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Power Blogger's Meet and Unfulfilled Expectation

There are only two reasons why I wanted to go to the Innove Bloggers Meet . First, to finally meet all the power bloggers in our country today and second, to get a free one year HSDA wireless broadband access from Globe/ Innove. It was great to finally meet the power bloggers all in one round table discussion including:

Abe Olandres of Pinoy Top Blogs (http://yugatech.com), -- blog overlord problogger
Connie Veneracion (http://houseonahill.net), --- Finally! The controversial Sassy Lawyer
Jangelo Racoma (http://racoma.com.ph), --- The first Full time Blogger
Gail of Kutitots (http://kutitots.com), --- The first pinoy blogger
Marc Macalua (http://www.macalua.com/) --- Mr. SEO Philippines
Markku (http://rebelpixel.com) -- Pinoy Lyrics Guru

We were a cheap group. It only took a few round of drinks for us to share all our knowledge and insider information about blogging with Innove. The Innove marketing guys has NO clue what blogging is all about so they invited us to know what really ticks in the mind of bloggers for them to create services to meet blogger's demands.

It was a great meet and here are some more photos on the actual focus group discussions in Temple Bar at Greenbelt last night. In the end, we just ended up with one month free wifi subscription and some goodies. Hmmn, I'll talk to my Smart Contact (attention Jovy... ) and maybe they can fulfill our dreams of free pilot use of HSDPA wireless broadband for one year :) Just kidding.

[Singapore #2] Makan Food that did not make the cut

1. Fish Head Curry -- My wife wanted to try this out and so we did. It was just okay, nothing to rave about or maybe we just had too much of everything that night. The huge snapper head served was enough for the three of us but with the other food on the table, it was way too much. There was so much fish meat that i thought it was an endless eating. Cooked in a spicy, tangy, tamarind curry with okra and tomatoes.

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[Singapore #1] Makan Food Trip - My Top 10 Favorites!

I always dread going to Singapore because I thought the place is so boring and the food is uninspired. I was only exposed to my usual routine of hotel to office and eating in Orchard Road, Clark / Boat Quay, or Suntec City Malls, the usual tourist route. Boy, was I dead wrong.

Singapore is a foodie haven! My taste palette just got expanded when I tasted the best of Singapore Makan delights. In fact, Singaporeans are known for their 24-hour passion for makan -- the malay word for "food" or "eat". Armed with a Uniquely Singapore Makan Delights brochure, a popular book called Makan Sutra (singapore makan bible), and a singapore local foodie, my family went on a makan food trip in Singapore. I now respect and appreciate Singaporeans passion for food and as they say, the best food is found along the streets. That I would have to agree 100%!

Here is my top 10 Makan Favorites! For those who will have a chance to go visit Singapore, you have to seek out these Makan Delights! Just an additional tip if you are going on a Makan food trip: a) bring your own tissue/ water and, b) you can say no to the wet towels and peanuts which usually comes with a fee.

1. Bak Kuh Teh -- This is the Singapore/ Malaysia version of our Bulalo. There are two versions the one with clear, aromatic broth that is full of garlic and white pepper and the one with a dark broth full of Chinese herbs that is good for your health. I like the latter one (dark broth) and it is usually served with white rice, yu tiao (chinese fried dough fritters), sliced red chillies in soy sauce, and a pot of Chinese tea.

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