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When the longing for authentic Pinoy dishes strikes in the U.S., Isla Grand stands ready to transport your taste buds back to the Philippines.

Carmina is traveling to the United States to spend time with her family. My dad planned a family gathering for Mother's Day at their favorite Pinoy restaurant . Since reservations aren’t possible, we arrived an hour early to ensure we could get a table for twelve before everyone else showed up. As my dad approached Isla Grand , the branch we visited in Pleasant Hills, California , the host at the door said they could prepare a table for twelve at five o'clock. Later, the server called my dad's name and guided us to our table. The place was bustling with people enjoying meals and celebrating Mother's Day. On our first visit to Isla Grand, I was captivated by the décor, noticing many native items that gave the place a fancy yet authentic Filipino feel. They usually have a live band, but unfortunately, there was no entertainment the night we went. My family had spoken highly of Isla Grand and encouraged us to try the Filipino dishes we’ve been missing from back home. Lech...

Not For Sale


Do you have friends who seem like they are selling you off to someone else?

It may sound strange but as I was talking to my friend I feel she is advertising me because every time she meets someone new she would tell them who I am.

I feel she is selling me off somewhere to be sold.

Do you ever feel like you’re an item to be sold off to someone?

My friend tells her friend guess how old she is and they start figuring out your age as you become the audience of all her friends.

Of, course they never guess what your real age and you end up explaining why you look this young over and over again.

Do you have friends who talks to your friend feeling you are being sold off to a man you don’t know?

You tell them you’re not for sale or in your worlds you are not interested.

As the man starts looking for list of friends on his phone showing you the pictures you look at them saying they all look scary and not even close to your type.

Remember if this ever happens to you stick up to yourself when you feel your friends are shipping you away to someone you don’t know of always put a stop sign because it doesn’t seem like something you need to do this way.

It seems cheap to sell off a friend who is really not for sale in the first place.

To your friend who may do this often may thing they are selling themselves to someone but when you hear it from them you take it the wrong way.

Some people interpret their words just like what my friend was doing to me.

Human being is not an item to be sold off to someone who don’t know of and something that needs to be pulled away from someone we don’t know.

Human being is not an item you purchase in a store and thing you want to buy it before someone grabs it.

Human being doesn’t expire like food with an expiration date until it gets old and rout somewhere.

Human being is not toys we have feelings when you treat your friend this way.

When this happens to you start to remove them as the circle of your friends because in the first place you’re not for sale.

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