Gudo @ Congressional Avenue

The best!

Price is very affordable, servings are big and food tastes premium. It is the place for every Juan. We already dine at this restaurant three times now. The first and second visit we had, the restaurant has only the ground floor with few tables. Now they have the second floor with more tables and more patrons. It is not surprising that this restaurant will become one of the diner's favorite gastronomically inducing place in Quezon City. The food taste superb, the service is fast and the price is very affordable. The place is not air-conditioned which maybe one of the reasons why the price is not heavy on pocket and they don't have service charge but they will definitely appreciate some tip from satisfied customer.

You should expect a queue as the place is not as big as the other known restaurants. The last time we visit the place, we waited for 30-ish minutes before we got a table. There is no private parking, you have to park along Commonwealth Avenue which could mean being towed by MMDA during the day. So, dinner is the best time to eat at Gudo as the risk of being towed is lesser :-). Also, it it much cooler in the evening.

During our visit we ordered T-Bone Steak (190 pesos), 3-cheese Pizza (145 pesos) and 1 Pitcher of Ice Tea (50 pesos) which is good for 3 persons.

Here's the 3-Cheese Pizza. The crust is not thin but not as thick as the the Pizza Hut. 

T-Bone Steak with Mash Potato. For 190 pesos, this is worth the money.

T-Bone Steak with Rice instead of mashed potato. Not for size watcher :-).

Mi Powerbank 20000 mAh

I have the 5000mAh Mi Powerbank that I bought 2 years ago. I regularly use it as a power source for my Mi Led light first generation (the model that doesn’t have the switch for different bightness level).  It is now showing some sign of old age. It doesn’t hold as much charge as before. As we are always go to Starbucks on weekends, 5000mah is not enough to juice up our devices which mostly mobile phones. So, I decided to buy a bigger capacity powerbank for our power hungry devices.

As I had a good experience using Mi Powerbank, I opted to buy the same brand but with higher capacity. I bought one from Mi Trinoma branch which is very convenient for me since I park there during weekdays and take MRT going to Makati where I work. 

There are 3 Powerbank with different capacity available at the store, i.e. 5000mAh, 10000mAh and 20000mAh. I like the look of the 10000mAh. It is black, has an aluminum case and thinner than 20000mAh. But with an additional 200 pesos, you can get a much bigger capacity 20000mAh model. And beside 10000mAh might not be enough to charge our devices. Bigger is better when it comes to Powerbank.

Here are some of pictures of the 20000mAh Mi Powerbank.

Sticker on the box to guarantee authenticity of the product. 























Although a bit thick, but still easy on the hand and it is not as heavy as the Anker Powerbank with similar capacity.





Still uses mini USB for charging the Powerbank. With 2 USB ports, you can charge multiple devices at the same time.




Full charging time using 2.4A 4-port Mi Adapter is around 8 hours.




One of the cheapest but good quality Powerbank in the market. 999.00 pesos for 20000mAh Powerbank, I am massively elated!

shopee.ph : Hydroponics Snap Solution

I started planting vegetables using kratky hydroponics. I am using CRS tomatoe and lettuce fertilizer that I bought from lazada.ph. The CRS comes with three mini packs that you have to dissolve in a bottle before mixing them in a larger container. I was successful growing tomatoes and pechay but not okra and cucumber. I used the tomatoe firtilizer in okra which I think is not the exact vitamins for it. It grows some crystal on its stem and molds. 

I thought, I should look for a more general use fertilizer. My colleague introduced me to Snap solution. To prepare, you just have to mix solution A and Solution B which is 25 ml each for 5 liters of water. I bought the solution from shopee.ph and received them after 1 week. 

With 90 pesos shipping the price ballooned to 437 php.

The cup that comes with the package was damaged. Anyway, you can use a syringe to make a more exact measurement of the solution when mixing them.

Thick wrapping with plastic bubble.

Snap solution A and B. Solution A is not clear which is a bit suspecting...

Sadly, both caps are damage. Luckily the thick wrapping helped them hold in place. Otherwise, I will receive a half-empty bottle.