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Some Jesuits in the Philippines

Posted in People I admire, tagged on September 29, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

I recall Fr. Meany who was my other Education teacher in grad school. To prove that he practiced the vow of poverty, through his polo barong we’d see an undershirt ridden with a few holes. Another memory: Our class under him was after lunch, a rather sleepy time. One afternoon, he was telling a story [...]

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“Robots” on the phone

Posted in Technology's Impacts, tagged on September 29, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

I detest it when I’m in a foul mood and call shops that have either answering machines or humanoids (humans talking like robots, per my definition, though more accurately, androids like in the picture, from http://images.google.com.ph/imgres?imgurl=http://techepics.com/files/repliee.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.techeblog.com/index.php/tech-gadget/repliee-q1expo-female-android&h=210&w=390&sz=37&hl=tl&start=27&tbnid=dxYCt3_K-c3wpM:&tbnh=66&tbnw=123&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dandroid%2B%2Banswering%2Bthe%2Bphone%26start%3D20%26gbv%3D2%26ndsp%3D20%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Dtl%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26channel%3Ds%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26sa%3DN) taking my calls. You can’t get in a word edgewise. All you have to do is lamely say [...]

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Chicken Sandwiches

Posted in Restaurants, Uncategorized, tagged , , , on September 25, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

Before pork sate with java rice, my first memory of Roli’s in Bacolod was their chicken sandwich. Time was when we’d go to my father’s gasoline station weekends to help out and get paid with a chicken sandwich. Really yummy. Sometimes I’d ask for plain rather than toasted bread, but always without the vegetables. Roli’s [...]

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Myron’s, Abe, Figaro

Posted in Restaurants in Metro Manila, tagged , on September 16, 2007 | 5 Comments »

Eating in Myron’s and Abe isinteresting.

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Fu Restaurant and then some

Posted in Restaurants, tagged on September 9, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

Eating in Fu is a happy experience.

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TV Commercials (1)

Posted in TV commercials, tagged on September 4, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

Some TV commercials are well thought out, others are not.

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Celebrities Up Close

Posted in VIPs, tagged , , on September 2, 2007 | 2 Comments »

Living in Manila offers close encounters with celebrities/hallowed people. One of those I met a year or so ago was National Artist Napoleon Abueva (see image).
It was the first mass of a friend’s newly-ordained priest-son in our parish and she invited my family to the affair which was followed by a reception. When she led [...]

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La Mesa Grill

Posted in Restaurants, Uncategorized, tagged on September 1, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

A few weeks back, a friend brought Crispchon to the house which she got from La Mesa Grill in Trinoma, North Edsa. Although the lechon skin was no longer too crispy, it was good enough for me to want more. The downside of that take-out was that the restaurant gave too few pandan-flavored(colored?) wraps, [...]

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