Wanders and Wonders

Now, I know where to go to when I'm bored. Just head to PUZZLES, a board game cafe. It's just a few meters away from my place. It has so many games to choose from. The place is spacious but sometimes it gets too crowded just like last night. You can stay there and play the whole day for just 100 pesos each person. That's reasonable. Also, when you get hungry, they have delicious foods from fries to steak and rice. Also, they offer drinks - juice, coffee and tea. It's a perfect place for friends and family to have fun. [caption id="attachment_150" align="alignnone" width="225"] Scrabble - so serious thinking what word to make. Haha[/caption] One can determine the kind of person someone is by his attitude when he wins or when he loses. Have fun and  enjoy!!! Am going to visit there again with more friends.

Everyone loves outing, who wouldn't right? You get to go places where you have never been to plus, it's free. Everything is shouldered by the company. Then, you get to spend more time with your co-workers leaving all the paperwork behind. This time we  headed  to Stilts Batangas. It's my first time to visit a beach in Luzon. [caption id="attachment_145" align="alignnone" width="225"] The clouds, the yellow sand, and the blue sea. That says it all.[/caption] [caption id="attachment_146" align="alignnone" width="300"] Jump-shot picture with the coworkers.[/caption] [caption id="attachment_147" align="alignnone" width="225"] Love the serenity this picture shows.[/caption] [caption id="attachment_148" align="alignnone" width="300"] A lavish and sumptuous dinner. So yummy!!![/caption] We also had games during this trip. We played Pinoy Henyo, charade and I ...

My heart always longs for Cebu. It has a big [caption id="attachment_143" align="alignnone" width="169"] Crown Regency hotel Extreme Adventures[/caption] part in my heart and in my life. I just love the food and everything Cebu offers (not the traffic and the pollution though). Now it is time for me to visit once again the places I used to frequent when I stayed there. [caption id="attachment_138" align="alignnone" width="225"] The French-inspired restaurant. A good place to drink wine, catch up with friends,and relax. Wish we had more time.[/caption] The ambience is good but the waiters are not accommodating. They didn't smile nor greet us. They didnt even ask us what we want to order..When we asked them to dry off the table, they gave us that sour face..hmmm. I think they need a customer service 101 lessons.. [caption id="attachment_139" align="alignnone" width="225"] Apple-flavored wine....

" Jessica Wakefield made a huge mistake. So huge that it risked her twin sister's life and ruined her relationship with her boyfriend, A.J. Morgan. She dated a psycho over the weekend when her boyfriend was away ." This is one of the books of Sweet Valley High series of Francine Pascal. I enjoyed these books in my college days. We had them at our Reading Laboratory where I was assigned at. Now, I found them at Market Market and I enjoy reading them especially on a day like this - rainy and stormy. [caption id="attachment_133" align="alignnone" width="182"] That's Jessica Wakefield and Christopher.[/caption] Let's go back to the story. (The summary is copied from the back of the novel.) Jessica Wakefield doesn't know how she'll survive a long weekend without her steady boyfriend, A.J. Morgan. But when she meets Christopher, a mysterious, good-looking boy, her lonely weekend turns into one of the most romantic times of her life...

Every day we carry with us to-do list, to-buy list, and to-have list. They seem endless. Every second or minute ticks,  a new idea comes to mind and we desire to have them. Sometimes they  come right away, but some will test your patience. They come very late. (In our thinking, it's late.) While I am waiting for my student to take my skype call for our online class, I have this realization: God will give you the things you have prayed for when you are all ready to accept it - physically, mentally, spiritually. God knows the perfect timing. However, more often than not people are impatient. We are so used to 'instant things.' We thought that once we pray to God what we want, we want to receive it the next day or the next week. Yet, we don't know God has another thing in mind - better than what we thought of. God says in the Bible His thoughts and His plans are higher than ours. Thus, people should learn to trust God in everything. I am telling this to myself. Though insi...

[caption id="attachment_122" align="alignnone" width="300"] Do you want to live in a community of Sameness?[/caption] The Giver rings a bell to me. But I am not sure whether I have read it in the past or not. One day, my Korean student bought a novel "The Giver" and it made me more intrigued about it. Hence, I borrowed the novel from my co-worker who also has it and he even used it in the class as a lesson. In the first few pages, it was hard to comprehend the setting of the story and even the plot. I had lots of questions of who or what these words mean: Release, Nurturers, Giver, Receiver, and the list goes on. It appeared to be very metaphorical to me. Well, since I don't like putting down a book without finishing it, I did continue reading it and I was glad I read until the last page. It really made me think about life, people, community, rules, etc. The story in a nutshell goes like this: It is a story about an isolated community that t...

Thanks to those who came to our housewarming party. They brought gifts, too. Giving gifts to the host is typical for Koreans. One of the famous gifts is a roll of tissue paper. They believe that if you are gifted with a roll of tissue paper, your problems can easily be solved just like the tissue paper when you roll it out. Hence, we received these 30 rolls of tissue. It is good for a several months of supply.  Another one is a blender. Though it's not typical, but it is very useful. I've been meaning to buy this one even before but just couldn't get myself to buy one. The last one was a shoe rack. One of of our friends saw that our shoe rack was not enough for our shoes, so she bought another one. Yay!!! Gifts and blessings! We prepared all Korean foods - tofu with kimchi, Pajeon, Makkgeolli, etc. I wasn't able to take a picture of those. I would love to share the Korean foods here. Well, next time in my future posts. In two weeks probably, it would be our turn to give...