Fats, Vitamins and Minerals

Sa wakas, narito na ang aking talaarawang Pilipino, kung saan maghahalo ang balat sa tinalupan!
Bakit Goat4Sale?
Ang karatulang “goat4sale” ay mula sa alaala ng aking kabataan. Kung di ako nagkakamali, nag-diwang ng 42nd birthday ang aking tatay at ito ang pinakamalaking birthday celebration na ginanap sa aming tirahan sa Sampalok, Manila. Nung taong yaon, […]

It’s my dad’s birthday today. He would’ve been 69.
We went to my mom’s house and had pancit bihon. Very nice. I saw my mom soaking the bihon in water shortly before cooking. Hmmm. Unfortunately, Alwin was asleep the whole afternoon so we didn’t get to play with him. I left the turtle purse for my […]

About a week ago I had a long email discussion with Heber, and after seeing his column on the Balita, thought about starting a Filipino language blog. It sounds hideously ridiculous that one even thinks of writing in his/her native language.
Balita is a very popular tabloid read by the Tagalog-based speaking population (there are a […]

It takes me ages it seems to write anything, post anything here. Apart from the daily house chores that get in the way of writing, we’ve been quite busy with fairly simple things that need doing - some socials (the visit to Tilman’s was really nice, and Edward had a nice time too playing with […]

A very productive day Sunday - we managed to go to the Quezon Memorial Circle again to visit our favorite AANI Herbal Garden and Livelihood Center, and to meet a friend of mine from the old BBS days. A very late lunch at Cafe Kalinga, a bit of a chat with Ven Abalos at the […]

I’ve been taking down a few notes as I progress a bit in my reading of SICP. According to the book, programming language is not just a means of instructing a computer to perform tasks, but its true power is in its ability to serve as a framework within which we organize our ideas about […]

We finally made it to the university’s Friday Film Bar. I wanted to go primarily because of Heber (who performed before the film showing) and secondly for the film “Maynila sa Kuko ng Liwanag” (1975, by Lino Brocka). I’ve seen the film ages ago but I wanted Trevor to see it. Perhaps the previous Friday’s […]