Author: OMB

My eldest nephew, Dr. Ricardo C. Tan, III, son of my eldest brother, Dr. Ricardo C. Tan, Jr., has  gifted hands. Even when he was still in primary school in

There’s a kind of pest that’s new to us,  Gopher.  We don’t have this in the Philippines. They dig tunnels underground and eat the roots of crops, vegetables and even

A trip to Costco is always fun. spelling?     I highly recommend that you totally abandon the use of traditional candles. Use battery operated ones to avoid fire. Our

I dined here in June and I simply loved their freshly cooked fish and curly fries. Today I went back with Edmund in tow. I ordered the same thing and

I am hooked on X-factor, not the show that make people eat tarantulas and make-out with cobras. I love both the UK and US shows, most especially the one with

The noodles in my stomach are still intact and yet here we are, eating again, and this time it’s a seafood buffet at the Filipino restaurant called Bamboo Grill.  

It has become an informal tradition that we ate at TK noodle house on the first day of our visit to Cali. It’s never planned, it just happened and no

Aileen and Bong picked us up from the San Francisco International Airport before 10am of October 15. Crossing the San Mateo Bridge   We drove by my nephew’s newly acquired

It’s welcome aboard again this time at flight Delta 208 from Narita to SFO. The plane is a Boeing 767 which is a lot smaller than 747, the plane we

Sky Lounge or Sky Club is the sprawling passenger lounge of Delta located at the Narita International Airport. It used to be exclusively for Northwest’s elite or world travellers. It’s

  Don’t come here with fake goods. Hermes store   Hermes’ Kelly and Birkin bags are sold out (as if naman I intend to buy).    

It’s been 4 years since we last flew Northwest, now merged with Delta. They actually have very good service. The mostly white crew were attentive, courteous and efficient.   NAIA

We spent two hours at the Sky Lounge in Narita eating free food stuff. I was so embarassed when I entered the men’s toilet.  I swear I looked twice at