I have been a fan of everything Korean. May it be food, music or fashion. I love watching Korean TV shows because I get to see all of these elements in one screen. I am very amazed on how creative Koreans can be in entertaining their audience in the form of comedy, variety, and even drama shows.

Good thing SKYcable offers flexibility in selecting the channels that you want to have in your subscription. I am very happy to they have these to choose from:

SKYcable also have the following choices:

FOX Pack (P299/month): Fox Channel HD, FOX Crime HD, FOX Family Movies HD, FOX Movies Premium HD, Nat Geo Adventure HD, Nat Geo Wild HD, National Geographic HD, Star World HD, Channel M HD

HBO Pack (both SD and HD at P350/month): HBO Family, HBO Hits, HBO Signature 

Movie Pack (P550/month): CinemaWorld HD, FOX Family Movies HD, FOX Movies Premium HD, HBO HD, Sundance Channel HD

Sports Pack (P550/month): ASN HD, FOX Sports News (SD), FOX Sports Plus HD, NBAPremium TV HD, Outdoor Channel HD

Kids Pack (P249/month): Baby TV, Cartoonito, Cbeebies, Discovery Kids, Disney Jr., Jim Jam, Kids Co., Nick jr.

HD 40 Pack (P1999/month): ASN HD, Balls HD, Bio HD, Cartoon Network HD, Channel M HD, CI HD, Cinema World HD, Cinemax HD, Classica HD, CNN HD, Comedy Central HD, Discovery Channel HD, E! HD, Fashion TV HD, Food Network HD, Fox Action Movies HD, Fox Channel HD, Fox Crime HD, Fox Family Movies HD, Fox Movies Premium HD, Fox Sports Plus HD, H2 HD, HBO Family HD, HBO HD, HBO Hits HD, HBO Signature HD, History Channel HD, Lifetime HD, MTV Live Asia HD, NatGeo Adventure HD, Nat Geo Wild HD, National Geographic HD, NBA Premium HD, Outdoor Channel HD, RTL-CBS Entertainment HD, Star World HD, Sundance Channel HD, Syfy Channel HD, Travel Channel HD, Universal Channel HD

As a kdramaholic, I really love it when I get to watch fresh drama episodes as they are aired in Korea. I also get to watch the latest performances of KPOP idols in music shows, and also watch my favorite Korean personalities on their appearances in various variety shows. 

I am so happy that SKYcable has Korean pack selections which can feed my Korean addiction. From the comfort of our home's sala, I can tune in to the following Korean channels and their shows:

Arirang

Remember this picture that became viral during the new year of 2013?

• arriving 3 hours earlier than usual at work... Sarap ng feeling ng maaga!
• shopping with sis = bonding time!
• crush said hi! ^_^
• dinner with friends... sharing stories with your best friends... ^_^
• finding exactly what you are looking for!
• spread the happy cheers! i greeted people a happy new year on twitter, and several replied back (including Claire Lyon!)
• seeing the moon set in the west while the sun is rising on the east.. =)
• enjoying music while on the road
• hearing music that you felt was meant for you
• discovering things that inspire/change you

last month's entries

This journey into the pearl-sapphire-blue fandom can be considered a fairytale indeed.

Before I delve into the details of the fanmeet held by Super Junior-M here in the country (welll I don't really have much to tell, because it was my sister who had the first-hand experience of the fanmeet), let me do a review of how this fandom with them started. How did these bunch of boys, who once were nonamers to me, became my rays of sunshine and kilig for several months now?


How I Became A True Blue SuJu Fan
Like most of you perhaps, I first saw them on their Sorry, Sorry MV. You should have heard the way I dissed everything about them- the hair, the looks, even their talent. I would always compare them to my prime fandom - TVXQ (which I learned later on is an inappropriate thing to do, because each of them has their own brand of charm).

My admiration for them was sparked (and I swear this is when it all began) when NuffnangPH gave me free tickets to see their Supershow 5 here in Manila. Since then, me and my sister became fans. I learned to admire their personalities, their passion in performing, and also the love that they show to their fans. =)


The Tony Moly Hunger Games
We were already expecting something like this. When finally the information was confirmed, my sister and I got so delighted! Getting one fanmeet pass is okay, but paying for two is a bit too much. So we decided who would attend the fanmeet. Since I'm not really that head-over-heels for them, I gave the honors to my sister. And I could say this was meant for her. She was able to get a fanmeet stub from the Tony Moly branch in Alabang Town Center effortlessly through the help of some planning and doing quick and correct decisions. She was so lucky you'd think she gulped a few drops of Felix Felicis. She went home grinning from ear-to-ear with a huge haul of cosmetics and the fanmeet stub!

I decided to take driving lessons because I realized that this is a necessary and practical skill to learn. I have a friend who recently had driving lessons too and she recommended A1 Driving School to me.



I took the seven-hour course on manual car driving. That package includes:

- 7 hours of hands-on driving
- 2 hours orientation
- 8 hours of lecture

The following are my experiences throughout my lessons from them. This post was continually updated as I studied driving.


Getting Student Permit
Before getting your first lessons on driving, you have to get a student permit at the Land Transportation Office (LTO). A1 offers assistance on this with a fee of Php700, inclusive of the LTO registration fee. You will be given a schedule for the student permit. A service car will be provided and one of the A1 staff will drive you to the nearest LTO branch. Just a word of caution: arrive on time based on your schedule. Mine was at 9AM at their SM Mall of Asia branch and I was left by the service car because I arrived at 9:20AM. By then you'll have no choice but to reschedule your student permit appointment. Actually there were two of us that was left by the service car. Good thing there was still a schedule for student permit at SM Southmall at noon that day. I went to their branch there and through their asstistance, I got my student permit at LTO Las Pinas.


Before the Actual Lessons
Daisy, the receptionist at the BF Homes branch was very friendly and attentive. Before you take your actual driving lessons, you first schedule your slots with them. Though my preferred times were rescheduled several times because it was in conflict with their Christmas and End-of-Year party, my driving lesson schedule was flattened out eventually. They would also text you a day before your schedule to remind you of your appointment with them.

LINE, the world’s leading mobile platform with 340 million users worldwide, announced that its global gaming platform, LINE GAME, has achieved 250 million downloads, only 18 months after the initial service release.

LINE GAME currently enables users to enjoy 49 games of different variety. Adding more flavors to the  line-up this February, LINE has released LINE Cookie Run, LINE Party Run and LINE Go!Go!Go! for all Filipino users.

Check out the games below!


LINE Go! Go! Go!



On this first racing game introduced on LINE GAME platform, players
steer and jump their cars to race against others for an adrenaline rush.

Google Play || Apple Store









LINE Cookie Run




Help cookies to escape from the evil witch’s oven in this side-scrolling action game, while aiming for the highest score by collecting the Coins and Jellies.

Google Play || Apple Store







LINE Party Run 




Enjoy this endless running game that features LINE’s popular characters such as Cony, Brown, James, Moon, and many others.


Google Play || Apple Store






I have never tried any of these but they all seem very fun to play! As soon as I get my new phone, I'll download these all (and maybe do some review on them). :D

Congrats LINE! ^_____^

~o~

Here's my review of these LINE games. :D

I have a lot of dreams for the country. I believe my fellowmen can achieve great things, if they will try and not let our laid-back culture prevent us from achieving things beyond our limits (me included!).

If I could give my country one gift, if I had a genie perhaps, something that is possible to be done, I can only think of one thing -

I have mentioned before how I got to really really love Family Mart. The first time I entered one of its stores in Glorietta, I got fascinated with it because I like how they have unique items on the shelves, which are mostly products from Japan (because Family Mart is a Japanese franchise).

Recently, I was able to discover that the convenience store has a lot more to offer because they have a number of matcha-flavored goodies (to my utmost delight)! I have returned to the store several times to try all of them and I think it's time to share my story with these sweet delectables.


Green Tea Ice Cream

These are (some of) the reasons why I'm fat. LOL.

Who would say no to good food? For the past months (especially the last!), I was eating out with my colleagues at restaurants I have never been into. I discovered lots of great dishes across different cuisines. If I took pictures of each of the dish I ate, I could have built a wide gallery of it. Well I was too lazy to do it (all I wanted to do was eat haha). But not with desserts! Maybe their cute plating is my weak point. xD

Seriously, how can you eat something as cute as this?!

I get so fascinated by the appearance of the desserts that I can't resist but to snap an image of it before I smash it into my mouth. Hahaha!

If I had the talent, I would have dreamed of being a pastry chef. :p

I saw this movie being played in the bus on my way to work one day. It was perfect timing because it was just the beginning of the film. I dunno what pulled me into this movie - the effects, the atmosphere maybe? I just found myself fully absorbed watching the movie that I had to unwillingly snap myself out of it because well I already have to get off the bus.

The movie's promotional poster (source:wikipedia)

Manila, Philippines – LINE, the world’s leading mobile platform with 320 million users worldwide, announced on January 9 the release of LINE whoscall, a free call-filtering and number management app for Android developed by Gogolook Co., Ltd., a world leading caller ID service company.



LINE whoscall for Android devices will allow users to identify the source of incoming numbers and filter out unwanted calls and messages. The app is a reworked interface for LINE users based on whoscall, which has been downloaded more than 5 million times worldwide, and was selected for the Google Best Innovation Award of 2013 in eight regions, including Taiwan, Hong Kong, Indonesia, and Malaysia.

LINE whoscall utilizes a database of over 600 million numbers, including businesses and shops, sourced from the Yellow Pages and other public data resources to automatically identify and display the source of incoming calls and messages as they arrive. This allows users to filter out suspicious numbers before they answer a call or message.


Some important notes on what this app does in your phone:

• Contacts found on mobile devices will not be automatically collected by the LINE whoscall service.
• The app will not include a feature that offers LINE account authentication on its release. For this reason, messages and calls received inside the LINE app will not be affected by the filtering settings made with LINE whoscall.