Beer, Bands and Blogs

I wanted to see Beauty in Trouble, one of the featured films of the Cinema Europa this year but they ran out of tickets so I ended up going to Trinoma and then CubaoX. I was craving for Sole Fillet Pasta of Mogwai. I knew there was an event there, with colleague Nina Terol as one of the prime movers and so it made sense to actually give in to the craving.



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Bistro 110

Found along Carlos Palanca St., Makati City (near Union Church)
San Mig Light (P80) buy 1, take 1. Sells cocktails by the pitcher! (P550, if I remember it correctly)
With smoking area outside
Near an ATM machine so easy access to cash :P
Right across Gweilo's

Indian Walking Tour

Little India in Manila

We got to enter a real Hindu temple where they were celebrating the festival of colors. We also went in an Indian Sikh Temple where we got treated to a nice meal of Indian food. On my way home, got to wondering if wine drinking was legal in India.

I was amazed that India produces its own wine. It is also interesting to know that the nearest "Indian" cocktail would be classic gin and tonic, a result of British colonialism in the area. I have tried it with a dash of cayenne powder and it was great. Try it.

Banana Leaf and Oody's

Singha. aaaahhhh

Last Friday, we met up at Greenbelt and we talked about putting out a webzine or a blog on design. We then went to feasted on Asian food at Banana Leaf. I ordered a Singha beer (Php90, I think). It was good.

Nice shirt, eh? This isn't mine.

We then moved to Oody's and had a round of San Mig.

The next day, I went here (see ticket). It was hair-raising, awesome and terrifying at the same time (Ely Buendia had to be brought to the hospital). Too bad I didn't drag myself to the post concert party which I heard was fun.