May 2006

Tasty fast shrimp recipe

(by Louie Tacker)  WITH the onset of summer also comes the onset of light thinking and light cooking quick easy kite meals to make the heat of summer more bearable.
I have in my book of recipes, this shrimp dish that I will be sharing with you which is light, tasty and easy to prepare though […]

Home duties and tips

Umm… how time flies. I haven’t had the real feel of summer yet but look, days have flown by and now it’s the merry month of May. Before we know it, June breezes in and lo! half of 2006 is consumed. Oh no… June is my birth month! I am oldddd! Hahaha!
Anyway, because of these preparations for […]

One for the ‘coffee-holics’

I WAS enjoying my morning coffee as I opened my e-mails to check early senders. I found several business and personal mails, but what caught me lingering on was that of Oliver’s article for the week published in his column ‘OFW Tales’, on The Freeman. (Oliver sends me a copy of of his article every […]

Cosmetic or ‘Hollywood’ surgery

(contributed by Louie Tacker) WE jokingly call it ‘Hollywood Surgery’ here in the States only because it seems most average people like to emulate the stars in any way they can by undergoing plastic surgery and other procedures.
In the last year or so, I have been curious as to the many ads popping up in […]

Coveted U.S. visa

Oh, well - haven’t posted in almost two weeks.
Been busy, not with the festivities here in the city, but with my daughter’s scheduled trip to Milpitas, California this month.
So many requirements to prepare, parents’ meetings to attend, some shopping on the side…
The student delegation in which my daughter belongs, is composed of 12 incoming fourth […]