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Vote for Bisita and 3pm.

To vote for our 2 short film entries, 3pm and Bisita.

1. Click on the Link above or here ---> www.180cinema.net
2. When you get to the main page, look for the Log In box and click on Register
3. You'd just have to use your e-mail address and fill up the boxes. Don't worry there are only about 6 boxes to fill in. :)
4. You'll be directed to a wordpress page, where they'll ask you to make a profile. You can totally ignore it and click the link at the right part of the top of the page which says something like go back to 180cinema.net.
5. Finally, look for the 3pm and Bisita from the selection.
6. Click on it. Then you'd find a green arrow. Click on it and Voila! :)

Please please watch the two short films (only 3 minutes each) and do vote for it! :)

Thank you in advance!

Piz Awt!

Affordable Jap Food: Suzu-kin

Yesterday, I was craving for some Japanese Tempura. And my friend Ivan took me to this place in Mandaluyong called Suzu-kin. Good Japanese food with veeery reasonable prices :)

6 pieces of Medium Tempura for only P146.00

If you want this with rice and miso soup it goes up to P200.00

Still not bad.










And the controversial California Maki. It's a crowd favorite.

12 pieces for only P100.00




We also ordered, Chicken Teppanyaki. I enjoyed munching on it with my Fried Rice. Most of the dishes there are P200.00 max but of course you'd have to pay extra for the Fried Rice. But I assure you it's very much worth it.

My total bill was around P600.00 which includes the 6-piece Tempura bowl (I left two pieces untouched, I was so busod with the fried rice), 2 fried rice (I think they use bowls to determine 1 cup of rice because the rice was very hard to finish), 1 order of california maki, chicken teppanyaki, diet coke and mineral water. I think a person with a normal appetite would be able to satisfy his/her hunger with our left overs. Haha

Don't kill me, I forgot to get their number. But good news to Makati people, their original branch is in Kamagong area.

Suzu-kin Makati

9753 Kamagong cor. Sampaloc St., San Antonio Village Makati City

(02) 896-7143

They don't accept card in the Makati branch but in Mandaluyong they do.

To go to their Mandaluyong branch, check out the map below.

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From Shaw Blvd, you have to go in A. Mabini (the street beside PC Express building), follow the road, make a left turn to Ortega st. Follow the street until you reach a stoplight. You make a left turn down to Luna Mencias. less than 500 meters from the stoplight, Suzu-kin would be on your right. It's a small place. Barely noticeable, beside a covered garage.

Bon Appetit!

Piz Awt!

My Date with Pepeng in Baguio

I was in Baguio that few days Peping decided he had a tour of the North Luzon provinces. It was insane up there. We didn't go out for like 4 days. Well there was this one time we had no choice but to walk for blocks down to buy some "loathe bread." (My cousin Jj was punished in school because when he was asked to use loathe in a sentence, he said... "My favorite merienda is loathe bread.") I wonder what a loathe bread would look like? Haha

Going back to Peping. He was just all over the place. I needed to come back to Manila come Sunday. Fortunately, come Saturday, it was so hot in Baguio, parang walang nangyari. We decided to go site seeing...

Minesview Park



The huge dog with sore eyes and strawberry choker.














Not so sunny part of Baguio.















You can never leave Minesview without trying out their Strawberry Taho. It's like the new Inihaw Corn.










Loakan Airport

There was literally nothing in the airport except for this helicopter. Bilang usi ako...
N: Kuya saan kayo punta?
K: Ay mag dedeliver po ng relief goods ma'm.
N: Woooow ang cool niyo naman! (pause) Kuya pa picture muna!!!!!

Hahaha

Kuya was nice enough to give me a ride to Manila. Joke. haha


At around 3PM we heard in the news that Marcos hi-way was already passable, but you have to cross a make shift bridge to cross the landslides. The moment I heard that two words came to my mind, "Gora na!" My uncle drove us down Marcos hi-way. Alas! This is what welcomed us halfway down the zigzag.








Only half the road was passable for a most curved part of the hi-way.









And for the semi-grand finale...





Uhm... I thought it was passable? Only at this sight was I able to feel the gravity of the damage Peping has done.











This is the view from the other side of the road. If you would look closer, people had to walk a thin path at the side. Wala kang makakapitan. The only thing that would get you across is your balance. I almost slipped 2 meters from the final jump to the other half of the road.

A kuya who was transporting potatoes tried to overtake me. Eh the path can only accommodate one lane, my shoulder bag was too heavy because of that freakin' Ube Jam. So slipped to my right and screamed!!!! Everybody in my lane also screamed! Mega paanic!!!!



The only thing in my mind that time was, if i'm going to fall, I'm going to take someone with me. Hahahahah Para hindi ako lonely sa ravine.






When we got to the other side, we had to fall in line for a jeepney ride. 3 km down the road is another pitstop in this leg of the race. Haha Kiddin' There was only 2 jeepneys and 1 small red pick-up, stuck in that 3 km road between the two road bumps. We paid P7.50 each for that ride. Quite worth it. Others tried to walk down the road, but as we rode pass them, things got muddier.











I didn't get to take pictures of the second road "opening," because I was in sheer panic that we had to climb up this and walk on mud up there.










Before... We were advised by some people to remove our shoes because the mud was too slippery for any kind of shoes. Not even an Islander daw. Haha

After...

Parang nagpa foot spa lang aketch.
Also at one part of the long walk on mud, I was accidentally stepped in an area where the mud was knee high. My right foot slowly descended on the mud. Then my left foot followed, but this time, I stepped on something.. I stepped on a hand at the bottom of the mud. I panicked and started shouting, "OH MY GOD, OH MY GOD!" And everyone around me started pulling me up, and telling me to calm down. "May natapakan ako! May natapakan ako!" But the locals just ignored me, calmly helped me step on a stone far from where I had that encounter. The whole way down, I was thinking why didn't they react. I realized something, if they dig on that place where I stepped on "something," there wouldn't be anything left in that area to pass. :(





There was some running water from the mountain after the trail. We cleaned our feet as fast as we can, jumped on a jeepney to Agoo, the trip lasted for an hour with nothing but pitch black outside our windows. We were in the middle of nowhere in Agoo as me and my cousin Joan tried to rest in Jollibee. I was soo shaken from the mud experience I didn't even get to eat. I almost cried when I saw a bus with a Cubao sign. Although our bus looked more like an evacuation center. Kebs na! I was glad I got on that bus. Reached Manila around 130AM.

The journey from Agoo to Manila was long and dark. You literally can't see what's outside. It felt as if I was in Zombie or End-of-the-world movie. I'm sure more people experienced more than we did. But this would definitely go down in Janoah Mae history.

Piz awt!

PS. People are still in need of help... of your help. Many of the Ondoy victims are still stuck with flood water and food shortage. Let's not give up on them. Let us also not forgot our brothers and sisters in Northern Luzon.

Red Cross is also in need of blood donations for the victims of leptopirosis. Please call PNRC (02) 527-0000

Pakil Represent!

Last Sunday, my bf and I drove my Lola to her house in Pakil, Laguna.
Guess who just opened a coffee shop in our little town...

Clue..

Oh yes, it's Mr. Bernard Vista.

He's a Filipino artist known for his works which usually depict mundane folk people. His works would entails large hands and feet which symbolizes hard-work and heads of his subjects are always bent to one side, said to symbolize Filipino's humility.

His work reminded me of the Cinemalaya commercial for this year.. "The Gallery"

Do drop by his Coffee shop if you're in the neighborhood.

It's beside the church of Pakil, Laguna. Literally. When you're facing the church's main door it's to your right. Just before the carinderia and the M&W convenience store.

Don't forget to try their Vista Red Iced Tea. It's weirdly nice. Haha

And oh! You can also buy some of his works there or even request a painting. I heard VP Noli de Castro is a fan. :D

Piz Awt!

THIS IS IT - Michael Jackson

Michael Jackson's This Is It in HD


Video Courtesy of TMZ.com

I hope they show this here in the Philippines! I got goosebumps just by watching it. If Michael's still alive, I'm sure his concert would be out of this world and would just blow everyone away.

Please please please let them sell this in DVD. This is one DVD I won't buy in Metrowalk. Every cent would definitely we worth it don't you think?

Piz Awt!

VMA '09 New Moon Trailer

I'm not a fan but I'm excited :D

Piz Awt!

30 Things a Woman Should Know Before She's 30

"This 1997 Glamour article has become a popular web chain letter, usually titled “Maya Angelou’s Best Poem Ever.” Glamour contributor Pamela Redmond Satran is flattered, but she wrote the list, updating it in 2005."


By 30, you should have:

1. One old boyfriend you can imagine going back to and one who reminds you of how far you’ve come.
2. A decent piece of furniture not previously owned by anyone else in your family.
3. Something perfect to wear if the employer or man of your dreams wants to see you in an hour.
4. A purse, a suitcase and an umbrella you’re not ashamed to be seen carrying.
5. A youth you’re content to move beyond.
6. A past juicy enough that you’re looking forward to retelling it in your old age.
7. The realization that you are actually going to have an old age—and some money set aside to help fund it.
8. An e-mail address, a voice mailbox and a bank account—all of which nobody has access to but you.
9. A résumé that is not even the slightest bit padded.
10. One friend who always makes you laugh and one who lets you cry.
11. A set of screwdrivers, a cordless drill and a black lace bra.
12. Something ridiculously expensive that you bought for yourself, just because you deserve it.
13. The belief that you deserve it.
14. A skin-care regimen, an exercise routine and a plan for dealing with those few other facets of life that don’t get better after 30.
15. A solid start on a satisfying career, a satisfying relationship and all those other facets of life that do get better.

By 30, you should know:

1. How to fall in love without losing yourself.
2. How you feel about having kids.
3. How to quit a job, break up with a man and confront a friend without ruining the friendship.
4. When to try harder and when to walk away.
5. How to kiss in a way that communicates perfectly what you would and wouldn’t like to happen next.
6. The names of: the secretary of state, your great-grandmother and the best tailor in town.
7. How to live alone, even if you don’t like to.
8. How to take control of your own birthday.
9. That you can’t change the length of your calves, the width of your hips or the nature of your parents.
10. That your childhood may not have been perfect, but it’s over.
11. What you would and wouldn’t do for money or love.
12. That nobody gets away with smoking, drinking, doing drugs or not flossing for very long.
13. Who you can trust, who you can’t and why you shouldn’t take it personally.
14. Not to apologize for something that isn’t your fault.
15. Why they say life begins at 30.

I'm only 23, thus I have 7 more years to complete my list.

Ladies, we have a lot to work on. Let's start tomorrow :D

Smile and whisper, "I can't wait 'til I'm 30!"

Piz Awt!