What to Watch: Derry Girls We were hoping for this series to never end. It’s nostalgic, iconic and frankly one of the best we’ve seen in recent years. The main appeal for us is in the story of friendship of these high school kids who are growing up at a time of political turmoil. The [...] Read More

What to Watch: Trying Rafe Spall and Esther Smith are excellent as Jason and Nikki, a young couple lucky enough to have a supportive circle but struggling with the system in finding the kids that are meant to be their own. Trying is feel-good and very positive. There’s comedy in it but there’s also a [...] Read More

What to Listen to: My Favourite Take away If you want a podcast that’s fun and light-hearted then this one’s for you. Hosts Tom Craine and Cimran Shah interview people while enjoying their guests’ food take away picks. It’s another UK-centric show but there’s something universal about our take away/take-out/dapao experiences and in fact hearing [...] Read More

Around October of last year we visited our favorite bookstore chain, Books Kinokuniya. Since Japan wasn’t open for tourists then, we went to the one in Takashimaya in Singapore instead. It’s always a highlight of our trips to fill half of our luggage with newly bought books. We spent more than a day, meaning we [...] Read More

With the growing popularity of Formula One, more and more kids and adults are getting interested in feeding their need for speed. Karting is how most of the F1 drivers started and there are actually a few karting places around the metro and a bit more outside. One of the newest ones to open is [...] Read More

In the spirit of doing something to make the start of the year exciting, we took it upon ourselves to try out a new activity - hiking! Cities around Mt. Apo, the highest peak in the country, is blessed to have many hike trails and we decided to conquer one of them. The Angel’s View [...] Read More

Still on the subject of best Christmas desserts/gifts, we introduce to you our favorite mamon - Segovia’s. Whatever the occasion, we always have Segovia’s mamon. They have an array of other delicious offerings but the mamon is by far the one that’s on top of our list. They are also old school like Costa Brava [...] Read More

Cakes of any kind are must-haves desserts to serve for any occasion including Christmas. This year, we want to share with everyone our favorite cake shop. It’s no other than the always consistent, no fuss but very delicious Costa Brava. Sure we like other cakes too but Costa Brava never fails, no matter what flavor [...] Read More

We’re always ready to support anything local - talents, products, places, etc. and so one of things we like to do is going to art fairs. One of the biggest, and this year they had over 1,000 art pieces, of such events is the Mindanao Art Fair. Here are some photos of the artworks that [...] Read More