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Breaking Dawn With Nina

It is seldom that we have a date like this.. as she is one of the few people that I trust with my kids.. it’s either I go out or she goes but not together. The first movie date we had was last February 2010. Then another one last July, we watched Harry Potter 🙂

She is a movie fan and I am not.. but I always look forward to our simple dates.. gives us the chance to bond as sisters (and my chance to nag her nyahaha) without the kids.. yesterday, after an “I almost lost my sanity mommy moment (because of Mico’s non stop whining)” hubby allowed me to watch Breaking Dawn with her.. it’s a good thing that my mom is still here to look after the kids while we watch the stress away nyahaha

We went for a 4:30 showing at Robinson’s Galleria (still full after my mom’s birthday celebration).. we’re a bit late.. blame that popcorn guy! LOL

OK, I am not a Twilight fan… this will be the first time that I will be watching it in cinema.. it was only a few months ago when I learned how sappy and yet entertaining this saga can be. It was during my lowest time when ABS CBN had the Tagalized version of Twilight on of their afternoon movie delight.. and my sister hated it so much.. and I was curious so we had the Twilight, New Moon and Eclipse for 2 days (if I am not mistaken). It’s overly dramatic and yet it kinda grew on me.. and again, curiosity got a hold on me.. and I find myself looking forward to Breaking Dawn..

And so here we are.. it is still the most overly dramatic movie I have ever seen.. but I really enjoyed watching it.. specially the subtle comedy on it.. and the Imprint scene was more than I expected it to be.. and yes I cried on that scene.. overall, I hate it! I mean not that kind of hate.. but you, I hate the fact that the I was so into the movie that I didn’t even noticed the time.. and was actually surprised that it just ended right before my eyes! arghh!! and what I hate the most is the fact that I have to wait for another year for part 2!!!!!!!!!!! I hate waiting!

Shopping With My Ecobag @ Ever Gotesco Ortigas

I just don’t get it why they would offer reusable bags when in fact, inside their department store, when you ask your items not to be placed in plastic, they would just say it is not allowed.

HUH?!?

and they even have eco bags displayed on their counters!

I say What the F!

Come on! what’s the sense of promoting the use of ecobag when in fact the use of it, is not “allowed”..

And this happened not just once but more than twice… Hello EVER GOTESCO ORTIGAS!

Once I went there to buy some school supplies for the kid, I told them not to place it in a plastic bag, they said it is not allowed, I insist I do not use plastic bags.. the next thing I know, I am being escorted outside the department store.. FOR NOT USING PLASTIC BAGS! grabe!

Another incident and I was with my husband.. when we said that our items be placed on our ecobag, they said that they will have to tie a little plastic on the bag handle.. Hello?!? small plastics are the worst we can ever have.. you can’t even reuse it and it clogs the drainage.. hmm another ondoy perhaps?

I promised myself I will never shop on EVER Gotesco again for that matter (although they really sell cheap maternity clothes).. but then I realized, I can do something better than that.. from now on, whenever somthing like this happens, I will blog about it to raise more awarness on shopping using your own bag and saying no to plastic bags. And I hope with this effort, more and more people will stop using plastic and bring their own bag.

P.S although more and more shopping stores and fast food chain are now using brown paper bag, using and bringing your own eco bag is still the best option imo.

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