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This is officially our First Food Tasting event. Reagan and I have already stopped going to Bridal Fairs mostly because I don't want to anymore. Going at those events only keep my hopes up that we are going to get married soon but is so far from the truth. We don't have a date, I don't even have a ring (why did I even tell him I don't need one?) to even validate that this is indeed happening and not just "one of those talks". My heart sinks a little at those bridal fairs whenever I get the question of "when" so might as well not go altogether. It's a blur on how last weekend (Nov 26) we ended up at Blue Gardens (Commonwealth). We got the easiest way to go there: MRT up to Centris, hailed a taxi there and whoala, we've already arrived. My initial impression going there is not too good, the road is just too cramped for comfort. It is absolutely far from being a subdivision at all. When we arrived there was a bride posing for photos at the fount...

After a few hours of shut eye we are now back in the streets for the ff: to eat dinner and to find that choco mango I kept on talking about ever since I found it online: + Cebu Besto Pasalubong Atbp + Found at Salinas St. it is easy to miss. It's a huge store with barely anything on it that if it weren't for the huge colorful mural on one of it's walls it would definitely pass as a bodega. There are a lot of chocolate mangoes in different stores (even at the airport) but it looks like this brand is not found elsewhere. Got great reviews from those who we gave it to. A bit expensive but every bite of that dark chocolate with the chewy mango is irresistible at best. + Rico's Lechon + Found 7 minutes from our hotel, my officemates were in love with this lechon in particular when a week ago one of them brought it to the office. Initially we were going to Larsian for dinner as well but went here instead since it's closer to home. And as far as I know it's...

Our last meal was still from the airport (5am I think) and we haven't had any meal after. We went in La Fortuna bakery that although they serve meals, the advertised buffet was at their hotel. We wandered inside for a while looking for pasalubong (this early!) but wasn't tempted enough to get any after. The food at the bakery looked promising and because we are greedy, we thought we'd get more of that in their buffet. So we got directions from the guard-- it sounded near but actually walking there is a different story. We arrived there a few minutes before 11 but they allowed us to dig in anyway. + Hotel Fortuna + The buffet was at the 2nd floor and we were the first ones to arrive. I was half expecting they'd serve shrimps and crab but none of them were present. The food is nothing to be raved about and we were left kind of disappointed. Even the OJ lacked taste (as told by Reagan). We did love their fruit salad though. + Taoist Temple + My first temple of such calibe...

Our flight was right on time so as soon as we dropped off our bags at the hotel we set out to find the nearest tourist spot in our IT. I didn't bother learning the routes so we had to rely on whatever we find out along the way. At the reception we were told that we should take the 01K at the terminal right in front. We don't know which of the jeeps, there are just too many  but they were friendly enough to help. The jeep took us a block off from where Plaza Independencia where we needed to walk a bit to reach it. + Plaza Independencia + The park is peppered with a few monuments and sculptures, but not much to look at. It is mostly space, probably for city events that can be held here. As for taking photos, it would be quite tricky since there are a lot of commercial buildings surrounding the park and the electricity lines are hard to evade.   + Fort San Pedro + Like the park, Fort San Pedro is like a mini version of Fort Santiago but is well kept. If you're not into artsy f...

My boss told me about the event for today and was really excited in going because of the free workshops! My sisters and I registered as soon as able. We arrived around a few minutes after 11 (official start time) and the line had already snaked to the whole block. What added to the feat is how hot it was. The only consolation is the line is actually moving. Initially we wanted to go straight to the workshops but unfortunately we have no idea that there were separate online registrations for it so we weren't allowed to participate. We roamed around instead, and participated on a few activities we can join in but not enough to be able to qualify for loot bag redemption. I think I only have 1 point :-( Since there are tons of prepared activities that are either "fully booked" or have too long of a line, we went to watch a movie instead; so imagine our surprise when we were right on time for Buddy's appearance and the rest of the TLC guests on the main stage. It was reall...