Alert Level 3 in Effect, Curfew for Minors and Limited Government Workforce in Paranaque City

Hello mga kapitbahay! As you have probably heard from the news, NCR is under alert level 3 until January 15 (source). Nearby provinces have also been imposed the same stricter measures. At this time that we are in the middle of another surge, it is best to stay home. 

Curfew for Minors

The Paranaque Public Information Office has posted a reminder about the curfew hours for minors. Those below 18 years of age are not allowed outside from 10:00pm to 4:00am. Violators will be apprehended. 

Skeletal Workforce in Government Offices

Mayor Edwin Olivarez has also signed a memorandum stating that there will only be 30% workforce in government offices. Do call up the office you intend to visit before going to make sure it is open. We were supposed to register our car today, but was surprised that LTO is closed. 

Do monitor the Paranaque Public Information Office FB page for any updates.

Stay safe mga kapitbahay!

A New Chapter of Life in Paranaque!

Happy new year mga kapitbahay! We all hope you had a blessed and safe new year celebration with your family. 

We wanted to share with you a new chapter of our life in Paranaque. We're back home from our post in another country. We also moved to a new home, of course, still in Paranaque! We've been busy with the transition the past few months and we're settling in nicely in our new home. 

It was great to celebrate new year again here in Paranaque. New year was quieter compared to other years, but we were still able to see some nice fireworks from afar. There was even several cute smiley fireworks that appeared! We're not sure where it came from, but maybe it was from the city hall. Whoever it was, thanks for the amazing fireworks! 

We're super excited for this new year! When we got home we immediately ordered all the food we missed and we started to discover new restaurants. There are so many new places, we haven't even made a dent! That's one of the things we'll do in the coming months. 

Since we're in a new home, we realized there's a lot of things we need. We have been re-discovering service providers and shops for our needs. We visited Paradise Garden twice already for our gardening needs and discovered Happy Jinju right after. Did you know there are 40 milk tea shops when you search for MT on Grab? It'll take us a whole year just to try each and every one if we were to do it once a week! 

We've also been trying to discover and try food prepared by our neighbors. We enjoyed this a lot when we were still at our condo. We tried silog meals, pasta, pastries and we got to try street food when they hosted bazaars. It's been a little challenging finding them where we live now, but I'm sure we'll find more in the coming months. 

Stay safe mga kapitbahay and have a happy & blessed new year! 

Paranaque Food Finds: Happy Jinju

We were just making a u-turn to go back home when we happily stumbled into "Happy Jinju". "Milk tea" was the first thing I read on their signage. I immediately said yes when Sweetie asked if I wanted to try it out. 

Whenever I try out a new cafe I always ask what's their bestseller. For the drink they recommended the white rabbit cream cheese. I ordered it and was a bit anxious that it might be too sweet. It was a burst of flavors when I finally tried it. What I enjoyed was the taste of White Rabbit which is one of my favorite childhood candies. The sweetness was just right. 

They started frying some chicken while we were ordering. The smell was amazing! We ended up ordering 24 pieces so we could try four flavors. We got smoky BBQ, garlic mayonnaise, soy garlic and honey lemon garlic. We liked the smoky BBQ and garlic mayo the best. We ate the chicken wings as a snack and also had it with rice. It's great for both merienda and dinner! Woohoo!

We would have loved to hang out in the cafe. It was all pink! It's a perfect place to hang out in for merienda. For safety though we just waited for our order in the car. We realized though it'll be better to book your order ahead and then just pick it up. Or better yet just have it delivered to you. We plan to try the other beverages and chicken wing flavors next time!

Happy Jinju 

36 France St., Better Living Subdivision, Paranaque City

FB page: https://www.facebook.com/HappyJinjuuu/

Map: https://goo.gl/maps/RTxGDGkPxuMrPidVA

Paranaque Plantita Heaven: Paradise Garden

The mosquitoes have been attacking our home the past week, so we headed to the nearest plant nursery to purchase some citronella plants. We ended up at Paradise Garden which is located at France St. in Better Living Subdivision. The nursery had a convenient parking space across their main plant gallery. 

The plants inside the shop immediately envelops you with a sense of calm. The busy street seemed far away and walking across the aisles brought peace. The shop had a gazillion beautiful plants available for sale, mostly ornamental. They unfortunately didn't have citronella available, but the shop keeper recommended getting the neem tree. It smelled potent so we bought it. It's now near our kitchen window and it looks like it's repelling the mosquitoes. 

Here's a few more photos of the beautiful plants:

Paradise Garden also sells pots, soil, other gardening materials and they do landscaping too. You can find it on France street in Better Living Subdivision, about a hundred or so meters away from BDO. 

Paranaque Food Finds: La Carrnita, Modern Mexican Cantina

We're back home mga kapitbahay! And now that we've checked off ordering food from the restos we missed, we've started to try out new places that have popped up in the past few years. We love eating burritos and quesadilla and we love Army Navy. We're on the lookout for something similar to Guzman Y Gomez. We found La Carnita, a restaurant that offers Mexican food, through Grab. 

La Carnita offers a variety of Mexican food. They have burritos, chimichanga, tacos and quesadilla. We ordered the party box. It included 3 quesadillas and 3 burrito wraps. We also got extra cilantro sauce and pickled onions. 

The party box was very filling. The boys liked the burrito wraps and I liked the quesadilla. What made the dish really tasty was the cheese and cilantro sauce. Next time we'll have to order extra cheese and will likely try out the nachos. 

Here's their menu:

La Carnita has branches in Paranaque in BF and Better Living. You can order from them via Grab, Foodpanda or any pabili service. You can also message them through the following:

http://m.me/lacarnitaexpressbetterliving

http://m.me/lacarnitaexpressbfaguirre

Happy eating mga kapitbahay!

Can You Pay Real Property Tax Online in Paranaque?

The quick answer to this question is NO. There was some promising news last July about this from Business World and the ParanaqueCity.ph website teases it on their page. Unfortunately it's not yet available.

It's best to pay your RPT early so you can avail of the 20% discount. Here are the deadlines:

December 1 to 15, 2021 - 20%

December 16 to 31, 2021 - 16%

*Source

To pay for your tax just head to the Paranaque City Hall. Don't forget to bring the previous year's receipt. 

Here's the procedure to pay your real property tax:

1. Get a number from the assessor's lounge

2. Fill out health declaration form

3. Wait to be called for assessment

4. Head to treasury for computation, get your statement of account

5. Head to the payments area and get a number for payment

6. Wait for your number and pay your real property tax

For concerns regarding your RPT you may call 8-820-PQUE (7783), 0961-096-6329 for Smart, and 0956-394-0176 for Globe.

Paranaque GCQ Alert Level 4 Guidelines for September 16 to 30, 2021

Hello mga Kapitbahay! The Paranaque City Public Information Office has shared the guidelines for GCQ Alert Level 4 for September 16 to 30, 2021.

People and Movement

Transportation

Business Operations

School and Government

Protocols

Ingat lagi mga kapitbahay!