Coffee Prince in the heart of the Metro

Album Link: Coffee Prince

My friend invited me out to try a café at Vito Cruz. The shop’s name caught my attention “Coffee Prince”. Sounds promising eh? :P

Of course, the shop reminded me of the KDrama “Coffee Prince” (which happens to be one of my most favorite KDramas ever). As soon as we got in, I searched for prince-type waiters. Lolz! Too bad I wasn’t able to find one =(

The ambiance’s cozy but the lighting’s a bit… Off? I had a difficult time trying to find for a good area to take some shots. The place is illuminated with orangey light. Maybe they made it that way to induce some sort of relaxing feel for their clients. If you have enough time to kill, bring a good book in and read. The place is pretty good for that purpose.

What caught my attention was the mural donned along the wall since it reminded me of the “Coffee Prince” novel cover/jacket. In my opinion, the place’s real cozy enough for a coffee date or just chat and hang out with friends =)

Of course, what’s the use of going there if we won’t try out their menu?

We ordered the following: Iced Cappuccino, Princess Caravan Smoothie (tasted like caramel-banana smoothie), Baked Macaroni, Prince Club Sandwich (it’s your usual clubhouse sandwich). The baked mac and sandwich are good enough for 2. We shelled out around PhP235 each. It’s pretty filling and appetizing.

So, if you guys have the time, drop by “Coffee Prince”. It’s located at The Grand Towers, Pablo Ocampo Sr. Ave. (near Taft Ave.), Manila. It’s just a very short walk from LRT Vito Cruz station =)

Cousin Collector?

It’s –ber months and since we’re nearing Christmas, the quiet collection agents are now on prowl for clueless defaulters!

I’ve been absent for some time (5 days or more) since my mom was confined and had to go through a gallbladder operation. I had to drop by our office to get some documents for her bill out and incidentally, someone called. My officemate answered the phone, telling me that my “cousin” who goes by the name of “Henry” called and was looking for me.

I blinked and informed my officemate that he’s just a collector and I don’t have any cousins that goes by that name. As he told him that, “Henry” asked my officemate that “Is Tita <mom’s name> really in the hospital?” At that question, my hunch was confirmed and my officemate told him firmly “You don’t have any idea what’s happening to your aunt?” and with that he hang up.

How’d he get those information you ask?

1. The CA kept calling the office these past few days and my officemates kept telling him that I’m on leave because my mom’s hospitalized.
2. My mom’s name was written on my credit card application form.

It’s amazing how these people can stitch lies together just to get money from defaulters. I won’t even say that they’re “helping” since they kept giving us impossible “amnesty” and “promos”. I don’t have money to pay PhP5,000 and they’re asking me to shell out PhP30,000 payable three days after our conversation.

Try asking for an SOA? They’ll keep sending you balance statements. How can you pay your debt without you knowing how much your debt really is and how it ballooned to that amount? Are you willing to pay your debts without having any idea how much your debt really is? Oh, and let’s not forget those derogatory words, curses, cusses and loud phone banging during and after conversations.

How can you trust these people to help you out (well, they wrote in their letters that they want to help you “ease” your baggage) if they’re the ones harassing you?

To those who are still scared out of their wits because of these collectors, read this article: http://www.kusangpalo.com/2011/how-to-deal-with-credit-card-debt-in-the-philippines.html. It gives a real good impact on what “defaulters” really are.