Magnum Manila is Back!

I think a lot were sad when Magnum Manila in SM Aura closed its doors last July, 2015. Fear not, they are back and now located in SM Mall of Asia.

It still serves our favorite desserts however the special dish found in the restaurant before are not included in the menu. For PHP120.00 you can select from 3 different "Naked Magnum" and add toppings and coatings.  

For this session I went with chocolate Magnum with Pastillas, Graham Crackers and Mallows as toppings and Dark Chocolate Infinity as its coating. 

They have a few tables inside the store and you have the Main Mall as your view. 

It's definitely worth the try. The store is located at 2/F of SM Mall of Asia. Share your favorite Magnum. 

Back to Blogging

Well I had a hard time in updating my blog using my laptop and funny how an android phone can't support the official blogger app. Now that I'm back in iOS I think can post more often. :)

Portraits Reinvented: A Photography Workshop

 If anybody is reading my blog, you might notice that I love taking photos. I have several blog entries here about the workshops that I attended to. Most of them are sponsored by Canon. Last Saturday, November 7, They organized an workshop at PCCI in Makati.  We have Canon’s crusader of Light Ibarra Deri and his daughter Dail Deri as our instructors. The focus for this session is about Portraits. Here we will learned about the basic principles in Portrait Photography and what makes your subject beautiful.

Credits to Canon Marketing Philippines

With the 3 hour event, we have learned a lot and we had models to practice our new skills. Below are some of the sample photos.

They had also provided snacks and freebies. I only paid 300.00 but the free items are almost worth more than P1000.00. Aside from the certificate, I received a shirt, ID lace, camera cleaning kit and a P1000.00 voucher that I can use in PCCI.

Take Home Goodies

I feel lucky to join this event and I am looking forward to the next activities organized by Canon.I encourage all new camera owners to join their upcoming class because I can guarantee you that it's worth it. 

Globe Lumpia - Quiapo's Special Treat

There are a lot of places to see in Quiapo. It's a hobbyist heaven whether it be music, arts and crafts, sport, photography or whatever it may be, Quiapo is the place to go because of the affordable price of the things here. You can explore the whole district and wont be able to help yourself in shopping. But if in case that you get hungry from your trip, I highly recommend on eating at Globe Lumpia House in Gonzalo Puyat street. It was established in 1956 at Globe theater in Quiapo. The theater/movie house building is already closed for decades but the lumpia store survived the test of time. They served freshly prepared lumpia made of vegetables, peanut and lettuce and a special sweet sauce. The taste is so good that they are always featured in different television shows. The long queue at their store is another proof that they are serving delicious food. Just imagine for less than PHP20.00 you can order can 1 serving of their famous lumpia. 

Try it out and tell me you're experience at Globe Lumpia. 

A New Start

"Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end" Closing Time - Semisonic

True to the lyrics, we needed to end something before we can start on something else and I just did that. I just left the company that I had been working for. I know I will be leaving a position that I had for almost 4 years and by all the benefits that goes along with it. Some ask me if I have any regrets with my decision. I tell them that there's none. If there is, maybe I should had left sooner. But then again last year when I was about leave the company my mom got sick and I needed to step up again as the breadwinner in the family. 

Will I miss my coworkers? I certainly will, somehow we were able to create some connection. But I can't stay in a place wherein the needs of an employee are not being heard. When the one you expect to support you becomes overbearing. No amount of money is worth the stress and pressure that I felt  for the past few weeks. 

I may have join the big bucket of people who are unemployed but I'm hopeful, no make that I believe, I believe I can find better work than the previous one. For now, I will use the time to go back on the things that I love to do before all the stress happened since last december. 

Smart Freedom Day Sale

Today is Independence Day and Smart is giving an opportunity to almost everyone on owning their dream device without the expensive plan. They have a sale on different malls and you can own an 64GB iPhone 4S for P10900. Me and my aunt were interested because its a really good deal. We went to Gateway Mall in Cubao to check it out. Arrived at the mall 10 minutes before 10AM and there were already a lot waiting for the mall to open. We were disappointed because obviously they haven't planned the event well. Some sale reps directed the people to go the Smart Office at 4th floor since we already have an existing line with them. It was really a bad experience because we were told go back to their kiosk in the second floor because it's a promo. Moving and walking a lot is not good especially for my aunt since she is pregnant. Upon reaching the kiosk, you really cant see the line and the only security personnel you can see is the one guarding the cars displayed across the area. How I wish Smart had planned this event more thoroughly and coordinated with the mall security. They could had added some cord there would be a proper line. Oh well, what can I say, just charge it to experience. :( 

Latest Food Trip: Chickenzilla

Yum!!! 

Banchetto has always been a favorite hangout for me and my coworkers. It gives us another option for food aside from the office pantry especially in the unholy hours in the morning. Most of the time we would settle for cakes and pasta. We also get to try new kinds of food here. One of them is Chickenzilla.

See how affordable it is? :-) and how easy to create your order

With affordable prices ranging from PHP 79.00 to PHP 105.00 you'll get a very generous size of chicken fillet and you get to choose the flavor and level of spiciness of your food. Plum with Medium spice is a personal favorite because it is something that is not common in any fast food or chicken restaurant. I will definitely try the other flavors soon.

Aside from the good food they also excel in customer service. You wouldn’t notice the 5 minutes cooking/preparing time of the chicken because the owner of stall will entertain you with his story about the humble beginnings of their business. And he also remembers the returning customers. That would be a plus point in any establishments because it shows that they really value you.

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They had just started out in Banchetto not more than a monthago but they are really promising. Most of the time there is a long queue ofbuyers, a proof that they serve good food.  I do hope that they can go with their plan andopen up a restaurant so they can offer us more food choices but for now we canvisit them every Wednesday, Thursday and Friday night at Banchetto Forum in Mandaluyong.