as shared in my other posts, whenever Jeff and I would want to try new food, we'd usually check out SM North Edsa Annex area particularly where Save More used to be and usually we'd find ourselves a newly-opened resto naman in fairness this time, our newest food discovery was Clucky's
Clucky's is attempting to compete with the likes of BonChon, Chicken Charlie with its Korean fried chicken
our choices: 1) Parmesan fries (Php 49) [also comes in a bigger size at Php 85] 2) Bulgogi meal with 12 oz drink (Php 149) 3) Kimchi meal with 12 oz drink (Php 149 4) Wings Solo (Php 125) solo I liked their rice topping meals a lot. they had quite big servings and Jeff and I were able to share pa. yung parmesan fries nothing too extraordinary. the dip I really didn't get the taste so much. not too happy about the chicken though - at first glance it seemed very artificial particularly yung skin breading. when I ate it, the whole thing practically came off na parang kinabit lang sya when it was fried! taste wise so-so lang din I think if I were to return here though I would go back for the rice toppings lang. hehe Clucky's SM North Edsa, G/F Annex
November 1, 2013 I rarely look forward going to Pampanga as it is practically an extension of Manila for us. we go here at least once every quarter ata and it has always been the same. sure the travel is much faster and more convenient and we now have better mobile phone signal + wi-fi + cable; but beyond that there really is nothing much else left to do. (oh no, I'm starting to sound like my younger siblings na!)
#agileworking Pampanga style
over the weekend however, whilst there was work to be done (which addresses my issue on the lack of anything to do) I was able to see our home town in a really different light, unintentionally, haha
Floridablanca Town Hall
I went along with my parents to Floridablanca, which was just right next to Guagua, the town Mama grew up in. they had to buy some things at the market, and I badly needed to get meds naman for my colds while waiting, I walked around muna and made my way towards the church. I know I had mass in this town a decade ago pero I couldn't remember if this was the same one. I only got to take photos from my outside since it was already quite dark na. I already applied some filters in the one I took below just to make it more visible
this was the San Isidro Labrador (St. Joseph the Worker) Parish Church pala which was built in 1867 and it was actually considered a heritage church... sweet!
actually just before we reached the town proper itself, we also passed by this house below:
reading about it when we got home, it turns out to be another historical landmark, this time in the form of an ancestral mansion this house was referred to pala as the Bahay na Puti or the Alvendia House it is presently owned, preserved and maintaned by the Justice Carmerlino Avendia Sr. -- galing! since we only passed by it, there was only so much info I can get. so I made a mental note to make sure I get to go back and have more time to spend in this town and see what else I can discover! speaking of, just before heading back to Guagua, I chanced upon this Coke-branded bicycle --pretty cool! looking forward to where else my feet will take me!
October 30, 2013 here's just to share some photos from our halloween celebration at the office last week. the Shared Services/Functions group came together to have a United Nations themed halloween party for the kiddos
candy anyone?
Andrew brought Kimi and Mia for trick or treat!
the kiddos invading the HR building
some of cute kids who visited us at the HR building for trick or treat!
I honestly was not too thrilled about this plan at first but since Jeff was away then plus the place was just less than 15 mins away from the house, so might as well. haha I love OPM a lot and I liked some songs of Side A, but I just thought then na 'lipas' na sila + super 'gasgas' na the songs that made them big then well naisip ko na lang better Side A than Freestyle which was the group's first option, hehe as early as 730 pm we were already at 19 East. the show was scheduled at 930 pm which gave us just enough time to have dinner. this was actually my first time to 19 East considering that I live along Sucat lang. I've always wanted to go especially before Sugarfree disbanded, but just never got the chance to we went inside the Music Hall to make sure we get the best seats, unfortunately they were still setting up, so we had to go out and have dinner outside at the garden okay naman yung garden. we opted for a table which was overlooking Laguna de Bay (albeit dark) so it was a breezy and added to a good, relaxed atmosphere
19 East (view of the music hall from the garden)
unfortunately lighting wasn't that good, so I opted not to take photos of the dishes we ordered, but to share: Pork Sisig (Php 198) Halaan Soup (Php 179) Grilled Squid (Php 93/100g) Sizzling Veggies with Squid (Php 179) Liempo (Php 179) Beef Salpicao (Php 235) haha 179 is the default price ata dito. the food was actually quite good. I especially liked the sisig. medyo medium rare lang ang luto ng salpicao kaya I didn't like it as much, pero malasa. over-all good food na for the price
by 9 pm we made our way inside since a lot of people started coming in na rin while we were having dinner. apparently Radha was there pala together with Jomari Yllana
IG @jobnacpil tonight! #hrkaladkarins
it was only at around past 10 pm however when the band came in. you could tell they were just firming up their song list when they got there. I guess they also considered the demographics of the audience
iba talaga ang voice ni Joey G. still as good as how it was then. it was interesting to note too that all the band members pala can sing, and it was good that they were also able to showcase this as they took turns singing. I also noticed that they have younger members this time I particularly liked their other vocalist, Lee Von. he has a deeper voice which helped complement Joey G's higher range; crazy guitar skills + he was kinda cute rin
IG @jobnacpil live music at its finest #SideA
I was actually expecting them to sing their original songs lang or the songs they covered in their albums so I got really thrilled when they started playing the likes of Africa (Toto) and The Man Who Can't Be Moved (The Script)
lalo when they did a cover of Kenny Loggins' Heart to Heart -- classic!
here's a quick video I took pala when they covered the song
during their 2nd set pala they even invited Radha over and she sang a couple of songs too. they started playing some sappy love songs though which I didn't enjoy so much and since it was already past 1 am, I opted to leave before the gig. hehe. ibang klase talaga 'pag live music. sa totoo lang it has been decades ata since I last went to a legit concert. so I'm really looking forward to being able going to a big one atleast next year!
for now I think I'm gonna monitor that 19 East gig list and watch out for other performers too. but I sure won't mind catching Side A (and Lee Von) again soon!
IG @jobnacpil #Repost from @marijoanne #goodtimes with the #hrkaladkarins #Side A
