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Salon, Lunch, Shopping, Grocery

After church, my daughter and I did a lot of bonding. First up is our lunch at Savory. Finally I was able to coax my daughter to try it in this restaurant. Well, it didn't disappoint.

She loved the chicken and the gravy. You see, my daughter does not like gravy but she loves this particular gravy. I didn't take a taste it though. I just thought maybe it has bit of garlic flavor which she said yes to.


I ordered the pancit bihon guisado which I already tasted months ago. I love it! I was just surprised it was actually good for 3 persons. It costs P150. The take home I ordered before was over P200. But this seems even more. Maybe there's a packaging cost for take home.

The brewed coffee I ordered costs only P35 and it tastes better than other coffee shops.


We left the restaurant happy. They lack in warmth in customer service but the food is value for money.


We had our much needed haircut at David's Salon after. That was refreshing.


Full, we went out to shop. Daughter is happy too with her loots. The groceries come after. That is one of my favorite activities in the world. Haha.

Happy Monthsary!

It's our anniversary today as boyfriend and girlfriend. :) Like what my daughter said in her instagram, "it's mom and dad's monthsary!" Haha. Funny! The hubs brought home my cake. :)

CPMP Session

Since it was that time of the month, I decided to just watch my daughter while she was having her session at Center for Pop. Of course I was a doting mother. :)

While Watching a DVD

I craved yet again for cake so I called in delivery from Red Ribbon. While watching Awakening, I was munching on these.

Coolers

After my gym, I proceeded to pick up my daughter at Center for Pop. We were both starving so we dropped by Pancake House and had our dinner. Well I already had my grilled cheese sandwich at the gym so I just had halo-halo. It was good just like the halo-halo from Razon's. :)


Afterwards we went to the grocery and bought a few things including this iced tea in can which my daughter really loves.

Apple

I'm just glad that instead of chips, my daughter is now eating apple for her snack. :)

Exercise then Eat!

I decided to join the RPM class tonight. I was glad I did. It was an RPM Challenge class which I didn't realize when I was in the room. It was handled by my favorite RPM instructor. It was great!


Afterwards I met with my husband and daughter and we had our dinner at Napoli Pizzeria.

Daughter ordered her favorite appetizer, mozzarella bars.

I had carbonara, but this time, it came with fish fillet since they ran out of chicken. This is to share. Huge serving.


My husband had his seafood pesto pizza.


And before finally heading home, we bought a few sweets. I was craving for some cake and thought of just buying brownies which I could munch when we get home. Daughter fancied the chocolates from Cacao. She loves this multi-colored chocolates. We went home happy with our chocolate loots. Haha.

Dainty Little Fingers

I badly needed a pedicure so we trooped to the salon after church. As always, I tagged along my daughter and on a whim, I asked her if she wants to have her nails painted in summery colors. It's vacation anyway. It's just for fun! :)

She loved the idea but of course. This is the second time she had her nails done. The first one was two years ago I think on an Ipanema even we attended.

Her nails actually has two alternating colors thought it's not that obvious from the picture. Cute!

Birthday Party

I had this craving for cake and pancit. I thought of having a Red Ribbon delivery this afternoon. Our snack's peg is a birthday party. :)

Lights, Camera, Action

Well, my daughter is showing her new necklace with a camera pendant. She loves this as one of her favorite band members from One Direction, if I remember it right, has this one too.


I took a snapshot of one of the walls featuring all the enrollees of Center for Pop who went into show business and made a name for themselves.

After Church

My daughter and I did our groceries, among other things, after church yesterday. We dropped by Moonleaf for her Wintermelon milk tea. I was really hungry so we decided to eat at Shakey's. Afterwards we bought a few things which was not really planned so my daughter has her new shoes, top and necklace. I've new slippers. Talk about fairness. :)

I Settled

Sometimes really I don't know anymore what to eat since I have a conscious effort to eat moderately; avoid fattening foods. I settled for a grilled cheese from The Sandwich Guy after my body balance session. It's good! I want it again.

Foodie Family

Yes we are, haha. Anyway, after my daughter's school reservation and my bank errand this afternoon, we proceeded to Happy Lemon. My daughter was craving for her milk tea with oreo cookies.

We had our quick snack at Fuzion. The hungarian sausage with egg, mayo, pickles and tomatoes was good. We did our groceries again afterwards. I bought my husband his favorite pistachio ice cream and suman (sticky rice cake).

Dinner at Shakey's

The family had dinner at Shakey's after my daughter's rehearsal at Center for Pop Music and after my gym session. My husband loves their thin crust. My daughter loves their mojos with caesar's dressing.

What Happened?

You know that I love dining at Red Ribbon even if more often than not I find their service a bit slow. The customer interaction, especially by the managers, need a lot of improvement. But hey, I really love their cakes and pasta. My daughter, as I have shared a lot of times, love their pan-grilled chops and mashed potato.

But what happened to the chops???? It's gotten so little. The crew said "naka-grams po kasi". I know that but it's not really value for money anymore.

Coffee Almond Cookies

Ice cream again. The heat is unbearable that's why. Eating ice cream eases the heat somehow.

Cheetos

We went to the grocery after my daughter's rehearsal at Center for Pop Music. Been a while since we had Cheetos. It's always Lay's or Ruffles. Let me dig in. But we didn't consume all of this surprisingly. The bag is still 1/4 filled.

Happy Lemon

I had a dental visit this afternoon and I tagged along my daughter. It was fast and smooth. Thank You, God. :) We dropped by Happy Lemon before heading home as my daughter loves milk tea. This is her first time to try at Happy Lemon.

Choosing what milk tea to order.


Finally settled for a large Milk Tea with Oreo Cookies. It costs P100. She loves it though. Better than Bubble Tea and Moonleaf according to her.


The family attended church late at night and I thought of buying hot pandesal. I suddenly had a craving. We dropped by Pan de Manila along Mindanao Avenue but it's closed. It's being renovated I think. We had to go to this other branch along Congressional Avenue so I can have my pan de sal fix.

Card Giving

Today is my daughter's school's card giving day. We were there before lunch time and thankful that whatever accounting issues raised to us was resolved without any further discussion. :)

My daughter met with some of her friends while I take care of other matters at school like reservation and small chit-chat with a mom of her former classmate.


We went to the groceries after and she bought this. My husband loves this too.

Creamy Tomato Pasta

I finally enrolled my daughter at Center for Pop Music. I am happy to note that we've done all our activities I set out to do. I went to my gym session after enrolling my daughter. We had our groceries after.

I was starving after my gym! My choice, creamy tomato pasta from KFC.

Noodles!

I rarely crave for noodles because I know this is not as healthy as other carbohydrates. I gave in tonight. We had instant noodles instead of rice with our Korean-style fried chicken.

Afternoon Bonding

I had two sets of duties at our church today. I am really thankful that I was able to to do them both well. After the our church in the afternoon, my daughter and I proceeded to one of her favorite milk tea shops, Moonleaf. She bought her wintermelon milk tea there and we had our snack at The Cake Box beside it. We had our groceries after which I consider still a bonding time for both of us as we both love doing the groceries.

Feels Like a Home-made Pizza

This is not a home-made pizza but it looks like it and tastes like it. Sometimes I miss this kind of pizza. No frills and yes, it's crunchy. Husband bought it from Greenjoy Pizza on the way home.

I am very thankful that I was able to run at the UP Academic Oval late this afternoon. I ran for 40 minutes. I am happy to note that I can run now continuously. I slow down to walk but I can run now for several minutes unlike before that I need to slow down after a minute or maybe less. I'm really happy about this improvement to think I haven't ran outdoors for a long time. I would like to believe I have built stamina and endurance because of my regular exercises.

Yes, that's me in black and white. This was take a past 6 in the evening. Thanks to the hubs and daughter for accompanying me.


We proceeded to Jamba Juice, Bonifacio High Street after. :)

Traffic on a Maundy Thursday

We attended our worship service tonight. I am really thankful because we were still allowed to go inside even it it was a little past the time we were supposed to be there. It was heavy traffic on the way because of the church along the avenue as well as the newly opened Starbucks Drive-thru.


Oh yes, we dropped by Starbucks after church. It was jampacked. What Maundy Thursday?

I got so busy today taking time to do some spring cleaning. Finally had the time to stop and joined my daughter for a snapshot. :)

In-between Meal

I had a great workout today. It was just an hour but I have maximized my stay at the gym. I also did a lot of tasks at home. I dropped by the grocery and so happy to have completed our menu until Friday. It's Holy Week and most supermarkets are closed this week.

I bought these bananas for my in-between meal. The sales lady said they're good until tomorrow. I doubt. They'll be good for at least three days if I put them in the refrigerator.

Light and Heavy

I had a pretty light early dinner - beef turnover, coffee and  a small piece of brownie.  I was really starving since I came from the gym and headed to the bank before eating. Thing is restaurants were so full I was thinking is this a Friday night, payday? Anyway, I needed to have my coffee but Red Ribbon ran out of coffee. I headed to French Baker.

I brought home these fancy donuts. I just had a few bites. I love the cream inside the donut with the KitKat. It was so creamy.  My daughter loved cookies n cream, as always. My husband loved them all. Haha.

MIAS 2012

The family headed to Manila International Autoshow this afternoon. I'd say we had a grand time. :) This is the second year that we visited the exhibit.