Margarita Interlude

Toast for my October and all the hypes!   

A good friend had a brief vacation in the city. He's based in Singapore now together with his beautiful wife. I am thankful for the dinner invitation one great Sunday. He's like family to us; an extended brother. We had splendid dinner at Lantaka Hotel together with his younger brother. Dinner won't  be complete without a few drinks. Guess what i had? My first sip of margarita! We tried tequila back in college when we had a total all-girls night out right after Hard Hat Ceremony for engineers. This is my first mix though and yep, malakas ang sipa! hihihihi

How do we mix a Margarita Cocktail?

1 1/2 oz tequila
1/2 ozpremium triple sec (preferably Cointreau)
1 oz lime juice

Rum the rim of a cocktail glass with lime juice, and dip in salt. Shake all ingredients with ice, strain into the glass, and serve. Thanks to this helpful resource: Margarita Cocktail recipe http://www.drinksmixer.com/drink5260.html#ixzz2CUWshB3s

Shake a glass now!

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Pump It Up at the Comedy Bar : Our Halloween Adventure Last Year :)

22nd Street Comedy Bar - CEBU 

In a few days to come, spook-tacular Halloween is coming to town. We do not have definite plans yet. We usually spend some quiet time offering ardent prayers for our dearly beloved that went ahead of us in the afterlife. Most of them are laid in the province that is why we do not frequent the cemeteries here. The days afford us time to reflect on our shortcomings in life and ask for Divine Providence to guide us in everything we do.

Last year is wholly different as I have spent it away from family. It is priceless to watch a majestic view of sunrise up in the air. What a fittingly great experience to spend the first day of November reflecting in such a moment, I am squinting as the sun rays smiles back at me on the airplane window. Ah, life! Thank you Dear God for such wonderful morning.

 What transpired on the night before that is something I gotta share to you, folks. Get your money's worth and best spend a pre-halloween party at the 22nd Street Comedy Bar whenever you are somewhere in Cebu.

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Posted in: Cebu Comedy Bar,Comedy Bar,Halloween Party

Strawberry Mojito

Strawberry Mojito
Photo Credit: Gerry Asuncion

I want a sip :)
I have always been interested in cocktails. How to mix a glass of this is fascinating me so i thought of adding it to my pages. I will document every cocktail drink that interests me. I used to own a small book i bought at a BookSale store. It contains all cocktails recipes. I gave it away to Kylie thinking she needs it more than I do. Now that cocktails are in, i feel the need to read more about tasty ones. Hahaha.

What a delicious discovery. But i need to taste one yet. Hahahha. Drink up!

Ingredients:

• 1.5 ounces of simple syrup
• about 3 fresh strawberries
• about 4-5 fresh spearmint sprigs (chopped if you prefer smaller mint pieces in your cocktail)
• soda water
• 1/2 lime
• 2 ounces of light rum

Directions:

1. In a chilled glass (about 10-12 ounces), muddle the simple syrup, strawberries and mint leaves together with the back of a spoon or muddler. Crush the strawberries and mint leaves well.
2. Squeeze the juice from the lime into the glass, add the rum and stir well. Fill glass with ice and top off with soda water.
3. Garnish with mint sprigs or strawberry slices.

Simple Syrup Recipe

• 2 c Water
• 1 lb Sugar

1. Combine water and sugar in a medium saucepan. Heat until sugar is completely dissolved. Set aside to cool. After cool, store in refrigerator until ready to use.

Recipe Source: WhiteOnRiceCouple.com.

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I Am Attending GDG DevFest CEBU / 2012

November promises another awesome adventure ahead. I have better pump up my energy reserve for the upcoming trips. Yup, it is true. I have signed up for the Google Developer Group DevFest happening this November 7th in Cebu. It has been this long love affair with you Google and now i get to finally attend one of your DevFests in the country.

I look forward to listen to interesting topics as outlined in their agenda.

Agenda

08:00 AM - 09:00 AM          Registration

Plenary @ Magellan Hall
09:00 AM - 09:15 AM          Welcome Address
09:15 AM - 10:00AM           Keynote
10:00 AM - 10:15 AM          Break
10:15 AM - 10:45 AM          Google Developer Programs
10:45 AM - 11:20 AM          Google Maps API
11:20 AM - 12:00 PM          Google+ API
12:00 PM - 01:00 PM           Lunch Break

Breakout 1 (Web & Cloud Track) @ Magellan Hall
01:00 PM - 01:45 PM           HTML5/CSS3
01:45 PM - 02:30 PM           Google App Engine
02:30 PM - 03:00 PM           Getting Started with Google Drive API

Breakout 2 (Mobile Track) @ Lewis Hall
01:00 PM - 01:45 PM           Android Dev
01:45 PM - 02:30 PM           Mobile UI Designing
02:30 PM - 03:00 PM           GoMo (Go Mobile)

03:00 PM - 03:15 PM           Break

Plenary @ Magellan Hall
03:15 PM - 03:45 PM           Google and Education
03:45 PM - 04:15 PM           Community: GDG, GBG & Geek Girls!
04:15 PM - 04:45 PM           Let's Start-up!
04:45 PM - 05:15 PM           Show & Tell
05:15 PM - 06:00 PM           Closing

This event is presented by Google Developers, GDG Cebu and Globe Labs.

Watch out for the following Speakers during the DevFest:

Merci Niebres , Marketing Events Manager, Google Inc.
Aileen Apolo-de Jesus, Lead, Outreach Program for Southeast Asia, Google Inc.
Janet Suzie Yoon, Head of GASP Philippines, Google Inc.
Gino Tria, Developer, Collabspot
Jose Albert Chiu Padin, Founder, SpellDial
JM Ibanez, Software Architect & Co-Founder, CodeFlux
Jomar Tigcal, Community Manager, GDG Philippines
Wayne Manuel, Senior Multimedia Programmer, GMA News Online
More speakers!

Check out here: http://devfest.gdgcebu.org/

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Walker @ Scott Kelby Worldwide Photowalk in Zamboanga City

Just a day after the big celebration of the Feast of Our Lady of the Pillar at the Royal Fort in Ciudad de Zamboanga comes the Scott Kelby Worldwide Photowalk. 

I am grateful to be part of this event for the second time around.We had so much fun to reconnect with professional photographers and met some of them for the first time. I tagged along my buddy Lee Nuh Wel while he is on vacation from Kuala Lumpur. This is his first time to join a Scott Kelby Worldwide Photowalk.

The crowd is still huge at the Royal Fort even after the feast to the delight of the kids selling candles on the streets. This formidable fortress of enduring faith, perseverance and quite a remarkable history of spanish influence has been a landmark for centuries here in Zamboanga City also called Asia's Latin City.

Official Walker Roster

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