Category: The Ride
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Alan’s Grill
Here we go again, adrift at Cubao Expo. We spotted Humidor but it didn’t look like that we could snag some dinner food there. The door was open and I could feel the coolness of air conditioner and whiff cigarette smoke. There was a lady girl standing by the door and I asked her if…
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Happy birthday, tita Gie (2013)
Happy 55th birthday, tita Gie. Thank you for welcoming me into your family. We wish you more happiness and blessings. We love you! After celebrating tita Gie’s birthday dinner, I asked her to “unearth” her oldest picture which is her youngest-self picture. All we could find was this picture taken when she was 23 years…
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Happy birthday, Mama (2013)
It’s my mom’s 57th birthday, so Jayc and I cooked for her–a very simple tomato and chili pasta with pan-seared chicken. Happy birthday, ma! We love you.
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Distancia Amigo
As the car in front of mine overtook onwards, a weird-looking pedicab emerged in view–a block of text on bright red paint caught my eye enough for me to tailgate this cruising balut vendor. A balut or balot is a fertilized duck embryo that is boiled and eaten in the shell. It is commonly sold…
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Wild River Disco
Here’s a photo of Wild River Disco taken on April 27, 2011. Location of Wild River Disco, EDSA, Pasay City View Larger Map Recent news on Wild River Disco Anti-human trafficking agents of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) have rescued 16 girls, four of them minors, in a popular Pasay City disco bar known…
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Into Space
Friday night–a badly-needed chillax sent us to Cubao Expo. Had dinner at Alan’s Grill and dessert at Sweet Ecstasy.
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Riding in EDSA a Mamachari
Mamachari are bicycles from Japan. They are made for riding around the city and are designed to be practical for things like riding to work, doing the shopping, taking the kids to nursery etc. Everyone’s got a mamachari in Japan. Literally everyone. To say that they are ubiquitous is an understatement. Mamachari are everywhere and…
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Straight from the Inside
What’s really efficient–getting stuck in traffic on a short route or going through the long intestinal insides of the city? That yummy taste when you’ve got a buy 1 take 1 cheeseburger deal? Yes, it’s the same banana peel that gets a comedy laugh when you slip because of it. Morning people notice this–shirtless men…
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Hair Chronicles 2012 – Part 1 of 7: Crowning Glory
What does hair on your head mean to you? Definitely, hair (facial or wherever) – its meaning varies from culture to culture. I would not try to explore deeply the Filipino culture but my own (and maybe yours, my good reader). This is the first hair on my head out of my mother’s womb: Nobody…
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Work from Home (Trabaho Mula sa Bahay)
Working from home? Start your day by taking a bath and dressing up. Briefs, pants, and a nice comfy shirt. And don’t forget to wear your bracelet or watch or anything you wear when going out that door. This will definitely boost up your productivity and you will feel bad you dressed up for nothing…