Author Archives: Gabriel Mercado

One Step Backward, Two Steps Forward

Posted on May 22, 2011 by Gabriel Mercado

Before:

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2, Maybe 3 More Days To Go

Posted on May 16, 2011 by Gabriel Mercado

Ladies and gentlemen a cabinet in the making. The wood bits will be white and there will be small metal pegs that you can insert onto drilled holes on either side, 4 each per layer, that will support each layer. … Continue reading →

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Painted The Right Type Of Green. Just A Few More Days Away.

Posted on May 14, 2011 by Gabriel Mercado

I dunno why you know who didn't take many pictures, but at least this one shows the wall painted 'Apple Green', which has turned out to be the exact shade of green we wanted! If it sounds like I wasn't … Continue reading →

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Door Has Arrived. Wall Coming Along.

Posted on May 12, 2011 by Gabriel Mercado

I've been totally remiss in updating people re our moving to a new place along Sucat (hereonwards to be known as 'FB'), so I'll try to catch up. Here's where the bedroom will be. Don't mind the guy eating. I've … Continue reading →

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Baked Chicken ala Gary

Posted on March 28, 2011 by Gabriel Mercado

In response to Chel's request that I write more about my diet, I'm finally gonna publish a long delayed favorite dish of mine, baked chicken. Chicken per se is healthy provided you go for white meat, and baking, like grilling, … Continue reading →

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Pinakurat

Posted on March 11, 2011 by Gabriel Mercado

Jill, a native Cebuana, has introduced me to something new called Pinakurat. Above left is the original one we found at Market Market's open area, while the Datu Puti version we found at Rustan's Supermarket. Pinakurat has a website! Unfortunately … Continue reading →

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Wrote For Super

Posted on December 12, 2010 by Gabriel Mercado

Wrote an article titled 'Assessing this year’s NBA' for Inquirer's Super. Inquirer was celebrating it's 25th anniversary and Pam texted me out of the blue to ask me to write any article as if it was still 1985. So I … Continue reading →

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Dealing With Diabetes – The Food I Eat

Posted on September 27, 2010 by Gabriel Mercado

Before I get to the pic above, I need to talk about my diabetes. So I have diabetes. To be honest I had already been suffering the symptoms for awhile. The problem is diabetes symptoms aren't terribly life altering and … Continue reading →

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Plant Project

Posted on June 28, 2010 by Gabriel Mercado

We have a baby in the house! A baby plant, to be precise:

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Ginataang Tilapia, Smoldering Coffee & Stolen Tuna

Posted on June 2, 2010 by Gabriel Mercado

I dunno what possessed me to want to make a ginataang dish from scratch. It's easy enough to buy a can of coconut milk or even already grated and pressed coconut milk from the wet market in small plastic bags, … Continue reading →

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