Kitchen mallet

It looks like a hammer and it works like a hammer because you pound with it. There are many kinds of mallet, some are used in carpentry, others for machinery and there's the … [Read more...]

Chicken salad with blue cheese dressing

I'm not particularly fond of blue cheese but Speedy saw a wedge of blue cheese in the supermarket earlier and he was eager to try and do something with it at home. I don't … [Read more...]

The difference that five years make

kapok-tree

These are photos of the same kapok tree in U.P. Los Baños. The first photo was taken in November, 2005; the second was taken last Monday. I asked Speedy and Alex to … [Read more...]

The servant, the leader and the servant-leader

mansion

Ask a political candidate why he seeks public office and, chances are, he'll say he wants to serve the people. The exact words may vary but the substance hardly changes. And … [Read more...]