MEDIUM RARE Jullie Y. Daza Before CNN and the worldwide web, news did not travel as fast as light. As it was an unknown entity, the name Afghanistan stood for anything that was strange, unfamiliar, far and far away. In short, Afghanistanism was the catch-all for whatever seemed or...
MEDIUM RARE Jullie Y. Daza Break, break, break! Too much already! Did we take one step forward, only to take two steps back? After an unending series of monotonously named lockdowns, it feels like we’re back where we started on March 15, 2020. True, more vaccines but also more deadly variants....
CENA FAMILIAR Clockwise from top left: Croque monsieur, tortilla de patata, toasted chorizo, and gambas with all its juices This past week was fun. I made sure it was nothing but that at home. With the scary situation outside, no choice but to spend most of the time in prison. What did I do? I...
MEDIUM RARE Jullie Y. Daza To retire or not to retire from the square ring of boxing? That sounds like the question of the day being bandied about by analysts, while another batch of curiosity seekers wonder if Manny Pacquiao should throw his hat in the three-ring circus of the coming elections....
MEDIUM RARE Jullie Y. Daza To illiterates and innumerates alike, the universe is founded on numbers. The numbers that Ugas in Vegas beat out of Pacquiao after 12 rounds read 115-113, 116-112, and again 116-112. Numbers are the foundation of a predictable world, specially when your profession is...
MEDIUM RARE Jullie Y. Daza An alternative headline would have been “The last Q” (for quarter), but where’s the romance in that? Quoting the president of the biggest federation of business clubs in the Philippines, “Spare the last quarter.” Henry Lim Bon Liong was okay with the Aug. 6-20...
Elite performance dietitian Jeaneth Aro shares her strategy Season to taste Photos from Coach Jeaneth Aro PINOY EXCELLENCE Coach Ja with Pinoy athletes and coaches Hidilyn Diaz may have won the Olympic gold medal single-handedly, but she is the first to admit she could never have done it alone....
How this chef has been spending his days on lockdown SO GLAD SALAD Salade trios et Demi and garlic bread “Prison” at home has been fun. Although there are no new food discoveries, I made it my mission to treat my kids to a restaurant level meal every dinner. I enjoy surprising them with...
MEDIUM RARE Jullie Y. Daza Ask. So you call One Hospital Command. The phone is either tied up or it just keeps ringing. OHC boasts a complement of 120 operators working ‘round the clock. Nobody home? Or simply no answers? With hospitals filling up, full, shut down, or overflowing to sidewalks and...
Medium Rare Jullie Y. Daza And it’s not just doctors, nurses, lab technicians, hygiene and sanitation engineers, but also policemen/women out on the streets chasing after toughies aching to catch or spread the vilest of viruses. A picture published in Manila Standard a few days ago says it all:...
MEDIUM RARE Jullie Y. Daza That’s the advice of Dr. Francisco Duque to parents and family members who are worried sick about the growing number of young COVID-19 patients, from babies to teens and up. As explained by the Secretary, if there are five people in one household and four of them have...
Lemon lime pie We’re all back in ECQ. No place to go and nowhere to dine in. It makes me wonder how establishments will survive this. We hear of various struggles in businesses, decisions having to be made in Metro Manila and the provinces whether to take a chance and stay open or just cut losses...
