EJ Padero dot Com: Volume 1

So Aaron is in Manila for a week. Mainly, to go to Naga to meet the parents of his girlfriend back in Brunei.

Jovz and I catching up with high school buddy Aaron
at National Sports Grill, Greenbelt 3 last night

Update : Wednesday, Sep 5, 2007 at 4:47 pm
More photos of Aaron meeting old friends can be viewed over at Jovan’s Flickr photoset.

One of my responsibilities is to ensure the granparents’ graves are maintained. The two plots are lookin’ good.

Holy Cross Memorial Park

The Birthday Boi. 25? 25!

Took my month-old Nokia 6300 for a spin by recording an amateur video last night at Zensho Teppanyaki Restaurant and Sushi Bar, Tomas Morato, Quezon City.

Eat-all-you-can for PhP 485++ per person. Watch Chef Rogelio show off like flipping egg shells into his cap.

For the same price range, it’s definitely a way much better deal than at the Triple V group’s Saisaki, Kamayan, and Dad’s Restaurants where the quality of food, service, and hygiene (at any of their branches) has taken a major dip.

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What is it about the view from a very high vantage point (on stable ground) that can be so relaxing? Here’s a shot that does the trick:

View from Tagaytay Highlands: The Spa & Lodge
Photo taken facing north-east, I think

Add that to an afternoon at the spa, getting pampered and massaged and there you have temporal bliss – until the Metro Manila traffic strangles you on your way home.

Tagaytay Highlands [Official Website]
The Spa & Lodge [Tagaytay Highlands]

Happy Friday the 13th!

After watching Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (which was great, as expected) at the Shangri-La Plaza Mall last night, Hilson mucked about on the display for The Simpsons Movie:

Seeing as there was hardly anyone around since it was closing time, I joined him in his artard moment:

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