26 Jan, 2010
Just before last Christmas, a good friend let on that there was a fabulous new (at least in Makati) source of cheese and other ingredients that I must go and see. Egads. Not 24 hours had passed and I was in their warehouse, stunned by the stuff on offer, amazed by the…
11 Oct, 2009
Thanks to the generous donations of marketmanila.com readers, family and friends, we have collected enough funds for an additional 8,000 hot meals for undernourished school children at the Taguig Elementary School. While some of these children and families were seriously affected by the recent floods, not all of them are “under water” so…
30 Sep, 2009
Many thanks to all readers who have responded to the pleas for help and to expand the feeding program for undernourished public school children. It’s only been a day or so since I wrote this post, and donations are already accumulating with Ted in the U.S., and bettyq in Canada, in addition to…
28 Sep, 2009
Hi everyone. Some of the posts that are coming out today like the pumpkin one were pre-written and pre-scheduled for release, hence the odd timing given the current disaster in our midst. Since yesterday, MM and family have been first making sure that family, friends, neighbors and staff are fine and their…
27 Sep, 2009
If you are based abroad and haven’t heard about the recent flash floods in Metro Manila, please go to Manolo Quezon’s blog, link here, to read about it and see several photos. If you would like to help, MLQ3 provides several avenues for you to pursue. I do recall the floods that…
10 Aug, 2009
The most poignant lines from this morning’s visit to the Tenement Elementary School Feeding Program sponsored by Marketmanila.com and its many generous readers:
“We ask them to finish every grain of rice on their plates as this is a gift from God. They aren’t used to doing that at home. (Why? I asked?)…
23 Jul, 2009
A few months after we started the feeding program at the Banawa Elementary School in Cebu, I noticed that the school started growing vegetables in the school yard. It was actually amazing how healthy and prolific the vegetables seemed, particularly since they seemed to make a conscious choice of planting these “above ground”…
22 Jul, 2009
The turnout at Mamou yesterday was simply phenomenal! The proceeds of yesterday’s sales (including all staff service charges) will provide nearly 6,000 meals for undernourished public school children in Taguig! Isn’t that just sensational? Mamou regulars and marketmanila.com readers turned out in full force for Mamou’s 2nd anniversary, and the owners have generously…