thinking beyond the box

eeeek! mike's sister is getting engaged this coming sunday, and i have nothing to wear. all my clothes are either too casual, to frumpy, too happy or too blah. which is why i bought a stretch white blouse from MEMO in glorietta yesterday. it was okay when i tried it on in their fitting room. but horrific when i tried it on again in my room's harsh fluorescent lamps. it showed my curves... in the wrong places. will see what i can do about that.

we wanted to see the xmas bazaar in ortigas home depot. but it was empty when we arrived. there were a handful of booths and a lot of unoccupied stalls. sayang. either it was still to early, or the bazaar was not advertised well. so we ended up visiting the newly opened ortigas home depot. i think this is different from the old mc home depot along meralco ave. a lot of good brands there. am currently lamp shopping for our newly renovated dining room and saw a nice lamp at LUXEN lighting. good price too.

lunch was at craving's, where i had their pork stuffed with prunes in apple sauce. mike had callos. i don't really eat callos, so am not sure how that tasted. but my pork with prune stuffing was tender and flavorful. didn't care much for the sauce though -- it didn't taste "appley" enough. it tasted like regular gravy. the salad bar offered the usual stuff -- mushroom, ham, cheese, pasta salad, raisins etc. etc. the staff didn't do anything about the flies flying above the food until we shooed the flies away ourselves.

also visited the women's world bazaar at world trade center. saw a lot of good stuff too, but ended up not buying anything. one of the stalls there was selling back issues of myhome magazine. i browsed through the mag and saw pictures of a big palace-like house fit for royalty. and guess who the owner is? it's none other than ricky reyes. nakakabilib. considering that he started out as a hairdresser lang. according to the article, he armed himself with pages and pages of pictures from ARCHITECTURAL DIGEST and designed the house himself. mother ricky reminds me of oprah. both struggled to make a name for themselves despite lack of societal acceptance (oprah being black and ricky being gay). and now that they've made it to the top, both of them are sharing the wealth by giving back to the public.

dinner was at cabalen. their banner says that they offer 50 dishes for their buffet. but i counted and wala pang 50 yon no. they must have counted the ice and syrup for their halo-halo too. =) but their kare-kare was sooooooo good! next time i eat at cabalen's, will go directly to the kare-kare na.

btw, can someone tell me if there's anything gramatically wrong with my title?