Comments on: A Link to An Interesting Blog…

By: n.kat

n.kat — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 14:08:41 +0000

I love this blog. Somehow the writer feels like a kindred spirit, someone who would be fun to talk to, or tramp around manila with (which i tend to do alone).
keep writing bea :) you’ve got a new fan

By: Apicio

Apicio — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 12:41:51 +0000

Morbidly out of topic but related to the poll on the right hand margin. Since I view death as passing on to a much better place, I am opposed to speeding up the wait for odious criminals. Capital punishment is just too painless and swift. Theyâ€™ve got to pay back their debt to society first without the risk for the rest of us of losing or diminishing our humanity. Throw them in jail with no visitor or internet access and train them to weave something exquisite or useful like jipijapa, jusi and piÃ±a. Or employ them in building and repair of decaying infra-structure the way Franco employed his political prisoners carving Valle de los Caidos out of solid granite. Fire the Swiss guards and replace them with a battalion of pedophile priests so the pope will have to deal with them everyday of his reigning life and perhaps realize for the salvation of his soul that actions (or inaction) have consequences. Send them to Africa to distribute condoms or birth control pills or better yet, to actually care for AIDS and ebola patients. Make them plant trees to revive our squandered tropical rain forests and slow down global warming. Use their labour to clean up polluted rivers and lakes so we can eat worry-free mollusks once again. Employ them in organic farms and train them to raise barnyard animals with solicitude and affection that they scarce showed their victims or the environment. Infinite possibilities.

By: bernadette

bernadette — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 08:28:32 +0000

somehow, I didn’t find bea’s lack of a comment box a deterrent for me not to write her :-). I find her blog moreso the gardencore to my interest because I have a huge garden of which my husband and I also believe to leave “un-touched” except for the walkpaths and a few cultivated areas and see what Mother Nature is really all about—creepy-crawlies and all! Kaya, I felt a kinship with Bea! Thanks,MM for acknowledging this upbeat blogster!

By: joey

joey — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 14:33:40 +0000

I really like Bea’s blog…great insights, interesting information, and a lovely spirit :)

By: Kat

Kat — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 11:20:11 +0000

I'm milking this for all it's worth, since I love your blog so much and know that there are more people like me constantly follow everything you post. Ta-daaaah, my foodblog: KATFOOD. Tell me what you think, please :))

By: diday

diday — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 23:24:49 +0000

Here goes…only my husband and sisters-in-law are aware of my blog about food, family and life as a migrant in Australia.

By: Doddie from Korea

Doddie from Korea — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 15:54:52 +0000

For some reason, my post won’t post on this site. Anyway, if this actually show up, my blog is linked with my name. And my blog is linked with another blog of the same name (A Box of Jalapenos). I blog about food, family and the expat life in Korea.

By: Bea

Bea — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 15:25:56 +0000

Thanks for posting the link, MM! It’s been a continuing chronicle and somewhat random assemblage about encounters and small fascinations. Thanks for the kind words.

And to Apicio, I get questions about the comment function a lot– it’s a bit jarring to have the lack of it referred to as “conceited”.

To explain (and also for other bloggers to consider), the main reason for not having the comment function, besides not always having ample time, is to avoid the frustration of having people leave interesting comments or details and not being able to continue correspondence if they don’t check back and don’t have blogs themselves. I am in communication with many people who read the blog because of this. I also look for this email “window” on blogs I read as I find it a more reliable place to “geek out” with follow-up information.

In my other blog about the garden, where there are people who might be doing species-specific searches, I leave the comment area open so information can accumulate if it must.

By: erleen

erleen — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 11:59:59 +0000

how coincidental!!!

we just came from claveria, cagayan and one of our usual snack stops was halo-halo. It was the first time I saw halo-halo with macaroni. I was asking the tindera if she also sold salad…hehehe, ksama pala yun sa sahog. They also offer gatas con yelo. yep, just milk,ice and sugar. =)

By: Marketman

Marketman — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 11:43:57 +0000

It’s interesting that I didn’t actually notice the lack of comments… I must have been rushing through reading some of the posts. I find that after 4 years of this blog and tens of thousands of comments, I realize a HUGE part of the blog are the comments. And as time consuming as dealing with the occasional rude guest can be, I take a slightly warped pleasure in responding to them on occasion. TI really should have saved some of the most bizarre comments and emails I received over the years but instead simply deleted or ignored as they would have made a VERY interesting post indeed. Apicio, glad to have you back. Thank you to all for adding links above.