With a mainly no-meat diet being imposed by Filipino Roman Catholics among themselves this past Holy Week, allow me to talk about seafood markets that have mushroomed in the city. When you're craving for cooked seafood in these parts, you can think of three major sources: the Filipino restos where you can feast on local specialties like guinataang kuhol (snail), the Chinese restos which have offerings like crispy shrimps or crab with sotanghon (vermicelli), and the open-air markets where you can pick your seafood fresh and have it cooked in the adjoining restaurant of ... Continue Reading...
Archives for April 2009
Little Tokyo Makati
Fast forward to 2009 and I am happy to find Little Tokyo in Makati. Fellow bloggers have been talking about this place and it was time to see :D It warmed my heart at first sight. ... Continue Reading...
Tokyo memories 2005
In 2005, I was able to set foot in one of my dream countries, Japan, and one of my dream cities, Tokyo. "Lost in Translation" had quite an effect on me and I was more than happy to absorb Tokyo's glittering lights, even though we didn't have much of a night life to speak of. My pics of this trip was also misplaced in another Flickr account and it was only recently that I found it. Picture quality isn't so great either. Around this time, I was still lugging around my first digital camera which was a Kodak Easyshare (officially stolen). Still, they're good enough ... Continue Reading...
(Another) laptop robbery, this time in S & R Macapagal
I was about to park my car to buy a pair of tires in S & R Macapagal (Aseana Business Park) last night when I chanced upon this angry scene. A group found out too late that their brand new Montero SUV had been broken in, its glass windows smashed. In a relatively well-lit parking lot with security guards. Losses included a brand new Acer laptop and money in six figures. The victim (not in picture) was mainly mourning the loss of his laptop, placed in a knapsack, which contained important work records. We learned he's a vice president of Volvo cars based in ... Continue Reading...
So long, Joe Capadocia
I was quite shocked to read the news this morning that one of the presidential choppers went missing. One of the passengers, Joe Capadocia, was someone I've known since the 80s, one of the few colleagues in media who eventually got appointed to sensitive positions in government. Prior to his untimely fate, he was Press Undersecretary of the Arroyo administration who treated his job of supervising media coverages like he was still tenaciously covering the beat. Joe Capadocia was one of the first grizzled veterans I saw in the newsroom of the old Roces-owned Manila ... Continue Reading...
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