185 – On A 2018 Second Quarter Update And Revising The Blog Policy

Let's step on the brakes with the food reviews for a while so I can write an update post. I'm back on track just 13 months after my old smartphone got ruined, with a new phone making the recent spate of reviews possible. It's not exactly the best model with only a 5 megapixel camera …

173 – On Catching Up For October And November

Now that November is here, we ought to kick away the dust accumulating at this joint. I'm getting my writing groove back after the three-of-a-kind update last August and some insights during September.  The months of October and November mark the tradition of remembering relatives who have passed away. Dia de los Muertos (Day of …

169 – On An August Update And Good Things In Threes

I'd like to ask all of you a question before I start this entry: is it bad if I haven't moved on from the Singapore hype two months since my trip? That's exactly what I'm feeling right now, with the indelible mark the Lion City has left upon me. A lot of things have happened …

164 – On A July Update, Plus Introducing The Singapore Series

(AUTHOR'S NOTE: For ease of conversion in this entry, I'm pegging the exchange rate to SGD 1 = PHP 37.) Remember the Singapore trip CJ and I we were to do, mentioned in this post? If you've been following The Monching's Guide on Instagram, yes - we pushed through last July 13 to 15. Many …

163 – On A Mid-Year Food-Related Update

Half a year has passed for 2017, and a reasonable amount of time has lapsed ever since my last post. Which was more of a rant, admittedly. Still no laptop and no smartphone, but things are starting to normalize since I posted about my predicament last May. Now that the main policy of "look, don't …