My greatest find for the week! San Francisco Coffee in El Pueblo Ortigas. Free wi-fi, free parking, tsalap coffee, great ambiance! Oh and unlike in SFC Alabang, if I run out of batt, I can plug it in! Yehey!
Check out Kris, Harv (taking the pic) and I taking advantage! Teehee, we’re a bunch of freeloaders, I swear!
Sabi nga ni SFC…
We’ve just had lunch in Gerry’s grill in Promenade in Greenhills. We weren’t happy with the service we got (the waitress was chewing gum while assisting us to our seat, the table next to us were a group of teenagers who were too noisy – and ended up not eating anything – and we got irritated, another waiter came to take our order, the food took time to be served so we asked for the drinks first, after which the gum-chewer asked for our orders again because they misplaced our order – oh and she blamed the first order taker saying he was a newbie, and the leche flan we ordered didn’t arrive!) This was past 2 already, and there was not much customers. So obviously disappointed we went to have our desert elsewhere.
Our disappointment ended the moment we entered Bizu. The shop was light and airy. The attendant knew her stuff, and the cakes… ooh the cakes were a sight! My mouth was watering the moment I saw them!
When I tasted the Mango cheesecake, I just blurted out that I wanted to cry! Haha! Kris and Harv laughed like there was no tomorrow. Gosh, sugar makes me so corny. And mababaw!
I wait for the day when I get to order myself a whole cake. Hmmm.. any celebrations out there I wonder?
When do I see you again, oh Bizu? I’m so drugged.
As reported by ABS CBN Interactive
Eight people were killed while at least 89 others were injured after an explosion ripped through an upscale mall in Makati City Friday afternoon.
Red Cross and police officials said 56 people injured in the blast were rushed to Makati Medical Center while 33 others were brought to Ospital ng Makati.
In a press conference, Philippine National Police chief Avelino Razon said the blast in the Glorietta 2 ground level at 1:30 p.m. was “probably caused by a bomb” and not a gas leak as earlier reported.
“This was a bomb. But beyond that we can’t say anything else yet because we are still investigating. What I can say is it was not LPG that caused this,” Razon told reporters.
He said there was still no conclusive evidence to determine if the blast was caused by a C-4 bomb, a military explosive, or any other improvised explosive device. He added that the police cannot definitely say if the explosion was a terrorist attack.
Director Geary Barias, National Capital Region Police Office chief, said bomb debris carpeted a 200 square-meter area in the mall. “The ceilings are damaged and may collapse,” Barias said.
The explosion ripped through the roof of the mall and damaged nearby shops. Debris from the blast were scattered on the streets.
A general alert has been issued for the rest of the city and for the international airport, officials said. A meeting of the National Security Council was called for later in the day.
Barias placed all police units in Metro Manila on full alert status and ordered district offices to put up more checkpoints in the metropolis. He added that he will order more policemen deployed in nearby malls to maintain peace and order.
“We will send policemen to other malls to restore order especially here in Makati and to prevent any untoward incident,” Barias told reporters.
The blast, which occurred during lunch-hour, spread panic in the city of 12 million people, which has in the past been the scene of attacks by Muslim separatist rebels.
Several shoppers said the blast was heard from a nearby baby store in the mall. Liana Navarro, sister of Black and White Movement’s Leah Navarro and who was in the mall with her mother, said several people including children were seen with “obvious injuries.”
Another witness, Arel Vertucio, said the explosion was so strong that it was felt up to the third level of the mall. Vertucio said he saw some people lying on the ground.
Eyewitness Icy Marinas was only 15 meters away from the Glorietta explosion when it occurred. She said the blast felt like an “intense earthquake.”
She said she saw a pregnant woman crying after the blast while other women started rushing out of the mall with their families. She added that she saw “three bloodied men” near the blast site while the security guards just stood around with no reaction.
Charlie Nepomuceno, an employee at the Glorietta mall, said the powerful explosion appeared to have centered on an escalator.
“It left a deep crater at the foot of the escalator,” he said. “It also ripped open the roof of the building. I saw a man thrown on to the roof who had lost a leg.”
He said a badly mangled body of a woman was near the escalator.
Manila has largely been spared a spate of bomb attacks by Muslim rebels that have plagued the southern Mindanao region. But it has been hit in the past. A series of bomb blasts in 2000 killed at least 22 people.
President Arroyo ordered the police to “leave no stone unturned” in its investigation on the explosion.
“The President is deeply saddened by this incident and extends her sympathies to the families of the casualties…She has also ordered the PNP to get to the bottom of things and to leave no stone unturned,” Press Secretary Ignacio Bunye said in a statement.
Bunye said the President also ordered the Department of Social Welfare and Development to extend assistance to the victims. With a report from Reuters
I’m outside my comfort zone. I don’t like commuting and now I am. With trikes and jeeps and buses. Argh. Here’s hoping that it gets easier… SOON.
Should I just make the first move?
If you say goodbye, should I let go?
Or do I fight?
Is there someone else?
Will staying where I am make things worse?
Or will it just pass me by?
Am I being paranoid?
Or is this gut feeling something to take a look at?
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But, I think the bigger, more important questions are….
Will I be pleased?
Will I be disappointed?
Will I be relieved?
Do I Care?
Questions to ask myself when life isn’t working:
I re-learned these lessons last night. I forgot about them, but now I remembered. And what beautiful lessons to learn.
During the outing last weekend, we played the “would you prefer” game. They would give you 2 scenarios and you’d have to choose which you’d prefer. Can’t be both or may ibang conditions. It’s as is. The questions were really hilarious, and many of them says a lot about the person.
Here are some of the questions that I remember. (You can play this game as ice breakers, getting to know you’s or wala lang games).
What would you prefer?
1. Dying young or living till you’re 150 years old?
2. Guys to wear condoms w/ vinegar, or condoms w/ fish sauce (patis)?
3. Girls with glow in the dark hair in the hohum, or holographic boobs?
4. Work where you get 4x of high, or sex where you get 2x as high?
5. French kiss a camel for $500, or eat dog poo for $5000?
There are crazier questions, believe me. But it was a great ice breaker (you should try it!)
By the way, I included a poll of our favorite question. Participate! 
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