Tonight, I’m cooking the quintessential Filipino Dish: Chicken Adobo.
Our family is from the northern part of the Philippine islands. For every Filipino cook, there’s a different adobo. For example, my cousin adds Sprite/7Up instead of water and a hot chili pepper. This is my interpretation of my mom’s recipe. I like to douse my rice in adobo sauce so I make a lot of it. Continue reading “Cook This: Filipino Chicken Adobo”
Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery, none but ourselves can free our minds.
Certain songs cut to the core of moments or chapters in one’s life. One song for me is Bob Marley’s Redemption Song, which for me, hearkens to sometime in my mid-20s. This song is about the scars that remain with all humanity years after the African slave trade and the responsibility of later generations to educate themselves and remember the struggles of those who came before. Continue reading “Marley, a Documentary on the Definitive Reggae Rockstar and Revolutionary”
Update, May 15, 2012: My entry is not on the scholarship shortlist. On Friday, I sent in my application to the 2012 World Nomads Travel Writing Scholarship. This is a six-week, paid opportunity to travel and write on assignment guided by three established travel writers in Singapore, Bali and Malaysia. Winning this scholarship will be my … Continue reading Help Me Win a Travel Writing Scholarship to SE Asia? Pretty Please?
Returning to Seoul after our meeting-packed first day, we wanted to go to a spa, a canât-miss activity said a Korean-American friend. We hadnât shaken jet lag and needed pampering.
Lonely Planet‘s Seoul guidebook reported that Spa Lei operated 24/7, catered to a female-only clientele and offered an English-language menu. That last bit was incorrect. After a half-hour of earnest communication attempts, we dialed the free Korean-English translator hotline to order full spa access and body scrubs, mud body treatments and cucumber facials. I’d read in the LP guidebook that many women head straight to a spa after work or clubbing, spend the night relaxing, then drudge back to work/home in the morning. We can stay and luxuriate all night? Sounds amaze balls! Continue reading “Oh, it’s THAT KIND OF PARTY: Spa Lei, Seoul, South Korea”
