17th year anniversary at Crowne Plaza Hotel, Dinner at Pizza Hut Bistro and a little bit of shopping at Greenhills

For our 17th anniversary of being together, Chea opted to celebrate it with an overnight stay at Crowne Plaza Hotel in Ortigas Center. It's almost a daily fixture in my life as I pass by it every working day for the last 12 years. I've been inside it once for a fashion show, and I haven't been there...

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Torch, UP Town Center

May 25, 2014, after celebrating our 17th anniversary of being together at Crowne Plaza Hotel in Ortigas Center, and braving the Greenhills bazaar, we decided to have a late lunch over in UP Town Center. There were several new restaurants in the area and Chea wanted to try one out in particular, Shrimp...

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Mother's Day 2014 at Ha Yuan

As every year, we're part of the masses that join the capitalist celebration of Mother's day. This year, my mother was at Samar at the time, so it's me celebrating Mother's day with my wife, and her side of the family. Placemat It's usually them who prepares for the date, so this year they decided...

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XO 46 Heritage Bistro

May 12, 2014, Monday, Chea and I were headed to Makati for an errand. But since it was almost noon, we opted to have lunch first. We decided to check out a new upscale mall in the area called Century City Mall. It's a bit small compared to the sprawling SM and Ayala malls around the metro, but it's...

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UP Child Development Center

Chea has been harping on for several months regarding this program for toddlers by the UP Child Development Center. They have this program that takes on kids as young as 1 year old for pre-school. It's supposed to be progressive, and they teach kids more on building character than academic subjects. I think that's important for pre-schoolers so you can teach them about being more sociable, and confidence...

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Dayrit's Burger and Roastbeef House

It's easter, April 20, 2014, and Chea, Ethel (my niece), Thirdy and I, just came from Rockwell's easter egg hunt and we were looking around for a place to have lunch. We found ourselves in Timog area in Q.C. and we looked around for some place to eat. I wanted to have rice for lunch, so we kept an...

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Barnyard Bash (2014 Rockwell Easter celebration)

Rockwell had their annual easter egg hunt activity last April 20, 2014 and Thirdy's attended, along with +maria cessna galecio , Ethel (my niece) and yours truly. It started around 9am, so by the time we had arrived a little before 10am, most of the kids and their parents were already...

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