Project 30: Hats off to all Top Chefs!

My all-time favorite cooking competition TV show (image from austinchronicle.com)

I am a food TV junkie and I think I’ve learned about 80% of what I know about food through the telly. But at the top of my food telly charts is my favorite cooking competition, Top Chef. I am such a fan girl that I snuck out of the office, together with my sisters and father, to get a glimpse of and to get an autograph on our copy of Top Chef: The Cookbook. Check out our giddy fan photos…

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Project 30: Me Time is Milk Tea Time

Good Me Time with Milk Tea Time

I can’t believe it’s been almost a week in Manila already. My life has basically been a blur. Or mostly in a standstill as I seem to spend most of my time on the road, which is a good 4 to 5 hours a day. Traffic isn’t usually this bad, but since it’s been raining almost non-stop (or conveniently during rush hours) plus, as most people have tweeted, the start of the Christmas season (We are suckers for the Christmas holidays and the Christmas carols start playing on the radio as early as September). If you’ve been following me on Twitter, I admit I have been ranting A LOT. Yes, welcome back to the chaos that is Manila!

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