Day 3 Cyberzone

I guess by now it's very obvious that I have fallen in love with Cyberzone. Coded today but managed to sneak away for 2 hours. Pie found her external hard drive of choice already but we keep finding reasons to go back.

Today's lunch was in Teriyaki Boy! Another unanimous decision... Japanese:-)

This is one of the cleanest and quietest Teriyaki Boys that I have ever been to.


This is actually what I was craving for today. My favorite..Tempura Sashimi Salad. No TB visit is complete without it.


Pie was craving for Pork Misono and this was the closest thing to it.

Well, she would've eaten shit just as long as she eats it with this...


I wanted to veer away from the Bentos and rice toppings so I ordered Gyoza.


But I lost the battle:-( I.AM.ONLY.HUMAN )

Ofcourse I'm regretting it now..every butil...but if you ask me to eat there again...in a heartbeat:-)

Day 2 Cyberzone

Went to our flavor-of-the-month mall again today..SM Cyberzone. Lunch was unanimous...Chinese!


You got me at "roasts & dimsum" haha...looked very promising so...GO! Fan!


Look at what was on the table...hoisin sauce! I love it already:-)


Hoisin is my absolute favorite...I eat it with everything (Kropeck and hoisin..my personal invention..try it. )


This pic seemed to be calling my name...



So...

Check your own order slip...thank God Pie didn't check it all.



Since salted fish fried rice wasn't on the menu, she ended up ordering this...



Roast duck with Momo wrapper. Nice:-)


Good choice..till the next Cyberzone day..tomorrow QT?:-)

No to Rice

JULY 24, 2008

JANUARY 25, 2010

In fairness to me.. hahahaha. NO TO RICE.

Rediscovering Wendy's

It's been ages since I last ate in Wendy's. I was never really a die-hard like Pie. There was one near our house and it was her favorite midnight delivery.

Was in SM Cyberzone today and we were looking for a place to eat. "Tara, Wendy's!," Pie said.
Parang suddenly I craved..Why not?!

What to order?


I don't really know my Wendy's very well so I stuck with the tried and tested Bacon Mushroom Melt and a salad for health reasons haha.



YUMMY!!!! I'm not really a burger girl but my gosh it was really yummy. If I WERE to eat a burger, Wendy's would be it. Super mauulit.

You're next...


Can't wait:-)

Sunday Funday

Spent a nice and peaceful Sunday in Valle today.

Chef Charlie had an exam and needed to practice on us...life is good:-)


Had fun watching Euwy steal his carrot from him..getting it back was an even bigger challenge than cooking the food itself haha.


Left them for awhile and went to Eastwood with Pammy and QT. Had weird-tasting coffee in Starbucks.

When we got back, this was waiting for us..

Chicken breast with tarragon sauce and mashed potatoes. Yummy! It was supposed to be my cheat day today, but with delicious healthy food like this...rice what?


Asia, Jasmin and Pammy loved it too. QT was too busy eating to have her picture taken.

Didn't even notice that the kids were eating pizza!


The mall, the Buzz, yummy yet healthy food...


...plus wine and good conversation. Sunday = Funday:-)

Korean Day

I need a haircut. Unless I have a serious blow-dry, my hair looks like this. Bruhilda.


My ultimate dream is a wash and wear hairdo. A wise hair-dresser told me once, "Darling that's impossible, you don't need a haircut, you need a miracle!"

So true. Nothing is easy in this world. If you want fantastic-looking hair, you really have to make an effort to fix it.

It all starts with a good haircut. Bored with the normal parlors..we decided to have a "funky 'do". Meaning, have our hair cut by a foreigner.

So excited...but almost walked out when I saw this..


And this...

But we were already there, so no turning back! Best bless to my hair!

Looked at their Korean hair magazine for inspiration.



Closed the magazine and prayed.

The hairdresser turned out to be an English-speaking Korean who looked like she knew what she was doing. This is how it turned out...


Thinner on the sides, tamer but boring. The pictures in the magazine scared the hell out of me so better be safe than sorry haha.

But QT threw all caution to the wind and put her hair's fate in the hands of "Sandara".


The Koreanovela look! She loves her new hairdo and seriously, without the anime' curls, it looks really good. "Sandara" did a great job but apparently, you can take a girl out of Korea but you can never take Korea out of her:-)

P.S. Spent the day with Charles.. so good to see him after a long time.





He was with his good friend Mr. Lee, who happens to be, guess what....Korean!:-)

ILYG

Watched the last full show of I Love You Goodbye in Trinoma last night. Been wanting to watch this since the day it opened but the universe seemed to conspire against me. It was a blessing in disguise that we were able to watch it on it's last showing days because there was hardly anyone in the movie house. It was so empty that we sat one seat apart..super concentrate! It was virtually the giant screen, Gabby, Angelica, Derek and me!

I wasn't really expecting anything deep or mind-blowing, I just wanted to enjoy a good 'ol Star Cinema film and ofcourse bask in Gabby C.'s first movie come-back in 13 years. But come to think of it, the movie made me think...

Long after the movie was done, I still found myself thinking...if I were Angelica, who would I have chosen? Gabby, the one who loved her or Derek, the one whom she loved.

Fine, Derek was really the first but he became the ex who left her all of a sudden and broke her heart in a million pieces. And Gabby was the knight in shining armor who picked up those little pieces and put her heart back together again.

But for me the heart is like Humpty Dumpty. All the kings horses and all the kings men tried but failed to put Humpty together again.


So who will I choose?


The guy who I was willing to put my own dreams on-hold for because being with him is a dream in itself? The guy who made my heart sing no matter what the song was.. hirap, ginhawa, tears, laughter..as long as it was sung together. The same guy who just left to follow his dream without even caring that yours was being thrown out the window. The guy who just packed up and never said said goodbye. But still remains to be the guy who will always be your forever what-if and the one who got away..




As opposed to the guy who makes you dream new dreams and will do everything in his power to make it come true for you? The guy who doesn't dream of being the cause of your smile but is the one who dries your tears and makes sure that you will never cry again. The one who doesn't make your heart sing but is willing to sing any song you like. The guy who offers you forever knowing that you are still holding on to your past. The same guy who is beside you and assuring you that he will always stay.


Now that my thoughts are in black and white, it really seems like a no-brainer. Gabby is the sure winner. For me, a Derek will never make me completely happy until i have fully come into terms with the wounds of the past. And the only one who can do that is me.

Obviously, i still have no answer. Angelica's dilemma was resolved by nature. I don't know if that's lucky or not. Until then, I am in no rush to decide. I am not in that situation anyway. Hypothetically speaking though, I will just wait for my own Gabby and let my heart decide if he is worth forgetting my Derek.

Because in the end, the heart really has a mind of it's own.

Diet Diaries: Day 1

Day 1.
Good-bye rice.
Cold turkey.

Had a really sad pan-de-bistek lunch.
Tasteless, yucky, boring.

With rice, this beefsteak was glorious.
Happiness in a plate.
But now...

Stop. Stop thinking of the good times.
Dwell on the bad.
Rice made me fat.
Poison.


Bread isn't any better but it will do for now.
Baby steps.
I might faint.
But in the next few days, you will have to go too.

Coke.
2nd poison.
I still can't find it in my heart to fire you.


Panakip-butas. Something's got to fill the rice-less void.

TY

Is it really so hard to say thank you?

When a kind deed is done, a sweet word said, or a job is completed...
a simple thank you would be nice.

Not because every good act should be rewarded by a pat in the back, by money or a trophy..
No, not at all.

Not even as a mere consuelo de bobo.

Being thanked is a gift, not for the one who was kind but for the one who has been kind to. It liberates you, nourishes.. and heals.

It should not be just a word that comes automatically out of your mouth but a feeling that comes from your heart.

What is in abundance in your heart comes forth from your lips.

Don't just make it a habit to say thank you..make it a habit to appreciate.

Only then can you really and truly be thankful.



Try it... your world will be less dreary and gray. The thorns will outnumber the roses and the glass will always be half-full.


P.S. Dropped our beloved pink camera yesterday...the pics look like this now


Good luck to us. I hope there's hope.