Eats N Gadgets

Zuni at Greenbelt 5 (GB5) in Makati is one of my favorite restaurants.  In short, I eat there a lot. I’ll post about Zuni more another day, but I wanted to share with you this birthday dessert that Zuni staff gave me last week. It was quite funny because I went there with friends, and [...]

Note to self:  Blog about these great places to eat! Note to you, the reader:  Even while I haven’t blogged about these places, yet, go try them out! All are great! Lolo Dad’s – Quirino Avenue cor. Leon Guinto, Malate, Manila Casa Arams – Nakpil, Malate Ilustrado – Intramuros, Malate Zuni – Greenbelt 5, Makati [...]

A fundamental appliance for any finance professional is the HP-12C calculator.  With it, you can compute for almost anything …ask any professional in the field.  In fact for the Certified Financial Analyst exams, the ONLY calculator you are allowed to bring in is the HP-12C. Hewlett-Packard has, since time immemorial, been the leader in this [...]

Malcolm’s Place has been around for quite some time, they say.  Well, I live in Makati, but maybe because of its location, I never really noticed it.  The restaurant is located at the corner of H.V. dela Costa and Tordesillas Streets. We arrived early, and I must say, if you are going there, you should [...]

I ran across this article at inventorspot.com that talks about the 8 finalists of Electrolux’s Design Lab Competition for 2009.  Apparently, in celebration of Electrolux’s 90th anniversary, they conducted a competition for gadgets of the future … 90 years into the future!… that makes it year 2100. Quite interesting, if you ask me.  A lot [...]

Just want to do a not-so-soft plug for my friend’s organic shop on multiply.  It’s owned by a good friend of mine.  She has some very excellent products.  Unfortunately for those of you outside of the Philippines’ Metro Manila area, I’m not sure if she services you … BUT, there is absolutely no harm in [...]

I’d been looking for a way to manage ads on WordPress, and found it quite difficult because I don’t use HTML regularly.  Finally decided to just search for something. After a few attempts, I finally found Ad Button over at blogio.net.  It’s owner, Nico, created this very simple to use plugin.  Just download it and [...]

It was my birthday two days ago and my very good friend, Pinky, took me out to lunch at Toki Japanese Fusion & Fine Dining over at Fort Bonifacio. This restaurant is over at the 2nd floor of 32nd & 5th Building, across from the new St. Lukes hospital.