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The cafe that mimic the Starbucks logo. I didn't know if it was some sort of joke but when I went in, they seemed pretty serious. They have better cakes and coffee is good but  it's not a very comfortable place to sit. The wooden tables and chairs are too low. The back rest does not cover half my back and I need to slouch for my forearm to sit comfortably on the table. Not really a place I'd come back to but one to consider for to-go coffee or cake/s.

So, today, I'm looking for an apartment again. I planned on checking Mabolo so I walked from my box apartment and rode the first jeep I saw - which is going to Lahug. I am probably really hungry. I alighted the jeep in front of Tonyo's - a drinking place I've been to on my first week here. They serve good sisig but they were full of Saturday-morning-beer-drinkers so I walked a few more steps into the compound and saw Bucket Shrimps/Rasta Piggy Bbq. Only a few tables were occupied and the open space felt like a good start to breakfast. 4 vehicles were parked inside for display. Patrons usually order shrimp here but I decided to get the ribs instead. The wait was quite long. 30 minutes. But it was all worth it. They served the ribs well done with a vinegar with oyster sauce dip. I've never dipped ribs in vinegar before. Today, I learned that ribs and vinegar with oyster sauce works. Definitely coming back for shrimps.

Renting in Cebu City. I was given the address of the temp apartment and it had a village's name on it. I thought I was going to live in a village. Turn's out, this is the slums on the other side of the village. I was given photos of the inside of the house, not the outside. The lady who gets the trash woke me up at 7 in the morning to ask for her fee. Php200 for getting the trash once a week, twice. On the first week, I put it beside the neighbor's trash because this woman did not do her job. Intermittent water supply here. You have no idea what kind of nerve some homeowners who rent their place out have in Cebu City. They price a room with an aircon and little space to walk on for P5300, exclusive of electricity and water, no amenities, no mattress even! Some will claim that they have a studio for Php8000.00 just to realize that it's really a regular sized room with an AC and washroom. They will even go to the extent of trying to convince you that that's w...

It's a nice place to sit.  Food, uhh. Read: 50-peso brewed coffee that tastes like instant coffee. Pasta blah too. I should've tried the cookies.

Manila fastfood feels.

2nd week in Cebu. 2nd week of looking for an apartment. 2nd week of craving for hakaw. I see that it's quite common for homeowners here to take advantage of their location without any investment on their property. Cramped rooms being rented out for Php10,000.00 and rooms in squatter's areas for Php6000.00 because some people want to cash in on the market of yuppies swarming the city. I think it's disgusting. I wish I could find a homeowner with a conscience who I can rent from. Probably might find hakaw sooner... For now, here's a cake from Tablea.