hello world!

i haven’t posted from quite some time now because there’s nothing really going on worth mentioning here apart from:

• again, i don’t have my license right now due to a slight swerving in sucat area last thurs.
• first time to lomo manila activity last saturday in neo china town (near mall of asia). nice to have met people of same interest.
• still half-way with the book i’m reading at the moment, a non-fiction, "the looniness of the long distance runner".
• missed a lot of my audio japanese lessons (which i planned to go on one lesson per day)
• got started in this tv series called "battlestar galactica". very cool!
• watched "the motorcycle diaries", it was really profound and inspiring. i wish i could save enough money for travel in the far future.

today is holy thursday.

ai ya! let’s try to post something going on right now…

‘helped my mom do the marketing today…we have to rush as they will be fetching tita nora from the airport in the afternoon..i did not bring my camera because it would really be inappropriate! though there were really some nice subjects at the market like the pig heads, bloody floorboard, squashed vegetables, and people of course.

i live in binan, so, it’s binan public wet market. hehe. it’s the busiest, if not the biggest, wet market i have ever known. people from nearby towns even frequent binan just for its market. it’s 24-7, with supply coming in at about 3 or 4 am. for that reason, i find it a bit safe to go home even late in the morning (because of people everywhere).

i just have to follow my mom (me carrying our basket of goods) around, she knows several vendors she usually deal with. after getting meat (to cook probably for sunday onwards?, well, personally i don’t really care what i put in my mouth during this time of the year), vegetables, eggs, and some sea foods, we went to a rice dealer, but unfortunately it is closed. finally, we bought some bread, and head home.

(btw, it’s less than 2 kms from home to binan plaza, which is nearby the market i was just talking about)

and so, for the photo above…unbeknownst to a lot of people, i cook fantastic! well, that is, according to me. that’s seafood pasta (mussels and clams). sorry no olives, so just put in some button mushroom and leeks. also according to myself, it’s so al dente and genuinely tasty you would think you are in italia!

*anybody knows where to get tortellini here?* 

cat on the roof 2.

cat on the roof.

what ayala-makati looks like on a sunday.

south-east asia → philippines → metro manila → makati city

i worked in makati (on and off) for a total of more than a year but never really got the chance to take pictures. i happen to be in makati area on a sunday early morning, so took the opportunity to take pictures around these areas when it’s at its least busiest state.

photos up -> here