When I go to Robinson’s Place Manila, I often buy a red velvet cupcake or two from the stall of Portobello Bakery. Their red velvet cupcakes are moist and have that nice “chew” to it, and the cream cheese frosting’s tang and sweet level are just right. But then I found out that the stall […]
Yamazaki, Little Tokyo (Makati) – review
Friends and I wanted to catch up over dinner after work. Most of us were Japanese food fans, and we decided to eat at Yamazaki in Little Tokyo. I would definitely come back again for their delicious fried gyoza and would try the Yamazaki ramen, hoping there will be someone to share a bowl of […]
Conti’s Desserts: a review by a dessert-eating monster
I love desserts. Dessert is usually the best part of meal for me, if not the best part of the day. 😋 Being a desserts lover, I like visiting Conti’s Bakeshop and Restaurant occasionally because they sell a variety of interesting desserts. They have turtle pie, cheesecakes, and one of their most popular cake: mango […]
How to install Laravel 5 in Windows with XAMPP
This short tutorial is based on my own installation of Laravel 5 on XAMPP that is running on Windows 7. In this Laravel 5 tutorial, you will need: Composer – click here for installation instructions command prompt Internet connection XAMPP There have been major changes in the following: New Folder Structure, Contracts, Route Cache, Route […]
SSH: Basic usage of Shell Screen
If you are often running scripts in SSH, especially ones that have a long execution time, you might have experienced termination of your script before it actually finishes its task(s). Maybe you closed the terminal window by accident, or you lost Internet connection for a moment. What you can do is run your script persistently […]
SONA 2015 PNoy: Watch Online live stream, replay video, transcripts
It’s that day of the year again, when our president delivers a speech on the state of the nation. Today, July 27, 2015 at 4:00 pm, President Benigno Aquino III, also known as Noynoy and PNoy, will deliver SONA 2015 before Congress at the House of Representatives in Quezon City. Scroll down for the replay […]
Hatsu Hana Tei: perfect for heavy authentic Japanese meal in Makati
Hungry and craving for Japanese food? A heavy meal of Japanese food is waiting for you at Hatsu Hana Tei. It’s at the second floor of Herald Suites in Chino Roces Avenue, Makati City. Japanese foods weren’t my favorite… until now. 🙂 Just this year I found myself craving for more and more Japanese food. […]
Kimstore experience: cash on delivery via LBC
I ordered an LG phone on June 29, Monday, from the Kimstore online shop around 2:30 pm. I chose CoD (Cash oj delivery) as payment method. An email was sent to me, asking me to confirm my order. Order confirmation was done by copying details from support(at)theshop.ph which I pasted to an email i sent […]
Transfer funds from Citibank to other banks
I asked Citibank how much they would charge if I would do electronic funds transfer from them to a BPI account. According to them, we can transfer funds from Citibank to other banks for free if it’s electronic funds transfer. 🙂 I’m starting to like Citibank. Withdrawal from any ATM machine using my Citibank card […]
DHL: shipped from Manila, Philippines to Yokohama, Japan
Last Monday, I went to the DHL branch in Greenbelt 1 to send a package to Yokohama. I waited for about 15 minutes for my turn in the queue, only for my package to be rejected because I forgot to take note of the phone number of the person I’m sending the package to. The […]