It’s Friday. Everybody’s out somewhere having a good time, while I’m still working. Still, I’m happy because finally, I’ll have two days of rest!

I had the change to read this 7-dfbx review while taking a break. I’m trying to remember what I ate today. The trouble with being swamped with work is that I tend to eat whatever is accessible, without much consideration to calorie count. Not that I’m very conscious about it now but yes, I check labels once in a while.

But wait, weekends are my no-care-for-diet days! Yay! So, where are we eating?

What did Sir Isaac Newton, Ludwig van Beethoven and Van Gogh have in common? They all have bipolar disorder. The first time I heard of Van Gogh is bipolar, I had to check my textbooks if they were referring to the same person I had in mind. Bipolar disorder is a psychiatric diagnosis that describes a category of mood disorders defined by the presence of one or more episodes of abnormally elevated mood.

Well, this post isn’t about that disorder but rather about our CNY’s eve slash Valentine’s family date. I was looking for a new dining place where we could have late dinner on a Saturday till midnight and where kids are allowed. I stumbled on a review about this Van Gogh is bipolar restaurant, which serves all natural and authentic happy-hormone-producing foods. It got me so intrigued! Not to mention they have selection of tea! (A little trivia: I eat once a week at Hap Chan because that’s the only place that serves hot tea near our office. Pathetic huh.)

I was the one who had the red wine that goes with this order.

I was eating halfway when I remembered to take a photo of this.

We left the place satisfied, full and HAPPY!

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A little trivia about the owner, who by the way talks to the customers personally before and after preparing the food. He is a travel photographer by day which is the reason the restaurant opens only at 5pm and till 12:30am.

Location:
van gogh is bipolar
living art space • cafe
inner courtyard of 154 maginhawa st.
(behind “Redbucks cafe)
sikatuna village

The other day before our shift started, my husband and I decided to buy a sandwich each for late lunch. The sandwiches were done in front of us. Since I have yet to try taking weight loss supplements and solely depend on my desire to lose weight, I ate half of my HBLT but decided to just eat the other half for dinner. I wish I did not as I could no longer eat it after reading an email like this one forwarded by an officemate.

Of course, I did not have the same incident. It’s just that I could imagine everything that was in the email. Ugh!

Is it just me or there’s so much food to eat everywhere?

Who can resist the cheesy pasta, creamy soup, yummy shrimps, juicy barbeque and all other sugar-filled desserts? Aargh! Maybe everytime I eat out on a party, I’d take appetite suppressants so I won’t feel any guilt.
Just like last night, the husband suddenly thought of ordering pizza and spicy chicken. I couldn’t resist eating! I imagine the extra pounds adding up on my waistline. Tsk, tsk.

And it isn’t Christmas yet!!! I’m pretty sure I’ll have carbo overload for the next couple of days. Yikes!

It is my mom’s birthday today. She opted to just cook and bake and invite everyone at home. My sister told me they are bringing cake so I thought I’d bring Pansit Malabon without asking / telling my mom. Guess what? When we got there, I saw my mom Pansit Malabon in her dining table. Oops!

Anyway, my aunts and uncles came (after visiting the cemetery) too to celebrate with my mom. It was fun watching them bond. The women were like teenagers gossiping about the best weight loss pill, while the men were chatting about politics with my dad.

I ate the white forest (for the first time), and I definitely prefer the blackforest over it. Why? You see with blackforest, the sweetness of the cherry syrup is balanced with the bittersweet taste of black chocolate. While with the white forest, it’s too sweet. For me, it was like eating milk powder with cherry syrup. Well, that’s just me.

I miss blogging. It was because of the migraine attacks that kept me from it. Well, today, I took the risk. :p

Hmm, yesterday, I had another migraine in the afternoon. After drinking lots of hot tea during dinner, and eating mango/banana/apple (The Sandwich Guy’s fruit basket), I felt better and the migraine was gone. So now, I am wondering if it’s just the tea or the fruits.

Anyway, for dinner, we had yang chow fried rice, (4 orders of) siomai, lemon chicken, brocolli w/ oyster sauce, spareribs. All these consumed by 4 ladies… for about 10 minutes? When I told my sister about this, she laughed telling me she’d give me the best diet pill she’d find. I couldn’t possibly eat this way every day, or I’ll balloon up for sure. Sigh. It’s just so fun to eat!