First Week Back in Manila

This is, I think, one of the last photos of me in the office before they officially closed it down.



My first day back, after taking a quick nap, I met up with Oliver for lunch and Razon's halo halo. Analyn happened to be here visiting so she tagged along together with Badette.





I tried to pass the time at the mall while waiting for Oliver to finish his shift so we can head out to catch the Little Mermaid preview. Contact me for tickets. I'll give you a hefty discount.





The preview was a success and if I hadn't been so preoccupied, I'm sure I would've enjoyed it as well.





The next day, after another Mermaid meeting, I then met up with Rhommel. We picked up Gavin and met up with Willie who wanted to show us Ayala Triangle all decked up.







Sadly, all the restaurants were extremely crowded so we headed back to Paseo. We ended up at Yellow Cab and Willie introduced us to Dear Darla, a unique pizza experience.







Willie then dropped me off at the Fort where I met up with my college friends. We all had a great time that we barely noticed that it was already 4am.



The next day, I met up with Willie, Pau and Rhommel. We all went to church to pray and then headed out to Eastwood for dinner and Happy Lemon.









The next day was spent with my family. We went to church and then went crazy with desserts at Becky's Kitchen. Sadly, I wasn't able to take photos. We then passed by Banawe for me to try Chatime.





It has been quite a busy week for me, I just have to meet up the rest of my friends soon before I run out of juice. :p

Willie in Singapore

Willie was here in Singapore two weeks back for training. We met up with him at his hotel in Clarke Quay. None of us really knew how to get there so we had to jaywalk, cross a high way and skip over some barricades. All for friendship. 

He got to the hotel a bit delayed because he had to wait for the hotel shuttle. He wanted some authentic Singaporean food for his first meal so we took him to Jumbo seeing that it's the nearest restaurant there. Also,  since it was already a bit late, no one was in the mood to travel far.

I've been to Jumbo several times and service has gotten poorer. There were not a lot of people when we dined there but our orders took forever. We had to follow up with them several times. Even our bill took about 10 minutes to be processed. Servers were most of the time not paying any attention. Given the price of the food and the bad service, it's just not worth it to go back there. 

For his last day here, he wanted to go to the newly opened Marina Sands. Our meeting place was at Raffles Place but Clarice took forever to get there because of work, by the time she met up with us it was already way past dinner time.

We started our trek to the Sands and again, none of us knew how to get there. When we reached Esplanade, we were all very very hungry so we decided to stop and have dinner at Thai Express.

After dinner, the three of us were already too tired to still head to our supposed destination. That is actually how far we got. A picture with the Marina Sands in the background. We'll make it up to Willie when he visits again this July. 

Best Ice Cream in Town

While waiting for Willie at 313@Somerset, I discovered Maggie Moos. They serve the best ice cream ever, at least in my opinion. I was drawn to it because of the wonderfully bright colored ice creams.

When I approached the treatery, I found out that their flavors are unique and fun (Very Yellow Marshmallow, Brownie Batter, Choco Mallo). As with most ice cream place, they willingly allow you to try the flavors first. I tried a couple before deciding on Very Yellow Marshmallow and Red Velvet. I loved them both. I normally order just a small cup to watch my sugar intake but I really had to make an exception here.

I came back a few days after and had the Red Velvet and Brownie Batter below:

I asked Em-J, who is not a fan of anything sweet, to try them. He declined several times and when he finally did, he finished half the entire cup. I had to forcibly take the cup from him. It's that good! It's very flavorful and the consistency is smooth and gooey.

When Willie arrived, we headed to Marché for dinner. They also serve good ice cream there but we had to skip it and return to Maggie Moos. I tried a few other flavors, all very good. Willie ordered the Cotton Candy flavored ice cream and he says that it brings back a lot of childhood memories.

Apart from the regular ice cream flavors, they also serve other treats. I saw these cute ice cream cupcakes also:

If you don't like your ice cream plain then you can choose from their mix-ins and have it hand mixed with your ice cream ala Cold Rock  or simply choose from their fresh escapes.

Apart from those, they also have ice cream sandwiches, ice cream cakes, shakes, and ice cream pints. You can check out their full menu here and here.

We now always make excuses just to get our Maggie Moos fix. In fact tomorrow, we'll all head to Orchard after work to have more treats! Yum!