Here's a round-up of everything I wrote this past week... August 25 - 31, 2007... On Alleba Politics: September 15 is Judgment Day - on the Erap verdict on September 15 A Reader Campaigns for Kapatiran - a commenter gives her blurb for Dr. Mario Bautista An Injustice by the AdDU OSA - AdDU OSA displays students who violated their ID Policy in Wanted Posters On Chikadora: The Wowowee Controversy - Willi Revillame vs Joey de Leon AGAIN On ShopChicks: Carolina Herrera’s Fall 2007 RTW Collection - Elegant... DKNY’s Fall 2007 RTW Collection - Gorgeous... Alberta Ferretti’s Fall 2007 Collection - Funky elegant... Quiksilver Board Shorts for Men - Summer! Giorgio Armani’s Fall 2007 Collection - Blacks and metallics... Elie Saab’s Fall 2007 Collection - Glamorous... On My Davao City: Coffee Pod’s Red Iced Tea - COOL! On DotA Strategy: DotA All-Stars Version 6.47 - NICE! Getting to Know Alfonso Baja of Flow - Interesting... Ch¡LL vs Ding Lao and other Match Games’ Line-ups - Lessons learned... On Life and Work with Ria: Impromptu Reunion at Kasagingan - Nice surprise... The Usual Suspects Meet Jun Asis - Short but sweet... UNO! Sequel Juan Luna Boys - A happy reunion with…
Category: food
Breakfast at Mam Bebs
...any time of the day. I'm lucky that Alleba's office is right above Mam Bebs. Mam Bebs is my aunt's bakery and refreshment parlor. And like Ate Aileen, I love Pinoy breakfast food. Actually I love all breakfast food in general. Anyway... I get to eat Pinoy breakfast meals any time of the day... for breakfast, for lunch, or for dinner courtesy of Mam Bebs (minsan even for merienda). The one in the picture above is their Tosilog (tocino + sinangag + itlog) which I had with half a cup of plain rice only, accompanied by a cup of coffee. YUM! The ones below are Mam Bebs' Tapsilog (beef tapa + sinangag + itlog) which I had with half a cup of sinangag, and Mam Beb's Melosilog (meat loaf + sinangag + itlog) which I am having right now only it's not with sinangag but with half a cup of plain rice only. Vocabulary: tocino - cured pork tapa - cured beef sinangag - garlic rice itlog - egg
Usual Suspects Meet Up with the Google Country Consultant
Davao's Usual Suspects Kuya Andrew, Blogie, Dennis, Jun and I, once again had the privilege of being the Google Country Consultant's official Davao GROs. We met up with her last August 7 at the Casa Leticia for dinner at Sagay and chismis bonding. Marc wasn't around though. Later that night, when Jun and Dennis already left, we each opened our laptops, settled into our corners and had a YM conference with each other, joined by our young victims blogger friends Jez and Winston. Yesterday, Kuya Andrew, Blogie, Marc and I again met up with Ate Aileen (blame the kids for that) for lunch at Boyd's. After which, we went to Bruegger's at nearby Wheels n More Drive. It was a fun, fun, fun night and lunch with the guys and Aileen which didn't (for once) involve work. It did for Aileen though coz she had to finish some stuff, but not for the rest of us. Aileen is now back in Manila en route to somewhere else. Come back soon Ate Aileen!!! :D
Trying to Lose 10 Pounds
As of this summer, I have already lost 20 pounds. Other people actually noticed the weight loss before I did probably because I didn't exert any effort or do anything special to lose that amount of weight. I lost weight because of the terrible, terrible, terrible amount of work I do. That translates to little time for eating, sleeping and resting and an insurmountable amount of stress. I think the only weight I gained all gathered under my eyes to form eye bags. :( Now I am trying to lose ten more pounds to reach my ideal weight. I actually want to lose twenty more but my cousins say I would look unhealthy already. So right now, Kuya Andrew are having a bet. The person who loses 10 pounds faster will be treated to dinner by the loser. My strategy? Work, work, work. When I work, I don't have enough energy and motivation to eat. Yesterday, it took me two hours to finish a small meal just because I was very busy. And right now, it's taking me a long time to eat a plate of delicious (but not fattening) pasta here at Kasagingan. I also plan to lose weight…
Gift Boxes
Last Saturday, as part of our campaign to increase awareness for my aunt's bakery and refreshment parlor, I busied myself with preparing gift boxes filled with pastries. We then gave these gifts to some of our blogger friends with the hope that they will like the potato rolls, the slice of apple pie, and the banana bar inside. Here's some pictures of the boxes lifted from one satisfied blogger's blog: So why bother with all the hassle? Because we believe in the value of advertising in blogs. Actually, it's not really advertising per se since we don't pay the bloggers anything, and they are not required to blog about it. But you get the idea... I think. Mam Bebs Bakery and Refreshment Parlor is located at the first floor of the CVA Building, along CM Recto (formerly Claveria Street), Davao City. For inquiries and orders, call (6382) 227-8131.
Looong Weekend
When was the last time you had a first time??? Well, last Saturday, I got the rare chance to experience another first time. At age 25, I experienced for the the first time, playing in a DoTA Tournament. It was exhilarating!!! My team, Team Juan Luna, joined for the sake of joining. We were composed of four girls, two kids, my cousin Dwer, and another guy. Luckily, we were matched against a "not so good" team during the eliminations. During that round, I played together with Dwer, John, Dodong, and McDo. I played using Warlock which I have been practicing with for the longest time. He's one of my favorite heroes. Shocking! Our team dominated over the other team, and we WON! Unfortunately, we lost to the STQ1 Team during the semis. I didn't play during the semis. My cousin Luan, substituted for me. After the elims, I went to C5 and hung out with my Sequel Juan Luna (SJL) friends... all of them had long hair. Hmmm... Why kaya? Then, we split up for a while. I went to Jimber's Gaming Cafe to support my team (Team Ria Jose, NetExpress Duterte Champs, Haha!!!). They lost to a team from…