Shopping at Shang circa July 2008… and more

Shopping in Shang is no longer the same as it was, say a year ago. No, not comfort wise because it remains as clean as ever, well-lit and well-ventilated. But in other ways.
For one, the elevators don’t have an elevator girl anymore, at least not all the time and not all elevators. If my memory [...]

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TV on Sundays

Caught a portion of Spoon on NetTV with Angelica de la Cruz and John Prats. I enjoyed the conversation between John and Janice. John is so warm and interesting, any talk show host will have an easy time keeping the show alive with John as guest. He’s so candid, natural and forthright, meaning FUN. No [...]

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Attention Quickfire Fans

Today I learned that Quickfire will start airing Season 2, ergo new episodes, this August. Photos taken from the taping sessions thus far show that forthcoming guests include the Calayans, Keempee de Leon, Regine Tolentino and Issa Litton.  In the photos I saw a tofu dish, quesadilla, a noodle soup, a tahong dish and other [...]

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Advice to Chris Tiu’s fans – today only, 19 July 2008

Get a copy of Philippine Star. Check out pages F1 and F2. Chris on wings, but why? And they’re angel wings, not eagle wings. I thought it was an ad for a clothing brand, but no, it was a write-up by Tim Yap. So again, why the wings? Someone, enlighten me!
It’s been two months since [...]

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Philippine Postal Corporation in NIA Road, Quezon City

This afternoon, I rode the Wheelmobile to get a registered parcel from the post office in NIA Road, Quezon City. Yesterday, I called the post office because I had a dilemma. The notice had my nickname on it, by which name I have no ID. So I asked the lady in charge of Window 37 [...]

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BPI Express Credit Card – great service!

I’m impressed. BPI is very alert in monitoring credit card usage. This afternoon, I went to Shangrila and used my card eight times and that included purchases less than P300 so the total amount was not huge. But I guess the spending pattern was akin to someone who filched someone else’s card and went on [...]

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Thursday’s Papers, or rather GOODAH!

I admit I get both the Inquirer and Philippine Daily Star on Thursdays because they feature food. Today’s Star has 10 best this, 10 best that, all relating to food. Goodah was mentioned and the establishment had a quarter-page ad that led me to reminisce. Back in the 1980s, we’d drive to Greenhills to have [...]

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Inexplicable occurrences, at least to me

In the past week or so, I’ve had two uncanny experiences with gmail and multiply.
One: I received in gmail notice of a comment posted in my multiply account. I read it and then went to my multiply account. It wasn’t there, it still isn’t. So where did it go?
Two: I was expecting a reply to [...]

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The Memory Keeper’s Daughter

My husband saw this book in National Bookstore and the plot appealed to him. The blurb at the back cover reads:
This stunning novel begins on a winter night in 1964, when a blizzard forces Dr. David Henry to deliver his own twins.
His son, born first, is perfectly healthy, but the doctor immediately recognizes that his [...]

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Some “Recipe” suggestions

When I opened my cabinet of canned goods, I saw a can of asparagus spears and a can of Campbell’s potato soup. As it was the maid’s market day yesterday, I asked her to buy me some clams. Half of these I had her boil,slice and cook in the potato soup to resemble clam chowder. [...]

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