Highlighting 2011 Part II: Travelling

This is the second part of my 2011 highlights and my favorite parts of the year that make me realize that I could probably be a travel and food blogger in Cebu me self – but certainly not as good as my idol, Estan or Enrico or Anton Diaz, and Sinjin.

Ah, who could ever forget the series of beaches, sunbeds, canopy beds and sunsets that I have had affairs with last year? In the first month of 2011, the gang trooped to Hilton Hotel Cebu, the last quarter of the hotel’s pinkiness before it was turned into Movenpick Cebu.

With the best setting, the perfect weather and the busog high after a Sutukil lunch, it was the perfect weekend for a fun shoot. The Hilton Cebu was turned into one production setting that day! Thank you to our photographer friends who indulged us that day. Yves did the styling, Joy and Aoi modeled while the rest of us goofed around!

Come Valentines week, the boyfriend and I wanted to do an annual Valentine-in-Boracay thing and started that tradition in 2011. I cannot stress this enough – the weekend after Chinese New Year or the second weekend in February is the perfect season to be in the island especially when people go to Boracay for New Years and Summer – less people means lesser queues and if there are lesser queues then it means everything is not expensive!

When we went parasailing in Boracay, the rates were still 1200 each. Peak season charges are twice that price. Publishing a few photos from this travelogue – Continue reading »

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Highlighting 2011

What do calamities and tragedies do to you?

Sometimes they shape you up, sometimes they just plainly turn you callous. When Sendong hit my beloved city, I am embarrassed to admit that it was probably the only turning point that made me rethink my priorities. But before I delve into that, I just want to round off my 2011 with a few summaries of what had taken place since then: Continue reading »

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Cupcakes by Sonja’s at the Serendra

I think  this deserves an entirely new post after our Manila trip during our parent’s anniversary. My love for dessert has totally transcended to a level that is beyond overwhelm. After I met Cupcakes by Sonja’s at the Serendra Piazza. By the way, its Sonja (son-ja) for Sonja Ocampo.

An excerpt from Lori Lori Baltazar of Dessert Comes First’s interview with Sonja -

Is it true that your kitchen is open 24 hours a day? And did you really work at the Magnolia Bakery? “Yes, the kitchen is open 24 hours a day, but that’s only because we have such a small oven and the cupcakes need to be made in batches. I worked in the Magnolia Bakery in 2005, a year before opening my store. I didn’t want to mimic anybody and I tried to go to as many cupcake bakeries [abroad] as I could. I didn’t want to open a Magnolia, doing just vanilla and chocolate [flavors], I wanted to veer away from that [for my store].”

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