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Ferdie and Jo’s Wedding

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My former teammate Jo got married to Ferdie last Sunday, January 20. Both wedding and reception were held in Quezon City. It was a great wedding, and I especially loved the giveaways – miniature wedding cakes! posing with the bride in the bridal car in the Philippines, the trend is for both parents to give […]

Gelle’s Birthday Surp

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Gelle, one of my best friends in P&G, turned a year older today. Last year we had cooked up a surprise for her — I planned a videoke session and secretly invited her boyfriend Joey to join us. Unfortunately, while discussing it over lunch, Liza slipped and said, “Anubah, eh akala ko nga surp-” and […]

Jo’s Bridal Shower

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My former teammate Jo is getting married on the 20th, so we threw a bridal shower for her last Friday. There was a naughty cake, fun games, performances by three “macho dancers” (who turned out to be Jo’s team leader’s hubby, her teammate’s boyfriend, and her own fiancee), a naughty video and lots of food. […]

La Maison + Cafe Breton in Greenbelt 5

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Kes was in Manila again, so we had a reunion dinner last Friday at La Maison, a restaurant in Greenbelt 5. It was my first time to Greenbelt 5 and boy, did I fall in love with the place. Such beautiful designs! I also loved the food in La Maison. The seafood platter we ordered […]

Home for the Holidays 2007

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My Top 10 Must Try’s in ZC (not in order): 1. Morning Sun’s or Jimmy’s Satti 2. Antonio’s butong pie 3. Manang Terry’s chicken inato 4. Marinated bangus 5. Curacha (a kind of giant crab) with Alavar’s sauce 6. Cheap seafood (try kilawin, it’s my ultimate favorite dish) 7. Master Baker’s super cheese bread and […]

A Personal Chef

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My friend Neil asked me to buy some Alavar sauce for him when he found out that I was going home for the holidays. Then I went to Ateneo de Manila University to deliver it to him, because he’s a professor there and that’s where he lives. He met me at the Araneta center and […]

Company Christmas 2007

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Our company felt the Christmas spirit starting the first Friday of the month, when our Christmas bonus and baskets were distributed to every eligible employee. We got a trolley jampacked of food, a couple of hams, and a bagful of P&G products. I was wondering how I was supposed to get all those home to […]

Basketball Bonding

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San Miguel was my favorite PBA (Philippine Basketball Association) team back when I was a child because of Samboy Lim aka Skywalker. When he quit playing in PBA, I lost interest and basketball became the #1 cause of fights between me and my brother Ivan. We fought over the remote control whenever he wanted to […]