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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 whi...

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 ge...

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. ...

Marufuji

I decided to DIY my daughter's room lighting. I need things such as the light switch, flat wire (size 16), wire cover, glue, led light (5 watts), light socket and electric socket. She only has phone and power bank to charge and an electric fan. Although, she is requesting for an air-conditioner but our budget is too tight  so, she'll have to wait for a little while. My daughter and I went to Wilcon Depot Centre located along Visayas avenue in Quezon City. Bus as it is already around 12nn, we decided to eat first before buying the electrical items. We checked the restaurants/fastfood and ultimately decided to try the newer one - Marufuji which is located at the ground floor. The front look similar to Wendy's as well as the menu. We are the only customer during that time. My daughter ordered the one piece chicken meal, i.e. friend chicken, rice, royal float and fries. I had the burger meal, i.e. cheese burger, royal and fries.  The chicken is quite or...

Sky Cable Broadband

I am currently subscribed to Sky Cable broadband. The subscription is bundled with cable TV in which 4 channels are in HD. I have the line for more than 2 years now. It is not because of the good customer service or speed of the internet but because of the price. I am only paying 999 pesos per month. We have a couple of gadgets now plus my 2 beautiful daughters love to watch Youtube and Netflix, 2mbps is now not enough bandwidth for our family. I can hear complains from my wife and occasional sigh. So, I thought we should now upgrade our plan to faster internet speed. I discussed this with my wife since she is the one doing the budgeting. I thought we should get PLDT Fiber since it offers larger bandwidth but without cable TV. But my wife said that we should still get the plan with cable TV since our youngest daughter love to watch kiddie channels such as cartoon network. So, we ended up sticking with Sky Cable but with upgraded line. I called...

iOS Battery Health Feature

I just updated my aging iPhone 6 plus iOS to 11.3. One of the feature added is the battery health. As Apple admitted, it throttle the iPhone CPU when the battery can no longer provide peak output to prevent damaging the electronics due to sudden shutdown when large current is drawn from the battery. My iPhone is now showing some sign of old age. It will take a couple of second to open an app, e.g. Spotify will take around 10-15 seconds to open. I thought that the battery already need replacement which will cost me 29 USD or around 1,500+ pesos. But Apple delivered on its promise to release a feature that can detect the holding capacity of the battery and to know if it still can support the phone peak performance. The feature is included in iOS 11.3 that I installed. I am  now able to know how much power my iPhone battery can still hold and luckily for me that battery is still in pretty much good shape. I am happy that the battery can still hold 85% of power. No need to wor...

UP Technohub Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf

I hate Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf . I had a bad experience at this branch on Father's day. As my wife and I are a regular coffee drinkers, we always bring our own mug. At Starbucks we get 5 pesos cup discount and indirectly, we also helping the environment. I brought my mug at this branch and ordered a coffee. But they did not accept my mug because it has Starbucks logo on it! I explained to them that it should not matter whether I use Starbucks branded mug or not. They should be able to pour the coffee into it. But the crew did not accept my explanation, so I ended up using the CBTL paper cup. Bad CBTL. My daughter wanted to try the double chocolate. I am not sure why. But she is asking for it for almost 2 weeks. As I love my daughter (as all Father do), I bought her this chocolate drink. One thing that I noticed though, Starbucks offer a bigger sizes for its drinks compare to CBTL. But I think, CBTL chocolate drink taste better than what Starbucks offer. The price...