Troy's Blogs

My mother and I have always wanted to try to go to gym and exercise. My mom always say to ourselves that we can do fitness activities at home and spend any more money, but I know that we can’t since I am busy in school and my mom is always tired from work. So one day we went at 4th floor of The Block, SM North Edsa because my sister had an appointment to the dentist. As we were waiting for my sister to finish, I noticed that Fitness First was just beside the dental clinic. I told my mom that it looks like their equipments looks great. After my sister got her teeth cleaned, I can see in my mom’s eyes that she also want to look around inside. So she asked me if I wanted to inquire and I said sure! So we went inside and have a look at the place. I can say that all of their facilities were really great. So to make it short, I subscribed to a one year membership. It was my first time to have a membership on  a gym so I really didn’t know if it was just Fitness First who had these equ...

Last May of 2016, my family from my mother side decided to beat the heat by going on an adventure to Bolinao, Pangasinan. The reason we chose to explore this place was because of the said beautiful spots you’ll be able to see. When we were planning about the whole trip, we looked into some of the resorts that we can stay in online and had hoped that when we walk in, they wouldn’t be fully booked. So my family and I left Quezon City around 5 a.m. and arrived at Lingayen, Pangasinan to fetch our relatives. Riding on a pick-up, me and my cousins had fun talking about how excited we are. Then the time finally came when we arrived at Bolinao. We directly went to check the resorts that we saw on the internet, but unfortunately what we hoped for didn’t happen. All the of the resorts that we liked were fully booked at that time, so we had no choice but to pray and find a place to stay-in, otherwise we would just go home and head to other destination. After a couple of hours we found t...

One of the problems I face every other month is my hair. You see, my hair is hard to fix because of its dry texture and wavy flow. When it may hair gets too long it’s kind of irritating because it makes me sweat all the time plus it looks ridiculous sometimes. One of the reasons why I can’t maintain a good haircut is because our h ouse is far from anywhere where haircut services are provided. There’s this salon in Congressional Ave. that I always go to. Its name is Keon salon. I always go here because of the service they provide. They provide free wifi to keep customers in line busy. Before your hair gets processed, they will asked you to get shampooed. Aside from the styles of cuts that they do, the staff and people there are very welcoming to their customers. It makes the ambiance of the place very comfortable and relaxing. It makes the whole experience much more special than just a simple trip to the barbershop.

SM North has been the ideal mall for me since it’s the mall I have grown quite fond of. It’s a one stop shop, so whenever we go there, we do lots of things from doing groceries, dining at a restaurant, shopping clothes and sometimes we watch at their cinemas. I can say that the cinemas in SM North Edsa are really big, and through time they have expanded and added new cinemas to accommodate the demand of customers. Though as they expanded their cinemas, their prices also changed, the price I remember in 2014 was 190-200, but recently it has changed to 260-290. I think that their way of order-taking has a room for improvement. It is because there often are long lines whenever there are brand new movies in stall. Instead of people waiting in long lines to get their tickets, there should be more ticket counters so that this problem could be avoided. However, I agree with the way they segregated the lines to lessen the trouble and make it more organized by putting up a senior citiz...

My girlfriend and I have always been fond of going to karaoke booths or hang-out places. The Karaoke Hub located in SM North has been one of our go-to's whenever we were in the mood of spending quality through fun karaoke. Despite it having a slightly expensive price, the service and facilities were good by the staff and brought to the Karaoke room, The rooms were well air-conditioned and very neat. But aside from the facilities, the song were also up to date which is why it was not hard for us to choose the songs that we would like to sing. However, it feels like the time is too short for the payment that it costs per session

Yesterday, we were able to dine in Kenny Roger’s again, after quite a long time, because of my mother’s 50th birthday celebration. I have always enjoyed dining in here ever since I was a kid, seeing the varieties of food and side dishes just fascinates me. It's funny that I used to think that Kenny Rogers was one of the fanciest restaurants in the country. Nonetheless, the food they offered was really delicious. We ordered a whole roasted chicken and it comes with 4 cups of rice, 4 side dishes, 4 muffins and a pitcher of iced tea. Before we entered Kenny Rogers, I already had in mind what to order, so I asked my mom to add a meal of Burger Steak with 1 side dish. For the 4 side dishes that comes with the roasted chicken, we chose the potato salad, tropical fruit salad, corn and carrots, buttered vegetables. To our expectations, the food tasted great. It was also a nice thing that they have many combo meal promos, really perfect for family meals and feasts. Everything was...

After school whenever I only have some spare change with me and I'm still hungry, I usually go to this small food stall in Dapitan. The reason I knew about this food stall is because my friend was carrying a cup full of this crispy fried balls. At first I thought that he just bought some chicken nuggets since they do look alike. So the following day he said that he would again buy some "Spuds", that's when i was introduced to this indulging bite-sized snack. The first time I bought, I was confused at what to buy. The stall offered many fried snacks such as Spuds (potato balls with fillings), Mojos, Wicked Oreos, and other more. So after a couple of days, I just realized that I was going to that stall every day! You may be thinking that these little potato balls is just any other potato snack, but don't let these precious little bombs fool you. These little balls of fluffy potato  has been on my comfort food list ever since I got to try t...