Comments on: Sunday “Paseo”

By: Robert E.

Robert E. — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 15:22:47 +0000

ON Sundays, my parents used to drive all of us 7 kids from Cubao to my Uncle’s house in Parang, Marikina on Sundays and would spend the whole day talking, eating, and playing games with my cousins and their friends.

Those were the days from the late 60’s to the early 70’s,
now with my last parent having died last September 2008, and my uncle already passed away years ago, I am eternally grateful for all their efforts and memories.

By: marissewalangkaparis

marissewalangkaparis — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 08:51:02 +0000

Great post MM. Nostalgic.
Corrine…yes we’re creating memories and “good” family values. Talking at mealtime. Bonding.When my kids(5) were growing up (boyfriends and all) we used to have “themed” lunches e.g. Japanese,Chinese,Mexican,Italian, even shabu-shabu dinners on Sundays. Now that they live in different places,we blog (family blog)and share these memories. Am sure their families will inherit these “fun” memories.While it was happening,the moments were incomparable.
I was laughing at all the nostalgia.Hahaha..our ages are showing.My daughter and I have been guessing that MM is late 30’s or early 40’s. (dont block my comments if I’m wrong MM)…hahaha..but for people like me…I now know I have a lot of mga kabababata. Hahaha…

By: pinkytab

pinkytab — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 15:45:46 +0000

Can you pls tell the owner of Collezione how I love their product. My husband has a ton of them. A million washing and drying (in the washer&dryer) has not dulled the color or skewed the hems. He has shirts that go back 20 years that still look like new. The quality is superb. They are even much better than the ones with the crocodile logo (and I mean real ones, not the fake ones). They should market this worldwide then we don’t have to order them from relatives in the Phil. We were in LA recently and saw a similar shirt with the map of the PI embossed and that was really something. I thought it was a smudge of paint but on closer scrutiny realized it was a map of the PI.

By: tups

tups — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 01:09:31 +0000

Wow, somebody mentioned Monk’s Inn. My dad and I had lunch there when I was a boy. Had a fantastic starter that scalded my tongue, I think it was spinach souffle or something. A little boy eating greens and loving it, go figure. We both had steak and lobster. I really think this is the reason why I love eating steak so much. It always reminds me of that day with my dad. I was so small then I didnt even realize it was in Makati. Come to think of it, I would not have known it was in Makati if I didnt stumble on this thread, lol.

By: marghi

marghi — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 11:34:39 +0000

Anyone remember the pink Selecta on Dewey Boulevard, or Milky Way off Shaw with the ox tongue sandwiches? Automat and Rizal Theater? Erehwon Bookstore and the Plaza Restaurant? Cubao memories for Sunday eating were Chinese lauriat at Ming’s or merienda at Kup n Saucer plus school supply shopping at Vasquez Bros. or ice skating at New Frontier, shopping at Matsuzakaya Dept. Store and chicken katsu balls at Matsuzaka House.Good memories….

By: marghi

marghi — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 11:21:21 +0000

Nice nostalgic Sunday memories!!! Yes Nat King Cole sang Dahil Sa Yo at the Coliseum around 50 years ago….and the recording is PRICELESS! How I wish they could have preserved more of the songs he sang then…the Paul Anka, Harry Belafonte, Eartha Kitt, Fabian, Everly Brothers, Trini Lopez,even Bob Hope and more performances were on reel tape recordings and how we all wish they could be found and re-released from 50 years of memorable shows at the Coliseum. Brunch could be more memorable listening to all of them. Together with Team Manila shirts, the C2 Philippine map shirts
are truly amazing ….for Mrs. MM and The Kid, they may appreciate the ones with a smaller scale Philippine map for better girl proportions.

By: Onie

Onie — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 21:03:44 +0000

Very nice, refreshing post! It brought back happy childhood memories! Thank you.

By: mikel

mikel — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 15:41:15 +0000

your post just reminded me..nat king coles daughters are friends from LA and i gifted mom with the cd of the dahil sa iyo, gosh a long time ago. and i recall drives on dewey & H54 too!

By: natie

natie — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 13:36:54 +0000

nice to reminisce,MM. building memories is what we’re doing at present.

the weekend was a very rainy one, so apple-picking was a washout. a small 16th birthday party was great–the lechon was so-so…again, that shows almost 90% of the time, lechons in the US is a hit-or-miss thing…

sunday was spent baby-sitting for apo. fun….

By: edel

edel — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 12:26:25 +0000

i love Sundays because it is market day for us.
i asked my yaya to buy tahong, shrimps, liempo, talong and okra.
we grilled the liempo, baked half of the tahong (w/lots of garlic, butter and cheese) and turned the other half into soup, stir fried the shrimps in butter, garlic and chili sauce, and steamed the veggies. then we bought a large bottle of coke zero. yummy Sunday lunch =D