My Strawberry and Banana Cheesecake at “Heaven n Eggs” earlier today was heavenly. It has eternally been. But today is different, gone are the blue skies and white painted big chairs. For a very long time ’til today we decided to eat at the Glorietta branch, beside Bread Talk. The black, neatly-upholstered sofa didn’t change the taste of their delicious pancakes. As always, I had my graham and banana pancakes topped with whipped cream cheese, and strawberry syrup.

Husband had Angus Tapa and I got BiZtek fillet of beef with soy citrus glazed served with shoestring potatoes. I ordered one big Italian sausage pasta for Daniel, but ended up in the doggybag since he was more interested with my Biztek. The doggy bag was meant for me and/or husband for later to gobble up, of course. Also we don’t have dogs to feed.

I liked the sofa. But the old interior of blue skies, yellow, and white colors’ more cheerful and homey than their dark rockstar theme now. And Pepe Smith’s name on Heaven and Eggs’ new menu design feels weird. I have nothing against him, it’s just that I am not a fan of rockstars, but of blue heavens and good pancakes.

**Glorietta 4, Ground Level, Makati City, Philippines

BOB THE BUILDER

Bob the Builder!
Can we fix it?
Bob the Builder!
Yes we can!

Scoop, Muck and Dizzy,
And Roley too.
Lofty and Wendy
Join the crew.
Bob and the gang
Have so much fun.
Working together
They get the job done.

Bob the Builder!
Can we fix it?
Bob the Builder!
Yes we can! (I think so!)

Pilchard and Bird,
Travis and Spud.
Playing together
Like good friends should.

Bob the Builder!
Can we fix it?
Bob the Builder!
Yes we can! (Yes!)

 **  I love singing this song with my son. Funny things is, I’m not sure what it is with this song, but he would laugh like his being tickled with his angels.

BARNEY THEME SONG

Barney is a dinosaur from our imagination
And when he’s tall
he’s what we call a dinosaur sensation

Barney’s friends are big and small
they come from lots of places
after school they meet to play
and sing with happy faces

Barney shows us lots of things
Like how to play pretend
ABC’s, and 123’s
And how to be a friend

Barney comes to play with us
Whenever we may need him
Barney can be your friend too
If you just make-believe him!

 ** Kids love Barney. But it’s been awhile for Daniel. We had him disciplined and responsible TV time now. Barney shows are very entertaining and educational for young people. However, too much of everything is not just good.

Sunday today, a needed break from the computers, from the TV, from the house. We strolled inside Glorietta to find lunch. Italianni’s was full house so we decided to eat at Dulcinea.

Dulcinea’s famous for their Churros con Chocolate and superb pastries since the 60’s.The restaurant’s ambiance encourages long meals and lengthy chitchats, that’s so Spanish-like.

The food was great, but the restaurant in Glorietta feels different. I like dining at Dulcinea in Power Plant, or in Greenbelt 1, service is more prompt and the place is much nicer there. Or maybe, because we were seated by the window and I could not help but be bothered by the passer-bys. Nonetheless the meal was wonderful. We only had Paella Marinera, of saffron rice with variety of seafood; shrimps, squid, and fish. The waiter informed us that there would be no shells because of the Red Tide. I didn’t know we have a red tide outbreak now. So okay no shells. But I would still go with another shrimp dish, Gambas al Ajillo, which was just perfectly tasteful, and the shrimps were so fat and good. We had complimentary mushroom soups, too, to sustain the hungry stomach for the long, but acceptable, waiting time of our orders. The Banana Crepes closed the almuerzo, and so we are full.

Gracias a Dios por la buena comida.

I’m still purging my files, found this, and found that. Found Wall-E! though this is not old. Wall-E was shown in theaters June of this year, and we were not able to catch it on the big screen, husband got a copy and we watched it at home. I am fond of Wall-E. It was like Charlie Choplin animated and futuristic. My son was able to behave himself and remained seated all throughout the movie. I even got him the toy, but he’s not quite interested with it like how attentive he was to the film.

In a scary future, when human beings had to leave Earth for a safer and cleaner space, Wall-E (Waste Allocation Load-Lifter Earth-Class), a robot designed to tidy up the forsaken planet, was left on his own with only a pet cockroach to keep him company. For centuries of perpetuated activation, he got the ability of a sentience. He collects gadgets-and-gizmos, and he loves to watch an old video of the movie musical Hello, Dolly! Also he was to learn about human emotions including love.

Until one day, Eve (Extraterrestrial Vegetation Evaluator), a reconnaissance robot, was sent to Earth to find proof that it could sustain life once again. Wall-E fell inlove with Eve. He showed her a plant he had recently found among the trash. With Eve’s directives to find life, she took the plant inside her, automatically she shut-down, and her ship came back to fetch her. Found love and wouldn’t want to let go, Wall-E followed Eve.

Then, the adventure began, Wall-E and Eve, and some other robots, helped the Captain seize back the ship of human beings from the mutineer Auto. And the ship wheeled back to Earth, carrying the humans who inhabited the ship in outer-space for centuries.

And there was a happy-ever-after ending, when Eve kissed Wall-E, and he was revived after being hurt and severely broken by the antagonist Auto.

Lesson from the story? We have to seriously take good care of Earth. Start now in your very own homes, recycle, practice proper waste disposal, and teach your children to conserve and preserve valuable things, such as water and food. Also, there’s looking after our health, proper nutrition and exercise. Imagine getting so fat and slow like the humans in the movie. I would probably die of Asthma in no time. And then there’s love. Love and survival, and having a positive outlook in everything.