From Lung Center, I found myself in the auto spare parts haven that is Banawe, Quezon City to have my buggy repainted and fixed. Guess what was waiting for me across the street: the ageless Ma Mon Luk restaurant, still looking like it hasn't shed its hangover from the 1940s! You know if a resto is still at it by the number of cars parked outside its doors. It was a usual busy Sunday at the last surviving branch of Ma Mon Luk, the best place in (or near) Manila to savor a hot bowl of Chinese noodles. Okay, don't forget the siopao. See this related post. ... Continue Reading...
The Lung Center Sunday market: more than just food….
I love weekend markets, never mind if I have to go there groggy from my graveyard shift. These places start very early, and it’s well-advised to go there as early as 6 am, so as not to miss the morning bustle. This was how I found myself in Quezon City’s Lung Center of the Philippines Sunday market yesterday. What can I say…. a tiangge or bazaar in the middle of hospital grounds? Tell me again. Comparisons to the Salcedo weekend market in Makati come to mind. Salcedo is clearly for the condominium -living, well-heeled crowd; this one was more hoi-polloi. ... Continue Reading...
The budget traveller’s guide to Batanes : food, hotels and such…
DSC00830. Like most remote islands in the Philippines, it is hard to fly to Batanes on a budget. The Sweetheart paid $450 $425 for each of us on three-day, two night package tour arranged by a travel agency. Of course you know what happened after that - our three days became nine days which posed a challenge to our budget, considering that no credit cards were accepted and there were only government ATMs on the island. I figure that what makes travelling to Batanes expensive is the airfare, which stands at something like $250 to $300 for a return ... Continue Reading...
Batanes Islands: beyond words…
Batanes. So what they say is true.... Batanes does not look like our usual islands, even though it's part of our islands and homeland just more pristine, and well, breathtaking. Batanes beach. Reaching here, miles away from home.... Batanes seemed like another world, if you knew what 'another world' means - no phone calls, no deadlines, no texts; no honking, no cursing, no madly crossing the streets; no coffee shop chic or Wi-fi fix; no counting the hours, or rushing through crowds.... just being with ... Continue Reading...
Apple’s iPod Touch : the Z review
iPod Touch from My Sweet 2 Note: These two successive posts on the iPod Touch are part of my Blog-O-rama column last Monday entitled "She Says, He says on the iPod Touch ." MR. Z SAYS : Given a choice between an Asus EEE and an iPod Touch, the iPod had to win - love Apple’s products, and couldn’t bear to support Windoze :) The fact that I REALLY wanted to see one myself had nothing to do with my choice, I assure you. The hardest part in selecting an iPod Touch was choosing a size, and an inscription. Some selfish part of me couldn’t let you have ... Continue Reading...
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