Brrrrr Months

Here in the Philippines, September 1 is the day that the Christmas season is just around the corner. Early in the morning, local radio stations play our all-time favorite Christmas songs..isn't it wonderful?

BUT....

Before talking about the yuletide season, let me give a you a glimpse of what happened to me for the rest of the month of August. I know I haven't been blogging for weeks now because of my hectic schedule. But, anyway, here it goes...

I've mentioned in my last blog about the Kadayawan sa Dabaw Festival.  This festival is all about beauty, street dances, floral floats, flowers, and the King of Fruits: DURIAN!

photo credit: Althea Ferraris

                                    Hiyas ng Kadayawan                              
     photo credit: Althea Ferraris

at San Pedro St. after the parade

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Durian: Smells like hell...tastes like heaven

The highlight of this month was when one of my close friend, Aina,  had her vacation. It was a 2-day event full of catching ups, food, and...getting tipsy? HAHA!!!

sweet Lorraine

dinner @ Moon Cafe

sunrise @ Magallanes Residences

Now that "-ber" months are already here, a bittersweet feeling came over me. but, I'm also excited in planning our Christmas decorations for this year.

Have a fruitful September everyone!

A night of korean food and Bo's coffee

Last Friday night, I had dinner with two of my closest friends for Melissa's post- birthday treat.
We've been craving for korean food so we decided to dine at Manna Korean Restaurant located at Roxas St., Davao City. The first time I was here was perfect- the service and of course, their food.


That night, we ordered bibimbop (beef and mixed vegetable rice), shin ramyun (spicy ramen noodles), and samgyupsal (grilled pork strips). As part of a korean meal, they served us banchan- the staple foods or shall i say appetizers (not sure if this is the correct term). We managed to to eat everything and requested for another round, since it is refillable, when we realized it took much time for our food to be served and we could hear our stomach crying for more...but still we waited...

Atlas! Main course came.

Shin ramyun was served first. Yey! finally. Samgyupsal came next....as soon as the waiter left our table, me and my friends look at each other and give each other a "what the h-" look. Samgyupsal is described as GRILLED pork strips but instead we got this...

the pork cutlets, i repeat-cutlets (not strips), were sauteed or fried. We still have to drain the cutlets with a table napkin just to get rid off the oil.

after several minutes...

Yes. We somehow managed to eat up everything...maybe because we are so hungry that time-haha!

After dinner, we went to SM City Davao to have coffee. We saw that Bo's Coffee just opened at SM Annex and decided to go there instead.

White Chocolate Mocha for me <3

 Melissa's birthday cake...

She actually requested for this Rocky Road Cake from Starbucks and spoil our surprise for her in the process..haha!

NEWS! NEWS! NEWS!

The King of Festivals is already  here- Kadayawan. Some activities and events such as Agri-Trade Fair and street food event had already started last August 1, 2012. I will be posting photos about this festival soon but, if you are currently in Davao City or still bound for this wonderful city, make sure you go out, participate, and enjoy the city has to offer.

Have a wonderful week everyone!!!!