Holiday Food Fest

I had the whole week off and wasn't traveling. Since Wiley has combo vacation/sick/personal days, the tendency is to have a lot of days at the end of the year because of overpreparedness for being sick. Naturally, I spent the week meeting up with friends over meals.

This album consists of:

1) Oceanic Seafood Restaurant: This was a Friday lunch with my parents, Uncle Bock & Auntie Kim at a new buffet restaurant that took over the former Gala Manor. Full review in the future.

2) Pre-New Year's Dinner @ the Yeo's: This was a home-cooked meal by Auntie Kim.

3) New Year's Dinner: 2 rounds of Korean BBQ at my parents'.

Happy New Year 2013

Christmas 2012

Happy Holidays 2012

Gotham City Holiday Decorations

Shadowdragon

Alyssa Goldenblade

Shaolin Longfist

Kryo Jennyx

Thanksgiving in December

With the Philippines trip in November and my Mom staying an extra week, we really didn't get to have our traditional get-together for Thanksgiving. So we pretty much did it for Emily's Birthday this weekend. With the holidays coming up, some of the items and colors also had a Christmas theme to them.

DCU: Pengbot Maximus

Though Pengbot Maximus is just a middle boss in the Gotham Subway station, many players have trouble defeating him. This video offers some strategies to make him less intimidating. I feel like the developers made a boos like this to teach players how to block and evade rather than going head-on, mashing the attack button.

DCU: Shadowlands

This is a playthrough of the end of the Wonder Woman faction quest, Shadowlands (via Oblivion Bar). It's a continuation of my first video with the character, Alyssa Goldenblade to show progession.

Pasto

Location: Greenhills Shopping Center, V-Mall, Ortigas Ave., Greenhills, San Juan, Philippines
Cuisine: Italian
Hours: ???
Phone: (02) 722-4992
Prices: About $15 per person
Credit Cards: All major

Food: 8
Service: 9
Value: 8
Environment: 8

Frequency: Unique

For the last meal in Philippines, we went a little lighter and ordered 2 pastas, a thin crust pizza and appetizers for 3 people. Portions weren't all that big either, so it was just right. If I wasn't stuffed this whole vacation, I'd say the dish sizes here are a little on the small side. Italian food is sort of a secondary must-eat for me here because the ingredients have a different taste... as they probably do in many parts of the world. A bowl of pasta or pizza can be made the same way, but the tomatoes and cheese will vary in taste. Click on the slideshow below for full comments on each dish.

Service is almost always a 9 in the Philippines, so there's nothing special there. The environment was cleaner than most places in the city and this is a restaurant in the mall! There were no flies and the decor was very classy. The dining area was well lit and had good acoustics. You get a good amount of food for the money you pay and they even throw in a free appetizer if you spend over 1000 pesos and use a BDO card!

Philippines Day 10

We didn't really go far on the last day. Instead, we just had people dropping by the hotel and Greenhill area all day long. We had Uncle Ramon in the morning. Uncle Ruben and family also came and stayed all day. For lunch, we ate at Choi Garden with Ifore and Jiselle's families. After that, my parents went back to the hotel to await more visitors. I went out with Ifore & Jiselle to get the last achievement on my list... Razon's.

When I returned to the hotel, Auntie Day, Auntie Remy and Auntie Shirley also came by. Then Uncle Mariano came over. My dad & I then went up to his apartment (also in the hotel). For dinner, we split up into 3 parties. My Mom went out with her family. My dad went out with Uncle Mariano & Auntie Susanna. I went out with Matt, Hanika and Margaret to Pasto (separate entry coming soon).

Licup Family Party