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Lessons in healthy Shabu-shabu

2 August, 2008 (14:31) | restaurants | By: Arpee

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“What kind of restaurant makes you cook your own food?” Actor Bill Murray was remembered for having said this line in the movie “Lost in Translation.” Pretty much like Murray’s character, many of us have yet to fully understand and appreciate the experience of dining in a shabu-shabu restaurant. It’s not expensive, as many would think. Keep in mind that the pots are there not because the chefs are too lazy to cook your food. Because for you to appreciate the flavors, you need to eat it as it comes out of the pot.

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The most influential blogs according to me

30 July, 2008 (10:45) | events | By: Arpee

I saved this for the very last day because I had to think it through. This is my list of the most influential blogs of 2008:

  1. http://dukeward.blogspot.com - when a dad raves, instead of ranting
  2. http://mylifejoys.com - a mom sharing her love of good things to everyone in the blogosphere
  3. http://oxymoron.wordpress.com - very well written and full of interesting reads
  4. http://pinoylife.i.ph - my dear wife’s version of the things I see
  5. http://kainpinoy.com - yummy pictures and great-tasting food excursions

These the only blogs I have decided to nominate. See more about this year’s emerging and influential blogs by clicking here.

Jansport celebrates music and art with bloggers

29 July, 2008 (23:59) | events | By: Arpee

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Yes, Jansport, the backpack maker, has invited Noreen and myself to a launch party like no other. Personally, I’ve been using Jansport back packs since the late 1990s. I gave Noreen this green back pack as a coming home gift when I got back from the US. My Jansport has been with us for 10 solid years and we are still using it. I’m a fan, but Noreen is a believer. I do urge you to see her post on the Jansport blogger party by clicking here.

My Melona!

28 July, 2008 (22:29) | F&B | By: Arpee

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This has got to be my best snack find in S&R since Blue Bunny Ice Cream. Binggrae, a popular dessert manufacturer in South Korea, has come up with what could be one of the world’s fastest selling “creamsicle“. They call it an ice bar, but in local terms, it’s a popsicle. The smell and taste is that of real honeydew melons.

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Ayala Land’s ALVEO lunches at Red

25 July, 2008 (01:30) | events, restaurants | By: Arpee

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ALVEO is the new face of Ayala Land. The good properties like Senta, Celadon Residences, Two Serendra and Verdana Homes are now under the management of ALVEO. That’s Ayala Land’s top brass Jaime Ayala on the right. Ayala Land has managed to protect their reputation as a builder of safe communities for families of all incomes. ALVEO was nice enough to treat new and traditional media people to lunch at Red Restaurant inside the Makati Shangrila Hotel.

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