Drew and Kes flew in to Singapore on April 19 and on their first night in, we all had dinner at Gelle’s home. Joey cooked adobo and it was so good, we ended up eating way too much. A picture with our adobo chef. Looky, I’m in the pic too! Joey’s sumptuous adobo The next […]
American Pie Reunion
American Pie Reunion is not normally the type of movie I would go to the cinema for, but it holds significance for me in that thirteen years ago, I watched part 1 with a few classmates and that was how we ended up being friends. We were college freshmen then, one year shy of being […]
Home for the Holidays 2011
For the first time since I moved to Singapore in 2008, I got to go home for Christmas. It was a short yet sweet vacation. Day 1 It was an uneventful flight to Manila, and when I got to AA’s condo, where I was staying, we talked for a bit before both falling asleep on […]
Keso’s Birthday in SG
Kes flew to SG to be with me and Gelle on her birthday. She stayed for more than just one day though. We fetched her at the airport and had dinner at a hawker stall near my place before we went home. She ordered hokkien mee, her favorite Singaporean food, the first of three hokkien […]
Zenie in Singapore
The last time I saw Zenie, it was also in September and also in Singapore, but three years ago. She was back in Singapore just in time for my birthday, flying in from UK, where she has been working for some four years now. Gay and I met her in terminal 3 and we had […]
Jenny in Singapore
Our college classmate Jenny stopped by Singapore from Dubai and we met up with her for dinner last Saturday night. We went to our usual, Makansutra, and ordered grilled liempo with rice from Mang Kiko’s and bbq sambal stingray, hokkien mee and kangkong from the neighboring hawker stalls. At Makansutra Coincidentally, Singapore was practising for […]
Strictly Pancakes with Chi
Chi was back in Singapore for a vacation, so last Sunday we had brunch with her at her favorite pancakes place, Strictly Pancakes. It was my second time to go and I really wanted to try their chocolate pancakes this time, but they said they didn’t serve those before lunch. Hmph. So I had one […]
College Reunion in 2 Parts and Places
Part 1: Manila I had scheduled a dinner in Dampa with my college classmates on the first night of my vacation in Manila. This was back in March 19. Coincidentally, Tyne was also on a vacation from Singapore so it was just perfect timing. I had managed to contact Ronald and Jefrey, both former housemates […]
Supper at Simpang Bedok with Rey
My phone registered a call from an unknown number. “Hello?” I answered, wondering who could possibly be calling at such a late hour. “Can we be phone pals?” was the reply I got. Normally I would’ve said no and dropped the call immediately, but I recognized this voice. “Rey? You’re here?” Apparently my flight attendant […]
KPMG Reunion: Naats in SG
Naats, who used to be my colleague in KPMG (2004-2005), came to Singapore for a vacation with her family. They are now based in Melbourne, Australia, and they’re staying here for a week before heading to the Philippines to spend the holidays there. What a long vacation! What a sweet life! Suddenly, migrating to Australia […]
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