(Hospital) Room With A View, New Year 2012 on Jan 9, 2012 in Cardinal Santos Medical Center 2011 2012 hospital room with a view window New Year Spending the holidays in the hospital is, apparently, not an unusual occurrence for me, a person belonging to the health sector. Nor do I find myself moping if ever I had to stay in the hospital during Christmas, or New Year. Not always, anyway. As l...
...and a Happy New Year, hopefully 2012 will be a lot kinder to all of us on Dec 30, 2011 in 2012 Happy New Year ...
[For VS] on Dec 30, 2011 in death sinigang window Cooking I was looking out this window as you were preparing our lunch, roughly 2 years ago. You told me, sit down, I can manage. Then you brought out a pot filled with sinigang na bangus. You cooked this? I asked in surprise, and you said of course I did. Bu...
Merry Christmas, It's The Time Of Hope on Dec 24, 2011 in joy aunt Adrian Erod hope Christmas Adeste Fideles Roughly 5 hours from now and it will be Christmas.It is very busy out in the streets. I chose to stay indoors. Sadly, I am not with my family (or whoever remains of my family, as some members have already passed on), and my aunt is very sick. I spent...
A Star Named Joe on Dec 22, 2011 in Death anniversary The Mescaleros Paul Simonon Joe Strummer coma girl John Graham Mellor The Clash [If Paul Simonon would have been my lover, then Joe Strummer will always be a star in my musical firmament.]JOHN GRAHAM MELLORaka JOE STRUMMER21 August 1952 - 22 December 2002Rest in peace, my dear star. Your music lives on. [Played on video: Coma Gi...
The Wrath of Sendong on Dec 19, 2011 in Iligan Red Cross Sendong Mindanao News social responsibility typhoon Sendong typhoon Christmas Cagayan De Oro No such thing as ceasefire, Christmas, or any form of holiday as far as the wrath of nature is concerned.Rescue operations at CDO. Photo from this site. Read more at the Mindanao News website.Typhoon Sendong struck Southern Philippines specifically C...
To Paul, (arguably) the coolest guy on the planet on Dec 17, 2011 in bass guitar Mick Jones Paul Simonon Topper Headon Joe Strummer birthday Punk The Clash <3 PAUL SIMONON <3You are probably the coolest guy to have ever lived on the planet.(I know, I once said that I love Joe Strummer more, but I think you're cooler ... and a lot more like my boyfriend, who passed away more than 2 years ago.)photo...
Shopping For Christmas Gifts on Dec 16, 2011 in Santa Claus shopping gifts Etude House change blogging Christmas BB cream (Well, well, who do we have here? )Shopping during the Christmas season is one of my least favorite activities. I love giving gifts, but I hate having to brave the crowd. During the holidays, the malls, bazaars, bars, and probably every public place...
Feeling Baudelaire on a Monday on Nov 21, 2011 in Monday Ma On Shan Charles Baudelaire poetry Fleurs Du Mal It's a Monday afternoon where I am right now. It's cloudy and for some reasons, I'm feeling ... yellow. (Why?!)...as yellow as this boat, yep. Ma On Shan, 2007And for some reasons, I feel like posting one of Charles Baudelaire's poems. This is the fi...
I Love Bar Dolci on Nov 18, 2011 in macaron gelato Manila Bar Dolci dessert food Whenever I go home back to Manila, I try to drop by Bar Dolci for my gelato and macaron fix. A lot of Manila-based food blogs have already waxed praises for this little sweet spot somewhere in Bonifacio Global City. I, too, fell for Bar Dolci's gelat...
