Great Box!

Outbox inside Centerpoint, Matina

Lunch was really great today! I mean after all the months suffering from that eeewww of a food in the caf inside the office, anything that tastes better (anything, i mean almost everything!) is a welcome relief.

Beef Tapa Rice - Served with salted eggs and iced tea

Officemates have found another canteen where better food is served, although we have to walk 2 blocks in the heat of the sun to get there. A bit pricey compared to that of the caf, but since food tastes good, we'd gladly pay the price.

Best served with Sprite!

Today, three of us went across three branches to do some audit and we tasted one great meal at a reasonable price.

It's called OUTBOX. It serves rice toppings. Well, it's nothing special really but when you taste something that okay, you'll feel happy (your stomach is at least!). I ordered Beef Tapa (that's the best seller, I was told) and my other two friends ordered Siomai-Rice and Bopis.
It's good to see some better food served in areas where I might frequent in the next couple of months! Here's to OUTBOX!

It's located at the Foodcourt of Centerpoint Matina.

Bopis anyone?

I have been contemplating on getting a new cellular phone since 2007. My trusty SE K750i has done its job for me. And I tell you it has done a very good job. Capturing great memories, or at least at that time it was in 2006 and the best memory of my whole life on July 27, 2007. Not bad huh?

At some point you really have to move on and get another good gadget. Something like, another item that’ll accompany you on new things going in your life. Something useful and something you smile whenever you look at it. Okay… so my quest went on and on and on…

For almost a year now, I have been drooling at a K800i unit. Why that particular unit. Let me explain.

I have opted to shift to Sony Ericson (SE) since I began using k750. I got the K750 second hand at a very very good price. Let me continue, I discovered that SE units have far far far better, even the best battery life I have ever used. I have been using Nokia for so long, and for over two years, I explored the O2. So farm nothing beats SE when it comes to battery life. For over a year I used my SE and battery is still good for 3-4 days. Especially if you just use it for calls and some texting (sms).

Then comes the ease of use. Many say that SE units are “hard” to understand, maybe because a lot of these people have been so used to Nokia units that shifting from 0 key as space to # key to get a space when texting, well, you need to get used to that! But after a few text messages, you become an expert! :D

Camera, camera, camera baby!

At that time, every other phone maker is trying to get 2MP cam-phones perfect for the consumer. Nokia let out its N series about early 2006 I think but there were only a handful which really boasts of great camera quality (at 2 MP). While SE, at 1^st release of the K750i, voila! It became of the best at its class.

So why did I choose a SE K800i? Why not the K810i? or other N series phones? Or Walkman Phone?

I thought I really like to have a camera on standby in case I see something interesting. Something to blog about, to write about or simply to store memories with! I still do not have the extra cash to splurge on a camera…

So why K800i. Budgetary considerations, the build (solid when you feel it!), something you are not afraid that when you use it might easily deform or crack or something. And the picture quality! Wow! 3.15MP in a cam-phone, not bad! Not bad at all.

And between a K810i and a K800i, it’s almost the same. And I can get my cousin to upgrade my unit after one year when the warranty expires. J

Not a walkman phone, I can get to listen to music using my phone, and most of the time, I am in the office or busy with other things, so W unit is out of the question.

Now, where do I get the unit? Hmmm… Cellular Phone shops are aplenty in Davao. I decided to get it in to some personal service…

I usually go around cell shops when inside malls, so I more or less know what to expect when inside these stores…

Why did I buy my cellphone in 8telcom? First, it’s one of the lowest priced among the stores. We also bought my mom’s k500i about 3 years ago from 8. J And people actually told us that it’s one of the lowest stores. They carry different brands of Cellphones too, so if I had to choose among all those brands, I would have had all those choices. They have, of course, Sony Ericson, Nokia, Motorola Samsung, My Phone (dual sim) Verzio (dual sim-3g), and Apple (iphone).

Aside from that, they also carry different accessories for your phone, so if you want a cool case for your new gadget, you need not go to other stores, plus it is reasonably priced! Gone are the days when all those carrying cases and other bling blings!

If you’re also itching to get those cool MP3/MP4 players 8telcom carries Apple’s ipod, ipod touch, ipod video, and ipod nano, Creative has its zenstone and zen and lastly Philips own MP3 player.

In order to get cool music from your player you need to get the best speakers in town, you might as well consider looking at its JBL and Creative brands.

If you are not into just music player but wants to play with those gadgets, 8 telcom also carries Game consoles of Sony (psp slim) and Nintendo’s Wii.

Lastly it has a wide variety of Digital cameras to choose from they have Sony, Canon, Kingcom, Premiere and Verzio.

If you want to get in touch with 8telcom, here’s where you can find them.

3/f NCCC Mall Davao 299 4677

g/f Victoria Plaza Mall 221 0506

Spazio Gaisano Mall 221 0507

Main Office- Palza de Luisa Complex 224 6384 email: jeffreylao@8telcom.ph

A friend invited me to have chat over dinner and coffee today. We thought of going somewhere good and new, as we both used to go to an Italian restaurant here in Davao. She’s a vegetarian, and she has to go somewhere vegetarian food is served.

She sent me an sms about lunch time that she ain’t eating dinner since she already had lunch with her family– wow! How I wish I could do the same! wwwwaaaaaaaahhhhhhh!

Anyway, I thought we were eating in Toscana, so I thought, am definitely ordering Marinara. That’s a tip! they have the best pasta marinara in davao! *my opinion*. But then, since we’re eating in Figarro instead, I ordered Pasta Bolognese. Not bad, I’d say. Tastes good in fact.

If you wanna go there, Bolognese is P135 and Coffee ranges from P90 and up.