Excited for the Return of Suits!

Excited for the return of Suits this week. (January 18th) I can’t wait for the tandem of Harvey Specter and Mike Ross once again. As I am recalling the previous episodes of season 2, I can only recall some bits and pieces. Sure I can recall the whole gist of the story, like Jessica Pearson learning about Mike not going to Harvard. Harvey then fought for Mike’s job, even threatening Jessica that if Mike goes, he goes too. Harvey then made a deal with Jessica that he would do something about Daniel Hardman returning to the firm and in exchange she would let Mike stay. Mike breaking up with Jenny and then dating Rachel, and then breaking up with her too because he knew he couldn’t tell her about the truth about his career and lack of education. And then the rollercoaster in the firm, Hardman making Louis Litt a senior partner hoping to get his vote on who’s going to be the “Number 1” in the office.

It must be nice to have a boss like Harvey. Remember when Mike didn’t get a bonus from the firm? It was Harvey who explained to him that he’s not a getting a bonus from the firm because he’s not a real lawyer. Mike was so crushed. However, Harvey handed him a check, definitely from his own pocket. I wonder though, how much did he give Mike? Does anyone know? He used it so he could buy a condo unit as a surprise for his grandmother, right?

 It was also nice to get another glimpse of Harvey’s personality. First, how he stood up for Mike like a big brother. It was Donna who pointed that out, she noticed immediately that something was bothering Harvey and she knew immediately that it was something personal. She soon found out that Jessica knew the truth and ordered Harvey to fire Mike. Of course, he couldn’t do it. It even caused a rift between Harvey and Mike when Mike found out that Harvey thought of really firing him. Mike finally believed him. There was also an episode when it flashed back to the time when Harvey found out his father died and how he dealt with it. It shows us more about his personal life instead of just focusing with his career.

I’m just relying on my faulty memory here… as I didn’t finish my Suits season 2 marathon last weekend, but I think the last I remember was Mike trying to deal with the death of his grandmother. I think the next episodes will deal with that… (Just my wild guess!) I think he’ll probably regress to his drug-using days, which I think we already saw. I think Harvey will step up once again and be the big brother here. Did we really see the last of Daniel Hardman? What will happen to Louis after siding with Hardman first, and then switching sides once Mike presented the evidence against Hardman? Will Mike and Rachel get back together? I think these are the initial questions that came to my mind while anticipating the rest of season 2 of Suits. I probably would have thought of more things if not for my faulty memory.

Other Schedules
Jan 7   Switched at Birth
Jan 8   Pretty Little Liars
Jan 14 Californication
Jan 17 American Idol
Jan 18 Suits
           Anger Management
           Vampire Diaries
Jan 23  White Collar
Jan 29 Dallas

 

Food Trip!

My college friends invited me to dinner last December 15th. We met at Ayala Triangle at around 7 PM. Most of them were already there when I arrived. When I got there, they told me they chose several restaurants and reserved a table. Because everyone was so busy no one thought of making reservations earlier. There was even a Christmas lights show every hour in the Triangle so we decided to watch that while waiting. It was my first time to see it even though I've worked in Makati City a couple of years ago for a few years. 

We waited for a long time until a table was available, and Wee Nam Kee was the first to have a table for us ( we estimated there would be 10 of us ) so that made our choice. 

Click here for: Wee Nam Kee menu

1. Chicken Rice Large - 6-8 persons. Choice of steamed, roasted or mixed.

2. Barbecued Pork (Asado)

3. Cereal Prawns

4. Honey Crisp Squid

5. Kangkong

6. Fried Rice - good for 3-4 people

7. HK Style Birthday Noodles

It was a nice time to see old friends and I guess I'm going to make an effort to be in touch with them from now on. Besides, there's facebook, twitter, and all these technologies, there's no excuse anymore.

Food Trip!

I had lunch a couple of months ago at Gerry's Grill. I treated a family member to lunch because it was her birthday and it's been a while since I've been to Gerry's Grill.

We ordered Tahong ala Pobre, which is mussels with spicy sauce. It's also sprinked with garlic on top. I reall liked this but it was too spicy for me. We also had Sizzling (Pork) Sisg. This is one of the house specialties. The picture is not mine and very deceiving. They don't serve that much. For the rice, we ordered the Adobong Puso. The rice is wrapped in a banana leaf and is mixed with pork adobo. This is usually for 3-4 peope but based on my experience ( this is the second time I had it ), it's just good for 2 people if you have healthy appetites. For our drinks, I ordered a green mango shake and my relatived just ordered a soda. Between the two of us, we were able to finish everything. We must have been really hungry because we were shopping. I guess it's okay since we went back to malling after lunch. I also went to Gongcha and grabbed a large Caramel Milk Tea to take home. Overall, it was a very good day. 

So rudeness is defined as discourteous or impolite, especially in a deliberate way. Check. It is also defined as rough in manners or behavior; unmannerly; uncouth. Check.

 
I know this person for a long time now, there were even time when we would hang out together. Actually, I don't prefer hanging out with her, she just gets on my nerve. It seems like hanging out with a teenager who has a crush on someone. No, it wasn't me. She has a huge crush on a common friend. I don't even think that crush is the right word, she seems obsessed. The guy is already married, I would like to tell her.. you've got to give up you know. Or maybe, I think it's time to move on. But she never admits to this obsession even when everyone knows about it and I even heard some people talking about it.

To make the story short, she seems to be jealous when I'm talking to this guy. She's making it seem like a competition. If I could ask her, "Am I acting like you, following him all around and everything?" One time she texted me reminding me how he heard the guy said that he would usually look for me at events where he thought I'd be there. I guess I wouldn't think any of it except that I've known her for making side comments or just trying to open a conversation about this guy. So I was like.. "here we go again.." I mean, true, the guy said that but he was just saying that as a form of compliment. The guy was sort of one of the "hosts" of that event and I guess he was just trying to flatter me and thank me at the same time. It's just that it registered on that girl's mind. I was thinking... so she feels bad that the guy said that to me and not to her? She's been AWOL for some time. It's not as if I've been to all the events, but I've been present every now and then. It's safe to say that somehow this guy and I see each other on a more regular basis than her.

Just a few weeks after that there was another event and she asked me if she could get a ride with me going to that event. I desperately wanted to say no. (Maybe I'm too nice?) The problem is that I don't think she'd want me in that event without her, it's like I would be getting an advantage. If I told her no and she went there anyway, I think she would definitely blurt out in front of the guy that she was trying to get a ride with me and I wouldn't answer her. I would be the bad guy then. So she got a ride with me and while at the event, she asked me if she could use my phone because she's also on prepaid and she doesn't have any credits left. I was nice enough again to let her use my phone. After the event, this guy and I talked. I didn't even look for the guy, I just realized one time that he was just there and of course we had to say something to each other. And again, that girl had to say something about the guy spending some time with me, even for putting his arm on my shoulders when we were talking. The guy and I just didn't say anything. What was with her? When another guy friend hugged me and she was there, I wanted to tell her, "what? no comments? You had a lot to say when (the guy) and I were talking!" She asked to use my phone before we left the event. And I let her. Again! When will I learn. But for some reason I had a bad feeling again. It only took her a short while to use my phone. When I saw her end the call, I went to her to get my phone and I guess she was surprised I was there. She asked me how she can erase the call history but I told her I also don't know and to just leave it. It's not as if I would call their home number and that it will just automatically be erased. All the while she was riding with me, she kept asking for me phone, asking if she could "call" again. All that time! I told her I was expecting an important call so I never gave her my phone to use again. When I got home I checked the dialed numbers and saw the guy's name. Right about that time before we left the event and she borrowed my phone. Besides, I never called the guy so I knew it was really her. I just don't know if the guy was able to answer the call. Hopefully, he missed the call. I don't want him to wonder if I let the girl use my phone to call him. 

Update:

As I was checking my phone registry again, I found out that there are more than 1 signs for a dialed number. I think the other one is dialed and the other is dialed and answered. The first one is just a phone and an arrow pointing outwards, the latter is a phone, an arrow pointing towards another phone. So I'm guessing the latter means the guy answered the call. Darn it. Still, the guy hasn't mentioned anything to me. I just hope that my phone has a call duration record.

Megadeth: Public Enemy Number 1

Food Trip!

So I've been to what some may call a "food trip" with a friend, although I cannot call it an authentic food trip because we just went to one restaurant at a time. I guess, you could count two if you count the establishments we've tried for snacks/desserts/afternoon refreshment. Last August, my friend and I finally visited Crystal Jade at Greenhills. We've been planning this since last year, we were able to dine at Crystal Jade in Kuala Lumpur. Upon getting the menu (sorry no picture), we started looking for the dishes we ordered in Kuala Lumpur. Most of them are not available here though and that made us a bit disappointed. We really enjoyed the food in KL. Here is a list of what we ordered:

Appetizers:

Drunken Chicken Marinated with Chinese Wine and WolfBerry
Fried Pork Dumpling

Main Dish:
Yang Chow Fried Rice
Sauteed Sliced Beef with Broccoli
Steamy Soupy Pork Dumpling "Xiao Long Pao"

Dessert:
Red Ben Paste Pancake

Can you imagine just two people eating all of these? Haha, we didn't actually ate all of it, we were able to take home some leftover. We thought that the food is good, but not great though, especially after we've been to their restaurant in KL. Even the Xiao Long Pao wasn't even that tasty and soupy. 

I found the picture from out Singapore-KL trip and the picture below shows what we ordered from their KL branch last year. 

After having lunch at Crystal Jade, we watched a movie: Cars 2. Well, that was fun.. I really enjoyed it. I really think that Owen Wilson's voice fits the character. 

After the movie, we bought some refreshments/drinks at Happy Lemon. I saw an article about this place a couple of weeks before so I asked my friend that I wanted to try this out since I really like milk teas. Due to my memory lapse, I forgot what I ordered. I just remember it's some kind of milk tea with black sago and crystals. I remember arriving in front of their store and seeing all that people in line ordering their drinks. I guess we just have to brave the storm (yes, it was raining that time also although there was a roof above our heads, but still, the expression fits since the rain is sort of stormy), line up and decide which we would order. I think my friend ordered something with Yakult on it. I never ever liked Yakult, even when I was a kid and all my brothers were drinking it like water, so I never even considered getting a drink with Yakult on it. 


A couple of weeks after that, we had some free weekend again and since I was craving for some Japanese food (I can't get enough of shrimp tempura), my friend suggested this Japanese restaurant that has been around for ages, New Kamameshi House. This is my first time to dine in this restaurant and these are what we ordered:
 
Kamameshi House Menu 

Ebi Tempura (Php365)

Gomoku Kamameshi (Mixed rice) 173.60
Tori Momo Teriyaki (Boneless chicken legs teriyaki) 224.00

I really loved the rice because it's so moist and sticky. There were also a lot of toppings which made the rice very tasty. I guess I couldn't comment on anything more about the tempura and Chicken Teriyaki, these are always the specialty dishes in Japanese restaurants. 

We went to the mall after lunch and had dessert and coffee. This time we tried Parvati at Trinoma. I had Dark Chocolate Cake and my friend had an Apple Pie. There were so much to choose from that I had a hard time figuring out what to order. I was pretty happy about the coffee being free when you dine in their establishment. I opted for the dark chocolate cake because I saw in the menu that it's one of the bestsellers, besides I love dark chocolate! 

The Book Series

Drawing a blank right now. The weird thing about it is that I've been wanting to write for the past couple of days, maybe even weeks. It's like I've been wanting to read a book/s but I'm just too lazy to get a book and start reading it. Does it even make sense? I don't know why I'm feeling like this.

So I'm going to try this, maybe it will turn out good.

I'd like to think that I've been appreciating the "arts" for the last couple of months. By arts, I mean music and movies mostly haha. Let's see... I've been to a couple of concerts, aside from the usual small gigs. I watched Cirque du Soleil, my first time to watch one of their shows and I had a great time. I think I've gone to the theater to watch enough movies, at least the more popular/anticipated ones.

I started to read A Game of Thrones a few weeks ago, but I just haven't found the time or energy to finish it yet considering I enjoyed reading the first half of the book. I also enjoyed watching the HBO series also. Is it because I'm reading the e-book/PDF? It's more difficult reading while sitting in front of the computer. I'd rather sit on my bed, holding the book, with my legs stretched and relaxed. I also like the classic feel of turning the page of a book and maybe even the smell of paper. Although the whole "save mother earth" and "save the trees" slogans might move me. I still got a couple of books (real books) at home which I haven't read yet. Brisingr, His Dark Materials trilogy (The Golden Compass, The Subtle Knife, and The Amber Spyglass), The Dark is Rising series (5 books), The Chronicles of Narnia (The Silver Chair, The Last Battle), Chicken Soup for the Dog Lovers' Soul, Chicken Soup for the Dog and Cat Lovers' Soul, Chicken Soup for the Pet Lovers' Soul. There might be a few more books in my shelf that I haven't even opened yet but these are the ones I remembered at the top of my head. Come to think of it, I bought these books mostly because of the movies made. There was Eragon, the first book in the Inheritance series (Brisingr). The Golden Compass, Narnia and The Dark is Rising were all made as movies. They are making a movie for The Hunger Games, etc.

I never let go of the kid in me. When I found out that Cirque du Soleil would have a show in our area, I decided to go ahead and buy a ticket. It took me about two weeks to decide because I had a lot of things to consider. Or let's just say I had a lot of concerts to consider. We'll go into that later. So anyway, I went to the show, sadly by myself, and had a great time. If I enjoyed it and was amazed by the exhibitions/stunts/acts or whatever is the right term to describe what they do, I wonder what the kids have felt when they were watching it. There were lots of shocked "oohs" and "ahs" from the crowd, and mostly from adults. (I watched on a Thursday night, 7:30-10 PM show) The lights, music, costumes were so vibrant and lively. I don't think I'm that good of a writer to give justice to what I've watched.