Cucina ni Kuya

well, atleast this is the name im planning to put in my eatery/carinderia. I am the one mostly involve in the planning, scouting for a location, sourcing out of funds, marketing and right now, the interior of the eatery. I guess this is not gonna be of much difference to other carinderias but I am gonna focus on the cleanliness and the nice "very erwin" ambience of the establishment.
"Cucina ni Kuya" will be opened on the 11th of November, 2011 to coincide with my 31st birthday. Since according to numerology, the date holds the power of 11-11-11, this will serve as a birthday gift to myself and also my first venture in the food business. According to http://globalphysics.com/;  "11:11 is a pre-encoded trigger placed into our cellular memory banks prior to our descent into matter which, when activated, signifies that our time of completion is near. This refers to the completion of duality. When the 11:11 appears to you, it is your wake-up call. A direct channel opens up between you and the Invisible. When this happens, it is time to reflect on whatever you are doing for a moment and Look Larger. A transfer is in position. You can enter the Greater Reality if you wish pray or meditate and seed your future and also, you can be seeded by the Invisible. You can ask for help in some specific area of your life or simply listen quietly and receive a revelation." In other words, or as i put it much simpler, this will be a milestone. At this age of my life, I can say that i have a balance of all the aspects required (emotional, mental, attitude and spiritual) for me to be able to do well in whatever things i choose to do. I do not feel lost anymore. And i know the things that i want to do. and i am doing it one at a time.

I have already found a space in Sta Mesa, Manila, although, i know a lot of work has yet to be done in the interiors since, i want it to have a feel of an 'avant-garde' eatery, not your typical or the usual eatery. Affordable meals will be displayed in the carinderia. Affordable but delicious since i am gonna hire a cook who is currently the toast of our town in catering during weddings. Aside from that, it will be a carinderia that will also be a feast for the senses, because i will exhibit on the walls my paintings and my other artworks. Since the space is limited, i am also planning to put a big glass to give my customers an illusion of a "bigger space". I hope everything will turn out well. And for the opening, i will be inviting some fews friends who supported me all the way. Of course, there are a few special people who in a way or another helped me to be able to put up this business. I will be forever grateful because without their help, nothing will come into fruition. I may have all the opprotunity, but that opportunity was because they helped me, by showing first their trust. Trusting me first that im gonna be able to deliver.

Money and Me

I am starting to have less time for myself and spend more time for my work. I dont know if this is the meaning of workaholic but i have a renewed sense to generate more income. What drives me? Everything. My failures. My mistakes in the past. New learnings. And most importantly, tweaking a bit my outlook, has so far turned out to be positive. And all these i credit for bringing out a new me. I became less conscious of myself as an imperfect person. And as i relate it to my work, i became more focused. Right now at 30, i am beginning to live each day of my life as if it were the last day. My new job has taught me to constantly interact with people...to strike a conversation...to spice it up with pleasant "hi's and hello's"...smile to the fullest...with my own unique antics as well...I have become less serious each day as i try to enjoy every moment but at the same time serious with how i conduct my job knowing the potential returns if i hit it big with a client. I guess, my previous job was really perfect as my training ground...so i think i should think less of it as a kind of a job that is also a waste of time. I learned to deal with all kinds of people...scathing bitches, backstabbers, although i met some few good people along the way...and they are whom i call friends. I am single at 30 and i think it is also for the right reasons. I have stopped investing on emotions. Heart cant be trusted after all. Emotion is not a solid investment. Results cannot be quantified. Most of the time you fail because the value of investment you put in na relationship is not equal to the oither. You invest more. The other one invests less or worse, not at all. Unlike in business, you will see the returns if you do it right. Profits are measurable sans the heartache. And you will be richer. Still, i would like to reiterate that i do not work for the money for the wrong reasons but it would be safe to assume that i work for the money because i have plans. So what have i done in the past really? Working without planning. The result: Epic fail in my career. But i know God has a plan. I work in an industry now that i dont see money merely as a "money". Right now, i see money as a perfect partner, that is why i am not gonna work for money plainly to have something to be used to buy my basic needs. I see money now as my friend. Something that i need to earn well and plenty. Something that i need to use now for my future plans, whatever it maybe. I will make money now. Work for money now. While at the same time, use money to make it work for me. This is just my simple plan. Earn money and let it multiply because right now, i have a good relationship with money.

A Great Coffee Experience

picture courtesy of thelifeafterwork.com

I declare i am addicted to coffee! You know, i love its really original bitter taste yet i also dig its many variations. Currently, my favorite is Kopiko Brown Coffee, the brown sugar can really be tasted, perfectly blended with the coffee and just thinking about it as i write this blog, makes me want to make another cup. It's an instant coffee so all you need is sprinkle one sachet pack over a cup of hot water. Another favorite is the Caramel Machiatto by Nescafe found in coffee vendo machines. I dont know if its already available in supermarkets because the only time i tasted it was when i accompanied my friend Joy, in her jobhunting a few months back. Good thing it was available in that particular contact center in Eastwood. My friend got the job and i had such a wonderful and unforgettable coffee experience. It sure had beaten, taste-wise, the more expensive version found at Starbucks. Coffee comforts me when im just home lazying around, whenever i eat at McDonalds (I asked for a coffee substitute instead of sodas), whenever I am with colleagues at work. And just last night, i discovered a great coffee experience when a colleague gave me a pack of Great Taste White Coffee. He coaxed me to try it because he said the taste was really great. So i hurriedly went home and prepared a cup and , presto! to my delight, i just tasted the newest yet creamiest coffee in the country. So remember the name, its White Coffee from Great Taste...It was never white, mind you, but the rich texture from the creamer makes the color lighter from your regular coffee and creamer combination...and yes the taste was just perfection!!!

All About Me: Signa Residences: featuring Kenneth Cobonpue's fur...

All About Me: Signa Residences: featuring Kenneth Cobonpue's fur...: The first and only designer residence in the country...for those who want to live on top of the chain. Price Range 4M-10M. For inquir...

Signa Residences: featuring Kenneth Cobonpue's furniture Collection

The first and only designer residence in the country...for those who want to live on top of the chain. 




Price Range 4M-10M.
For inquiry/promo/discount/presentation:


Erwin Rommel D. Teves
09054155146

Features

 

A. Ground Level

• Central Plaza
• Tower Lobbies
• Retail Spaces

B. Second Level

• Adult Swimming Pool
• Kiddie Pool
• Pool Deck
• Function Room
• Gym
• Shower Areas
• Steam Room
• Private Theater
• Kid's Playroom
• Therapeutic Room
• Massage Room
• Game Rooms
• Bar
• Reading Room
• Water Cascade
• Meditation Enclave

  

The team will be led by architect Royal Pineda, furniture and space designer Antonio “Budji“ Layug, and furniture designer Kenneth Cobonpue.

In partnership with Layug, Pineda’s works go beyond Manila to span the region, including projects in Asia such as The Trees, Bangkok; Grand Napalai, Phuket; The Copper, Kuala Lumpur.

  

Cobonpue won in 2005 Design for Asia Award of Hong Kong, Asia’s highest award, for his Lolah chair.

Prior to this, he won 12 Mugna Awards and four Katha Awards for design excellence at the annual Philippine International Furniture Exhibition, plus a Japan Good Design Award and the first prize at the Singapore International Design Competition.

  

He studied industrial design at the Pratt Institute in New York, and furniture marketing and production at the Export-Akademie Baden Württemberg in Germany, and apprenticed for a leather and wood workshop in Florence, Italy.

Among Cobonpue’s clients include actor Brad Pitt and Warner Brothers.

Miss Universe 2011: The Heat is on!

The Miss Universe FEVER is ON! After watching the preliminaries early this morning live from Credicard Hall, Sao Paolo, Brazil, where 89 lovely ladies from all around the globe strutted their stuff onstage in their swimsuits and evening gowns, it is now time to have an assesmnet on who i think performed well in this competition. These are the 16 countries deserving to have a place in the Top 16. I am very positive one of these ladies will be crowned the new Miss Universe.

Australia
Brazil
Costa Rica
Chile
China
France
Malaysia
Mexico
Nicaragua
USA
Panama
Paraguay
Peru
Philippines
Puerto Rico
Venezuela

Come September 13, and just like you, i will also be cheering for Shamcey Supsup, our Miss Philippines, and hopefully, she will be adjudged the most beautiful in the Universe this year!!!

Escalades @ the 20th Avenue

Escalades @ the 20th Ave

Green Living Begins Here

Escalades at the 20th is designed by Robinsons Land Corporation with its professional design partners, following a method called "Green Architecture." Buildings are made to be energy-efficient, allowing more natural sunlight into each unit and hallway, and providing greater air ventilation, which saves owners from added utility expenses in the long run. It's a wise investment that fits your  long-term goals.
Escalades will boast of The Escala Verde Courtyard, where your family can enjoy outdoor games and picnics. For people who make time for things that matter, Escalades has everything you need to create memories to last a lifetime.

Amenities

• Ground floor Garden Units
• Escala Verde Courtyard
• Swimming Pool
• Gym
• Multi-purpose Function Room
• Children's Playground
• Jogging Path
• Picnic Areas
• Day Care Center
• Circulo Grande (exterior circumferential road)
• Gazebo Luna

Building Facilities

• Entrance lobby with reception/security counter
• Annunciator panel with emergency speaker on all floors
• Standby power generator for common areas and selected outlets in the residential units
• Individual mailboxes
• Central garbage room
• Building Administration Office
• Fire exits
• Water reservoir/tank/cistern
• Gated community
• Automatic smoke detectors and fire alarm
• Utility cages at the roof deck

For Inquiries:

Please Text Me
@ 09054155146
or email me at:
erwin.robinsonscommunities@gmail.com
 

Erwin Rommel Teves
Account Manager
Robinsons Communities

REBIRTH (Repost taken form my FB account)

REBIRTH (Repost taken form my FB account)

after becoming a 'self-proclaimed' art critic, after that art workshop with the master, after those countless days spent in school studying art history and stuff, after deriving inspiration from my experiences with all things mundane and ethereal, after Art itself made its own passage through my whole being manifesting itself as some sort of a divine freedom, after dying everyday just to be able to live each day, after all things became perfunctory...i finally mustered enough courage to convince myself that 'at this point i can do it'.i bought a yard of canvas and some tubes of acrylic paints and two brushes worth 1K. (guys, its expensive to paint). and using my familiar strokes, my inspirations (artists and non-artists), and of course my always imaginative mind, my hand started to work. before i knew it,  brushes glided smoothly on the canvas acquainting itself with my own style. everything was in rhythm...movements are both free and calculated at the same time. the clock stopped ticking. the only thing existing at that moment was me and the infinite possibilities of my imagination and my own version of beauty and reality. this is what i like most about painting, there are no limits or boundaries on what your mind can conceive, the sky is the limit simply does not exist, because you have your own reality of how you can actually create your own sky. it may just be a sky hovering just above your rooftop. imagination offers me infinity and alongside with it, the freedom and the joy because i was able to create something that i can truly call my own. after a while i stopped, with a hint of a smile on my face, i told myself, 'you're getting there'. :)

Perturbed (Repost from my 2009 post in FB)

 

i am just looking for a quiet place here in the park. i just want to rest my troubled heart even for a while. no, not as troubled as before though. but the fact remains there is a struggle within. right now i feel dead. i feel numb. numb by pain? no! i dont feel any pain at all. i am already at this stage where pain has no bearing anymore to my being. however i feel that right now, my life is devoid of any meaning. and the only thing that i know is i am lonely. loneliness... seems interminable.

my mistake (only if i would consider it as such). so blame nobody except me! i have never been wise enough in handling things like this. between my heart and my mind, the latter is my stronger point but the last few years of my decision-making showed otherwise. most if not all of my actions were solely based on my feelings. and i was fully aware of this reality that even if i am languishing now in grief there is nobody to point the finger to except myself. suffer thyself, for i allowed to be a victim of my own emotions.

but you think i care? no. my heart is what gives me humanity. my heart taught me that to be able to feel pain and then overcome it after is one great feat. and yes maybe, it will make me stronger. so it does not matter to me anymore to be in this state. maybe tomorrow will be better. that when a new day comes there is already a new beginning. another story that needs to be unfolded. so i guess there is nothing else to do now except to move on. and my adventure continues. in this world, i may not have loved only once or twice because my search for true love has remained as my greatest quest.

Alone Again But Naturally (Repost)

Alone Again But Naturally (REPOST)

I am letting my creative juices flow today. I woke up at 7 am this morning. And for two nights now, i always manage to sleep at night with the lights on. I really need to remind myself to conserve energy. But then again, i do not know if that has become a psychological thing due to some recent happenings that i do not want to find myself alone in the dark again. Oh well, add the fact that my sister has decided to work graveyard so its usual that every night i will find myself all by my lonesome.Darkness does not bother me though. It is just that i plunge into sheer loneliness whenever it gets dark. Maybe because in the  darkness, everything bad...all memories i just wish to forget would actually tend to make a flashback in a snap.
I planned  to visit national library for some research regarding social realism in philippine arts. I hurriedly prepared. Brought with me a notebook, a sketch pad (hmmm), my oil pastels, (see at the back of my mind, i know that i am not gonna do  a full research...hahaha!)I left Unit 118 at 12. Dropped by a fastfood chain for lunch, my favorite tofu and rice upon reaching UN avenue. I had to while away time a bit because of a sudden drizzle. Good thing it was a short one. And then i proceeded to the National Library The guard intercepted me while on my way to the entrance. In short, i was not able to enter because they require a readers card and before i get one, i need to have a 1x1 id pic first. Since i do not want to experience all the hassle, i decided to not just go. Left the place since i have thought of an alternative...the Cultural Center of the Philippines Library. Oh must be an unlucky day... when i reached CCP, the guard at the information desk told me, the library was closed because today is Pasay Day! Oh well, i do not want to ruin my day. I told myself assuringly, today is gonna be a good one! I looked around for some place to sit. Walked a little. Jollibee...No! Too crowded. Voila! there i saw Starbucks! Along the sea wall...where the yachts are docked. I ordered my favorite hot cafe americano, sprinkled some brown sugar and then looked for a spare table outside. And now here i am, spilling my thoughts. This is my world. And i am loving my own little world. Earphones already plugged in. Listening to some cool sounds while my right hand is busy holding the pen writing. I just realized how i missed being this person that i am. I feel so alone but I feel  the connection between me and the world. This is actually me!( so so me!). These are the things that i want to do. Shut myself out of the world's craziness and monstrosities. Write. Draw. Stare. Appreciate life. I am saddened how getting tied up to a regular job deprived me a lot to be in touch with myself for a long time. How my energy got drained by repetition. And most importantly, how i found myself at a loss with the meaning of being a  team player, team building, and how i should work for my team and not for myself. Even if  i have some few days left for work, i still was not able to reconcile the differences of the demands of my current job and my own as a person. And with what i have experienced at work, many times i lost myself as a person. But i want the world to know now that the person in me is back. I will not be a slave of the team anymore. I will no longer be a team player but a sole player. Sooner, I will get paid based on my own personal worth, and this time, i am gonna excel!!!

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The TrionTowers

Breathe Life into your Home

 

Living in the bustling city can be stifling. With too many people amids the thick concrete jungle, there's little room to move and breathe. So get away from the crowded elevators, noisy streets and smoggy atmosphere. Find freedom yet sophistication. Indulge yourself in the finest comforts that life has to offer after a long day at the office. Escape to the luxurious haven known as The Trion Towers, where you can fill your home with a copious amount of air, light and your own personal space.

THE TRION TOWERS is Robinsons Land Corporation’s fourth project in Bonifacio Global City. It is a 1-hectare residential property at the corner of 8th Avenue and McKinley Parkway. The distinctive tri-axial structure of The Trion Towers is an icon that will change the skyline as we know it. Innovative and elegant, the design also has many advantages.

Features & Amenities

 

 

 

• Central Plaza Garden
• Meditation Gardens
• Jogging and Walking Therapeutic Paths
• Reading Nooks
• Outdoor Fitness Center
• Outdoor Party Area
• Kids’ Play Area
• Bicycle Tracks
• Mini Theater
• Videoke Room
• Aerobics Room
• Function Rooms
• Library Lounge
• Game Room

The water element will refresh your senses with fun and relaxing activities designed to nurture the urban soul. The Trion Towers’ water amenities provide you the perfect venue for memorable bonding moments with your loved ones and intimate bonding sessions with your inner soul.

• Beach-type swimming pools for kids and adults
• Fountains
• Ponds by the entrance

The sky element takes condominium living to a different level. Spacious gardens and balconies blossom to create an imaginative and captivating series of spaces, giving residents a hint of the sky. These, coupled by the breadth of space in every unit and intellectual design that is distinctively The Trion Towers, all add up to creating an atmosphere of city living at its finest.

• Good quality daylight
• Natural ventilation
• Alternating balconies
• Views of city skylines
• Stargazer’s Garden

The Trion Towers
Fort Bonifacio, Global City

UNIT                                       Floor Area                                    Price Range
1 BR                                       38.10-50.70 sq.m.                        3.7M - 5.0M

2 BR                                       54.18-80.56 sq.m.                           5.6-8.1M

3 BR                                       88.32-118.66 sq.m.                         8.1-12.4M

Flexible Payment Terms!!!

For Promos/Discounts please contact:

Erwin Rommel D. Teves

Account Manager

09054155146