teas in the city

Here's a review that's been long in the waiting. Nowadays a number of new tea places have sprung up in metro manila, and while I was absent from blogging, I've been trying them out. I usually order the milk tea with pearl sago. Namely, I've tried Happy Lemon, Gong Cha, Cha time and Bubble tea. here it goes

happy lemon. i really like their milk tea with pearl sago, it has just the right flavor in it and it's quite sweet. it's the taste of milk tea just like i imagined it before i tried it, if that's possible. i give it 4.5 stars. from happy lemon I've also tried their roasted milk tea which tastes a lot like Cha Time, which I'll review later on. I also like their cocoa with rock salt and cheese. happy lemon rocks.



gongcha. from gong cha I've tried their milk tea with pearl sago and I have to say it tastes pretty bland but I still like it. my mom likes it the least of all the milk teas because it's bland but it is my second favorite. anyhow they also offer you options on how much sugar level to put in the tea. it's pearl sago are probably the biggest one amongst all the tea places. i see chinese tourists buying from gong cha which makes it a credible chinese tea place to me. its available in sky walk sm north edsa. i give it 4 stars.


chatime. chatime is also available in sm north edsa. what i like about cha time is the cheerful staff who always say "welcome to cha time!". for it's taste, they also offer you options of sugar levels. it tastes pretty bland and alot like the roasted milk tea of happy lemon. however it has a slightly bigger serving which adds value for your money. i give it 4 stars.


bubble tea (forgot to take a picture, sorry). It's called tokyo bubble tea (i think) available at sm block. it's pretty sweet, sweeter than happy lemon. it has a slightly bigger serving size and the most expensive of all the teas. i give it 3 stars. why because i dont know, i'm not really into the sweetness.

all these teas cost about 70+ pesos which is a cheaper alternative to starbucks. in my opinion the pearl makes it fun if not more interesting to drink. on the other hand there is also my old favorite, naicha tea from chowking, which is only about 39 pesos i think. at almost half the price it also has gulaman in it (but no sago). it's also a lot sweeter than all the other teas in my opinion. so it's my favorite other alternative for tea when on a budget.
naicha

I won a kitkat raffle

Last week there was a kitkat raffle at work. It's to promote the four new flavors of kitkat (mint, orange, dark and white). To enter the raffle you get a free kitkat of the new flavors.. I got a mint one. Surprisingly, I won the raffle and I got a kitkat desk organizer as a prize! I love kitkat

my new blouse

Today I bought a new blouse shirt from plains and prints. It's in a cream color with a quilted design. I''m excited to wear it to work. What do you think?



That's basically what I did for the weekend. It's now Sunday evening winding down (winding up?) to Monday workweek... grrrr.... I think I'll spend the last hours of it watching movies and eating popcorn.

new job things

hi! i just started on my new job this month of november. im still readjusting to it for example in my job i have to wear shoes. here ill share with you the kind of shoes i like to wear.

1. black shoes. like everyone i need a pair of black shoes for that formal day at the office


2. my silver shoes. i actually got this a year ago and its from korea. i love its design and despite its color it matches most of my clothes actually.



3. my comfy shoes. this is my most comfortable shoes of all three. its really soft and doesn't hurt my feet at all. i got it from Shoebox for about 700+ pesos. i know it looks boring but its got to be my favorite one because of its comfort.




you may have noticed all my shoes are ballet flat shoes. they are easy to walk on and im not really the most experimental in fashion. :)

aside from shoes im also trying out a new face powder from loreal called truematch. i got it in nude beige w3? warm. so im also excited about that.



***update Sunday afternoon***
So I've already tried the truematch powder and I have to say its coverage is pretty minimal. It looks like I'm not wearing any powder at all. I'm not sure if I am happy about this. On the plus side it doesn't show any noticable shimmer which I like a lot. I'm still thinking about whether it was worth the money or am I going back to my ponds powder. Ponds is also matte and gives a good coverage. On the minus side though it's not as blendable as the truematch powder. I'd say I'd use it up til it's finished, but I won't repurchase it again.

view from my coffee break

here is a view from my coffee break... having tea of course! we have a 5 peso iced tea at work.

all saints day

It's all saints day today, a holiday in my country. We visited the ashes of my late grandfather in the ossuary. We also attended a mass there. Afterwards we went to the mall and I had a na chai tea.

birthday cake

Hi! Sorry for my lack of updates. I just had my birthday and to celebrate it guess what I had? Coffee crumble cake from red ribbon! I don't know if it's decaf at all, but it's my favorite cake in the whole world.