I threw a small birthday dinner party on October 30th at The Old Spaghetti House in the Grilla Bar & Restaurant along Sumulong Highway in Antipolo. The Old Spaghetti House … [Read more...]
Snap elections, ChaCha and delusions of grandeur
October 27, 2005 By
No two words appear with more frequency in today’s local news than “snap elections”. Even “Charter Change” doesn’t get mentioned as much these days. The demand … [Read more...]
The right direction is toward systemic changes
October 25, 2005 By
The Philippine Star reports that House Speaker Jose de Venecia lauds the Presidential Consultative Commission (ConCom) for adopting the recommendation to shift the country to … [Read more...]
PhP 10B and 10 years to upgrade public school education
October 20, 2005 By Leave a Comment
Although DepEd has submitted a proposal of P581 million for teachers training next year, [OIC] Fe Hidalgo confessed that they need at least P1 billion a year to train 10 … [Read more...]
Baked river cobbler fillets
October 18, 2005 By 27 Comments
My husband balks at fish when it isn't fried. And he has passed on his bias to our daughters. Of course, it has a lot to do with how fish was cooked when he was a child. The … [Read more...]
What do you want to be when you grow up?
October 18, 2005 By
That is a question that grade school teachers love to ask their pupils. I remember writing far too many essays on the subject when I was a child. And what I wanted to be was … [Read more...]
Pandan chicken
October 17, 2005 By 23 Comments
Click here for the fried version of Thai pandan-wrapped chicken. As far as I know, pandan chicken is a Thai dish. I have a friend who cooks this dish by deep frying each … [Read more...]
Headlines you won't see in local papers
October 15, 2005 By
I was telling my web log readers that I tend to visit a particular web site when the local news depresses me. It’s called Backwash and it is an excellent repository of … [Read more...]
Our dearly departed, remembrance and immortality
October 13, 2005 By
I was in the supermarket last Sunday and candles were everywhere. In every imaginable size, shape and color. Quite a familiar scene when All Saints’ Day approaches. I bought … [Read more...]
What’s cooking?
October 11, 2005 By
Until October 1 of this year, I never experienced 24/7 of Discovery’s Travel & Living Channel. Foodie that I am, I’m still wide-eyed with the new cooking techniques, ideas … [Read more...]
Bacon – wrapped chicken livers
October 10, 2005 By 12 Comments
When I originally posted this recipe in the old blog, I couldn't remember the exact name for the dish. Then, a reader said it was called rumaki. Instant recall. That was … [Read more...]
Lemon – butter – garlic prawns
October 10, 2005 By 7 Comments
This is one of the blog entries that I thought had been lost forever. Thanks to Kulasa who had been trying out some of my recipes, I can repost the easy recipe for the prawn … [Read more...]
Caesar’s salad dressing
October 8, 2005 By 9 Comments
My kids used to enjoy only Thousand Island and Ranch salad dressings with their vegetables. Then, I saw an episode of Bob Blumer's The Surreal Gourmet on the Discovery Travel … [Read more...]
Monolingual or bilingual?
October 4, 2005 By
When this paper recently published a report on House Bill 4701 seeking the mandatory use of English as the medium of instruction in all schools—from preschool to college … [Read more...]
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