Jan 29 2007
Cambodians like to repeat words as much as we Filipinos do (kurokuro, halo-halo, etc.). And I’m not only talking in our own language, but also in our own Filipino version of English – “come, come,” “eat, eat,” “You are bad-bad.” I’ve mentioned this before… when I go to the market, vendors would usually [...]
Jan 23 2007
Besides the great Angkor Wat which I’ve blogged about here, here, here, and here, Cambodia is littered with hundreds of temple ruins built by the Angkorian God-kings during the 9th to the 13th centuries. (Note: Angkor could refer to the capital city of the Khmer Empire, the art and architecture, or the empire [...]
Jan 22 2007
Do you remember when I made this pathetic hotdog meal one Sunday evening several weeks ago? It looked like this:
Last night, it was Honey who made a hotdog meal. However, just by whipping up whatever is in the fridge, he turned a boring hotdog meal into a gourmet dinner… tajan!
Jan 20 2007
Dahil sa ‘yo, lumabo mata ko.
Dahil sa ‘yo, nasira sumakit ulo ko.
Dahil sa ‘yo, lumaki puet ko.
Dahil sa ‘yo, napuyat lola mo.
Ito ang sagot ko sa meme ni Pining na may katanungang, “Ano ang nangyari sa buhay mo dahil sa blogging?“. E di ayan… nagka-leche-leche… nag mukha akong anime cartoon character.
Jan 19 2007
I saw the preview of Heroes on Star World while watching American Idol last night,and I was quite riveted. I know it’s quite popular in the States. From the preview, I can’t be too sure but I think it’s in the mold of X-Men, Justice League, Static, Spiderman… oh, don’t forget Darna, Kristala, [...]
Jan 17 2007
Mom (age 72) and Dad (age 73) in Anilao, Batangas. Hope I could be like them when I become a septuagenarian.
Technorati tags: Anilao
Batangas
Parents
Family
Septuagenarian
Jan 15 2007
You could use one of these tuktuks… their equivalent of our tricycle. This picture is courtesy of Bobby Viceral, outgoing President of the Samahan ng mga Pilipino sa Cambodia.
Or you could hang on tight on the roof of this truck… their equivalent of our jeepney. Okay, succeeding pictures are not so nice… taken [...]
Jan 14 2007
We received a pleasant surprise last week when we received this communication from the Home Office… it’s our RECALL ORDER! We’re going home! We’re going home! Of course it’s still more than a year and a half away. To be precise, our recall date is July 26, 2008, or exactly six [...]
Jan 13 2007
Meet my mobile phone.
Its name is Scruffy because… well, it’s scruffy. Pathetic, huh? My little nieces and nephews have better phones. The office driver and janitor have nicer and newer phones. Heck, even our local basurero has a neater phone than mine. If I were the [...]
Jan 11 2007
One of my favorite bloggers Ajay asked me to excite blog readers by divulging my secrets with a tag. This reminds me of this book by Sophie Kinsella, Can You Keep a Secret? (Like blogger Leah, I also love Sophie Kinsella).
In the book, the secrets of Emma, the proganist, include:
Secrets from her boyfriend: [...]
"We are important and our lives are important, magnificent really, and their details are worthy to be recorded. This is how writers must think, this is how we must sit down with pen in hand. We were here; we are human beings; this is how we lived. Let it be known, the earth passed before us. Our details are important. Otherwise, if they are not, we can drop a bomb and it doesn't matter."
Natalie Goldberg in Writing Down the Bones
