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Foodie Time

Not a busy day today thus I was able to attend to Brandon, our doggie patient's needs. I tended his wound this morning (which is slowly but surely healing), had him take his second to the last Co-Amox antibiotic, fed him and that's pretty much it. We actually noticed he didn't chow his gauze (wrapped around his Hygroma/wound) last night, well that's a first after almost a week.

My sissy learned, as per our long time family friend's advise that, we have to wipe any menthol smelling oil (e.g White flower, Pao liniment etc.) to his gauze to prevent him from chewing it because dogs hate the smell of menthol. It actually worked except that the smell eventually faded after few hours so we needed to apply menthol on his gauze in the morning and another one in the evening. We did not do that before because we thought the smell might stress him out. However, you have to perform some hacks if all else failed. We'll take Brandon to the vet tomorrow and we'll see what's their verdict. We're saying no to surgery though.

Anyways, since it's not a busy day today we went to downtown (or should I say uptown since town is forty five minutes up north from our house) to scout for an AM/FM modulator for our car's old school stereo. My sister gave her smaller SUV to our niece and is now driving a bigger one. Since her bigger car's stereo does not have any USB slot which stores all of our music, we have to find a modulator, the one you plug to the car's charger/cigarette hub so we could use our USB dongle. It was a fail since according to majority of electronic shops we checked they already phased them out here up north. There are so many things you can no longer find here which is too bad because down south there's this wide array of options for almost everything. We just suit ourselves with mobile music for the time being.

We Had lunch today at Hill Station in Casa Vallejo, upstairs Mt. Cloud book store (I bought a Mt. Cloud cute sticker for Php30.00) simply because we haven't tried dining there yet. We already ate at Hill Station Bistro in Camp John Hay a long time ago and tried their Death by Chocolate Cake. We found the place not as cozy as the one in Casa Vallejo though. Dining there is by reservation by the way but since the whatever event taking place there is not until later today, we were accommodated. I love how cozy the place was, the black and white photography on the walls made the ambiance dramatic.

Art is expressed in so many forms. 
I love black and white photography, it's classic. The photographs seemed to have a soul in them that they will pop out of the photo paper any time. I love something raw, something rustic, there's just inexplicable beauty in them. I miss my photography class back in college. My professor missed my black and white shots back then and when I stopped shooting black and white pictures he asked “what happened?”

Moving on, I had the Vegetarian Panini Sandwich (grilled eggplant, tomatoes and this healthy tasting sour dressing) and their wonderful Iced Tea with a sliced of lime. What I loved about their iced tea is that it's the real deal, you know the taste of tea coming from the actual tea bag with a lot of brown sugar and lime. I always try to replicate that kind of iced tea but I can't so I just suit myself at home with lotsa lime, many ice cubes and brown sugar served usually in mason jars. Lime is always good because it's a very good source of vitamin C.




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Am a foodie sometimes

Rainy days can be reallllly gloomy! It's been raining for days due to the recent ITZ according to the weather report. Sad sad sad me but nevertheless i love the fog and the look of the Pine trees everytime it rains. They seem to beckon at you after you leave the boring confides of the office. 

Anyways, i returned the movies i rented at the local mall with my sissy and decided to try Turk's Chicken Doner for a change cuz we often have their Chicken Pita. All I can say is that I should've stick with their Chicken Pita instead. T'was ok just not exceptional hehe. I' ve tried indian and malaysian foods in the past and I guess eccentric dishes seems appealing to me than their Chicken doner. 

Moving on, Mister Donut's Red Velvet Cupcake is my sinful treat to myself everytime  I'm craving for dessert. I love it, I always will especially when it's newly baked! I love fresh breads. Feels so rustic with this kind of weather. It's cold and food seems comforting just make sure not to have too much because anything in excess iz bad for yer health ;)



Happy Chinese New Year 2012

Happy New Year.

Xīn Nián Kuài Lè! Before I forgot. It’s widely celebrated here in the country because we have a lot of Tsinoys specially in the Binondo area. I miss eating Tikoy and moon cake.

Dragon Dance
Wherever there are Chinese people, there are "dragons" regarded as mascots. For over 2,000 years, the dragon has turned from a symbol of deity, emperor and imperial power into a symbol of the rising Chinese nation. The Dragon Dance, accordingly, has been elevated from asking for God and rain to expressing people's courage, pride and wisdom.

The Dragon Dance has diversified models and forms. The dragon is a totem of the Chinese nation. The farming tribes worship it very much. People think dragons can make clouds and bring them rain. Playing dragon dances in the spring will hopefully bring people favorable weather; playing in dry seasons will bring them rain; playing to different families will drive ghosts out. Therefore, the custom goes on.

My sister and I went to the grocery exactly January 23 and it was such an enjoyable sight to see the dragon dance  inside the  supermarket lol.  I don’t know why my sister is so freakin' fascinated with blinking dragons.
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Baguio city is rich with bread shops selling authentic breads not found somewhere else like their trademark bread they call ‘long john.’  There’s this bakery and fast food joint we frequently go to along Mabini called Ad’laine bakeshop . they offer pasta and cakes as well as pancit. They also have coffee by the way. I noticed that a lot of cafeteria here in baguio offers good brewed coffee. Anyways, I read over the net that Mabini is baguio’s version of quiapo. Yeah, I got that feel having grown up in quiapo. Ad’laine offers lots of interesting bread such as snow ball. Cakes here in baguio aren’t so swee. Snowball cost P15 and yes it will make you feel stuffed because it’s a li’l big. I don’t know why t’was called snowball but prob’ly 'cuz it looks like a bunch of snow when you turn in into a ball before you throw it to someone lol.