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Mom Violy and Carmina’s dining experience at Dean & DeLuca

  Mom Violy told me she wanted to order the Paella Negra from Dean & Deluca. Carmina suggested we dine in since we’d never really tried their main courses, always just getting takeout with the cream puffs . Mom Violy agreed, and we arrived about thirty minutes before the lunch rush began. The service was very slow, even though we had ordered ahead of time. They mistakenly brought out the Paella Valenciana , despite Mom Violy repeating the order three times to the person who took it. It turned out the cook on duty made the error, even though it was written down clearly. We know Paella Negra takes a long time to prepare, which is why Mom Violy had requested it to be cooked beforehand. She wanted it as her main meal, but because of the mix-up and feeling hungry, she took a piece of Carmina’s Turkey Club Sandwich and asked for the bacon on the side. I didn’t expect the turkey to be just one piece, and the bread was toasted so hard that it removed one layer of the sandwich. Since ...

Facial and Diamond Peel

I had a relative who came over and wanted an inexpensive facial treatment for her face. I had brought her to Ali Mall located in Cubao. The name of the place is Hairliners Beauty Salon. They are located in the second floor.

It is best to go there early morning when the mall opens at 10:00 AM. The place can be busy because there are only two people doing the facial treatment.

The price for the facial and diamond peel for PHP 500.00 ($10.00). It is up to you how much tip you want to give the person after wards.

Facial are for both men and woman.

For woman it is best to go there with no make up easier to start off your facial treatment.

It takes one hour.

Before you will start they will ask what kind of treatment you would like to do on your face. They will check your face and recommend treatments you may need.


Steps on having your facial:

You will be lying down on a bed. The person will put a tie on your hair to prevent going to your face.
They will place a towel on you.
You can take a nap during the process.
  1. Cleasing your face with a wash cloth or cotton balls.
  2. Apply a cream on your face by massaging with their fingers.
  3. Cover your eyes.
  4. Use a steamer and vacaum your pores, blackheads and whiteheads
  5. Extract your pimples or milia
  • Milia are dead pore that looks like a small tiny white ball when they extract it from your face with a needle. It can be painful, but you can handle the pain without anesthesia.
  • If, you want them to put anesthesia ointment there is an additional charge to pay.
  • How does it feel like a small pinch pulling it out with a small needle. 
  • For the blackheads and whiteheads they will use a tool that has no needle.
      4. Some people just have blackheads, white heads or acne (pimples).
      5. They will place an electric fan on your face and put toner. 
          It may sting your face. 
  • Diamond Peel
  1. Use something like a vacaum on your face.
  2. Put a face mask and wait until it dries up.
  3. Use a high frequent laser to close all pores in your skin.
  4. Apply anti inflammatory cream from the extract pimples, blackheads, whiteheads and milia.
  5. Your not allowed to wash your face for that day.






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