Kurangga 3 by Robie Perdiguerra

I went back to the Bigkis Sining Binangonan exhibit in Il Centro last Saturday to pick up my two Gener Blanco paintings. I was quite excited as I was to immediately drive to Frameworks Homefront to have these framed. I had saved pictures of the paintings in the Blanco Museum, and I was to show them to Frameworks - I wanted the 2 paintings to look like they were lifted from the Blanco Museum.

A good friend of mine from New World Hotel and One Serendra, Myra Bass, sent me a Viber message in our group. You see, that morning, Marina Monina had messaged me with paintings that she had available, and I sent these to the One Serendra Viber Group. Myra wanted paintings to be placed in her office in Raffles. I informed her that one of my stops was the exhibit in Il Centro, and she asked if I could send her pictures of the paintings that were available.

As soon as I got to the exhibit, I started taking pictures of the paintings that caught my eye. Of course, I sent her pictures of Gener Blanco's works. A piece that really caught my attention, though, and wasn't in the exhibit when I had gone there the week prior was Robie Perdiguerra's Kurangga 3. It is acrylic paint on a 13.5" x 10" canvas, and is a mother and child. It was enchanting, and Myra being a mom to a beautiful daughter studying in Assumption San Lorenzo, I had an inkling she might like it. I took a picture of Kurangga 3 and sent it to Myra via Viber. 

She loved it, along with 3 Blanco paintings that I sent. She asked me to purchase these for her. 

I brought them with me to the office, I thought Myra was going to work today, but she was, unfortunately off today. For today, though, the Kurangga 3 is on exhibit in my office, just for a limited time. 

I couldn't resist, so I took a photo of it on my desk, so that I could share it with everyone. 

My mom saw the painting and was upset that I didn't buy it for her. It was then I realized that she really enjoys mother and child paintings. 

I'm just hoping when Myra comes to pick up her paintings tomorrow, I'd be able to let them go. 

Sugi Greenbelt Dinner

We had dinner at Sugi Greenbelt tonight. We availed of a promo from a local credit card company. The food was at 50% off!

It was the first time I noticed the menu of Sugi. Has it been this pretty all this time, or did they recently reprint a new version?

 
Dinner started with the usual pickled cucumber served in the small bowls.

Danny and I ordered Dalandan Shake.

One of my ultimate loves, Zaru Soba! I miss the super cheap Zaru Soba in the now-closed Funny Funny along Jupiter. So, seeing this on the menu, it had to be ordered!

Danny ordered Maguro Tataki, which I enjoyed eating with the thin lemon slices.

I had the Sashimi Teishoku, which was more or less Chirashi with the vinegared rice on the side. It came with a side of spianch with sesame seeds, pickled vegetables, and miso soup.

Danny had the Tenpura Teishoku, which was composed of mixed Tempura.

And for dessert, we had *drum roll please* Yaki Onigiri, which arrived after we had paid the bill already!

They were obviously so busy as the Tenpura Teishoku and Yaki Onigiri took so long to come out. What I hated, also, was this little girl let loose by her family. The parents, uncles and aunts were just sitting, leaving the child to run amuck! And the yaya was just staring dumbly at the foreigner seated on the other table, she wasn't minding her ward at all. Management should do something about these kids, perhaps to talk to the parents to keep the children from running around. I was scared when the little girl started running around with chopsticks! She could've poked her own eye out, and the horrid parents couldn't care any less!

Keep you posted for more of our adventures! Watch out for this weekend, as I will be celebrating my birthday. I'll share the pictures of my Karaoke Party for everyone to enjoy!