Monster University in Krispy Kreme

The monsters conquered the donuts and this made the kids looked forward going to the Krispy Kreme in BGC eventhough we were stuck in a heavy traffic yesterday.  The kids were able to watch Monster University in 3D and the stories went on and on in the car. 

 Anyway, the monster university is the most recent theme of Krispy Kreme.  You can only buy these donuts in box of 8 (minimum).  There's no special about the donuts but for the kids, they liked it.  There's also no special packaging or bag like in the Mickey Mouse's theme.

Tablea Chocolate Cafe

The first time I noticed this Tablea Chocolate Cafe was during my 2nd trip in Cebu inside the departure area of Cebu-Mactan International Airport.  I was kind of full that time because of the CNT loaded Lechon meal that I had for lunch so I did not mind getting another meal before my flight.



This May, I had the chance to go back to Cebu and in the departure area in the airport, I again noticed their spot.  Since I arrived in the airport quite late and I only had around 15 minutes before boarding, I just bought Sylvannas (210 pesos) to bring home as pasalubong.

My first bite on the Sylvannas brought back so many memories from childhood.  The bitter taste of the chocolate made me reminisce my grandma's china wares, white little tea cups where she pours the freshly made hot tablea chocolate drink, the tablea chocolate molded into small circles as "baon" in school during my elementary days, etc.



I loved to know another pinoy's best offering, making some chocolate inventions out from our local cacao nuts, preserving the local taste while making it a world class chocolate.  #proudpinoyagain.

For those who do not know what Tablea is, here's some description I got from their website:
Tablea Chocolate Cafe

Tabléa Chocolate Café was inspired by its principal ingredient. Tabléas (or tableyas) are pure cacao beans that are dried, roasted, ground and then formed into tablets traditionally used in the Philippines to make hot chocolate.  

Tabléa seeks to continue this Filipino tradition, while updating it by finding many new uses for tabléa, including unique hot chocolate variations; ice-blended Fríos; and a wide array of tabléa-based desserts and snacks.

Based in the island of Cebu, we are proud to use local cacao from various parts of the Philippines, and hope we can one day play a role in reinvigorating the Filipino cacao growing industry.

Happy Birthday, Deks!

Today, my only brother turns 25 years old... Wow! Time fly really fast, i didn't notice that my baby brother is no longer a baby... It seems he never grow old except that he grows taller and taller.

Among the 5 of us, he is the closest to my mom, he used to sleep beside my mom maybe until high school while we girls stay in our bedrooms.  He loves our cousins, so he always treat them when they are together, pagsamin kuripot, his reason is very simple, we can afford everything while our cousins cannot. #maypointnaman

I used to teach him how to read and write, do his projects and even his essays... Until now that he is already working, he still says... "Ate Lods, pagawa naman ako ng ganito".  He kind of get some of my mom's traits: senyorito and i don't need to elaborate further. 

He is NGSB if I'm not mistaken, he doesn't have any declared relationship so we really don't know if he has girlfriend or not, or those girls spotted in some malls are really his girlfriends.  Hehehe!  He is now working in an airline company and he has just been promoted to a higher position. #proudate

Anyway, enough for the pambubuking... Happy birthday my dear brother and you already know how much I love you :)

Kopi Roti

This simple coffee shop has been around for years and their best sellers are still the timeless favorite of everyone.  I specifically love Kaya Toasts and Kopi Buns so everytime we pass by Katipunan, often times we dine in Kopi Roti for a while.  And during travels, this is always my breakfast in the airport.

Prices are ranging from 35 to 60 pesos only, and they also made set meals so everyone can really enjoy their breads and coffee or tea.  Oh, i can now smell my tea and my kaya toasts, gotta grab them while they're hot... Kain tayo!

Loudbasstard - For the love of music

I've just been to Cebu for two days and I had problem on my cellphone signal in the hotel where I stayed.  Boyfie was worried sick when he couldn't reach my phone on that night until I checked out and went out of the hotel, I understand that he felt doubtful and angry with me because of what had happened.  I already did say sorry and he accepted it... halfheartedly... he has no choice though, hehehe!

On my way back to Manila, I saw the LOUDBASSTARD bamboo speaker in one of the stores inside Cebu Mactan International Airport.  I am not aware that the loudbasstard speakers are being made in Cebu. #proudpinoy.  I had no second thoughts about getting one for boyfie because I recall he said once that he really liked this speaker. I got the color green (red and blue are already sold out) for Php 1050 pesos only as a peace offering.

True enough, when boyfie picked me up from the airport I can feel he's different.  I can really tell from his hug and kiss... seems he didn't miss me much at all. #tatampo.  And I started talking and telling stories from Cebu up to when I fed him information about loudbasstard.  He was so surprise when I got the box from the paper bag.  The mood instantly changed thanks to this bamboo speaker.

The loudbasstard speakers are designed for iphones and samsung phones or to whichever phone that can fit to the hole.  And it comes into different cool colors too to match your genre.

The Loudbasstard™ bamboo amplifier enables you to share your music

through passive sound amplification.  The abundance of natural resources and

 quality craftsmanship in Cebu were key to the design process of this product.

 Each piece is organically hand-treated, hand-cut, hand-dyed and 

hand-packaged in Cebu, Philippines

www.loudbasstard.com

Find them here or visit their site: www.loudbasstard.com for more information.

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Mactan Airport Pre-departure
international and domestic terminal.

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All Things Yoga Boutique
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3rd floor Active Fun Bldg
9th Corner 28th Street
Bonifacio Global City
(02) 869 9642

My A to Z

I really need some distraction and this is what I really need... thanks Michi for tagging.

A. Attached or Single? Still single... soon to be attached to my boyfriend for 12 years... finally!

B. Best Friend? My sister Mabz

C. Cake or pie? Cake

D. Day of choice? Saturday because it's a rest day...

E. Essential Item? Cellphone and wallet

F. Favorite color? Pink, red, purple?  hahaha! i'm not really sure but they are the ones that catch my attention first.

G. Gummy bears or worms? Gummy bears

H. Hometown? I was born and raised in Bicol... I'm a pure blood bicolana, the hometowm of Pili and Sili... but I am not fond of spicy food, if there's an option i'll choose non spicy food, but if there's none, I can take even the spiciest... :)

I. Favorite Indulgence? Chocolates

J. January or July? January... I feel that a new year is a good time to have a fresh start for everything.

K. Kids? None yet... hope I'll have soon.

L. Life isn’t complete without? My family of course

M. Marriage date? coming soon...

N. Number of brothers/sisters? I have 4 siblings, 3 girls and 1 boy

O. Oranges or Apples. Apples

P. Phobias? shark?

Q. Quotes? Sticks and stones may break my bone but words will never hurt me

R. Reasons to smile? because I know I am loved

S. Season of choice? Summer of course!  I love sun and summer means a sun-kissed skin... I feel that my skin looks wonderful in the sun.. .:)

T. Tag 5 People. Senyor, Pinay RN, Jay... hirap makabuo ng 5... hahaha! Pass!

U. Unknown fact about me? hhhmmm... I'm a good kisser.. daw... hahaha!

V. Vegetable? Everything except the string beans... I think I had a bad experience with the string beans when I was a kid but i'm trying to overcome my fear and starting to learn eating it.

W. Worst habit? kuyakoy before sleeping, i tend to rub my feet together unconsciously before sleeping.

X. Xray or Ultrasound? Neither

Y. Your favorite food? Ginataang Halo-halo and a lot more!

Z. Zodiac sign? Taurus

Recovery Food

This week has been a stressful week with lots of changes being made in the original plans for our wedding.  After the announcement, our relatives from the states and other parts of the world begged off and as if they reunited together that made us change our wedding date to Dec 31, 2013, the only time available was 6 to 8 PM, waahh!  so this has become the final date and time. I wanted an intimate wedding since the beginning and maybe with this timing, I will be able to achieve it as most on my guest list will not able to make it plus libre fireworks na.#stayingpositive...

With the change in date, everything will be adjusted, the reception is asking for additional 30K pesos and probably everything will ask for a raise, slash ang budget namin. Maybe it is also a blessing in disguise that we did not make any downpayment yet in the reception because we received negative comments about them about the hidden charges and some other things. So we need again to visit the highland this weekend.

So much for the wedding planning stresses, let me shift to a tummy friendly topic to recover.  Yes, the way to overcome our stresses is to find good food and we are grateful to our newly discovered place in BGC.  The name of the restaurant is literally Recovery Food. I like how they setup the restaurant because you can see how the cooks/chiefs prepare your food, the kitchen is kept very clean plus they wear something glass or plastic in their face to maybe block any form of saliva when they talk.  The serving crews are all with pleasing personalities, hunks and sexies.

 I can't really tell from the menu what kind of food they are serving but it's like a mix of Chinese, Vietnamese, Pinoy, etc... They offer salads for starters, noodles, rice bowls, sandwiches and sweets for desserts.  Their price ranges from 100-300 pesos only.  

I ordered Joe Pho, a rice noodle with fish and kani for 180 pesos, it's a pho without the mint leaf so I guess it is not an authentic Vietnamese Pho while boyfie ordered a Happy Beef Rice for 160 pesos, it tastes like Pares to the highest level, it is their best seller.  I got Ginataan Halo-halo for dessert for 135 pesos only, the serving is almost already a full meal for me, so maybe next time si Ginataan halo-halo na lang i-order ko, solve na agad ako.   For the drinks, you have the option to choose between calamansi, dalandan and iced tea, 99 pesos per bottle.

So yun, we are then recovered and we are already smiling with our big tummies, stresses already forgotten.

Visit them:

Recovery Food 

Unit 5 G/F crossroads

32nd Street corner 8th Ave

Bonifacio Global City

Taguig City

(02) 511-7312