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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...

How does your friend's remember you from the past during school year?


What happens when your close friend opens a canned tuna and it remind you of them because when you had met them you had use to work at Subway Sandwich Franchise in California when you we're young.

During that time your close friend had always accompany you to buy the canned tuna from Costco for the supply for your work.

When you work at a young age you become independent and when you have close friends you tend to bring them along with you to keep you company.

I use to have friends come over to visit me and I remember I also had friends who wanted to take advantage of me to get a free sandwich but when you’re young you do foolish things and give what they want but later you realize you are not gaining anything from it.

You learn from your mistakes and realize the business need to earn an income so I started giving my friends a Subway Sandwich card and in order for them to get their free sandwich they had to purchase a certain amount of sandwiches in order to get their free one.

I had friends who came over during their lunch when they had attended a high school that was opened campus and they bought sandwiches along with their friends and returned back to school.

Or I had friends come over during their lunch working hours if they had assigned work around my area either way I was able to see them in or not during my working hours.

As we grow up and we start to remember things we use to do with our friends and certain things trigger us to remember who you remind them of an object or something you use to do so often together.

It is just funny how you can remind someone from a canned tuna not like you smell like one.

When we get older we can represent ourselves into something for someone to remember who we are to them and no matter what you feel special because they can still remember the past even if it has been decades ago to us we are so old but our memories are still fresh in our heads.

 

 


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