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Name That Harana Song #5: Nais Ko

I love this song! Can you guess the title of this song?

Be the first person to guess this HARANA Song correctly and win an Orchestra Harana Ticket to the May 30 (Saturday) 8pm show! Test your knowledge of Filipino Songs, Name that HARANA song #5.

Name That Harana Song #4: Kung Ako'y Mag Aasawa

This one is a bit difficult to guess...

Be the first person to guess this HARANA Song correctly and win an Orchestra Harana Ticket to the May 30 (Saturday) 8pm show! Test your knowledge of Filipino Songs, Name that HARANA song #4.

Name That Harana Song #3: Anak

This is one of my favorite Harana Songs and I do hope they release this in Harana CD volume 2. 

Be the first person to guess this HARANA Song correctly and win an Orchestra Harana Ticket to the May 30 (Saturday) 8pm show! Test your knowledge of Filipino Songs, Name that HARANA song #3.

Name That Harana Song #2: Waray Waray

Be the first person to guess this HARANA Song correctly and win an Orchestra Harana Ticket to the May 30 (Saturday) 8pm show! Test your knowledge of Filipino Songs, Name that HARANA song #2

Name That Harana Song #1: Rosas Pandan

Be the first person to guess this HARANA Song correctly and win an Orchestra Harana Ticket to the May 30 (Saturday) 8pm show! Test your knowledge of Filipino Songs, Name that HARANA song #1.

Restaurant of Choice (ROC) in UP

ROC is finally giving Chocolate Kiss some competition in the battle for the "Restaurant of Choice" in Bahay ng Alumni (found in the UP campus). It reminded us of the feel-good home-cooking of Henry's near La Salle, which we miss dearly since it closed down. The restaurant is divided into three sections, which can be easily curtained off for private meetings. It has a classy ambiance with lots of accent paintings and friendlier staff than Chocolate Kiss.

I like it better than Chocolate Kiss, but the overall food taste seems to be "diluted" -- either because of the cost-savings effort to cater to the school crowd or it was just poor execution of the recipes on a Saturday afternoon. We'd still go to Chocolate Kiss for our dessert, though, especially for their cookies.

Name that HARANA Song!

I'm excited to watch HARANA after seeing their dress rehearsal at the Philippine Opera Company studio. I appreciated the beauty of Filipino music even more when sang by opera singers and with the colorful costumes.

We are giving away HARANA Tickets to the first person who could name the different HARANA Song below. One correct HARANA song, One HARANA Ticket on May 30, Saturday. Test your knowledge of Filipino Songs!

Dezato Cafe - Home of the Yummy Mochi

Dezato Cafe is the newest place to hang out for dessert or coffee after your Nomnomnom or Taumbayan lunch/dinner around the Tomas Morato area. The other options nearby would be: Heavenly Chocolate or Kozui.

 

Maria Gorre, the undisputed queen of Mochi (marketed under the Dezato brand), opened a cafe beside their house. It is easy to find -- from the E.Rodriguez/ T. Morato intersection, go towards St. Luke's and immediately turn right along Hemady St. after the first stop light. I like the location because it is away from the commercialized scene. It feels like hanging out in a house, and it has a hole-in-the-wall kind of surprise.