Here’s an overview

January 13, 2011 / iamsupercarla / Leave a comment

I know I have not been blogging as much as I should have and I am very much guilty about it, considering the fact that a lot has been going on and I should have been updating the one thing I have allowed to become a witness to everyone else. Oh well.

But just to be clear, it’s been a good year so far.

So let me just start with yesterday. I met with this little lady whom we’ve had in the family for a while. I last saw her when she was just about 9 or 10 years old and now, well, we have the same shoe size. It was so nice to see her again, and given the fact that she will be studying at SoFA for college, itwon’t be the last. Thank God for that. :)

Me and Jasmin. And that annoying lady at the back.

Jasmin and boyfriend Chris

Almost as if it’s part of the ritual, I got my Belle De Jour 2011 planner from Jaja. I honestly think this is the most sulit planner. Really. It has tons of coupons immediately at your disposal, and it’s quite impossible for you not to use them. Just use all the Coffee Bean coupons and already you got your initial investment back.

After the two-hour chat with Jasmin (mostly dominated by moi, since I forced her to catch up with everyone in the family), I treated myself to a Greek Salad and a free glass of iced tea. I ended up leaving Coffee Bean a little before nine.

Greek Salad, Sunrise Peach (I think) and Hunger Games

Fantastic treat, ain’t it? More updates to come. Hopefully, I get to live up to my word this time. :)

Care for Lunch?

October 11, 2010October 11, 2010 / iamsupercarla / Leave a comment

I had a seminar today sponsored by the World Bank at Discovery Suites in Ortigas. It was one of the most informative seminars I’ve been to and I can’t wait for the go signal to talk about it.

Anyway, Discovery was nice, but the carpets looked frayed and old. Don’t even get me started with the bathroom. The outside was pretty, all zen and shit, but the cubicles? Very reminiscent of my high school bathroom, 4×7 in size, narrow and very un-suite-like. Ugh.

Good thing the food made up for it.

This is the carrot cream soup. It had a taste of ginger, semi-sweet, and a hint of spring onions and garlic. It’s surprisingly really good, but it doesn’t look like it. It could’ve used some presentation. Honestly, it looked like kiddie barf. Hahahaha.

L-R: Homemade rolls, tuna and capers tossed in EVOO, broccoli and crabstick with light Japanese mayo, chilled seafood salad on mussel, fish in tausi sauce, lemon chicken, beef stroganoff

This is a very good serving. I had a little bit of the ratatouille on the side and the zucchini was perfect — crunchy with a good kick of tomato. For snacks, they had the corned beef crepe (I believe they made their own corned beef) topped with marinara sauce. All. Oh. So. Good.

It’s days like these that make me love my job. :)

The day I renewed my NBI Clearance

September 19, 2010 / iamsupercarla / 2 Comments

I made sure I got up early because I needed to pass by my college for my transcript. Then I sped to Megamall for my NBI clearance renewal.

That satellite office processes faster than the head office, at least that’s how I remembered it. When Dylan and I had his clearance renewed, it only took at most an hour. Mine took five. Five long painful hours.

The NBI satellite office is located at the lower ground floor, Mega Building B, near Luk Yuen restaurant. The line extended up to the stairs. Then it went up to the fifth level. And the line was still long, so from the fifth level, the line stretched descending the stairs from across the hall.

The mall doors opened at 10 in the morning and I was there by 10:05. I fell in line…. at the lower ground floor…. from the stairs across the hall.

This is the view from the fourth level of the second set of stairs.

Then the line would extend across the hall at the fifth floor.

This is the view from the fifth floor at the original set of stairs. Time to go down. This is hour 3.

Third level. This is hour four.

SM Food Court ad. Quite funny coz the people's table had water/wine goblets. Obviously, they're not dining at SM Food Court.

So to ease the pain from my legs, I decided to comfort myself with Krispy Kreme. I dragged my mother along with me but she was thinking of something else.

We still bought Krispy Kreme, but she definitely preferred BreadTalk. Hahaha.

I was really trying to enjoy my doughnut break....

... if I wasn't so disturbed by this rude person. He's occupying the best seats in the house and HE DID NOT EVEN ORDER ANYTHING.

I hate this kind of assholes.

Let’s end with a happy note.

One dozen glazed goodness. :)

A funny day at Rodic’s

September 12, 2010 / iamsupercarla / 2 Comments

I introduced Dylan to Rodic’s. For those who studied at UP, this eatery is a staple. :) It serves what I believe is the best tapa I’ve ever tasted (or at least, those quickie made ones). So when Dylan picked me up for breakfast one time, I decided to take him to a Rodic’s branch at the end of Maginhawa.

We formed a habit of drinking Berocca for breakfast (in hopes of creating a stronger immune system).

After having their usual tapsilog (of course, it’s the usual for me since I’ve been having it for almost a year now), Dylan ended up looking like this.

That's one happy face right there. :)

Then we noticed something on the menu. And we had a hard time stifling our laughter. We didn’t want to be rude; it was barely 10 in the morning!

I'm sure you'll spot it, just look closer. XD

Ah, it’s the simple joys of life that never fail to make a day better. :)

Thank you for a memorable breakfast.

Hap Chan, TOSH and Shakey’s

September 11, 2010September 11, 2010 / iamsupercarla / 1 Comment

We’ve been trying very hard to be an interesting family again. And by interesting, I mean rediscover the beauty of dining out. It was quite fun, convincing my mother to dine out one evening. To be honest, if there won’t be an event, I highly doubt we’d ever eat out. That’s the price you pay for having parents that cook like chefs and are satisfied with the usual dishes.

So yeah, I elbowed them to get me my fix of dining out. First stop was Hap Chan, about a couple of weeks ago. :)