Posts Tagged ‘travel’
The Palace of Sleeping Beauty!
Wednesday, September 21st, 2011OH MY MUNCHEN!
Tuesday, September 20th, 2011
Passed by a gummy bear art work! LOL! Germany invented gummy bears and I had my share of it during my trip! OH DEAR!

So excited that Chanterelle mushrooms are in season! There were so many and the price for it was quite good!
OFF I GO!
Tuesday, September 20th, 2011Sweet Singapore Sundays and half a monday.
Wednesday, June 16th, 2010
- The day started out with some clouds but by mid afternoon the sun was shining! This was taken in the yacht club!
How they party in Singapore?
Wednesday, June 16th, 2010I always love to visit friends in Singapore as they really know how to have FUN! When our friends found out that we were in town they decided to throw us a party! LOL! There are so many super successful Filipino expats now living in Sing and making it their home! I mean living in Sing is a dream! Everything works and it is really how the Philippines should aspire to be.

SIngapore friends Yuen, NIx, Robby, Kiko and Scho.
Birthday Dinner!
Thursday, May 20th, 2010We met up with my Korean friend Justin Chul for dinner! Since it was my birthday I wanted it to be kind of special. Since we had already Korean for Lunch I was in the mood for something western. Earlier in the day I was enthralled by this beautiful store called ELBON.

This is ELBON. The address system in Korea is kind messed up so I suggest that you check their website out for more details. www.elbon.co.kr
The concept of the store was that it was divided into 3 parts. The Style which concentrated on beautiful shoes and bags. The Garden which was a roof top cocktail area and The Table which was a restaurant. The whole place oozed with chic and elan! I wanted to have dinner there.

The entrance.

ELBON=NOBLE spelled backwards, Their tagline is "for the noble in you" NAKS!
The experience was really lovely as the place was so elegant and beautifully designed. The food too looked really good but it lacked flavor and punch. My friend Justin Chul said that the Chef and the team were so young and fresh from culinary school. Meaning the food looked good and was done pretty well but it tasted very technical and boxed in. It lacked a certain kind of soul to it. None the less I had a really great time.

The open kitchen with a very young team!

The chef's uniform was looking pretty cool!

The breads were really yummy, I also liked the oil decanters.

NIx and I loving the lighting in the restaurant.

We started with an octopus and potato pancake. It was promising but it was just ok, not a home run for me.

The soup course was just plain weird It was so sweet that it tasted more like a dessert to me.

We had a beautiful looking sea food pasta that came next.

Our server presented us with a variety of salts that would enliven our main dish. there was mustard salt, rose salt, truffle salt, green tea salt and one more that I forgot. Honestly thought they kinda tasted all the same! LOL! Maybe my palette is not that sensitive?

I had a nice steak which was very tender. It was a good thing that I liked my main course. LOL!

NIx had the baby lamb and chicken combination.

This is my friend Justin Chul! He was so nice to take me and Nix out on our first night in Seoul.

Wire floral decorations in the hall way of ELBON.

The young chef who was kind of cute! LOL!

Famous pala sha?
We headed out for some drinks after in a very hip bar called MIX. There were so many cool looking people that I could not help but people watch, I adore observing people in new places and soaking up how they dress and how they put things together. This process is really inspiring for me. I cannot wait to see more of this exciting city.

We headed out for some drinks after.

Ended in this cool bar called MIX, it was nice!

Chul & Nix. Matching hair style!

The interiors of MIX.

It was a great way to celebrate my birthday! Here I am making Chul try my apple martini which was so yummy!
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HUGS!
RAJO!
Conquering Korea!
Thursday, May 20th, 2010Greetings from Seoul, Korea! The weather here is glorious and it is a nice break from the suffocating heat of Manila! I am happy to be here of my birthday and getting a few days of respite from Manila! I took the red-eye flight to Seoul on Korean Air.
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It was my very first time to fly the carrier and I must say I am impressed! The service was really good and the attendants were so gracious! Even though I took Coach class I was still quite satisfied with the journey. Although the lines at NAIA was dreadful bordering on INSANITY! I am proud that I kept my composure!

Bored in the NAIA airport! We were lining up for like 2 hours! JEESH!

This is the view from my seat!

I love the uniform of the flight attendants! I wonder how they get the scarf to stay up that stiff! The hair pieces are also so cute! Actually the uniforms are one of the reasons why I took Korean air, I wanted to see them up close! LOL!
I loved the in-flight meal on Korean air as they had express BIBIMBAP! It is like a DIY mixed rice dish with minced meat, sprouts and a yummy chili paste. I loved it!

MY BIBIMBAP in-flight meal!

I found it amusing that they had instructions on how to eat BIBIMBAP! LOL!
The entertainment was superb! I got the chance to catch up pn my movies. The downside was I got zero sleep! Normally turning me into a ZOMBIE-like state in the next few hours!

Our Economy seats were quite comfortable! Glad that we had the bulk head seats. Korean air has one of the best In-flight entertainment ever!
The flight was effortless, I felt like in no time we were in Korea na! We zipped out of the Incheon airport in like 15 minutes and drove up to Seoul. The drive up was like an hour and 15 minutes.

Got in Korea on a cloudy day! Love the modern architecture!

The airport is so clean and efficient! SIGH!!! Kaingit!
Since we arrived at like 6 am our room was not ready yet! Meaning we had 4 hours to kill before our room would me ready! MAJOR BUMMER! Nix and I tried to have the slowest breakfast but we still had 2 and a half hours to go! We decided to head up to the Gym and find a lounge to doze off!

Walked around the Grand Intercontinental Hotel trying to kill time before our room would be ready.

A photo of the lobby! It is quite big.
By 9:30 our room was ready. However we were so tired from the journey that we took a MAJOR NAP! LOL! Got up at 2pm! By then I said to myself I gotta make a move! I do not want to spend the rest of my Birthday in BED! LOL!

FInally we got our room!

It reminded me of the rooms that I get to experience in Japan. I love the beds! It was so comfortable!

The bathroom! It was basic but cant complain as it was super malinis!
HUGS
RAJO!
Randomness in LA!
Tuesday, April 27th, 2010
- The Tropa with our friend Grace Llamanzares in front of COSTCO! had to pose here because everyone wanted to go here first! LOL!
Last day in LIMA!
Monday, April 26th, 2010Our whirlwind marathon across South America was coming to a close and we were determined to squeeze out more juice from our trip in our last day. Our flight home was scheduled at around 10pm leaving us with quite a number of activities to do. It was incredible how we were able to do so much in our last day. This entry is an account of our last day in South America. We could not have ended it better because we had a walking and living encyclopedia as our host/guide. His name is John Davis and the man is literally related to everyone in Peru! He is the perfect guide because he knows everyone. I loved our last day because he took us on an insiders guide to Lima.

Our fist visit was the hotel Maury where the famous Pisco sour was created! It was a nice little hotel with amazing mirrors.
Incan Gold!
Monday, April 26th, 2010
Inside the museum, which used to be the central bank.





















































































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