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The Best Filipino Dishes Ever Cooked

During these COVID-19 days where almost everybody is at home because of the community quarantine, cooking is life. And in cooking is where most of us discover our creativity and passion. Here is a post to inspire you and the same time open up our minds in the reality of the pandemic crisis we’re into. Let me give you some facts. Cooking by ourselves brings us a lot of benefits. First, we get to ensure that the food is clean for we prepare it on our own. Second, we tend to cut our expenditures since the price of a typical one-order-meal from a “karinderya” or restaurant can be equivalent to be about two or three servings when we cook. Indeed, that is true. Third, we learn as we cook as well discover our potentials in this kind of house chore; and that thing alone is priceless! In this blog, I would be happy to share with you my personal style of cooking. Probably one of the most satisfying hobbies of mine is cooking (together with planting and writing), for in here, I can experime

A Strong Message: Filipinos Will Win the Fight Against COVID-19

We will survive this battle against COVID-19. If we follow government directives, we will. If we impose disciplines among ourselves, we will. If we think about the welfare of everyone, we will. In times like this, winning is about cooperation. Filipinos will fight. Filipinos will rise. Filipinos will win. Humanity will survive this serious battle. A lady guard in a grocery store told me: “Sir, nakapamili na rin kayo sa wakas”.  (Sir, you’ve finally bought what you need.) And I responded: “Oo nga Mam, nakaraos din sa mahabang pila at paghihintay”.  (Oh yes Mam, I finished it despite the long queue and waiting time.) The situation outside is obviously not the usual. Buying your groceries, fish or meat, and even medicine takes a longer time than usual. You will have to queue, spend some time outside under the heat of the sun, and be extra-careful when handling food items, when entering doors, and when speaking with people. Social distancing is observed and wearing of face masks

Filipinos Will Fight COVID-19, the World Will Survive this Tough Time

I’m just an ordinary Filipino, like many of you. I listen to the news. At some point I become confused about the situation, about the quarantine, the lockdown, and their impact on our lives here in the country. Your hardships, your anger and frustrations, your impatience, I do feel it too. Nararamdaman ko po ang inyong pag-aalala at pagkalito. Batid ko po ang inyong pangamba. Sa kabila po nito, mga kapwa ko Pilipino, nais ko po kayong bigyan ng lakas ng loob kaakibat ang matalinong gabay upang mawakasan natin ang epekto ng COVID-19 sa ating bansa at sa buong mundo. The number of affected Filipinos is on a rising trend. So I used to ask questions: What will happen next? What would it be months from now? I captured this photo from a restaurant I used to occasionally dine. This photo will remind us to become a strong family, a stronger nation. That during tough times, we eat as one, we fight as one, we pray as one. Our combined prayers and intelligent actions will protect us from COV

My Motorcycle Adventures Featured Destination: Caleruega

Driving a motorcycle has always been a dream. Though the reality on the road is that it is not that favorable to most motorcycle riders, keeping in mind your safety and security while on the handles will bring you to your chosen destination always safe and sound. So when I got my first motorcycle, I wanted to drive it with my wife of course in going to places we’ve never been before, places we always wanted to be, with safety always on top of my mind. One amazing place we drove our motorcycle to is this place called “Caleruega”. Here is a glimpse of it to start with. If you would research more about Caleruega, you would get to discover the spirituality and nature concept of this solemn place in Nasugbu, Batangas, Philippines. Needless to discuss how Caleruega came to be, what is lovely about this place is the beauty of its surroundings. It is full of plants, flowers, trees, and lively birds and fishes. The Entrance Chapel At the main entrance of Caleru

The Grays and Golds of the Taal Volcano Eruption

The grays of ashes brought us down but the golds in our hearts will lift us again. For me, this is one of the clearest message this natural phenomenon has delivered to the Filipinos. About two weeks before the surprising January 12 Taal Volcano eruption in Batangas, Philippines, my wife and I were driving our motorcycle along Tagaytay-Nasugbu road, then the Diokno Highway traversing the towns of Laurel, Agoncillo and Laurel, the Palico-Balayan-Batangas road passing by the towns of Taal and Santa Teresita, and the National Highway connecting Alitagtag, Cuenca and Lipa City. All of these areas were devastated by the unprecedented explosion of ashes from the popular Taal volcano-island. The eruption just happens, without any sign or warning from the volcano itself that it would be that catastrophic. Taal Volcano eruption in the afternoon of January 12, 2020. (Credit to owner of the photo - a college classmate) The Instagram-mable Eruption of Taal Volcano Calamity strikes