Central BBQ Pioneer

*sips Milk Tea*

I rarely go to lively places but this one is just right. Welcome to Central BBQ and Bar. The branch that I visited is at Pioneer in Mandaluyong and I can say, the place is so nice. Central BBQ occupies a big place, used to be a warehouse but turned into a big BBQ grill resto/bar. It’s also full of people who like to spend some happy and bonding time with friends through food and drinks, together with nice music. However, unlike the usual places, this doesn’t have a dance area or anything like it as it’s a full dining/eating place. The place is also well secured as bouncers are roaming around just in case someone goes into hulk mode. The service is also nice and they even let you sign your order slips just to confirm that you have received your orders. Though for some, they might not like the atmosphere as smoking is allowed for the whole place but having the warehouse setup helps dissipate the smoke quickly.

So wait, the food. 😀 There’s a large selection of food, whether you like finger foods for drinking or you can just simply dine in. I went for finger foods because it seems that for such places, they make these foods better. 😀 You can still order the usual viand-and-rice setup.

The food selection is also excellent. For example, you can get well-made Mojos such as that one above. This one comes with a mustard dip. If you want better Mojos, you can get one of these:

This one comes with spices, ground meat and garlic mayo. This one is my favorite but the first one isn’t bad either

Chicken fingers? Yes, they also have one here and boy, they are also good and well made.

The food that we liked a lot: BBQ Hotdog! 😀 It’s also good because it’s Tender Juicy so at least you’re assured that the food is well-made and, um, clean. xD I think we ordered two of these. We just can’t get enough of it. It comes with the BBQ sauce but just in case, they’ll give you ketchup for those who miss their childhood. 🙂

Then one of us said that there’s Isaw in the menu so I ordered one. Looks well cleaned and well cooked and tastes good also. All of these goes well with:

The selection of drinks is also wide with softdrinks and the mixes you’ll love. What’s nice with the mixes is that you will not taste or feel the alcohol and that’s what I love about it. You can also have beer if you want and pure hard drinks.

I did not pay for our stay there but I with all the food that we ordered and the drinks, I should say that the price is just right. I should go back here. 🙂

May 24, 2011

Yes, another day. Currently waiting for the food I ordered with the people here in the office. Together with that, I am wondering if starting a food blog or kicking off with posts about food would be nice. I posted some foods before but not really that many since I was still in college that time and spending frequently on food, especially those I haven’t tried, may not be a good idea. Now that I have part-time work, I might be able to go to certain places to write about the food I can eat there.

Actually, I’m still confused on what hobby to take. I mean, I can take as many hobbies I can but I want to focus for a certain amount of time on one hobby. For example, right now I am torn between saving for the Radio-Control Vehicle from Tamiya or getting a personally-prepped gaming laptop from Asus. Food trips can actually go on a different road because I can just be spontaneous and say “Oh, I’ll try to eat here today/sometime”, then it can take place. Food is somewhat accessible. Photography is still something I can’t really afford, maybe when I get a better job. The R/C and the laptop are both in priority because it’s related to my field and it’s something obtainable with my income.

Why food? It’s actually part of my plans to learn the different cultures roaming about in this country. I’ve started this initiative when I joined my friends in the fiesta in Balanga, Bataan. Now it’s time to set a new destination. 🙂

 

Milk Tea and…. milk tea.

Woke up this morning feeling worse than yesterday. So as a contingency plan, I brought a water tumbler and four tablets of medicine, enough for a 4-hour gap intake for the whole day. Today’s also the third day for National Instruments LabVIEW Training. I realized that this training, this “world class training” actually costs around $1000. O_O Yup, it’s that expensive. Anyway, with  few exercises to make me sweat a little bit and lots of water, I made myself feel a little bit better. Then to cap the day, I decided to treat myself milk tea so that I will be able to dispose the excess heat in my body.  Yup, milk tea is somewhat helpful.

Hopefully, with all of these actions and a finale of Vitamin C later, I’ll be able to review for the upcoming weekly exam on Saturday.

National Instruments LabVIEW Training Day 1 and a tank of Coke

Today’s the first day of the NI LabVIEW training that I signed up for. This is just too cool as the NI representative who went to give the very first part of the training, said that this training is actually the same training that they’re giving to the other parts of the world. Yes, this is world-class. 🙂 Though I have to sacrifice the whole week of review for this but in exchange for a training certificate that’s recognized around the world.

I miscalculated my waking-up time this morning and as a result, only a can of Coke for breakfast. Not the sort of stomach intake that you’d want for a whole-day session that consumes a lot of sugar. Good thing I never shut my eyes during the lectures because the whole exercise is just to awesome. It was also the first time that the laboratory was put to good use and was fully operational with me in it and involved. The program is so good that I wanted a whole set of data acquisition equipment, and that NI Elvis that is a portable prototyping device. Couple that to a computer equipped with the necessary interaction devices and you’d forget about oscilloscopes and other means of representing your data acquired.

After the training, I went to buy cracker nuts and go for another can of Coke. I waited for my Dad to call me for going home and then the rain came. The rain was so strong that the weather station beside me recorded some high values that made me think “there’s no need to look at the window if it’s raining hard”.

I can’t go out of the office because I am starting to feel sick and I don’t want the rain to make it worse. So I had a coffee float from Jollibee and waited until the rain weakened. I almost killed a frog while trying to chase my parents before they close the office. Then, arriving home, just ate leftover spaghetti and, again, softdrinks but this time, it’s rootbeer. 🙂

Meh. :3

First. :D

I calmed down after the series of events this week and tried to recollect all of them into one bunch to see what I can do with it. Series of unfortunate events to be exact and some of them were really shocking. However, I got myself together, good thing, and now trying to move on with what’s coming up.

It’s quite interesting how these events became so shocking. I mean, I’ve encountered such events but God always have some sort of tricks up His sleeves. It’s like playing Counter-Strike with God, letting God himself to play fair as much as he can. He’s just too good in such games. But I know I can still get up and then play the game again. So I guess, I’m back to my usual routine. 🙂 From home, I go to school, take some time for sleep or studying, then eat lunch and go to review, review then go back to school. For the rest of the days every week, I go to work. I wonder where to blow the next set of checks? >:) Naaah, I’m going to save ’em, for now.

*sips from a can of cream soda*

Oh, by the way, Mom gave me a tight hug after I told her about these events. She sure does know how to make me calm down. One of my ultimate guides in life, my mom. I remember when I go to her office every afternoon and we just simply chat about what happened with our day. Now, I do talk with more people every afternoon in the office. Then I gave my whole first ever check from my part-time work to my Mom. I told her that if the payment to the board review is just fine within her expenses, she can spend the check to her heart’s delight. I don’t know where’s the money but it’ll be nice if she’d buy herself a new pair of shoes or a new bag since she rarely treats herself with such things.

*sigh*

This weekend sure is jam-packed. Now I have to “reprogram” myself once again and now it should be according to the goal that I set at the start of this year.

Banzai~!

Just a joke. Let’s go. 😀

 

May 20, 2012

My right foot hurts. I don’t know why, probably my foot slipped into some space while sleeping and got twisted in a lot of ways. I applied some ointment and the ointment is also painful. >:E

Anyway, yesterday was my Mom’s birthday and also my mentor’s. Though yesterday was a shot full of happy events, I did encounter an unfortunate one for me. Sure, it did test my strength yet again but I did not expect this to come so soon. “What a gigantic lump of failure..” I thought. I don’t know what God is planning right now that every step I make do have that sort of feeling that there’s a ditch around and I can’t see it and there’s a tendency that I can fall in it. Yeah, series of unfortunate events for me, I guess but I’m figuring out why as everything should have a reason for happening or occuring. Not even alcohol can help, not even using material things like games or new pair of shoes can compensate. It really was another point-blank attack and I haven’t even got out considerably far.

 

So, all I can do that day was “laugh” again. Laugh, what went wrong, again?

What’s just nice is that I’ve kept myself busy recently. It’s not to drown out the bad stuff but to seek improvements for myself, where I lack, where to boost. Like what a friend of mine said, spend the time discovering yourself more. 🙂 At some point, I am thankful for such events. At least it showed me the new boundaries of expectations to things that I wanted to happen or achieve. Disappointed? At start of course, but it’s pointless to be like that forever. I just need to remember what the people around me told me about my potential.

Yeah, I can do this. I got this.

Well, here goes a new chapter. 🙂