Valentine's Day # 7: Date Any Time with Borough

Valentine's Day on a Monday? Ugh. 

Don't you worry, you can have your Valentine's date at any time with Borough. Yes, they're open 24/7 in Podium mall! 

The Search for the Best Xiao Long Bao Pt2: Freshly Rolled at Shi Lin

Searching for some freshly rolled Xiao Long Bao? 

You can watch them rolled right before you at Shi Lin! 

Fish & Co: The Thing with New Couples and Old Friends - A YCLC Reunion

Yesterday marked exactly one month since my kabarkada's call woke me up from my sweet slumber with an alerting, "Smarla, where are you?"

"Huh? At home, why?" I racked my brains for any barkada outings that I could have forgotten that day but I couldn't think of any. 


She continued on with her prying, "Where are you going?" 

EDSA Shangri-La Heat Pt 3: Dessert Bitten by a Sweet Tooth

Got a sweet tooth? 

Then I'm sure you'll be flipping crazy over this post!

EDSA Shangri-La Heat Pt 2: Where the Food is Oishi!

Yesterday I talked about EDSA Shangri-La's Around the World Heat Buffet but today, we're stopping over in Japan for a sashimi and sushi feast! 

I left you off with a picture of their glowing blue lights display but let's take a closer look at their magnificent, beaming with pride, Japanese food section. 

EDSA Shangri-La Heat Pt 1: Around the World Buffet

Last 10-10-10 marked exactly one month since we ate in EDSA Shangri-La's Heat to celebrate RJ's birthday and our monthsary. :) I realized that I haven't shared our dining experience here in detail. 

Jipan Japanese Bakery: Split on my Artist Date

Last Wednesday, after a meeting, I got dropped off at SM Megamall at around 5PM. I wanted to go home but I figured it would be hard to go home alone so I decided to wait for my dad to finish and go home with him instead. 


Given that, I decided to date myself and go on an Artist Date. :) Thanks Sir Randy for this. Anyway, I went around and I finally got to go to Forever 21. I didn't buy anything there since I already bought 2 books and I didn't want to increase my spending further. Plus I bought another book from the Powerbooks before I left. Hehe. 


I bought these books: The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron (as recommended by my SD), 

Manila by Day (directory of great restaurants, art places, unique shops, etc) 

and Tikim by Doreen Gamboa Fernandez (my idol!). :) 

I'm actually very excited to get started on these books :) I already told my friend Gian that we have to go to all of the restaurants listed in Manila by Day. Of course I was kidding. He told me to pick just one. 


It was approaching 7PM already and my dad still wasn't done so I decided to look around for a nice restaurant. I also needed to sit down because my left arm was aching from lugging the books all around. As I approached the area near Toy Kingdom, I suddenly saw Jipan Japanese Bakery.