MICO #8to5Happiness Video

MICO #8to5Happiness Video

2014

...a chance to forgive, to do better, to do more, to give more, to love more. And stop worrying about 'what if' and start embracing what would be. 

Ni Hao Ma Chinatown

I guess I'm back to blogging though I ain't really a writer. So I'm going to flood this with lots of photos. Haha!

Let the "pagbabalik" post a trip to a not-so-new place for me: Binondo, Manila. 

(Just a backgrounder)  I've been working in Binondo for the past 3 and a half years. In 2010, I joined an insurance company as a management trainee (this is my first job by the way), and still with the company as a technical assistant. With my 3 years of stay, I've tasted lots of Chinese food around the area (ito talaga yung kwento).

So I invited some of my college friends to have a food trip around my workplace. My goal is to take them to restaurants and food joints that are really masarap and affordable. 

Our meeting place: Binondo Church. Janjan, Marge and I met Nadine who's already there. I told them to dress comfortably because there'll be lots of walking. By the way, Janjan is the assigned photographer so you won't see him much in this post.

Marge (Janjan's sometimes friend, sometimes stranger), me (in Giordano & Uniqlo basics) 

and Nadine outside Binondo Church.

As the "tour guide", I advised them to buy bottled water na to save money and to ensure safety. Mahirap na uminom ng service water.

Our first stop is Wai Ying. It is a small restaurant along Benavidez St. We ordered their special congee, hakaw, shrimp sio mai and spareribs.

Good for 4. A little bit of everything. 

Good thing Kester is not yet around kasi 4 pieces lang ang dimsum. Haha!

After our first stop, we walked around Ongpin and Escolta, and enjoyed the Chinatown "feel". 

Warning: more photos ahead. 

The famous Eng Bee Tin where you buy hopia and moon cake.

Some moon cakes outside Shoppers Mart.

Marge posing in front of the Shrine of San Loenzo Ruiz. It's a Catholic shrine

with Chinese incense. With touch of local colors talaga.

 Lots of fruits everywhere.

This is not President's Tea House you see at the malls. It's grander and they serve 

the best 2-way duck. Another trivia: they don't serve dimsum because it's not for alta daw. Haha

Calesas are a common thing here. Too bad we didn't try to ride one.

Me (with my Flying Dutchman Gaff rucksack) and Nadine walking along Ongpin St.

This is how Chinese lumpia is made at Po Heng.

May paandar lang sa plating. Haha

Group shot muna while waiting for Kester. Nakakapagod din maglakad.

FC at Carvajal Street.

Talagang a jeepney stopped while we're talking this photo.

I know my friends are burgis at heart. Sila pa ang nag-aya mag-Starbucks after the food trip.

I wasn't able to take photos at Ying Ying where we had our lunch, super gutom na ako that time. 

So there. Reviving this blog. Kahit labo-labo muna ang posts. Haha.

Kim.

A New Tomorrow

Finally had the drive to continue this thing. New stuff for a new tomorrow.

Sony VGP-CKZ3 VAIO Slimline Leather Laptop Sleeve

Herschel Little America rucksack

Nike Trainer 3.0 US size 9.5

Nikon tripod 

Skateboard 

The Mind Museum 

Uniqlo UT 2013 shirts 

And It All Ends Here

Step one you say we need to talk
He walks you say sit down it's just a talk
He smiles politely back at you
You stare politely right on through
Some sort of window to your right
As he goes left and you stay right
Between the lines of fear and blame
And you begin to wonder why you came

Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend
Somewhere along in the bitterness
And I would have stayed up with you all night
Had I known how to save a life

Let him know that you know best
Cause after all you do know best
Try to slip past his defense
Without granting innocence
Lay down a list of what is wrong
The things you've told him all along
And pray to God, he hears you
And pray to God, he hears you

Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend
Somewhere along in the bitterness
And I would have stayed up with you all night
Had I known how to save a life

As he begins to raise his voice
You lower yours and grant him one last choice
Drive until you lose the road
Or break with the ones you've followed
He will do one of two things
He will admit to everything
Or he'll say he's just not the same
And you begin to wonder why you came

Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend
Somewhere along in the bitterness
And I would have stayed up with you all night
Had I known how to save a life

How to save a life

4 Letters, 1 Word

Disclaimer: This is just a re-post from Overheard in UP. Credits to Vina Marie Catindoy Cuz

Ano nga ba ang pag-ibig?

Maraming nagtatanong at madalas inihahambing ang pag ibig sa kahit anong bagay sa mundo. Minsan ang pag-ibig parang..

Joke. Minsan pilit.

Tubig. Mahalaga pero naaaksaya.

School. Pinag-aaralan, pinag-uukulan ng panahon, pinagkakagastusan at siniseryoso.

Math. Dun ako mahina.

Science. Maraming dapat patunayan.

P.E. Minsan nakakapagod. Minsan boring. Minsan papawisan ka. Madalas, naglalaro ka lang talaga.

Plastic cover. Transparent.

Bible. Maraming Lesson.

Ipis na tinapakan. Akala mo patay na, yun pala buhay pa.

Tsinelas. Makakapaglakad ka ba ng ayos kapag wala ang isa?

Damit. Hindi lang basta bagay sayo, dapat komportable ka din.

Washing machine. Paikot-ikot lang.

Global warming.Hindi mo mamamalayang nararamdaman mo na pala.

Sikat ng araw sa umaga. Minsan magigising ka nalang, nagmamahal ka na.

Ulan sa gabi. Napapayakap ka sa unan.

Farmville. Pag may tinanim, may aanihin.

Halaman. Kapag hindi inalagaan, namamatay.

Coconut. Bigla nalang mahuhulog XD

Basketball. May shoot, may rebound, may foul.

Basketball ulet. Dapat give and take.

Chess. Touchmove. Wala ng balikan.

Yoyo. Madaming ups and downs

Stuff toy. Kapag bago parating kasama, pero pag luma na, echapwera na.

Paborito mong laruan. Kahit sira na, ayaw mo pa din bitiwan.

Antique. habang tumatagal, nagmamahal.

Greeting. Better late than never.

Boxing. Hindi maiiwasan na may masasaktan.

Unli. Nag-eexpire.

Telepono. Long-distance.

Teleserye. Abangan ang susunod na kabanata.

Teleserye Ulet. Walang Hanggan.

Love song. Makakarelate ka.

Injection. Minsan masakit talaga, pero minsan parang kagat lang ng langgam.

Pag-iigib. Nakakapagod.

Antok. Hirap labanan.

Sakit. Kumakalat, nakakahawa, lumalala. Gamot lang dito ay paglimot.

Sipon. Makapigil-hininga.

Bulutong. Nag-iiwan ng marka.

Mata ko. Malabo.

Bangs. One-sided.

Kulot. Mahirap ituwid.

Ngongo. Di maintindihan.

Crayon. Makulay.

Ampalaya. Bitter.

Leche-Flan. Minsan Sweet, minsan LECHE.

Greenwich. Cheesy.

Minatamis. Pag tumagal pwedeng mapanis.

Traffic. Nakakainip na, nakakabadtrip pa.

Trahedya. Nakakapagbago ng pananaw sa buhay.

Password ko. Secret.

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