Pinoy Life At Large

This weekend, bloggers and media people were treated to a leisure and food tour of Tagaytay, where Anton Diaz shared with us his favorite food destinations. First stop was breakfast at the clubhouse of Verdana Homes in Mamplasan, Laguna. Not so far from Makati, this Ayala community is indeed a great place to raise a family.

From there, we proceeded to Ilog Maria, a honeybee farm that also produced toiletries and beauty products, all infused with honey. Noreen complained after using the facial scrub that she bought. She will have to travel to Tagaytay to buy more of it, because it works so well on her face. She has decided to stop using Aveeno, and switch to the Ilog Maria Honey Facial Scrub. I actually loved using the Spearmint Oatmeal soap they gave us as part of the freebies pack. With these alone, I will definitely go back to Tagaytay before I run out of the soap.

But because I’m a foodie, this post will talk about the wonderful lunch that we had. We had lunch at Bawai Vietnamese Kusina. It’s a very hidden restaurant and because of its location, not all are aware of this foodie gem.

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The launch of the Little Losers tees by clothing company David & Goliath has turned out to be a laugh-out-loud, raunchy and side-splitting event indeed! Gabe Mercado hosted the program, along with the other members of SPIT (silly person’s improv theater). This was one event where they gave prizes to the losers in the crowd. Special mention were the ones who won for being the first to get food from the buffet table and the guy who claimed was wearing green underwear. Even if I were, I would never admit it in public, especially with my boss and co-workers being part of the crowd. (I wasn’t, really!)

David & Goliath (more than the bible story about the underdog with a sling) is a clothing company that sells comfortably soft cotton t-shirts with funny designs and quotes. It is very popular with teens and young adults in the US and now these t-shirts are available in David & Goliath’s Metro Manila stores.

I will go and visit one of their stores really soon. I love their shirts about losers and also that T-shirt that says “bloggers suck!” Not only are these shirts comfortable, they’re also funny.

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This weekend Noreen and I went to the Cubao Expo at the invitation of a friend who owns the Reading Room. I didn’t get to meet my friend, because I didn’t tell her I’d be there. Noreen was planning for it to be a surprise. I guess I was the one getting surprised, hehehe.

What was formerly known as the Marikina Shoe Expo is now known as Cubao Expo. Aptly named, I think. Aside from visiting the Reading Room I also wanted to see some bargains that my officemates often rave about. I hardly go to this part of the Metro, being from Makati, so this Saturday I decided to go and see what the fuss was all about.

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