A lot of my friends and relatives always ask me what's new in Manila. Am proud that my city is such a bustling, happening place these days, fueled by a very young population and a strong middle class. Anyway, here's the grandest, newest place in town....City of Dreams Manila!!! The fambam drove over to the complex yesterday to have a look. It's only on a dry run and only a few stores/restos are open, but the casino is already operating. What can I say, it's impressive. From outside, here's a view of the Crown Towers, a six-star property of 260 rooms which ... Continue Reading...
Eastwood Richmonde Hotel – loved the location!
Someone had given me a gift certificate for an overnight stay at Eastwood Richmonde Hotel and it made sense to use it for the long vacation. While the rest of humanity toiled in crowded airports, seaports and bus terminals, Manila after Christmas was paradise because of NO TRAFFIC...yahoo! We arrived from our homebase in the South to Eastwood, Quezon City in 30 minutes or less. Eastwood Richmonde is a four-star hotel with 39 floors owned by the Philippines' largest property developer Megaworld Corp. Its lobby was grand enough and loved that it was nicely decked out ... Continue Reading...
Baked chicken sinigang recipe with Knorr #LutongNanay
Happy New Year everyone! The holidays came by in a whirl. It was all about shopping, attending parties, gift-giving, tinkering in the kitchen and of course, precious family bonding time! Anyway, one of the nicest gifts I received over Christmas was this large native bag filled with kitchen goodies from Knorr. About half of the contents were already stashed away by the time I took this photo. It was just very timely because I was wishing for a new non-stick pan and utensils. Of course, Knorr ready-made mixes like the ones used for sinigang, adobo, and menudo ... Continue Reading...
Kanto Freestyle Breakfast … finally!!!
I've always been curious about Kanto Freestyle Breakfast. They serve stuff that the snooty, glitzy-patooty food blogs don't write about, LOL. Think about blueberry pancakes, eggs benedict and croque monsieur served at dirt-cheap prices. Meaning....below one hundred pesos! Fortunately, I was in Eastwood City a few days ago. Their branch at the Intrepid Plaza in C5-Libis is right before the entrance to Eastwood. I was happy as bee because finally, I was going to try something that my friends have been recommending to me for a long time (one of those instances where I ... Continue Reading...
Air Asia QZ8501 lost & why 2014 was a bad year for aviation
Developing news: an Indonesia Air Asia Flight QZ8501 is believed to have hit the waters off the island of Pulau Belitung after being stalled in bad weather. On board were 155 passengers composed of 138 adults, 16 children and 1 infant. (image via The Aviation Herald) The captain of the aircraft, an Airbus A320-200 is reported to have 6100 hours of flying experience while the first officer had 2,275 flying hours. There were also four Air Asia cabin crew on board when the accident occurred. The breakdown of nationalities onboard includes 157 Indonesians,3 ... Continue Reading...
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