Lavazza

In this nose bleeding ventures and erratic ambiance, I began to brew my mind. This cup is my new best friend. Kiss me...

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Living Niçoise

My life is a mixture of anchovies, black olives and vinaigrette. I am the queen of insalata nizzarda. Gyros help me!

Charriol Paris

This is the first scent my stuffy gave me from his adventure in Palau. And that violet ring is still on my finger. I love you dad:-)

Ramon Waslik

ABOUT HIM

He knew a little Tagalog. One time when he was riding a ship on his way to Manila, a woman asked him, " Lolo, nasaan po ba ang kubeta dito?" He answered, " Ewan, nandito lang kanina yun eh, baka umalis. Hanapin mo na lang." I remembered when we were a kid, when we jumped over the sea without his permission, he would bring his dos por dos in the baybay which made as ran as fast as we could nakedly shouting, " "Dasiga nyo ara na si Pontio Pilato!" One afternoon, he saw me and Ate Garnet plucking our underarm hairs, he scolded us and said, " Nga-a gina barbasan nyo na ya? Regalo ina sang Diyos!" When he saw me in front of the mirror he would utter, " Atar, pa gwapa imo gina eskuwer ya." Every night after a bottle of shuktong, he started to maoy and his voice was clearly heard up to Kalye Onse and Payab-ok Street.

HIS GENEROSITY

Every children whether an apo or not that will ask his hand for a blessing received 1 peso from him. He's very generous to the needy to the point that he would give our last ganta of rice to a best actress relative who would perform an award winning drama on his front. He cooked food for everybody since we are all living in one compound. “ Ihawon ta manok sa birthday mo Sha, dakpa na to sa likod balay.”

HIS MEMORIES

Around June 2003 when he was admitted to St. Paul's Iloilo through a private ambulance. He was sitting like a healthy man at the front seat while chewing his mascada. Whenever he blew out his chewed tobacco, it would automatically go to our direction. When we reached the city, it seemed like we all had a mascada facial. After a week in St. Paul's, he was transferred to St. Luke's in Manila for a liver operation. Then he was sent back home. Month passed, we brought him again in our town hospital for emergency admission. Inside his private room, I saw him having a difficulty to speak. Yet, he called us one by one just by using a sign and gave us P500 each from his wallet under his white weak pillow. I don't want to accept but he insisted and added P100. I wanted to cry but not in front of him. I still smiled at him as if nothing happened and said, "Gracias Abuelo".

HIS LESSONS

August 19, 2003 when I received a call from my mother telling me my lolo has passed away. When I rushed home, I saw myriad volunteers who came to rendered their help in terms of service, financial and spiritual. His death made me understand that there is always a reward in helping others. On his funeral I gave him a pledge.A pledge to be generous in my own best way. He was called Waslik because he was carefree. He's now in peace for 6 years. I salute you Tatay Ramon!

Mati Sin

Of all the sinful desserts I’ve tried, Chocolate Sin at Zuzuni is enough to make me start missing Boracay. Those of you who are going to Boracay or who intend to visit Boracay should stop by the Zuzuni Restaurant along station 2 just to try out this fabulous dessert.

Eating Chocolate Sin is an experience onto itself. At first glance, it looks like an ordinary chocolate crinkle cookie, but cut it with a fork and dark chocolate starts oozing out. Add a bit of ice cream on top of the cookie piece and the rich chocolate flavor makes a delicious explosion on your mouth. Just when you think you can’t take all that flavor, the sensations in your mouth get cooled down by the soothing vanilla ice cream.

An order of Chocolate Sin costs Php 195 pesos but if you’re a chocolate freak like myself, you might want to get two of them. I shared this dessert with two other people but it was so good, we all had to have some more!

Lauren

چرا انتظار می تواند تا مدت؟

All things are possible with God.
—Matthew 19:26

When God came to Abraham and told him that He was going to bless him, Abraham said to God, "That's fine, but what I really want is a son." God said, "I am going to give you what you ask for," but He didn't give it to Abraham right away. The Word says, '"Abraham was a hundred years old when Isaac was born." (Genesis 21:5) Actually, twenty years went by from the time God promised Abraham that he would have a child to the time that child was born. In fact, Abraham was already old when God first gave him the promise of a son.

By the time Abraham fathered that child, his wife had already gone through the change of life. She had a barren womb. So Abraham and Sarah not only had a prayer request, they also needed a miracle.

Isn't it interesting that sometimes when you ask God for something, He lets it go so long, the only thing that can possibly produce what you asked for is a miracle? Why does God do that? Because He likes "to show Himself strong in behalf of those whose hearts are blameless toward Him." (2 Chronicles 16:9)

When Martha and Mary sent for Jesus to come and minister to their brother, Lazarus, who was gravely ill, why did Jesus wait two days longer, until Lazarus had actually died and was buried, before He went and raised Lazarus from the dead? It was because Jesus already knew what He was going to do for Lazarus.

If something is dead—a dream, a desire, a want, a need—it doesn't matter to God how dead it is. God can still bring it back to life in His timing because our God is an awesome God. Nothing is too hard for Him. That is why He is never in a hurry and why it seems as if He often waits until nothing will work but a miracle.

Thank you Niel!

The Greatest...

"The greatest achievement is selflessness.
The greatest worth is self-mastery.
The greatest quality is seeking to serve others.
The greatest precept is continual awareness.
The greatest medicine is the emptiness of everything.
The greatest action is not conforming with the worlds ways.
The greatest magic is transmuting the passions.
The greatest generosity is non-attachment.
The greatest goodness is a peaceful mind.
The greatest patience is humility.
The greatest effort is not concerned with results.
The greatest meditation is a mind that lets go.
The greatest wisdom is seeing through appearances." -Atisha