My family is traveling to Cagayan de Oro to spend Christmas day with my mom’s sister, whom she hasn’t seen since 2001. It’s an 18-hour bumpy bus ride, but I wish I were on that trip with them. Christmas can do that to you. Seeing all those Facebook statuses about friends who are home for […]
Archives for December 22, 2009
Internet Archaelogists Find Ruins of Friendster Civilization
“Hey look, the new Friendster looks nice,” Ervyn announced to me and Cate earlier tonight, angling his laptop screen towards us so we could see. “Yeah I saw it some time ago. It does look prettier,” I agreed. “Not impressed!” Cate replied, making a face. I have to agree with Cate though. Sure it has […]
Pizza Hut’s Spaghetti Aglio Olio
Singapore’s Pizza Hut has just recently launched a line of pastas which they advertise to be just as good as an Italian restaurant’s. Yesterday I was craving my favorite pasta, spaghetti aglio olio (sauce consists entirely of minced or pressed garlic lightly sauteed in olive oil, plus hot pepper flakes), and decided to try Pizza […]
Barbie Dolls for Christmas
I was strolling through Ang Mo Kio Hub’s Fairprice grocery store when I came across a shelf of Barbie dolls. It was all I could do to buy one… for myself! Barbie dolls were my favorite toys as a child. And they particularly symbolize Christmas to me because I got all of mine on this […]