This series is an adaptation of Gerard Way’s famous comic book named The Umbrella Academy. In addition, to those people who don’t know Gerard Way he is the one and only vocalist of the band called My Chemical Romance. Who doesn’t know Helena and Black Parade? Gosh! You are living under a rock. Haha or I’m just starting to be a Tita or maybe only people with my age range knows him like 19-ish?? hahaha. Char! I did the research for you, if you’re interested or curious to know him. Please watch their music videos from the past and tell me. Video below.

 

Anyways, back to the series… 

 It started in the year 1989, there are 43 infants born randomly and instantly because the entire woman who got pregnant doesn’t show any signs of pregnancy before they gave birth. A billionaire named Sir Reginald Hargreeves, tried to adopt every one of them but only seven babies were adopted. He was the one created the Umbrella Academy, to prepare and groom them to save the world. Fast forward in the present, he died that is the reason why his children gather again for his wake and to remember him. During his burial, number five suddenly appeared from the future. He told some of his siblings that apocalypse is coming. End of intro. Hahaha I will stop here to avoid being a spoiler.

The Verdict:

The series is different from others. It started a little weird but once you continued it, you will get hooked for sure, because that’s what happened to me. Haha I just got curious for Gerard Way was the creator of the storyline. I did not expect that it would be action packed episodes. It has too much mystery, because some of the character’s background is not that developed yet. I am also expecting it will give light to the characters on the 2nd season. It has suspense, thriller, mystery, action, time travelling and many more. I could compare it with X-Men, it has the recipe of powers plus the word apocalypse and someone guiding them like professor X. Do you agree? In addition, I really enjoyed the twist of the stories. I love it! I will definitely wait for the next season. By the way, I love the OST.

Just a short intermission, here is the soundtrack of The Umbrella Academy:

Check out the office Trailer:

Before this post ends, here is my rating of for this series:

★★★★✫

4.7 stars out of 5 stars

Have you watch it too? What are your thoughts? Comment down below! 

Fushimi Inari Taisha (伏見稲荷大社), it is the head shrine of the god Inari. It is found in Fushimi Ward in Kyoto, Japan. Inari is the god of rice but some of the merchants and manufacturers worships Inari as the patron of business. The torii (traditional Japanese gate) at Fushimi Inari Taisha were donated by Japanese businessmen. It was said that the main path have around 1,000 torii gates, it is also known as Senbon Torii.

Lantern

My not so little sister anymore haha

It was too cold during those days. 

You can white your wishes on the little Torii gates

Temple

The map of the whole shrine

Here is the famous and Instagramable Torii 

It was actually dark, I just enhance the photo. It took us a few minutes to have a better photo. The shine has a lot of visitors even at night. 

This place was wonderful.It was a little unfortunate because we came in late on the site. But even though, it was far and it was also night time. We did enjoy the place. We took photos and give respect to the shrine. We also rang the bell and made a wish.

As Mcarthur's famous line said, "I Shall RETURN!" Next time with my cutie fambam! Plus I will make sure, it will daytime. hohoho =)

**Few tips, please make sure you will come earlier than us for more instagramable photos. The shrine is free of charge. It will be better, if you are also wearing a kimono. haha Cute! But you will have a hard time to hike, if you plan to explore the whole shrine. Always wear a comfortable shoes when travelling.

TEE-HEE ☜(⌒▽⌒)☞

For more information:

Website: http://inari.jp/

Location:  68 Fukakusa Yabunouchicho, Fushimi-ku,
Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture 612-0882, Japan

Kingdom from Netflix is about a crowned prince, who was looking for his father but never seen him for years. He tried to join a rebellion against his father. He started to investigate about his father’s whereabouts. He was looking for clues. However, he discovered a mysterious disease was lurking into the kingdom. It made the dead alive again during the night and sleep during the day. They eat the living and turn them like one of them, in short, zombie mode. I won’t spoil you guys. Just watch the series to know the whole story. Hihi

The Verdict:

One of the best and trilling series I have ever watched. Ganda besh! It’s like the movie Train To Busan slash Game of the Thrones mash up. Walking Dead seems like the series to compare with but they have different behavior of zombies, in this series they were super-duper active. They run to kill and eat you alive. OMG! It made me really tired watching this series. Haha I want to run with them to be saved too. They still have a lot of mysteries to unravel. So I am certainly looking forward for the season 2 of this series. It is worth it to watch it especially if you like Kdramas.

To visualize  more the series, here are the trailers:

We celebrated my mother-in-law’s 50th birthday in Bellevue Manila Hotel. It was a simple family gathering. It was an overnight stay. It was a short but fun and relaxing at the same time. Here are the photos taken during our stay. Enjoy!

The room we have selected was a connecting room. I can't remember if it was a Junior Suite or 2-Bedroom-Premier Suite.

Here is the living room and the dining area.

The bathroom with bathtub and separate shower area.

Kitchenette area

The view outside our window.

That was me during my pregnancy with my little one.

 

The next day, breakfast buffet time! The favorite time of the day when we are staying on a hotel. I just love breakfast.

Fruits for the morning

Croissant. Totally yummy!

Maki and salad for breaky. hearts hearts all over the place. hihi

Different juices.

Facilities and amenities:

The Bellevue Manila Hotel has really a luxurious vibes on the place. Besides, the price was not that cheap but I think it was a worthy stay, especially if you will stay all day long on the hotel to maximize facilities and amenities. They have also a happy hour with free cocktails and booze. The food was amazing. It tasted good. I love buffets. Beds were so soft and comfortable. I enjoyed using the bathtub. I also brought my own bath bombs. What else? Hmmm… the location was great too because it is in Alabang, Muntinlupa. It is accessible. If you are a little cheapskate, there are also fast foods near the hotels, to avoid overspending in food meals in the hotel. Will I recommend this hotel? Yes. Will I go back to have a staycation again? Yes, of course.

My ratings for this hotel will be…

★★★★✫ 

 4.7 stars out of 5 stars

For more information, visit their website and social media sites:

Website: https://www.thebellevuemanila.com

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thebellevuemanila

Twitter: https://twitter.com/bellevuemanila

Contact no.: (+632) 771-8181

Email: tbmnl@thebellevue.com

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Few weeks ago, we stumbled upon a movie called The Battleship Island. At first, we don’t have any idea of the storyline of the film. According to the reviews I have read, it was about the Koreans who suffered under forced labor of Japanese in the coal mines during World War II.

It sounds interesting so we tried to watch it

It was a story of survival. I can’t believe the treatment of the Japanese to Koreans during those days, they were really ruthless and out of control. Actually, it was based on true events. Living life during those times are really hard. We are lucky enough that war is not always an option in our generation.

The Verdict:

The story revolves with father and daughter duo, who were entertainers during the war. They were sent to the battleship island even they have a permission to be excluded because Korean/Japanese government requires them to work in the coal mines in Hashima Island in Japan. Lee Kang-ok (Hwang Jung-min) is a very caring father. He loves her daughter so much. He keeps on protecting her even though he is willing to let her daughter be adopted by the high ranking soldier. Choi Chil-sung (So Ji-sub) is really handsome street fighter. Hahaha He has a good heart but a little hot-headed person. I was surprise that Song Jooing-ki was also in the movie as Park Moo-young, he was a member of the Korean independence movement, and added to that he was a special person who will help them to escape the island.

Anyways, I enjoyed the storyline. No situation will be questioned because everything was plotted in a very intelligent way. Pak na pak ang ganap at ang aksyon hahaha (I like the action scenes.) Action, drama and comedy even suspense, the movie has it. I won’t regret watching it. To think that it really happened in real life. I felt devastated for those people who died to save themselves and died to save their love ones. Today, the battleship island is now a UNESCO World Heritage in Nagasaki, Southern Japan.

Here is the trailer of the movie:

For this Korean Movie, my rating will be 

★★★★✫

 4.8 stars out of 5 stars


**Photo above was randomly grabbed from google**