Shopping with Husbands in tow.

I got this from a sent email. The sender friend of mine is either bored at work or just trying to lighten up the mid-week blahs. BANNED FROM WAL-MART… This is why women should not take men shopping against their will. After I retired, my wife insisted that I accompany her on her trips to [...]

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We’re Ovulating!

My wife and I went to the OB-GYN 3 weeks ago for a checkup. If you must know, I was also included in the checkup.  Though I was only interviewed by the lady doctor, I didn’t have to be physically examined like my wife was.  Thank God. The Asian Hospital and Medical Center in Alabang [...]

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I dozed off watching Hatton vs Malignaggi

Sunday noon is usually fight day (or fight night in viva Las Vegas) in lazy Manila time.  While we usually wait for our bulalos, sinigangs, and adobos to get cooked, my brother and I tune in to undercard fights of up and coming boxers.  On a good fight day, we can discover new fighters who [...]

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Nigella Bites: I’ve been bitten!

I enjoy watching cooking shows as much as I enjoy tasting new and exotic dishes.   There was a time when cooking shows were few and far between.  Philippine TV in the 70s and 80s even had shows placed only on Sunday morning time slots after televised Catholic mass and Christian TV evangelists. There was even [...]

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Norah Jones and Elmo

In my previous post, I wrote about Sesame Street’s influence on my childhood.  I guess if I keep looking further back, I’m bound to rediscover something. Well, I did rediscover something.  At the risk of sounding stupid and stating the friggin obvious, Sesame Street influenced my adolescent life stage, too. What am I getting at? [...]

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Achmed the Dead Terrorist: Finding humor in the stupidity of racism.

I was a Sesame Street baby, still am. I’ve been in awe of puppets ever since I got my first Rubber Duckie for my bathtub sessions.  I liked Ernie so much, I mimicked his silly laugh and declared my red and black striped shirt with matching suspenders my official uniform for any type of party.  [...]

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Shortest Award-winning Essay

This is too good to pass up and not re-post. I received this email from my alumni yahoo group. My serotonin (feel good chemicals) levels went up.  Humor can indeed be a “cure all” if not a soothing remedy to a slow and lazy day. This is a story of a 16 year old boy [...]

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Boodle Fight!

There are weekends when my family gets together for a barbecue, inihaw na panga, liempo, manok, pancit and Pinoy food with matching sawsawang kamatis, bagoong, sibuyas, toyo, suka or patis (Pinoy sauce considered disgusting to foreigners). Sunday noons are usually set for family lunches. These lunches are made more special whenever somebody is celebrating a [...]

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Word Salad with Wordle

I came across this delightful site http://www.wordle.net. You can create random designs with any words you paste on the create section of the art site. I have to show this to my nephews and nieces. They might like the Word Clouds this site Wordle can create randomly. Bloggers might find it interesting how playfully artsy [...]

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New York State of Mind

Visiting New York is always a surreal experience. The thought of going to (arguably) “The Greatest City in the World” is such a thrill I can never begin to describe. It was so otherworldly. The first time I visited Manhattan was when I was 10 years old. My mom had to constantly remind me to [...]

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