50 things I will miss...

In no particular order:

1. San Mig Light
2. Puto – the small round white ones that you can buy along White Plains Ave.
3. Greenhills Shopping Center
4. Rockwell Urban Bazaars at the Rockwell Tent
5. Chibooze – and its super talented roster of performers
6. Boracay, and 101 other things associated with it!
7. Talipanan, Puerto Galera - for cheap ass beach trips and Luka’s pizza
8. Powerplant Mall
9. Pirated DVDs at Metrowalk
10. Simbang Gabi
11. Visita Iglesia (14 churches) during Holy Week
12. Happy Hour at Spicy Fingers, Greenbelt
13. Fishballs, squidballs and kikiam from Mang Alvin
14. 4 Mars Street (23 years worth of memories)
15. Embassy Club (new name: Encore)
16. Food fix at North Park after hours of partying and clubbing
17. Tagaytay
18. Janice’s house in Baguio
19. Sta. Clara Church - for prayer intentions and offerings
20. Philippine mangoes
21. Manila and provincial airports – you gotta love the hustle and bustle!
22. Driving on weekends – you become more appreciative after driving for the whole week
23. November 1 at Loyola Memorial Park
24. Drinking parties at 4 Mars Street with just one case of beer and a can of sisig.
25. New Year after parties at Rockwell or Fort
26. Family trips to Punta Fuego, Tagaytay Highlands and Kalibo
27. Christmas parties – emphasis on the plural
28. Long weekend getaways
29. Salcedo Saturday Market
30. Cheap mani-pedi, footspa and hot oil
31. Lunch time at the pantry
32. Mama’s adobo and sinigang
33. Movie dates with Gaille
34. Playing with Jeco – especially his pool parties at my house
35. Running at the Ayala Park after office
36. Beach weather and beach get-ups all throughout the year
37. Flip-flops in December
38. 12noon Sunday Masses at Christ the King – coldest church I know
39. Mr. Jones’ Tapa Overload
40. Robinson’s Galleria
41. WPR 908 and waking up early on Thursdays
42. Driving along C-5 Road
43. Ayala Tower One and my free parking slot at Paseo Parkview
44. Greenbelt Walkway – for the quick trips to the mall from the office and back
45. The sights and sounds of Makati CBD
46. Dinners at Serendra and strolling along Bonifacio High Street after
47. Sunday afternoons watching The Buzz!
48. Breakfast chats with Mom
49. Bergonia residence at Masigla Street
50. Swimming parties at Sugar’s house

This will probably change in a few weeks... and I will post again if it does.

old school...

It is always nice to see your old friends from school and that's what I did last night. A college friend, who has been living in Boston for about 5 years now, is in town and a little gathering has been planned. So, a bunch of us trooped down to Bonifacio High Street and had some food at Kabisera, which is also Dencio's but slightly more high end.

The food was good... very Dencio's. Nothing really special there. The sisig, as expected, did not disappoint. We also got a Lumpiang Ubod, Stuffed Squid, Tuna Belly, The Sugba, Laing and Sizzling Bangus. Sorry, I was so hungry I didn't bother taking my camera out and take pictures.



After dinner, we walked to the Fort Strip to get some drinks at Trio. It's a quiet and classy Italian restaurant with a superb grappa a friend wanted us to try. We chose this place coz we wanted to catch up and have fun conversation and we couldn't really do that in a bar with loud music. We started off with a round of Blow Jobs for everyone and that totally made everyone loosen up.



It was just a fun time and the stories and drinks flowed endlessly. After a pitcher of Long Island Iced Tea, we finally called it a night and made plans to go clubbing. If I don't get lazy, I will be dancing away at Encore tonight...