Fats, Vitamins and Minerals

Strange how one reads more deeply upon the writings of someone who just passed away. It is like reading the letters of somebody you secretly love.
Over the past three months, Sid has been emailing me on a few topics: one was an invite to participate in an exhibition that he was organizing with Dopy for […]

Dear friends,
Please support the Loboc Children’s Choir on their fundraising advocacy for the Loboc Children’s Choir Music Scholarships for deserving alumni. The Choir will be having a concert in Manila this coming April. More information below.
I was able to see these children in rehearsal and performances in Bohol last month (one performance was with their […]

A glimpse of the Easter procession, below, which passed our street at past 4 in the morning. Today, midnight, kids are outside laughing and playing, trying to get fruits from these trees.

Summer evenings can be quite lovely.

The Catholic majority here will celebrate Easter Sunday by going to church (which will be more festive than usual). The covered image of the cross (signifying death of Christ) will also be uncovered.
However, Catholics here prefer to celebrate the Passion and Death of Christ more than Easter. I guess people here like all […]

I hardly check my Gmail account. And when I did today, I found an email from Kim telling me that his dad passed away February 1. Thirteen years ago I wrote something about Prof. Valino. I interviewed him, took some photos, and wrote the article below for a travel newspaper I worked with for a […]

The weather started to change a few days ago - it is definitely warmer now and the wind is blowing in a different direction. It doesn’t drizzle in the afternoon anymore too. The thousands of birds that flock to the ridged walls of SM have disappeared. t must be summer.
I feel better now […]

Around 3-4 in the morning I was still pounding soya beans, the neighbor downstairs came over because of the noise … The sound of the marble mortar and pestle at the quiet of night must’ve resonated, amplified … Luckily, when the neighbor came, I’ve already finished the last batch.
Of course, the following day, it was […]