June 27, 2004
Another hectic day! Our former Secretary and now the number one Senator of the land, Manuel A. Roxas II is coming for a visit. His itinerary includes a market visit at the Dao Central Market, then a grand tour of the Island City Mall. I was up at the crack of dawn having to go to the market at 7:00 am (a record for me, I’m used to waking up at 7:30) to make sure that the streamers are put up, the officers of the vendors association and the market administrator are there to welcome him. No need to worry though everybody at the market were all ready and excited to greet him and to show their appreciation of him for returning to say his thanks for voting for him during the last elections. I’ts amazing how he maintained his poise while touching a bangus (milk fish) and fielding questions from the crowd about him and Korina (his rumored GF, a TV personality). He just smiled and said “kayo ha, showbiz na showbiz.” A tour of the mall’s highlight for me was the breakfast at The Buzzz, owned by a friend, Vicky Wallace who serves organic food and coffee. The coffee shop has a nice, friendly and warm ambience, my friend Daniel Simon(whom I fondly calls my son, my son), a peace corps volunteer, will undoubtedly love this place, him being a vegetarian and a staunch environmentalist J and I heard that she will also sell organically grown fruits and vegetables aside from her honey bee, bee pollen, honey spread and the mouth-watering salad dressing. This is a welcome news for all health conscious people out there and of course the organic growers who are now assured of a place to sell their produce.
Another hectic day! Our former Secretary and now the number one Senator of the land, Manuel A. Roxas II is coming for a visit. His itinerary includes a market visit at the Dao Central Market, then a grand tour of the Island City Mall. I was up at the crack of dawn having to go to the market at 7:00 am (a record for me, I’m used to waking up at 7:30) to make sure that the streamers are put up, the officers of the vendors association and the market administrator are there to welcome him. No need to worry though everybody at the market were all ready and excited to greet him and to show their appreciation of him for returning to say his thanks for voting for him during the last elections. I’ts amazing how he maintained his poise while touching a bangus (milk fish) and fielding questions from the crowd about him and Korina (his rumored GF, a TV personality). He just smiled and said “kayo ha, showbiz na showbiz.” A tour of the mall’s highlight for me was the breakfast at The Buzzz, owned by a friend, Vicky Wallace who serves organic food and coffee. The coffee shop has a nice, friendly and warm ambience, my friend Daniel Simon(whom I fondly calls my son, my son), a peace corps volunteer, will undoubtedly love this place, him being a vegetarian and a staunch environmentalist J and I heard that she will also sell organically grown fruits and vegetables aside from her honey bee, bee pollen, honey spread and the mouth-watering salad dressing. This is a welcome news for all health conscious people out there and of course the organic growers who are now assured of a place to sell their produce.
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