1. Max’s Chicken – all branches, smiling staff
2. Mexicali – galleria branch, Megamall
3. Tsoko.nut
4. Life coffee and tea
5. Big Sky Mind
6. Aling Nena’s – Cubao
7. Mien San -
8. Cafe Med -
9. Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf -
10. Paciteria – teachers village
[top 10] Restaurants that have not failed us
The Culinary Adventures of the New Mrs Rosero: Thai Salad
It was the Kaffir Lime dressing that did it. We bought a bottle at Mercato in the Fort, sold by Comida Rica. It sat in the fridge for a few weeks before we were able to try it. Because we had quite a lot of mangoes from our annual Holy Week sojourn to Zambales, I decided to try the dressing with a mango salad, Thai-style. We loved it so much that we inflicted it on our families on Mother’s Day, and so we ran out.
Not to be defeated, I decided to try and replicate the dressing. I found a recipe that seemed to have the right ingredients, and played it by ear. Luckily, I got the flavor close enough, and Oneal insists it tastes better than the Comida Rica dressing. Continue reading
Wedding Video: Parents, Vader and Troopers then the Newlyweds
More video from the Flip Camera:
Introduction of the Parents and the entrance of the first big surprise of the night: the 501st Legion
and of course, the Newlyweds 
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What’s in a name?
Mrs Rosero. Regina Rosero. Regina Layug-Rosero. I suppose this change has been en route for the past 6 years, but it’s still a little jarring to see sometimes.
A few months ago I received an invitation to a press conference, something I had to attend for work. The letter was addressed to “Ms. Regina Rosero”.
Back in June, I requested copies of our marriage certificate from the NSO. Naturally, I used my maiden name when I filed the request. A week later, Air 21 delivered the documents to our house. The village guard called our house and asked, “Meron po ba diya’ng Layug, Regina? May Air 21 delivery po kasi,” said Bernadette, our security guard. Continue reading
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Food for the Gods (or the Cats, since they rule our household anyway)
Royal Canin cat food
It was about three months after our wedding when I got a call from a co-worker, Misha, telling me he was near the house, and that he was bringing over a wedding gift. Imagine my surprise when he parked in front of the house, and emerged from his car carrying a cage with a Siamese kitten!
It was the first time we had ever had a purebred cat. All our other cats were the offspring of my Botchok, a stray I had picked up in UP ten years ago. Though her kittens have grown to be big, strong and healthy cats, they’re still different from purebreds. Continue reading
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Wedding Video: Principal Sponsors
More Video from the Flip Camera
Introduction of the Principal Sponsors during the start of the Reception:
Wedding Video: Reception Entrance
More videos from the Flip Camera.
this was the Wedding Entourage entrance, complete with Lightsabers
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Wedding Video: Pre-Processional
Just discovered these videos posted by Oneal’s brother, Ron. Here are Oneal and his parents waiting for the processional to start. This video and the ones I’ll post next were taken with a Flip camera.
Terrible Thursday
You know how some days are bad, and other days are something else? Last week was something else.
I didn’t have a whole week of terrible things, but it was still annoying and stressful. I was waiting for some of my writing fees to be available, and accounting kept making mistakes with my kilometric name, or my checks kept getting delayed. That’s not funny when you have bills to pay.
Then the car broke down. Naturally Oneal was annoyed, and he didn’t have time to bring it to the shop. The weather made things more difficult for us, with three different wakes to visit, and Oneal having to go back and forth between Parañaque and Pasig. We were lucky that friends happened by and gave us a lift home, two nights in a row.
Oneal’s dad was able to pick up the car on Friday, and have it repaired in time for the busy weekend. All in all, it wasn’t that bad, but I did suffer a comical traumatic experience that must be shared. Continue reading
Awesome Ninang Ruby Bayan
Ruby Bayan, our ninang
Our principal sponsors at the wedding are awesome, wonderful people, who happen to be very good friends and close relatives of ours and our parents. But one truly awesome ninang is Ruby Bayan, mom of my best friend and our best man Dante Gagelonia.
Tita Ruby is based in Florida, and is a woman of many trades: she writes, does Web design, creates gorgeous jewelry, does her own carpentry and gardening, and is often sound engineer for her husband, Mike Llamas aka DJ Stoney Burke.
When we asked her to be ninang, Tita Ruby jumped onto the Star Wars bandwagon without hesitation. She scoured the Web for a costume she could wear to the wedding, and not only did she indeed wear a costume, but she made it herself too! And she modified a costume that was purchased for her husband. Check out her costume construction progress on Multiply.
Bridesmaid jewelry
In addition to the awesomeness of her costume, she also gave us a wonderful wedding gift: bridal jewelry for me, and jewelry sets for my bridesmaids and main and matron of honor! We gave these sets to the bridal entourage on the day of the wedding, and they all shrieked like teenage girls when they saw the beautiful, beautiful things. Check out the jewelry and the process of making them on Tita Ruby’s blog.
Tita Ruby, thank you for being an awesome ninang!