Couldn't Resist a Free Ticket

so Ms. K came up to me and asked if I could go with her and J to the Usher concert cause she scored free tickets. the typical response would be a shriek and "oh my goodness of course!"

guess typical could never be an adjective to describe me.

cause what i did was paused from what I was doing, looked up and told her " sorry dear, I still have work till 7PM" then went back to the excel sheet I was working on. she tried to plead and yet I was firm. a minute after that I got up went to the HR office and ask Mahlabs, "am i crazy to turn down free tickets to Usher?"

out of reflex she jerked her head towards my direction and said " BUT OF COURSE!"

so i found Ms. K and asked if the opportunity was still on the table. she smiled and asked what time I can get of work.

i'm not a real big fan of Usher but he's gorgeous and has those puppy eyes that seem to make a woman feel that he'd do anything for them.



i knew the traffic would be terrible so I decided that we should take the MRT to Taft then take a cab to SM Mall of Asia. a very street smart decision that saved us an hour's worth of time.

we got there just in time for his 2nd song.



we enjoyed it despite our being tired and sleepy from an early day at work.

thank you Ms. K for the awesome tickets that put us in the leagues of the VIPs and would have been worth about 3000php.

A Touch of Swiss Please

so much chatter about this secret or hidden restaurant in antipolo with great food and a nice view. since I had to take out this client friend anyway, i decide to hit two birds with one stone.

Vieux Chalet was indeed hidden somewhere towards hinulugang tatak because the address read taktak road. i loved the area even from the driveway. the chalet was a vintage style house turned into a restaurant. i liked looking at all the little trinkets and the paintings were so personal and colorful. it was like one big sala that had windows that framed a beautiful am-out-of-the-city view add in the smell of fresh air with an it-just-rained ambience.

i did my homework before heading out to this place. and all of the blogs or sites say that you can't go wrong with your food order. i would have to agree. anything on the menu is good and organic using available ingredients from their garden. it can be a bit pricey though and i would confess I didn't bring enough that day which made me skip a glass of wine. Good thing though is that most of the dishes can be shared so roughly if you go there just bring about Php 1000. This will get you a solo dish plus an order of something you need to split and share and a must have glass of wine to go with the food and ambience. you need to try the carabao's milk icecream it was just rich and full of flavor.

my client friend, my paduan and my indian IT collegue enjoyed the vieux chalet experience.

i on the other hand...wanted to live there.

Weekends Are to Reboot

i've always believed that weekends were made for personal time. For J, K and myself we wanted to spend it just loitering, eating whatever strikes our fancy and of course what I do best - documenting our lives spontaneously.

Going Korean for Dinner

decided to finaly try this korean restaurant that had a funny name.

since my friend S is into food trips as well, she agreed to come and figure out the menu that read mmmbops and sssmbops...or something like.

Kogi Bulgogi as the sign read is on the 2nd floor of the Eastwood Mall. their prices were unusually affordable.

they give you a range of appetizers here free of charge together with your dose of kimchi. it'll never be a korean resto if they don't serve such I guess. I got the beef wrap and some ramen. i totally forgot the name of what S ordered but it was one of those with the "bop" at the end and serves on a heated marble bowl.

verdict the "bop" dish turned out to be so delish and the ramen was well, nothing fancy. so I will make it a point to come back try out more of those "bop" dishes. great value too since it won't even be over the Php 300 mark together with drinks.

Resurrecting the Sharing Spirit

Oh dear, so much has happend in my life that I dont even know how to where to start. It seems that I have abandoned the art of my writing and that itself has killed part of my spirit that loves to share stories.

And so I shall get back on this road starting tomorrow. Either through my own personal ramdom clicks or by photos of others that just made my day, I want to start blogging again.

Then maybe in that small gesture I get to find my voice back.