Posted in Food & Drink, tagged activities, actor, balls, berry-banana, Dance, drink, EDSA, exercise, food, fun activities for kids, Jamba Juice, juice, Matteo Guidicelli, monkey bars, photobooth, restaurants, SM, sm city, SM North, SM North EDSA, Smoothie, The Block, trampoline, wall climbing, Zumba on October 12, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Last week, I was invited to the opening of the new Jamba Juice store at SM City The Block North EDSA. It was not an ordinary launch because they had a whole set of fun activities for kids and adults. Before I went to the activity center, I exchanged one of the gift certificates that I got, sat down, and sipped my drink.
Posted in Food & Drink, tagged Beverages, Cha Dao, Cha Time, drink, drinks, food, Gong Cha, Health, iTea, leche flan, milk, milk tea, Pau-pau, pearls, pudding, restaurants, sm fairview, tea on June 28, 2012 | 12 Comments »
I confess. I’m a milk tea addict. I have tried several milk tea stores like Pau-pau, Cha Time, Gong Cha, and Cha Dao. My favorites used to be Pau-pau and Cha Time, and now I’m going gaga for iTea.
Posted in Books, tagged a childhood in india, aunt, Batangas, birth grandmother, Book, books, childhood, Chili pepper, climbing the mango trees, climbing the mango trees: memories of a childhood in india, cousin, Filipino, Filipino people, food, fun, Funny, kid, kids, mahdur jaffrey, Mango, memoir, memories of a childhood in india, non-fiction, Philippines, restaurants, travel, vacation on April 27, 2012 | 17 Comments »
Reading about an unknown person’s childhood may make some individuals think “I don’t care about your life, why should I read you?” This was the predicament that Mahdur Jaffrey had to face. When I finished her book Climbing the Mango Trees: A Memoir of a Childhood in India, I realized that Jaffrey wasn’t able to write a memoir—she was able to paint a world. I didn’t feel like I was reading a narration of events. I felt like a world was unfolding right before my eyes. The gastronomic and vivid narration elevated her ordinary life and transformed that life into a masterpiece filled with incredible sensations. As I read her description of Indian food, my mouth tingled in anticipation for the next ingedient, my appetite stimulated by each descriptive word.
