Year 2002. This letter was made for Janteng Dela Cruz, a good friend of mine in high school. We are not "best friends", we are more telephone and kalokohan buddies since third year high school. Yep, I know a lot about his kalokohans and crushes hahaha!



Today, he sent this photo of unique message written by me and abet (another close friend), sad to know, i can't decipher/read the message now. I just recall we created our own "alibata" and created this message. Unfortunately the code has been washed by the flood back then.



To Janteng, Thank you for sending the picture (it really made my day) and welcome back again to the floating island of Hagonoy, Bulacan.
I wish to see you soon!

Using the power of Adobe Photoshop, I found out that digital photos can be edited like a lomo shot. Whew!

Got the sexy contour glass or Coca Cola today from McDonalds. You have to purchase a value meal then add 25Php to get one.

Still in search for the lime color glass.

This will be the flower on my bouquet. :)

This is my first post using the power of Adobe Photoshop in my photo, well I'm using a lower version but I'm happy I came up with something new. I'm a regular user of Adobe Lightroom not Photoshop because I just wanted my photos to stay the way it is taken but i just realized, using Photoshop didn't hurt a lot. It gives drama to your masterpiece!

If ever I will owned a studio/art room/photography room I will go for a ceiling like this.
..or maybe, I will put this concept to my kid's room someday! It's cool!


Location: Camera Haus, Robinson's Place, Ermita, Manila
Photo taken by: Andeng

I can say that Rai Rai Ken is one of our favorite restaurant because

1. It's very acessible to us (located at Robinson's Place Manila)
2. It offers great food with low prices
3. We love japanese food hehe

Ami and I had dinner with Rai Rai Ken (we are into eating talaga hehee)
I just love their Green Tea Iced Tea and it's very resfreshing! Plus point sa kulay niya wahiii.


Ami ordered green mango shake and it's good that its not too maasim and it's not to sweet. Tama lang.


Ami regularly order Gyudon as he loves to taste every Gyudon in town. May I call it the search for the best Gyudon in the Philippines.
Craving much? hehehe.

I ordered Gomoku Yakisoba, it is very tasty in a way that the noodles was cooked well with soy sauce and the vegetables are half-cooked that made it a bit crunchy.


Unfortunately, they don't have bacon asupara maki :(
More power to Rai Rai Ken!

1 kl Tilapia or Lapu Lapu
2 tsp Cornstarch
1 1/2 cup water
1 cup vinegar
1/2 cup sugar
2 medium sized Bell Pepper cut into strips
1 medium sized carrot cut into strips
1 small ginger cut into strips
3 cloves garlic crushed
1 medium sized onion
1 small papaya grated
cooking oil

1. In a frying pan, put 1 cup of cooking oil and fry the fish. Set aside.
2. Heat smal amount of cooking oil in a casserole, sauteed garlic, onion and ginger.
3. Add the carrots
4. Mixed 2 tablespoon of constarch in 1 1/2 cup of water. Add the mixed ingredients on the casserole. slowly mixed the sauce
5. When the mixture thickens, add the vinegar and sugar and let it simmer for 5 minutes.
6. Add the papaya and bell pepper and let it simmer for 5 minutes.
7. Pour the sauce to the fried tilapia and serve it hot with rice

My Papa, yes my Father, Itay, Daddy prepared Empanada for breakfast.
It's good to know that I belong to the family that loves cooking!
How i missed lutong-bahay.

Had dinner with Lei at Tempura located at Robinson's Place Manila and may I say that it's not a good experience for me. I'm not saying that it is not a good restaurant but I do loose my appetite because of the Mabu Tofu. Mabu Tofu is NOT.FOR.ME. Not that traumatic experience though, sure they serves lots of good dishes, it's just that I ordered a wrong cuisine that night. The place is cozy and gives a very oriental ambiance ( they are playing opm songs that night).

We are given a menu and I would like to try something new for i would like to suggest to come back with ami for we really really love to eat in Japanese cuisine.

As for drinks, Lei ordered Banana Nutshake that taste like banana (of course!) with a twist, I think they putted almonds on the shake that gives the drink a little too ice cream-like.



I ordered brewed lemon iced tea, it tasted like lipton iced tea with lemon drops.


One of my favorite japanese cuisine is asparagus-bacon roll that I first tasted at Nanbantei of Tokyo but it's quite sad it is not available that night. So we end up ordering Gyu Asupara Maki, asparagus that is rolled with beef, at first the food presenation is not that good since I was expecting a fresh look (as what bacon-asparagus roll was serve) but I don't have any idea that it is beef meat until I tasted it, it was very good! It is good in a way that it's not too oily like bacon-asparagus roll plus the fact that the sauce was very tasty.



Lei ordered Tendon. Too bad I didn't taste it for I was very excited for my order.


Realization: Chili Mabo Tofu Don is Not for Me. >.<


So I ended up ordering a much safer dish called California Maki. Hee.


For Lei, thank you for bringing me at Tempura! It was a good restaurant and it really gives me some realization about mabo tofu. hehehe

I now had a reason to plug my earphone and switch my phone's radio in U923 fm :D yey!
I do love them. I was in college when i started imitating the porma of Erning while wishing to own a second hand Volkswagen. I don't care if I started a fight conversation against one of my family member everytime i started to switch channel.

Me against all the family members. Strangebrew against all telenovelas. They didn't understand.

So now, let my "kabataan" moments (though 23y/o is not that old right?) flow and reminisce those familiar voices of tado, angel and ramon through the power of radio. w000t!

I'm excited for the event later, and so to the inuman session with the old SysDev.
"Old" kasi old na talaga sila hahaha joke :P see you later guys.

..for strawberries. wahhhhhh :(

What do i love about ice cream?

It's when it is served cold and solid and..
when it's a STRAWBERRY flavor!

I'm glad that Selecta has new creation.

Berry Strawberry is my choice!




Hazelnut Brownie is also good and yummy! sad to say i don't have picture of it :(

One to go! must get the chocolate truffle soon. whiii!

The film is shorter than a typical movie. The story is good but I think they should give more emphasis on the character such as how and why seven leaves the group, why 3 and 4 hides on the library and so on. I think they should gave the movie a better ending like embedding the chip to 9 that may cause him a super rag doll that saves and reconstruct the world. hee.

Chicken Afritada

1 kilo chicken cut (medium size cut)
1 medium size red bell pepper (cut into square)
1 medium size carrots (medium size cut)
3 medium size patatoes (medium size cut)
3 medium size tomatoes (chopped)
1 cup tomato sauce
2 laurel leaves
1 medium size onion (chopped)
3 cloves garlic (minced)
pepper
salt
Kraft Cheez Whiz

1. Simmer chicken with water, add salt to taste
2. Fry potatoes and carrots, set aside
3. Heat oil in a cooking pot
4. Saute' garlic onions and tomatoes
5. Add the chicken and stock
6. Add the tomato sauce and bring to boil for 20 minutes.
7. Add potatoes and carrots
8. Add red bell pepper and laurel leaves, simmer for 2-3 minutes
9. Add 3-4 tablespoon of Kraft Cheez Whiz, simmer for another 3 minutes.
10. Serve it hot.

For the review, Ami says it taste like chicken Afritada con Lasagna with a twist (maybe because of Cheez Wiz)
I'm planning to cook Fish Escabeche next time. Stay tuned. =)

Im really happy for her!
Gosh we are getting old!
Oh, this is the third wedding me and Ami are attending this year.

Time flies, is it?

cool blog. cool guy. :)

http://ramonbautista.tumblr.com/

After the Arya dinner with Ami, here comes the main event of the night, we watched 500 Days of Summer.

It's not a typical love story.

Boy meets girl. Boy fall in love, girl don't. I just love the phasing and the storyline. I just love that even Tom didn't end up marrying Summer, he continued his life searching for love. He does loose faith but in the end he still keep on trying. :)



so my cheeziest dialogue the day after that night is..

Ami: Hi, Summer.
Me: I'm not Summer. Summer leaves Tom. I'm here staying. ahihi

Oha oha oha~ cheesy na yaaaan!

We had dinner at Arya Restaurant, a restaurant that serves Persian cuisine.
The food was great and served hot, which I know everyone would love to serve foods that way.

Ami ordered strawberry shake (which taste like Kool Aid powdered juice) while I ordered lemonade, which was served ice-cold fresh. Ami says it's too maasim, but the taste is great for me.


For appetizer, we ordered Sambuseh, a fried dumpling stuffed with potatoes and vegetables. Plus point for the chocolate-like sauce poured all over.

For the main dish, the staff recommended Beef Shish as their best seller.The beef is very tender and the grilled tomato complemented very well. Not to mention their aromatic white and yellow Jasmine rice that is very good which is similar to our local "Wagwag/Milagrosa" rice (only Jasmine has longer grains)


Great food! :D yum!