A day before we left for Ilocos, we were brought by my sister’s Korean friend in 1970 Grill. It is a hole in the wall Koream Resto in QC. It is a great foodie discovery as it serves authentic Korean Yakiniku and Shabu Shabu dishes. We had Shabu Shabu that night. The taste is very similar to what we had in Seoul with Omma.

The decors are similar to a Korean school. Our friend told us that it used to be a kindergarten school before it became a restaurant so they made it their theme. Very nice!

The food was awesome, servings are generous and it won’t bleed your wallet. Total damage is only 700 bucks for 4 adults and a child. We had our fill so we will definitely be coming back and bring some friends along.
1970 Grill
Scout Fernandez, Tomas Morato, QC

Today’s exactly 2 weeks after I resigned from corporate world. We have officially settled in our new home. I am proud of how it looks like now. A new sala set and dining room set will complete everything. For now, it is comfortable enough to live in.

Next week, we can start on focusing on learning our business. We are looking forward to Papa’s visit on Monday so that he can start orienting us. I know we have lots of things to learn but we will take each on a stride. Today, I started looking at our current payables. I have encoded them in my laptop to make things easier to track and so that reports can be easily generated. Next, to look at will be our current liabilities. Have read about how some companies make use of business liability insurance quotes to manage risk in their businesses. Not sure though if this is applicable to small business like ours.

Exciting times ahead! Till the next update.

We had our 7th wedding anniversary last week and we all had fun. Daddy reserved buffet lunch at Vikings Buffet Restaurant in Mall of Asia and we ate ‘til we dropped. Haha. I had sushi, tempura, steaks, and a little bit of everything.  Biboy ate his favorite dimsum.  It was our second time to dine in Vikings and am pretty sure we’ll visit them again. I never had the time to buy Dad gifts online so I just bought him what he wanted. A Targus back cover for his new iPad and a Nike running shoes. Daddy gave his gift last Saturday when we went to Eastwood City. I was looking for a pair of shoes in Nine West when he suddenly left and got back and hand me five gift certificates for Nine West and other affiliated stores. I felt happy because he still remembers me some time. Just kidding. I love you daddy and I’m looking forward to another 7 years and 70 years and 7000 years….

Daddy got his first tablet, an iPad ofcourse, a month ahead of its Philippine launch. It’s his third iDevice after his iPod in 2007, iPhone in 2010 and the iPad in 2012. An Apple fanatic indeed.  It was bought in Osaka, Japan by my sisters last May 5. He also got the Smart cover too. Daddy, can I borrow your iPad?

Daddy recently got his new iPad bought from Japan. My sisters went on a five day vacation in Osaka and Tokyo, so daddy seized the opportunity to purchase the third generation iPad. He is so excited and touching it every single day. He downloaded tons of free apps from iTunes and the one I like most is the Logo quiz game. You need to guess the brand name of the given logos and its really fun playing it. It is very addicting and I’m really hooked on it. There are logos from car manufacturers, multinational companies, computers, finance, game developers, clothing lines and even golf ball logos are included. I’m now on level 8 and hope finish it soon.

My sister in law Vivian gave birth to an 8 pounder baby boy last month. Congratulations to both of you. Now, I’m a first time aunt and daddy is now an uncle. We are all so excited about our nephew. His name is Nathan and now we’re planning to visit him in the States hopefully next year. Nathan is actually their first baby after 7 years of marriage. There are true stories that some men found out that they have a son after two decades. While some mommys learned that they didn’t have a daughter. That is because of the DNA testing available these days. Many are visiting paternity testing at Paternity-Answers.com to make sure if they are the real parents or not.

This was Biboy’s first dance with Mommy during their Graduation Ball on March 28. Biboy gave me roses and led me to the dancing. Oh how sweet!

I’ve been working for one and the same company in the last twelve years. I started working in a helpesk department and I use the telephone most of the time. From time to time, we were taught on how to have excellent telephone manners. Telephone manners cover such areas as mental attitude, speech quality, and listening ability. Modern technology requires employees in an organization to converse not only by telephone but through teleconferencing or even video calls. In the US, ActConferencing.com teleconferencing delivers high quality telephone and web conference to many satisfied organizations worldwide. The companies’ online meetings will never be the same again.

Our family will be leaving Manila on June 4, 2012. We will move to my home province in Ilocos Norte. Biboy will be in grade school and will be enrolling in one of the schools in Burgos town. Daddy and I will manage the family’s business in Ablan, 45 kilometers north of Laoag City. It will be a real challenge for us. We will be selling construction materials and hardware. Daddy is planning to market general international tools as well. We are hoping and praying that our God will bless our new endeavor.

Andre with his shades ala Bruno Mars. Just the way you are.