Home Cuisines; A Lunch out with the guys

What's nice about having friends who would invite you out of nothing at all is the food that you're about to savor along the cool stuffs you could talk about. I don't know with your friends but with my friends, it is something you could experience often. The last time I have been in Chris' crib was like 2 months ago, but this time it's different. All their helpers were given a holiday vacation (for all souls day) leaving us with no choice but to cook for ourselves (now I know why he invited us over!)

I am craving for pasta so that's what I made. I saw it once on TV and I really love experimenting with the way I cook. The outcome? Of course its great.

Ingredients? nah, that's top secret! We ended up having the greatest dish for all souls day! Definitely, a food for the soul.

So, we'll be eating for now since I have an online meeting with my Feasibility Project and Design Group later. I wasn't been able to go to church this morning so I'll be attending a mass by 4:30 pm.

Enjoy your day and enjoy your meal!

-Alvin

Glass House; Dreaming on my own

I was waiting for the day when I could blog about this house that I saw at Makati. (And I hope the owner won’t come across my blog) I finally got the pictures from Charles. I won’t tell you the details about the place since it’s really not mine to tell. The reason I was so in to this structure was the details that you could see on every corner. Pity that I could only do one shot since there we’re people around and Charles got annoyed by the fact that I look like a stalker myself (Geez, at midday?). So here’s the picture and if you are the owner of the house, send me a mail if I have offended you at any point or manner (I highly doubt that).

P.S
Chris Tiu was nominated for the Nickelodeon's Kids' Choice Awards for favorite athlete. He was nominated alongside Manny Pacquiao and Efren “Bata” Reyes. Here's how to vote: Voting is only until November 15.

1) go to http://kca.nicksplat.com/ then click vote

2) you can also Text NICK to 2623 to vote (P2.50/txt for Globe and Smart/ P2/txt for Sun per text).

The awarding will be held at the Aliw Theatre on November 29, 2008. See you there!

-Alvin

The rise of the fallen Grace ; HS reunion

Happy Halloween everyone! Ok, so its already November 1 and while everybody else is busy telling their own versions of spook tales, I guess I'll just blog my way out of this spook fest. But I guess lets save that for my next entry. Last October 30, 2008 (Thursday) I attended a reunion with my H.S friends (really now?) Although there we're just 4 of us since the other two are quite busy and the other one has gone missing, still we we're able to pull through. Since it was too early to head out for a night life, Grace and I decided to have a stroll at the mall, eat and do some chit chat (as she fondly calls it that way) As the night draws near and Jewel has already arrived, we went back to our cribs and tried to find a place where we can unwind easily as we sit back and enjoy reminiscing our HS days. When Chelyne arrived we headed to Starbucks Las-piñas since its the nearest place to beat ourselves with stories.

I really don't like to fill myself with coffee during late hours since it keeps me awake up until 5 in the morning and that is not interesting! But still, I did order for an Espresso and yes, Frappe (very unhealthy, I know!)

I have always been addicted to coffee ever since I was a child and if you could only imagine how many cups would I savor within a day, you'll be surprised. But that was before, I'm stopping myself now (yes I really am!)

A fan of Starbucks? Yes I am, but I would go for fruit juices and delicacies now rather than a cup of coffee.

I guess that's it for now, more of my "leisure trips" on my next entries.

-Alvin

Chinky Chickens ; My Ultimate Lunch Pack

I don't get to hang out at Ateneo most of my free time now since I get to "travel" a lot (yeah right!) but every time I do, you'll eventually see me at the stall of Chinky Chickens eating my most favored dish (Chicken Adobo Flakes). Well, they also offer a lot of dishes such as Grilled Chicken with sour cream and Chicken Curry and all of it are exquisite both in taste and in appearance.

So, if ever you get the chance to visit Ateneo (or in their other branch at Miriam College) try Chinky Chickens.

Must Chris thank me for this? Haha, I love this store anyway. The people here are great.

P.S
Visit their multiply site for more info.
http://chinkychickens.multiply.com/
enjoy!




-Alvin

Moon Cake Frenzy ; My Grandmother's B-Day Celebration

I just got home from a reunion planned by my high school friends and it's already 1:30 am. This is the reason why I don't want coffee to fill me in during late hours, but I guess, that's just for my next entry. As I promised from my previous entry, I'll be tackling all about my grand mom's b-day celebration. Actually, there's not much to tell. We ate outside with some of our relatives and taking pictures was the last idea I could have imagine during that time. I forgot the name of the place but it was somewhere in China Town. We get to have a VIP room that could cater around 12 persons and it offers unlimited use of the video-oke(was that right?) which my sister liked the most for that part of the service.

After the quick celebration, I asked my grand mom if she could by moon cakes for me. I was really craving for it and the reasons we're simple, I saw it on TV. The last time I ate a moon cake was during the Moon Cake festival. Chris offered me a slice of it and it was, well during that moment, was the most delicious moon cake ever.

Moon Cake is one of my most favorite Chinese delicacies. Since I grew up in a Chinese - Filipino oriented family, our taste buds roam around Chinese cuisines and delicacies as well (and just like a typical Chinese family, we love to eat a lot!)

You can buy Moon Cakes at China Town located in Manila. We bought our Moon Cakes at Far Eastern Moon Cake (a redundancy of moon cakes)

1 box will cost you around 440 Php. Its worth it once you get to taste it. There are different types of moon cakes or an assortment if you like. Find the one that you like and order in bulks.

P.S

One piece is more than enough to fill you in. So you might want to share a slice with someone else. Enjoy your Moon Cakes!

Krispy Kreme's Ateneo Blue Eagle Doughnut

Whew, its been a while. I have been very busy with a lot of things this past few months. I'm going crazy with this feasibility project designs and stuffs. Sometimes, I wish I could shift to a new course so as to run away from this nerve cracking prototypes and thesis. Anyway, enough of that whining, from today on, there will be major changes in my blog. Since I cant always update myself with the latest craze in the movie industry and on TV shows and sitcoms, I wont be able to post anything here. So, since for the next several months, I'll be moving in and out of different places, I guess I'll be posting some of the few good places and cuisines I have been in and tried all throughout my vacations. Yes with "s" in the end.(and for a minute there it sounded like I have a lot of time.)

For my next entry I'll be posting about my grandmom's birthday but before so, last October 12, 2008; My friends and I decided to watch a movie (and it was a waste of time) at Mall of Asia. Though I'm craving for China Plate's cuisines we have to settle for French Baker since we're running out of time. After the movie I was so surprised to see a poster of the latest flavor the Krispy Kreme team has to offer. Since, as we all know, the Ateneo Blue Eagles won the UAAP championship for men's basketball,(Again, congratulations!) Krispy Kreme thought of a wonderful flavored doughnut made especially for the Ateneo Blue Eagles. It was named (funny) Ateneo Blue Eagle.

Ofcourse, it's the three blue and white sprinkled doughnuts on top. It was delightful to taste but it was also fun to stare at. I hope you guys can still try to buy these limited offers of the Krispy Kreme. Till my next post!

-Alvin

Congratulations Ateneo Blue Eagles!

Ok, It's exactly 2:30 in the morning and I just got home (thanks to Heidi) from Ateneo's Bonfire event. But before so, even though it's quite too late to say this, CONGRATULATIONS to the ATENEO BLUE EAGLES men's basketball team! Deserving? UNDERSTATEMENT! It's theirs to keep anyway. I guess, I'll sleep for now and discuss later on what happened at Ateneo's Bonfire. To give you a hint, it was spectacular. It's something I have never seen before (considering the fact that I am into this kinds of stuffs but never have I experienced this!)

To top it all up, it was star studded (although everyone seems to be waiting for one person only) but never the less, it's just too great but my eyes are slowly closing on it's own so I guess, I'll update you guys later this afternoon.

P.S
Thanks to Heidi and Jam for the ride home. To tita Lianne, sorry, there's just too many. To Chris, thanks! To Chinky Chicken! Yum! and to Ching and m.j , it's a pity that you have to go home early. Thanks to the ateneo community! later! and morning!