Philippine Blog Awards… “And the Winner is…”
“And the Winner Is…” Would you believe it? THE KID??? Yup! Marketman, Mrs. Marketman and The Kid went to attend the Philippine Blog Awards this evening at the Carlos P. Romulo Auditorium at the RCBC Building in Makati. After a late start, the awards were rapidly announced and for the Category “Home & Living,” congratulations go out to Toni of Wifely Steps!! After a few more awards, some sponsor donated prizes were chosen and the winners were announced and asked to come up on stage to claim their prizes. The Kid won two Sanyo Triple AAA rechargeable batteries!!! She did the walk to the podium and across the stage with confidence and panache, I must say, and the absolute GLEE on her face was obvious! She has never won anything before… Then at the end of the Main Category Awards, Globe (a major sponsor) awarded five special awards and congratulations go to Lori of DessertComesFirst for the Deliblog Award, which I presume stands for Delicious Blog Award, so well-deserved… So BOOHOO for Marketman, no Main Category Award and no Deliblog Award…
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We had earlier arranged to rent a banca for our use over the next two days and it was waiting for us there. We headed to Coron Island (Higantes to locals), an imposing mass of uneven rounded peaks that from afar looked like some impenetrable jungle covered South Pacific destination William Bligh might have come across. The quick 20+ minute journey on calm waters was refreshing. Closer in, it became apparent that this island was actually made up of jagged and extremely sharp limestone and that trees and shrubs were growing out of little crevices or pockets of soil, and also, instead of one big lump of rock which is the impression one gets from afar, there are lots of hidden coves, beaches, lagoons, etc.
too many trips as kids and we were lucky if we got one trip a year to the province, usually Cebu and/or Bohol. Later on in life, I worked as a management consultant and I basically traveled constantly, wracking up well over a million air miles on the finest airlines and literally thousands of hotel room nights, all on company expense accounts. So I am used to hotel creature comforts, period. But when an opportunity arose to visit Busuanga, Coron and nearby Culion Island, all in Northern Palawan, I decided I was going to do this adventure even if it meant having to “rough it,” – and again, I will admit that is a highly relative phrase. In the 10-15 posts ahead, I will cover an incredible array of posts from this three day adventure that started on Sunday and ended this morning…
this market had its beginnings in the Magallanes parking lot, in the shadow of the old Magallanes theater, perhaps a dozen years ago. It was there that I started seeing some of the same vendors who are still selling their wares today. At that time, in the mid-1990’s, there was the Magallanes market and the organic market near Greenbelt…that was it in my neck of the woods (as far as weekend markets were concerned). Over time, the Magallanes market grew bigger and eventually got kicked out as the Ayala property was re-developed. They found a new home on weekends at the TESDA grounds on the service road of the South Superhighway in Taguig. While this location was further, I followed the market there. After a year or two, the market had just grown too big and parking was an issue and they announced a move to a larger location in the FTI complex, further down the service road and now a good 20 minute drive from my home. Nevertheless, a loyal fan, I followed them to this new location as well. I suppose one’s shopping habits die hard and hitting this market is just one of my must do’s… While our cook likes the Guadalupe market for her weekly forays, I like the FTI market for vegetables (a suki comes down from Baguio the day before), slightly unusual items such as Chinese ingredients (lotus, garlic chives, mushrooms, greens, etc.), fruit, dried and smoked fish, organic greens, organic eggs, flowers and orchids, etc.
a toaster oven, you could have a VERY satisfying and delicious breakfast or more likely, snack. I liked the buttery sweet bread of Breadtalk that I used in the french toast I made last week so I used some of the remaining slices for cinnamon toast. To make, simply mix some softened butter (I prefer unsalted) with some cinnamon powder then spread it evenly on top of the sliced bread. Sprinkle with sugar and toast until done. If you notice from these photos, the sugar didn’t even melt, the crystals were rather large actually, but they worked well nonetheless. To make this kid snack a bit more “adult,” I had it with a cup of hot earl grey tea. Some things are so simple but so good… Another thing your kids can make with ease…