Food Trip: Tsiboom Native Restaurant in Parkmall

My friend treat us to dinner last night as a celebration to his birthday.  We ended in Tsiboom Native Restaurant in Parkmall Mandaue. That was my first time in that mall and in that restaurant.  The said restaurant offers Filipino dishes at an affordable price and most of their food are delicious. One of the dishes I like best is their bikol express.  Enough gata and enough spices for my taste.

Here are some of the pictures we have, quite blurry :)

Bikol Express

Calamares

 

half chicken 

  Decoration Inside

June 1, 2012 - SM Consolacion Opening

A second SM mall in Cebu located in Consolacion will be open for public on June 1, 2012.  Kapuso artists will be performing live at the Event Center at 4 pm, Mark Herras, Catch Rochelle Pangilinan, Kris Lawrence, Jaya, Nomer and Bianca King.

And on June 2, Saturday Sam Milby will also come at 5 pm at the Event Center.

On June 3, Sunday at 5 pm at the Event Center of the mall Paulo Avelino and Melissa Ricks will be there.

And during the three days opening there will be fireworks show by Pyroworks International at 8 pm each day. 

Food Trip: 10 Dove Street

Last week my friend and I wanted to eat something but we don't want to spend that much.  So we tried 10 Dove Street. 10 Dove Street is located in Sto. Nino Village, Banilad Cebu City Philippines.  The place is inside the village, just ask the guard the exact location once you reach the guard house.

The front of 10 dove street

The menu...

For P 200.00 you can have soup, sandwich, salad and a slice of cake.

These are some of the food that we order.

Chef's Choice

Chef's Choice

Harvest Apple Salad

Macaroni and Frankfurter Skillet

The place is small but lovely with around 6 tables I think.  The food tastes good and the price is okay.

If you want to visit the place I think it's good to have a reservation ahead.  These are their contact numbers, 346-0618, 0922-332-3793, 0916-718-5082.

Annabelle Rama for congresswoman in Cebu?

Well, nothing's new basta nasa showbiz gusto talaga pumasok sa pulitika.
I just find it weird na tatakbo siya. I mean aside from her career sa showbiz  and medyo sikat sa pagiging palaaway what else kaya ang qualifications nya. Kaloka talaga?!

Inihayag ng talent manager na si Annabelle Rama ang intensiyon niyang tumakbong kongresista sa unang distrito ng Cebu City.

Nitong Biyernes, naka-post sa Twitter account ni Annabelle ang pagpunta nito sa City hall ng Cebu City para sa magparehistro bilang botante sa lalawigan.

May mga larawan din naka-post sa account ni Annabelle kung saan kasama niya ang mga kamag-anak niyang pulitiko sa lalawigan.

Ang mga Rama ay kilalang angkan ng mga pulitiko sa Cebu.

Katunayan, ang kanilang patriarch na si Don Vicente Rama (naging senador, kongresista at alkalde) ang kinikilalang "Father of Cityhood" ng Cebu City.

Sa isang ulat na lumabas sa pahayagang Cebu Daily News, sinabing si Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama, pinsan ni Annabelle, ang naghikayat sa ina ni Kapuso leading man Richard Gutierrez na pumalot sa pulitika.

Ayon kay Mayor Rama, walang masama kung pasukin ni Annabelle ang pulitika dahil marami na rin namang tumakbo sa halalan na nanggaling sa mundo ng showbiz at entertainment.

Sa isang tweet ni Annabelle, nilinaw niya na posisyon sa pagka-kongresista at hindi konsehal ang kanyang planong takbuhan sa darating na May 2013 elections.

“Mali ka. I'm running for congress woman of Cebu @KhymaLey: @annabellerama2 Wow! you're running indeed to be a councilor! Good Luck!," nakasaad sa tweet ni Annabelle.

Kapag natuloy, posibleng makaharap ni Annabelle sa halalan ang isa ring kilalang angkan ng mga pulitiko sa Cebu – ang mga Del Mar. Sa kasalukuyan, nakaupong kongresista sa unang distrito ng Cebu si Rep. Rachel “Cutie" del Mar.

Source: http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/258638/showbiz/annabelle-rama-tatakbong-kongresista-ng-cebu-city

Bridge Repair in Lapu lapu: Traffic na sad ni og samot?

I read a news from Cebu Daily that Marcelo Fernan Bridge will close for repair.

This is the content of the news:

CONTRARY to reports, the Department of Public Works and Highways said they are coordinating with the Mandaue and Lapu-Lapu city governments in the repair of the the Marcelo Fernan Bridge that starts next week, Engr. Santiago Suico, OIC district engineer of the Cebu 6th district engineering office of the DPWH, said they already discussed the traffic management with the cities to minimize the impact of the repair works to the riding public.
He said his office wrote the respective traffic management offices of the two cities a month ago and held meetings with them.
Suico said repair works will start on one side of the bridge, where it will be closed to traffic, while the other side will be utilized for a two-way traffic.
Suico said the repair works will focus on the expansion joints of the bridge to avoid accidents.
He said based on statistics, most motorcycle accidents in the bridge were caused by the damaged expansion joints.
The national government appropriated P25 million for the project.
Suico said PLD Construction won the bidding and the firm will have to work 24/7 to complete the project.
Suico said the project will last for 150 calendar days or around five months if there will be no delays.
The 1.2-kilometer bridge was built by the Kajima Sumimoto Joint Venture that amounted to P2.3 billion.
It was funded through the loan obtained by the national government from the Overseas Economic Cooperation Fund of Japan. /Correspondent Jhunnex Napallacan.

Good luck na lang jud. 5 months pa jud :) 

Source: http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/183907/dpwh-m%E2%80%99daue-and-lapu-cities-coordinate-for-bridge-repair

Underground river among new 7 wonders

Wow Philippines' underground river in Palawan is formally announced as one of the 7 new wonders. 

GENEVA—The Philippines’ Puerto Princesa Underground River, the Amazon rainforest, Vietnam’s Halong Bay and Argentina’s Iguazu Falls were named among the world’s new seven wonders of nature, according to organizers of a global poll.
The other three crowned the world’s natural wonders are South Korea’s Jeju Island, Indonesia’s Komodo and South Africa’s Table Mountain, said the New7Wonders foundation, citing provisional results.
Final results will be announced early 2012, said the Swiss foundation, warning however that there may yet be changes between the provisional winners and the final list.
Sites which have failed to make the cut include Tanzania’s Mount Kilimanjaro, the Dead Sea and the US Grand Canyon.
The poll organised by Swiss foundation New7Wonders has attracted great interest, mobilizing celebrities including Argentinian football star Lionel Messi calling on fans to pick his home country’s Iguazu Falls.
The results come after a long consultation process lasting from December 2007 to July 2009, when world citizens were asked to put forward sites which they deemed were natural wonders.
More than a million votes were cast to trim the list of more than 440 contenders in over 220 countries down to a shortlist of 77.
The group was then further cut to the 28 finalists by a panel of experts.
Anyone in the world was then able to vote for the final seven via telephone, text messages or Internet social networks.
The Philippine government vigorously campaigned for the Palawan subterranean river in a bid to boost a sagging tourism industry.
Founded in 2001 by filmmaker Bernard Weber in Zurich, the foundation New7Wonders is based on the same principle on which the seven ancient wonders of the world were established. That list of seven wonders was attributed to Philon of Byzantium in ancient Greece.
New7Wonders said its aim is to create a global memory by garnering participation worldwide.
But even as the natural wonders poll came to a close, the New7Wonders foundation has set its eyes on a new survey — the top seven cities of the world. Participating cities will be announced on January 1, 2012.


 Source: Underground river among new 7 wonders

SM Consolacion (Cebu) will open soon in 2012

SM Consolacion will be the second SM Mall in Cebu. It is located in Cebu North Road, Barangay Lamac, 6001 Consolacion, Philippines. As of now it is under construction and is set to open this year, 2012.

For cebuanos living in north cebu shopping will be nearer.