Archive for December, 2007

A Cocorama Christmas with friends

Nothing is better than spending the holidays with old friends. Old, as in our friendships have withstood the test of time. Old, as in we’ve known each other since our early 20s and now we are in our late 30s (some pushing 40 but I won’t tell who, hehehe). With the our eagerness to swap [...]

December 30, 2007 · Arpee · 9 Comments
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Cool cool Avenue Q!

My apologies for the unannounced blogging hiatus. December is the indeed the month of deadlines, overspending, rushes and impossible tasks. Now that we are a few days before Christmas day, I decided to give myself and Noreen a gift; a break from all the holiday spending and chaos we had to subject ourselves to. Yes, [...]

December 22, 2007 · Arpee · 2 Comments
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Makati City Hall’s neighborhood panciteria

Every Christmas, the City Government of Makati gives away a bag of goodies to their citizens and employees. Since Noreen works for Makati City government, she gets a bag containing 20 cans of sardines, luncheon meat and corned beef and three t-shirts. Not bad, I say. So to get her fair share, I accompanied her [...]

December 14, 2007 · Arpee · 2 Comments
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Siomai vs. Kuchay Dumplings

I love dumplings. I can never say no to a plump piece of kuchay dumpling. I’m not sure how the Chinese really call it, but, for conversations’ sake, let’s call one group siomai and the other we will refer to as the kuchay dumplings. Siopao or filled buns are a different variety so let’s not [...]

December 10, 2007 · Arpee · 13 Comments
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Happy Birthday Boss Mel!

Our boss, Ana Melissa Martirez celebrates her birthday with Lawson PSSC for the first time and her team is more than happy to blow the candle alongside her. Boss Mel, as I fondly call her, is from Lexmark, the printer company, based in Cebu. Armed with a degree in Mass Communication from the University of [...]

December 7, 2007 · Arpee · 4 Comments
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