♬ Oh Christmas Twix, Oh Christmas Twix~ ♬

 ♬A weirdly taasty caaandy~ ♬

I didn't know what to expect when I found this Twix variant in S&R. Decided to give it a go anyway because it's Christmas. And now here I am making a random review of it because It's new! It's odd! It's small and festive!❅ ❄ ❆

If you have a particular craving for a Twix bar, like, if you need to have one specifically, then this probably won't cut it. The biscuit usually takes a back seat and just mostly acts as a texture balancer in the original bar, but the biscuit in this really tastes like gingerbread so it tastes like a different candy. But the caramel and chocolate part is still the same.

So yeah it's just a Twix bar made ~~FESTIVE~~

Mind that if you don't like spicy treats like gingerbread or lebkuchen or anything with ginger or cinnamon in it you might not like this! But yes. Christmas Twix. Good. Yes. Good.

Rating: Five Snowflakes! Out of seven. *reference!!*

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Post-LDR CaNoodling

Hello blog I've missed you!!! Just passing by to show you this vlog Beardy and I made together. Foodventure Time: Buldak Bokkeum Myeon. It might turn into a series, we'll see. But I do want to start making Youtube videos. Both conceptual stuff and more vlogs like this about our life post-LDR. You know, our life together after being a long-distance couple? Cos yep! We aren't long distance anymore! Beardy has finally arrived (In July) to stay. We're just a regular couple now, making it work.

Today we went to the Immigration Office to extend his Visa and may I just say, what a relief to be done with it! I was so stressed before going, but it all went super smoothly. Our local office was transferred to our huge City Hall and it was really good, fast, friendly service. I feel happy about my city.

We might be leaving it soon, though. It's more than likely that we will move out of the city when we find a place. But Santa Rosa will always be home :) There will just be new adventures to make, new places to discover! And I'll make sure to update you! For 90 days (since the 15th, but I'm only starting the real work today), I'm setting my mind to posting regularly on here and on Youtube. To give it a real shot! I just gave myself a couple of weeks to think about what to do. I haven't figured it out completely, but I set myself to start no matter what when September comes, so here we are!

It's good to be back!

Le Garçon et Son Macaron

Last Sunday, my family went to Socrates' Secret again for some fun fun food food time. My uncle and his son Fheebo have been staying in our house since January so they also come along on weekend adventures. I've been to S.S. four other times beforehand and was excited to return with a kid in the group to put their adorable kiddie corner to use. 

The first time, it was just me, Mama, and my brothers, then me and just one brother, then Emmy and me, then my best Brofriends. All kids at heart, but I don't think psycho-emotional kid-ness will grant us a pass to the kiddie corner. Even the shoe rack is really small. 

My little cousin was very excited when the children from the other tables left because he was too shy to join them. Can you spot him?:

Fheebo is a picky eater, so he preferred to just play as we ate our food, and just taking a bite from this and that once in a while. He was more interested in the toy food than the actual food. And the toy train which transported toy food.

Afterwards, we went to Tristian's to have Coffee and dessert. The colorful macarons were displayed low... Perfect for catching little children's eyes hmm?

Well intended or not, it worked as such with Fheebo. (Also the extra O would probably not be noticed by liddol childron.)

It didn't even take him a second after seeing them to declare, "I'm going to eat the blue one!"

I'd have chosen that one too, but personally, I have this personal strike that involves not eating macarons until I get my butt to France, so I don't know what blew his mind (I kind of just imagine them to be... sweet.) and I wouldn't know for a while; actually I probably will never relate because even if it did just taste like sugar, that stuff's like cocaine to children. ...Not that I know what that's like either.

[I chose macarons because the visual payoff is great to use as a symbol for an achievement and yet taste-wise they won't cause me anguish and turmoil if I had to lay off for an undetermined amount of time. How would I say no to a warm buttery flaky croissant or a pain du chocolat? Especially since I already know what those taste like. *imagines the horror*]

So anyway, Fheebo was running around in full-energy mode when our orders arrived, and had to kind of gather and contain his own little force field to sit on the chair, still shaking in that little dancey way he does all the while.

Then he starts chewing... 

*shaking intensifies*

and his face just kind of...

becomes Whack Poo Brain Horse:

Which, funnily enough, he just saw today while watching AT, and when this face came on he totes tried to copy it.

And I was laughing really hard the whole time I was taking these pictures. He usually laughs along when people laugh around him, but I guess he knew I was laughing because of the current face he's doing and so he persevered with it for a really long time before smiling and laughing along! That's what you call dedication to a performance!

He very gleefully ate most of it, except for the blueberry jam in the middle which was, according to him, maasim!!! (meaning sour, bec berries are tart)

I removed it and tried some, and nope. It was totally very sweet blueberry jam but well.

We informed him that his whole mouth was made blue because of the macaron and I asked him to show the camera:

But he was so hyper that the pictures are blurry

And when I told him "try to stay still so it doesn't blur" he concentrated SO HARD that he got whack poo brain face again:

Kinda. 

Anyway, I'd been trying to push myself to post a lot more often, but it's been hard to get back on the groove of just sitting down and writing, so I decided that when I get writer's block when trying to write more substantial things, I'll just look into photographs that I've taken and just... tell a story! Like this one. It's still aligned with what I want to do here anyway. Which is a real broad scope anyway.

See ya lader dewds!

a look back at my fantastic week

i got my camera back on monday, and also had some pampering done before meeting Carmen for some burgers! i didn't get to bring my camera along but we had a nice time just sitting outside in Nuvali enjoying awesome burgers at half off and talking about GETTING SERIOUS about some things..

i'm a bit worried about Brother's Burgers, it feels a lot like they're about to close shop. i hope they just manage to bring the prices down and stay, but that might be unlikely. in any case YUMMMM

on tuesday and wednesday i stayed home and worked out to jillian michael's 30 day shred..

the first day was too tough and i didn't get to do all of it, but the second day was easier. i lasted throughout the video but didn't do ALL the moves, i rested my arms for a couple of seconds at times. but I FINISHED IT and that's a huge improvement from the first day for me so whatever. my friends and i are getting into being healthy and physically active lately [well i guess we all have for a while, but only lately has it felt like a together thing], so it's nice to have people to talk to about it. we're also all trying to stay creative and active and productive. there's a lot of really awesome energy when i'm with them. i also have been making a point of taking care of myself better by moisturising, pampering myself, and cleaning my room more often! it's better to keep doing it often than like, planning to do a BIG CLEANING DAY, it's a good mindset i think to not believe something is done, when it's something that needs to be habitual like cleaning, being healthy and showering lol

on thursday Carmen, Aizel and I had a late celebration for Carmen's passing of the BOARD EXAMSSS and her birthday. We went to her house to eat, watch a movie, and hang out... and draw a mural on her garden wall.. which lasted for only a few seconds before getting rained on XD None of us were truly upset. How very zen.

getting some inspiration for our wall-chalking while snacking on some papaya and mango

watching Drinking Buddies with kimchi and nori potato chips and wine

afternoon pasta slash late lunch

porno de mercedes

my contribution in the works

making a mess. we knew it was going to rain [look at the ground in the background - it was a rainy type of day] but we wanted to try anyway. lesson learned, fun had, art captured through pictures anyway.

workstation

the finished product - most of it anyway; i realise the bottom part is cut off a bit..

on friday Carmen and I met Jess at their house and we hung out at their village's pool. it was fun hanging out with Mio too! Jess had to do makeup on a kid and left us for a bit while we swam but we got to have some spaghetti together. it was a really nice picnic!

finally we went to quezon province yesterday. it was at 4am and i took the opportunity to pull my bedtime up again by agreeing to go ~ that's right, i picked the harder option to better myself! *self high-five* 

IT WAS COMPLETELY DARK when my family came by and picked us up

i've been sleeping late for most of the week and i didn't want to stay on that road long, especially because it makes me super unproductive and because E is COMING IN 8 DAYS and we have to make the most of it. so i didn't sleep at all after coming home from Jess' and just WEENT.

...which made for very blurry photos of the unfortunately very beautiful sky at the start cos i couldn't control my arms much

but i managed to take SOME ok photos of the ride going there... the actual ride was much more beautiful though. :)

during the trip i noticed that my niece Trish has been videotaping everything lately and kind of murmuring at her tablet's mic... influenced by watching youtube vlogs perhaps.

i didn't really know where we were going exactly when i agreed to go, and i never asked. only that it was in quezon province. so imagine my surprise when i saw this:

it's like an open field, partly uphill exhibition of biblical events depicted in statues. at the very top is a huuuge monument of jesus in a pose very much like the famous brazilian one... catholics [or even non-religious tourists like me] can walk around and then climb up in a zig-zag pattern towards the big jesus.. and i guess if you reach it you can make a wish. i think.

trish at the foot of the uphill part, probably recording me while i took her picture

we didn't know it was in a zig-zag pattern though, so we didn't make it to the top due to the scary view when you're in the middle part. there's no railing acting as a physical barrier between you and rolling down the hillside like a bowling ball, and even though that's highly unlikely, the view wasn't very comforting. but i think that's part of the whole endeavor.

i could have gone on for the thrill, but Abbie has an even more legit fear of heights compared to me and neither of us slept at all so i didn't see the point in risking whatever could have happened XD

and we had fun at the garden of eden/noah's ark part anyway

some biblical n00dz

yep, a lottt of fun.

chillin in the van almost weeping to The Weepies. felt so emosh during this song and just wanted to hold my bf idek yy

we did a lottt of just waiting in the van that day, as the elders did more church stuff and met relatives, which was completely fine by me as i was zombie-like and enjoyed my grand uncle's van's aircon a lot. so i just took lots of naps. and we had buko shake!!

my tata albert our host and visitor at the same time haha

we also had lunch at this odd place that had just a lot of murky water all around us and then a mini zoo and the weirdest statue fountain ever

fheebo and tita baby

my uncles kept pokin' fun at the sign because nobody will want to fall from the zipline even if it's free

there were some reallly nice filipino treats at the entrance and they were still hot and scrummptious since we came so early everywhere we went that day

pilipit - a rice flour and squash funnel cake with coco jam goo

buchi - a firmer version of mochi covered with sesame seeds and filled with hopia filling type stuff; this one's ube [purple yam]

ate serves em up onto banana leaves

i bought a cup from the coffee vendo to go with em while waiting for the actual food - no photos tho v^^

i didn't get to take pics of the actual main food, but there was this salad made from a kind of ferny plant that i liked, luckily my mom found some so i had some again tonight.

i do have this picture though:

''It's not going anywhere...'' - Mr. Fischoeder; Bob's Burgers

it would have already still look quite startling if the penis fountain was working, but out of context and just looking like it's randomly standing there with an erect penis in front of a koi pond... it looked quite ridiculous XD what a delight.

so yeah i had the bestest best week i could have ever asked for, i love getting to see my friends so often and going out with family and working out and just SEIZING THE DAY.. i've always known what that meant but i never really felt like i lived that way on my own without an institutional body like school or church demanding it from me... so this felt really good, like taking control of my life somehow..

i'm going to try to get a lot of indoor-activities done in the coming week while staying active and ready to go out if need be; the week after that, BEARDY WILL BE HERE YAYYYY

now let's finalize this post with fheebo's adorable face again:

i'm going to have to learn to make smaller posts and more often instead of huge bomb posts like this, but for now, thank you for taking the time to read anyway :) i appreciate the dozen or so of you. haha.

have GREAT week! happy sunday!

ps. donut wory i shal remove da blue neil polesh soon