Apr 30, 2015

FM Perfume

As I am not a fan of perfumes, I never buy them with my hard-earned money.
But when they are given as gifts, I appreciate them as they are.
Seldom do I get to love any scent for long, but this one is a bit different as it is pleasing me for almost a month now.

Perfume Brand: FM (Frederico Mahora)
Company: FM Group World
Size: 50 ml
Color: Peach



The packaging is simply classy and is ideal to be given as a gift. The white box has a satin finish. It originally has a peach ribbon tied around the "neck" of the bottle but I already misplaced it.

On my first use I initially had slight headache due to the strong scent. As the day went on and during my next uses, I eventually got along with the smell and slowly loved it.

Its very feminine yet strong scent smells like sampaguita as my officemate described it.
I only need one spray that I distribute to several of my pulse points, and the scent lingers all day.

Will this be the first ever perfume that I'll ever finish? Or will it eventually be given to a dear friend or a loved one, like how my other perfumes ended up?

Let's wait and find out...


Update (5/21/15): I still love the scent!! :)

Update (4/25/16): I really loved the scent but I wasn't able to finish the bottle because after a few months I decided to give it away because of source issues. I mean I didn't like to keep it because of its giver. That's it. 

Mercury Drug Suki Day Book 2015

I've been a fan of Mercury Drug Suki Day Books since 2012 when I also started using the Suki Card. For the previous years I used the points in my own Mercury Drug Suki Card to have my Day Book. My 2015 one was lovingly given by my wonderful husband.



Aside from its being a gift from my significant other, it is also the notebook for Mercury Drug's 70th year in the business.

It has several sections which start off with a page describing the stages in our life, as associated with the stages in the 70 years of Mercury Drug.

Here are the sections:
  • The Growing Years
  • Discovering the Bigger WOrld
  • Enjoying Newfound Independence
  • Expanding Horizons
  • The Age of Stability and Reflection
  • Pursuing Other Passions
  • Giving Back in Gratitude
It's amazing to have a glimpse of Mercury Drug's beginnings and former successes.

I use my day book for my everyday tasks at work. It's already almost May and I am still writing at the third section. Looking forward to finishing the rest of this year with it.

Catching a Bus Back to Manila

As a sequel to my previous post, here's how me and my husband managed to get back home.

After attending the wedding ceremony and reception of my college friend, we headed on to McDonalds Solano. Two Victory Liner Busses passed by, bound to Sampaloc and Cubao, both full.

Since the bus that we rode on our way here is Dangwa Florida, we decided to go to its terminal in Solano. We rode on a tricycle and asked the driver to take us to the terminal. It is located at the gasoline station just across Chowking. We headed to the office, which was closed, and on which window a note was pasted:

"Office opens at 4:00 PM; All trips on April 9, 10, 11 are fully-booked; Trips everyday at 9AM and 4PM, 9PM."

We were starting to despair as we walked towards the highway, where we waited for the next bus. And along came another full Victory Liner.

We sat along a waiting shed and had one of our treasured conversations, in the midst of the 3PM heat.

Soon it will be getting late, so when another Victory Liner arrived, we prepared to be standing!

Next thing we knew we were standing inside a Caloocan-bound Victory Liner bus.
I was the one to have a seat first, as some passengers went off at Bayombong.
My husband had his seat, and sadly not next to me, at San Jose.

It was a very long trip due to road maintenance works along the way. We arrived at Camachile at around 12 midnight. It was a scary trip from there to Novaliches Bayan, then we briefly enjoyed some hot lugaw at Janet's Pares.

It was a little tiresome but still I am thankful that we finally get to kiss our awake little angel at home by 2AM.

The Commute to Nueva Vizcaya

It has been over a year since my last bus ride to the province of Nueva Vizcaya.

I wasn't expecting much improvement since I always hear stories about the difficult experiences just to be able to catch a bus to Region 2.

Here's my own and latest account:

My last-minute decision to attend the wedding of my college friend made me and my husband "chance passengers" in the terminal of our favorite bus station: Victory Liner at Kamias. We were not able to book our tickets ahead of time so we prepared ourselves to just wait for that "chance" of getting a seat of anyone who will miss his/her reserved seat. Upon our arrival at the terminal at around 8 PM of April 9, 2015, the queue of our fellow chance passengers already extended up to EDSA and it looked so hopeless. It's as if we are not going to board a bus in time, having in mind that the wedding is at 10 AM the next day.

With the advice of my mother who is a frequent traveler just to visit us, we decided to walk a little bit along EDSA (South-bound) to see the Dangwa Florida Bus terminal. It was my first time to go there and I inquired at their office. Unfortunately all north-bound trips are already fully-booked. Seeing the dismay on my face, the clerk was kind enough to ask me where is our destination. Upon knowing that we're bound to Bayombong, he informed me that there is a bus bound to Solano and after advising that I ask the conductor, he showed me where it was. (Solano is the town after Bayombong).

I approached the conductor and asked if there are two seats left. He swiftly scanned his clipboard and answered "Seats 3 and 4".

I almost leaped for joy and we wasted no time. We boarded the bus at once. We left the terminal at around 9:20 PM and we reached Bayombong at around 4 AM. It was a comfortable trip, with a good movie playing (2012 if I remember it right). My husband watched the movie but I preferred to catch some beauty rest.

As we occupied the front-most seats, and the road seem to be next in front of us, I just prayed for our safety. 

We had only one stopover at Aritao (two towns before reaching Bayombong). I wasn’t able to note the name of the restaurant as I miss the famous CCQ. But there we ate some hotdogs and hot goto – nice foods to warm our hungry tummies.

Thank God for this trip as we arrived safely.

Standby for my next post about our return to Metro Manila.