Last Day of the Year. New Year!

Last Day of the year.

I might have compiled all the thoughts I have for this year. Its not that I have a resolution which I know alot of us would be saying that, that is a resolution that will only last a couple of days, weeks, months and forgotten.

Just these past few days, I had this feeling of happiness for someone. Someone that I could or should have forgotten. Someone that I have known for quite sometime. At last that person was free from the tyranny of someone else which took that person years.

Half of this year was all about hard work, drama, hard work and still full of drama and quite ending it with success and some love and the good stuff.

I have travelled to some places that I have never been to like Ilocos, Bagiuo,Punta Fuego and more. I wish I can do more next year. I think we have strived hard and deserved all the things that results from hard work this year.

Next year is going to be the start of something extravaggant, spectacular and big. I cant think of other enormous descriptions and still praying and on a positive outlook that our next hunt will be for the best.




Played Pinoy Henyo with my officemates while killing the time and ate dinner. Played 123 Pass and K,Q,J,A. with sila Aries.



I looked at the clock and its almost 9:30. Eastwood is getting louder every hour and being on the 30th floor is the best place to watch the fireworks. 6 more of our colleagues are on a time off and of course Im not part of it, since im on the back office.

I realized that I have been spending christmas and new year at work for the past i dont know 3 or 4 years? wow that long now since I have graduated from college last 06. =] I feel so old now... wait im just 24. FCK! 24?!

Im looking at the brighter side for 2010. I have this huge feeling that I'll hit it big. Something really big will happen.

Few months from now, we'll be celebrating our 3rd year together. wow 3rd year?! time flies so darn fast.

Oh well I think we'll let the years pass by and savour every moment of our lives.

Think positive. Happy Holidays, Happy New Year! Welcoming 2010 with the best vibes!


At this point I forgot to post this and Just finished watching the fireworks and greeting everyone happy new year. =)

Good Vibes All!

Must Be it!

I know. i have promised myself with updating this as I can. I realized how busy I am with work and all those stuff in between if "SHOPPING" does count in those in between that I am referring to.

December is here and I think its an early treat for me. Getting new wheels and what I love about it is that its HUUUGEE! I love the fact that its exagerated. =] I just realized that my favorite time of the year is Christmas. Aside from the bonuses we get and all sorts of monetary giveaways and freebies, I love the wind thats feels so mild and it has this icy feeling.

I have to make a list on what to give this Christmas. First I don't give an item to each and every people. I think its totally unfair if someone receives something and the other one would say "How come I only get this?". I've been smart in how many years now in gift giving. Give them FOOD! :) they'll eat it and feel stuffed in the end. =]

I also got a Belle de Jour planner which I have been itching to write on these past few weeks and I realized that I should start putting something there and use the coupons (Oh Yes.. cant wait to go shopping and SPA-ng!) It's a really nice planner much like the Cosmo Planner I got early this year. But the coupons are waaaaaaaaayy better than the usual 10% off on every purchase. I just can't wait to use it!

Speaking of purchase we only have a few days left for the exclusive party we have in Alchemy. I need to get a new dress since I'm soooo excited getting drunk and will still look gorgeous. 2 more weeks before our christmas party with friends. At this time its also where we are going to the bazaar we are for.Okay but as of this time I just heard something not to spill it out.

Must get back now to what I'm doing :]

Happy Happy Vroom Vroom =)

Alright, I am kinda absorbing it. But since we got it the feeling was like "Are you kidding me? Im riding one right now?" But hell yeah. Thanks to those people who made it possible :) Finallyyyy my rainy daysss come to an end :D

We got this November 13. Uhuh the Friday the 13th. It was such a busy day running errands and everything.

To celebrate as usual we ate. LOL!  I also bought a  mocha caramel crunch cake to celebrate. fat fat fat. But its all good.

I was overwhelmed when I drove it. Its a big one for me. But I'm getting the hang of it. =)

So yeah will plot an out of town with our new baby. (still havent got a name yet though) Will think of one.

Sunday Brunchner

Brunchner is my very own description for breakfast lunch and dinner.
Waleed and I often go out on weekends. So Monday to Fridays are workaholic days where our normal routine includes waking up late, coffee and running to work. I would pray that weekends are tomorrow but then we would always go out. So rest days doesn't really mean lying down and sleeping all day.We don't go to fancy restaurants, we would always eye what we think is reasonable and worth it. He would be in
heaven with Mcdo ordering 3 burgers (imagine that) and still look so tough meaning "buff" yeah with the "" due to the fact that he's a big guy plus he looks tough and cuddly all at the same time.

Weekend activities are: going to ukay ukay, eating pizza, dvd marathon,cleaning the house, internet galore, going to Greenhills, eating, business errands , shopping and eating and so on. ( Im sure you read eating  like how many times)





Just this weekend after our Banchetto tripping, I already slept around past 5am and got up around 3pm. This means that there's nothing much that I can do that's going to be productive. Remember from the last entry that I took home the crab and baked macaroni for lunch? I didn't enjoy the crab that much. I thought it was spicy but it didn't really bring out the flavor of the crab to it. I'd rather go to Quiapo to our favorite place which we call the "pink" Halal restaurant, even though its not pink according to  Waleed's nephew. Its Orange. Oh I'm missing it right now.

Here comes Sunday.We went to run some errands for the sideline we have before checking the car we are about to purchase. Since I woke up around 2pm, we headed straight to Eastwood to pick up some stocks. (check http://blacksouk.multiply.com) It was almost 4pm when we arrived to our second destination which is in the East. The guy we are meeting with will not be available until half past 5, so I already felt hungry. 

It was too late for lunch, too early for dinner. We went to Sta. Lucia to stroll for a while and grab somthing to eat. I was checking on Yoshinoya at first remembering what my mother craved about the 7 spices. But my eyes went straight for Cabalen which is beside Yoshinoya. Yummmm it was Merienda time and boy o boy o boy mouth watering. Upon checking the buffet for merienda they have spaghetti, lugaw, dinuguan, bulalo, pancit and some puto. Everything looks so yummy and Haram (meaning it's not allowed) for Waleed. So we had to settle with the lunch/dinner buffet that they have.

Price is 298. It's a brunchner for us. Again, I had to control myself not to overwhelm myself. I quickly studied what I was getting seeing that Waleed had his plate full of Beef Caldereta. I had Kare-Kare, crispy kangkong and rice which seems to me like bagoong rice. I told myself that I am going to document everything and everyplace that we go to. Which reminds me that i have to look for the battery of my other camera since the DSLR is too heavy for this kind of food trippings.

Hmmm a great shot was Waleed's plate but then before I can even take a picture of what he had on his plate it was gooooonnneee! =( so no choice I took mine.

 

No kidding I was hungry. This was only a sample shot. =) Must eat. I was up for 2 rounds only. On the other hand boyfriend had 3 full rounds of beef. The reason? It was his breakfast,lunch and dinner. He might have missed the midnight snack.

Aside from what we had, they also had partly the merienda on the lunch/dinner buffet which kinda got me disappointed. Isn't that if you avail the 298 you should be getting something else from the menu? Well, aside from the puto and merienda stuff they had along, they served Tapa ng Kalabaw which I had a bite. It was argh. I mean that was my taste buds. It was sour and there's an alcoholic taste to it. But after a while I got the hang of it. What I suddenly imagined was the movie Baler where Ann Curtis gave the spaniards this kalabaw (if im not mistaken).

Anyway, moving forward.... in buffets like this I always look forward for desserts. What I enjoyed was making my own halo-halo. I loooove halo halo! <3 Although I hate it when its all gulaman. So, it was my time to make my own.

My "No syrup" halo halo

Waleed created his own version. The buffet table had ginataan na halo halo and he mixed it with ice. He said it was the greatest. I told him it was still ginataan. He said he poured Coconut milk. I totally said it was still ginataan. He said ok.

It looks yummier than my halo halo.

Over all 300 pesos is worth it for each.

Again, we went home stuffed and satisfied. *burp*

P.S.

That's why my vow to lose the scale goes onnn forever. =)

Banchetto

After a hard day's work on a Friday night which is equally on a Saturday morning, we headed to Banchetto in Ortigas to fill out tummies with different sorts of food. Diet is one word that can be classified as a sin on that day. Besides, I made it a point to think what I should be getting before heading to Ortigas to avoid overwhelming myself with food on that strip.

It was 17 of us who went there since it's always hard to find a table that can accomodate us. So we left Waleed and Ransel to scout for tables and chairs (we had 3 tables all together) while us girls went on our food spree. Btw, it's also best if you bring your own drinks (We bought 2 liters of soda and some water) since whats missing there are drinks and it kinda costs. So remember it's drinks and if you're out of cigarettes go buy one too before heading to the place.

I had to control myself. Once you're there you'd be wanting to have a taste of all the food you pass by. I felt fine with my 45php worth of fruit salad and 75php of a humongous slice of baked macaroni. I actually took home some spicy crab which I have been eying every time we visit there (200 pesos). The crab and the macaroni were both for Sunday's lunch. So I don't think I ate that much considering I just had the salad and some chicken.

And everytime someone asks me what I bought, I lied by saying Im all veggies.

I didn't see Fish & Co. this time so I'm kinda missing the "Best fish and chips in town" shout from this guy.

We all went home around 4 full and satisfied.

                                                                                                       

P.S. at this point, since it was a random idea to go there all i had was my crappy other phone with me.

Im done with alooooot of backspace and Im totally over it. It took me months to finally compose myself and let alone a new blog is born. I have, well a twitter which makes me feel better. Whenever I want to shout something out that no one knows which makes me feel that the whole world listens and on the contrary that nobody will even give a damn about it.


I have another blog which I already abandoned, my theme is my "oh so college" life and every thing else in between. The ending was my first job and probably some *first love. Yes you read that right some first. I just couldn't figure myself out back then (oh I know that is soooo cheesy).

Well enough of the introduction and let me start how i want this anynomously. Maybe I'll get to that in the future.

Boyfriend's sister left almost a month ago and flew to one of the world's richest country. She left me alot of wisdom and recipies for the mind and the heart (stomach included) and probably some jewels *huge grin*. She taught me of what I call "Muslim Food" and boyfriend branded me as "thats so racist of you". I just cannot pronounce the word dianolokan and I must say I could have typed that word wrong. It's like curry but its not. It's cooked with alot of spices with coconut milk and the coconut itself. Delicious,yummy and yes its "Muslim" food.


(picture courtesy of maranaorecipe.blogspot.com)

This reminds me of one Sunday with our usual food trippings and shopping we came across a Kebab Resto along UP. We did order alot. Its much better than our usual Mister Kabab. Finally, I can swallow that Ox BRAIN without feeling eeky eeky. I call it exotic. You cannot let me eat something that describes the food. Let me cite some examples:


Kare Kare - Part is the "OX TAIL"

Lengua - Which is the "TONGUE"


Alright I'll not go on with my list as I can still remember those days I had to swallow it. Lengua makes me feel kissing the ox like you know french kissing THE ox. I told that to my mum once and since then she didn't bother eating lengua ever ever EVER.

One time I received a text message from Mother saying that they were given lengua with mushrooms by the neighbor. She felt she's on french kiss action with the ox. :) She told me it was actually my fault. Because of my wild imagination.

I'm off in a few minutes now from work. Boyfriend and I will be heading to Banchetto in Ortigas with some office friends :)
I'll blog about this tomorrow, hoping our neighbor still turns on the modem and the router :D yes Free Internet!

<3 RacH!