Citra Mina Summer Getaway to Boracay

Citra Mina is giving away a Boracay getaway for four persons plus pocket money! A P 500 single receipt purchase at any Citra Mina store entitles you to one raffle ticket.

Deadline of submission of tickets is on May 2, 2009 at store closing hour. The draw will be on May 8, 2009 at Citra Mina National Highway Outlet.

See more of the mechanics below.

South Point Divers in Maasim, Sarangani Province

Over the long Holy Week, my family and I visited a couple of resorts and this one would be the highlight: our visit to South Point Divers.

We started Black Saturday with breakfast at Dr. Abella’s beahfront property in Tinoto. Just before lunchtime to go to check out neighboring Lemlunay or South Poit Divers.

This would be my second time to be here. But this time, I saw the improvement of the resort. It was lively with guests and the dining area looks erally great. It’s not flashy or fancy but it’s still very elegant, cozy and welcoming.

We were greeted with a warm Maayong Udto and seated. The menu is simple but not entirely ordinary. It has a lot of good choices, a good mix of favorites and new treats. We had grilled pork belly, tuna steak or fillet sandwich and mahi-mahi in italian sauce. All of them were great-tasting. I only had two wishes about our lunch. One is that I hope they used tuna fillet instead of tuna cubes for the sandwich and, two, that they didn’t use plastic plates. (Though we served some of the dishes using Corel. Hmmm… extremes.)

This is the view from the dining area.

When we were there, there were a couple of foreigners. How I wish that we, who live in Socsksargen, would go visit our own tourist spots. I have not gone diving in ages but I thinik that I would go back to South Point just to be able to read in peace and stare at the bay.  Lovely.

Announcement for Sons and Daughters of General Santos

This announcment came from Ms. Rue Ramas by email.

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What:  General Assembly Meeting

When:  April 19, 2009, Sunday

Time:  9:00 a.m.

Agenda:  Election of Officers

Outgoing President’s Terminal Report

Where:  Office of Senior Citizens, Lagao

(Building beside the Lagao Barangay Hall, Tiongson St.)

Who may participate:  All descendants of those who lived in Gen. Santos City on or before year 1950.

Contact Persons:  Aida Cambarijan  0921-7873002

Rue Rivera Ramas 0920-9516479

Minda Mones 0919-2676677

Sydney Hotel’s Rooftop Grill

Since I resigned from Sydney Hotel in 2005, I think I have only had dinner at Rooftop Grill once. So it was good to come back to the restaurant after a long time.

It basically hasn’t changed. Still the same decors, tables, chairs, waiters. Good thing the food has also been the same: YUMMY!

Rooftop Grill is, for me, the best place to go to if you want to impress your guests with grilled seafoods or pork belly or sizzling fish fillets or tinola or sinigang na isda. I really, really like the way food is cooked here  I admit the food is pricey but hey!, it’s in a hotel. Also, the place and the service is worth it.

We, my husband kids and our moms, went to Rooftop Grill as sort of a welcome dinner for my mother-in-law who came to visit us. We ordered embao/imbao soup, sizzling diana, grilled pork belly (a favorite) and adobong pusit.

One thing though that I don’t like about the restaurant is the singer. Yup, never liked folk songs, sorry.

However, all in all, our dinner went really great. Rooftop Grill is a classic, I believe, so the next time you are taking out some guests for dinner, bring them to the Rooftop Grill.

Recommendations needed

This week, I have not been lucky with the companies I go to for certain products and services. I have come to the piont when I have gone beyond crossing arms in the office while standing/refusing to sit down. I actually spoke more than one sentence in reprimand. This means I am just really angry already.

One of these services is my mananhi/sastrera/dressmaker. I go to two people depending on the work I need done. If it’s a simple change zipper or putol, I go to my friendly neighborhood mananahi. For custom designs and other more complex sewing needs, I go to Noel Adlawan. (They recently changed their name to something I have not memorized yet.) I have been going to Noel Adlawan for six years now. Even the uniforms for Sydney Hotel when I was still working there were done by them. My daughter’s school costume was done by them. That’s because I like how they do my clothes. On this one simple job I brought to them recently, they just failed me big time that I have already decided not to give them any mroe business and go look for another dress shop. I am not a fussy customer. I pay cash and on time. I am loyal to whoever deserves it.

So now, I am looking for another designer or seamstress. Someone who is good and someone who will deliver on time and who will give  importance ot a loyal patron. If you know somebody like that, please leave a comment here. Thank you!