Comments on: The Small Town Store… http://www.marketmanila.com/archives/the-small-town-store A food blog that talks about food, produce, recipes, ingredients, restaurants and markets here in the Philippines and around the globe. Fri, 25 Jul 2008 08:29:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.7 by: raine ramirez http://www.marketmanila.com/archives/the-small-town-store#comment-113424 Fri, 13 Jun 2008 18:26:34 +0000 http://www.marketmanila.com/archives/the-small-town-store#comment-113424 Thank you, Dodi for your advice. Our friend is making a door out of these panes and I am using your idea as head board for the remaining ones, Thank you. Thank you, Dodi for your advice. Our friend is making a door out of these panes and I am using your idea as head board for the remaining ones, Thank you.

]]> by: Dodi http://www.marketmanila.com/archives/the-small-town-store#comment-89956 Sun, 24 Feb 2008 19:49:09 +0000 http://www.marketmanila.com/archives/the-small-town-store#comment-89956 Raine, about the capiz window panes, you can jazz them up and make them into znaazy, one-of-a kind dividers or bed headboards or put colored glass over one of the panels as well as legs and you'll have nice coffee or buffet table! Raine, about the capiz window panes, you can jazz them up and make them into znaazy, one-of-a kind dividers or bed headboards or put colored glass over one of the panels as well as legs and you’ll have nice coffee or buffet table!

]]> by: raine ramirez http://www.marketmanila.com/archives/the-small-town-store#comment-89701 Sat, 23 Feb 2008 20:28:36 +0000 http://www.marketmanila.com/archives/the-small-town-store#comment-89701 I loved reading the little snippet of things happenings back home. I was back only once in 1992, I have never found the time to go again (esp. with my husband and kids (2 girls). About the narra display cases, they were wonderful. For a while now I have been obsessing with another narra creation. the capiz window panes. i think i have about 7 panels of them, and i don;t know what to do with them too. i have a wood carver friend that i asked to make something out of them, but he wanted to cut them to pieces. i felt like he would be cutting me to pieces to. so these beauties are just standing straight out along my walls. smiling at me. I loved reading the little snippet of things happenings back home. I was back only once in 1992, I have never found the time to go again (esp. with my husband and kids (2 girls).
About the narra display cases, they were wonderful. For a while now I have been obsessing with another narra creation. the capiz window panes. i think i have about 7 panels of them, and i don;t know what to do with them too. i have a wood carver friend that i asked to make something out of them, but he wanted to cut them to pieces. i felt like he would be cutting me to pieces to. so these beauties are just standing straight out along my walls. smiling at me.

]]> by: Silly Lolo http://www.marketmanila.com/archives/the-small-town-store#comment-89365 Fri, 22 Feb 2008 04:39:39 +0000 http://www.marketmanila.com/archives/the-small-town-store#comment-89365 Great observation, Cecil J. Probably the same reason Mexicans never get Montezuma's revenge and everybody else does! Speaking of reasons: The reason I like to go back to Manila rather than anywhere else is because of you "iwanbayans" (love the word). I don't go back to meet Balikbayans who seem to have developed "the attitude", they waste my time. I once bought a Sampaguita garland from a street boy and when I asked how life was for him, he said, "Ok lang sir. I make a bit of money and we can eat and we are OK lang". He wasn't downtrodden, there was no hopelessness, he didn't say "Pity me". He was brave, he would do the best he can which is OK lang. And then he said "Here, let me pick the best one for you". He gave me a "sales" job! He made me feel good about buying from him. You gotta love that spirit. I bet he's doing better than OK lang by now. I'll be back with the iwanbayans soon and for a long time this time. Trust me, I'm missing you. Great observation, Cecil J. Probably the same reason Mexicans never get Montezuma’s revenge and everybody else does!
Speaking of reasons: The reason I like to go back to Manila rather than anywhere else is because of you “iwanbayans” (love the word). I don’t go back to meet Balikbayans who seem to have developed “the attitude”, they waste my time.
I once bought a Sampaguita garland from a street boy and when I asked how life was for him, he said, “Ok lang sir. I make a bit of money and we can eat and we are OK lang”. He wasn’t downtrodden, there was no hopelessness, he didn’t say “Pity me”. He was brave, he would do the best he can which is OK lang.
And then he said “Here, let me pick the best one for you”. He gave me a “sales” job! He made me feel good about buying from him. You gotta love that spirit. I bet he’s doing better than OK lang by now.
I’ll be back with the iwanbayans soon and for a long time this time. Trust me, I’m missing you.

]]> by: CecileJ http://www.marketmanila.com/archives/the-small-town-store#comment-89352 Fri, 22 Feb 2008 02:53:48 +0000 http://www.marketmanila.com/archives/the-small-town-store#comment-89352 Silly Lolo, i have a theory why balikbayans stay away from carinderias that we "iwanbayans" patronize: your systems have been so used to "clean" food unlike ours that have evolved to be able to digest and neutralize most of the peskiest microbes that linger in food! Kumbaga, our systems are already somewhat disensitized to microbes (at least to most of them!)so it's harder for us to get hit with the "runs"! But if you are a brave soul, there are several excellent carinderias in Ongpin, F. Torres (Ambos Mundos and Wah Sun) and even in Dian, Makati (Sosing's) patronizedby laboere and office workers alike. Sarap!!!! Silly Lolo, i have a theory why balikbayans stay away from carinderias that we “iwanbayans” patronize: your systems have been so used to “clean” food unlike ours that have evolved to be able to digest and neutralize most of the peskiest microbes that linger in food! Kumbaga, our systems are already somewhat disensitized to microbes (at least to most of them!)so it’s harder for us to get hit with the “runs”!

But if you are a brave soul, there are several excellent carinderias in Ongpin, F. Torres (Ambos Mundos and Wah Sun) and even in Dian, Makati (Sosing’s) patronizedby laboere and office workers alike. Sarap!!!!

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