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The Adventures of Do & Tin @ Chinatown

1 comments Posted by k at 1:36 PM

I thought I'm going to enjoy weekend in bed, but I thought wrong, very wrong. In fact, I still feel sore from the two-day non-stop walk around Binondo, first, to do business and second, to do some holiday shopping. Whatever the reasons may be, Chinatown always spells fun, fun, fun!
Here goes another adventure of the great couple who would brave the scorching sun, the toxic pollution and muggers just to score authentic dimsum and fabulous finds.
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Saturday, we had a business meeting with a Chinese guy selling cameras at the President's Tea House. We had our usual fare of dimsum(ha kao and sharksfin sio mai) and two servings of chicken feet which I ate with gusto after a three-day long diet. The Chinese guy recommended some place where we can go if we decided to go shopping. He also suggested that there are a lot of Chinese restos around that we should try serving equally delicious fare and stop eating at Presidents. We concluded after some thinking that maybe the Chinese guy is co-owner of one of the restos he mentioned..hmmm..the Nido soup thickens..
He was kind enough to sketch the place called 168 mall (kinda weird for a mall's name) and after several twists and turns we found the hidden destination of Uncle Scrooge's kins. We got really huge discounts minus the harassment that is Divisoria. I'm soo happy coz everyone's going to have a gift no matter how small it is. We got toys, bags, Christmas lights for our giant tree, shirts, jerseys, and a lot of knick knacks.
Within a few hours, we didn't notice that we've spent all our hard-earned money save for our fare. Okay, that's it, we're going home. So we started walking to some unknown street and finally reached an intersection. Gad, may rally! Wait, no, those are throngs of tired and eager-to- get-home pedestrian awaiting for the brave, lone MMDA lady's signal to cross the street! I've never seen such a huge number of people in one place except for the habitual rallies Filipinos stage at EDSA whenever they get discontented with a president. A line from Mike Hanopol's song came to mind...divisoria masaya, divisoria mag-ingat ka...
As the light turned red, I suddenly felt nauseated, getting a ride would be another hell of an mis/adventure.
to be continued...

 

Sayonara

0 comments Posted by k at 2:42 PM

Paalam, Ka Bart Marasigan, the former governor of Oriental Mindoro. He succumbed to lung cancer last December 1. Thank you for the brief but memorable time you have shared with us.
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Goodbye, tagabukid, who have walked far enough to touch the lives of many. Thank you for sharing with us your thoughts about life and living through your well-loved blog, postprandial walk. Those were deep and meaningful vignettes which we'll always treasure. See you at the tagboard, bro.
One last glimpse of our mile-long walk:




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To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:
A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;
A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;
A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;
A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;
A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak....
~Ecclesiastes 3:1~7

 

EMERGENCY

3 comments Posted by k at 3:08 PM

These are trying times…

A Philippine airforce rescue worker evacuates a flash flood survivor on Luzon. At least 403 people were killed and 156 remain missing following landslides and heavy flooding in the northeastern Philippines, according to government figures.(AFP/File)

Filipino children wait for relief goods at a makeshift evacuation centre along a highway in Tanauan village, Quezon province December 2, 2004. Residents of flood-hit Philippine towns scrambled to higher ground on Thursday as the most powerful typhoon this year threatened to cause more destruction after floods n landslides killed up to 600 people. REUTERS/Erik de Castro


A Filipino family sit under a temporary shelter after their house, built under a bridge, was submerged by a swollen river in Pulilan town, Bulacan province, north of Manila December 2, 2004. Residents of flood hit Philippines town scrambled to higher ground on Thursday as the most powerful typhoon this year threatened to cause more destruction after floods and landslides killed up to 600 people. REUTERS/Romeo Ranoco
A flood victim sits atop the ruins of his home a day after the tropical depression Winnie hit the village of San Jose in the province of Rizal November 30, 2004. About 200 people died after flash floods and landslides devastated several coastal towns and left swathes of the northern Philippines under water, officials said on Tuesday.REUTERS/ Cheryl Ravelo








A Filipino soldier carries a child after landslides at a road leading to Real town November 30, 2004 in Quezon province east of Manila. About 200 people died after flash floods and landslides devastated several coastal towns and left swathes of the northern Philippines under water, officials said on Tuesday.











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