Five is Not Enough

While everyone was clamoring for Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince tickets, we lined up at the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) to watch one of the movies competing at Cinemalaya Cinco. Since all competing movies seemed very good and since we had very little time in our hands, we decided on Sanglaan just because it was shot in Pritil Market. This was where Mama bought most of our needs when we were living in Tondo, Manila.

Sanglaan has quite a number of closely connected characters each with his or her own life issues, and the Sanglaan (pawnshop) is the common place surrounded by these issues. Or was it the other way around? I'm not good at reviewing movies (if I'm good at reviewing anything at all!) but it's one of those seemingly simple movies that end up not quite fully but you leave the theater so satisfied you can't wait to tell your friends.

In our case, we were sad (we look happy in this photo though, haha!) because we wanted to see the other movies but we still had to meet a friend up for coffee.

Kristine brought us to Chocolat, where the simple menu is lavishly screaming of good chocolate. Since we were very full from an Almon Marina Dinner, Noy and I shared a slice of their sugar free chocolate mousse and a cup of cappuccino. Both were smooth and light but decadent at the same time. It's perfect for an after-dinner conversation. Everything is reasonably-priced too.


Bitin (left hanging), I know. I really don't know what's up with our crazy schedules. We seem to be in hurry all weekend long :( I do believe there's room for an update. Who knows, I might just get a day pass to watch 5 movies and savor the sinful items over at Chocolat afterwards next weekend. Keeping my fingers crossed...