Cello’s Doughnuts. And you thought Gonuts was good….

…- well you ain’t seen the half of it- the local doughnut world, I mean. You must MUST MUST try Cello’s! Sure, Gonuts Donuts are great. Fine. (Maybe they’re a tad too sweet for me.) BUT- Cello’s, in my opinion, is even better. Lemme rate it for.. me.

1. Cello’s
2. Lil Orbits (now known as Little Doughnuts)
3. Krispy Kreme
4. Gonuts Donuts
5. Dunkin Donuts
6. Mister Donut
7. And those rocks they have at those 24-hr convenience shops *nudge nudge*

You can’t go wrong with Cello’s Cheese doughnuts. Seriously! IT IS SOOO GOOD! It’s light and fluff-enough. And don’t be fooled by the “cheese” title, coz it ain’t salty and it ain’t topped with grated quez-o LOL! It’s sweet. Think… ensaymada sweet, except waaay better. Cheese with caster sugar. Every bite’s a lil piece of heaven! (Okay, maybe I’m exaggerating a bit now hehehe)

Every first-time Cello’s customer MUST try the Cheese doughnut. Dude, it’s just PhP 20.00! Then after that, and you still wanna try the other flavors, go right ahead.

I’m not so crazy about their dips though.. I think the price is a bit too steep, even if it is made from Toblerone. Hey, if their dips would rid me of bad aura and take me to the rabbit hole, then Php 40.00 is sulit! But it doesn’t have that effect (not like their Cheese doughnuts! trust me, everything else around the world would seem like rainbows and bunnies for a span of one doughnut). Auntie Anne’s dips are fine enough.

Aside from their v. v. VVV famous Cheese doughnuts, they also have quite an enticing line-up of other flavors and varieties. Among the doughnuts, there are three varieties; original, chocolate dough (new), and premium.

Original doughnuts (sold at just PhP 20.00 per piece), though the tag “original” would seem to make them sound bland or bleh, are actually one of their bests. The Cheese doughnuts fall under the original category- so does the chocolate, oreo, m&m, chocnut, strawberry, Cinnamon, coffee, candy-sprinkled, honey-glazed (now that, in doughnut language, just screams out PLAAIIIN!!!), Cinnamon crunch, chocolate sprinkled, caramel, peanut butter, sugar glazed (PLAAIIIN!!!), choco-oreo, etc. Now, does any of those, aside from the two “glazed” ones, sound plain or blah? Nope. And they don’t look it either! If you wanna try a bunch of flavors, I suggest you get their packages to save a lil. Like this one, buying a box of 6 would amount to PhP 110.00- that’s PhP 10.00 less. Yeah okay, that might not be so much to you, but that’s enough for the parking dude outside.
Chocolate dough doughnuts are, well, made with chocolate flavored doughs. They’re basically chocolate originals, topped with different flavors as well. It’s Cello’s latest add, and is priced only at PhP 22.00!

The premium doughnuts (oh we love the sound of that word, just like we do platinum, VIP, and other stuffs) are kind of specialty doughnuts. They’re fancier looking, and takes a minute longer to make. Details details details… They come in blueberry cream cheese, dark belgian chocolate, and other flavors (just ask). Sometimes they’re cream-filled, or stuffed with some jam or something inside. They look pretty, they taste yummy, but these are too much for me. I mean I get weezy easily sometimes when doughnuts go a tad over the edge. Heck, I get weeeeeeazy with Gonuts’ Dulce de Leche. I feel like what’s supposedly “extras” overthrow the doughnut itself. I can probably finish an entire premium doughnut if I’m given the rest of the day to nibble on it haha!!!These pretty babies go for PhP 30.00 a piece.

Now enough of those roung thingies, let’s check out their even more interesting selection. the C’s and their Pillows! PS: Do try their Pillows.
Cello’s Pillows are square-shaped, honey glazed, bite sized doughnuts. Well, maybe 3-bite sized hehehe…. A bag of 20pcs is just PhP 110.00, and that’s perfect for sharing with friends over a choco dip- which, in this case, is an okay buy- but not with the other doughnuts that have sprinkles, coatings, or toppings. A bag of Pillows PLUS dip is just PhP 140.00, that’s PhP 10.00 less buying the pillows and dip separately.

Another cute treat in their menu is the C-shaped doughnut. Their C’s, like the Pillows, are also honey glazed. I think the honey-glazed doughnuts are the “plainest” they have. Yes, I make up words that would seem to fit in the context which it’s used.

Why C? Why Cello’s? Well, because the owner’s name is Cello! I love her for creating Cello’s doughnuts haha!!! Cello’s opened up Cello’s doughnuts with her boyfriend. I wonder if his name also starts with a C… Hmmm… maybe for me an A(agapeia)-shaped or K(kyrie)-shaped doughnut would do! Hehehe….Oh, and doughnuts aside, Cello’s also have interesting drinks! I didn’t get to try the Raspberry soda (i love raspberry iced teas) coz we already got fizz (coke light), and you know.. I have a drinking problem. I don’t drink a lot hehehe! I have a hard time drinking a glass of soda over a meal!

Cello’s is located along Katipunan Avenue, and is open until 10pm. Hey, they used to sell their doughnuts cheaper an hour before closing to finish up the stock- they might still be doing that hehehe. They don’t spare what’s left for the day and sell it again the morning after. Nope!

They have a branch in both Taft and Greenhills. For inquiries, call them at (Katipunan) 928 2649, (Taft) 521 6236, or (Greenhills) 7239632.

More pics:

Greens!! This time, with camera and senses!

I finally ate at Greens once more, and this time, I not only had a camera with me (a bad one, but a working one still), I also somehow had my senses functionable! Yep- I remembered to take pictures hehehehehe!!! Their appetizing hold over my neurons is weakening, bwahahahahaha!!!

As usual, I had my Soy Chicken with mushroom thingies (PhP 175.00), along with a serving of brown rice. My staple Soya milk is gone now though… I wonder why…. second time in a row where I went here and they’re still “out” of soya milk. Hmpf!! And it’s such a bargain! About 1000ml for just P50.00- that’s like 60-70% less than the Fat and Thin’s soya milk!

Is it just me, or does the platter of Soy Chicken look smaller? The first picture is the “untouched” version- the second picture, where my brother’s spoon is reaching, means I’ve taken a ‘chink’ of it already. Somewhere between taking the two shots LOL! The one on top. Lesser serving? Hmm…. Oh! No, I think this time, the slices are just thicker, hence fewer.

This meal is unbelievable! Really! It’s almost the same as the real thing! They really placed effort in the details- the bean curd (i heard that’s what they used, though it doesnt resemble beancurd at all) is layered a bit thinly, just as you’d notice with cooked chicken flesh. The outer layer, imitating fried/roasted chicken skin, is salty and crunchy, reminds me very much of a deep fried Spring Chicken! Except this one is boneless AND vegetarian! Haha!

The matching gravy is made of mushrooms and, uhm… tomatoes? Something like it. No- not catsup. Don’t think tomato sauce. Think lil tomato dices stirred into the mushroom gravy. Authentic one, not those instant versions. The red tomatoes add a much appreciated kick that deviates from the button mushrooms. Of course, I wish this comes with a spicy variety.

Like most of the other meals, mine came with a side of achara. Let me jsut say that I’ve never really been a fan of ginger. Not much. But their achara’s, despite the obvious ginger tang, is quite nice. I think I like it better than regular acharas!

I wasn’t able to finish my meal solo again.. maybe it’s the brown rice. I’ve been told it fills up your tummy faster than white rice. Is that stupid? Well.. whatever it is.. I wasn’t able to finish mine LOL!

My brother had the house specialty, at least the one they’re more famous for, the Tofu kebab. People keep telling me to order that, but not once have I betrayed my Soy Chicken. And, after nibbling off from my brother’s order, I’m not sorry at all! Ha!

Not that it wasn’t bad, no. it was quite good, but jsut not as good as the Soy Chicken. Plus, I still think that Grill Queen’s Grilled Tofu is way better.

Their Tofu Kebab comprise of big button mushrooms, zucchinis, veggiemeat, and chunks of tofu all skewered together by a bbq stick. It’s bigger than it seems. The tofu is soft, but not of the same texture as japanese Silken soft tofus. It’s somewhere between the local tofu, and the silken tofu. Wait, no.. softer.. It’s like a bad batch of leche flan LOL! I mean not BAD bad, just not so delicately made. Opposite of a thick heavy creamy leche flan. It’s texture is more of the airy, cheap version, leche flan. But it’s tofu. So it’s quite good haha!

The kebab’s basted with a sweet and salty bbq sauce. You can taste a hint of garlic on the veggiemeat in it.

My eldest brother got the Faux BBQ (sorry, forgot to take a pic before someone took a swing at it hehehe). It’s not like Bodhi’s. Different(better) texture, and definitely not as sweet. It has less of that “bolabola” (extenders) texture that some veggiemeats are hated for. Hmm… it’s good. nothing special- I mean I don’t think I’d wake up in the morning (v. rare occassion) and crave for it.

Again, both the kebab and tofu are good. Great even. But nothing I’d go crazy for. I can eat them whenever- I like them. I just don’t LUUUV love them, you know? haha!

Aside from the meals, they also have a mini section up front where they sell vegetarian snacks, veggiemeat, dehydrated tofus, noris, nuts, eggless cookies and sweets, soya treats and many other healthy products every vegetarian would snoop around for. Oh, and did I mention they are also very VVV reasonably priced? yep! Their Fake Cod Fish fillet (uncooked, 5 slices) is just PhP 85.00. Nori strips (i forgot how many gms) are just 30pesos. I even bought some vegetarian dried squid strips for 30pesos as well. They got faux mahu (the chinese snack that usually comes in pork or chicken). I’ll try that next time.

You know, Sonny, Liza, and I noticed something really weird… they have different veggiemeats available, but none of them is one they use to make the Soy Chicken meal. Hmmm… Sonny has a theory- “IT’S NOT FAKE CHICKEN! MWAHAHAHAHAHA!” To which I say- NOOOOOO!!!!! That’s worst than going to the bookstore at the first day of release of the Half Blood Prince, skimming thru the end and sending a text message to everyone in your phone book, saying “Hey, have you read the new HP isntallment? Dumbledore dies and Snape is the halfblood prince!! Go get your copy now!!!” urgh!

Though there’s a second theory… they might be using an Ethel. Yes. Ethel. The cartoon chicken, being boiled like a week-old teabag, and resucitated as she’s being squeezed for more cartoon chciken essence! Only to be boiled again! Haha!! Kidding kidding kidding kidding!

I believe Greens can safely say that, despite the amazing similarities to taht of a real fried chicken, “no animals, nor Ethels, were harmed in the cooking of their Soy Chicken“. It’s really just THAT good.

Oh, and PS- order a soda, soya milk (if you like that), yoghurt, or fruit shake to down the food, rather than the fresh juices. The three of us got (a) calamansi juice, (b) dalandan juice, and (c) another dalandan juice, lol! They don’t fix their juices with cold water, so drinking below the “ice level” means room-temperature juice. Who wants that?? And drinking along the icey area means bland bland juice. Too bad.. Anyway, get a coke light!

If I had to sum up all them meals in one statement- i’d say “GO FOR IT!“. This place is a definite staple on my foodtrip list! None of the meals are dry, you don’t have to wait too long for your meal, they’re served ‘off the pan’- ergo you won’t bite into a chilled undone piece of faux meat, the service is great and the staff are nice and friendly. If you like spicy foods, bring Cayenne Pepper with you. Budget per head: PhP 150.00 - 200.00

Greens Café and Restaurant is located at Scout Tuazon cor. Scout Castor Streets, Quezon City (v. near A Taste of LA). Tel. 4102440

I wish…

…for a Nokia 7390. I was walking around with a few friends after a meeting (a couple of days ago), and we somehow ended up checking the Smart telecom booth. We were supposed to stick to the table for postpaid plans, but, unconsciously (as if driven by the Force lol), i found myself on the other end of the shop, staring at this beautiful baby! i want! Aaargh!

Up until that moment, I was just about satisfied and settled with my current phone. Sure it works 3/4’s of the time. Sure it blanks out every now and then. Sure it gets this weird “Card error” thingys. (You gotta give it credit for wear and tear I tell you that!) I didn’t wanna ask for more. UNTIL I saw this… N7390…. tsk tsk tsk…

I’m willing to sell someone else’s soul for this. Someone preferably evil. Anyone willing to volunteer? I’ll let you use the phone for a couple of seconds? Any takers?

Hmpf! Wuss!

dear God… if you happen to be reading this now, and find yourself particularly giving, please know that i just helped out coordinating for a very nice event for kids this summer. A fundraiser, no less. And that we plan to launch this “Kindness Club” too, wherein I also intend to help out. Please also know that I didn’t curse or put a hex on the person who did me wrong (trackback to this blog- I just got my wallet jacked).

God, I’ll leave you now with those to ponder on.

God, dude, you know I’m kidding right? No badblood between us!

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Japan’s taking over the world

Japan’s taking over the world!!

Animania has spread it’s parasol worldwide! Everywhere, Japanese architects and engineers are continuously heading projects and building skyscrapers! Japanese scientists are inventing technological gadgets that would make nobel prize winners drop their jaws! All over the world, Japanese merchandise has made itself a member of an ordinary family’s list of bare necessities! They’re a bunch of ingenious creatures! Way ahead of this time and way impervious to the sinking ships some of us find ourselves in.

And who can blame them for being so freaking great? While we were wiping muds off our shoes, they designed plastic boots that would protect footwear from nature’s troubles. While we were making home family videos, they were shooting documentaries that would help explain the mass extinction that occurred millions of years ago. While we were sending rockets to space, they have created satellites that sends back pictures of earth and displays it in an oversized hanging spherical lcd (Geo-Cosmos), which they created while we were taking our afternoon naps! They’re so advanced it’s beginning to creep me out!

I mean, how do we know for sure that they wouldn’t turn on the rest of the earth when they’re capable of surviving on their own? How could we, mere earthlings amongst their presence, defend ourselves from their

……….

wait a minute… they made Airconditioned suits??? Damn and I just said that the Philippine summer’s killing me…. … and… what’s this? they got painless injections??? Double dang!! And there was even a time in my life when I seriously would rather drop dead than get pricked by a needle!!

okay. I’m out!

Kids and Critters!!

Kids and Critters Summer Camp!!

Enjoy 2 Fun-Filled Afternoons of Pet Care Demos, Interactive Games, Arts & Crafts and Film Showing with Guest Celebrities & Pets

The camp is for kids aged 6 to 12 - with pet dogs. =) Fee of P700 for 2 days (2 hours per day) is inclusive of t-shirt, bag, snacks, materials for Cooking for your Pet, Pottery Session, and will benefit the Philippine Animal Welfare Society =)

HURRY! ONLY 30 SLOTS AVAILABLE!Upon completion of the Course, all “Graduates” automatically become members of the PAWS KINDNESS CLUB who will be entitled to discounts on PAWS Merchandise and in PAWS-affiliated stores

P 700.00 Registration Fee includes :

• Official Camp Shirt
• Official Camp Knapsack
• Snacks for Kids
• Materials for Arts & Crafts
• Certificate upon Completion of Course

All proceeds from this event will go to the PAWS Animal Rehabilitation Center (PARC). For inquiries,please call 4751688 / 0922-7135828 / 0922-8815600 or email us at philpaws@yahoo.com

The Spaghetti Factory

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A few weeks ago, I was having such a craving for ramen or noodles, or something like it, and I was determined enough to go an hour north or south just to have my noodle fix!

People were suggesting left and right anywhere from Chowking to Pot and Noodles. And my dear old Google suggested this: The Spaghetti Factory!

It looked fun enough for me, and had a menu wide enough for a vegetarian (moi) and a pile of carnivores (them LOL). And, though it wasn’t there that I ate that day, I made sure that I’ll be visiting the place really soon. And soon was yesterday at SM Megamall!

While I was at Tally’s, I showed her the website for The Spaghetti Factory and not much convincing had to be done. They had a VERY wide variety of dishes, but all she had to hear was “walnuts” and off we go!

She was craving for Cibo’s Pumpkin Soup, and since The Spaghetti Factory offered the same, we decided to try it- split it. Oh. MY. GOD! Heaven in a Bread bowl! Who’d have thunk it! Their’s is the best Pumpkin Soup I’d ever tasted! Better than Jack’s Loft’s!

It’s so creamy and thick, one can probably eat it from a strainer! The soup itself was so full of flavor, you just have to let each spoonfull set in your mouth a bit. INDULGE! That’s the only way to eat this soup. INDULGE!

And to those who are turned off by the idea of “pumpkins” being the base for a soup- get over it and try this! It’s like soft curry (less the spice), made just mild enough to be eaten on its own. The only thing not right for me in this dish? Chili. The soup lacked that kick that I adore so much. But hey, that’s just me since I’m a chili addict! For everyone else, it’s damn perfect!

Their pasta dishes can be fun to order, since it’s a mix and match game. Choose which type of pasta (noodle) you want, and what sauce to use it with. Deciding what type of pasta to use was easy. Linguine for me. Fettucine for Tally. But the sauce… well… I had to take a moment to get to that part.

After a very intense decision making on what pasta sauce to choose, the coin I drew chose tails- ergo, Forest Mushrooms. Very close call! One turn tot he other direction and I’d have gotten the Mediterranean Sun sauce. According to their menu, Forest Mushrooms is…

A rich combo of shitake & button mushroom in a cream & herbs sauce

Hmmm… I love shitake.. I love cream… I love herbs… GO!

Tally, of course, skimmed the menu for “walnuts” and headed to order the Salsa De Noche,

Delicious fusion of tasty walnuts in a smooth ricotta cheese-cream sauce

You know, our pastas were served at the same time and MAN DO THEY LOOK ALIKE! Like really! But since we both got cream-based sauces, I guess it shouldn’t have been that surprising.. huh?

I was quite disapponted with my dish. There wasn’t a tad of Shitake mushroom in that pasta. Not even in spirit! LOL! I mean everybody knows that Shitake mushrooms are quite strong and infuse that particular unmistakeable tang of their own. But it wasn’t there! At least not in my pasta. What happened? Did you guys ran out of Shitakes? I can see the Button mushrooms. I can taste the Button mushrooms. But I wasn’t in it for the Button mushrooms, man! I didn’t even get to finish half of it. Note to self: get something else next time.

All their pastas are served with a side of Foccacia slice and grated Parmesan cheese. Nothing special there.

Tally finished her dish off. I forgot to taste it LOL!! I’m guessing it was pretty okay, since I didn’t hear no complains from her end.

We took the Foccacia slices and the (almost) whole bread bowl home for Tally’s dogs. And I had what’s left of my pasta wrapped for Sonny, Malyn and Liza later that night.

All in all- their Cream of Pumpkin Soup??? An instant fave!! If you’re going to SM Mega, Ayala Center, SM Manila, or SM Fairview, you can’t leave without trying their Cream of Pumpkin Soup first!!!! Trust me on this one- damn good!

Everything else, from the pasta to the service, well, nothing special. It’s not a fine-dining resto, so not for intimate dates. But for family day outs, barkada foodtrips, or casual meetings, it’s do-able. Again, aside from the Pumpkin Soup, there’s nothing that would piss you off, but nothing to drive you gaga in love either.

hmmm… reading this.. the pasta wasn’t bad. Actually, my friends liked it. I was just really disappointed because i LOVE Shitake mushrooms. they could have exploited it waaaay more than they did, coz honestly, there was no shitake tang in that pasta. btu i bet their other dishes are good too!

Stupid Pickpocket!

Darn person took my wallet. From my bag. Here’s the thing, somehow, he/she/IT got my bag open. So, that’s it right? All you have to do is get the wallet? But no- IT still tries to slash the edge of the bag. I wonder why… The wallet’s right there, not hidden at all. Maybe IT’s thinking that would have been too easy.

Well, off IT goes slashing the edge of my bag, but like I said, nothing’s there.

SOOOo.. IT sees in my bag.

• Cellphone (inexpensiveish)
• Wallet
• Heavy Duty Camera
• Mini Digi Camera

And what does he pick?? The wallet! LOL!!! If I were to choose between those, adn take note, I don’t look like a settled, rich, housewife or nothing. I look like a lost little twenty something girl with no source of income whatsoever LOL!! And IT chooses to take the wallet. Over everything else. (Heck I’d have taken the camera! The big ass one! Or the mini one!)

Poor IT, all IT got was like definitely less than a thousand pesos.

Everytime something gets stolen from me, cash especially, I just tell myself, “It’s okay. IT needs it more than I do.. Maybe for IT’s kids’ tuition fees or rent or something more important than a pair of wedges…” - but right now? Well… what you got in my wallet ain’t gonna take you far, my friend. Ish.

I get to have to take my bag (like REEAALLY now) to Mr. Quickie, and you? Well…. here-

What’s in my wallet:

• Bills amounting to less than PhP 1000.00
• Credit Card - cancelled. Goodluck using that.
• Gym ID -uhm… sure…. just try LOL!
• UP ID - yeah so what? now you know that I’ve never been to the library. bleh!
• Healthy Options ID - okay… go get your free magazines.
• Old Calling Cards - meh! am getting new ones anyway
• My Brother’s Calling Card - argh!!! THIS i want back! hmpf!!
• Other people’s calling cards - hmmm…. press people.. and animal welfare groups… and veterinarians.. okay….
• Picture of me and my highschool friends - okay, I sorta want this back too
• Picture of my nephews G.E., N.E, and J - well it was a nice picture.
• Picture of Hershey - DAMN YOU!!!! i want THIS BACK YOU LIL MAGGOT!!!
• Old ATM Cards - yeah all cashed out when I decided to donate everything to charity last year. nye nye nye nye nye
• 0920 500 0505 - Sim Card given to me before. i really liked this number…. hmpf! but that’s like inactive already and suspended coz it hasn’t been used in over a year!

So…. whatcha gonna do with these items now huh? Just call me. My card’s there. It’s the pink one. And give me back them things i want. And I’ll treat you to like merienda at new City or Buddy’s.

Mr. Quickie best be able to work miracles….

Seriously… I wonder what IT’ll do with these junk in my bag?

What’s for breakfast, err.. merienda?

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Good Morning, Sunshine!

For the past couple of weeks, I’ve been getting home to bed at around 12ish am. Argh! Too many things to do, too little time! So today, Wednesday, i decided to indulge a bit and NOT do anything. Just yet.

I woke up later than the usual, around 2:40pm. Yeah. I know. So I got off my bed, out the common area and took a shot of this timer thingy. (Poor lighting here in my room. Very.) Actually, that picture there’s a bit off. here’s the first shot I took: 2:46pm, January 5, Monday, 2004!! Waaah! And I never noticed before that!! So, after tinkling with the thing, I finally get to set the date right.

Damn! Is that temperature for real? 34.2 degrees celsius???? LOL!!!

Anyway, looks like my brother’s back in town. I woke up with pasalubong beside my bed. All the way from Iloilo - my fave BARQUILLOS (wooot!) and Butterscotch (the local version of Max’s Caramel Bars, which I still like better than this, not that I don’t like this at all hehe). Uh oh… this isn’t good for my diet.. not that anything I’ve been getting recently is.

Barquillos, to those who don’t know them, are sugar wafers flattened til it’s almost paper-thin, then rolled to a hollow stick. See pic. It’s sweet and crunchy. A bit messy to eat since you’ll get crumbs everywhere, so I decided to save this one til I’m fully conscious. I’m still half asleep at the moment. Hmm.. how else can I describe it…Think of a very thin crepe, rolled to a tobbaco’s diameter with a hollow inside, and toasted to a crunch, without losing the sweetness. MMmm….

Butterscotch are just soft sweet brownies (think cookie dough, without the chocolate). It’s softer than a cookie dough, and it has nuts in it. Yummy as heck. Addicting. One of those things you nibble on, and not notice that you’re going through half of the bag already until you feel sick in your tummy coz of all the sugar.

My breakfast: 1 piece of the Butterscotch thingy. I think I even took a pic of me with my “nibbled on” butterscotch lol

After a few minutes (more photos), Charm sends me a text message. “Patambay naman sa boarding house mo” (”Can I hang out there for a bit?“) Woohoo! Sure! And help yourself with the Butterscotch while you’re at it. hehehehehe… Less calories for me, good.

As soon as Charm arrived, I told her about it and off she goes to the fridge to get the Butterscotches! (That even right?? Don’t care!) Weeeee!! Hmmm… I wonder if Sonny’s gonna throw a fit when she finds out I needed help trying to eat sweets and she wasn’t first in line to get them? Hehe… nevermind, I’ll just make sure Charm leaves some left for later.

“If you’re on a diet, then why not just ask your brother to not send these things?” Charm asked as she munched on the Butterscotch. “Well,” I told her (as I was typing not munching, take note) “it’s sorta his simple way of reminding me the he luuuuvs me, you know?” Charm doesn’t look like she’s buying it..

“Plus you know, these are my faves and I do love eating em hehehehehe“. “Ah ok! Understood!“, she grinned.

I decided to put the goodies back in the box. And seal it. Not that THAT’s ever worked before. It didn’t work with the Caramacs. It didn’t work with the Royal Dansk cookies. The powers of Scotz tape isn’t strong enough to keep me from getting my sweets- har har

I don’t have plans today. Except check my emails. Tomorrow, lotsa things to do. But today… none.. damn.. I’m craving for Grilled Tofu! aaaaaaaaaaaaah!!!!

WEeeee!

Agapeia.com is back up weeee!!! Finally! I never did get an explanation from the hosting company though.. hmmmm...

Metal Dog Tags

I’ve been recieving inquiries regarding the personalized metal dog tags that many pets are donning at the moment. There’s really not much to say about it except this few tips:

1. Get the one from Doggieland: Pet Tags
   • These are MORE durable. True, you only get the basics. You have limited (but already of a varied set) stainless steel frames to choose from, but this will still have served its purpose. Plus it will last longer. Practically and personally speaking, get these stainless steel frames.
   • PhP 350.00 basic order
     • Stainless Steel Tag, 0.050″ thick with ring/hoop
     • Total of 4 lines on the front and/or back of the tag
     • 15 characters per line
     • PhP 40.00 additional per line
     • MAXIMUM of 8 lines (max: 4 additional)
     • Full Payment required
     • For pick up either on the day itself, or on the next couple of days.
2. Don’t get one from Metazza, unless maybe you’ll use it for your indoor cat
   • “Wear and tear” people. The ones made from Metazza are, yes, way prettier and customizable- BUT they also fade easier. Let’s take into consideration the fact that our dogs or cats would wear this. It’s gonne get tried and tested like a Range Rover on the roll. There’s heat, water, mud, spit, and other elements that our fur babies come across in their daily lives. If the letters on the tag fades away, then the frame would be nothing but of ornamental, not practical.
   • PhP -to follow-
     • Different frames to choose from
     • Letters or graphics are embossed on the frame

Testimonials to follow. To those who have tried either or other metal dog tags, please post your testimonial thru the comment area below. Thank you

Goto King and your Bathroom??

I started the day… feeling guilty buot the foodtrip last night with Charm, Liza, and Sonny. Oh and the Caramacs? All gone now LOL! I brought it over at Sonny’s and we ate it there.

I was having server problems yesterday so I went to a net cafe to check things out. Then went over to Sonny’s for our dinner spotting. That’s where the Caramacs became extinct. *grin grin*

We all went to Glorietta’s foodcourt. Figured we’d see more people there. Cute guys, you ask? Yeah. One. We bumped into an old aero teacher friend of Liza’s, M. Wait wait wait- M’s not the “cute guy”. It was his “partner”, R. Yeah. M and R, sitting in a tree…

Oh and just so you know, they were wearing matching outfits. Camouflage shorts and tight tees. The couple that shops together… stay together… ish.

Mmmm… I love the laing last night! Liza and I ordered at Evergreen (a Bodhi baby chain). Note to self: NEVER EVER order that slime Liza got last night. Seaweed something. Green and slimy. But everything else, way yumyum! And the Choco Banana Soyamilk! LOL! I can be sucha cheap date huh!

I found out lots of disgusting facts about fastfood chains. You know that at Goto King outlets where they have the porridge on the hole in the table, they refill that using “tabo and timba” (dipper and pail). Wanna see a pic? Here: http://www.storyal.de/weblog2005/Bilder/march/tabo.jpg
Same thing they use for mixing iced teas! Argh… No no no no no. Good thing I’ve taken a single sip of my iced tea at the time. i got up, bought soyamilk. LOL!

There was this one time when Liza (former Goto King addict) was waiting for her order of Goto, the cashier told her to - wait lemme type a sorta transcript lol

Liza: Isang order ng Goto please

Waiter: (Notices the porridge pot table is empty) Ma’am sandali lang po, lalabas lang po bagong luto.

Liza: Okay!

…

… after a few minutes a kargador (truck driver) looking man scurries out from the kitchen with a pail of Goto and a dipper, and, you guessed it, started refilling the built-in pot on the table!

Waiter: Here’s your Goto Ma’am. Thank you for ordering, come again!

Liza: … … (Takes the bowl of Goto and walks to her table where her friends were waiting)

Allain: OMG! Liza! Alam mo kung bakit natagalan pa yung refill? Kasi siguro kinatok pa nila sa banyo yung timba! ‘Hoy pare! Pakibilis naman buhos dyan o may customer na nagiintay‘

How appetizing. After the fastfood que horror story telling (from Dunkin DOnuts to Chowking!), we needed a dose of decent dining. So we headed upstairs to Starbucks (Sonny of course made a pitstop to Wendy’s LOL). Pogispotting hehehe

Nobody good was there. We just went to the arcade and played this Quizbee game before heading home. PS: I ended up ordering fries from McDonald’s on the way home. Hmpf!!!! So much for my lowcal nibble only diet LOL!

Okay enough of yesterday, TODAY- today I have to go to Shangrila Plaza mall to meet a couple of people for doughnuts and talk about confidential stuff. Shhhh…

Then I’ll have to dash off to either Grill Queen or Cello’s to buy something I can bring to the wake-slash-birthday tonight. My friend, R’s, Grandma’s died last week (73 yo), and today’s her R’s son’s birthday. R’s kid is the cutest lil bugger!!! I swear- he’sbarely even 4 and he has his signature “angas” look already that would make future teeners swoon!

Yeah I’ll still bring Royal Dansk cookies to the place, i’ve only sneaked out about three pieces since Saturday. Not bad ei!

In the pics is what I’m wearing today. Pics are for Girl Talk. I’ve been getting compliments for that longsleeve top (yes I know- it’s summer and I’m wearing long sleeves, what the heck am I thinking?? well.. maybe I’m thinking of my hideous arms LOL!!!) - I got that from Oxygen a couple of years ago for PhP 800.00 ;)After I shed off all these extra pounds, I’ll quit it with the longsleeves. TRUST ME!

And the boots over there, that’s Olive! Don’t you just love Olive?