The past week has been very busy as I joined my first roadshow which had us flying to Davao in Mindanao, Cebu in Central Visayas and back again to Manila for DigitalFilipino.com Club's bloggers' networking events. Here, I witnessed first-hand "Blogger Power" and the charisma of Ms. InfluentialBlogger herself, Janette Toral, to pull in the numbers. It was my first time to join blogger events "on a mass scale," with the exception of the Blog Awards, and I liked it. It was great to know the faces behind the blogs, and I like the part where everyone introduces ... Continue Reading...
Archives for October 2008
Mario’s Restaurant Quezon City : a classic reinvents itself
Mario's Restaurant has been there for as long as we can remember. During a dinner recently, we were surprised to find out from Mario's scion Fil Benitez that the original Mario's in Baguio City is 37 years old, while the one in QC is 28 years old! I believe these two are the only surviving branches now; still, that's impressive for a highly competitive industry where the average life span is from five to ten years. In the case of Mario's, it pays to be known for something. It has always been a preferred place for cozy meetings and romantic dates. We learned that ... Continue Reading...
Biggest outdoor art gallery in Asia… only in the Philippines
It was only in the Philippines where you find a member of the so-called Manila's Finest being apprehended for the crime of snatching. It is also only in the Philippines where you can now find the "biggest outdoor art gallery in Asia." The latter is good news. We love it when things turn for the better, and aren't screwy, as some events and happenings in this country are. This humble space can't help but laud the gigantic effort of the Outdoor Advertising Association of the Philippines (OAAP) to mount works of art in the metro's major highways. While it is human to ... Continue Reading...
Chariya’s Thai Kitchen …. nomnomnom!
LOLcats say nomnomnom when something is yummy, and I just gotta say "omnomnomnom" after visiting Chariya's Thai Kitchen over the weekend. It's a fairly new (more than a month old) establishment serving authentic Thai food near Makati's Bel-Air-Kalayaan Ave. area. We say "authentic" because a sister-brother Thai tandem is behind it. Chairya Thaikupt is a teacher of Thai cooking at Gene Gonzales' culinary school while her brother Jok Bhamornsoot used to be a chef at the Four Seasons hotel in Bangkok. Still, nothing in the menu is above P150 which makes it a must-visit ... Continue Reading...
Stress-busters to remember by….
All right, it's been a stressful week. Dealing with loss can bring a lot of stress, and so does staring at death almost in the face. Rather than stay like this in a daze, I deem it better to answer the Middle Zone Musings' "What I Learned From..." carnival. Blogging about one's feelings is therapy, and so are the following stress-busters: Elders often tell us to count till 100 before blowing off steam. This is so true, except that am sometimes too impulsive. Other people would call it mind-conditioning. For every one ugly situation facing us, there are 10 other ... Continue Reading...
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