Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 20th, 2009 No Comments »
When my brother and I were around ten, my mother and aunts used to bring us to our decrepit two-story home in Quezon during summer when school was out. We rode in a non-airconditioned bus jammed with all sorts of packages: our clothing in bags with broken zippers, plates and cooking pots in plastic grocery [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 31st, 2009 1 Comment »
Last year my project Quezon was mostly a solo affair. This year though, things are shaping up to make it a real family venture.
Pam has gotten on to it, as she has accompanied me three times already and seems to have embraced the “vision” of developing the parcels of land in our name.
Just recently, it [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 10th, 2009 No Comments »
It’s one of Tokyo-Tokyo’s successful draws for the hungry crowd: bottomless rice bowls. Order a meal and you can have as many rice as you want. Like anything free, it always brings a smile to my face (and doubtless, to countless rice-loving customers) because you know you’re getting a meal that’s really sulit.
Nowadays, though, we’re [...]
