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Entries from March 2007

Credit card companies and toll free numbers

Somebody explain to me please why credit card companies in Manila like HSBC and Citibank do not have toll-free numbers. Wouldn’t one of the primary reasons you’d get a credit card from them is so you can use them overseas? What’s been annoying me is HSBC is telling me to call them collect. [...]

Categories: Random Thoughts

Vacationing to Singapore

This year alone, we expect to be receiving a lot of friends and family which is good coz it keeps us from getting homesick. Good thing we planned ahead and got a three bedroom unit even if there’s just 2 of us here. Well, technically we only have 1 extra room for guests [...]

Categories: Travel

Chef Noee

This was what’s on our menu yesterday: Steak and mediterranean vegetables pasta with a siding of arugula salad.
Yum!
Last time some friends were over, I cooked spicy sausage pasta which was always a hit even to my family in Manila. Last time was even better, I put more heat for a good [...]

Categories: Food

I got a new haircut!

Before / After

Categories: A day in the life of ... · Lifestyle

Sanjaya survives another elimination round

Sanjaya may be proving that India is the next super power to watch out for. Their population in the US alone is enough to keep (make?) him in American Idol after not having impressed the judges since round 1 and he knows it.

Categories: Random Thoughts

Acne schmacne

I went to a medi spa for a facial treatment on Ann Siang Road today. I’ve been living in Singapore for just a little over two months so I’m still struggling with how to get to places. I have read in fashionisspinach and from miw that Ann Siang Hill is home to a [...]

Categories: Anything Singapore

Online DVD rentals

I tried this online dvd rental store I saw on one of the ads. They were offering a 14-day free trial. You choose your movies, they send them to you by mail and you return the movies by post. How convenient is that! I’m so tamad, I have nothing to do, [...]

Categories: A day in the life of ... · Anything Singapore

Rob and Amber gets eliminated from Amazing Race All Stars

Boohoo! They’re the fourth team to be eliminated after coming in at first for the first three rounds. I’m so frustrated for them, I can’t imagine how frustrated they must be. I can’t blame Rob for not being able to spell Philippines correctly which cost them the fourth leg. It took [...]

Categories: Random Thoughts