Weekend at Singapore

Went on an early trip to Singapore over the weekend since I was excited for my new phone. From the plane my friend picked me up at the airport but was at the wrong terminal and I was not able to activate my roaming. I was forced to purchase a local sim to also save on load. so we finally met and headed straight to sentosa since my relatives were there already.




I was really hungry then so we headed to KFC and ate, then toured around the place. I tried their rosta burger since we do not have that in the Philippines. We suprised my parents since they were not expecting me on an earlier flight.






I was really tired that day but I enjoy maximizing the weekend.

- Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone

Location:Anchorvale Dr,Singapore,Singapore

Happy Veterans Day!

Thursday! One day before pay day, before the weekend. Was given the chance to go on leave so I could leave earlier to Singapore. Really excited because of my new phone. Hopefully everything goes well, because, although it is my second time to fly the plane alone, it would be my first time to fly alone overseas.

Since I was really excited about
my phone, first thing I wanted to do was go to the mall and get my sim card cut to the microsim. Unfortunately, when I woke up, there was no freaking water. As per my brother, the water service cut the line for maintenance or something. So I had to endure the cold water from the deep well. We headed to the mall near us, where our friendly cellphone technician had a stall to get my sim get cut since I had nothing to trace it with manually. Sad thing was, he was noy able to purchase the cutter. So I had no choice but to go to MOA cause I new there ought to be someone that does sim cutting there. Partly I wanted to also go to Starbucks to complete my sticker for the planner. And yes, finally I found a place that cuts sims. After that I wanted to reserve some tickets for Harry Potter next week. I did bot want to watch it in Imax anymore, which we normally did before. I wanted to watch the whole film in digital 3D but they do not sell tickets yet.

It was around 8:30 and we were really hungry and ny brother wanted to eat at Jatujak, which is one of the restaurants we normally eat at in MOA. I enjoy any type of food, but one of the best I like, aside from Japanese and Chinese food would be Thai. From what I know, Jatujak (pronounced chatuchak) means market.

When we eat there, we never miss out on ordering noodle soup. You could choose from different types of noodles, and you can add beef, mixed fresh cuts, or mixed balls. Aside from soup, I really like the fried spring rolls for appetizer.

For the main course, I recommend the chicken pandan, spare ribs, kebabs, and beef with basil. The last two I really like. It was my first time to eat rice there since what I normally do is order the soup then just eat the viands. I enjoyed the rice because you could really feel it is high grade jasmine rice, and it really smelled good also. Their pad thai is too moist for me, I'm not really a fan. And of course, do not forget to order dessert, their sticky rice is fantastic. Like the filipino bico, it is sweet and the mango ads a twist to it. I'd give them a 9.5 for taste, 9 or service since I never had a complaint, and 9 for price since we get discounts through SMAC/Prestige.





And before going home, I stopped by Starbucks to claim my stainless steel limited edition planner.




- Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone

Location:Antero Soriano Hwy,Kawit,Philippines

Week 45: Friday going Saturday

Damn, there was so many things that happened Friday, going Saturday. I woke up last Friday at around 3 pm to go to MOA and get my picture taken for my postal ID and also get stickers from Starbucks, I was more excited on getting the stickers. First thing I did was get my picture taken then we ate at Mann Hann. My brother really likes chinese cuisines that why we decided to eat there, and we order the normal set we usually order, Lechon Macau, Mapo Tofu, and Yang Chow, those are the food that do not disappear in our table whenever we are in a chinese restaurant. Although it is not as good as North Park, I still like eating at Mann Hann.

In terms of taste, I'd give it an 8, although I have tasted better tasting food I still enjoy eating there because of their wide variety of food, and aside from chinese cuisines, they also serve Filipino food. The price is also reasonable and I'd give it a 9. Service is also good, not bad.

After dinner, we headed to get my picture, but they actually made the wrong package, so I had to wait a few more minutes so they could fix it. Once I got the pictures, we headed to Starbucks to buy coffee and get the stickers for their limited edition planner. I enjoy collecting the planners even though I don't get to use them. I was able to collect 3 planners last year, and only got to use it for a month.

This year, they bring back my favorite Peppermint Mocha, together with the Toffee Nut and Praline Mocha. An to get the planner, you would need to buy 9 Christmas Blends and 8 regular drinks.

We headed to the office after coffee because I was asked to go on overtime to get some work done before some company visitors come on Monday. I came to work and saw that I aisle that I was in was actually deserted since all my previous team members were out of the office.

After 12 hours of work, my co-workers and I went to my friends house for her farewell party. I am going to miss one of my best friends and confidant when she leaves, but goodbyes are inevitable. We ate and sang and drunk. Boy, I was already sleepy that time.

Last but not the least, once I got home, I just showered and headed to my friends place and headed back to MOA for a get together with my high school friends. We ate at Tia Maria's for a little mexican food. We ate all sorts of mexican inspired food from nachos to quesadillas to chicken wings. Taste was ok, maybe I am just exposed to tacos and nachos that often that it's a common taste to me, but i really love cheese, so i liked their quesadillas but for me it needed more cheese, so I would give it a 7 for taste. Service is good, although it seemed that their waiters were very limited, I'd give it an 8. Price was ok, we split the bill into 6 so it was not bad, I'd give it an 8.

So that was my weekend. I slept till Sunday afternoon to regain some strength.

Week 44: Preparing for Undas/Eating Mang Inasal

Last Sunday night, we went to pick up my dad from the airport and headed to Dangwa after. We were one hour from my dad's ETA so we decided to eat dinner first at Mang Inasal. Usually, I would order their Chicken Inasal with unlimited rice, but I decided to try their sisig combo meal that came in a cute container.

Our order came, which was faster than normal, and my order consisted of one cup of rice and a really small serving of pork sisig. If not for the container, I would not have ordered it. Compared to 1/4 barbecued chicken with unlimited rice which was the same price, the sisig was not really worth it, the serving was too small even for the cup of rice it came with. Another bad point was that the service is a bit slow, most stores have complaints that the service is a bit slow, which is acceptable when barbecuing the chicken, but when we ordered another sisig combo meal for take out, we had to wait more than 20 minutes before we got the order, which I am not sure why there was a delay.

Mang Inasal is famous for their chicken and unlimited rice at an affordable price. You would normally see any Mang Inasal branch filled with many people eating, and you could find several branches within an area. For most that does not know, Mang Inasal originated from Iloilo, just a boat ride away from Bacolod which is famous for the Chicken Inasal and mostly everywhere you look, you would see restaurants selling them. For most of restaurants that gets commercialized, the taste seems  to change and loses the authenticy. For me, the taste is just right, I'd give it an 7. Value for money is good, which is a 10, however, service could do better at 7.

When we got to pick up my dad from the airport, we headed to Dangwa to purchase some flowers to bring to the cemetery for our dearly departed. Dangwa in Dimasalang St. is where flowers are normally dropped from growers. The place was not as crowded as I remember from last year. As the years past, few people actually go there to purchase flowers. People are getting more conscious on spending money, but as they say, flowers wither and candles burn out, but prayers are eternal, or something like that. If we really want to honor the dead, it would be best to pray for their peace.