Prowling through the different universes…
Eight years have passed since I first wrote this and a lot in my life has changed. But I think gratitude is one primary thing which helps me keep my sanity in these not so good times. I still thank my lucky stars! Year 2010 is not yet over, but as I gazing blankly […]
I am resurrecting the checklist I used for my Mt. Pulag climb all those years ago. This list might be useful in the future if I ever get the urge to climb again. I did Mt. Fuji in 2017 and I had a lengthier list then, but the basics are already mostly here. Not all items […]
Description: I remember eating this Cebuano/Bisaya doughnut (or maybe it can be called fried bread?) whenever I visited my maternal grandma’s home, about 50 kilometers south of Cebu City, Philippines. I asked a favorite foodie and adopted mom of mine in Multiply – Mommy Loy – for permission to repost as I want to be […]
Description: Taken from Celebrations: A Culinary Feast from the Roces-Reyes Table, edited by Delgado, et. al (Anvil Publishing, Inc. 2010). “Atis Ice Cream is such a luxury. There’s nothing like nonstop spoonfuls of pure atis frozen in creamy carabao’s milk ice cream. This is my grandmother’s recipe, and in the old days, when they didn’t […]
I have had some of my best home-cooked meals at close friends’ tables. When they share their recipe, I make sure to take note. Description: Bread Pudding is thought of as an old fashioned dessert that had its humble beginnings in 13th century England. It was first known as a “poor man’s pudding” as it […]
You can confidently bet your last piece of penne pasta when it comes to my visiting Italian restaurants which come highly recommended! Italian and Japanese are two international cuisines I try my darndest to savor when I visit another place. On 24th September 2011, after the extremely adventurous trip and butt-whomping rides through every imaginable vehicle […]
Antipolo for me is way far off…but the expansive, beautiful gardens and exhibits of Philippine contemporary art was worth the long trip from Makati City. My first thought was – wow! I never thought something like this existed in Antipolo. Art galleries are spread around the country, but “Pinto Art Museum” took me back to […]
Due to our very tight schedule, for the first night in the city we opted for a hostel as we might be on the road come nightfall. Clean, spanking brand-new kind of feeling to the rooms and place – the dorm bunks the four of us occupied were spacious and well-designed. You have your own […]
Review as entered in TripAdvisor: My regret in staying in this hotel was that we were so pressed for time, I didn’t get to spend many hours to enjoy our stay here. We only spent scant hours to check-in, sleep and eat breakfast. But I definitely would like to come back and stay here whilst […]
Famous tourist attractions are understandably in a tourist’s bucket list but I do try including off-the-beaten track destinations in my travel itinerary. For this stay in Tokyo, I opted for seeing more of YANESEN – this is an acronym for YAnaka, NEzu, and SENdagi. These belong to a short list of areas in Tokyo that was spared […]