Quiet and seemingly reticent. But once you engage it, it will stimulate your senses. That’s Taumbayan Restaurant — the self-effacing eating place at T. Gener cor. K-1st, Kamuning, Quezon City. The place has become the hangout for artists. In fact, they hold workshops and lectures there. Young writers will find good mentors there if they’re…
Category: Leisure
Travels and entertainment
Ark Avilon Zoo: too much for too little
Frankly, I find the P200-entrance fee quite a rip-off. The two-storey zoo houses only a little over a dozen varieties of animals. I was disappointed that I wasn’t able to see the Madagascar hissing cockroaches (Fear Factor’s favorite “delicacy”), which were supposed to be placed inside a cage that was open at the top. When…
Cyberzone at Megamall
It must have been ages since I last visited SM Megamall. Last August 30, I had no excuse not to go around after my business meeting there. I walked aimlessly for about 15 minutes until a bright signage to a wide entrance caught my eye: Cyberzone. All the geeks in the planet, unite! This place…
Vigan: i’m coming back to talk
I looked forward to seeing you for the first time, two weeks before my actual trip. I thought of what we could do together and where you would take me. I thought of the quiet nights we could have together. The long, relaxed conversations we could make as we wait for sleep to call us…
He had me at “Woooh!”
Let me be a fangirl for this moment. Taylor Hicks just won American Idol (Season 5), so allow me to say: SOUL PATROL! WOOH! Around the time that hurricane Katrina was cracking her knuckles to strike New Orleans, gray-haired Taylor was booked for a flight back home to Birmingham, Alabama. I don’t know about what…
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