This is my year-end review - 2015

So the year has started. So this place has been dormant, sorry about that. So for now, this post will be about 2015. Just a review of what happened! Yes, it's days late. XD

There are been a lot of food trips, ride and bonding time with friends. There is also my new work. It was a wonderful year that was filled with struggles and surprises. 2015 was truly awesome! Although, things did not really go the way I want it to be I would not change anything. I would like to take this time to thank people! Sherome for putting up with me and my indecisiveness, also for all the time that I felt like I made him drive to random places just because. To my parents that are finally, I think is letting me do what I want and go to places where I want to go. To POS thanks for being crazy with me and the opportunity to be a marshal for random events!

I'll just highlight a few major events. This year I was again able to travel to another part of the country with not relatives. The Puerto Galera adventure was great! I have not done a post about it hopefully in the future I can so that it will be a guide to planning the same thing. This is also the year that I started the Back Ride Diaries. It's about travelling to places on a motor. Oh! Must not forget that this was the year where I got to experience a very special event in Tagaytay, that celebrated love, Sir Pao and Sir Rhex's wedding.

I'm looking forward to what 2016 will bring! Here is to more travel, surprised and food!

Happy 2016 to Everyone!

What to do in: Makati on a Saturday

May it be with your family or friends here are things you might want to try. I found these gems with the help of friends that was celebrating their birthdays. First of is House of Lasagna, Located at the Dela Rosa Car Park 2. It's pretty easy to get to from Green Belt 5 check the map: 

Map

Here is what you will see outside along with the Dela Rosa Carpark Art: 

People are photo crazy

Inside I think is just right for a group of 10 so that they can still accept other people. If you want to have the place for your group you can call advance. I like the interior of this place. If I was alone i would enjoy eating here the food is good and the area is quite.

This Lasagna is OMG

I would really love to visit this place again. It's a good thing, it close to my office. So, a foodies day is not done if we did not have dessert! Next stop, Lizzy Latte. How to get there? Check out the map below:

Map to Lizzy Latte from the Dela Rosa Car Park

Lizzy Latte is just past the Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia. This is what will greet you:

They are open from Mondays to Friday from 7 am to 8 pm and Saturdays 8 am to 3 pm. We got there around 3 pm the place became exclusive for us. We were allowed to stay until 4:30 pm or 5 pm. Sorry, I was enjoying the place and the company of my friends that I forgot to check the time. The owner was there and two baristas. The cakes are yummy and I like how the frappes and lattes are not just sweet. I quickly became addicted to their Mocha Mint Marvel, might go there this week for grab one. Here are some photos. This place is another haven for people how just want to have a quite time with their coffee, music or book.

I commend Kuya for being cool with our noisy and ordering system

While waiting

Double Decker Oreo Cheesecake

Chocolate Caramel Creme

Blueberry Bliss

3d Latte Art for Joy on of the b-day girls

Marshal Duties: Cosmania 2015

Here is another long-overdue post. POS marshal moments at Cosmania. Last year only a few people from our group participated. So for this year we are back. Kel needed at least 30 people and we delivered. For this year Cosplay Mania occupied the functions rooms at the second floor of SMX.

There was a lot of things con goers can get; like for the first day there were Calbee freebies, all you have to do is take a photo and post it with a hashtag. This year was really jam packed. I can’t really say more than that, as we were busy with letting people and watching their bags.

Here are some highlights for me in photos: 

Look at how clean this place was. XD

Trese and the Kambal

The energetic crowd

Free food because we have watched over his R2D2

And last but not the least these crazy people!

Oh! This is just for me to remember in the future. We have to be more vigilant about pick pocket and we must not bring important documents to this kind of event. As part of the security team, as much as we want to watch you all the time to keep you and your things safe we can't so please watch over your things and we'll make sure that you'll enjoy your day with us. 

#AlDub Fever: KiligPaMore

Image from this Twitter post

I love how people are so creative that just a simple “kilig” became a worldwide fever. Just recently they broke #lovewins’ twitter record. The hastag #AlDubtheAbduction gained 6.37 million tweets, lovewins’ records was 6.2 million tweets.

It was been two months since this pairing has started. I do not really know how this will end but I do not think it will end anytime soon. They kinda remind me of Sir Cher and Maya. Raise your hand if you feel the same. It makes people believe in love and that you do not have to be close personal to feel someone’s love. I know “Actingan lang to” but that’s the charm of it, it is so spontaneous that you forget that it is all an act.

As side from that it is a mix of comedy and reality. They deliver morals that we should know by now but we tend to forget. Sometimes it is a serious matter, presented in a subtle manner that will make you remember it. They connect to everyone that is watching.

The characters are simple and easy to relate to. Lola Nidora is your typical grandmother that knows what is right, but can sometimes deliver it in a very antagonistic ways. Yaya Dub may not be your typical Yaya (nanny) but she can represent a young girl's dream of finding someone that will appreciate her. Alden is your dream guy that seems to be hard to reach, but us actually down to earth. It's that simple!

With all the complexity in right now, Eat Bulaga has helped break that that feeling even if it is just for a few minutes. Simplicity at its finest. To the people behind all of these, thank you and congratulations! 

Advance Happy 2nd month to TeamAlDub!

Here a video for you of the episode that broke #lovewins' record