Tuesday, June 28, 2011

Perry Perry

Perry Perry at Megamall Ortigas Pasig City


Perry Chicken with Corn and Carrots and Gravy Rice

5 Stars

Ribs with Corn and Carrots and Fries

5 Stars

Sunday, June 26, 2011

T.G.I.Fridays

T.G.I. Fridays @ Glorietta 3 Makati City


Bacon Cheeseburger

5 Stars

Chicken Fingers

5 Stars

Cosmopolitan

4 Stars

Friday's Pork Adobo

5 Stars

Jack Daniel Glazed Ribs

5 Stars

Club House

5 Stars


New York Strip Steaks

5 Stars
Buffalo Wings

4 Stars

Kanin Club

Located at Ayala Triangle Makati City


Loaded Fried Rice

4 Stars

Garlic Rice

3 Stars


Bistek Tagalog

3 Stars

Pork Barbeque

3 stars


Monday, June 13, 2011

Zsa Zsa Zaturnnah Ze Muzikal! Vack with A Vengeance!

Zsa Zsa Zaturnnah Ze Muzikal returned to the stage for the 7th time giving the audience a power-packed and breath taking performance from the leading actors and actresses of our generation. Zsa Zsa Zaturnnah was based on the comic book written by award winning contemporary writer Carlo Vergara and was given to life on stage by the legendary Chris Martinez and was directed by Chris Millado.

The story is about a gay beautician who lives a boring life in a barrio. His life changes when a magical pink rock falls down from heaven and hit him while he was taking a bath. Together with his sidekick Didi, also a homosexual, they discovered the hidden power of the magical pink rock and they fight the forces of evil. To make the whole thing short, the story is just any other typical fairy-tale about a super hero who saves humankind yet with a twist.

Eula Valdez played the role of Zsa Zsa Zaturnnah, the hero of the story. Ada becomes Zaturnnah every time he swallows the magical pink rock. Eula is a widely known actress in the big screen and Philippine TV. After being marked as the powerful Amor Powers in one of ABS-CBN soap opera, she was indeed awarded as a very promising serious actress in her generation. But surprisingly, she portrayed the role of Zaturnnah perfectly which was way beyond expected. I seriously couldn’t picture her out portraying the role of Zaturnnah because the whole dynamic of seriousness and edginess in her characters in the movie and television. Yet she did an awesome job, letting the audience felt and believed that she is a gay person trapped inside a superwoman’s body. Didi was played by Gabe Mercado which I wanted to commend for being the life of the whole play. His acting was brilliant and exemplary. He mostly gave punch lines that made the whole crowd laughed. Zaturnnah’s archenemy, Queen Fermina Suarestella Baroux was played by one of the nation’s pride stage actress, Pinky Amador. Needless to say, her performance was beyond outstanding. Of course, in every story there’s always the love interest. Ada/Zaturnnah’s object of affection was portrayed by Eula’s real life partner Rocky Salumbides. He might be casted among the veterans but still his portrayal in the role of Dodong wasn’t bad enough.

As I sat on my chair and watched the play, I realized something; this isn’t all about a funny story about homosexuals having super-powers. It is how our society is starting to embrace and appreciate the wonderful works of the third gender. Slowly, our culture is beginning to widen its belief about norms. The gay society have lifted their pride and proved to the whole humankind that they are not to be shelved in this world because just like all of us who can define our gender in an option boxes, they also can make wonders and amazing job that we can all be pompous of. To sum it all up, Zsa Zsa Zaturnnah Ze Muzikal! Vack With A Vengeance really deserves a standing ovation because they earned every bit of clamor and praise.

Sunday, June 12, 2011

On Quitting the Evil Empire-- Corporate Sell Out or Full Time Bum; Choosing Between the Lesser Evil

Before anything else, Happy Independence day to all my fellow countrymen. Don't worry, this is not an entry about our history and I will not yap about it like most bloggers do. However, this is an entry about my own personal freedom from corporate slavery.


I haven’t written anything remotely real for quite sometimes. However this time, I can’t use the same excuse that I’ve been using for the past years—the same lame ass excuse about being busy. For those who haven’t heard it yet, I already quit my corporate job three months ago. Basically, my whole life roll around attending occasional job interviews, baby sitting my dogs and watching re-runs of How I Met Your Mother so I have all the time in my hands to update this blog with entries and not just pictures of foods and other stuffs.

After three years of captivity, I decided to free myself from corporate slavery and brave the wilderness of unemployment. I’ve been overly bitching out how I hate my work constantly with my other friends and few special people that I used to work with, in that god-forsaken place (you know who you are *wink). And we always fantasize the idea of quitting until three months ago, one by one, we finally did. FYI, I don’t actually hate my work. It’s the environment that I refused to get used to, that I hate.

Yes, you read that last part right. I love every single detail of what I am doing in that place. I’ve grown to be a whole lot better in terms of up leveling the technical aspect of my writing skills. I honed my craft and learned new things therefore I must be grateful for that. However, working inside the walls of the Empire really sucks. Every single day is a battle. It’s like surviving in the jungle. You must not let your guards down or you’ll be the one going down. I am sick and tired of playing their mind games and pretending to be somebody else just to fit in. For three years, I played the role of the black hearted-stubborn-back stabbing-bitch. I had to embody a strong exterior so others will not have the slightest idea that they can bring me down. But over the years I realized, I am not that person. I can’t continue to become mean and heartless to live and continue to exist with them… and so I quit.

So here I am, spending most of my time inside my room. I haven’t figured it out yet where to even begin coping up with what I have lost. Sure, there are still loose end factors in this scenario. This isn’t the whole picture yet. I have yet to unfold the whole story. After three months, I am still stuck in a very confusing limbo and I haven’t been over with the emotional damage that caused this disfigured reality. There’s so much to tell, so many emotions to pour out but for now I leave you with this.