Eating sa Philippines

My aunt's pomelo, freshly picked
Pomelo close up

Road stop snack en route to Manila: coffee, fried wild boar jerky, and garlic rice
A glass of rose--feels good in that Manila heat and humidity
My nephew made me this for breakfast: hard boiled eggs with tomato, rice, corned beef sauteed with onions and potato, bolognese ala Pinoy (sweeter, not much herbs)
Roasted eggplant and fresh water buffalo cheese, wrapped in bacon w/ salad

Lunch stop en route to So. Luzon: beautiful nilagang baboy (that's the soup)--with an amazing clarity, rice, and bitter melon with scrambled egg and minced pork

My cousins kitchen utensils
Rice cake with salted egg and freshly grated coconut--one of the snacks I ate while riding the bust to my hometown
And finally, the super yummy JAL foods: unlimited green tea and free red wine

Tricycles!

I love these for going around town. They are open to the elements . When the road is bumpy, you'll feel it on your rump. When it drives by a barbecue stand, you mouth will water. I like riding them in the morning when it is cool and the breeze plays with my face.

Sa Pinas

Photos from November, 2005 trip to the Philippines


My favorite portrait and I feel at home. It's how I remember our house, the colors, the light...

One of the new building in Malate, Manila
Waiting for the bus to take me home from Manila to Bayombong: this was 3:00 AM and I was sweating buckets

Somewher in Malate, Manila
Manila at night; taken from my niece's apartment

Looking up at the sky through an old blue roof, Malate, Manila

digi enhanced photo of Manila de Bay--these are kids enjoying the slight breeze

Funny thing about memory...I don't remember if this is how intense the sunset really was..but here it is

How I felt throughout the whole trip...just kidding. This is an example of translation problems: the sign is actually an advertisement for a male helper

Painted sign on a wall; Malate, Manila

One of the most baffling sights in Manila. I'd hate to be the electrician

My nephew at our old house
This was taken in early November when Christmas is already in the air.
A dog

Barcelona

Dusk view from Montjuic
These are some of the photos I took in Barcelona. I did not take as many photos as I usually do; I think after the winter grey of Paris, I was content just enjoying the sun of Barcelona.

MACBA (contemporary art museum)

Outside MACBA

This was taken around MACBA ..it was so warm in Barcelona, people can hang their wash to dry

The same view; less magnified
Calcot with Romesco sauce

One of the many graffiti A closed storefront

Old quarter

Cerveceria catalana tapas bar

Filipinos workers in BCN
happy with a glass of cava

at Cerveceria Catalana--4:00 PM when it's easiest to grab a spot at the bar

Art installation at Centre de Cultura Contemporania de Barcelona (CCCB)--this one is on apartheid

Blue sky
Hotel off Gran Via

All lit up for Christmas

View from Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya

Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya

View from Montjuic

Fundancio Joan Miro