When I was giving the photos their file names, I wasn't sure whether to say "green butterfly" or "green moth." I've always thought that if it's colorful, it's a butterfly; if … [Read more...]
Bad news come in threes
June 7, 2011 By 17 Comments
It's good to be back. I traveled through hell, you know, and made it back. Here. It started exactly a month ago. I was doing some geeky things to the food blog, did … [Read more...]
My grade school teacher was wrong
April 16, 2011 By Leave a Comment
My grade school teacher said gas is invisible. Steam is water in its gaseous state. Steam can be seen even by the naked eye. Ergo, my teacher was wrong. … [Read more...]
No blade of grass
April 15, 2011 By Leave a Comment
The photo was taken with a Lensbaby Composer and the Lensbaby Macro kit. … [Read more...]
We talk to the moon and play with shadows
March 20, 2011 By 21 Comments
Three of the four dSLRs we have recently went to Canon Customer Service for cleaning, one after the other. Speedy had tested the EOS 350D and the EOS40D several times under … [Read more...]
Vangelia Gushterova (Baba Vanga) and The One
September 4, 2010 By 40 Comments
Over lunch of homemade siomai, leftover eggplant torta and chicken menudo, Alex talked about a strange dream she had about a school project that we organized and how it was … [Read more...]
Vampires can’t get in your house unless you invite them in, right?
July 22, 2010 By 37 Comments
Last night, I logged off a little after eight o'clock and went down to the family room to watch No Reservations with Speedy. The second floor corridor was dark but I could … [Read more...]
Name 5 things you can live without
May 21, 2010 By 28 Comments
Two nights ago, Speedy and I were watching TV in the family room when Alex walked in. Wearing an expression that was a picture of disgust and tension, she asked, "May utak ba … [Read more...]
Meralco sucks, big time
April 28, 2010 By 17 Comments
Last week, on Thursday morning, there was a knock on the front door. There was a truck (a Meralco subcontractor, I suppose, because the truck bore no Meralco logo) and we were … [Read more...]
Bird-brained? Maybe not.
April 16, 2010 By 13 Comments
Just a couple of weeks ago, there was this chicken that somehow got inside the house and flew off through the open door of the second floor balcony. Yesterday, while I was … [Read more...]
When mosquitoes develop immunity
April 13, 2010 By 10 Comments
You probably won't believe how many anti-mosquito contraptions we have in the house. We have citronella, we have mosquito coils and we have electric mats. The only thing we … [Read more...]
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