Culture
Family heirloom
GEM one time kept bugging me about our family heirloom. “Where is it, Mama? Do we have one?”
Embarrassed because I knew there was none, I just told her: “Search for it.” (Very safe answer, huh.)
She knows I am not keeping any jewelry box because I am not fond of jewelry. So instead of searching in […]
Why flowers mean more on ordinary days
by Louie Tacker
I visited this blog of my friend today, and I chuckled dearly all the way over here in America. Well, I guess men are men and women are women no matter what part of the world we live in. LOL
As I read the entry on “He doesn’t bring me flowers anymore (at all)!, […]
The Truly Married Woman
Each morning for 12 years, Ayo never failed to have Ajayi’s cup of tea ready at his bedside. She would wake up early, careful not to wake the man soundly sleeping beside her. And as he woke up - Ajayi was sure to find beside him his hot tea “just as he liked it - […]
Christmas recipe and memories
contributed by Louie Tacker
HELLO again, dear readers. Been a while, but I’m glad to be back here, giving my humble contribution to this blog.
With the onset of the holidays, my mind always gets busy remembering my childhood memories of Christmas. When I was a child, my mom would do all her rituals for Christmas. Now […]
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 […]
Baking up Easter memories…
by Louie Tacker - As Easter is fast approaching, I sit back and my mind fills with thoughts of childhood.
Being raised Roman Catholic I realize that Easter is the most holy of all the Catholic Holy days. After all it is the culmination of Jesus’ life, the whole point of His being on this earth. […]
Music - playing it by ear
You are what you listen to
(Contributed by Adoreé Almira D. Jabanes)
WHEN I was a kid, my parents had some sort of ‘control’ over what music my sisters and I listened to. It’s not because they imposed rules or anything, but because we were usually busy playing to bother about songs other than London Bridge is Falling Down […]
‘Internetting’
by Louie Tacker Recently I have been contributing to this site and I have been reflecting how wonderful it is that just with the click of a few buttons I can be read half way around the world. What a wonderful invention the web is. Oh sure, there are many downfalls, spams, predators, and other not […]
A day before….
A day before said occasion, I got a pedicure-manicure treatment. This time, instead of going to my ’suki’ (regular) manicurist, I went to my hairdresser’s salon.
I wanted to make a comparison, because I have been having my manicure with my ’suki’ for several years now, and I have noticed that my nails are getting […]
Summer time in the Philippines
It’s summer time and the living is easy….
Well, right now, it is - in my country.
Despite the heat, this is one time of the year I really love. The months of March, April and May – the peak of summer season here – never fail to give me that zest and tingle each morning I […]