Tuesday, January 31, 2012

" to buy or not to buy "

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vendors selling these outside the street,
a variety of pots and pans and even dog pans.
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Sunday, January 29, 2012

" Salisi "

you must be wondering what on earth this means?!

still in downtown,
someone I think, out of concern wrote this and posted it,
warning people of potential pickpockets and thieves.
sadly, we have lots of them here and their full of tactics.

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to explain the word further,
* click this link below. ^0^
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Thursday, January 26, 2012

" What happened during CNY "

PART III

uh oh, I think by now, you're getting tired of CNY posts.
I assure you this is the last piece of it. ^0^
While I wasn't able to attend our dinner reunion last week,
blame it on the terrible traffic and no available valet service from a 5star hotel
and literally no parking space. tsk, tsk.

Thankfully, Pepperoni did all the shooting for me. ^-^
If the last two days were about the streets,
today, let's head inside Manila Hotel's CNY version.

a feisty dragon welcomes you as you enter the main lobby,

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the twelve animal signs, there's me! year of the monkey.
okay, pls. don't count the age... ^0^

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cocktails...
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Hours before the event, the stage was still empty
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quintessentially Manila, the resto's name: Mabuhay..
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a Gaijin who was also dining that night,

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its interior, very elegant and chic.
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brace yourself for the Lion and Dragon dance...

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before heading to the dishes,
a very nice centerpiece on our table.

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I will not describe each dish, let the pictures do the talking... ^0^
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and hours later, the lobby looks like this...

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I don't mind people wearing masks or in mascot outfits,
but this guy in his dragon ensemble?!

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Wednesday, January 25, 2012

" What happened during CNY "

Part II

now everything's in vertical mode.

lucky charms displayed.
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local vendor selling Everlasting flowers.
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more gilded charms...
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busy street...
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fruits that bring luck...
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Tuesday, January 24, 2012

" What happened during CNY "

Hi Guys! back to Manila again.
I haven't been out and about lately, in fact, I still have lots of fotos from last year.
But last week, I made sure that I have to visit Chinatown and see what's happening.

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Here are some of the random shots.

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chinese wines for sale also.
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It was clearly livelier and more festive than last year,
I was surprised to see hordes of people, even tourists wandering about,


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some of the locals even brought their cameras with them,
which is something you don't see everyday.
I think, pinoys are beginning to accept it as part of their special day as well and
they are more curious than ever unlike before, it's usually a snob.
In fact, there are more vendors selling this and that,
to the point of occupying the streets of the pedestrians.

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The most was either these "lucky charms" or "properity fruits" that bring good luck.
Pinoys tend to be superstitious. ^0^

and in fact, it was only this year that CNY was officially declared as a special holiday. ^0^
a smile for me as I get an extra day off again! ^-^

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chinese caps, gilded trinkets, the laughing buddha, even angry birds! ^0^
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Although, I don't really follow these traditions like we used to,
I missed those times when we only have a simple get together dinner at my grandma's house
with cousins and relatives, eat noodles,lumpia and more, and then, exchange red packets and
celebrate it till midnight.
Nowadays, it gets a bit boisterous and flamboyant,
non-stop lion/dragon performances here and there and lots of fireworks
and of course,
the famous sticky rice cake (Tikoy) fever. ^0^

and lots of balloons this year,
can't help taking fotos of them.
I can be a kid sometimes. ^0^
I like the smurfs though, cute right?!
100 pesos each, more or less 2$. ^0^

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