YakiMix Hobbies of Asia | Eat-all-you-can buffet

Have you guys tried YakiMix Hobbies of Asia? We've been there few weeks ago when my fried Jay treated us to lunch for being No. 1 in sales last month.

YakiMix is a Japanese eat-all-you-can buffet restaurant offering a reasonable selection of gourmet dishes and sushi. What I enjoyed most is the grilled food which I cooked using thier smokeless grill placed on top of the table.

Eat-all-you-can buffet at YakiMix costs P600, exclusive of drinks.

Hermit Crab Pet

Bloom, the hermit crab and Pia, my little princess

My little princess saw the Lucky Hermits stand that sells hermit crab pets and accessories at Mall of Asia yesterday night. Since then, she never stopped talking about it and whenever there's an opportunity, she would tell me and her mom that she like to have a hermit crab pet. I bought her one today and she was really happy.

According to Lucky Hermits staff, hermit crab life span is about ten to fifteen years. I never knew is actually lives that long. All the while I thought it's just a throwaway pet. Let's see how long Bloom lives. That's the name Pia gave her new pet.

Bloom and his future hermit crab shell

I was told that in about two months, the hermit crab I bought will look for another hermit crab shell. Thus, I bought an extra shell in anticipation. It would be interesting to watch a hermit crab move to a new and bigger crab shell.

Do you have a hermit crab pet, too? Please share some hermit crab care tips.

Featured Restaurant: Rib Eye Steak House

Rib Eye Steak House is an American restaurant located in Balibago Angeles City. Had lunch there last Sunday when I went to Angeles City for my seminar. I tried their grilled pork steak.

More information: Rib Eye Steak House

2011 Travel Plans

It looks like I will be travelling more next year. This early, we have already made some travel plans and I'm really excited. Hopefully my Google Money inflow will be consistent. haha!

January 2011 - Baguio City
I'll be a tour guide for a couple of friends who haven't been to Baguio city yet. I plan to bring them Tam-Awan Village, too, and spend a night there like what we did during our last Baguio City Tour.

Feb 2011 - Thailand and Cambodia
I'll be traveling with ASMSI friends on this trip. It will be my 2nd time in Bangkok and will be the first time to visit Cambodia. We've already booked our tickets! Thanks to Cebu Pacific's promo fare.

May 2011 - Singapore
This trip is for my daughter Pia. She's been to Hong Kong (2009) and Bangkok (2010) and next year, it will be Singapore.

Hong Kong - 2009

I promised her an annual vacation abroad with the condition that she'll study well and will always be a good girl.

Bangkok - 2010

She's taking up the challenge, so good luck to me!

This time, we might take Philippine Airlines to make use of her Mom's Mabuhay Miles earned from HSBC.

For local summer trip, no final plans yet. No, it's not because of Pilipinas kay Kay Ganda controversy. It's just that I haven't given it much thought yet. :-)

Last summer, I went to Coron with ASMSI friends. I'm considering to visit Puerto Prinsesa this time with Pia, though she wants to go back to Bohol.

Ok, that's tha plan. Now, back to work to guarantee funding for those travel plans. :-)

UGAT The Legends of Pinoy Rock Concert

I was checking if there's a Disney on Ice show this December 2010 when I saw UGAT THE LEGENDS OF PINOY ROCK event details. I will definitely watch this and will buy my ticket soon!

Imagine, the legend of Pinoy Rock in one concert? That would be awesome!

So who will be perfomring at UGAT THE LEGENDS OF PINOY ROCK concert?

Pepe Smith
Lolita Carbon
Mike Hanopol
Teresita Santos
Gary Granada
Florante
Juan de la Cruz
Sampaguita
Noel Cabangon

Who's watching? You may by your tickets from ticketnet. See you there! :-)

November 16, 2010 is a non-working holiday | Eid'l Adha Celebration

It's confirmed, November 16, 2010 is a non-working holiday!

Malacañang have just declared November 16 a national and non-working holiday through through Proclamation No. 60.

This is in celebration of the Eid'l Adha, or the Islam feast of sacrifice.

But November 16 is a Tuesday. Would have been great it was made Monday, Nov 15 instead. Suddenly, I missed my Pinay Scandal model. :-)

Watch for FREE Pacquiao vs. Margarito Live

If you are a PLDT myDSL Watchpad subscriber, you can watch for FREE Pacquiao vs. Margarito Live. Aside from an absolutely free Pacquiao vs. Margarito Live streaming, PLDT myDSL Watchpad subscribers will be able to watch FREE Pacquiao vs. Margarito Live without commercial breaks!

If you're not a PLDT myDSL Watchpad subscriber, here's an alternative to watch Pacquiao vs. Margarito fight live.

Use your BDO Rewards points to purchase SM Cinema tickets for the screening of the ' Pacquiao vs. Margarito Live on November 14, 2010. Don't worry, you won't see Gibo's infomercial after the fight. Election season is over. LOL

To place a ticket order, BDO Rewards Member must call the BDO Rewards Hotline at (02) 702-7888 (Monday to Friday, 8am to 8pm only).

How about you, where do you plan to watch Pacquiao vs. Margarito live and free?

Mangan Tila! | My Daily Food Adventures Blog

I've got a new blog, a food blog - Mangan Tila!



The blog is about, well, my daily food adventures.

Whenever and whatever I eat, I often take pictures of my food and in the process accumulated lots of food images. I do that with the end in view of blogging about it. But because of busy schedule, I seldom do the blog entries.

Now, with the new food blog and blogger's email posting, I will be able to post the pictures immediately after taking them using my blackberry. Let's see how it goes.

Am I going to monetize my new food blog? You bet I will! hehe! But for now, I'll try first to get it indexed by Google.

If you're a food blogger looking for exchange links, you know what to do. :-) You don't know? Ok. Link Mangan Tila! (http://mangan-tila.blogspot.com/) to your blog and I will link your blog here at Apol the Great's Journal using the text and url you prefer. Deal? Now hit that comment button and leave your your link details after you link Mangan Tila. Let's go! :-)

Christmas Shopping Using Google Money!

When Pia was here in Manila last week during their school sem break, we went to Toy Kingdom to buy a birthday gift for her classmate. It was that time when I finally saw an actual Zhu Zhu pets (hamster toy for kids).



I'm thinking of buyung a Zhu Zhu pet set for Pia as Christmas gift.

It's now 55 days before Christmas! Next week, I'll start buying Christmas gifts for friends and relatives. I actually allocated some Google money for this purpose. ;-)

My Adsense income is getting better and better. But of course, it's not that much as compared to Manny Pacquiao's income, not counting his income from Pacquiao vs Margarito fight. LOL

Manny Pacquiao Video | Will Ferrell & Manny Pacquiao Sing "Imagine"

Manny Pacquiao did it again!

Will Ferrell & Manny Pacquiao sing "Imagine" on Jimmy Kimmel Live. And reading the youtube comments for this Manny Pacquiao video, you'll see how his fans love him. Manny Pacquiao is one of a kind! :-)




But I really think Manny Pacquiao should focus on his training for the Pacquiao vs Margarito fight on November 13, 2010. Many boxing analysts think that Margarito will have this fight, but I still hope that Manny wins this fight.