We Are Human, We Are Meant To Feel

Walking around with these glassy eyes. "I am just tired", as we always say. But you know what? It is bullshit. Yes we are tired. But it is not all because of lack of sleep. We are tired of waking up with nothing to look forward to, tired of going to bed exhausted after doing a million things we find no enjoyment in doing. We are tired of this emptiness that emerge over us even though we're surrounded by a bunch of people.

So why can't we just say it? That is because we are so afraid to look into someone’s eyes and say: "I am unhappy, I am broken, I am weak, I am miserable, I am hopeless and fallible." We've been trained to relate pain with weakness, sadness with coldness, loneliness with unworthiness.

Well, I say screw it all of that. Screw forced smiles, polite handshakes, tight hugs and "I am fine, thank you for asking". Screw the fear of crying in a public place, screw the fake cheerful voice, screw the lies we spit out to cover up our problems.

We are humans. We are meant to feel. We are obscure, beautiful and we should never hide our human part, because if we do, then what's left to show?

..And It Never Stops..

Haha that moment when I dont want to go on with the Happy Lemon blogging escapade but I think some of people who read my blogs actually enjoy it. I do need to stop with some of my personal comments on each drink because most of what I said are LITERALLY what the drink is called.

12. CARAMEL MILK TEA WITH BROWN SUGAR JELLY.

13. CRISPY COCOA MATCHA WITH BROWN SUGAR JELLY. Happy Lemon's cocoa drinks all tasted like Chuckie. What I like about is the bits of cocoa on top that were not dissolved. It looks great.

14. LEMON PINEAPPLE WITH NATA DE COCO.

15. LEMON YOGURT WITH ALOE. Perfect sweet and sour chemistry. Wasn't able to identify the aloe that much. LOL

We Were Almost There.

We were almost there.

I would rather keep everything inside of my heart than risk the foundation, value, and relationship that I have built. I wish I was that strong enough to show what really the heart speaks. At the urge of honesty and truth, I am still thankful for the weakness and fear of love that God gave me.

But you do looked cute as ever when I accidentally saw you the other day. You saw me. You smiled. You were too far. I was paranoid. I looked away.

Maybe we were just both too scared to even try. Maybe it was never right. Maybe it was never favorable. Maybe not even on the right place, time, and moment. Maybe.. or maybe not.

.. And So It Continues..

As my journey of Happy Lemon trip continues from my previous blog..

6. COCOA WITH ROCKSALT AND CHEESE. Far from the taste of green tea with RS & C. It was chocolate-y. No wonder why kiddos love this drink with a little twist of taste literally like a rocksalt and cheese. Exactly tastes like Chuckie. Made me feel like a kid again.

7. ROASTED MILK TEA WITH PEARL SAGO. As most milk teas, its not as sweet or as flavor-y like the other drinks in Happy Lemon. It has an after taste na literally sunog. But a good kind of sunog. Haha.

8. LEMON PEPPERMINT WITH NATA DE COCO. Which I didn't like so much because its kind of similar to lemon honey with seaweed jelly. It tastes like lychee/peach so passed it on Tere. She loves lychee anyway, but I owe her a drink now. Haha

9. YAKULT GREEN TEA. Its all about green tea with a milky aftertaste that went a bit sour. Not so addicting but not too bad either.

10. MILK TEA WITH OREO COOKIES & CREAM. Possibly one of my favorites. I love the creamy bits of Oreo not totally blended a little pinch of milk and strong taste of tea. It was a weird combo but definitely thumbs up.

11. BLUEBERRY MOUSSE SPIN WITH POPPING BOBA. Limited edition drink from Happy Lemon. Mikha didn't liked it so much maybe because of the strong sweet taste of the blueberry but I love it. Solid blueberry slush and popping boba/juice which was a weird, I couldn't describe taste but I liked it. I should add black pearls the next time.

more to go! Should I continue blogging as I try different drinks at Happy Lemon? Or should I stop from here?

Since I have considered myself as a twitterholic, I have noticed that some of my followed people are tweeting about this Happy Lemon. I was kind of hesitant to try it because of two reasons: 1. Happy Lemon is located in Promenade 2. I live in Paranaque.

Milk tea. Why do people are obsessed with this? It was like the same trend when Frapuccinos became so popular where everybody's favorite is Java Chip from Starbucks.. then became the 'froyo'.. and now the milk tea.

Anyway, just to satisfy my curiosity, I traveled all the way from south to north just to try one drink - milk tea with black pearl sago that Ms. Digby recommended. Perfect timing because I was having bad day and battling if I should stay at Serenitea (10 mins away from home) or try the new Happy Lemon. Since I want to be away.. I went literally away from south to north.

So!

1. MILK TEA WITH BLACK PEARL SAGO. It was the safest drink ever. Haha. If you dont want to risk your taste buds and want to settle to the expected taste of what milk tea is. This is the drink.

Though, I must admit that it was love at first sight. I fell in love with Happy Lemon and not just that, the ambiance of the place. Quite hard to get a table/seat and pretty slow service but so understandable because of the long line with one cashier counter. After few days, I woke up craving for it because I wasn't very much contented with my first visit. :0

2. GREEN TEA WITH ROCKSALT AND CHEESE. As per my friend Chelly suggested because we both love green tea. Weird combination. I was told not to stir, use straw, and drink as it is. Meganon? So I did what the guy told me and it was surprisingly and unexpectedly delicious! Literally tastes like a green tea with a twist of rocksalt and cheese. :)

3. CRISPY COCOA MILK TEA WITH BROWN SUGAR JELLY. Again, just like number 1. No difference except for the brown sugar that melts slowly :)

4. LEMON HONEY WITH SEAWEED JELLY. Not really my type of because it tastes like peach or lychee. Haha It was a bit sour because of the lemon but not something that will make me go crave for it again. Seaweed jelly tastes like just ordinary green jelly. But Mikha did liked it so much probably her favorite drink. Didn't like it as much as her but I took a photo with it because I love the color of the drink. Haha

5. LEMON YAKULT MOUSSE SPIN. Obviously if you are a big fan of Yakult diz iz the shit! Haha. A bit pinch of the sweetness of the Yakult with a little touch of sour taste from the lemon.

Over all, Happy everyday with Happy Lemon! Just sucks that we dont have it here in Paranaque or Alabang area... YET. Please branch out! I cant wait to to try the other drinks the next time I visit again. Any suggestions?

Flores de Mayo 2011

My first time to attend a Flores de Mayo event at Mall of Asia to show support to Marié Digby and yet another picture taking opportunity for newbie dslr holder like me. I felt bad to just take Marié's photos throughout the event but it was worth it because she bagged two out of four awards, Ms. Creamsilk (Major sponsor of the event) and over all Miss Sagala 2011 Rosa Mystica.

She was wearing a Danilo Franco design which was coincidentally a Japanese-inspired gown too. Digby, whose mother is Japanese and father is Irish American.

It was kind of a funny story that while I was looking for my parents at the second floor, I grabbed the chance to take photos from the top angle. While I was taking photos, I saw Marié pointing at me at the 2nd floor already and waving from the stage. Haha. I was blown away to be identified with bunch of other people at the second floor.

I also had my 10 seconds of sagala moment with her partner, Presley. I should've had my gown ready. Sayang.. Chos. Haha

Got no plans in entering my own photos in that contest. Definitely no match with their long and expensive lenses because I only had the 18-55mm lens. But here are the best photos (I think) I have taken so far.

Of course, my Kodak moments with the two.

Presley Bellini

Marié Digby