Fifty Shades of Grey the Movie

Fifty Shades of Grey is the only trilogy I have ever read. No kidding. I think E. L. James cut them at the right parts to keep people reading. I mean of course she did, after all, the book business is all about profit. Businesses are all about profit. Even though we have to admit, although compelling, the book was poorly written.

I watched the movie last night with my cousins and as a book fan, I really liked the movie. There were some moments that were ruined because the lines were said in a way I would never have imagined but overall, the movie was decent and I did not regret watching it at the theater like I did with Man of Steele Steel.

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One. The hardware store scene was very, very cute.

Two. I think Anastasia Steele gave the movie life. Thanks to Dakota Johnson's talent. She must have read the book over a hundred times because she's all you'd I imagined Ana Steele to be. She had a smart mouth and said whatever she was thinking. She is the star of the movie, not Christian Grey which is kind of weird because the movie is about Grey. Steele's inner struggles were more portrayed than Grey's and all you would see are maybe, 5 shades of him.

Three. I think the movie was interpreted, directed and executed well and it's not as painfully awkward as Twilight was (the book which Fifty Shades of Grey is a fan fiction of).

Four. I was most shocked at the scene where they show a teeny part of Grey's penis. Not gonna lie, it made me gasp.

Five. Prepare to see butts. I like butts...and I cannot lie.

Bonus. The soundtrack is great. The music were awkward at times but in some parts, it made the movie more intense and compelling.

We Accept the Love We Think We Deserve

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I have recently just started and finished reading The Perks of Being of a Wallflower and right after that, I watched the movie as well. The title of this post is one of my favorite lines from the book and the movie as it means a lot about how we look at ourselves. The book inspired me to be more kind and understanding. To not judge people - except when they wear short shorts and boots in winter because that's just torture to one's self. The book made me think of my past relationship where I felt like I was asking for too much and I settled for what I thought I deserved. So that definitely ended. Then Ron came to my life and as our years together rolled on, he continued to show me what it was to be treated like a princess. We had a rocky start but hey, what matters is where we are now. We are happy, we're silly together and we're so very much in love. :)

This post is dedicated to...
-those who think that love conquers everything. It does but only of both of you are invested in the relationship.
-those who are still in search of their love.
-those who are afraid to be in a committed relationship. This sounds ridiculous but I think we all go through that phase in life.
-those who are having a hard time letting love in.
-those who are in a one sided relationship.

Stella Rosa and the Avengers

On Saturday, I stayed at home, drank leftover wine from Friday night's me time and watched basketball games all afternoon while waiting for the boyf to get home and eat really late lunch/early dinner with me. I made eggplant, meat sauce and mozzarella casserole and fried marinated pork chops.

I'm hooked on Stella Rosa Rosso you guys!
And to avoid anything from spilling, I drank the leftover wine like I would have with beer. ;)

~o~

Finally watched the Avengers on Sunday and LOVED it! I cannot stop laughing about [SPOILER] how the Hulk beat up Loki and of course, the shawarma scene! ;)

I love the skirt!

Walking back to the parking lot.

The Shawarma scene at the end of the movie... like the end end of it!

Thanksgiving and More

The past weeks have been extremely hectic to the point that I wrote and published my most recent entry before this through my phone.

So what's new?

The boyfriend got me a new phone! A new iPhone to be specific. I have been using his old wrongly jailbroken phone for almost a year and it certainly cannot keep up with how much I depend on my phone - for work, school, taking pictures, social media and games... yes, I'm one of those people who actually optimize the purpose of my gadget. :)

I made dinner on Thanksgiving. Well nothing special, just lumpia, kwekwek, chicken sopas, vanilla cupcakes and brownies. My sister bought Chickenjoy from Jollibee. Basically, we just turned our Thanksgiving day to junkfood day! Maybe because Filipinos don't really celebrate Thanksgiving? We usually give thanks on December 31st and make sure that we spend that night with loved ones so we can welcome the year together. :)

Ron and I went shopping together on Black Friday and I GOT SO EXHAUSTED. I need to remind myself next year to work out before Black Friday so I can keep up with Ron. He is seriously the hugest shopper I know. From Friday to Saturday, we managed to go to 3 different Best Buys, probably 3 different Targets, Fry's, Topanga Mall, Camarillo Outlet, Victoria Gardens and I let Ron go on his own to Ontario Mills.

The office gave me a free day off because of my 8 hour shift on November 12th and of course, the smartass that I am, I picked November 28th to give myself a 5 day weekend! I spend that day in Fontana with my friend Nina and her kids Jacob and Joshua. I love conversations with 4 year olds! You can watch a video of little Jacob below.

Ron got out of work late..so late that I finished watching Sex and the City on E! whiel waiting for him. We headed to our favorite Japanese place in Ontario and found out that it has closed its doors to the public... forever. I was sad but I've been wanting to try the Japanese place next to the Church we go to every Sunday so we agreed on going there. And amazingly, it was one of the best if not the best sushi place I've ate in. They also gave out free Japanese peppers and Mochi Ice cream. It was a really good night with Ron. I asked him to watch the 1st episode ever of How I Met Your Mother and I am SO GLAD he liked the series. We watched 5 episodes on Netflix before we knocked out. I love how he kept saying "I don't like this show! Oops! I pressed on play!" pretending he doesn't like my suggestion. Okay so he now watches HIMYM... I think I just fell in love with him more. ;)

Okay, enough of the blab. Here are some pictures...

This was at Target at 3am on Black Friday.

Chilling with my sister and mom before I drove to Rancho Cucamonga... Like I said, I let Ron shop on his own at Ontario Mills. Haha.

I was making breakfast and lunch last Sunday when Ron made a booboo (he told me we still had soy sauce without checking) and got me flowers when he made a run to the store for soy sauce. He knows how to work his charm on me ;)

Sunday Night Date: (From Top L-R) Nutella Crepe, the Christmas tree at Victoria Gardens, Ron waiting for his crepe and what I called FROGSKIN WORLD!

We watched Take Me Home Tonight after our date on Sunday.

Top L-R: Rolling Roll, Samurai Roll, Mochi Ice Cream and Japanese Peppers from Rolling Sushi.