Mr. Greek

last tuesday, all R&D chemist went fot their annual holiday lunch. since they always have it at 'mandarin buffet', this year they decided to have it at 'mr. greek'.

the service was so disappointing. it took us 30 minutes to get our drinks. they didn't serve enough bread for a starter

main course came like almost an hour after to think that we already pre ordered our choices

although the rest of the choices were ok... my team lead Vilay and i made a not so smart choice of getting shrimp linguene in marinara sauce instead of typical greek food (would have stick to my fave pork souvlaki)

even our dessert wasn't good. i cant find any mango taste in this mango cheese cake (their tiramisu was excellent)

The Day After

its beginning to look a lot like... more than just white christmas

26 cm of snow pillowed greater toronto area. rushton road at 7 this morning

on my way to st. claire west avenue to catch a bus

good luck my friend. you can leave your car and ski your way to work

delays everywhere... planes, bus, street car, subway train

Swarovski Christmas Tree

a giant christmas tree full of swarovski crystals at eaton centre, toronto

Kitchen

this is our kitchen in our new apartment. photo from my nokia 6300, not as good as my SE W810 (completely useless now, but that's another story).

Happy Birthday Mom

Happy birthday Nanay!

Bye Florida

its tuesday and time to go home to a feezing toronto. we drove from ft lauderdale to miami. at the airport, geraldine and i were chosen randomly for a special inspection. it was a bit of a hassle but the aiport personnel were very courteous.

for a short 3 day vacation. were saying goodbye to florida sunshine, saw grass mall ( i got good deals for puma shoes and caps), ihop and dennys (i love this breakfast place), pollo tropical (we can't find pollo loco so we settled for this place) and the crazy drama at walgreens.

Florida Beach

while enjoying the sun, food and drinks. pegions and seagulls are always ready for some free meals.

i love florida. where else can you go for a 3 hour flight and suddenly its summer

though the water is a bit cold during this time of the year, still good enough for us to enjoy

Sheraton Clipper Hotel

photos taken from our hotel room

Miami

geraldine and maria walking the along miami

tourist everywhere... nice weather makes me feel like i just wanna stay here

you can see the house of fashion designer gianni versace where he was murdered by andrew cunanan (unfortunately a fil-am).

Fort Lauderdale Beach

the beach front of our hotel is great.... fort lauderdale is not as crowded as miami, which i really like.

andrea is having a great time with her brother branden

Florida

the past few weeks has beeen crazy busy for me... last weekend we finally moved to a new house apartment. me and my house mate are staying in a nice basement at st claire west area... though were not so happy with our wireless internet connection, guess its better than nothing.

the weekend before the big move, me and my cousins spent 3 days in florida to get some vitamin D... as you guys know, toronto is frigid cold these days.

we stayed at sheraton clipper hotel, where my cousin got a 50% off for the hotel rooms, food and service!

Snow Blowing Day

mother nature gave torontonians their first taste of early winter

norseman st. on my way to work

7:00 am

glass frost