just another personal blog of a bisdak
Herbst is for Autumn and Fest for Festival. Autumn festival at Toom is just a small event really but our girl has a paper making project so we went there to get some stuff while kids got busy choosing their pumpkin and carving it. I love halloween more than Christmas when in Germany because it…
My Google phone shows me a memory reminder with a question: Remember this day? It was taken in 2010 when mom and I travelled to Leyte so she could visit her mom (my granny Cresencia) at the cemetery. On the way, mom showed me how to sew Nipa leaves together which is what she did…
I checked the pension department and asked for a Summary of how much monthly taxable pension I will receive when I retire at the age of 70. And the feedback was depressing. Unlike some Filipino parents who made their children as their retirement plans, this is not the case with my parents. And I would…
In Philippines where I came from, we enjoyed eating Green Mango with a dip which could either be salt or even better, a bagoong. Simply put, Bagoong is a salted fermented shrimp paste and they smell so deliciously stinky but it gives a nice rich umami olala flavor. No other words can describe the taste….