Family Mart, Japan's 3rd largest convenience store chain, is finally here in Manila! It opened last April at Glorietta 3, and has since invaded Instagram and Facebook with its many instant fans sharing pictures of their favorite snacks there. Aside from basic grocery items, Family Mart sells its own ready-to-eat food items like sandwiches and bento meals like cold noodles ... READ MORE
Choco Mangga
We got this as pasalubong from Dino and Juvvy when they were here last month to spend the Holy Week with us and my parents: I learned from Juvvy that this is the latest craze in Cebu - dried mangoes dipped in chocolate! I thought all along that it was premium Belgian chocolate because it tasted like one, until Juvvy told me otherwise hehe! But I love it, I really ... READ MORE
A Peek at Best Food Forward 2013
Thanks to Nuffnang Philippines, AJ and I were able to attend the BEST FOOD FORWARD food fair which was held at the NBC Tent last weekend. I learned about it only the day before it opened and when I read that there will be Butter Beers at the fair, this is what immediately came to my mind: Yea, that Magical Drink! (photo source here) We were able to go on the ... READ MORE
Happy Hour Munchies
Munchies (noun, plural of munchie). A snack or small item of food. A sudden strong desire for food. Do you love munchies? Between me and AJ, he is the one who loves munchies and he always bring some to work to eat during his break time. I, on the other hand, loves snacking during weekends at home while watching movies. That means our pantry cabinet and ... READ MORE
Easter Eggs Chocolate Lollipops
Happy Easter! I'm sure a lot of families will be trooping to the malls and hotels today after the traditional Easter Sunday Mass for the Easter Egg Hunt. Here at home, we just had a mini-Easter activity for my nephew, Liam, which is Egg Painting. He loves to paint and he totally enjoyed that one (never mind if the hard-boiled eggs cracked in the end, having fallen off ... READ MORE
Welcome to my new home
So you probably know by now what's up with The Bright Spot =) Yes, I finally got this little blog o' mine its own web host! I'm writing more regularly now as blogging has become a therapeutic exercise for me - something I look forward to doing after a hard day's work at the office. And I figured that since a self-hosted blog is what I plan to put up sooner or later, why ... READ MORE
Bargain Finds at the Robinson’s Warehouse Sale
I can't believe how far my P1,000.00 (about $24.00 at current exchange rate) went when I looked at the items I bought from last weekend's warehouse sale at World Trade Center, sponsored by Robinson's Mall and Metrobank Credit Card. Side story: I went with AJ and my cousin, Mae Anne, and almost backed out when we were told that the sale is exclusive to Metrobank ... READ MORE
Sweet Gifts for Christmas
Christmas is that time of the year where we receive the most number of C's - cookies, cakes, chocolates and candies. All sweet food! And we love receiving them, right? Unfortunately for me, I am not a sweet-tooth person but I do crave for one once in a while. On the other hand, AJ loves sweets. But I do appreciate good dessert food (as long as it's not sugary sweet) ... READ MORE