• Elements Hall @ Rallos – Airconditioned Picnic Grounds Near Timog

    Elements Hall @ Rallos – Airconditioned Picnic Grounds Near Timog

    Elements Hall @ Rallos, a new air-conditioned food & beverage complex near Timog Ave. in Quezon City, formally opened its doors to the public last Saturday. It is located along Scout Rallos, just a block away from Timog, and a stone’s throw away from Mother Ignacia Ave. If you live or work nearby and are…


  • Novotel Staycation 2018 + Ice N Cream + Pastries Promo!

    Novotel Staycation 2018 + Ice N Cream + Pastries Promo!

    During the last long weekend (Valentine’s / Chinese New Year), we had a staycation at Novotel Manila Araneta Center. If you’re an avid reader of the blog, you know we’ve stayed at Novotel several times already. A few of the reasons I like Novotel are because of the hospitable staff, accessible location, and nearby mall…


  • Silk by Lay Bare – Least Painful Brazilian Wax I’ve Ever Tried

    Silk by Lay Bare – Least Painful Brazilian Wax I’ve Ever Tried

    So the people behind Lay Bare read my Brazilian Wax review and they invited me to try their latest – Silk by Lay Bare. Of course, I opted to try their Brazilian wax service since that is what I usually get anyway. I kid you not, it’s the least painful Brazilian wax I have ever…


  • Updated: Hitachi vs. Carrier Window Type Inverter Aircon Experience / Review

    Updated: Hitachi vs. Carrier Window Type Inverter Aircon Experience / Review

    Last year, we bought a 1.0 HP Carrier Inverter Aircon (Window Type). We originally planned to buy the cheaper Hitachi one, which we already had in another room. But my sister’s friend who had an appliance shop said that the Hitachi one was bad, and recommended that we get the Carrier instead (more expensive by…


  • Updated: San Remo Pasta + Gift Set Giveaway to 5 Lucky Winners!

    Updated: San Remo Pasta + Gift Set Giveaway to 5 Lucky Winners!

    I love pasta, but honestly, we’re getting tired of same old same old spaghetti. So I’m happy to share some San Remo love your way! 5 Lucky Winners get to win a pasta gift set with different pasta shapes to try! SAN REMO When I want pasta shapes other than the usual spaghetti and macaroni,…


  • Easy Pha-Max Wheatgrass Celebrates Ten Years of Wellness

    Easy Pha-Max Wheatgrass Celebrates Ten Years of Wellness

    Easy Pha-max Wheatgrass is probably the most well-known wheatgrass brand in the country, it’s the one I usually see at supermarkets and malls. They recently celebrated their 10 year anniversary with their longest-running brand ambassador, sportscaster and fitness advocate Dyan Castillejo. Founded in 2007 by Malaysian businessman Edward Ling, Wheatgrass CAN International (WCI) started with a…


  • Chinese Stir-Fried Glutinous Rice Recipe 糯米飯

    Chinese Stir-Fried Glutinous Rice Recipe 糯米飯

    Happy Chinese New Year! I made Sticky Rice the other night for Chinese New Year. The dish is usually called Fried Glutinous Rice  or Stir-Fried Sticky Rice or Nuo Mai Fan or Lo Mai Fan (糯米飯), and is one of my favorites. I’ve been trying to master this dish for a while and I think…


  • Lunch at Din Tai Fung SM Megamall (Review) + February Promo

    Lunch at Din Tai Fung SM Megamall (Review) + February Promo

    Happy Valentine’s Chinese New Year?! 😀 The other day, we went to SM Megamall to buy a few things. We didn’t really plan to go out for Valentine’s Day because we had plans for the weekend. And while I like flowers, I don’t really appreciate them, especially when a nice bouquet costs around a thousand…


  • Monty Python’s Spamalot Returns in April 2018

    Monty Python’s Spamalot Returns in April 2018

    I’m not a theater person, but I want to at least try to develop some knowledge about it. Why? Many of my favorite classical music / songs came from theater, opera and Broadway. I don’t want to be a hypocrite and claim to like those songs without really appreciating where they come from, right? So…


  • Greenwich Celebrates #GWorldPizzaDay with Free Pizza

    Greenwich Celebrates #GWorldPizzaDay with Free Pizza

    Last Friday, February 9, I had the pizza-filled experience of going to Greenwich’s #GWorldPizzaDay at the Glorietta 4 Dolphin Park in Makati City. FREE PIZZA AND MORE AT GREENWICH #GWORLDPIZZADAY! Greenwich celebrated World Pizza Day by turning the Glorietta 4 Dolphin Park into a pizza village called the Overloaded Pizza District. The fun started at…