Setting up our very own food stall concept (snaxx shawarma) at Timog Food Plaza

It was just this year, September when we ventured into a franchising food business. Since buko shakes has been a fad, we franchised Metrofoodcart Business Corp. Buko Juan. They are one of the pioneers in establishing buko shake business inside malls of metro Manila.

Our first stall was in Jam Liner Edsa Kamuning. The first three months went well and we are almost 80% in achieving our initial investment.

Now, we are opening another food stall but now it’s our own food concept which we named snaxx shawarma. It’s located at timog food plaza also popular as bulalohan food court in Timog.

I can’t say I’m hands-on with this shawarma business only because I don’t eat shawarma. It’s my mom and dad’s idea. I just incorporated other snacks such as burger and hotdog sandwich in the food stall.

coughs and colds

I went to Medical City to have my coughs and colds checked by a doctor. I’ve been self medicating with commercialized medicines since I got my colds and cough. Not to mention that I’m drugging myself with drowsy decolgen so as to relieve me from my colds every night and to doze me a to long sleep. Thank God, I have a Intellicard HMO provided by the company, I don’t have to bother with the consultation fees of the doctor. That’s one of the perks of being employed.

Marko accompanied me to the hospital. Well actually, he forced me to visit a doctor. As my name was called, he was insisting to join me so he can hear for himself the doctor’s prescription. I told him “I’m a big girl na… Kaya ko na ‘to". He always have this feeling that I won’t pay too much attention on what the doctor have to say. He was definitely right. I just hate being prescribed with medicines.

The doctor, advised me to take sinupret instead of decolgen and prescribed some medicines for my coughs.

After my check-up, Marko treated me for dinner to celebrate because I was able to hit my annual sales target. We rarely have a date so I really appreciate it. We ended up ourselves to A Veneto Napoli Pizzeria Ristorante at SM Super Centre Pasig. Apparently, it was owned by one of our head during our internship at Adidas.



I ordered one of my most favorite pasta Oil and Garlic Seafood in White Sauce. I don’t have appetite for white pastas but this one is an exemption. The garlic is very tasty together with the taste of the shrimp.



I also like the site of construction workers painting on the wall. Particularly, customers love their Oil in Garlic pastas and pizza. Prices are affordable and comes with great serving which  is definitely good for sharing.

Monsoon Flood

Several days had passed since the monsoon rain incident in Metro Manila. Roads are impassible, houses that have never experienced flood was flooded, thousands of families fled to evacuation centers with empty stomached, around 65 people died at the height of the heavy downpour.

Monday, we grabbed a dinner at KFC. I asked Marko to sleepover in our house because of heavy rain. I’m afraid of his safety since he has to drive to Laguna. Our mom woke us up quarter to 5 in the morning last Tuesday, August 7. I can sense panic in her voice when she advised my brother and marko to place the car in an elevated area in a nearby mall. The flood had already reached our garage. We kept calm and optimistic. We believed that we won’t be encountering an Ondoy part II but we still did some precautions. We placed our clothes and other belongings inside the garbage bags which we later placed on top of our cabinets. I was carrying all other appliances lifting it on high cabinets (I guess our adrenaline rush worked for us).

It was 11am when we left our house. A close family friend was kind enough to lend us their vacant apartment where we temporarily took shelter. The Ondoy experienced taught us great lesson during this kind of calamity; we were more prepared and organized. We made sure that we are able to pack some foods and clean clothes to wear. My tita also managed to cook some dishes good for 2 days in case we will be stranded which really did happened to us.

The house was not comfortable since it is being renovated, but it was more than enough to shelter us from the heavy downpour of rain, flood and thunderstorms. Of course, we are not expecting a comfy bed with matching mattress and pillows.

The rain lasted for 3 days. The flood which reached waist level finally subsided on the third day. We were thankful that it was not as drastic as Ondoy when the flood reached around 8 ft. and worst the mud devastated all our belongings. We are happy that every family member is safe.

These calamities teaches as life lesson firstly, don’t cling too much on worldly possessions it can be swiped away right before your eyes. Most importantly, it taught me the importance of the family that despite of such circumstances you need to have each others back.