Most recently, a foreign friend bent on staying for a time in the Philippines asked me for recommendations about places to go and the cost of living in the country. "Anywhere I should avoid? Like Angels City? I mean those places where sex tourist and 'sexpats' gather. Don't want to end up somewhere like Thailand's Pattaya. " I presume Angeles City has such a rep among the males by virtue of word of mouth and what they read in the forums. I was here this week and the trusty pedicab I rode in drove through the city's (in)famous bar strip in Fields Avenue where some ... Continue Reading...
Korean cooking chronicles: it’s not only kimchi
Can't remember when Korean food overtook Japanese as my favorite Asian cuisine, but I do crave for it now more than the other. There are a lot of Korean restaurants in Manila, but the problem is I always find it hard to tag along my friends there. You see, everybody likes dimsum but not everyone acquires the taste for kimchi. Moreover, the average you can spend for a meal by your lonesome in a Korean resto is P300 - quite expensive for an office worker, tee hee. So I guessed the next best thing was to figure out how to cook their cuisine. The first sensible thing ... Continue Reading...
Face-to-face with world bowling champion Paeng Nepomuceno
I still have to personally meet Manny 'Pacman' Pacquiao, but I was certainly glad to mingle face-to-face with Paeng Nepomuceno who, in his heyday, brought pride to the country by being a World Bowling Champion SIX TIMES. Still lithe and limber at 52, Paeng is pushing for a different advocacy. he's now working to include bowling as an Olympic sport, starting with the 2012 London Olympics. "Bowling is truly an Olympic sport. It entails mental and physical precision, superior hand-eye coordination, unwavering muscle memory and tremendous stamina and endurance," says ... Continue Reading...
Online shopping in the Philippines and beyond
I have to admit it was the husband who introduced me to online shopping. Because we're apart, we've gotten into the habit of sending gifts to each other (okay, he's better at it than me, hehe). It was here that I discovered the numerous websites existing solely for the purpose of selling through the internet. For example, when I want to ogle at new tees, I go to Threadless even though I already have a closet full of 'em. They have an active online community where artists can submit their designs and members can rate 'em. If you're a t-shirt lover, there's always ... Continue Reading...
Brothers Burgers flashback rollback promo
How carnivorous are we? Today's the day when Brothers Burgers lowers the prices of some of its prime beef patties on a bun, and we're in! This is part of their 10th year anniversary celebration. Under their Flashback Rollback promo, the Brothers Pounder and the Big Brothers Burger revert to their 1999 prices. This means the Pounder will be sold at P135 (from the present P250) and the BBB at P85 (from P175). This yummy deal happens today, June 23, only, so we're making sure we're having them burgers for lunch :D Brothers has become a byword because its charbroiled ... Continue Reading...
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