I grew up in a tradition of leaving our shoes or slippers outside when we enter anyone’s house. For respect. And also to prevent dirt from coming into the house. But gone are those days (Spanish occupation in the Philippines) when rich hosts would let their servants follow your footsteps with a rag, that made the guests a ‘bit’ uneasy. In India, there is still this culture of respecting the ground you walk on, especially those old ‘sacred’ structures by way of being barefooted or covering the shoes. This man’s job is to see to it. Somehow, when I recall those places, I always remember that man by the entrance putting visitors’ shoe covering. It’s a noble job.
Category: arts and culture
learning about the art, beauty and diversity of different cultures
Beat the morning blues
I am not a morning person. I am a late sleeper. Often than not, I have morning blues in the morning. When I needed to wake up early, I always set my alarm clock. I have some tricks to avoid such blues.
You can beat the morning blues by trying the following: put your clothes out the night before, wake to soothing music, get up ten minutes early, take deep breaths, eat breakfast and fresh fruit, brush your teeth, drink plenty of water, go for a quick jog, take a shower, set your mind that today is Gonna be a great day! Go easy on the coffee!
King of fruits
My sister told me recently that they were eating durian fruit at home. Dang! It is one of the things I missed about home! The durian is the fruit of trees of the genus Durio. The name durian comes from the Malay word duri (thorn) together with the suffix -an (for building a noun in Malay), meaning “thorny fruit. Revered in Southeast Asia, especially in the Philippines as the “King of Fruits” the fruit is distinctive for its large size, unique odor, and a hard, formidable, sharp, prickly thorn-covered husk. The edible flesh within emits the distinctive odor, which is regarded as either fragrant or overpowering and very strong and penetrating, and offensive, which we locals do not. But it tastes so so good.
Airbrush choices
I like painting. It was my dream to be a painter but unfortunately there was no Fine arts school in our place after my high school years. I was once taught by my dad on how to paint a masterpiece by the use of airbrush. There are different kinds of airbrush choices for the artists or art students. It will work well in most paints.
Unique baby names
During one of our travels, I saw some children named by their parents with negatively strange names, especially for girls. Now what is hot is that babies are named after some Olympic terms of hope and encouragement, especially that the Olympic is few weeks away. So what are you going to name your baby? We are planning to have a baby in the near future and I am so excited for that. In the right time we will fulfill our dreams, that is why right now I am already looking at names we will possibly call our baby. I have bought a book for it, but the most convenient and fun way to search for baby names is through baby zone online that provides interesting and unique baby name list! Not only we will find good names and their origin but also all popular, helpful and interesting information about pregnancy and babies.
The world’s first building in motion
Dubai’s rotating skyscraper!
I could visualize the world like those in sci-fi movies with flying objects on the highway on the sky for “day to day” travels. Are we getting there?
Well nothing’s gonna stop Dubai’s amazing development. This time planned and ready for constuction is the Dynamic tower, world’s first building that rotates while people inside revolve in luxury. The 80-story tower that is designed by an Italian architect will have revolving floors that give it an ever-shifting shape. It is the world’s first, let’s celebrate it in Dubai.
Better than all great riches
Today we went to the church. I was blessed with the sermon about how important good name or a good reputation is. It is stated in proverbs that “A good name is better than all great riches”. It is very important to have it because we are carrying God’s name in our name. We also pass on our name to our children.