Manila Day 8: A Movie, A Lamb, and DOTA!

Day 8, a Friday, was a slow one for me... I woke up at lunchtime and hurried as I had a meeting scheduled at 2 pm. Had a veryyy hard time getting a cab. When I was already near the meeting place, some sort of miscommunication happened and I THOUGHT that the meeting was either canceled or postponed so I went to Trinoma instead. Trinoma is ginourmous! I decided to watch a movie ALONE! Whattaloser! So I bought some Oliver's Sandwich and Dalandan Juice and settled in to watch Forbidden Kingdom! HURRAH! Ang galing... yun lang... SOBRANG GALING! Then I met up with Kuya Andrew to eat dinner at Cibo in Glorietta. We shared the Spinach and Gorgonzola Cheese dip. I had the Braised Lamb with White Wine, Turnips and Carrots. It was heavenly. The meat was so tender and flavorful. Hay basta... try it! It was served with a very delicious cup of rice flavored with garlic and parsley (I think). Then, I went to the Mineski Grounds in Arena to meet up with another journalist. He was going to cover the Asian DotA Championship Philippine Qualifiers Finals between CORPOration (my team) and NINJA (my ex-boyfriend's team but my…

Manila Day 6

Kinda short day... Woke up late. Ate lunch. Surfed the internet. Disturbed by the noise of my cute nieces arriving. They're so adorable talaga!!! Went to Greenhills... again! Ate Unagi Sushi at Teriyaki Boy again! YUM! YUM! For only PhP100 and they don't charge an additional 10% service tax. Ate Crunchy Tiramisu and Fudgy Chocolate Cake at Cibo. SINFUL! Drank Mocha eXtreme at Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf and it definitely woke me up! My niece tricked us into buying stuff for her at Hobbes and Landes. I also bought pasalubong for my spoiled brat nephew/inaanak. Had birthday dinner at Sugi. I ate Tenderloin Steak... medium rare. GRAWRRR! Plan to watch Iron Man was cancelled. Met up with a friend at Starbucks in Podium. Had some Early Grey Tea and pretending to care about my weight and health, But before that spent around 30 minutes waiting for a cab. I also found another book I want to buy. Good thing I was sane and didn't buy it coz it's waaay over my budget. Had a very interesting conversation with my friend. ;) Stood along the road again to wait for a taxi for a long time AGAIN! Arrived home earlier…