Purple Shack

A Weekend Getaway or a Stay-cation      It will be up to you to judge, as you see the venue was a stone throw away from my cousin's place in Bulacan, Philippines! Despite the humidity and scorching heat of the sun, my cousins and I went swimming at a nearby resort which featured kiddie pools...      Look! Some creatures from the age of the dinosaurs joined, too! He he!          JB here, enjoying the pool...      Only in our neighborhood--- a dinosaur ready to dip into the pool! ;-)      JB truly enjoyed swim-walking by the frog!      The slides also are super cool!      ...Especially with a spritzer! Haha!      Another slide...      Next, the frog slide... A photo op with The Voice who incidentally was having their search at Sitio Lucia Resort.         ...

Box in a Bus     O n my way to a friend's house, I decided to ride a bus. When the bus reached the bus stop, a man carrying this box which the bus ticket inspector helped load just in front of my seat.                                                                                                            An interesting box of Selecta ice cream...                       ...endorsed by a host of a local TV station who's in the hot seat these days.   ;-)

Suggestion Box Needed      J anuary calls for a lot of office duties for our office staff. These include renewal permits and licenses,  insurances and everything that fall under securing what is necessary for your business.       A nd just like every year, Manila City Hall looks like this...filled with waiting (tired, thirsty and hungry) people. You have to a lot a whole day waiting for your papers to be processed. You might as well cancel any appointment you have on that day. And if you are your own boss, prepare for a day (make that 3 days) without profit for your business, since you can't be at your office while waiting for your papers (which will only be ready a month after regardless if they're releasing a tin business plate or a computer-generated certificate ;-) ) Alas, you will also discover that you will at least visit the place three (3) times because to be able to process your papers, you need to have a Business Resident Certificate...

Past D ay 1 in the Chinese Calendar         W ow! There was no traffic along Munoz (Quezon City area)...     E ven 8th Street in Caloocan City is almost empty! T he traffic at 5th Avenue is picking up after our turn...      Ah, yes, there's the building up of cars and vehicles at this side from Divisoria after the turn. S ome areas have few vehicles,but the major intersections are filling up once in a while...      F elt hungry, so we went to 999 Mall to eat at a fastfood restaurant...Sad to know that they don't have nai cha and braised beef - the group's all time fave food to eat at this fastfood chain.      S o, off we went to Lucky China Mall!   O n the Ground floor, we saw the "Money" tree!  O MG, there's a huge crowd inside as we went on the second floor to check for some nice restaurants...  M ore people coming in... ...

A Great Place To Hangout       W hile waiting for friends to finish their shifts after mall hours, my office mates and I went looking for a place to eat at Trinoma along Mindanao Avenue. We decided to have a "promo" meal at Giligan's. They have a P99 meal with unlimited rice serving and a glass of cold iced tea which is very tempting to my companions since we're really famished from walking all the way from the Metro Rail station.       U pon seeing their menu, we decided to order the P99 meal plus P21 instead since this one has more choices of viand that goes with the unlimited rice and drink. We also ordered an adobong kangkong (water cabbage stew) to pair with the Sweet and Spicy Squid dish I ordered while my friends took the Sisig (usually chopped pig's ears fried in a hot plate and garnished with onions and garlic).       M y Sweet and Spicy Squid is quite amazing! Can't show you the dish anymore since I finished it ...