Trip Ko Lang

Converse on the road marketing

Have you ever thought of marketing/selling shoes by making them walk/move but not really wearing them?

Converse just did it.

Another innovative marketing strategy that I believe is very much successful. These big, colorful and moving converse shoes, Chuck Taylor definitely caught almost everyone’s attention. I, myself was really amazed and enjoyed watching it.

Once again, Filipinos are united because of this Lady in Yellow. She has been looked upon by Filipinos because of her courageous efforts and determination in fighting for the Philippine democracy. We were one with her during the People Power Revolution in 1986, she knew what we needed at that time, she wanted the best for all of us, and she was committed to fight for every Filipino.

I was then in my childhood stage at 4. Being a child, I know nothing and didn’t understand what was happening around me. The only memory that I still keep is seeing people marching going to EDSA, nuns holding each other, praying the rosary and hearing that my parents will also go to EDSA and join this group. And the only tangible memory that I still have is this picture of me holding yellow stuffs, wearing yellow and striking a pose showing my support to Cory Aquino.

Cory loyalist

I believe that Filipinos have become better because of Cory. She has touched lives and became a role model to almost everyone. Now that we all know her current health condition, our prayers are very much needed. It is now time to return her the favor, let us all join and help her by offering prayers and masses for her recovery and life. Filipinos have also showed their support by tying a Yellow Ribbon; I am showing my support by posting a Yellow Ribbon in this blog.

Yellow Ribbon

Ziplock

One reliable Ziplock is a must have in any group trip. It’s not for your left over food or travel snack but for all your travel expenses. I learned this idea from a friend and started to adapt it in all my group trips. It was very helpful and made our trip so much easier. All you have to do is bring a Ziplock and put all your money inside it. Like for example, we were 6 in our group, we had each pay 2,000php, and got a total of 12,000php to spend in our entire trip.  Assign someone to be the money keeper and payer. Everything went out smoothly; we were able to pay for our transportation, food, entrance fees and other travel expenses without any hassle in chipping in, counting for change or money getting mixed up. Then at the end of our trip, whatever was left in our ever-reliable Ziplock was divided among us. Guess what, we survived our trip without overspending, in a reasonable budget and even had us take home our extra money. So the next time you’re going to have your group trip, don’t forget to have a Ziplock ready for your travel money.

Travel Money

After watching Harry Potter, we can’t decide where to have our dinner. We were looking for a place with good food but with reasonable price. I have been hearing good reviews about this latest dessert shop, Caramia Gelateria and so we decided to try it. We had our movie in Promenade, Greenhills and so we just walked outside of Greenhills (located in Missouri corner Connecticut St.) to get there. It was a simple and sweet dessert shop which offers gelato cakes and ice cream which is also owned by Amici.

Caramia

We were already starving at that time and so we first had dinner in Amici, which is located just beside Caramia (actually it was connected). We ordered for pasta, Spinach Fusili Montanara (195php), something light because we wanted to make room for desserts. The pasta was great, thought it was light but not because of its very rich flavor and thick sauce.

Amici and Spinach Fusili Montanara

We were able to finish our pasta in just about 10 minutes and quickly transferred to the Caramia side. The cakes and ice cream displays were really enticing that you would want to order and try them all. We finally agreed to have Choco Tartufo (85php) as our gelato cake and Sansrival flavor (50php) for our gelato ice cream.

Choco Tartufo

Sansrival Gelato

They tasted so heavenly but I must admit very sinful, though gelato is considered with less fat content.  As I was saying, all of their displays were really tempting and people would always be busy checking out which dessert to order. We enjoyed our visit in Amici and Caramia and would definitely come back for more cake and ice cream gelato.

Cake and Ice Cream display

Sisig with Egg

Filipinos are known for people who love to eat, they love to celebrate birthdays, weddings and other occasions that require preparing and serving abundant and different types of food. But for ordinary days, like a Friday night after work, a lot of Pinoys would eat and drink out with their friends to get some relief at the end of a stressful week at work.

Pork sisig is one of Pinoy’s well-loved “pulutan” (beer-match), it is made from chopped part of pig’s head and mixed with raw egg. This is the typical pork sisig but some resto offer a twist and come up with own signature pork sisig. Sisig nowadays, are not just pork, we now have tuna, fish, squid and etc.

Pancit Lucban

Pancit is another Pinoy food that can’t be missed in any event. Pancit Lucban is one of the Quezon province’s specialty and also known as Pancit Hab-hab. If you happen to visit any Quezon province, Pancit Lucban is a must-eat, what makes it unique is how you should eat it – placed and eaten directly from a banana leaf and with a vinegar drizzled to enhance the taste. But if you are just in the metro, you can visit Buddy’s Pancit Lucban to get a taste of Quezon’s famous local delicacy.

San Miguel Beer

San Miguel beer is the ultimate booze of Pinoy. San Miguel has been in business for long generations now and has offered different variety and distinctiveness in all their beverages. Pinoys love SMB, I love SMB, and most enjoyed with good company, interesting chats and staying up till the morning breaks.

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Special thanks to my friend Darius for this blog photos. For more of his captivating shots, visit http://shotnroll.com/