Exploring the nice things about Manila, the Philippines, and the world!
I admit, I haven’t seen a concert for years now. Life has been very busy with kids, wifey duties, work, and more.
But when I came across this, I can’t help but read more and see if I could check this out…
Yes, they are going back on July 21, 2009. I used to love their songs so much. I wonder if we will have time to watch it this time? We will see.
* Photo grabbed from ClickTheCity.com
This was shown last June 26, 2009 all over the world. If not for the trailers in the televisions I wouldn’t know that this will be shown. It was two weeks ago that a friend mentioned it and then saw it in TV. I couldn’t believe it. I remember the first part was shown last 2007. My Hubby loved it to bits. He couldn’t get over it. He was grinning just reminiscing about it. And now it’s been 2 years. And we didn’t get to watch it on the first day. I hope it is still shown next week though because we are definitely going to watch it!
Have you seen the movie? How was it?
* Photo grabbed from Yahoo! Movies.
This morning I had a few minutes of free time to read Health Today. I love the May, 2009 issue where they talked about dieting. I noticed that Filipinos nowadays are obsessed with dieting. People would think that being skinny is the “in” thing. There are a lot of slimming pills review available wherever you go. Ads would literally tell you to be like those skinny models to be part of the “in” crowd.
My take? I would say, it’s ok to be on a diet as long as your goal is to be healthy and not only to get skinny. I hope that the kids would get that no matter what you look, the important thing is that you love yourself, you are confident enough to face the world, and that you are happy with your life.
When our little girl started school, we made it a point to buy all the school supplies that she would need. She didn’t need a lot actually since she is only in pre-school. So we bought folders with fasteners, folder with a slide, pencils, a sketch notebook, a small notebook, 1×1 photos. That’s it! I was contemplating on buying a box cutter for her in case she would need it. I was amazed at how small it was but I remembered instantly that she is not allowed to handle such things yet. So I guess her teachers will take care of that for her.
While in the mall, I came across a sale alert from my favorite store – The Body Shop! Check it out, you might want to buy some stuff too! Promo Period from June 12 to July 12, 2009.
*Photo Grabbed from ShopCrazy.com.ph.
I know that getting married these days is quite expensive. It entails so many expenses from flowers, wedding gowns, tuxedo, wedding favors, food, and more. It just hard to plan a honeymoon after that especially if you have exhausted all your funds. But did you know that you can actually get a good deal in caribbean weddings nowadays? Thanks to Breezes Vacation Resorts they give you affordable rates. With this, you can now have a beautiful wedding! Not only that, they also offer all inclusive travel deals for your honeymoon. This can also be used by your guests who are on a budget. With this, they won’t have any reason not to attend your special day. Of course you would want your family and friends to witness that, right? You can convince them more by more discount vacation packages being offered. Who knows, maybe you can all go to a nice place such as Jamaica, Bahamas, or Panama right after the wedding. I’m sure your guests will have so much fun!
Check this out. Could this be true? I was surprised on how it turned out….
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It probably depends on the mood. Since right now I want to just relax and have a laid back vacation then that’s how this test actually turned out. But mostly, I would love a busy itinerary that focuses a lot about shopping and sight seeing!
I met up with my relatives from LA last weekend. They just had their one week vacation here in the Philippines and they were going back to LA. They said that it is so hot these days and that they wish that summer would be over soon. They are actually looking forward to fall especially if there are discounted all inclusive resort awaiting for them. I was curious about what they have been talking about so I did a little research and wow, I was impressed. At Breezes Vacation Resorts there are several options available and you can get it in an affordable rates.
You can opt to got to Runaway Bay Jamaica, a lush, tropical playground Runaway Bay. Or you can opt to stay at the Bahamas resorts, an island nation known throughout the world for its spectacular beaches.
Just by looking at the pictures it makes me want to go there now. More options include Breezes Costa do Sauipe in Brazil or the Breezes Panama Resort & Spa in Panama.
That beach is Nassau’s legendary Cable Beach. And that’s where you’ll find Breezes Bahamas, the first and only Super-Inclusive resort in The Bahamas.
Breezes Panama Resort & Spa is not just the first Super-Inclusive resort in Central America, it’s also the first Breezes Resort ever to grace the shoreline of the Pacific Ocean.
I better forward this to my relatives, I’m sure they would want to check it out for the season of Fall.
The in-laws’ invited us for lunch last Sunday to celebrate Father’s Day. It was at Peking Garden in Trinoma. It was not too hard to find considering that I don’t go there that much. I think I’ve been to Trinoma thrice only.
This is our first time to try Peking Garden. The place was packed! This made the place really noisy and crowded that it made us uncomfortable. I think maybe also because I was taking care of our baby girl, while Hubby is taking care of our little girl.
But I have no negative feedback about the food. It was sumptuous and I would go back there for the food! Good thing we had a table reserved and we saw this menu waiting for us.
When we read this, we felt excited because there were so many dishes to look forward too! Our meal started with Four kinds of Appetizer.
While we were having yummy jelly fish, century egg, white chicken, and beef, the shark’s fin soup with shredded chicken was served. At first I thought this was hot and sour soup because of the orangey color. I was expecting it to be spicy but good thing it was not. I loved it!
The next dish was the Peking Duck. I was amazed at how it was thinly sliced. You have to pair it with a wrap and a sauce. Since I love wraps, this is one of my favorite dish!
The next dish that they served was the Golden Prawns with Salted Egg which I can say was the best dish in this set meal! A bit salty for my taste and oily too. But that’s the reason why it was delicious. (*grin*) The prawns were fresh and was covered with something crispy that goes so well together.
Then Deep Fried Shredded Beef with Sesame Puff was served.
This one is really unique. You have to put the shredded beef into the sesame puffs to enjoy the dish. I love the concept. Quite tasty too.
More dishes came which include:
- Steamed Lapu Lapu Peking Style
This was just ok. The Lapu Lapu was fresh though which make it really tasty.
- Poached Mustard Green with Dried Scallop
I loved this. I was looking for round scallops and then I realized that the dried scallops where shredded which looked like noodles to me.
- Steamed Crabs with Minced Garlic & Black Pepper
I didn’t try this because I was too lazy and wasn’t in the mood to use my hands.
- Fried Hand-made Noodles with Shredded Pork
I was too full to even try this. But the little girl loved this so it must be very good.
- Chilled Mango Shake with Sago
Just the usual mango shake with sago. Nothing special.
All in all, I was happy with our lunch at Peking Garden. Although it would have been better if they served all the dishes all together or probably served it faster, we could have tried everything in the set meal. What happened actually was that we were too full with the appetizers that we weren’t able to really enjoy the main meal.
I understand that the restaurant was packed which made the service really slow. Maybe when there is no occasion, like Father’s day, they will do better than that.
If you like unique Chinese food, and not the usual beef-with-brocolli-and-three-kinds-of-mushroom-kind-of-Chinese-food, try Peking Garden!
Peking Garden Restaurant, Trinoma
3/Lvl. Trinoma, North Ave. cor. EDSA
Quezon City, Metro Manila
(02) 901-0531
I’m sure all of you are panicking because of the H1N1 virus that is going around the country. As I’ve posted there are now 344 cases. I’m sure you are all worried for yourself and your family. So here are some tips on how to prevent this virus.
How do we know that we already have the virus? Here are some of the symptoms…
Some people with swine flu also have reported the following…
Be safe, everyone!
There are already 344 cases of influenza A(H1N1) virus in the Philippines as of yesterday, June 19, 2009. Schools have been suspending classes ever since it started. Schools include De La Salle University, St. Paul College Pasig, Lourdes School of Mandaluyong, Lagro Elementary School (LES) in Quezon City
The health secretary said majority of the infected patients are residents of Metro Manila with 234 cases or 68 percent of the total number of cases, followed by Central Luzon with 45 (13 percent), and Calabarzon (Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal, Quezon) with 31 cases or 9 percent.
Of the 234 cases in Metro Manila, 81 came from Quezon City, 44 from Manila, 21 from Parañaque City and 15 from Makati City.
Duque added that 305 of the confirmed cases are Filipinos.
“The rest are Japanese (6), American (4), Australia (1), China (1), India (1), Iran (1), Korea (1) and Sweden (1). The remaining 22 did not specify their nationality,” he said. He added that 101 cases had travelled in the United States, Japan and China.
As for CHEDs advice, if our kids are having fever, maybe it would best to not let them go to school for a few days just to make sure. And it would be the best time to take a rest.
