Fioni @ Payless Shoesource

Love them, but absolutely impractical, not to mention dangerous considering the rains and the fact that I am clumsy as heck. But damn, they sure do look like they belong on my feet. And really, who cares right, as long as it’s fierce? But note to self: must learn to walk properly in heels!

Also, my brand new 8GB flashdrive:

SanDisk @Pods by Digital Walker

I was gonna go for the 16GB but, well, it was a tad too expensive even for the working girl. Oh paycheck, please deposit yourself to my account now. heehee

These are some of the stuff that I got recently from my good friends Nix, Tita Cyn, and Thea. :D  

And these i got for  myself! The red dangling earrings and the ones with the teardrops at the bottom are both from SoA (Style on Air) and can be found in Greenhills tiangges, the two black rings are from a tiangge in our office, while the necklace and those sparkly earrings at far right are from people who sell in our office

And then i had some more fun with these. heehee

Anyway, my self-involved post ends here. til next time, toodles!

Kidding! But I do like to drink on special occasions (or made-up special ones. harhar). My favorite poison has got to be vodka, because there is just nothing like a good glass (or 5) of the stuff. I don’t like drinking it straight though, the girl in me loves the cocktails! I also like to experiment with different mixes to make my drinking experience (and by default, my drinking buddies also) a real winner. My new (and very cheap) faves are the bottles above from The Bar. For the Apple variant, my cousins and I have found it sweet enough to drink straight. For the Orange variant, I tried to mix it with Mango juice (concentrate or powdered works fine), and sprite. The result is a sweet and mega-deadly mix.  A friend also suggested sweetening it up even more with Orange concentrate (like Sunquick) but I’ve yet to try it.  

This one right here though is something that I’ve wanted to try for a while now. My friend Arvin recommended that I try Nordic Ice’s Butterscotch Vodka, and I recently got a bottle straight from Boracay (I have no idea where else to buy it. hahaha) I’m so excited to try it out so calling all my drinking buddies (Clumtards, you know who you are), My bottles of vodka are ready!!!

Breathe Again – Sara Bareilles

Car is parked, bags are packed, but what kind of heart doesn’t look back
At the comfortable glow from the porch, the one I will still call yours?
All those words came undone and now I’m not the only one
Facing the ghosts that decide if the fire inside still burns

All I have, all I need, he’s the air I would kill to breathe
Holds my love in his hands, still I’m searching for something
Out of breath, I am left hoping someday I’ll breathe again
I’ll breathe again

Open up next to you and my secrets become your truth
And the distance between that was sheltering me comes in full view
Hang my head, break my heart built from all I have torn apart
And my burden to bear is a love I can’t carry anymore

All I have, all I need, he’s the air I would kill to breathe
Holds my love in his hands, still I’m searching for something

Out of breath, I am left hoping someday I’ll breathe again

It hurts to be here
I only wanted love from you
It hurts to be here
What am I gonna do?

All I have, all I need, he’s the air I would kill to breathe
Holds my love in his hands, still I’m searching
All I have, all I need, he’s the air I would kill to breathe
Holds my love in his hands, still I’m searching for something
Out of breath, I am left hoping someday I’ll breathe again
I’ll breathe again

this is my new nephew, Sean Christian, who I saw for the first time last Friday. And because it bears repeating, cute smooshy babies are absolute <3 <3 <3

When I asked owner Chef Henry Cheung why he opened up a new place when Good Earth was doing really well, he said this was the result of him giving in to loyal customers’ requests to try something new, and he does not disappoint. A lot of the old favorites from the original restaurant are served here, but there are  new dishes as well, not to mention weekly additions which are sure to keep both loyal and adventurous stomachs very satisfied.

Chinese food, in my opinion, is slightly tricky, especially here in the Philippines where there’s a Chinese-themed restaurant at just about any corner. A Chinese resto has to be able to give the customers something new to differentiate itself from the others, but still be able to offer outstanding versions of the standard fare as well, which Henry’s Place does really well. 

My absolute favorite is the Shantung Chicken – deep fried chicken with a sweet-spicy sauce that’s so mind-blowingly good.

Other must-try dishes are the Lobster Supreme – lobster with secret sauce, white sauce, and egg white, and the Seafood Roll - scallops and prawns wrapped in a lapu-lapu fillet. There’s also the Catfish in a Hot Dish – catfish strips which Chef Henry fries skin side down to preserve the tenderness of the meat while making the skin extra crispy. Quite a contrast in every bite, and oooh so yummy

l-r: lobster supreme, seafood roll, catfish in a hot dish

But hey, don’t just take my word for it! Why don’t you try it out yourself? I’m sure you’ll love it.

Henry’s Place by Good Earth is located at Unit ES-3, Burgos Circle, Forbes Town Center, Rizal Drive corner West Crescent Park, The Fort, Taguig City. For inquiries, do contact Belle de Guzman, their manager and sous chef, who can be reached at (+63)926-9098515

So there. Ta for now though, since I still have work (and dinner) to do. Til next time!

xoxo

last monday, Tippi and brian slept over and it was really fun. tippi brought some san miguel all-malt beer for us to try, and it was yummy i personally don’t like beer, but i’m sorta liking this one.

after that we had a mini-meeting of sorts about Absolute Cousins and we came up with some really great stuff that we hope to share with you guys pretty soon

*tippi and Eis Bar bid you good night!*

Tuesday we had dinner and then dessert afterwards at 5 Cows in Trinoma. no pics from here but post to follow on Absolute Cousins

Thursday, Brian and i met up with Tiffy, Alex and Jeric at Kozui green tea house for some japanese food

Friday was the really long day. Actually, i only had two events yesterday, but since i’m such a homebody, it felt like i was at ten different ones. in the morning, i had the Terry’s Selection event to cover, and since i haven’t gone to a coverage in suuuch a long time, it was really fun. of course the food was great, and of course, having been seated with 2 men who looked at the food like they haven’t eaten in a while, i wasn’t able to get much pictures, except of the main course, which was lechon with caramelized onion sauce sided with glazed pear, pepper and potato, and the accompanying red wine.

my fave was the dessert though, crème brulèe with mangoes inside, and a semi-dulce white wine. i must admit, i am not much of a wine person, but i definitely liked the wines we were given. since it was kind of an informal event, the boys and i had a bit of time to just chill, eat food and laugh around.

*photo by mel, our director. that’s roel with the ID*

once we got back to base, arvin quickly developed an affinity for canon’s color accent.

next i had my boss’ surprise bridal shower. which was boatloads of fun. pictures on my multiply soon

after the shower, my mom picked me up and together with tita cynthia and adi, we had coffee at the coffee bean and tea leaf in capitol hills. i ordered the tropical passion iced tea, which is quickly becoming my fave drink. we also bought a tin of African Sunrise tea, which Brian swears by. let’s see what all the fuss is about.

*(l-r) adi enjoying his coffee; mom having fun with the nativity statues*

well, that concludes my weekend update

I absolutely love Johnny Castaway coz he’s so cute! he just walks around in his little island doing stuff and trying to get out of the island. He was the first screensaver we ever downloaded off the Net back when everything was still dial-up and mega slow. we’d purposely not touch the keyboard and wait for him to load, and squeal like excited parents looking at their kid walk for the first time when he’d do something out of the ordinary. that was a lot of years ago, and i’ve missed him ever since.

today, i have johnny on my computer, and you can too! just visit this site.