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Phi Pi style :)) Step 1: Abduct the bride-to-be. Tell her you're treating her to a dessert buffet and once off her guard, blindfold her in true "Taken" fashion--with a panda eye mask. Play sexy time music to set the mood, and once she starts talking about honeymoon plans and petroleum jelly, stop the rest of your  girl friends (who have been hiding at the back of the car the whole time) from giggling and giving away the surprise. When she asks why the pearls and the babydoll lingerie, tell her it's required in the venue. Step 2: Drop her off in a popular clubbing area, the bigger the (male) crowd, the better. Reveal her tasks for the night. Make sure she remembers everything that follows with instax, if in case she wants to remember. Task 1: Get the number of a random guy. Ring his mobile as proof that random guy is a for real guy.   Task 2: Say "Hey sexy!" to 3 guys, actual sexiness not required. Don't forget to take selfies....

Somehow, between after Christmas and today, a lot of things happened (i.e. work, more active accounts meaning more work, new role meaning new work, on second thought--just work, basically) that I haven't had time to update blaahblaahbea, more so remember that I even have it. Haha! So... after almost eight months of blog inactivity, three months since what follows took place and three hours that my boss has been out of the office, I find this an opportune moment to write about my Bali trip last May. It has never occurred to me to go to Bali. I've always thought of it as a popular destination among honeymooners and surfers, if they haven't heard about how much better beaches are in the Philippines. Fully booked rooms in Boracay and an irrepressible urge to escape, hit the beach and get a tan got me and my friends exploring other options to get on with summer. And that's how we ended up booking a flight to Bali. We were suddenly excited by the thought that it will be...

It must be all that crispy ulo or Excelente ham that caused me this inability to come up with a coherent, free-flowing storytelling of my Christmas this year so here's a "listicle" on the 5 happenings and whatnots that made it a Naughty (and Nutty!) and Nice Christmas instead   ◔ ⌣ ◔ 1. Annual "We Made It! (haha)" Christmas dinner, though this year's dinner did not exactly scream "We made it!", more like "We can make it! Or "We're almost there!" With all restaurants in our must-try list fully booked, we ended up in Terraz at Zuellig Building, just near my office in Makati Ave. It was a surprisingly good find as the place was perfect for our small group of five and our big appetite for yummy, inventive dishes. The Terraz Chef Salad (who cares about the leaves, get it for the crispy parma ham and grilled bacon)  Spicy Terraz Corned Beef Adobo (They use corned beef in everything these days. The crispy kesong puti ...