I ACCOMPANIED my ex-girlfriend in Eastwood CityWalk the other night to scout for a place to treat to dinner her now ex-officemates in Philips-Consumer Lifestyle. †We arrived there about 8PM, and after quickly deciding on Something Fishy for the big dinner in 2 days, we went to look for a place to eat.
That’s when...
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I WILL HARDLY pass for a Chef. †I do cook and I am quite good at it — I think. †Just don’t ask me to come up with the same recipe and expect exactly the same result as my first one. †That, my friends, is why I won’t pass for a chef.
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I’VE ALWAYS wondered why ‘Fine Dining’ is called as such (have you?).† What I couldn’t seem to reconcile in my simple mind is how come ‘fine dining’ is synonymous with ‘expensive’ when the dining is just, well, fine.
A dinner date with my ex-girlfriend on Valentine’s Day may have provided me the answer to this...
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I†HAD AN unplanned lunch date with my ex-girlfriend in Eastwood City last week (Thursday, Jan 30) when we went to pay for our condo dues in The Eastwood Excelsior. †It was past 12:00 o’clock noon when we got there so we decided to look for a place to eat first.
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As usual we wanted to...
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THIS WAS RECENTLY POSTED in BlueGenes by an ex-IBMer who is based in the US.† BlueGenes is the Yahoo Group of ex-IBM Philippines employees.
I haven’t heard of it nor seen it in any of the regular/mainstream news sources so I am still quite skeptical on its veracity.† But these sort of things cannot be...
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DECEMBER 9, a day after my ex-girlfriend and I commemorated the day she became my ex, we finally had time alone together and decided to celebrate by watching “The Day the Earth Stood Still” at IMAX in SM Mall of Asia — only to find out that it is yet to be shown the...
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THERE WAS excitement in the air and the remnants of the Boys and Girls of P. Campa met again after only about five months since their last get-together in June 18 (See Blue Moon).† This is extra-ordinary indeed considering that their last get-together prior to June 18 was in December 2005.
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WE WENT to see Quantum of Solace, my ex-girlfriend and I, on its first day of showing last week at Greenbelt 3.
I will not write a movie review about the latest James Bond thriller.† Suffice it to say that it is a superb and extremely entertaining movie.† Daniel Craig is doing a great job...
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I HAD A MEETING in Ortigas Center†on August 27 and I took the opportunity to touch base with two good friends, Karen and Aileen.† They were to meet for lunch in Mega Mall that day so I invited myself into their lunch date.† I couldn’t bear the thought of two of my lady friends,...
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MY EX-GIRLFRIEND AND I went to Eastwood City two Saturdays ago to bring some documents in relation to our condo unit at the Eastwood Excelsior.
After the photo-finish completion of our mission (we made it to the admin office of Eastwood Excelsior a few minutes before their closing time of 12:30PM), we were famish.
I would...
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IF YOU EVER visit Puerto Princesa in Palawan make sure to try Badjao Seafront. It is a restaurant along the shoreline, within five to fifteen minutes from any point in downtown Puerto Princesa City, built a few meters into the sea past a thin strip of mangroves.†
The view is spectacular and the ambiance is...
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I HAVE A VERY SIMPLE RULE when it comes to exotic food, or for any type of food for that matter: I can try anything at least once, for as long as it is really food, at least by local standards.
So far this rule has worked for me.
The most recent opportunity to test this...
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