Farewell 2017 and Hello 2018!

Farewell 2017 and Hello 2018!

With just a few hours until the new year, I looked back at a very blessed 2017. This was a very productive year for me and a momentous one. I turned 45 earlier this year and among the things I wanted to do were to travel to new places. I was able to do these with new places both international and domestic. [...]

Timor vintage military watch

Timor vintage military watch

As we wind down 2017, I thought it appropriate to feature yet another watch. I got this rare watch at my favorite online store. After I spotted it and noticed it not getting attention (i.e., few likes), I quickly did some research online. It is a military-style watch from the 1940s. These were small [...]

Grand Seiko 9581-7020

Grand Seiko 9581-7020

I thought my collection could not be complete without a signature model of Seiko's. I have a King Seiko automatic watch, my favorite Kinetic and AGS watches, and Seiko 5. I found that vintage Grand Seiko's are very much in demand such that even the defective watches go for high prices as they are restored [...]

Chocolate review: Milk chocolate from Belfast

Chocolate review: Milk chocolate from Belfast

The Clairvoyant brought home this milk chocolate that was given by a colleague during her trip to Belfast. This was her 3rd trip to Belfast and the second in 2017 and had not purchased any chocolate bars from there. That is not because she couldn't find some dark chocolates but just didn't have the [...]

Parol - Christmas lanterns

Parol - Christmas lanterns

I had a meeting in Angeles City last week and took the opportunity to go lantern-shopping. We went to the shops in Dau, Mabalacat where we previously bought lanterns. A friend asked us to get her a parol and told us her budget was 1,500 pesos. That seemed to be a low budget for a nice lantern but you [...]

End of semester stories - persistence pays off

End of semester stories - persistence pays off

I released the class standings for the three sections I am handling this semester. Included were their scores for assignments I gave throughout the semester and for the long exams that included those I assigned as take-home work and for which discussions among students were encouraged in order to facilitate [...]

Seiko 5 6309-403A retro watch

Seiko 5 6309-403A retro watch

December had become somewhat of a watch month for this blog.  This is because I've decided to document my collection recently. The acquisitions through the years necessitated this as well as the topic of watches being interesting to me to write about.I have this retro watch with the TV face that [...]

Enicar Ocean Pearl Manual Wind Watch

Enicar Ocean Pearl Manual Wind Watch

This Sunday, I am writing again about another watch in my collection. Enicar was a Swiss watch brand that was well know for producing high quality time pieces. It along with a lot of other Swiss brands, however, suffered from the 'onslaught' of quartz watches in the 1970s. At the last part of this post [...]

Another look at Kazoku, Maginhawa Street

Another look at Kazoku, Maginhawa Street

A couple of weeks ago, our family was in the UP area and we decided to try out Kazoku along Maginhawa Street. I had not eaten there for quite some time and my wife and our daughter haven't tried it, too, so it was decided we go and have lunch there. Japanese food is our favorite so we are always on [...]

Chew Love, Tacloban

Chew Love, Tacloban

Another restaurant we went to when we were in Tacloban last month was one that we had spotted before but didn't consider because at first glance it looked like a place for younger people. Another colleague thought it looked like one of those food hubs that's now the fad around Metro Manila. It turned [...]