This is one of my favorite photos that I shot during my tour in the subcontinent: an Indian woman of strong personality in her traditional Indian clothing ’sari’, wearing an expression on her face, worry, concern and curiosity over something she was looking at. We were in a ‘forest park’ this time. I like [...]
With the sincerity of cooking it, slowly roasting it over fire for several hours, basting and supervising it until it is perfectly tender, succulent, moist and so crisp, made the Philippines’s Lechon or roasted pig the Best Pig in Asia (psstt, for me ‘best in the world’ too), according to the latest issue of Time [...]
One of my presents when I went home for a vacation was a hymnal for my sister, so she can have more new pieces to practice and learn to play with her piano. She is very talented in music and since I am too far from learning to play the instrument, I am all out [...]
We had a wonderful day today and in my summer attire, me, and my mother-in-law went to town for an appointment with the doctor. Indeed it is summer already and so hot outside it was exhausting. We stop by the post office for something she mailed and I just stayed outside in the shade [...]
Hey guys how have you been doing? It has been a long time since. I have been back ‘early’ from my 4-month long vacation where a lot of memorable and important things happened, and some I missed. But I came back different because of the life changing experiences I had. Life indeed is very beautiful [...]
There are so many things to see and to know about the Netherlands, especially its capital, Amsterdam. It has several important historic places to visit and a must-see. I also wanted to to see the Anne Frank museum. On the streets of Amsterdam, amidst the coffeshoppes, stores and the night life houses and businesses famous [...]
These lights that are formed into a huge musical sign depicts the feast theme of my hometown on its “Musikahan sa Tagum”, or Music Festival in Tagum. It is also for the effort it to be the music capital in the Philippines. The festival run for several days, featuring students all over the city that [...]
Roasted pig is a staple food in the Philippines. It is our “party food” as crawfish boil is for Louisiana. But I love roasted pig so much as do hubby. When I visited my paternal side relatives we brought a roasted pig with us to party about on our reunion. Since it is our [...]
This is a bush of what we locally call “sili” or hot pepper. They are relatively small in size but they are much stronger than the bigger ones. Used in the Philippines as spice and or added in a ‘sawsawan’ or a sauce for an extra hot taste, sili is also used to make a [...]
If single sack racing is fun how much more the double sack racing. It is more exciting. Each pair should be jumping hand in hand through out the race. The pair who reaches the finishing line first wins.
We were laughing so hard while cheering that made our stomach hurts. When you want to have [...]