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I was very fortunate that I was able to watch the Ariana Grande concert last August 23 at the Mall of Asia Arena. I covered Ariana's Honeymoon Tour Manila for Smart and Spinnr's social media. The production and the costume and outfit changes were not as extravagant compared to recent Philipine concerts of Katy Perry, Taylor Swift, and Lady Gaga, but Ari compensated it with her amazingly powerful singing voice and awesome dance moves. 

Ariana started the concert with 'Bang Bang' and ended the night with an encore of 'Problem'. She had three outfit changes and sang 17 songs from her 'Yours Truly' and 'My Everything' albums. Arianators were also treated to her iconic 'cat ears' all throughout the show. 

Clash of Clans is probably one of the most competitive and popular mobile games in the world today. Supercell, the developer of Clash of Clans, reportedly earned around $1.7B in 2014 due to in-app purchases and advertisements (it definitely defeated Kim Kardashian's mobile game). 

The game is very addicting! I tried it last year but stopped. But I re-built my village and continued just a month ago just in time for Smart's Philippine Clash Tournament. As observed - an average 'clasher' usually spend a Pile of Gems (or 500 gems) a week for upgrades and to speed up things. It's priced at $4.99. 

I usually get my Clash of Clans gems from Google Play Store and I charge it to my personal Smart Postpaid number. It's very easy and worry-free. It's also helpful for people who doesn't have any credit card who wants their gems pronto. Here's how you do it:

No updates since May! I've been a very bad blogger. Been really busy with work but I TRY to put a little wedding planning and prep every now and then. Anyway - here's a long wedding update and review on K. By Cunanan.

One of our most important wedding suppliers is our caterer - K. By Cunanan. I am very happy with our choice of caterer and its also the very first supplier that we booked back it December. They are my ultimate non-negotiable. 

I was not really keen on getting them in the beginning. I was actually preparing a series of food tasting and meetings with prospective caterers (Albergus, Bizu, Mesclun, Passion Cooks, etc.). BUT our friend, Patty Laurel-Filart, suggested and recommended her wedding caterer to me. I checked them out, found very good food reviews from past wedding couples, and fell in love with their superb styling. Food is very important in any event. People will probably forget my wedding dress but they will never forget the banquet experience; so the guys who will cater for the wedding is very important to us.

Trivia: We switched wedding dates from December 12 to December 18 because K. By Cunanan was already fully booked on the 12th. Yeah - I chose a Friday instead of a very good Saturday December date all because of food and styling! 

We booked and paid the required Php 10,000 last December but we officially reserved last January at the Getting Married Bridal Fair. Booking them on fairs will give additional FREE desserts or appetizers in the menu. The Account Manager that was assigned to us in the fair was Rann Dela Fuente.  

There are two food tastings at K. By Cunanan. The first taste test is where you will meet your Account Manager, discuss wedding details, and try out K's popular dishes. The second food tasting is usually 2-3 months before the wedding. You'll be able to taste your selected menu from the first taste test or request for more dishes which were not included in the first one. The final styling and detailing will also be discussed in the meeting.

Our initial food tasting was last May 12. Witt and I were very excited (of course food!). The food tasting is at the K. By Cunanan Commissary in Green Meadows. 

Here are the reviews and the fooooood...




We started with the Raspberry Iced Tea. They have other Iced Tea blends like Vanilla and Home Made Iced Tea but I think we will go with the Raspberry. It has a somewhat similar taste with Red Iced Teas.



K. By Cunanan offers Hors d' oeuvres for the guests. Our wedding will have a 1.5 hours gap from church to reception and we will be serving cocktails during that time. K offers a variety of hors d' oeuvres: fresh, soup, wrap/taco, fried, and on toast. We were served Bacon Wrapped Dates, Onion Soup with French Toast, and Chicken Tortilla with Arugula, and Carmelized Onion. The Bacon Wrapped Dates is a winner and we  will definitely include it in our menu. You can never go wrong with bacon! The Onion Soup is so-so and it was served in shot glasses which might be a hassle to some. The Chicken Tortila is okay but we will ask for other options.