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I woke up at 830AM today, with Taylor Swift’s song “You Belong With Me” playing in my head. It played and played, like a broken record. I gave up and stood from my bed, not really knowing what to do. Ha. How about a morning picker upper to jumpstart the day? I came downstairs to the pantry and attempted a new iced tea concoction: Nestea mixed with fresh Calamansi juice. Here’s my “secret” recipe:
Iced Tea of Death
Ingredients
2 tbsp. Nestea Iced Tea powder2 pcs. Calamansi1 glass Water
Directions: Squeeze calamansi into glass using a strainer. Pour iced tea powder and water. Mix well with ice.
Ok, did I say it was gross?
The result was a cross between chlorinated water, Bisolvon and a rotten citrus fruit (e.g. calamansi duh). I don’t recommend the recipe above. If you insist, replace the Calamansi with 1/4 […]
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Me and Jehz (someone was unjustly cut out from this pic LOL)
September 12 is the birthday of one of my best friends (forever lol)… He’s no other than Jehz Laurente!!! Wooooot!
Errr.. Sorry, I don’t have a present for you, but I hope this blog post will suffice. You still owe me that steak in Manila, remember? (wink, wink)
Have a good one, my friend!
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Recently I decided to purchase a domain for my blog — http://www.yeahdrew.com/!
Please update your bookmarks! If you like my blog, feel free to link to me too. Hehehe.
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I can say that I have officially transformed Caffe Firenzo into my own little office. I love how the place is set up. The ordering area is on the ground floor while the main dining area where the comfy seats are is on the mezzanine. Gives me a sense of privacy somehow. The food is nice especially the whole wheat sandwiches. The drinks — well, I’ve heard complaints that they taste like cough syrup. But if you know me too well you know that I like gross medicine-tasting drinks. I dunno but I’m weird that way.
Today I had a nice Raspberry Iced Tea (P75):
Tastes like Robitussin mmmmm
After an hour I had my all-time favorite Corned Beef Sandwich on whole wheat bread (P60):
Freckin’ delicious!
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My friends invited me to see The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. Or […]
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As I shuffled through some photos on my N82 phone, I recalled my group’s misfortune of visiting a new cafe owned by Korean immigrants. It was hilarious really. It happened sometime in early November last year. We had finished dinner and was willing to try a new place to grab a cup of coffee or perhaps a slice of dessert. Somebody, I don’t remember who exactly, suggested we try La Core Cafe near Victoria Plaza. The place looked decent from the outside. We were about to back out because they looked packed. But the waiter person insisted that we come in. So we did. To our chagrin, he led us to the most appalling sofa set we have ever seen in our life. It was bright green and the cushions were almost non-existent that we felt the friction between our […]
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Today I woke up at 10am to go straight to my computer to check if my websites are up or not FML
Then, I played some Asian guitar music, stripped off my clothes and… took a shower FML
Today I debated whether to go to the gym or not. I didn’t FML
Today I hung out at Caffe Firenzo, the same boring place I went yesterday and the day before that FML
I spent two hours working on an API for a website project. After which I was smiling like a big nerd FML
Today I received a total of 4 text messages. 3 on my Globe phone and 1 on my Smart phone. The 3 on my Globe phone were spam messages for get rich quick seminars. The one on Smart came from Smart FML
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I was tagged five freckin times on Facebook for this meme! Twice yesterday, twice the day before that, once today! Because two of my mom’s sisters are my ‘friends’, I decided to play safe by answering the meme here. Ok, 5.. 6.. 7.. 8.. Getting to know you, getting to know all about you… lalalala LOL
Here goes.
1. I’m the youngest of three. I have two older twin brothers named David Christopher and Dennis Edward.
2. Andrew is my middle name. My first name is Joseph. Please don’t call me Erap or Joe.
3. I live with my mom in Davao City. My dad is in Manila. They’re separated. :c
4. I studied in the USA when I was in second and third grade. For the first 1 1/2 years I studied in Santa Clara, California. My school’s name was Pomeroy Elementary School. […]
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I said in my “25 Things About Me” post that I’m thinking of moving to a different country. I wonder what that would be like.
The countries I’m considering are Singapore, USA and the UK. I’m leaning towards Singapore because of its proximity and most of its people speak English. Their funky accent will take some getting used to but the heck with that. How about the USA? I’ve lived there for 5 years and I have tons of relatives scattered from coast to coast. But it’s so faaaaar and I’m gonna miss my mom and dad and my friends :c Bah, I know I’m an old fart but that’s the way I am. The UK? It’s a long shot but it would be interesting just to try.
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I know, I know. Why don’t I blog regularly anymore?
I […]
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I had a discussion with my mom about my plans on working in Singapore. I pretty much have the job in the bag. But I don’t know if the salary is enough to make such a move worth the trouble. She agrees with me. The prospective employer says they got the food, water, electricity and rent covered. The salary basically becomes excess money for me to spend around. Initially, I was after the experience of living independently after living so long under my parents’ roofs. I found the idea tempting but scary. It still scares me as a matter of fact. So freakishly scary that I’ve imagined all the scenarios that might ruin my experience there:
1. I’ll miss everyone here at home. In short, I’ll be terribly lonely and homesick. And I don’t make friends quickly. /wrist
2. I won’t […]
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I went to the bank today to deposit my money$. As I waited for my banker (LOL – she’s actually a very close cousin of mine), I came upon a news article about Amiel Alcantara, a schoolboy who got run over by a stupid woman. Jeeeeez, what happened to him just pisses me off so bad! I know I can’t speak for Amiel’s family, but reading that article angered me! That woman who killed him, named something Torres (let’s call her Terroress), didn’t show any emotion when Amiel’s dad approached her. Terroress was like, “There’s nothing I can do. It was an accident.” No apology, no sorry.
“Sorry.” That would have meant the world to the dad. Fine, it was an accident. But come on, show some good manners lady! If she’s as crazy as what the article paints her […]
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So I guess from the lack of comments you guys aren’t much for angry posts eh? lol
I’m glad to report that my back is gradually improving. I’m into my 4th day of abstinence (from exercise) as my Physical Therapist ordered. It’s severely affected my mood lately and I apologize for that. It still hurts sometimes to stand up from a chair, but it’s gotten better since my last angry rant. I guess I was pushing myself too far physically. You know this spinning business is not for the faint of heart. It can get totally obscene in the middle part of the session when the instructor commands us to “sprint” (meaning to paddle as fast as we can) and switch from seated to standing to the float (or flow?) position every 2 seconds. Ughh. On a lazy day I pick […]
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… At home I always have to compete with my mom’s and brother’s out-of-this-world appetites. Yesterday we had a whole box of egg custard rolls and apple strudels from Bread Talk. Last I checked this morning there were only one of each left. O_O
… Despite my above average eating habits, my cousin in Chicago called me manorexic after seeing my picture. In the picture, I was eating. O_O
… When I was younger I had an ultra quick metabolism. Fast forward to the present, I need to do more than an hour’s cardio to achieve the same effect O_O
… Compared to my siblings, my parents put the most pressure on me to succeed. I *kinda* hate it but it’s for my own good. I guess? But what about ______? O_O
… We have the worst neighbors in the world. In front of us, there’s […]
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To all the flies hovering my head: DIE!!! Pew! Pew! Pew!
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I had the most awesome time of my life when droves of blogger friends from Manila, GenSan and CDO came over for the Davao Food Appreciation Tour. Part of the sked was to go ziplining on Saturday, March 14. That was, bar none, the funnest part of the three-day event (don’t get me wrong, food was great too). *Little* did the others know that they were in for a big surprise — my friend Jay proposed to my other friend Aileen while she was still attached to the harness! Talk about hung up to dry hehe! But I have to give props to my main man Jay. What he did was … uh. The sweetiest thing? I’m proud to say that I had a small part in it, even if it meant acting and lying to Aileen’s face. (Sorry Aileen LOL)
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At the coffee shop ~ Me: Miss, do you have an iced chocolate? Barista: (pauses) Sir, we have smoothies. Me: No, I only want a chocolate drink on ice. Barista: Sir, we have a mocha. Me: Mmmmm-hmmmm…
On a Hobie Cat ~ Friend: You wanna come scuba diving with us? Me: When? Friend: Most likely between Monday and Wednesday. Me: Let me guess.. Tuesday?
At the Italian resto ~ Me: This pizza is how big? Waiter: Eight slices sir. Me: No I mean what is the size of your pizza? Waiter: Good for 3-4 people sir. Me: O_O
At a department store ~ Clueless Friend: I need a shampoo. Me: (approaches salesgirl) Miss, what is your smallest shampoo? Salesgirl: (picks up a teeny pink bottle of shampoo) Here you go. Me: (hands it over to friend lined […]
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