Picture-Perfect Thursday: Bookfessions

I love burying my nose in a good book.  My new job has me surrounded by so many books it almost appears to be an answered prayer.  Upon a blessing that is serendipity, I stumbled upon Bookfessions, a charming blog that catalogues confessions and thoughts of a certified bibliophile.  If you are one too, you may find yourself relating to a confession or two...

This is so true...

Well, my new job gives free books so how's that for a work benefit? :)

You should hear my husband complain about the number of books I buy.

Right now, it's Dex (from One Day).

You don't have to have any.

Gulp!

 This is funny!  I don't do it, though.

Guilty as charged.

Oh dude, so true.

 

Again, the husband complains. :)

The One About Hong Kong (Part 2)

On our second day in Hong Kong, we kicked it off with a half-day city tour.  It was my first time in Hong Kong so a city tour was imperative.  We were entertained by an animated tour guide named Jacky Leung, and along with other Filipinos, took us to our first stop - the Avenue of Stars.

With Bruce Lee behind me

We also went to Jacky Chan's jewelry factory, food outlets, Victoria Peak, and Aberdeen Fishing Village but I got too lazy to take pictures.  When the city tour was finished, we asked to dropped off in Tsim Sha Tsui to burn our pocketbooks.  Hahaha!  But first, we had to satisfy our grumbling tummies...

Hon-some had the barbecued pork/duck again (I forget which) while I had the roasted Hainanese chicken.

I loved the glistening rice which was cooked in chicken broth.

Deciding which sauce went with the chicken best was too hard to make. :)

Energized, we then hit the shops!

Before going back to the hotel, we stopped by a street food stall and ordered all of these for a song!  Hofan noodles, real Hong Kong fried noodles, siopao, egg tarts, and lobster balls!

 

I wanted to take a closer shot of the Hofan noodle.  Whereas in Manila, Hofan noodles are flat and cut up, in Hong Kong, the flat noodles are rolled.

And that was how we spent our second day in Hong Kong - our tummies were at their happiest and our wallets were at their saddest.  Haha!

The One About Hong Kong (Part 1)

Hon-some and I recently jetted off to Hong Kong for our honeymoon.  It was my first time to go there and I enjoyed every bit of our stay there.  Here are some highlights of our first day in HK:

The Hunger Games was my literary companion while waiting for our eight o'clock morning flight.  I'm hooked to it!

Upon arrival in Hong Kong, we were famished so we grabbed a bite at the nearest McDonald's.  I have this thing about trying out McDonald's in every new country I visit (not that I've visited lots).  Every outlet is like a treasure trove of new greasy goodness!

Like this grilled chicken burger that had a nice spicy kick to it...

Hon-some had been raving about the Big N' Tasty even before we arrived.

 

 After lunch, we checked in our hotel and then right after dumping our luggage in our room, began to explore the city ("Explore," at least for me, since Hon-some has been to HK for countless times already).

First stop was the Hong Kong Stock Exchange building in Central as Hon-some was eager to see it.

Just a stone's throw away is IFC Mall

View from the Star Ferry on our way to Tsim Sha Tsui

We went to this mall at the recommendation of Hon-some's friend and had this heavenly meal: barbecued roast duck for Hon-some and shredded pork and century egg congee for me.  The congee was literally SMOKING hot.  It was still steaming even until the last spoonful!

Then we walked around 1881 Heritage until our feet hurt that when we got back to our hotel, we were dead tired we decided to forgo dinner and just get some shut-eye.

More on this vibrant city on my next post!  I loved every bit of HK on our first day there!

The One About the Five-Star Weekend

This is a super late post.  During the three-day weekend last June, when everybody was going out-of-town, Hon-some and I decided to be trendy and went on a staycation.  We booked a room at the Edsa Shangri-La Hotel for some R&R.

That bar of chocolate turned out to be sooooo good!  To think I don't really have a sweet tooth!

Free WiFi!  All the more reason to stay in!

We walked to Podium at noon and had lunch at Shi Lin.

Salt and pepper squid

This is what we really came here for.  Xiao long bao!

Saw this on the minibar when we came back to the hotel

Such a nice touch. :)

At the minibar, it was hot tea for me...

...and, THOSE for Hon-some! Hahaha!

The morning after, we had breakfast at HEAT.  The next pictures spell G-L-U-T-T-O-N-Y so brace yourself...

I love egg white omelettes.

Kadiri (yucky) ba?

Just when I was having a hard time keeping all that food down (wooshooo!), we found ourselves here on the last day of our five-star weekend:

 

Manila Diamond Hotel

But I'll spare you the gluttinous (spelling?) photos until the next post!  Haha!  Until then!

The One About My New Anthology Ish

Remember when I drooled over this particular magazine?  Look at what has arrived in the mail...

My third issue has arrived!

I can't wait to read it.  As I write this, I had just come home and had enjoyed a steaming bowl of hot noodle soup - perfect for the stormy weather.  Hon-some is snoring as I type and so I have a pocket of "me" time on my hands.  I just want to curl up on the couch with my new magazine.

Endless inspiration awaits...