Archive for August, 2003

Sa Kusina ni Juana

Thursday, August 21st, 2003

The Sassy Lawyer’s cooking site, Culinary Adventures with a Radical Chef (my latest linked blog - see sidebar), reminds me of a vintage Filipino site (circa 1996) that featured Pinoy recipes. It was one of the first sites I remember written entirely in Filipino. Its layout was minimalist in design yet the site filled the bill as a third-generation site. I’m glad to find out that Sa Kusina ni Juana is still online in its original form and in its entirety (except perhaps for its index page[!]). Along with its recipes come deliciously witty writing. Here’s an excerpt that amuses me to this day:

Pagkatapos ng Nine-Inch Nails, angkop lamang na pakinggan ang pag-awit ni Shirley Horne ng standard na A Time for Love. Kung baga sa ugnayan ng maanghang na ginataang manok sa gisadong manamis-namis na gulay, kailangang balansehin ang init.

On a personal note, Juana has a page devoted to a meeting with the Bandongs. I wonder if they’re related to me (yes, that’s what the B in DBD stands for). I may just e-mail them one of these days.

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Orangina

Wednesday, August 20th, 2003

orange shirt

Nothing grabs my wife’s attention like department store sales and bargains. This past weekend, Target had a huge sale on casual wear so she was there faster than you can say Mossimo Giannulli. She came home with bags of clothing for the whole family. Apparently, orange-hued threads have been relegated to the bargain bin, for a burst of the warm color blinded me as the wife bared the contents of the shopping bags. If you happen to be in the neighborhood and you see a family of five all clad in bright orange garb crossing the street or strolling down the mall, chances are that would be us.

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Camera’s Back in Action

Tuesday, August 19th, 2003

Thanks to a fellow at church who happens to work at the repair department of the electronics store where I bought my digital camera, I was able to swap the broken camera for a brand new one, same make and model. He got approval from his manager to do this, provided that I buy the extended warranty. Paying $60 for the extended warranty versus paying roughly the same value of the camera for repair is definitely well worth it. My view on extended warranties has been changed forever (well, for digital cameras at least).

Update: OK, I bought a Nikon brand case for the camera upon the insistence of the wife. She wants the camera protected from now on.

Update 2: I fired up the new camera for the first time today. It wouldn’t read my 128MB Compact Flash card, which contained pictures from my Grandma’s 92nd birthday party a few weeks ago. I tried a flash card reader but still no go. I’m afraid those pictures are gone. At least I still have my Fry’s receipt. I’m heading there tomorrow to try to do an exchange.

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Mac Speed Boost

Sunday, August 17th, 2003

Last Friday, the boss hooked me up with a couple of processor upgrades for my still passable G4 400MHz Mac desktop at home. He gave me two CPUs, an 800MHz and a 1.25GHz, to test. Today I installed the 1.25GHz one and I will be doing some real world testing on it through normal everyday use. I’m pretty stoked. I’ll see how well it does with apps and games such as Photoshop, iMovie, iDVD, iPhoto, Unreal Tournament, etc.

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Bounty on the Mutiny

Wednesday, August 13th, 2003

The year 2002 for me was an amazing year for reunions. I was able to get in touch with several long lost friends. First of all, I was contacted by a former high school classmate who invited me to join a Yahoo! Group for our batch at UPIS. A few months later, my best friend in grade school managed to get a hold of me through my website. Joel was the funniest guy I knew and I was his sidekick. I find out that he later took up a career in the military. A graduate of PMA, he went on to become a captain in the Philippine Army. In a recent e-mail he disclosed that he trained some of the wayward soldiers from the failed mutiny in sniping. This is incredible. Here I am, several years removed and thousands of miles away from the motherland and yet I find myself two degrees separated from the rebel soldiers (for those wanting to get hooked up with Trillanes, don’t even think about it! hehe). Joel is totally against what they did, however, and feels betrayed by their actions. Here is an article he wrote for his command’s newsletter:

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