Dear diary, 

Tipoy accompanied me today as I scoured St. Francis Square in search of Christmas gifts for my inaanaks.  We ended up buying stuff for ourselves as well.  Splurging some of our 13th month paycheck and consoling ourselves that it was well-earned and we deserved a little treat.  Anyway, with armloads of shopping bags (Tipoy carried most of it.  Hehehe.  Thanks thanks!), we made our way to SM MegaMall. Read the rest of this entry »

al dente [al-DEN-tay] (adj) an Italian phrase meaning “to the tooth,” used to describe pasta or other food that is cooked only until it offers a slight resistance when bitten into, but which is not soft or overdone.

while the typhoon Durian leaving the country that day, me and Malou together with Rhiza storming our way to Al Dente for a kewl and tasty lunch, weeeeh … if you haven’t read Malou’s post about our adventure on the 1st day of Christmas .. este December pla, hehehe … check it out here … also posted photos of the foods we ate … ang masasabi ko lang? ala na akong sinabi habang hawak ko ang tinidor, “wow..ang sarap!” hehehe … from pasta, pizza, to salad yum-yum talaga … just try yung dessert nila na Death by Chocolate and their Roman Biscuit Crust pizza haaaay, swak na swak mga tol! and since I love mangoes, try their Mango & Blue Cheese Chicken Salad, you won’t regret, yum!

to all who wanted to check out Al Dente, here’s the address:

al dente
ground flr. of Silver City Automall,
Frontera Verde, Pasig City
(near SM Tiendisitas, row of Starbuks)

al dente - ristorante italiano

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Why is it that we feel utterly happy one moment yet after we discover that another person got more of something than we did, we feel dejected? E bakit sya?!! Read the rest of this entry »

A quaint restaurant near Tiendesitas serves a great variety of Italian food. So today … today we had Italian.

Al Dente. A restaurant near Tiendesitas, in front of SM HyperMarket, and along Starbucks (o di ba ang daming landmarks? Di ko lang kasi maalala ang exact address) is co-owned by a friend of ours. She invited us over today for their soft opening. So off we went and had a sumptuous meal at Al Dente (emphasis on sumptuous) .

For pasta lovers, you would get your money’s worth with their generous and delicious servings. For pizza lovers, get a taste of the Roman biscuit crust! For meat lovers, their main dishes are deliriously great as well (though we haven’t sampled these dishes yet as we were quite pleasantly full with everything we’ve ordered). For vegetarians, they have a variety of salad choices as well. And since I have a sweet tooth, they have a dessert which is to die for, “Death by Chocolate”. Yep, that is the dessert’s name. Very yummy! So yummy that Tipoy finished it off before I could blink. Hmmmm … speaking of which, I’m craving for a slice of it right now.

Death by Chocolate … yummy

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Hay! Pwede ko lang bang sabihin?!!! ….

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It is said that in an average lifetime, you would have spent a total of about six years of it dreaming. That is more than 2,100 days spent in a different realm!

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haven’t posted anything yesterday coz of work but still manage to finish watching the 8th and final episode of Smallville for this year, bwahahaha …

twas entitled Static as Lex was traped in another frequency by a guy who can transfer from different alternate frequencies … hey, how weird can it be? this is Smallville … the home of the meteor freaks, hahaha … anyway, kewl to see a half-filipino character in the movie and it was Batista, the famous WWE wrestler who happened to be here last month for the Wrestle Mania in Manila. Ibang klase yung appetite nya dito, he’s deboning people and eat their bones not their flesh, nyahaha … also what’s kewl in this episode is the introduction of John Doe, the alien martian in JLA (i think, hehe) and posted few pics from this episode

Lex being static

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I was lurking to my 5k unread mail (just 1 of the many forums I’m in, hehehe) and I was amazed that Sigma released a new lens, the 18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 DC OS which is almost a similar focal range being produced by Nikon, the 18-200mm F/3.5-5.6G AF-S DX VR.

sigma 18-200mm F3.5-6.3 DC OS

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while waiting for Malou to finish her visa application, I went to Manila baywalk and walked almost the entire stretch to take pics and enjoying the scenery, hehehe … I really planned to bring my camera along with me today since it stayed in my dry box for quite sometime now … time crack some pixels, hahaha … I may not be able to post everything but hope you like it

running towards my dreams

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Malou just passed her interview this morning @ the US Embassy, weeeeeh! … CONGRATS Honey and no sweat, hehehe mwuah!
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