MEDIUM RARE Jullie Y. Daza At last I’ve found someone who doesn’t watch K-dramas for the simple reason that “I don’t like them, period.” For the rest of us pandemic-induced couch potatoes cooked in and hooked on Netflix, Hallyu was pretty much how we survived ECQ, MGCQ, Alert Level 3 and...
MARIKINA MENUDO Waknatoy of Mama Chit When I moved to my present home a few years before the turn of the century, the village only had a few houses and they were far apart. Most properties were vacant with tall grass and unattended areas. There was a road from Balara that would pass through our...
MEDIUM RARE Jullie Y. Daza Yes, he did, the magic words that I’ve been waiting to hear throughout the campaign and for the longest time, years and years since the last century. In Pursuit of Excellence is the title of a book written by Terry Orlick, a sports psychologist, in 1980. In real life...
MEDIUM RARE Jullie Y. Daza It’s hard not to find a Manny Pacquiao interview interesting, whatever point of the compass you may be at. He doesn’t use big words and frankly, he looks too nervous to be telling a lie. His artless style sounds appealing, coming from the man of the masses that he is....
This Chinese discovery on Arnaiz Street will give Hong Kong restaurants a run for their money HONG KONG FLARE Sliced abalone with sea moss and lettuce; and minced shrimps with bean curd and scallops When asked what my most favorite food in the world is, I get confused. I love the simplicity, the...
MEDIUM RARE Jullie Y. Daza The first day of the calendar year arrived on Jan. 1. Came Jan. 9, the first of many Sundays in what the Church calls “ordinary time.” Today, Feb. 1, is the first day of the Lunar New Year. Fr. Francis Alvarez, SJ, puts it succinctly: “So many starts.” Going by...
MEDIUM RARE Jullie Y. Daza Just because there are 12 senators to be elected come May 9, the race has not attracted or generated half the excitement, the noise, or the scrutiny that’s its due. The senatorial candidates come from the ranks of reelectionists, returnees, and new faces. It’s the...
BREAKFAST TOGETHER The author and his family at the restaurant Before the pandemic, my Bible group would meet every Wednesday evening. We were divided into two groups, taking turns in preparing the food. Serving delicious food every week proved to be a challenge. The other group had a graduate of...
MEDIUM RARE Jullie Y. Daza After the noise and buzz over BBM’s nonappearance on a TV show, the flak was quickly followed by a fluke. On TV 5’s Frontline newscast immediately after that no-show on GMA 7, netizens polled for their reactions to the day’s most newsy event (or nonevent) showed an...
MEDIUM RARE Jullie Y. Daza On one of my rare visits to the supermarket, a display of garbage bags – not in black – attracted my attention. They stood out because they were packaged in sunny colors and labeled as pleasant-smelling garbage bags, thanks to the added value of fruit and flower...
Reminiscing time… Whenever I did my Japan food tour, I would get mixed emotions. Mostly positive. I pray and thank God for blessing me with a dream job. Each meal was like finding treasure I simply enjoyed. Seeing participants close their eyes in satisfaction over the food was also priceless. The...
MEDIUM RARE Jullie Y. Daza Take it from the experts. Those seat warmers in MWSS predict a water shortage in summer, two months from now. They’re paid to say that? Just by asking the weather bureau how much rainfall to expect or not to expect? After all the rain dropped by Odette – typhoon...
