Movie Tickets From Costco

The last time Ford and I were able to watch a movie here in Canada was in July 2014 pa sa Edmonton. I was five months pregnant with Nathan that time at talagang nanood kami ng KathNiel movie (lol, jologs!) kasi alam namin na after I give birth, matatagalan na talaga uli bago kami makanood ng sine.

And fast forward to four years later, hindi na nga kami nakanood haha! Kung merong Filipino movies that we want to watch, nagpe-pay-per-view na lang kami sa TFC.TV. To be honest, hindi naman kami mahilig talagang manood ng sine kaya keri lang. Sa Netflix lang eh solved na kami.

Pero syempre I still wondered kung kelan nga ba kami uli makakapasok sa sinehan, lalo na at may movie house dito malapit sa amin na palagi naming nadadaanan.

Pero wag ka, just a couple of days ago, we heard our son saying na gusto niyang manood ng Incredibles 2. Puro kasi yan ang laman ng youtube ngayon.

Haha, napag-usapan na namin ni Ford ito not long ago. Sabi namin makakanood kami uli ng sine pero for sure pambata ang palabas dahil nga kay TanTan. Eh parehas pa naman kaming di mahilig sa mga ganyan. Pero syempre no choice kasi ang batang yun ang sentro ng buhay namin lol.

At eto na nga, nag-aya na ang bata. I've seen several FB friends na nagsasama na ng anak sa sinehan, na mga mas bata pa kay Nathan, so I agreed na rin with hubby na manood na nga kami ng sine. Siya naman kasi ang hindi makatiis sa request ng anak hehe.

Ang technique namin kapag manonood ng sine is to buy the tickets in Costco. Mas good deal kasi.

Landmark Cinemas yung movie house na malapit sa amin kaya syempre ito na ang binili namin (meron din silang Cineplex):

For Adults (two pax)

For Kids (one pax)

Haha, medyo naguluhan si Nathaniel kung bakit "big" daw yung ticket. Ang idea niya kasi ng tickets ay maliit -- as in yung tickets na lumalabas sa mga arcade games haha!

Actually yung cardboard na yan ay for payment purposes lang naman. Pagkabayad mo sa cashier, pupunta ka sa may area ng Manager at siya ang magbibigay ng actual tickets.

We paid a total of $42.50 for the tickets ($28.99 + 11.49 = 42.50 + 5% tax). Approximately Php1,700.00 na iyan.

(Note: I didn't know until now na wala palang PST o Provincial Sales Tax na 7% ang movie tickets)

Now how much were we able to save?

Kung sa cinema kami mismo bibili ng tickets, $12.99 each ang adult at 8.99 ang bata. So aabutin ng $36.72 ang three tickets (tax included na).

Yung difference na $5.78 lang bale ang worth ng two medium drinks and two medium popcorn for us ni hubby at snack pack (one small drinks, one small popcorn, at one candy treat) for Nathan. Kaya sobrang good deal na talaga. Ang mahal ng pagkain sa sinehan, alam nyo naman. In fact, yung snack pack nila for kids ay worth $9.00+ na (according to Landmark Cinemas' website).

So there, if you want to watch movies with popcorn and drinks, at dalawa kayo (hindi pwedeng isa o odd number kasi nga good for two ang binebenta nila), better buy sa Costco. Sobrang sulit din yung tickets for kids. Ang drawback nga lang is that you have to be a Costco Member to be able to purchase from them.

We'll be watching later tonight (Friday) and we're excited. Sa totoo lang di kami excited ni Daddy Ford sa Incredibles 2 kasi nga di naman kami mahilig doon pero syempre looking forward kami sa first movie experience namin as a family. Nagreserve na kami ng seats online kaya sure na na makakapanood kami.

Chikahan ko uli kayo later! =)

Christmas Eve 2017

My aunt invited us to spend the Christmas eve with them but I graciously declined. I told her Nathan won't make it till 12 midnight because he's been sleeping quite early lately. While it is half true, the real reason is that I really just wanted to stay at home for noche buena. We may not have the best Christmas decors nor the most delicious food this year but I want to be comfortable with my two boys. Ok na yun.

December 24, 2017. After having lunch with friends, we spent the rest of the afternoon at Metrotown Mall killing time. We shopped a bit and left at around 3:30pm to pick up the cake that I ordered at 4pm. We went home after that and tried to make Nathan nap so he will be awake later that night. But he couldn't sleep. Ford got a call from Grandt Kitchen (a Filipino restaurant here in Surrey) and was requested to pick up the food that we ordered earlier than 6:45pm, so he did.

At around 6:15pm, he's back and complained that he's hungry. So instead of waiting for 10pm or 12mn (my original eating time plan), we had early dinner na. Mabuti na rin para bumaba na ang sugar level namin later that night at nang makakain uli.

Ang hirap mag-isip nang ihahanda for a party of three, lalo na kapag hindi pa kumakain yung isa at diabetic yung dalawa. We just ordered food sa Pinoy resto because it's practical and economical.

Our handa -- pancit canton, beef caldereta, pork sisig, and pork barbeque.

We ate in front of the TV watching news. Our plan was to watch all night.

As expected, the little boy only ate apples. I was hoping that he'll eat pancit kaso ni ayaw tikman. I'll do a review of our food on my next post.

Then at around 8pm I brought out our ultimate holiday cheat foods na. Big time cheating talaga ang plan lol.

We ordered this cake from a Filipina home-based baker. Si Jesus pa ba ang mawawalan ng birthday cake?

Nathan joyfully delivered a birthday song for Jesus.

Family groufie after.

And the little boy couldn't wait to open his gifts! Ang alam nya kasi pagkatapos magblow ng candle ng cake ay gift-opening na haha!

I am thankful that we bought several gifts for him. Enjoy na enjoy siyang magbukas.

Here are his three major gift requests -- "animals,"hugas-hugas," and "toilet." Paniwalang-paniwala talaga siya kay Santa (I don't remember believing in Santa when I was growing up. Siguro kasi poor lang kami noon haha!).

Ford and I also opened our gifts from Juris and Tess. Haha, we didn't have gifts for each other kasi nga wala naman kaming separate money/bank account. Basta I buy whatever I want and tell him gift na niya yun sakin lol.

A little past 9pm, we started watching Seven Sundays na. We rented the movie @TFC.TV for $7.99. Medyo pricey pero ayos na rin kasi I've always wanted to watch this film.

Carbs overload!

Pero mukhang mas nag-enjoy ang asawa ko sa palabas haha. Plus he kept on saying "Ang gwapo talaga ni Dingdong" kaloka!

I think we'll do this na every Christmas eve, watch Filipino-themed movies. Sana lang palaging meron.

Halfway through the movie, nakatulog na ang bagets (not that he was watching lol). Sabi na nga ba eh, hindi nga kasi nag-nap nung hapon.

Pack-up na kami around 11:30pm. I had my red day din that night kaya I wasn't feeling well. It was the husband who washed the dishes, salamat naman.

My major wish that night was for us to have our own place na (be it a condo or a townhouse) by next Christmas para mas bongga naman ang celebration. Pero kahit simple lang ang naging noche buena namin, I was happy and contented kasi kasama ko ang asawa at anak ko. Iyon naman ang pinakaimportante.

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By the way, I am glad that that morning, I was able to talk to my Mamoosh and Tita Oya via Facetime. How I wish na magkakasama kami on Christmas kaso hindi naman palaging posible. Buti na lang talaga may internet. =)