Less than a year ago, I bought a number of hair accessories because I wanted to grow my hair but it wasn’t growing well. I thought getting hair accessories would help them look neater. I bought 3 separate items from Evita Peroni in either Power Plant or Rustan’s Shangrila.
My experiences; The black plastic hairband remains intact to this day. Here’s a picture.
The brown clip which had mostly brown beads before morphed Read the rest of this entry »
This morning, I got a call from Globe in Shangrila. They said my Nokia 2630 was ready for pickup. Now that’s service. Hopefully, Yupangco/Yamaha will be as quick. Emailed Godin but no answer so far. I wonder if they ever will respond… (Godin didn’t respond to me directly; it did communicate with Yupangco which, however, deleted the message of Godin when it (Y) communicated with me) Read the rest of this entry »
On Wednesday next week, we intend to go to Villa Escudero in Tiaong Quezon for one night. Years back, I wanted to take my son there because of its man-made falls that look like combed, shiny hair, from a picture my husband took of it when we went there years back. My son wasn’t around yet then.
A few months ago my son saw pictures of the place and wanted to go there to take pictures himself, so I made some calls. Prices are steep. They charge on a per person basis Read the rest of this entry »
Before starting to type, I had so many things to write on in mind, hence the title. But suddenly, my mind seems to focus on just a few things. Lest I forget them, let me list them: Godin/Yupangco, Manila Pen.
Let’s start with Manila Pen. Read the rest of this entry »
September last year got my son a Godin acoustic guitar. Last night, he restrung it for the first time and after he had done so, the pickups of three strings refused to work.
This morning my husband went to Yupangco in Makati to have it evaluated. They were able to fix the pickups of two strings but not the third. They would have to order the part and expected the said part to come in 30 to 45 days. Sounds familiar? Read the rest of this entry »
Almost two weeks ago, I got Globe plan 500 for my son. It came with a phone, a Nokia 2630, which had very brilliant colors and looked sleek, being on the slim side. I chose this phone over a fatter one so that it would look cool. Remember, it was for my son. It also had an FM radio.
A week later, I decided to get another plan for my son, while I would keep the plan and the phone I got previously. Why I decided to get one for myself was triggered by the fact that one time, I asked my husband to bring me to fabio salsa in Power Plant for a haircut. Luckily, before he left, I checked my phone balance and found out to my consternation that I had zero balance. So i asked if he could get me a prepaid card. Imagine if he had left before I could ask him. How would I have reached him to tell him I was ready to be picked up? That decided it, I needed a phone with a plan.
During holy week, part of my penitensiya was Read the rest of this entry »
On another note, but still on Manila Pen, this hotel has always been a favorite, because among other reasons, it has always been visually appealing. Has it lost its luster?
The lobby now has faux palm trees, possibly to give it a tropical feel (no they do not lie on their side even if the picture may suggest they do). This is strange. When I view the picture in my folder, it is right side up. But when uploaded, the tree is on its side. Why oh why?
The identical tapestries on opposite walls are impressive Read the rest of this entry »
It never ceases to amaze me when the work force of an entity is so clueless about the institution they work for. This afternoon, we were in Manila Pen for the afternoon buffet. A few days ago, I asked what would be served. I was told: pasta, kebabs, sandwiches, pastries, etc. So this afternoon, we went to Manila Pen. My son was raring for the pasta, I was longing to eat the kebabs. My husband is less difficult to please, he eats anything with nary a complaint.
What did the afternoon buffet have? Pancit bihon, Read the rest of this entry »
As we drove past Tandang Sora last Sunday, and past Marikina Tuesday night, I saw stalls upon stalls of lechon manok. I wanted to stop and get one but was almost sure it wouldn’t taste as good as the lechon manok of my childhood.
In no particular order, I remember the Robina chicken displayed in skewers in Cubao. My mother would always get one for us when we’d be in Cubao. Then there was the lechon manok in Villa Iloilo. Read the rest of this entry »
The image is of the mini speaker I got for my iPod. It also works with Read the rest of this entry »
Last night I went to Hub in Podium to apply for a Globe line. It was rather late, close to 9:30 pm, in fact. We were attended to by P and it was quite a challenge clarifying the Plan 500 with him. According to him, Plan 500 had 500 free texts and 20 minutes of phone calls. When he said free, I thought, it meant free, as in you don’t pay. But “Free” per Globe is a misnomer Read the rest of this entry »
Hahaha. I’m using my new macBook 2.0 which I got without knowing all the specs. All I knew when I got it was that it was 40% cheaper than the one my son got a year ago and it had a Leopard OS. What’s that? It’s supposed to faster than the tiger OS. What does that mean? Who knows? Certainly, not I.
Funny because I was a bit apprehensive that my son would feel short-changed when he saw my MacBook, although he knew I was getting one, if he saw it had higher specs than his. He was jubilant Read the rest of this entry »
Last year,when my husband and I were looking for a PSP for my son, we chanced upon what we thought was the best store we could find: Mobile Care on the 3rd floor of V Mall. The owner, a bespectacled young man, was friendly. He consulted an assistant re PSP games occasionally, while assuring us that after our purchase of the PSP unit, we could just drop by his store any time so he could load the games my son wanted. At the time we purchased the unit, our son wasn’t with us because the unit was supposed to be a surprise for him.
But the surprise was on us. Read the rest of this entry »
Bellini’s is in the Marikina Shoe Expo area in Cubao. Marikina in Cubao which looks like it did in the seventies. Correction, it looked better in the seventies when it was new. It now has the run-down feel. I remember going to the area with Mama, buying shoes, Le Chic slippers. The stores now are different, a number of them selling ukay-ukay stuff. But before going into that, let’s go back to Bellini’s. I’ll put in some pictures here.
Bellini’s has two entrances. The one we took led to an area without customers and the waiter insisted we stay in it. He turned on the aircon. No, I said, we go to the place where there were people. Why?
He had just turned on the aircon, ergo, the area was hot. Second, it had a musty smell. My son had another term for it: stuffy. I still maintain, musty. So we moved to the populated area where I hoped it would be cooler and not musty. I was wrong. Oh yes, a little cooler, but not that much cooler. But the waiters were cordial and I was hoping the smell would disappear even as my nose began to itch. It does when I don’t like the smell– cigarettes, dust(does dust smell?), etc.
The menu was a clear book with a faux leather cover. The sheets in it were printouts on bond paper with some colored pictures. No attempts to look classy whatsoever. But not long after we were at the table, a glass containing bread sticks that looked like wooden canes was put before us. At least service was quick.
We ordered a lot of stuff, I guess because we were really hungry: it was 1 pm past. Our orders included: fried mushrooms, a pizza, osso bucco with risotto, a pasta dish wrapped in foil, bruschetta, a platter of cold cuts and cheese, soft drinks.
The platter of cold cuts and cheese had several cold cuts, maybe five kinds. But the portions of cheese, parmesan we were told and my gourmand son agreed, but queso de bola, my husband and I thought, were not nicely cut. They looked like I sliced them, which means uneven. But the elements in that platter were good, the cheese included.
Then came the mushrooms. I was told they’d be fried, but foolish me imagined they’d be served like gambas, that is, floating in olive oil. But the waiter who suggested the entree was not lying, so they came fried, indeed Read the rest of this entry »
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