon enough! :D

my morning "clients" were pretty much a-okay..i thought today will be hell day but i guess only in the afternoon! anyhow, i'm happy (so far!)

have a happy valentines day!

note: my day turned out pretty calm and uneventful! my annoying "client" was actually tamed today...i wonder why... i should now brace myself for the next outburst!

date-less but not love-less

prettytwistedchick

COMFORT FOOD#1: Starbucks' dark mocha frappe + oreo cheesecake

the perfect pair!

chocolate overload?!? I know. 

and, i LOVE! :) 

I'm a self-confessed chocoholic so, this isn't much at all! Actually, this is just a normal occurrence when I match chocolate drink with chocolate food—my version of heaven on earth! 

So many things has been happening to me these past few days---career-wise, goal-wise, love life-wise (yiheee!) and life-in-general! I needed something to balance out all the crazy events. And what better mood-harmonizer in this freakin' world but FOOD! yesss, FOOD, and for me particularly—anything CHOCOLATE! 

I went to the nearest place I could go to without compromising my "office-time" and that is--STARBUCKS! (just an observation, Filipinos must have looooove coffee, noh?! Starbucks and all other cafes sprout like mushrooms in the city---and even outside the city! Great for coffee lover like me) 

Thank God, a lot of Starbucks stores can be found in Makati! I ordered my favorites-- dark mocha frappuccino GRANDE with whip cream and a slice of Oreo cheesecake! Yum! I’m content—for a minute there, everything doesn’t matter, just me, my dark mocha frappe and my oreo cheesecake! What I don't understand are some people who have a lot of specifications on their coffee. 

Those no whip cream, skim milk, decaf, vanilla based, one shot of something so on and so forth. Don't they get that the more the specifications their coffee has, the less "great" their coffee would be. Hey, this just an opinion...maybe that's the beauty of customized coffee! Personally, I feel that if I order one of those, I get sort of cheated on, because the TRUEST coffee flavor isn't there anymore.

my lovely dark mocha frappuccino

Well anyhow, back to comfort food. I love coffee especially in the morning. Somehow, my day isn’t complete without it. It has been a part of my morning ritual. But nowadays, I missed having hot coffee in the morning. A lot has been changing... and my morning coffee is one of the "affected" things. So I decided to give myself a treat and went to Starbucks. But since its already evening, I've decided on something “colder”. 

Have I mentioned that I love chocolates???? I could eat them all day! ESPECIALLY dark chocolates. I simply adore them! So naturally when I’m in Starbucks, I always order DARK MOCHA FRAPPUCCINO. I love the mocha taste. Coffee + dark chocolate is a win-win situation, for me! The taste isn’t too bitter and its not too sweet either. This is a thick, rich and creamy drink with bits of cocoa beans (i think!)!


Another love of mine are cheesecakes--especially OREO CHEESECAKE. This shouldn't come as a shock to you because, my first ever attempt at making cheesecakes, i made oreo cheesecakes. (I'm starting to sound redundant, but what the heck...that's how i love Oreo cheesecake!) AND the BEST Oreo cheesecake for me is at Starbucks! The way to eat it, is to savor every flavor one bite at a time. You must not hurry or else the “richness” of the cheesecake will go unnoticed. You let the cheesecake linger in you palate for a while to truly appreciate how GOOD it is! Puuuuurrfect! Yum-eh!

These two are a joy to eat...

...After this, back to reality..back to regular programming…

sweet-tooth, prettytwistedchick