Help me, I’m going through withdrawal symptoms here.

These are my nieces. As if I couldn’t stand any more cuteness, there are eleven more of these nieces and nephews. Fifteen in all, each one with his or her own excruciating level of adorableness and cheek-pinching huggability that’s enough to wreak havoc on a girl’s otherwise proper vocabulary.
Goodness. I miss these monkeys [...]

I took probably over a thousand photos during my recent trip to the Philippines, and you bet many of them were shots of the sunset, the beach, my family, and tons of food. But there are a handful of photos taken while riding with my cousin to their office deep in the city that make me stop in my tracks [...]

As Crystal so aptly put it, “He may be a monk, but he’s human too.”
Thanks for playing, everyone!
As a side note, I had to slightly alter the shot above. See, this was the original.

I suddenly realized that the reflection of the orange robes on the glass would give away the answer, so I quickly did a rough black and white [...]

One of the upsides of a long-ish layover in a foreign airport is that it’s like getting a chance to explore a new country right from the comfort of an air conditioned terminal.  Sometimes, that’s a downside too. But when you’re lugging a heavy computer bag stuffed with important documents (read: my old baby pictures) AND a camera bag, the [...]

This post wraps up my New Bombay recap. Mostly because I just can’t take any more reminders of this lunch when I’m practically halfway around the world away. The home delivery charges alone would exceed our mortgage.
So here are the final dishes from that memorable meal. These were the most unconventional ones (at least, to me). I would not have [...]

If you are in any way familiar with me and my family, you’d know that there’s no way there’d only be three or four dishes ordered for the table. Even when we’re eating solo. As my grandfather used to say, with an amused but slightly disapproving shake of his head, “you know, hunger isn’t the only thing that kills people.”
He [...]

So, let’s talk some more about New Bombay restaurant, of the previous post’s garlic and cheese naan. (I’m still drooling. Mentally.) While I would have been perfectly happy with just the naan, my cousins were intent on showing me just what this little place had to offer.
Actually, I flatter myself. My presence was incidental. The rambo-like ordering of just about [...]

Been dreaming of this the past few days.

Garlic and cheese naan from New Bombay in Galleria, Makati. Light, flaky, and the combination of sweetness in the dough plus the salty creaminess of the cheese and the bite of the garlic? Simply mouth-watering. Literally. Don’t you see the drool stain on your monitor?
Hmm. Would it be too much to ask them [...]

Minus the unswept hair on the floor.

Is it sad that I felt the need to qualify that?