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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 Taking Words Out of Consideration


Not taking words out of consideration to other people you tell happens a lot when you're talking to someone and inform you that they will stop smoking, drinking alcohol, to change the way they eat and call you back once they are done with whatever they need to do.

Have you come across someone telling you something that they want to change?

I have friends who have told me they will stop smoking after talking to them the next day they are doing the same thing and you give that look ask them I thought you said you will stop smoking they tell you they will do it gradually or they are doing it only socially when they are with someone.

Too many excuses is all I hear and I tell them it is their life and what they want to do to harm their body when you're older you will see the difference on the way you look.

I have friends who tell me they will minimize their alcohol intake later you see them posting pictures drinking by themselves or with someone.

I learn not to say anything anymore they are old enough to do what they want to do with their life they can keep complaining to me or tell me what they feel. I no longer take it seriously because I will only believe it when I see it.

Words are easy to say to someone but action takes patience to do it for them. You can do what you want to do with your life you are old enough and I will not be your Mother who will nag or lecture you what you're doing is bad.

I have friends who tell me are you my mother to tell me what I should do or not to do.

Some people are offensive who is not use to people questioning what they are doing with their life especially if they live on their own can be sensitive when you ask them questions and there are times you end up holding back you're not sure if the questions should be asked among the person you're talking too.

After you have known a certain person longer getting to know them little by little you already picked up words they say as a habit that just automatic comes out from their mouth and when they say what they tell you it really doesn't mean they will do it just a habit they pick up repeating themselves.

I am easy to catch and to observe people I talk too and I can pick up right away once I know more about you I can tell you right up what type of person you are to me.

You will come across friends who will question you why you still talk to them if they are the opposite from who you are to me you can be a bad person image but you also have a soft spot where sometimes it is hidden away from experience that has made you act the way you do.

In every friendship leads a different story once you get to know a person they tend not to open up to you when you meet someone it is like a pad lock place in their heart or to protect them not to get hurt to open old wounds is how I see it.

We come across a lot of friends who will open to you or cry over the phone and not admit what they feel inside later as you get to know that friend they feel they can trust you to open up.

You will either be shock or feel you have already experience the same situation as your friends just in a different way.

Most people open up when they are lonely or when they have alcohol intake and they call you up for someone to hear their stories and the next day your friends cannot recall everything they have told you about and when you talk to them you would tell them they had called you up what stories they have mentioned over the phone.

Of course the majority friends are shy and embarrassed what they have told you sometimes don't admit what they have told you.

In every friendship you have are all different based on their own stories no matter what who they are they learn to admit the mistakes they have made and have changed to the old person they use to be in every age level you can come to a peak point in your life to be the bad person imagine and when you get tired of it you can change yourself to the good person you have become in the past.


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