Banana Leaf, Abe, Bon Chon, Antonio's Grill..

Banana Leaf

At the Rockwell Power Plant, Makati

Haianese Chicken

No oil, healthier? definitely!

Antonio's Grill

Tagaytay City

Best tasting grilled foods in the area

A little pricey

Fried Hito with Alige sauce

All vegetables Bicol Express

The best tasting fresh Ubod ever!

Abe 

Serendra, Bonifacio Global City, Taguig

Native dishes- Kapangpangan

Super delicious! 

Pricey

Must try/recommendations: Fresh Lumpia Ubod, Crispy Tadyang

Crispy outside, juicy inside

Too sweet for my taste

Bon Chon

ATC, Alabang Muntinlupa City

Crispy Chicken- As in!

Korean Invasion? Owners are said to be Koreans

Definitely a threat to KFC, & Jollibee, both locators of the Mall

Collectibles!

Sister has been collecting various figurines depicting Couples.  She has some really cute ones displayed in her living room as well as in her formal dining room.

Inspired by these collections, I thought it would be fun to start hunting for my own treasures...


A visit just this morning to a thrift shop selling mostly Japanese surplus and what have you(s), I guess I found my treasures....

A Japanese handwriting(?) at the bottom gives some more value to this little lovely pot, yeah?

I have yet to find  which material these are made of.  These could be earthenwares.  Definitely handmade! the imperfections in shapes contributed to the primitive look.

Hand painted...

Tadah! presenting my new collections...
I hope to find some more odd, primitive earthenwares, to add to these lovely cute-sies...

By the way, I got these so CHEAP!

New Year, New Resolutions, New Beginning

My 2012 Action Plans

1. Lose weight, ensure good health of all family members, the old & the little ones most especially.
2. Minimize credit card usage
3. Start a Business
4. Start house landscape
5. Do house blessing
6. Boracay with family
7. Acquire one furniture at a time
8. Do regular DIY projects
9. Explore career opportunities
10. Be kinder but not to a fault
11. Organize! De-clutter!

Some of My Wish List items



     1.  Landcape and more plants around the house

     

asian landscape design by los angeles general contractor Carolyn Wesling

asian landscape design by los angeles landscape designer Jesse Im

asian landscape design by los angeles landscape designer Jesse Im

asian landscape design by los angeles landscape designer Jesse Im

 2.  Mudroom

       
3.  Home Office and Craft Room

contemporary home office design by los angeles architect Narita Architects

contemporary home office design by new york interior designer Nanette Baker of Interiors by Nanette

4.  Lighting Fixtures

5.  Kitchen Island Table

contemporary kitchen design by kitchen and bath Peter Cardamone

contemporary kitchen design by toronto design-build Schnarr Craftsmen Inc

I found most of these inspirations from http://www.houzz.com.  Check out this site and you will be so addicted that you will find yourself daydreaming...

Happy New Year! Welcome 2012, Please be soooo good to me!

Disney's Holiday On Ice Manila 2011

3 plus 2 = 5 tickets!

Originally, pop and Igi were not part of our "Holiday on Ice escapade"  I had the first 3 tickets bought few weeks ago and had to buy additional two on the day itself.  Araneta Colliseum Upper Box A seats were already sold out and so the duo got seated on upper box B.  Still, the view from that rows of seats were A OK! ( only, I missed to have their photo taken while the show was on going)  

Pop and the boys, waiting for the food to be served at Pancake House in Gateway Mall.  The mall is just adjacent to the colliseum.  We decided to have a quick snack before show time.

Disney's well loved characters received loud applause from the youngsters

The Little ones (Rojo & Juan), enjoying the most

Amazement showing on the kiddos faces

Spectacular!

The kiddos were super happy!

Pop & the boys after the show

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!

Hapag Kainan - Lipa's best bet for meals ala "Lutong Bahay"

 

                                                                      Hapag Filipino
                                                          Gen. Luna St., Sabang, Lipa City
                                                        Contact Number: (+6343)7561214
                                                      

                                                   Reasonably priced meals on the menu

 

Super fresh squid, grilled perfectly to the bite

 

The famous Batangas Maliputo, served "Sinigang with Kangkong and Mustasa", is simply the best tasting fish sinigang ever!

Super tender pork ribs?

This Family restaurant has been in existence for three long decades and is now being managed by the 3rd generation.  Good Food, Good Service, Reasonably Priced Menus definitely contributes to its longevity I must say.  I will definitely be back when I get the chance to be in Lipa again.