Quiapo Church and some thoughts for Good Friday

Quiapo Church and some thoughts for Good Friday

Today is Good Friday and I just wanted to post this photo I took recently of Quiapo Church, which is dedicated to the Black Nazarene. It is always said that Fridays are the worst time to be traveling in the area of the church because Friday is the day of devotion to the Black Nazarene. This is similar [...]

On Visita Iglesia and overlooked churches

On Visita Iglesia and overlooked churches

It is now the Holy Week and many people are likely to go on a Visita Iglesia this Holy Thursday and Good Friday. Visita Iglesia literally translates into 'church visit' and is an annual tradition for many and entails going to seven (usually) churches where people pray; often a novena on the stations [...]

Enicar automatic vintage watch

Enicar automatic vintage watch

I got another Enicar watch. This one is an automatic but I don't know about the movement yet. There are the desirable ultrasonic models of Enicar that are supposed to be the really good automatic movements for this brand. It doesn't say ultrasonic anywhere on the watch so I assume this is just a "regular" [...]

Vostok Amphibia (again)

Vostok Amphibia (again)

The leather strap on my Vostok Amphibia (also spelled Amfibia) gave out easily. That was relatively new as I bought it right after I had pins customized for the watch so I can fit it with new straps. The old metal bracelet was in a very bad condition and did not fit my wrist so I had to replace it (though [...]

Food for Lent

Food for Lent

It's the Lenten Season once again and its that time of year when meat consumption tends to go down for Catholics. We are supposed to fast and abstain from meat (that's beef, pork and chicken) on Fridays and the specific days like Ash Wednesday, Maunday Thursday and Black Saturday.Frozen seafood i vacuum [...]

Gruen Precision Manual Wind Vintage Watch

Gruen Precision Manual Wind Vintage Watch

I am on the lookout for vintage watches that are being sold for cheap but actually have a significantly higher value. A good example is this watch from Gruen that I got for about 40% of the market value based on what I found online. This watch is even in better condition than the reference I saw so [...]

Mango trees in full bloom

Mango trees in full bloom

The village where I reside in was supposedly formerly a mango orchard. As such, there are many old large mango trees everywhere. The Clairvoyant and I like to think that a mature mango tree is the status symbol for a homeowner in our village and we are fortunate to have one in our home. We actually [...]

Mido Ocean Star Cal. 80

Mido Ocean Star Cal. 80

Easily rising among my favorites in my collection is this mint, practically brand-new Mido Ocean Star Cal. 80. It is a diver and can be considered a homage model resembling the famous submariner model of a popular luxury brand. Mido is by no means a pushover as it is a Swiss watchmaker and part of the [...]

Revue manual wind Swiss watch

Revue manual wind Swiss watch

A watch that I have acquired recently is this manual wind from Revue, another watchmaker that was affected by the quartz 'revolution' of the 1970s. Revue is now better known as Revue Thommen, which no longer directly produces watches, choosing to license/authorize another maker for their Revue Thommen-brand [...]

Venchi 75% Dark Chocolate

Venchi 75% Dark Chocolate

The wife and I don't usually celebrate Valentine's Day as a couple the way others celebrate it - having a date on the day or me giving her flowers on the 14th. We never did, even during the time we were still dating and agreed to continue this practice even after having a daughter. This Venchi bar has [...]

Osaka Takoyaki Restaurant, SM East Ortigas

Osaka Takoyaki Restaurant, SM East Ortigas

We were looking for a place to eat dinner at before we watched "The Black Panther" a couple of weeks ago, we decided to try out a Japanese-themed restaurant at SM East Ortigas. The restaurant's specialty is takoyaki or octopus cutlet balls. The restaurant's menu also had many other choices for those [...]

David Bowie wine bottle

David Bowie wine bottle

There's this bottle of wine that we got quite some time ago. It's a good thing I took photos of it then as the wine was consumed and the bottle inadvertently thrown away with the garbage. We usually kept bottles such as this one for posterity but somehow it was disposed off.The bottle beside the bag [...]