When I posted a blog about lumpiang sariwa from Binondo last Monday, I received a comment from my an aunt (my mother’s first cousin). Â She said that when she read my blog, she suddenly missed her mother, my Lola Pining, who also liked lumpiang sariwa from Divisoria. I thought about it (sometimes my brain works… Continue reading For Tita Betty and Lola Pining
Two weeks ago, I received a phone call from a former student at the pre-school in Project 8. She said that she had enrolled in the nursery class way back in 1993 and she remembers that Teacher Tess Correo was her teacher. She said that she had graduated with a degree in Psychology from the… Continue reading At 45
The rains are a distant memory today. The sun has come back with a vengeance and I am on my way, at last, to Binondo. As I come all the way from Meycauayan, I have to endure the traffic along Iba Road which connects our community with the expressway. The NLEX isn’t bad. Â But A.… Continue reading Carrot and stick motivation and Father’s Day
It didn’t help that I was awakened several times through the night by the whipping of gale-force winds. Â What made me antsy was the whipping wind left as suddenly as it came. Â And it came again and again. The pelting rain was not constant, it was temperamental. I normally sleep by ten and I don’t… Continue reading Rainy Day Restlessness
The title from today’s blog is taken from the book by Dr. Seuss entitled “Oh, the places you will go.” Last Sunday, I went to see my mother at the UERM. She has been in the Pasig City General Hospital since April 19, 2012. Â She was admitted for abdominal pains. Â She underwent surgery on early… Continue reading In the waiting place…..