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Archive for November, 2011
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Tootsie’s Family Recipes
Restaurants that remind me of eating in my Lola Belen (my late grandmother)’s house earn instant points in my book. Tootsie’s Home-Cooked Specialties in Tagaytay has that vibe—where you sit in a cozy wooden chair surrounded by country-style decorations as …
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Brace Your Ears for the Videoke Jeepney
It’s a global fact: Filipinos love videokes. Countless urban legends have emerged from our love for the sing-along. My favorite is the one about “My Way.” To illustrate:
Sometime in October, a Singaporean asked me, “Is it true that if …
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And They Lived Happily Never After
They say artists—painters, photographers, writers, thespians and the like—have to be a little bit crazy to come up with the best works. I won’t argue with that. As a writer-slash-other-job-descriptions, I find solace with fellow offbeat friends who don’t really …
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Kitsch of the Week: Plush Dogs
My biggest advocacy is animal welfare. Through the years as a journalist, I have supported a number of projects of PAWS (Philippine Animal Welfare Society) and PETA Asia-Pacific (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals).
To usher in the holiday …
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Tapsi Math + Cavite’s Hidden Tapsihan
Like carinderias (cafeterias), barbeque joints and fishball carts, you’ll find a tapsihan everywhere in the Philippines. A tapsihan is a small-scale eatery, usually in a sidestreet location that sells the tapsi variety.
For foreign tourists, here’s a quick lesson in …
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It’s That Time of The Year
…When people find the perfect excuse to dress up as slutty and/or as scary as they would like to be. Halloween came early this year—at least for the Resorts World crowd who rounded up their fun costumes and headed to …