Monday, September 1, 2014

RJ's Bulalohan - Mandaluyong

After we visited muffin at the hospital (the last time we saw her :-(  ), Martin and I decided to eat at RJ's Bulalo. It's just around the corner lang kasi and we wanted a hot soup. Since matagal narin namin gusto subukan ito. I ate here na once with my family, but that was so long ago. Elementary palang ata ako noon. I don't even remember ang taste. And baka nag-iba narin sa tagal ng panahon. Martin din daw ate here pero super tagal narin, sya naman baka highschool din daw or college. :D

So ito pala yung lugar. Merong non-smoking area, medyo loob. Tabi ng May nag videoke. When we went there, meron nag-iinom and videoke, lasing na sya kaya he sings funny. Natatawa tuloy yung mga kumakain. And they also have toddler chair pala incase you brought your child with you.









Talagang sikat parin ito. Ang daming kumakain. Family, friends, mga employees. RJ's bulalo is an open air. They have fan naman. And hindi mainit when we went there. Not sure lang pag summer and daytime. We went there over dinner.




Since three lang kami plus Kirsten's yaya. We ordered for 2 menu lang. We tried their sizzling seafood, and grabe! Ang sarap sarap lalo na ng sauce! MUST TRY!




And  their Special Bulalo. Presentation is not as nice like sa Leslie's in Tagaytay. Ganyan lang sya. :-) The soup is tasty. Sobrang lambot ng meat nya. Masarap sya pero mas bet ko parin yung soup sa Leslie's and Bulalohan sa Anonas. I just forgot the name. Sana makakain ulit kami don para ma-blog ko rin sya. Ramirez Bulalo naman kasi is medyo sour. Pero sa meat, winner sakin dito sa RJ's. Martin said na nagkataon lang din daw, kasi minsan daw hindi masyado malambot yung meat dito, at yung sa kinainan namin sa Anonas, baka nagkataon lang din na hindi masyadong malambot meat nya that time. And mas marami pala ang serving dito sa RJ's compared sa may anonas. This one is good for 2-3pax depende sa appetite. Sa Anonas kasi nabitin ako sa meat. :-)


For the special bulalo (279), sizzling seafood (180), minute maid orange juice and 3 cups of rice, our total bill is 550. :-) I told Martin na dapat ganito lang mga nagagastos namin whenever we eat outside. :-) We're saving for something MORE special kasi, and syempre for our future! :-)

RJ's Bulalohan
Bonifacio Avenue Plainview Mandaluyong City
02-5334811

Vets in Practice: Animal Hospital and our Loss.

Last week, we rushed our shih tzu Muffin sa hospital. She was weak for 3 days and we can't no longer take seeing her like that. So we brought her sa Vets in Practice. Dapat the night before palang dinala na namin sya, pero they have additional emergency fees on top of your bill.
10pm-12mn 1,500
12mn-6am 2,000 or 2,500
6am-8am 1,500
During holidays 3,000
This is also where her mom cuddles, our first ever shih tzu and toy dog was confined for a week due to her severe condition. Her kidney and liver was badly damaged according to her veterinarian. But after a week of confinement, she collapsed. They tried to revive her, but she didn't survive. I love her so much that I even put a rosary on her cage. That was so painful for my family, lalo na sakin and kay mama. Sakin talaga si cuddles, hanggang sa naging super close sila ni mama na sya pa gumigising kay mama in the morning. Hay. Until now, I still cry whenever I remember her. Nagluksa talaga ako non. For some time, I don't want to talk, or hear anything about her, or see her photos. Masakit pa sa pinagsama samang break-ups.  It really made me feel sad. It took me years, for well at least move on.

For the same reason, muffin was confined. Her kidney was also damaged, but her liver is okay naman. They had series of tests kay muffin. First was the temperament ata yun. It's a virus daw na kumakalat ngayon sa dogs. So they checked if that was the cause. The test costs 750 ata or 780. The result was negative naman. Next was blood chemistry. Which cost 2,200. The result showed that her kidney was damaged. So her veterinarian advised us to had muffin confined even for at least 3 days to flushed out the toxins from her kidney. Kaylangan syang i-swero and strict monitoring. Martin and I agreed.

This is their laboratory area. 

Muffin confinement cost us 450/day (i'm not sure lang for the large breeds).

This is the confinement room sa ground floor. They have pa on the second floor.
Their visitation hour is 9am-8pm. Either you visit them on their room, or the staff will bring your pet sa lobby area.





One of their consultation rooms. They have I think 4-6 private consultation rooms.



Their reception area.

Okay naman ang mga veterinarians sa Vet in Practice. Maalaga talaga sila sa animals. Muffin's attending physician is Doc Gina. They also have a wall where you can post your ads. May nakakatawa pa nga don, a male dog is looking for a girlfriend daw. 




Lobby. Waiting Area.




They also sell stuffs for your pets.



Like Cuddles, Muffin didn't survived. Second day palang nya naka-confine, hindi na nya kinaya. The veterinarian called my husband that afternoon na muffine collapsed and they are trying to revive her. Martin rushed to the hospital, on his way, they called and said muffin didn't make it. Martin called and told me the news, I don't know what to say. Di ko alam what and how to react. Dati nung nawala si cuddles, they gave us options if cremate or sa dog cemetery sa cavite. We chose to bury her sa harap ng bahay namin sa small patio. That's the same thing we did for muffin. It's been 4 years since cuddles died, my father said binuksan daw ulit yung kay cuddles kasi bone narin daw yon and isama nalang si muffin sa nanay nya.

Wait.

I'm crying right now....

I let Martin bring muffin sa family house namin, hindi na ako sumama. I don't want to see her. Even si cuddles di ko tinignan noon. My heart is bleeding.

Rest now my Muffindoggiedog. You're in dog heaven now with your mom. We'll miss you forever. Thank you for the joy and happiness you brought us. You'll be forever in our hearts. Thank You. I love you Muffin baby!

The last time we saw muffin. :-(

Vets in Practice
  • 63 Maysilo Circle cor. Boni Ave.
  • Mandaluyong, Philippines
  • (02) 531 1581
  • Monday-Sunday