Baked a yummy cake yesterday
Thanks to th HKUST MBA Diners Club, we all managed to go to Kowloon Bay and bake ourselves a yummy fat inducing hazelnut chocolate cake. Presenting my creation below. I feel like a proud mommy.
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Top 5 Snacks at the Shilin Night Market
Trader and I visited Taiwan last weekend and gorged on its cheap eats at the Night Market. Boy, Trader was like a little boy let lose in the candy store. He LOVED everything! I took him to the cheapest place there is for terrific food. Here are our favorites: 1) Spicy Wantons (TWD40+ an order) […]
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Happy Birthday…
To me… Happy birthday to me… Happy birthday, happy birthday… Happy birthday to me. Trader called to warmly greet me a happy birthday. A great start to my day. My parents are over for the week, and my dad picks a fight with me early in the morning. Fuck. Can’t be even give the birthday […]
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Thai Amazing Le!
Just got back from a terrific weekend get-away with Trader, and coming back, I really think WE could work. 😀 “That’s what I’ve been telling you for the beginning,” my sweet love patiently reminded me. “What?” I murmured as I was trying to book my flight back to the Philippines come Christmas. I was a […]
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Day 2 – Cannakale and Pergamon
We wake up early and I once again enjoy the breakfast buffet. Seems that I’ll be eating a whole LOT in Turkey but I cannot help it — they even serve fresh honey off the honey combs. A typical Turkish breakfast would compose of a multitude of breads that you have to slice yourselves. Then, […]
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Turkish Delights!
After over half a year of no vacations, decided to cash in and join a Canto-speaking tour to Turkey. No, I cannot speak any Canto but figured that I can easily get by with a reliable tourbook in hand and I was right. Not only were the tours reasonably priced, but given that Turkey’s such […]
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Best. Chicken. Rice. Ever.
Okay, so people may pelt me with stones disagreeing, but I’ve just made the nicest discovery ever. On my quest to find half-bottles of wine around in my area, I came across this restaurant that’s a mere 10 minutes away from my place. As it turns out, my location offers a few more gems than […]
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A Lazy SunDAY
Our Sunday brunch menu featured some delicious Xinjiang Fare in a restaurant at the corner of Water Street and Pok Fu Lam road) in the company of new friends. To the inexperienced, Xinjiang food uses a lot of heavy mutton and hot spice. Just check out this HUGE piece of meat which we had to […]
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Top 10 Brunch Places in Taipei
As spending a leisurely weekend morning with a friend or two is one of my most favorite pasttimes, I’ve been quite fortunate to sample some of Taipei’s best venues for having brunch. I’ve been wanting to come up with the list to share to you guys but for have been so lazy to do it. […]
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The Long Weekend
I’m slightly melancholic after the long weekend. Not because I had no company — I had tons. However, sometimes I wish I can just keep the company of a single person all throughout. Anyway, it was a pretty eventful few days. To start off, on Friday, my friend and I tried out brunch at the […]
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Pampered in Manila
Ever since I arrived last Sunday, I’ve been well-fed and pampered to death by my family. Ah, twas a sweet homecoming! For example, early Monday morning, we took a trip to the Quezon City Sports Club so that I can finally taste a sweet tocino after a yearlong hiatus. To the non-Pinoys, tocino is a […]
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Laos: To Luang Prabang (Part V)
As a rock climber, I try to squeeze in some rock climbing in my travels. Hence, I’ve been rock climbing in Phi Phi Island and of course, Laos was no exception. Hence, when I heard that you can actually rock climb, I jumped at the chance. At USD20 a day with all equipment included, rock […]
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