Tagaytay (Bulalo) Experience

I have been requesting and talking to my sister-in-law to go to Tagaytay. I, personally want a different environment that's why I have been making kulit to her na mag-Bulalo with matching site-seeing kami sa Tagaytay. It was way overdue.

However, last November 19, my SIL, left for Singapore. Eh she and her hubby (my bilas), wanted to treat us before they leave. SIL wanted the place to be different naman daw. Nakakasawa kasi sa malls. So, then and there, November 18, a day before they left, I suggested for us to go to Tagaytay.

A friend of mine suggested a certain place where Bulalo is highly recommended. It was along Aguinaldo Highway. When we located the place, it was not over-looking Taal Volcano. The car slightly went on and we saw RSM Lutong Bahay Restaurant on the left side.

RSM Lutong Bahay Restaurant in Tagaytay

SIL and I checked first the menu and the place. We found it "presko". Food was appetizing din naman. Not sure at first if affordable but we decided to eat there. I called the rest of the family (nasa car kasi sila).

RSM Lutong Bahay Restaurant is such a big place. Once you enter, the restaurant's inside area will greet you. They even have pasalubong corner on the right and fast food. Fast food in the sense that you just pick what you want and it will be served to you right away. You can still order though and they will cook it for you after you choose what dish you like.

Outside / Back Area of RSM. Such a big place, it's just
that the photo does not really give justice.. hehe.. By the way,
I am with my little boy, Johann.  

As you go through inside the restaurant, you will reach the stairs heading outside (back area) of the restaurant. It's really big and as I said, presko! We chose to eat outside because we can eat while appreciating the view of Taal Volcano.  There's still a place outside na parang kubo/open room/gazebo type. Dun kami kumain.

Taal Volcano

Amrix and Johann playing with the wooden carved Lion.

All ready to dig in.

This is the area where we ate. It is located at the back of RSM.
Presko kahit mukhang enclosed yung room.. 

They ordered Bulalo ofcourse, Laing, Tawilis, Lechon Kawali, Inihaw na Tilapia and Ensaladang Talong (ata). We thought, Bulalo was expensive, but for the serving they provided us, pwede na! =)

Sumptuous Bulalo. Generous enough for its price. Hindi rin nagsesebo.

Laing. Yummy!

Tawilis. Favorite! 

Crispy Lechon Kawali.

Inihaw na Tilapia.

Ensaladang Talong? I'm not sure.

The food was great! I think, my SIL and her husband paid P3,000 + for all that we ate. Solb na solb!

And cyempre, hindi mawawala... Picture Taking! =)

Elaine, Hubby John and my little boy Johann.

My inaanak, Kiean, Kuya Vince (SIL's hubby) and Elaine

Us three.

Kiean Kulit with his lolo. (My FIL)

Johann with MIL and Kiean with FIL.

JB, Johann, Me, SIL Ate Jack and Elaine.

That's how he smiles. hehe. 

With Johann's lolo.

The rest of the gang. FamBam (L to R (back)): Kiean who's not facing the cam, FIL and JB.
(L to R (Middle)): John, Johann (with his funny face), Me, MIL, Elaine, SIL Ate Jack and Kuya Vince.
(Front): Amrix (kita tummy) hehe. 

We all had a great time! Enjoyed the food, appreciated the view and the breeze of fresh air. Until next time! :)


Q: What about you, any new place you discovered?


RSM Lutong Bahay Restaurant
Aguinaldo Highway Maharlika East, Tagaytay City
Tel. No.: (046) 544-0128 / (046) 860-2297
or contact Mr. Bernie Villanueva @ 0927 - 2416636 / 0923 - 2806500 / 0920 - 6118833
rsm_bernie20@yahoo.com

dapat nga ba??

Date check! It is December 2, 2012. It just means that Multiply.com will soon come to its end. Well, not for the whole site but for some of its content, mainly photos, blog, videos etc. So, last November 29, I back read my blog posts in my Multiply and thought of sharing some here. I blogged there once in a while before but they're/some of are not so important at all. My poems are. Im'ma post one now. 

It was way way 2004-2005 pa, when I wrote this. Teehee! 

"dapat nga ba?" 

may mga bagay, nagagawa dhil sa yon ang dapat, 
hinde dahil sa 'yon ang tama. 
sa pagbubuyo ng iba sa puso't isipan, 
ang tama ngayon ay nagiging kamalian.. 

pagmamahal, sadyang mapanlinlang, 
pinaglalaruan ang damdamin, isipin at pusong sugatan. 
sa mga pagkakataong ganito, tama nga ba? 
O dapat lamang talaga?! 

mga panahong ikaw dapat ang kasama't kapiling, 
pakiramdam ko, oras ay tumitigil.. 
makatabi ka lamang, ndi na alam ang gagawin, 
makausap ka, parang hindi alam ang sasabihin.. 

natanggap ko noon, wala ka talagang nararamdaman para sa akin, 
masaya pa rin sapagkat, kahit papaano, ako'y iyong pinapansin. 
doon man lang, maipakikita ko padin at maipadadama ang aking damdamin, 
para sa 'yo di nagbabago at ganoon parin.. 

alam kong ito'y mali, ngunit ito ang dapat, 
sapagkat hindi lahat ng dapat ay tama. 
isang pagsisisi at panghihinayang, 
sa kamaliang, hindi ko na matakasan. 

alam ko ring, alam mo ito, 
mahal padin kita, at yon ang totoo.. 
sa mata ko'y iyong makikita ang lungkot, 
na hindi ko man lang napatunayan ang pagmamahal ko sa'yo. 

kahit ano man ang gawin ko upang kalimutan ka, 
at panatiliin ang samahan bilang magkaibigan. 
hindi padin maalis sa puso ko at isipan, 
ang isang tulad mong tunay kong minamahal. 

ngayon, 
sasabihin ko muli sa iyo, 
ang itinitibok ng aking puso, 
ay ikaw padin, walang ipinagbago.. 

di ko alam ang mangyayari sa susunod, 
mamaya, bukas o sa darating na panahon. 
ikinatatakot ko lamang na mangyayari, 
pagmamahal sayo'y maglaho't masawi. 

dapat bang mahalin cya kahit hindi tama? 
o dapat bang mahalin ka, dahil yon ang tama? 
tama nga bang mahalin cya dahil ung ang dapat? 
o tama nga bang mahalin ka, kahit hindi dapat? 

kung ano man ang mali o tama.. 
kung ano man ang di-dapat at dapat.. 
may mga rason at dahilan ang bawat isa.. 
ngunit ito lamang ang alam at nararamdaman ko sa kasalukuyan.. 

"tamang mahal padin kita, 
at hindi dapat ganito ang sitwasyon, 
nang dahil lamang sa maling desisyon... 
na ngayo'y dapat sana....."


Nako! Don't ask the history of this poem. Hehe. Long story. :)

Q: Do you write poems? Would you mind sharing them here?
     

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What ruined my weekend

Sorry if the title of this post is a little bit 'Nega'.

I just want to let this all out, just for the record.

A friend sent me a text message last week. He said, "Traydor!!!". My initial reaction was like, "Ha? Ano daw? Bakit ako traydor??" That was what I thought, so I replied to him with "Ha?" He replied back and it was just some prank message that has so-so meaning of what or how you replied on the first message, "Traydor!!"

So what I did, I tried to text them all to my close friends. To my surprise the following morning, I received 18 messages and 4 missed calls. It was hilarious! I replied back ofcourse. I forwarded them the so-so prank message reply and said peace!

Yes, it was funny to read all of their messages until I received a reply from a friend. Well, I consider him as my "bestfriend". We may not see and talk to each other that often, but I consider him that. Any way, his message contained his feelings on what I texted him, "Traydor". It really hurt me so, that I cried. That prank message backfired me. At was no fun at all anymore. :(

Just to tell you, that friend of mine and I had a misunderstanding. I was sulking on the fact that he has been ignoring me when I invited him to my son's birthday. I did not receive any reply at all. I would have understood if he just told me he can't make it because of this or that. He ignored me as if, he didn't care.

To make him notice that I was sulking the hell out of what happened, I erased him on my Facebook. But, as I expected, he didn't even bother to ask me why. Oh yeah!

Then prolly, he thought, I was serious when I texted him that "Traydor" message. May be it made his emotions come out. But, is that even "THAT" serious that he would say those kind of things to me? Haay.

I would not elaborate everything that he said but it sure hurt me a lot. :( He did not even bother to ask me how I feel and why I even texted that message. He just shoot me and ended our friendship right away. :(

I may be "tampo" but, I never thought of something worse than what he thought I was to him.

I missed him ever since. We haven't seen nor talked for quite a while, then it ended just like that. He is the only guy (aside from my husband) I trust so much that I even made him a "Ninong" for my son.

Haay.

Sorry. My pride might eat me alive but, as of the moment, I don't think, I can do the first move.

Thinking of getting a job??.... Not!

I have been pondering on this ever since Johann's 1st Birthday. As you all know, I am a "Stay-at-Home Mom". I really enjoy being a mom. No doubt that. It's just that, there comes a time when in I think about a lot of things like our monthly budget, plans for Johann's future, things I want and need to buy, expenses, and believe it or not, boredom.

I just became a home buddy when I gave birth. But mind you, before that, I rarely stay at home. I enjoy more when I'm out. Now, I'm always home taking care of Johann. He's even more bored than me that he keeps on crying just to go and play outside. That's a different story though. Anyway, it is kind of  boring at home.

I am just too lazy to go outside because if I go out, I usually worry Johann being a handful. I really can't go out with him without John. I am the type of person pa naman who becomes irritable when it's hot. If Johann's malikot, ako din, naiinitan. Hehe!

Any way, I want to work already. For the past months, I have been trying to check for job openings/postings in Jobstreet. I saved a lot of searches. But, I am still not passing my resume. I need a "GO" signal from my hubby.

Yes! A "GO" signal! Well, he doesn't want me to work. He wants me to take care of him but most especially Johann, ofcourse. I understand what he means because as I mentioned earlier, Johann's a handful. He is also so attached to us or more on me, that he cries when we leave him with my in-laws. It tears my heart if he cries like that. Nakakaawa.

Oh well. So far, John agrees naman. Only if Johann is already 3 years of age. He may be handful that age daw but hindi na din siguro masyado kasi madali nang mapagsasabihan. We're still not sure though. Also, John has a condition. If he gets a job in Singapore, he either does not want me to work anymore or if I already have one, I have to stop.

Hay. It's hard to choose. As if, I have. Eh my hubby nga ang may ayaw. Boo!

Don't get me wrong okay? John is not that kind of husband na mahigpit on things. He let me be. Only when it comes to this lang because he doesn't want our baby to be left with his or my parents. Dami na kasi kids sakanila so madaming inaalagaan then my parents are not at home most of the time.

I'm torn but yeah, we'll see in the future. I know whatever decision I'll make it'll be for the good of my family. Goodluck!

For the meantime, I have to deal with it. So far, I am happy. May be bored at times. Buti nalang Johann and John are always there to cheer me and make me laugh more. Teehee.. :)

BPI Deposit Machines

It was holiday yesterday or few hours ago. No bank was open. What if you really need to go to a bank to deposit money? What to do? What to do?

Good thing, my bank is BPI. There are a lot of services that BPI offers to Filipinos that are really convenient. There is Online Banking, Mobile Banking, Pay Bills, Transfer Funds, etc. But one service that I find very convenient is the Deposit Machine that BPI has.

We usually use ATMs to withdraw money right? We can do it any day of the week or any time of the day. May be holidays or weekends. Except for those times that it is unavailable ofcourse! No cash maybe? hehe. So as I asked earlier, What if we really need to deposit money right away? It may be a weekend, holiday or basta NO banking day. How?

Deposit Machines of BPI accept cash denominations in P1000, P500 and P100. It is credited to your account IN AN INSTANT.

Just like any other bank machines, it will provide you receipt of each transaction.

Atleast, you don't really need to fill up forms, fall in line and wait for hours or even days if bank if closed.

I had this experience just awhile ago. It is already 3am and I had to deposit the money because I know that tomorrow will just make John too lazy to go out because it is sooo mainit!

Depositing money is so easy! No sweat at all.

1. Insert your card
2. Select language desired.
3. Select "Express Deposit".
4. Insert cash in denominations of P1000, P500, and P100.
5. Press Deposit, Return or Add Cash. 

Viola! Deposit any time of the day! Convenient, yes?! After that you'll get your receipt.

Aside from real-time deposits, the BPI Cash Deposit Machine can also provide the following services:
1.	Balance Inquiry
2.	Funds Transfer
3.	Bills Payment
4.	Prepaid Cellphone Reloading (Globe and Touch Mobile)
5.	Prepaid Card/ Express Cash Reloading
*PIN required for all transactions noted above. (info source) Bravo! for BPI. I am one happy citizen!

Virus! Stay away from my baby!

Last week, sadly, my bebi Johann got sick. He had fever and was so lifeless. He didn't want to stand, walk and play. He wanted to be carried all along. the second day, we tried to observe him. He played for quite some time. Fever was gone. But as night came, it was as high as 40˚. It was so late already that we had to wait for the following day. Since John and I were so worried as hell, we hurried to Johann's Pedia early morning. Good thing there were no patients at all. So it was our turn right away.

Doc asked us to bring our baby to the laboratory to have Johann's blood checked. All the other categories were normal except for the platelet count. Oh my! Well, I said to myself, it was okay since it was still within the preferred bracket but still it was kind of low. T_T So when we went back to Doc, he told us that it is a sign of virus. It can be pox, measles, uti or worst, dengue. He told us to observe everything that Johann secretes. May be pee or poo. As long as there would be no signs of blood we're all going to be fine.

Doc asked us to go back in the afternoon to have another platelet count. Just to make sure if his count would go high or low. Luckily, when Johann had his platelet count, it went high but not high enough. So dengue has been illiminated. Doc asked us to have Johann's pee checked. Results showed that Johann has UTI. He said that it was only mild not that worse yet but he still provided us prescription for this virus.

The follwing day, Johann was already lively and so kulit already. We just continued giving him the medicine. But I noticed some bumps on his back. It was not really noticeable but if you thoroughly check his back and chest, you'll see those small bumps that is kind of reddish. Ayay yay yay yay!

It was Sunday, so the Pedia is not available. We then again had to wait for Monday. So Monday, came. Doc told us to have his platelet count once again! Wawa baby ko. He had to experience that pointy thing 3 times just to know what's going on. Platecount went back to 190. The count on the first CBC. Oh my! But Doc said not to worry too much because as he can see, it might only be measles, not dengue. BUT.. BUT.. BUT.. He said, we still have to monitor his pee and poo for any signs of dengue. We can never can tell what it might really be. Just to make sure, he said.

We are continuing his meds. So far, his appetite improved already even his kakulitan. Went back to 100% makulit. Hehe. When I checked earlier, the bumps lessened already. I can still see a few though. John and I are just praying so hard for Johann to be 100% fully recovered, so that his mood will be okay also. His kind of irritable lately, may be because it is itchy or something. We don't really know.

Anyway, for you other moms who are having these kinds of dilemma, consult a doctor right away. These viruses are really getting on my nerves especially that they keep attacking our babies.

Pray and Keep Safe Always! :)

Hello World? Again?

Oh yeah! I know that from the previous post I've made, I said that "I'm back" in blogging world. But, I had few things to do that I was so pre-occupied and I was so lazy to blog. Yay!

I will really try my best to keep my posts updated! Goodluck to me. I think this blogging thing was my New Year's Resolution. I failed but I am coping up! :) Yey! That's the spirit!

I just want to share to you that yes, officially, I am still alive and will do update this blog as much as I can. :)

Have a pleasant evening!

I'm back!

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