It’s Wednesday, half-way to the weekend. But, oh – you already have some fun options you might get into come Friday. Or, maybe you know who you wanna be with but not what you’d want to do.
Fellas, take notice. Your beloved will look favorably on you. But you’ll want to wait until you’re sure the gal is special and that what you have is special. Because this place is special. Continue reading “Date Night: Ada Street, Chicago”
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?
