Hiatus

I've been off my bike trails this past couple of weeks.  And with the way things are going, looks like I'll be off them bike trails for a couple weeks more.  Truth is I'm stuck here in Manila trying to look good to the bosses so I can continue working in the province.  It's difficult because I rarely get to go out.  Not because I can't, but because I don't want to.  I've lived in Manila long enough to know that commuting will take up at least 50% of my time when I go out.  Pretty expensive too!



When I have to go out of my apartment and spend my day outside, I shell out at least a thousand bucks.  An amount that would tide me over for at least a week in Butuan.  Maybe it's my fault.  I don't really skimp when it comes to food.  As much as possible I go for other country cuisines.  If a restaurant is a miss, for example, I have no qualms about not finishing my food and go look for another resto.  Just the other day I went to Metro Metro to look around, you know, kill the boredom before it kills me, and I decided to try out Sen Lek, a Thai joint in Food Choices.  I ordered their Qwai Tiew soup and Green Chicken Curry.  Epic fail.  The soup was thin, just half a level up a dirty sock soup, while the curry was freaking sweet, literally!  Worst Thai meal I've had.  I decided to bail and went to a Japanese chain instead-- Sushi King, and ordered Tuna sashimi and Katsudon.  It was ok but not great.  I've already reined in my expectation so I wasn't disappointed much.  I expected the Tuna to not be so fresh.  Two very small slices @ Php75.  Wow, I could just jump off a cliff.

Anyway, more of my food adventures in my next posts.  Here's the view from my prison for the next two weeks.