Fine Life On A Budget + + +

Not all the time is the effort to be different an effort that yields positive results. Case in point: not having soup when it's raining hard in Manila. Most of the people I know just had to have any kind of hot soup when there is a storm surge. They reckon that it's the best time to have one.

One early weekday morning after work, a typhoon forced me to make a sudden stop at Red Ribbon, a pastry shop that also serves various types of meals. Indulging in non-conformity, I went against the grain by ordering a typical breakfast -- pork tocino with scrambled egg and garlic rice. While getting my fill, I realized that I made the wrong decision. The plate was uncharacteristically moist, the scrambled egg  was not puffy enough, the pork tocino seemed to have been cooked in burnt grease and the garlic rice was just as moist as the plate. Everything seemed to be as wet as the streets outside.

When it rains, it doesn't have to pour inside the restaurant. When it rains, order hot soup. These are two of the golden rules I learned on that fateful day.

You already know what I wrote on Red Ribbon's feedback form prior to this post, don't cha?