Amid My Silent Reverie

In the quiet place of Grand Heights at Antipolo lies a unique and beautiful museum namely,  Pinto Art Museum . It houses numerous paintings, may it be on acrylic or wood, by Filipino painters such as Neil Manalo, Elmer Borlongan, and Alfredo Esquillo Jr. among others. There are also other installations collaborated through the use of other media that I never thought would look perfectly good altogether. It was a refreshing site to see. The level of appreciation I have for paintings or any other art pieces are not as technical as others may have but I must commend that the exhibit inside are very beautiful indeed. Here are snapshots of some of the paintings: Mga Bata sa Pantasya ng Karahasan by Neil Manalo Karnabal by Salingpusa (several artists). This is also one of the two largest canvases in the museum.

Admittedly, if I have a choice, I am not fond of going to Festival Supermall at Alabang. I'd rather go to Alabang Town Center because it has a much beautiful ambiance, for me, rather than the former. But since the boyfriend and I are very fortunate to get free Deal Grocer  vouchers from my tita, our choice of restaurant is Mati's Meat and Bread which is   located at River Park - a relatively new and one of the four expansion project of Festival Supermall to adhere to present-day mall operations. Mati's Meat and Bread is a two-storey building restaurant. The first floor is high ceiling which I think helped in the good ventilation of the place. I did not smell of steak or pasta upon going out. I just noticed though that they have few servers. During our stay I only saw two, one of which I think is the branch manager or shift supervisor. Only when we were about to go out did I saw another female waitress. Oh well, we went in around 6PM so I guess, it is not yet a busy ti