September Summaries

Sept. 3: This is my second cousin John's youngest daughter Althea celebrating her 1st birthday at Choi Garden. It's only my 2nd time to eat there, and the first/last time was also for a kid's party.

Chef's Table: A Brief Anniversary Party Foodie Tour

Without the restaurant in context this
 might be mistaken for a book cover.

My stock knowledge of Chef Bruce was limited to knowing he has a TV show on the Asian Food Channel (Tablescapes: Life on a Plate w/ Angel Aquino).  It was from Ana G. that I learned he had his own restaurant at the Infinity Tower in BGC, Chef's Table, and embarrassingly enough it was from a banner outside that restaurant did I learn that his last name was Lim.

Ana G. invited me to attend the 1st Anniversary party of Chef's Table, so this was my chance to partake of complimentary cocktails and hors d'oeuvres served ina high-end restaurant.  Other attendees included Fernds, shiny-skinned host Lucas Raven, Phoemela Baranda, Rovilson Fernandez and the cast of 99.5RT's The Disenchanted Kingdom.
Below is a gallery of said cocktails and hors d'oeuvres not to be found on the menu, so if you weren't there last Friday you really missed out.

Stomptastic

For as long as I could remember I loved doing percussion, even before I knew the word existed*.  From beatboxing to strumming my fingers to tapping my pencil or drumming on my desk.  My taste for aesthetic sounds lay not in tunes from strings nor the striking of keys, but the tap of wood and/or plastic.  I was also fascinated by tap-dancing, because it sounded cool and looked easy.  You didn't need to be accompanied by outside music, lug around tape/CD players or looked crazy if you were only hearing the song in your head, because w/ tap-dancing you literally made the beat up as you went along.  Watching Sammy Davis Junior or Gregory Hines in action was mesmerizing.

10 Thoughts on Real Steel

What: Real Steel, starring Hugh Jackman, Dakota Goyo & EvangelineLily
Who with: Lola
When: Oct. 16, 9:30pm
Where: Greenhills Theater Cinema 2, 2nd Row
Why: Birthday treat

*SPOILERS*

August Appendices

Aug. 24: Legazpi Boy Fernand held a birthday pool party at his apartment building in Asia Tower.  The scenario reminded me of when I held my birthday there several years back: relaxed atmosphere, way too much food, and no-one used the swimming pool.  Lookes like the Speedo trunks I wore were staying dry.  Familiar faces in attendance inlcuded CB, Ana G., Rosanna (whom I met w/ Aryn Cristobal at C.B.'s pool party where the pool was actually used, by the way) and Carlos Joaquin, who was still working w/ (or for ) Engelbert.  I was even more surprised when Fernds had to leave his own party early because he had to go to Pampanga.  I just took that as my cue to exit as well.

When It Sings, It S'pores (Part 3)

Bug-eyed in the Subway.

Aug. 21, 2011: Lola and I checked out of the hostel in the morning, but our flight to Manila for 1:30AM the next day, so we asked them to hold on to our bags (for an additional S$2 each) while we spent our Last Day out and about.  Seeing as we missed our chance to watch The Lion King we opted to check out real animals at the Singapore Zoo.

When It Sings, It S'pores (Part 2)

Aug. 20, 2011:  Busy day today, with lots of walking done.

After Lola and I waited for our consumed breakfast of Nestlé cereal and white bread to do its job (i.e. act as "nature's brooms") we headed out for Suntec to attend the Toy, Games and Comicon.  The venue almost felt like overkill to me, as if RCBC Plaza in Makati decided to host our Manila Comicon instead of the usual soulless venues like SM Megatrade Hall.  We got in pretty easily as next to no-one queued at the Internet Booking line.

When It Sings, It S'pores (Part 1)

Pagoda Street, Chinatown, where Lola bought a cheesecloth umbrella.

Aug. 19, 2011: This is being typed on the netbook provided by the good folks of Beary Nice Hostel, located on Smith Street in Chinatown... in Singapore.

Probably should have mentioned that first.  Am here w/ Lola to attend the Singapore Toy Games and Comics Convention, and for me to meet up w/ some friends along the way.  Failed tonight on the latter, but more on that later.

Busuanga Blog, Day 3 (of 3) ((Revised))

He took his T-shirt caption (GIVE ME A BREAK) seriously.

Sunday, June 26, 2011: Half our day was spent at the local hospital as Richard needed to be treated for his allergies, w/c were exacerbated from all the booze, possibly the water source from the shower (not like we had a CSI kit to verify this) and his inability to stop scratching himself all throughout last night.  We killed the hours waiting for the doctor to show up (he didn't) w/ catnaps and, in the case of Enz, watching Game of Thrones on her iTouch.  Eventually we just left after a nurse shot Richard w/ I believe was steroids, but I can't be too sure as he wasn't going to be lifting any heavy weights aside from our luggage in the near future.

"Teevee? We Talk Some Teevee."

Admittedly the only time I enjoy Geekfight! Quiz Night is when the subject is to my liking.  This month (they were monthly, who knew) the subject was TV, possibly my 2nd best useless knowledge forte after Comics and before Movies.  Shocker of shockers, Lola wasn't able to join me, but I managed to grab the Coron People for at most participants and at least my de-facto audience for possible smart-ass answers.  (I've always said about the answers: when in doubt, make it funny.)