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With a name like “Pub Street”, there wouldn’t be much effort involved in convincing me to check such a place out. Pub Street can be found at the old market (downtown) area of Siem Reap in Cambodia, you won’t miss it if you’re planning on visiting Angkor Wat and spending some time in the city. It was late afternoon during our arrival in Siem Reap when we first passed by Pub Street, I was instantly drawn to the French colonial buildings still extant lining the whole stretch (actually much of the downtown area). Most of the buildings are now occupied by restaurants, cafes, and bars, thus the name “Pub Street.”

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My Tuna Tofu Vegetable and Egg Stir Fry Recipe

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I’ve never thought of myself cooking stuff, more so blogging about it, but recently I’ve been experimenting on coming up with different ways to maintain a high protein diet. My body is naturally ectomorphic (slim) and I guess I want a change by adding more weight. I’ve honestly tried to eat horrendously but to no avail, my metabolism is just too fast for the calories to get a good grip. So now, I’m trying a new strategy by muscle building instead. I’ve been reading a lot of articles online and so far and I’ve discovered that to maintain optimum muscle anabolism (growth), aside from doing muscle building exercises, I’ve got to eat around 1 gram of protein per pound of body weight. Since I’m just starting, I don’t think I’m up for protein supplements (whey) yet so I decided to get protein from whole food sources like egg whites, tuna, tofu, beef, chicken, skim milk etc… for now.

Which is why I have to plan out my meals throughout the day/week and integrate those high protein sources into my diet. One of my favorite things to do is to cook a stir fry with a bunch of those ingredients with vegetables. It is something easy to do, especially for a newbie cook like me.

This is my Tuna Tofu Vegetable and Egg Stir Fry Recipe:

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Bauhinia, Mojave, and Amalfi – Food Photography

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Some food shots of three restaurants in The Avenue, Smallville taken recently. The three restaurants include Amalfi (Italian), Mojave (Grill and Steakhouse), and Bauhinia (Filipino). All handheld and used only natural lighting. This set-up works fairly well with food photography. If the lighting is poor or if you’ve got shaky hands, better use a tripod to get crisp photos. The hardest part of the shoot was actually being in front of these delicious looking dishes for hours and not being able to eat them.

Bauhinia

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Green Mango – Food Photography

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Being visible in the internet does have it perks because you get attention from all types of audiences, which opens you up to opportunities you wouldn’t have gotten otherwise. Time and time again, Explore Iloilo has given me so much in my life and I’m very grateful that many people are able to appreciate me because of what I do. A month ago, the people behind Green Mango (a new restaurant in Iloilo) contacted me and asked if I was available to shoot for their upcoming outlet. Sure enough, I took the job because it’s an opportunity I can never decline.

It was an exhausting job shooting more than 20 food items in their menu and editing after. Me and Vince had to make the most of our equipment to make the best output that we could produce. We even made do-it-yourself light boxes, reflectors, and diffusers to cover up for our lack of professional equipment. It wasn’t the most ideal set-up but we were able to come up with the shots that the client wanted. Here are samples of our Green Mango Photoshoot

Green Mango – Food Photography

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Espresso Central

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To be able to support myself financially, I’ve started to open myself to freelance photography work. Me and Vince (a schoolmate and photo buddy) are nursing graduates and thought it would be interesting to call and ourselves as RN Photography, which makes recall easier because it’s quite an interesting way to brand our services. So far we’ve had a few clients including Espresso Central, a coffee shop located in the 2nd floor of Robinsons Mall (the one with the glass flooring in front of the food court). Read the rest of this entry »

Calea | Panaad 2008 | April 2008

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It has been barely a month and I’m back in Bacolod, I just can’t get enough of the place. This time, I was with Enrico D. of Byahilo.com, Kyle and Ph_Man from Skyscrapercity.com, and Edsil, a friend of Eric. We went to Bacolod primarily for the Panaad 2008 but our plans were a bit modified due to some unfortunate events. After a few hours of our arrival, we had lunch in a Chinese restaurant beside L’ Fisher Hotel and had dessert in Calea.

2462660973 48f6ae211e Calea | Panaad 2008 | April 2008