Ten Titas Restaurant Cinnamon Palitaw (Ire)
The picture of the Cinnamon Palitaw (native rice cake) looked intriguing in the Ten Titas Restaurant menu with its brown color, which I assumed to be due to the cinnamon, a spice that is brown in color.
Chuckles — Funny Signs on the Way to Tagaytay
A trip to Tagaytay on 18 March 2007 yielded two funny signs, which, unfortunately, I was unable to take pictures of. The first funny sign can be spotted at the second booth from the right at the Sta. Rosa exit on South Superhighway. It should have read:
Sun Cellular Prepaid Services Activation & Confirmation SMS
I’m having a lot of fun trying the different prepaid services of Sun Cellular. What I’ve done is buy regular load and then purchased or converted parts of my load for Sulit Calls, Convert-A-Load and Give-A-Load.
Repertory Philippines Filipino Adaptation of La Cage Aux Folles
I was not expecting to hear atchara, bongga and Pampanga during Repertory Philippines Gay Birds 8pm preview performance on 15 March 2007 at Onstage Greenbelt, primarily because Repertory Philippines is well known for staging hit Western fare from Broadway and West End, which has led to accusations of lack of originality and inability to do a Filipino play.
Pancake House Home Style Bangus Served with Less Tomatoes (Ire)
Having ordered Pancake House’s Home Style Bangus (milkfish) on several occasions made me stare in askance at the fifteen or so cubed tomatoes that supported the served bangus in Pancake House Malakas St. branch (near Quezon City Hall) on 14 March 2007.
Chateau Verde in UP Diliman
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Chateau Verde Knicker Bocker Glory - The traditional banana split of chocolate, vanilla and strawberry scoops of ice cream lies on a bed of mangoes, bananas and jelly, and highlighted with a fan of apple slices. |
Sun Cellular Prepaid Free SMS and Convert A Load (Eye)
In the Sun Cellular system, Php 150 load gives the subscriber 25 free texts that’s good for a month.
The Convert A Load service allows the subscriber to choose to convert part of his load for texts to other networks.
Coke Product Claim as Water Substitute (Ire)
“Hydration is not always spelled H-2-O. Hydration can be spelled as C-O-K-E.”
This shocking claim is in a Coke ad in a March issue of a men’s magazine.
