simple joys of life

inspired by don's list of his favorite things
1. good music
2. good company
3. a good view
4. a full moon
5. clear skies
6. sight of a rainbow
7. good conversation with ah close friend
8. time alone with a glass of wine, or a glass of a good drink
9. sunrise
10. sunset
11. beach
12. a good photograph
13. a good piano piece played
14. a good violin piece played
15. a good sax piece played
16. a good guitar piece played
17. a valuable lesson in life learned
18. a good joke
19. a clear EDSA waiting to be driven
20. a good sleep after a drink
21. good meal eaten
22. a chat with a stranger
23. a good shower
24. a good swim
25. a view underwater
26. a view from the top of a mountain
27. fireworks
28. smell of flowers
29. a view of a farm
30. a sight of a rainbow

an afternoon without any tvcs over ABS-CBN (...yet another mutiny plus curfew)

great. so i'm stuck here at the office while waiting for my friend to get off from work. i'm not meeting my deadline taking advantage of the mutiny as the perfect excuse.

me: shit! i'm parked by peninsula.
officemate: haha. you'll only be able to get your car tomorrow.

it's only now that i was able to see a commercial gap on abs-cbn. by next month, i'll be, "hmm, underdeliveries for november due to irregular programming... with the mutiny of course"

american boss decided to move his flight to bangkok to tonight. wouldn't be surprised if he was serious to say that he's pulling out his life savings and we can just expect telecons with him for the next 12 months.

new boss and i were hoping that the afternoon meeting be cancelled. unfortunately, dorky client wanted to push through via telecon... "we wouldn't be able to go home anyway." good news, we pulled it through, well, with some glitches... just some.

will eat dinner now.

food adventures galore

in order to keep track of my gastromonical adventures, i have decided to write an account of my different food trips.

last saturday, we went to serendra and had dinner at gaudi. since now i'm in my cashless state, i decided to go for the cheapest food in the main course-- san jacobo. from how it was describe in the menu, it was their version of cordon bleu with manego cheese.

but before that, we all had an appetizer. which didn't really get anyone's vote. it was a sampler of some sort with beef, chorizos on bread, etc. etc. serving was too little and their appetizers were bland.

and on to the main course...

at Php 280, i wasn't expecting a chunky serving of chicken. vegetables were bland. potatoes were good (everyone helped in finishing it). Chicken was good. Though it was noticeable that the cooking was a little uneven with a darker coating on the other side.

Maisie and soph had Steak with pepper sauce. Beef was tender and the piece was thick as well. It was definitely tastier than what we had in Duo last month.Its potato sidings--shoestring potatoes weren't that good, but good enough to munch on.


Karen and Berns both had Beef Salpicado. It was unexpectedly spicy, which makes it different to the other salpicados of the world. However, i found it a little off on how they placed the rice on the plate. kind of reminded me on how school cafeterias would dump rice.

In terms of service, clearly, with its "soft-opening" disclaimer (which has been there since forever), their service could have been better. Disappointing since their service charges are pretty big (given how expensive their menu items are). It took me forever and a day to have my glass refilled with water. Overall, don't bother with appetizers. Just go with their main course.

when killing thoughts are highly entertained...

Perfect ad in classifieds would be something like...

Looking for professional killer
Available anytime
Discreet.
Client may choose mode of death.
Media values:
get out of jail card
get out of hell card.

If patience were to be sold in ebay, wonder how much that would cost.