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Like many cities, General Santos has many places where you can eat, drink and enjoy but if you want BBQ then you head to Tsiongson Street Arcade as it is without a doubt the best area in the City. When ever we have visitors we always take them to Tsiongong Street as we know very well [...]
Yesterday, I took the jeepney into the city and got a haircut and took care of a few other things. On the way, I saw this new restaurant just near our house. They had a big banner hanging in front of the place with a photograph of a hamburger, and advertising their “Amara Hamburger” for [...]
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This is a special time of the year in the Philippines. December and January have special meaning for Filipinos. Christmas? No, that’s special, but not what I’m talking about. New Years? Again, New Years is great, but once again, not what I’m talking about today. I can just hear you asking: But, Bob, what else [...]
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Well, Thanksgiving is over and yet we are dreading on what to do with the leftover pumpkin puree. Luckily Bob was so resourceful in finding new recipe for me to cook. One of the recipes he got was about was a pumpkin pancake recipe. Since we don’t have pumpkin here in the Philippines, we just… [Continue Reading]
Typically, fried chicken is often regarded as being one of the quintessentially American dishes, ranking up there with hamburgers and apple pie. Having travelled over the better part of the world for the last decade, I have reached an epiphany, of sorts: Fried Chicken has got to be the most popular food in the world.… [Continue Reading]
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Christmas is a season of joy. It’s a season of pleasure and rejoicing. It’s a time of year when we put our troubles behind and focus on goodwill and spreading the joy with our fellow men. Christmas, for us, is in a large part all about the LiP Christmas Giveaway. What is the LiP Giveaway?… [Continue Reading]
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You’ve heard of a “food trip,” right? Usually that is like a road trip that somebody takes to go partake in food. Like, maybe you would take a trip to Memphis to eat BBQ at a lot of Memphis BBQ places. Well, not long ago, Aaron and I went “Fruit Trippin’.” Yep, we went on… [Continue Reading]
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It happened this past weekend, I felt that I had acquired a new Filipino Mom. I’ve been in the Philippines for almost 12 years now, and my mother from the States has come to visit us several times during that time span. But, it’s been a while since I’ve seen her, although we talk regularly… [Continue Reading]
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Any readers who may be browsing at National Bookstore should head over to the cookbook section and check out an interesting title: Pulutan: From the Soldiers’ Kitchen, by Elmer Cruz and Emerson Rosales. This little book is a compilation of recipes gathered from the Magdalo, mutineers, who were arrested after the Oakwood Mutiny in 2007… [Continue Reading]
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Wow, its another year for us to celebrate Thanksgiving again. It’s really one of the most exciting days for us to celebrate. We are so thankful to God of all the blessings He had given us for the whole year. I’m so happy to have my family in good health. I know that we lost… [Continue Reading]
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Well, a week of “Nothing!” certainly was everything but. Try as I may, there was plenty to do and it appears that I’ll have to put off doing absolutely nothing until that magical “whenever I have the time” occurs. One of the many things that filled my social calendar and “to do list” was a… [Continue Reading]
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“You must want to be a farmer!” With those words, a friend of mine has gotten me to think. Is there some subconscious desire stirring within my head that wants me to develop a green thumb? Having dallied in various other bits of plant life, I wonder just how green it could be. It seems… [Continue Reading]
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Remember the time when a lady Muslim legislator slapped a caterer during a dinner break at the House because she was served a noodle dish containing pork? Well, something of that nature has spawned a lawsuit in New Jersey after Hindu vegetarians were …
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Help, I am turning into a Filipino! I don’t know what to do. This is really crazy – I mean sira ulu. No, my skin isn’t getting darker and my hair hasn’t turned black. I have been here for over 3 years , and I still cannot speak Tagalog! Why do I think I am [...]
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A while back, I wrote an article about my “Fascination with Rice” and how it appeared that I was surrounded by rice. At this time of year, rice planting continues – with different plots of land being planted on a staggered basis. This is the rainy season, and water appears to be vital for rice [...]
I’m going to roam around a bit in my writing today, friends, but please indulge me. To be honest, everything I am going to write about is related in one way or another, it just probably will not be apparent. I’ll try to tie it all together though, and in the end you may see [...]
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A few months ago I was having a meeting set at one of the condo units here near SM. Before the person that I had meeting with arrived, while my nephew was looking for a space to parked our vehicle, I was standing outside the building on the near walkway. I was standing at the [...]
My friend who is still in the glass closet (all of us knows he’s gay but he’s too freaked out to admit it to us) posted this status on his Facebook:
“Mom called me just to say that my ulam tonight is Aljur’s Century Tuna Hotdog. She said, “Uwi k…
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Many years ago, when I was still dating my now husband, he was aptly warned by my mother of my lack of domestic diva-ness. I was just not good at house chores, most especially cooking. I love to eat and stayed home for as long as I could because my mum, if I may say [...]
Yes, you read the title right: &(*#@+/ Cherries. What makes me so mad about Cherries? Well, just hold on, I’ll be getting to that. Abreeza, Davao City’s newest fanciest mall is open. Grand opening day was last Thursday, May 12. Although Feyma pretended like she did not want to go to Abreeza for the Grand [...]
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After my last food article on here about best burgers and pizza, we visited Trinoma again and were in the mood for something different. We had passed by the place a few dozen times, always seeing the giant cow standing outside, complete with wings and a halo. American style steakhouses in the Philippines are rarely [...]
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Anybody who has been reading this site for much time at all is aware that I take lessons in the Cebuano language, and that my teacher is Bebe Metillo. Bebe and I are quite close, and I really consider her like a sister. In addition to teaching me the language, Bebe also teaches me cultural [...]
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I have seen several articles here on LIP referring to the great times people have had grilling out. I have seen the wonderful workmanship that has been done building the “Mindanao Bob Delux” Grills! I still have not got that far in my process of moving to the Philippines yet. But I will have one [...]
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Before I start, I hope everyone had a nice Easter vacation and I hope it’s not too hot in the Philippines right now. I strongly advise you play a dance song before you read this. Please, cue the music. Don’t stop yourself from having fun. fLiP it man. Is it playing already? Good. I just [...]
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Out of stock is a catch phrase for just about anything you need and can’t find. It’s a term I use a lot (jokingly) since I first arrived here. I caught on to how it works back in the early 1990’s. You could be in a large grocery store see the young employee stocking spam. [...]
