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Yo brotha! Happy Birthday!

This afternoon we celebrated my youngest brother's birthday, he is turning 16 this coming December 6. We celebrated it by eating out in Mall Of Asia. We had trouble with the traffic along the way but we were able to get there and manage.

See.. it was a great afternoon!

Before heading to MOA we have already decided where to eat. It was decided that we were going to have a Cantonese, Korean and Japanese Cuisine thus, we eat in...

Yakimix!

We arrived in MOA around 5pm but they didn't let us in just yet. They open at 530 and there was a list of a line of sorts that tells who came to reserve for a table ahead of time. When we arrived we were told that we have a table but it was outside. If three of those who listed earlier did not come when they get called we get in. Lucky for us, we got in. The food was amazing! We all ate till we bloated, figuratively but it may have been literal for some.

SUSHI!!!!

MORE FOOD!!!!!

Those are not the only things I ate. After the picture above, I already focused on eating. Most of us went back and forth the buffet table getting something to grill or to get some sushi. I would not spoil what is there because seriously, you must go there and eat your heart out. They even have desserts prepared such as cake and other sweets. They have ice cream too!

LOOK AT THOSE SATISFIED FACES!

It is all thanks to my brother and our parents.

You seriously should try it there. It is expensive but supercalifragalistically worth it.

Birthdays In Cafe Juanita

Last Sunday, November 28, our Tito Gani and Tita Petite celebrated their 48 and 50th birthdays respectively. I do not know any other married couple with identical birthdays. That just might be one of what makes them unique as a couple. They decided to celebrate their birthdays in Cafe Juanita.

 

Cafe Juanita is one of the unique restaurants I have been when it comes to the design. It is covered in different colors with patterns that reminds me of native Mayan culture. It gives that feel that once you enter the door you are warped into a whole different place. It separates the smoggy atmosphere of Pasig into that natural feel.

Aside from Cafe Juanita's unique interior, the food they served a buffet of Asian, but mostly Filipino, cuisines with great quality and taste.

It was hard not to go back and fort the buffet table just to try everything and to go back for more.

All you can eat, might be the keyword to get your attention. With the different food they serve and how delicious they all are, it is impossible for one to notice weight gain after going here. For food like that, who cares right?

To help you out, here is a map to help you get to Cafe Juanita. It is a definite, you should go try their food.

Disclaimer: Photos are not taken by me. They are from Tita Petitie De Guzman's Facebook.

Book Love

To read is to love and I have done very little reading lately. Stuck in a reality of time, imprisoned by tasks and chores with no choice but to obey. Ambition after ambition of every page waiting for my eyes to be laid upon on. Each title of each book calling out my name as they collect dust in my assorted cabinets for every day that passes. Three months ago I promised my self to finish reading at least one of them. Yet, here I am with an additional book to join their sad bandwagon of unread collections.

How I miss to read words not of my own. To smell printed ink on paper of stories out of this world. My imagination, dry after months of being untouched, yearns to be renewed. To refresh what once was and bring about new life in the art. My beating heart pounds into my blood the hunger of surreality that only stories can bring about.

If time would permit, book after book shall be read. Stories to flood the desiring brain of colors of every kind from every genre. Repainting the dull life with what should be, a disaster of colors that go with every bit of emotion brought about by word followed by word.

To read is to love and I desire to love greatly.

Of What She Draws

It takes talent, skill, patience and perseverance in the art of illustrations, portraits, paintings and the like. Drawing is a talent I wish I had. With the images in my head of things I like to show others. Like the simple beauty of how beautiful my beloved looks like. How she is the waves that brings life to the ocean. As I float in her vastness overwhelmed by her. No, I can not draw. She however, can.

Above is a portrait of me drawn in a notebook by me beloved. Quite a talent she has at drawing. She loves doing it too. She did a lot of drawings back then. She has not showed me a new one yet, though, I am sure she continues to. From portraits to surreal illustrations she manages to make it come together. Aside from drawing illustrations, she drew me, to her side to stay.

Magic In A Coffee Shop and of Burgers Filled With Love

The greatness of my day yesterday started out in this burger shop along Taft Ave. 

Yes, Zark's Burgers. Their huge burgers filled the hungry stomachs as my friend and I each devoured a share of what they called the "Shaq", assuming it was named after the NBA Superstar Shaquille O'Neal. While another friend of ours shared one of their burgers (which I didn't get the name of) with her boyfriend. This was not the first time I tasted one of their amazing burgers. The last and first time I ate there since yesterday was during their anniversary where in they had a discount on their "Jawbreaker". I am not sure but it seems similar to the picture above. Good times indeed.

The latter of that afternoon was spent with the same friends and a few others who I have just met that day. We hang out in Cafe Noriter which was also along Taft Ave. We did not do much but fool around and play this weird but fun game. 

As evening set in I set for SM MOA to watch the much awaited screening of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1. 

In comparison to the rest of the Harry Potter movie series,  part 1 of the Deathly Hallows is definitely one that readers of the series would enjoy. I would not want to spoil how the movie went, despite many would really know what already happened, just so you can enjoy the movie yourself. Don't wait for it to be out for download or in DVD, get your butt up that chair and hit the cinemas.

Of course I would not forget the reason of all reasons as to why yesterday, today and tomorrow will always be great. 

How many months has it been since she drew this on this cup on Noriter? I don't remember. What I know is I enjoyed spending my time with her as I always do. I enjoyed watching the movie with her as well. What you think I would watch it alone? Nah. I was on a movie date last night and we watched our favorite book series together. Oh boy yes, was it a day.