Monday, August 01, 2005
A negative experience
Raven and I arrived at two in the afternoon, ready to explore "the new Greenhills". Ten minutes in, and I end up spending 900 (all the money in my wallet) on a Bandai Eva girls gashapon set. Actually, I haven't looked at gashapons in half a year but this was on my old "must buy" list. So I got it. I'm a sucker!
Spent the next hour looking for a working ATM. Raven got Atelier Iris for the PS2, and I bought 102 pieces of 9th Edition basic lands... for drafting, of course. And sat down (in shoppesville) for a 35php hotdog... and a 35 php bottle of C2. What the hell?!
Eventually we meet the rest of the gang for dinner at the new Promenade building. Very reminiscent of Eastwood (insert foreshadowing) but with more airconditioning.
Ruben, Alekos, and I decide on Mexicali. Po vetoes it on the grounds that he hates mexicans. We walk around deciding where NOT to eat. When threatened with Cibo, Po decides to settle for the burritos.
Pat and I order our usual, Cheese Enchilada with Steak Burrito. Okay, this is usually where we take a picture of the food and tell you how good it is. But let me be Frank. IT SUCKED BIG TIME. The food was late. We got chicken instead of cheese. It tasted as if it were boiled and unseasoned. It felt as if it was cooked two hours before and hurriedly nuked in the microwave.
And to cap it off, our parking bill was 130php. On a Saturday. 130 for parking?!?
For me, the entire point of going to greenhills is that it's the bargain bin mall. Kinda like a Quiapo Lite. Where you can get your fill of cds, dvds, sirX and whatnot. But if this trend of upscale development continues, those days are numbered. And really, with all the more accessible alternatives, what's the point of an expensive greenhills?
Stormcrow
Spent the next hour looking for a working ATM. Raven got Atelier Iris for the PS2, and I bought 102 pieces of 9th Edition basic lands... for drafting, of course. And sat down (in shoppesville) for a 35php hotdog... and a 35 php bottle of C2. What the hell?!
Eventually we meet the rest of the gang for dinner at the new Promenade building. Very reminiscent of Eastwood (insert foreshadowing) but with more airconditioning.
Ruben, Alekos, and I decide on Mexicali. Po vetoes it on the grounds that he hates mexicans. We walk around deciding where NOT to eat. When threatened with Cibo, Po decides to settle for the burritos.
Pat and I order our usual, Cheese Enchilada with Steak Burrito. Okay, this is usually where we take a picture of the food and tell you how good it is. But let me be Frank. IT SUCKED BIG TIME. The food was late. We got chicken instead of cheese. It tasted as if it were boiled and unseasoned. It felt as if it was cooked two hours before and hurriedly nuked in the microwave.
And to cap it off, our parking bill was 130php. On a Saturday. 130 for parking?!?
For me, the entire point of going to greenhills is that it's the bargain bin mall. Kinda like a Quiapo Lite. Where you can get your fill of cds, dvds, sirX and whatnot. But if this trend of upscale development continues, those days are numbered. And really, with all the more accessible alternatives, what's the point of an expensive greenhills?
Stormcrow
Labels: food, gimmik, review, toys
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Spend the 130 on the gas you need for a trip to LB. Enjoy the good but cheap food, good but cheap DoTA, and see how much has changed. :)
some points for contention:
- i DO NOT hate mexicans. i hate mexicali because i think they have hugely overpriced food that doesn't really taste mexican at all. to start off, i'm not a fan of mexican food in the first place
- i didn't balk at the site of cibo. in fact, i was actually for cibo and KAYO yung medyo alangan about cibo. i actually made a sacrifice in withdrawing my veto since most of the gang was for mexicali anyway and ayoko namang gamitin ang veto to its full extent (maybe just to broadcast my non-preference)
- of course, we all know what happened to the mexicali bloc in the gang parliament.
ruben got spoons "from behind the curtain"
alekos got a taste of jalapeños
chico told his tale
and all i got was a feeling of fullness without the satisfaction (ow, and a good laugh trip to boot pala)
-cels, do u realize that 130 worth of gas won't get chico from his place to makati? but i do wanna go to LB. pwede ba magovernight sa inyo??
- i DO NOT hate mexicans. i hate mexicali because i think they have hugely overpriced food that doesn't really taste mexican at all. to start off, i'm not a fan of mexican food in the first place
- i didn't balk at the site of cibo. in fact, i was actually for cibo and KAYO yung medyo alangan about cibo. i actually made a sacrifice in withdrawing my veto since most of the gang was for mexicali anyway and ayoko namang gamitin ang veto to its full extent (maybe just to broadcast my non-preference)
- of course, we all know what happened to the mexicali bloc in the gang parliament.
ruben got spoons "from behind the curtain"
alekos got a taste of jalapeños
chico told his tale
and all i got was a feeling of fullness without the satisfaction (ow, and a good laugh trip to boot pala)
-cels, do u realize that 130 worth of gas won't get chico from his place to makati? but i do wanna go to LB. pwede ba magovernight sa inyo??
LOL @ Po
Dota @ LB seems like a really nice idea. I'm even willing to drive. But the problem is that we dont have a sure place to stay, and I dont want to have to pay 1000php just for that trip.
cels, does LB play the latest dota versions? or still on the 5.84series?
Dota @ LB seems like a really nice idea. I'm even willing to drive. But the problem is that we dont have a sure place to stay, and I dont want to have to pay 1000php just for that trip.
cels, does LB play the latest dota versions? or still on the 5.84series?
Last I checked, LB is playing the latest DotA version.. =D
(Kung bibisitahin nyo sina Mark, baka pumayag sya na sa kanila kayo tumuloy.. =p 'Di ba, Mark? =)
Yung sa gastos, malamang di naman siguro aabot ng P500 yng gastos sa gas, unless sobrang malas nyo at congested lahat ng daanan nyo. Pero, syempre, di ko rin masisigurado yun.. Tipid nga rin naman kayo sa pagkain.. =D
(Kung bibisitahin nyo sina Mark, baka pumayag sya na sa kanila kayo tumuloy.. =p 'Di ba, Mark? =)
Yung sa gastos, malamang di naman siguro aabot ng P500 yng gastos sa gas, unless sobrang malas nyo at congested lahat ng daanan nyo. Pero, syempre, di ko rin masisigurado yun.. Tipid nga rin naman kayo sa pagkain.. =D
Hmmm.... Pwede Nik. Diba sabi mo gimmik din tayo? Turuan nyo kaya ako mag DoTA? Its about time i started playing something real again. Ok lang naman mag DoTA and mommy diba?
Playing "something real" again. LOL!
H5 is also open during weekends.. Just give at least a week's notice, so we can clean up our "trashy apartment".
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H5 is also open during weekends.. Just give at least a week's notice, so we can clean up our "trashy apartment".
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