Last night Reggie and Maya were complaining about the sweltering summer heat. Man, it was hot, even though it was the dead of night. We started talking about the possibility of installing an airconditioner in the house. But when we realized the implications it would have on our electricity bill, we also realized that it […]
Archives for April 2006
Ode to Mothers
Zenie’s mom and her sister are here in Manila for a three-week vacation. They are staying over at our apartment during the entire duration. On their first day, you could already detect a difference in the apartment. And it has remained so eversince. The apartment’s actually clean! The floors are free of dust, the sink […]
Looking at my Neighbors
My mom has one story she always keeps telling me, and I do remember the scene quite well. I was still a child and we were standing in our house yard, looking out the fence towards our neighbors houses. Then I turned to my mom and asked, “Mi, pobre ba ta?” (Mom, are we poor?) […]
In Manila I learned…
In Manila I learned……to eat fresh tomatoes and other spices and actually love them.…to love fresh raw veggies. …to eat eggplant. and to love them as grilled in ensalada.…to love to eat fish. …to love sinigang. and to love the radish in it. and that pechay is not part of your typical sinigang so if […]
Summer in the Summer Capital, Baguio {Deetour}
Summer found Chu, Maya and me in the summer capital of the Philippines, Baguio City. All three of us slept through our 3am alarms on Friday, April 14, so we decided to extend our original one-nighter plan to two nights. So we reached the Victory Liner bus station just in time to board the bus minutes […]
Puerto Galera: Poor Man’s Boracay {Deetour}
Poor man’s Boracay. That’s what Puerto Galera is called, said my friend. So since Boracay is three whole months away, Chu and I thought we’d get a sneak peek by hitching along with Gay and her cousins in their Puerto Galera outing. Early Saturday morning, the three of us rode a bus to Alabang, where […]
It’s A Date?
When you’re out with a guy and there’s just the two of you, is that necessarily a date? That is the question that begs an answer. Because if the answer is yes, then that means I’ve been on hundreds of dates in my entire life and that I was actually on one last night. My […]