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Finally was able to try Ristra’s I had come early because I got a table for our group and I was starving. I ordered the Burrito / Nachos / Sugarcane Lemonade. It was made in-front of me: Burrito: I had the 3 kinds of  meat toppings placed plus everything except sour cream. The result was great. I then made it swim in white garlic sauce and their hot sauce. My side of Nachos I got with cheese dip which is like warm cheezwiz (nothing special here) The Sugarcane Lemonade was sort of weird for me. I did not enjoy this one. Here is my meal sans the Lemonade total 705PHP Pricing was a bit steep but the quality of ingredients was ok. Ordering and service could be better. I mean the lady on the cashier would not write down my order which was complete already until she served pending orders from previous customers (who were paid already BTW). I look forward to trying other dishes from Ristra’s. I think it has great MEXIFILI cuisine (I wouldn’t call it really Mexica...

Today I finished talking with palm support and trooped to Makati to get my palm Treo Pro replaced AGAIN! This my 3rd Treo Pro… this is getting ridiculous… What the hell!? The keypad frame was falling off on the refurb unit I got. BTW I haven’t dropped my device yet. [here are some pics of the faulty device] When I got there the guy gave me my replacement unit I inspected the keys and found out the start button was stuck so I asked for another unit. Thankfully this one had better keys. Hard reset my defective TP, took out the SIM, microSD, stylus, battery and back cover. I then installed those to the new one and powered it up. The guy at the drop off zone moved the screen protector for me too. I setup google sync so I had my contacts/calendar until I got back to the office. Finished signing stuff and I was off. My 1st device’s d-pad failed after six months the 1st refurbed units keyboard frame failed in 2 weeks. I hope this device lasts longer… I really don’t have the mo...

I was at the Nokia store while I was waiting for my Treo Pro to get replaced. Of course I went straight to the dummy models (they don’t display live phones anymore; fear of stealing I guess). I was playing with the N97’s slider and tilt system. Looks really sturdy, however it seems that it goes tilt only; you can’t just slide it up. The guy noticed I had to smartphones so he smelled a potential sale. He comes up to me and starts spouting specs like an frakin’ sub-machinegun. He knows his product great training Nokia. So WiFi, 3G, Bluetooth, 5MP, wow… pretty impressive ey… touch screen ooooooh… Finally I got tired of playing with the slider and asked him the most important question. Does this phone recognize similar numbers? At this moment the guy already new that he has lost this sale. It is not your fault well groomed, well trained but of questionable sexual orientation sales dude/tte it’s the product’s fault. You see folks in the year 2009 Symbian Series 60 Feature Pack...

The King of Pop is dead… One of the best singer/songwriters of our time has passed away. My earliest Michael Jackson memory was being scared yet amazed at his Thriller video, I got a red jacket for some holiday (probably Christmas) and had a phase where I kept on trying to dance to ‘Thriller’ Trivia: Heal the World was the song used as our graduation (grade 7) Over the years though Michael Jackson has become a bit controversial and eccentric to say the least but we will not sully the memory of the King with these. He is and forever will be one of the best entertainers in the world. Thank you for the music.

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A few days ago I had written to SMART telecom’s president Mr. Manny V. Pangilinan about their new International Roaming Deposit policy. You may read it HERE . Today I went to the SMART Wireless Center where I had my plan changed. I explained [although I must admit not in the calmest way] why the whole thing was #1 offensive #2 unfair #3 bad for business #4 their fault the service rep promised that she would elevate the matter and true enough I received a call moments ago from a SMART representative. That’s 3 hours turn around… raising hell and my blood pressure at the wireless center works wonders for response time. Resolution: Of course the lady on the line apologized profusely for any inconvenience that beset me. Ok apology accepted. They also activated my international roaming and waived the ridiculous deposit. Ok very good. Thank you SMART. She was about to let me go but I would not have it. I pressed her to let me know what they were going...

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