Paint the Lobby Red

As they say it every year, usually alongside Valentine's day, - raise the red lanterns!

These hanging paper lanterns made the lobby of the The Enterprise Center in Paseo de Roxas, Makati red as part of the celebrations of Chinese New Year. Traditionally, red lanterns are a sign of joy and vitality.

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Los Dos Caballos

These two giant horse statues remind me of the movie The Two Horses of Genghis Khan. But I have no idea whether the movie is all about horses not because I haven't seen it yet.

These are the Tang Dynasty signature horses that flank the entrance to P.F. Chang's China Bistros. This one is the branch at Bonifacio High Street, The Fort.

PF Chang's is an upscale Chinese resto, but I prefer to call it Westernized Chinese as most of the food do not seem to have that kicky gingery taste which is common in Chinese cooking.

Aside from the great food and calming interior, the waitress was entertaining who was very quick and showed us an assortment of dipping sauces by mixing hot mustard, chili paste and some soy sauce. Spicy hot mustard is not a very popular condiment here. I never tried it until today.





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A Bare Tree

I was in Manila last weekend and I thought of dropping by Manila Bay before heading home. While walking through Rizal Park from Taft Avenue towards the bay area, I was able to take a couple of interesting pictures of people and spots. One of them is this bare tree in the middle of the block next to Maria Y. Orosa Street.

I think it came out great with the sky so orange providing a dramatic backdrop. It was a nice time of the day.

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Dressed in Bread

A mannequin rarely, if totally not at all, would come into mind when you talk about bake shops. Sure, a life-size figure means fashion. But Bread Talk  stores are different. The one at Market! Market! has a display window in front with two mannequins dressed in bread. Of course, they are not real. They are carton of boxes and threads that look like abaca but were made to look like varieties of bread.

Talk about going against the convention. That's called marketing.

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Sunset in Manila

Someone told me that a beautiful big sunset like this looks better over a body of water. But it's beautiful wherever you are if you ask me.

Lucky are those who practically live in the park that they always get to see this kind of sunset.

Petronas Towers

Standing high and mighty - these twin skyscrapers are a must visit when you are around Kuala Lumpur. You can have a good 360 degrees view of the city.

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