I Had A Bad Day!

I have a bad hangover from this morning's drinking spree. I don't know what happened but I still managed to get home. I am a little upset because I still remember some details this morning. I want to forget it though. It was one bad day but hey I still have to be optimistic!

I made some friends in twitter today... all the way from the visayas region. It's amazing how it makes everything seem so close. Technology really breaks boundaries!

Now that I have a hangover, I popped a couple of tablets of my favorite hangover solution called BIOGESIC hehe. Not that I am plugging it but man it makes that headache go away in an hour or less. It is really effective and I like how it handles everything. Now I have time to write about my misadventures again on my site.

I am reading other people's blog again. Even if I do not believe in what they say I still take time to comment and give my thoughts about it. Then I still have some haters posting on my chat box over there >>>>>

It's okay though, I believe this is a free country.. but if it gets out of hand I'll do something about it hehehe =P

Yankee Dreamer Here!

I just saw this weekend that the New York Yankees won 8-3 versus low profile Chuck Norris homage team the Texas Rangers. This is another game and another day where people from their side of the country were hoping for an upset of some sort; that didn't happen. I am a Yankee fan and I never really thought anyone can beat them this season just by looking at the plays they had this 17th where the usual filling up of the bases and a batter hitting what he is supposed to happened. It was elementary and everything was implemented well. They are going to be my only baseball betting picks and I know I wouldn't be sorry that I did. They will perform better than the former champions whom I refuse to mention on this post (ha-ha!) and I am eagerly awaiting their comeback this season!

I am not hoping for another good game like this to happen every week but at least give me ample amount of show for the pitchers, infield and outfield people. The owners and fans would be surely proud of them just as long as they do their best. I am still a fan of Phil Hughes and if he improves his game more he's probably going to be one of those sports icons I would worship in my dreams soon. It's a tough game but since they do this professionally it would be proper to do their job as best as they can do! Am I right?!

Don Esteban's @ Tomas Morato Quezon City

When I arrived yesterday from the short break I had in Cavite, I saw my Mom and Dad not doing anything at home so I invited them out to eat at MA MON LUK a popular Chicken Noodle Soup/MAMI and Dimsum house that is quite near our place. This place was where the popular food pinoy MAMI was made. MA MON LUK was the inventor. Consequently my Grandfather built the place where this restaurant still stands in Quezon Avenue. The late Alejandro Martinez also built the first few buildings of National Bookstore.

The bad news is... when we parked the van I was excited even at the grueling stench of fish sauce smell around the restaurant. When Dad approached the counter, he asked the waiters and cashier if they would be able to accommodate us on a table. Apparently they were not really asking people to wait so they would be seated, it was every man for himself. Then they told my Dad that they ran out of SIOPAO... now how can a Mami/Dimsum restaurant run out of Pork Buns just like that?! Hayyy... I was really disappointed. So we just stood up and rode the van again and went on a road trip around the Timog and Morato Area. We ended up in Don Esteban's Quezon inspired restaurant which is just a few blocks away from our house.I was excited since I am a fan of their cuisine, I usually make my mouth water to the sight of Pansit Habhab... the food was great don't get me wrong. The problem is, the service was so slow. How slow you say?


We got our drinks at around 7-8 minutes from the time we placed the order. This Buko Shake was mine. Mom and Dad had the normal Buko in the shell... but it wasn't cold. Mom and Dad had to improvise and put ice on it themselves.

After a good 20 minutes... I was really getting impatient.

After 30 minutes of not getting any food, I was still in the verge of getting angry the kind waitress went to us and apologized. We already drank everything we had on the table. 50 minutes we still had nothing on the table. The first one arrived, the stir fried veggies. It was something like chopsuey and it was perfectly cooked. But we had to wait an extra 20 minutes for the other dishes to arrive.

This was the Ginisang Gulay which looked and tasted like Chopsuey.
It was good though because the veggies were cooked right and crunchy.

This is their longanisang lucban, it was very very good and not too salty like the ones I tasted from that province but the price was almost 200 pesos. Too high I guess and they are not even a fine dining restaurant.


Crispy Kare Kare... It was like crispy pata on Kare Kare... it was good... I tasted real peanut on the sauce though I hope it was not just peanut butter or powder based. I couldn't tell at that time because I was thinking about the slow service too much! Almost 300 and a bit too pricey for around 5 pcs of small cut pig legs, 6 eggplant slices and around 20 bits of sitaw. Yes I counted them!


The Crispy Kare Kare was overpriced but I still ordered it. The waitress was already apologizing because they were understaffed in the kitchen. The Pansit HabHab that I had to wait for arrived an hour 10 minutes from the time I ordered. This was appalling, good thing I was cool that day and Mom and Dad were not that hungry, otherwise I could have torn that place apart with my bear hands.






The Pansit Habhab almost was perfect, they shouldn't have to cut the pansit into small bits like that. I did not also see special vinegar to go with it like in Quezon as they were claiming to be doing that theme. It was fine but the cook should have instructions not to do that on my pansit. I have to eat long strands of it!

In the end... Food was great, a mere 4 out of 5 KUMAGS. The service SUCKS bigtime though! I would not recommend you eat here today, wait for about 6 months so they would be able to perfect their system. Go to another place if you are in a hurry to eat or experienced fast food, you won't get it here. I got myself filled up with yogurt froz on our way out... on a hefty 150 price I could have settled for a pint of ice cream but its okay to eat healthy every once in a while!

You Can Bet On It!

I am ecstatic since my new favorite for this season the Cleveland Cavaliers is doing well in rapping up their opponents. With the season nearing its end, I am optimistic that they will get to finish dealing with the teams from the west like Orlando Magic and the LA LAKERS. LEBRON JAMES has been doing a good job keeping the enemy at bay even if they often choose to sit him down as some of the reserve players already can beat the big teams in the league. If KOBE plans to step up and monster out the ball without team work it would be easy for their defense to stop him soon. The coach probably has some few tricks on his sleeve. If I were betting between these two, I would choose the Cavaliers for obvious reasons. I like how this would turn out.

I wish the Packers would do have the same fate as they do. I really love football since they showed it on this side of the world. I would really love to get the chance and play it soon too. I prefer to be a quarterback if the team permits it. That would be really a dream. I would never want to see my teams lose. That would really make me worry for my own hopes in the sport. I have been playing bowling too much these days and I need to get some sunshine through these other ball sports. I will be doing this soon; you can bet on it!