TASTE BUDDIES: SHOE-TIPID MARIKINA WITH ROCHELLE PANGILINAN

*Glad to know this episode got the highest rating so far! All's good!




This weekend, let your Taste Buddies take you on a shoe-tipid and flavour-filled adventure in Marikina City!

Do some sole-searching with Isabelle Daza, Rochelle Pangilinan and Victor Aliwalas at the Marikina Shoe Gallery! And what better way to tour the Philippines’ Shoe Capital than to hop on the one-of-a-kind Marikina Shoe Car!

Discover where you can get your money’s worth on the right footwear, only at the Bob Mars Shoe Factory, where the shoes are “mura na, matibay pa!”

Plus, go around the city’s unique hangout places where you can chill out with your friends and family! Spend some quality time at Pan de Amerikana and taste their famous pandesal or try the Marikina delicacy called Everlasting at Kusina ni Kambal!

Photo courtesy of Ms. Mayee Fabregas, TB EP.

It’s about time you grant yourself a stress-free weekend! Join your Taste Buddies on Saturday, 5:40 p.m. on GMA News TV!

SOULMATE

What is a soulmate?

DAD.

On my way to Munoz tonight, I chanced upon a sad scene in the sidewalk. A man was cradling a kid, who was may be around 5-8 years old and apparently afflicted by hydrocephalus.

It was heartbreaking.

The man was not directly asking for alms but there was what I thought to be a donation box right in front of them. Most people pause and give em barya.
Then walk away.

Pag ganito, it's a no-brainer-- of course, I want to help them! So naglagay din ako ng barya dun sa box. Then moved on.

But something was pulling me back. I wanted to talk to the man and ask about their plight.

So I did. And I even hinted that I could seek help online by taking their pic and posting it here.

But he refused. Last year daw kasi,a student also did the same thing.... He was getting gibberish, so I couldn't understand the rest of what he said. Or may be I was just too distracted by the situation before my eyes.

Basta sa pagkakaintindi ko, parang wala namang nangyari so he'd rather not let me take a pic of them. After all, to him, what's the point?

I was taken aback na ayaw nya. But I didn't want to cause a scene by insisting... Instead, I respected his request and slowly moved on.

That right there made me think so much about life.

Really, how could we just walk away from a sight like this? Isn't it alarming that scenarios as such have become too commonplace in the metro that we already accept them as part of our culture and turn us into these jaded, apathetic citizens who opt to live lavishly and comfortably while in any given day, we see so much of the opposite sa ating mga kababayan?

Street children. Rugby boys. Old people, the blind who are serenading us under the scorching sun and sweltering heat.

Etong mga taong to na matatagpuan pa natin sa labas lang ng City Hall.

Normal na lahat ng yan so hayaan na lang...Yan na ang kinagisnan natin, so life goes on...

Really? Really!

Put yourself in the position of a tourist who is visiting our country for the first time. Someone who is foreign to our land.

Wouldn't you be surprised by the indifference? Or would you be amazed how apathetic we are?

Si manong at ang anak nya.
At ang iba pang storya sa kalsada.

Happy Father's Day na lang sa kanila.

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Giving alms... Ibang storya naman yun.

Independence Day 2013

Naturingang Independence Day pero di ka pa rin nakakalaya sa mapait na alaala.

Bilanggo ka pa rin ng nakaraan.

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Late post.
Just a share.

Duality

 

Read up on people being "in a rush to do all things at once."

I'm wondering...
Is that bad? What if the person does not view it as rushing? But rather seizing the moment?

Isn't that normal-- maximizing our borrowed time?
Like finding every opportunity to cross some items on our bucket list, because as we all know, we dont have forever in our grasp?

And when we are seemingly in a rush, do we really miss out the essentials...?
Why, is time proportional to quality...?

Do we really find ourselves at lost, burned out, or hitting a dead end so soon, once we accomplished our goals?

In the first place, do people really run out of hopes and dreams?
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Those are the questions.
Must be the weather.

TASTE BUDDIES @ THE COLLECTIVE

With program info of the mentioned episode. ;-)

THIS SATURDAY, PREPARE TO UNLEASH YOUR CREATIVITY WITH YOUR TASTE BUDDIES!

IT’S EASY AS ONE, TWO, THREE! ALL WITHOUT COMPROMISING YOUR SIGNATURE STYLE!

DESIGN YOUR OWN CUTE PAPER MACHE CRAFTS! AND STYLIZE YOUR T-SHIRTS VIA SILKSCREEN!

PLUS, GET IDEAS WHERE TO HUNT THOSE EYE-CATCHING COSTUMES FOR YOUR LONG-AWAITED THEMED-PARTIES!

YOU CAN ALSO MAKE THAT WEEKEND DATE EXTRA MEMORABLE!

SERENADE HER USING THE UKELELE! OR MELT HIS HEART OUT BY TREATING HIM TO A SECLUDED PLACE WHICH OFFERS AUTHENTIC FILIPINO CUISINE!

BUT IF YOUR BARKADA HAS A UNIQUE DESIRE FOR ADVENTURE, WHY NOT TOUR THE CITY BY LONGBOARDING! AND CHECK OUT SOME VINTAGE TOYS AND CRAFTS ONLY FOUND AT ONE OF THE COOLEST AND HIPPEST PLACE IN THE METRO!

PLAN YOUR WEEKEND ACCORDING TO YOUR BUDGET AND STYLE!
AND DON’T FORGET TO SPEND THAT QUALITY TIME WITH YOUR TASTE BUDDIES ON JULY 13, 5:40 PM ON GMA NEWS TV.

TASTE BUDDIES: PICTURE PERFECT EPISODE

 

Yet another taping day with my Taste Buddies, Solenn and Belle. 

Location: Studio Nammu in Quezon City.

Such a great time with the girls plus the gorgeous, Heart Evangelista.

Below is the program info. (wahaha!)

 

STRIKE THAT SIGNATURE POSE AND UPLOAD THOSE PICTURE PERFECT SELFIE FOR THE ENTIRE WORLD TO SEE!

THIS SATURDAY, YOUR TASTE BUDDIES SOLENN AND BELLE, TOGETHER WITH HEART EVANGELISTA, WILL EXUDE HOW TO BE GORGEOUSLY CAMERA-READY AS THEY TAKE ON THE INSTA-SELFIE CHALLENGE!

FINDING A BIT OF TROUBLE TO ACHIEVE THAT CROWD-FAVORITE ICONIC LOOK? HAVING A DIFFICULT TIME TO DOCUMENT YOUR BARKADA’S FOOD TRIP SESSIONS?

IF YOU FIND YOURSELF ASKING THESE QUESTIONS, THEN NO WORRIES! BECAUSE YOUR TASTE BUDDIES WILL SHOW YOU THE ART OF TAKING THE RIGHT SELFIE!

WITH THEIR BASIC TIPS, YOU CAN NOW IMMORTALIZE THOSE PRECIOUS MOMENTS WITHOUT HAVING TO RELY ON A PROFESSIONAL PHOTOGRAPHER!

SATISFY YOUR INNER FOODIE, BE PROUD OF THAT GORGEOUS SELFIE AND HAVE FUN WITH YOUR TASTE BUDDIES! SATURDAYS ON GMA NEWS TV AT 5:40 P.M.