Author: Gabriel
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The Perks Of Being A Wallflower
Couldn’t help thinking while watching this movie that it’s unfair. How, for example, can I not like a movie with music by David Bowie? Several references to The Smiths? Fleetwood Mac, Smashing Pumpkins, The Beatles, etc. As well as discussions about To Kill A Mockingbird, On The Road and The Fountainhead? Can those books get…
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Thinking of Baby Names
It has become increasingly apparent that I am gonna be a dad soon. By May, according to the wife. I think she’s convinced herself, or maybe the internet has, via hocus pocus baby gender guessing games, that it’s gonna be a girl. I’d love a girl, mostly because I think boys are pretty useless (which…
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Gary Dreams Of Tinapang Bangus – Thoughts While Watching Jiro Dreams Of Sushi
Jiro Ono, 80+ years old in this movie, is a sushi chef and owner of Sukiyabashi Jiro a small nook of a restaurant in Tokyo and a Michelin Guide 3 star restaurant. He has been recognized by the Japanese government as a living national treasure for his contributions to Japanese cuisine.
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Batman The Dark Knight Rises
This scene is absolutely and positively one of my favorites in the whole of the Batman series.
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Book Review: The Age Of Miracles
The Age Of Miracles is a story as told by Julia, a teenage girl living in California during a time when the Earth is mysteriously slowing to a halt. The ‘slowing’ as its called is explained as it were via accounts from news reports mentioned thru the book, but there is no definitive explanation why.…
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Sagada Part III: The Eating
And now we’ve come to Part III and the final installment of our Sagada sojourn, this time concerning everyone’s favorite activity: Eating! (Plus some other final details). Starting with Matutina’s Seafood House at Tarlac, of which there is a Facebook Page here.
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Day 2 Sagada. Part II – We’re Here!
Waking up Day 2 we realized we slept for almost 12 hours, from 830pm to 830am. We were that tired. I could hear activity going on which may have involved the other guests, but we were too bushed to care. Here’s Mapiya-aw Pension House again, which is actually a very very old hotel.
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Sagad Sa Sagada! Part 1 – Getting There
Apologies for the corny name. Am gonna try to write about our trip to Sagada from when we left April 28 to coming back May 3rd, 2012 before I forget. But first, a nice pic to serve as this post’s ‘headline’. That’s a nice view from the bus going there, approximately 4 hours into the…
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Almon Marina Roast Chicken
For P204.00, Almon Marina will sell you a roast chicken with rice and 2 sidings of either (if I remember right), potato salad, veggies, mashed potatoes and.. err, something else. I went with the the veggies and mashed.
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Amici’s Roast Chicken
Nearly everywhere I eat, I order the roast chicken if available. This is partly due to my diabetes, which disallows fatty and greasy foods, and partly because I’ve always felt roast chicken is a benchmark of whether the restaurant knows what it’s doing. It’s a universal dish as all cultures and nationalities have roast chicken…