Happy Lunar New Year!
To start off the Year of the Wooden Horse, Reggie had lunch at Masuki, along Benavidez Street in Chinatown with our friends Cha and Jah.
Month: January 2014
Ballet Philippines: The Art of Dance Open Rehearsal
Ballet Philippines had an open rehearsal at the CCP Rehearsal Hall for their upcoming performance of “The Art of Dance”, showing this coming February 14-23 at the RCBC Theater in Makati. I was able to take pictures, so my photo of the day post is …
Throwback Thursday: Mars and Kat at Tita Dida’s Desk
In the 80s, we’d hang out at my grandparents’ house in Malate after school. The desk we’re sitting at is part of the (now defunct) home office of my grandmother. Tita Dida used to work there.
ManilaSpeak Column Up: Today’s Recipe is Sukiyaki
My Sukiyaki recipe is up at ManilaSpeak. This recipe deviates a bit from the traditional in that it requires you to sauté the vegetables before adding them to the soup. I find this adds flavor to the vegetables. You only sauté them for a …
White Flower. An Actual Flower, not the Chinese Medicine
While taking a break at the office, I took a picture of this white flower. The plants at the office balcony are part of our beautification project. I had our office manager Pas choose the plants, but she wasn’t able to remember the name of …
Preparing Bullet Journal for February 2014
Earlier this year, I decided to try the Bullet Journal system to see if it would suit my needs. So far, I’m finding it much easier to use than a pre-formatted paper planner. It is better for my tasks, thoughts, and notes. Having something physical seems to help me more than a purely digital system. Its main weakness though is dealing with events that are set a month or more in advance. I’m still looking for ideas, but a temporary solution is to build a list of items that are scheduled ahead, so when the month concerned comes up, I already have the item ready for me to transcribe. The other issue I had with the system is the space set aside for the month’s activities. One line per day doesn’t work for me, as there are several things happening on certain days. So I made a grid for the month instead. Thanks to Billie for the month grid idea! I did see other people print out a month calendar and paste it to the notebook, but I like being able to draw it onto the notebook. It gives it a more organic feel.
The Mirror Project
There are times when you forget you’ve actually done something until something surprises you to remember it. I was doing a Google search on my name, and the top post is something I had totally forgotten I’d done. I had submitted a selfie to the …
Tempura Soba at Tanabe Restaurant
Reggie and I had dinner at Tanabe Restaurant, our favorite Japanese restaurant in the area. Reggie, as usual, had her shake don, salmon sashimi over a bed of sushi rice. I like trying different items on the menu, and decided to try the tempura soba with inari sushi.
First to arrive was the tempura soba. They serve the tempura separate from the soup so that it stays crispy until you dunk it in the soup. The soba, buckwheat noodles, were cooked to just the right tenderness. The broth was a comforting blend of savory saltiness. There’s even a side of spring onions so you can put as much, or as little, as you like.
Sneak Peek into a Star Gazer Lily Bloom
When I arrived home early this morning, I noticed that one of the Star Gazer lily’s flower buds was half-open. I had never seen one before, so here’s the picture I was able to get.