Symphony of Lights and Sounds, Ayala Triangle

Finally it pushed through. We have been planning to go to Ayala Triangle to witness the play of lights and sounds but almost always there's a glitch in our plans. Either it rains or there is something that needs to be attended to, mostly husband's work. Since this is the last week of the symphony and husband has no work yesterday, we proceeded last night. Thank God the weather was good. It's a bit chilly in fact which we love.

There's traffic from Ayala Avenue going to Tower 1 of Makati Stock Exchange. This serves as the parking area for Ayala Triangle. I appreciate it that even if we lined up for a few minutes, it was organized. They don't let cars get in unless there are already vacant spaces for incoming cars. We were able to spot parking immediately and then off we went to see the lights and hear the sounds.

It was beautiful. My husband captured a few minutes of it in video. Of course we took a lot of pictures from the two cameras I bought and from our cell phones. Haha. Talk about not getting enough.

We arrived at a little past eight in the evening. The lights and sounds are already playing when we got there. We had to take out our food from CBD (Cheesesteaks, Burgers and Drinks) so we can watch the last full show at 9 PM.

We had fun! A park turned into a sea of lights for about 20 minutes. I guess it's longer for the last show. It's good to note that the park is clean. The people are not throwing wastes just anywhere. There's only one cleaner which I saw and didn't see much trash bins but just the same, the park was clean. Also, I didn't see much security guards going around. Just one Or two I guess but anyway, it was a peaceful, lovely night. :)

As expected there were a lot of people but towards the end of the show, the crowd gets thinner which is good for our picture taking.

HAPPY NEW YEAR! 2012, HERE WE COME! :)

Chef Tatung's

I thought I couldn't make it to our dinner date. My friends and I scheduled this two weeks ago I think. I suddenly had an appointment on the night of the date we are going to have our dinner. My appointment was in Makati and our meet-up will be at Quezon City. Oh.

I was done with the meeting at almost 8PM. Luckily I was able to get a ride fast and I was able to locate Tatung's easily. Thanks to the cab driver for being nice while we were looking for the street. Simple blessings. :)

I was not able to take any pictures of the foods as they were all half-way with all the dishes. But I was glad I proceeded even if I was tired already. I just have to meet my friends.

Tatung's is a house converted into a restaurant. It has a classic Filipino theme into it. It looks cozy and intimate with soft lights in some parts of the dining area.




I love the food served to us - Chicken Sisig Lettuce Wrap for our appetizer, for the main dishes - Tamarind-glazed Butterflied Tilapia, Honey-glazed Slow Roasted Pork Belly, Bam-I. The white rice was good too. I think it's jasmine. We had our dessert - coffee and the Warm Chocnut Chocolate Cake which was so divine!

I will go back there with family and friends! I love it there!


With Chef Tatung


Happy Holidays! I love my friends! :)

Thank You

For a change, let me say this.....

My Daughter is a Lady

I write this with a little sentimentality.

My daughter is a grown-up. She's thirteen I know but slowly I am realizing she is not a little girl anymore. I feel a tug on my heart thinking about this.

We were talking about buying her dress for the Year End Thanksgiving the other week. I was thinking our talk will linger here, on what style she wants this time, will it be a top and bottom ensemble or a dress. She suddenly mentioned she said she also wants a dress for their school's Xmas party. I thought it was just a fancy thought but she was serious about it. She wants something like outfits of Taylor Swift, soft and flowing. Oh. Well, even then during her recital and practicum at Center for Pop, Taylor Swift has always been her inspiration with some of her outfits.

Another tell-tale sign that my daughter is feeling like a lady already is her want for shoulder bags. We were scouting for her varsity jacket when we passed by the bags section. I was looking around for a nice bag. Little did I know that she spotted something she liked. She even touched it and said it looks nice. She can use it for her church. Awww, the mother in me said I will buy her that for her use in our Thanksgiving Day at the church.

God, my daughter is not anymore all about sneakers and jeans and shirts and boyish tops like how it was just a few months ago. She is now in touch with her female side. She is turning into a lady.

Yesterday we fit a lot of clothes and bought her V-jacket and her dress for church this weekend. We will go back to buy her dress for the school party because she is really bent on wearing a skirt for a change as she say it.

Well I need to accept this change. From now on, girlie stuffs are included in my list whenever I think of updating her clothes. It's just the start I know. I need to be sensitive to my daughter's needs, her needs in every way.

A Date with My Daughter and Her Friend

My daughter, her friend, and I watched Breaking Dawn last Sunday. It was a good experience being with the two kids. I really encouraged my daughter to bring her friend along because I want to meet her friends. She's new in school coming from a different grade school but it seems the closeness my daughter and this girl forged is so strong already. They have the same likes in music, movies, books, accessories, etcetera. I learned that they knew each other from the internet through their tumblr accounts. It was a great surprise for both of them when they met at school and learned that they are actually good tumblr buddies.

I know my daughter's friends when she was in grade school. These are the kids she's been with since their preparatory school. Now that she is in high school, her circle grew larger. There are a lot of new people in school which she is friends with. Oh yes, I want to know them up close.

Anyway, we watched Breaking Dawn and the two liked the movie being fans of Taylor Lautner. My comments about the movie (and the kids watching this movie) are reserved for my movie review post.

We went around the Christmas Village of the mall, took some pictures of course. Afterwards the two bought their ballers at a particular retail shop. They seem to know where to buy really.


We headed to Fully Booked where my daughter's friend bought her book. We proceeded to Power Books at another mall because it's only there where The Hunger Games trilogy are available.


After that we went back to the first mall where my daughter's friend was picked up by her uncle. My daughter and I were kind of starving so we had our snack at Papa John's Pizza.


I love this day. It was a great bonding time with my daughter and her friend. I love seeing how kids have their fun and giggle at things which they find cute and must-have. To be young and just happy. I love the feeling.

Facebook Characters

I created my Facebook on 2007 but I guess I started using it actively around the later part of 2009 or maybe a the start of 2010. I'm a Facebook veteran now, haha. I am not addicted to it as I am more of a Twitter person for its fast updates and more relevant interaction among "common" people and politicians/celebrities and other worthwhile entities/groups - government/marketing/advocacy/quotations (lol at this one). "Worthwhile" of course is subjective here. :D

Facebook as well as other social networking accounts show a person a part of who he really is. Let me just say that I don't exactly hate anyone in my Facebook. If I do, why will I add/accept them int he first place. But you see, some people I know do that. LOL. They add people only to talk behind their backs because they hate some of these people's guts.

Let me just say I add a few people for networking and they can't see everything I post especially photos. What I am going to post here are the characters which amuse me or make me blurt out a laugh or two. Who are they?

1. Those who love to be socially-relevant. People who keeps making a repost of what they think the speaker said nicely and too good to pass up so they re-quote. LOL. Magpaka-socially relevant ba talaga. I only have a few in my list whom I know indeed are socially relevant. The others, they just ride with the current news.

2. Those who love to share the latest news in whatever field in the hopes of being the first to share thus making them well-informed citizens. Blech. LOL.

3. Those who keep on posting how busy they are. Some I don't doubt they are but it's like these are the people who have been doing routinary works for months or weeks and then they started getting some extra work and tell the whole world, "hey, I'm functional, I'm useful unlike some of you, I have work and I'm busy". These are the people who keep on saying it's great to be a homemaker when I know deep inside them they have some reservations about it.

4. People who post their latest acquisitions with the end in mind of just bragging about them and not actually doing their network good tips and a good review of the product.

Well, there's always the HIDE feature in Facebook or better yet, do not add people who just make your eyes roll. Haha.

Quick Dinner at Romulo Cafe

Finally our dinner pushed through. We were supposed to celebrate my husband's special day on the night of his birthday at Romulo Cafe but he received a call, business-related, which he needed to attend to immediately. Work beckoned. I'm not really complaining, work and business are both blessings. I just have to cancel our reservation.

It was raining heavy last night but we proceeded after attending our Thursday church worship service. Our reservation was actually for 9 in the evening, a good way to cap the day is to have dinner together somewhere cozy, to a dining place recommended by friends.

The parking in front of the restaurant was still full but we got a good space. I have been reading a lot about Romulo Cafe, various reviews actually. There were raves and some were saying it's a fine restaurant but nothing really life changing so to speak. Friends suggested that we go here. So what do I think?

I have to agree with some who said it's fine but nothing spectacular. I don't know maybe the function rooms are a lot better because the pictures that I've seen were really good. They have different color motif for the rooms but the black and white ensemble still dominates the whole place. I did not find the dining area cozy but well, functional, like your average good-to-go-to restaurants. The sofa of the waiting area is cozy alright. It's huge and soft.


One of the walls in the dining area decorated with framed pictures of Mr. Carlos P. Romulo

Well that's my daughter. Pretty. :) And look at the flooring. It's nice.
The service attendants were prompt and courteous. What can improve if I am the owner of this restaurant is the "suggestive selling" part or at least mention the best sellers, any new product, ask us for dessert, etc. But that's alright.

We ordered two dishes, beef caldereta with quezo de bola and The General's Chicken. I insisted that husband orders the cucumber drink. He did and said it was good. It tasted like mojito. I didn't take a sip though, haha. And I forgot to take a picture of it.

The food servings were good. This caldereta is good for two to three persons (depending on one's appetite, haha). It think it's because the sauce is really creamy. In fact it can sort of stand alone, partner it with rice even without the beef.


The General's Chiken can be up to four persons. It's baked and smothered with herbs. I think there's more of rosemary in it.


It was a good night. We went home full and satisfied. Oh one more thing, Romulo Cafe offers value for money. The prices are really affordable compared to other restaurants of the same kind. More than the hyped up interior, coziness, spectacular food, these are what I got to love at Romulo Cafe - food tastes good which are reasonably priced. The guard is very attentive too as well as the service attendants. We will be back but maybe not too quick. We will explore other restaurants in the meantime.


The family that eats together, stays forever. :)
Romulo Cafe
Scout Tuason cor. Sct. Dr. Lazcano
Quezon City, Metro Manila
332-7275