My First Blook (Blogs-turned-Book)! Thanks to Blurb!

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Topics: Blogging

They are currently running the beta blog-to-book service for 600+ typepad blog users and I got one of the invites 🙂 I’ve been dreaming already of converting my blog (just the Awesome Pilipinas category) to a book in its raw blog form. … This is the main reason I started my blog and if you look at my first month’s posts, it is about the birth of my son, Aidan 🙂 Secondly, I’m thinking of selling it to people who would want to travel to the Philippines and who would need an offline version of my blog.
…But don’t take our word for it – here’s what a couple bloggers had to say about Blurb recently: A-G Spot: Hard Memories Eoin Purcell’s Blog: Blurb.com upgrades, gets commented on in Wired.com and generally attracts attention If you need any help along the way, just email us at blog2bookbeta@blurb.com and we’ll get back to you pronto.

GREENs With Envy

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Topics: #Restaurants

At first, we were not sure if the other members of my wife’s family would like it here but images of Latasia fusion vegetarian food or 85/15 cuisine at The Farm @ San Benito, convinced me that we should take the risk and eat healthy food for a change even for just one Sunday afternoon.
…If you’re as healthy as you would like to think, then have it without the cream but if you are like one of us, loving cream based soups, then have it with a dollop of cream… Just a caution, when you order pumpkin soup here, literally, it would really taste like a pumpkin in a liquified version (with a hint of ginger) which is in fact good for your health.

Skin Discovery Weekend :)

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Topics: My P&G Days...

Some of you have emailed me where you can have your skin check using the patented Beauty Imaging System. … Alternatively, the Olay flagship store which would have the Beauty Imaging System is permanently located in Watsons, SM Makati. So if you have free time or you happen to be in the Makati area, you can drop by and have your skin check.

Dulcelin’s Mango Torte

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Topics: Food

Apparently, when you say Torte it would have the following characteristics: it is used to describe a round cake, it has large amounts of nuts to replace flour, and it has several layers of cream and fruit.
…Here are the prices: Dulcelin’s mango torte (P700/12” · P480/9”) Strawberry Cake (P900/9”) We were looking for a cafe but this was the only Dulcelin sign that greeted us. I was laughing with my wife when we arrived at Dulcelin 🙂 BTW, usually you can drop by and buy the Mango Torte any time of the day (except during after a typhoon milenyo — which we did the first time).

Newsbreak: Pinoy Blogs in Dining and Living

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Topics: Blogging

Pinoy Blogs in Dining and Living (Newsbreak, October. 9, 2006) by Jet Damazo “Slice of Manila’s Hidden Places. … IT manager by day and blogger by night, Anton Diaz, has been sharing all these to thousands of readers for a year-and-a half now to, he says, “showcase the Philippines as a tropical paradise and hopefully inspire people to appreciate our country a little bit more.” … Go to Myron’ s by lori (May 31, 2006) – Myron’s at Rockwell by Marketman (June 16, 2006) – Myron’s Blogging Buzz by anton (June 19, 2006) Other Features Index: ClickTheCity.com: Bah Bah Blog Feature , October 6, 2006 Pinoy Big Blogger: Online Food Critics , July 21, 2006 Anton’s Awesome Planet — BLOG-O-RAMAed 🙂 , October 17, 2005

Mall of Asia Index

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Topics: Mall of Asia

Here is the Mall of Asia Mini-Index, specially for those just tuning in to Our Awesome Planet: Recommended Places Highland’s Steakhouse finally in Mall of Asia! … Sebastian’s Ice Cream @ Shepherd’s Staff, Mall of Asia Other Restos I’ve tried in MOA KKK — OK! … Ted’s Old Timer La Paz Batchoy since 1945 Tandoor King – Indian-inspired Fast Food in Mall of Asia Mall of Asia Posts The Rising of the Mall of Asia!

Tokyo Cafe in Manila?

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Topics: Mall of Asia

This is the kind of reliability that you need from a mall specially during times of crisis 🙂 Aside from this, we love MOA because of its family oriented design where you can find play/ game houses for the kids in every corner and very good shopping places for my wife. … We haven’t tried Bed Scenes, but the food i hear is not that good (please let me know if you hear otherwise). … I’m sure there is no Tokyo cafe in Tokyo and this would be a Manila version of what a Tokyo cafe would look and taste like.

A Balesin Escape

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Topics: #Philippines, Balesin

I wrote an article on Balesin and hopefully it will be published soon in a new Travel/ Lifestyle Magazine. It will be a Nov/Dec issue and will be released by the end of October. … Thanks to the managing editor for fulfilling one of my dreams of being published 🙂 Can you guess what’s the name of this new magazine?

Kopi Roti Love!

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Topics: Food

I’m sure the novelty will wear out, but at least if you haven’t tried Kopi Roti, you’ve been missing on one of the best foreign coffee shop that arrived in Manila since Starbucks. … Spread on bread that’s toasted over a charcoal grill and then topped with a thick lashing of cold butter, it’s a traditional Singaporean breakfast eaten with soft-boiled eggs washed down with hot, strong kopi (coffee) that’s been roasted with corn and lashed with condensed milk.
…The bun will absorb a good amount of the Kopi like a sponge so that you have enough time to put the kopi bun to your mouth before it drips.

ClickTheCity.com: Bah Bah Blog Feature

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Topics: Blogging

“Finally, Our Awesome Planet, a blog maintained by Anton Diaz (who, like his peers, balances blogging with a day job) offers a little more diversity in its entries. … Plus you get to see pictures of his cute kid, which is part of Anton’s plan to ‘redesign’ his blog to include families as his main target audience.” … We love each other (even if we haven’t seen one another) and you wouldn’t find us competing negatively with each other.