to my Mom and Dad, Happy 36th year!
Posted on 1 September 2010 | 4 responses
Today marks the 36th Wedding Anniversary of my parents. Both of them are Bicolanos. My mom’s from Quidolog and my dad’s from Lupi. These are barangays (i think) in the town of Prieto Diaz in Sorsogon.
inside the chapel where my parents got married
They said that it was a festive day in their barangay the day that they got married. However, due to a fire that ate the studio of the photographer that they hired for their wedding, the rest of those memories vanished. These were the only pictures that survived to remind them of that day.
It was only on their 5th year of marriage when they had my older sister. It wasn’t due to family planning. They were just having difficulties making one. They resorted to different methods just to have kids, including dancing the fertility dance rites in the church of Obando in Malolos, Bulacan. That’s what I remember from their stories. A year after my sister was born, I followed, then my brother. If they had children sooner, we could be a lot older now 
I grew up in a typical conservative + traditional family with our parent’s upbringing. They were never too strict on us though but we knew our limitations and when we disobey the rules, they didn’t fail to discipline us. After they got married, they moved to Manila. My sister and I were born there. And due to my dad’s work, we transferred to Cebu.
As we were growing up, we were speaking three (3) different dialects in our house – Tagalog, Bicolano and Cebuano. This is the reasons why we sound funny speaking either in Tagaglog or in Cebuano. They required us to speak in Tagalog so that we’d be able to converse with our relatives whenever we went to Manila. My parents also spoke in Bicolano and since I got fascinated by this other dialect, I slowly learned how to understand and speak it, although I am not fluent in speaking in Bicolano. And of course, Cebuano, how can I not speak this? I was raised here and proud to be a Cebuano too! Does this make me a Bicouano?
The last 36 years wasn’t an easy ride for my parents. But despite all the joys and the hardships, they never forgot the promise that they made that time. That no matter what, through sickness and in health, in times of joy and in times of sorrow, in times of failure and in times of triumph, they still cherished each other and remained true to their vows 36 years ago.
after 36 years of marriage, these two lovebirds are still going strong
Happy Wedding Anniversary Ma at Pa! 
Love you!
P.S. I am the spitting image of my dad. Girl version My sister got her looks from my mom. My brother’s mix-mix. Peace uie! 
Postrio’s Hot Chocolate
Posted on 27 August 2010 | No responses
Went to Postrio at the Banilad Town Center (BTC) with Wena to work on some pending tasks. Since she’s a fan of hot chocos, she ordered Postrio’s Hot Chocolate (sikwate). When they served the drink, we were surprised at what they served on our table
we ordered Hot Chocolate and they gave us TABLEA
In a glass were 4 round objects which resembled flat chocolate tablets. I was convinced it was chocolate (or so I thought) but turned out its tablea (cocoa tablets). Then my friend started pouring milk (of course, after I took pictures of it ) and I started stirring the milk to melt the tablea. I had to make sure that everything was melted. It wasn’t easy melting the tablets. You had to press it to the glass’ sides and melt it using the spoon then had to stir it a couple more times. As soon as you think that everything’s melted and you’d stop stirring it, the unmelted ones either stay in the bottom or float on top. You’ll see a curdled formation on top but that’s how it works. So you just drink the hot chocolate with those curdled “sikwate”. I forgot Wena’s reply when I asked her what’s her verdict of her Hot Chocolate 
This surely is one unique way of serving Hot Chocolates. Never seen anything like it before. Only at Postrio’s!
Oh, Postrio has free wi-fi and charging is free up to 3 hours. ISP: Globelines. If my guess is right, Postrio at BTC is by far the biggest Postrio branch in Cebu.
Another story coming up is how I came to drink Illy Brewed Coffee at Postrio when I just requested for brewed coffee. This experience has it’s own story to tell too (am not too happy but not mad either). Later!
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Amelie
Posted on 27 August 2010 | No responses
Amélie is a French romantic comedy film which depicts the contemporary Parisian life, set in Montmartre. It tells the story of a waitress who decides to change the lives of those around her in the hopes of making herself reform into a normal person once she fixes their lives. However, she struggles with her own isolation in the advent of helping others. The cast includes Audrey Tautou of The Da Vinci Code.
Amélie won Best Film at the European Film Awards. The film also won 4 César Awards including Best Film and Best Director, 2 BAFTA Awards including Best Original Screenplay and was nominated for 5 Academy Awards. Amelie is considered as one of the best known French films of all time.
If you’ll download this in torrent, make sure you find the link with the English Subtitle as this is a French movie. The movie is weird in its own way and I like it just the same. Just let me know what you think once you’ve seen it (if ever you plan to)
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Posted on 27 August 2010 | No responses
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Leoque Laptop Table
Posted on 26 August 2010 | No responses
photo credits: http://leoque.com/gallery/2009/11/17/zeta-sleek-black-wooden-workdesk-laptop-lcd-monitor-table/
I’m looking for a laptop table that will also serve as my office table inside my bedroom. I realized that it’s not really that comfortable to sit on the floor or on top of my bed all day long using my portable laptop table. I basically need a workstation so that I can be more productive. char! My room’s too small so I need something that can perfectly fit inside it. I came across the House of Leoque (read as “look”) and their sleek black Zeta wooden work desk which also functions as a laptop and LCD monitor table is just what I need. This one’s priced at P3,150 and if I don’t find anything close to this one here in Cebu or something cheaper and better, I might contact them and ask if they could ship the item to Cebu. I just hope the shipping fees won’t be that of a big deal.
