Comments on: The Small Town Store…

By: marissewalangkaparis

marissewalangkaparis — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 13:27:57 +0000

Silly Lolo..I agree with Cecile re your stomach system sanitized by clean germs there…hahahaha…but you’re so funny…and silly. Where were you when the dirty ice cream carts rolled the streets…..you;re a cool lolo…..

See,we iwanbayans can eat anywhere and not get sick…hahahaha..

By: raine ramirez

raine ramirez — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 18:26:34 +0000

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

Dodi — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 19:49:09 +0000

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

raine ramirez — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 20:28:36 +0000

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

Silly Lolo — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 04:39:39 +0000

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

CecileJ — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 02:53:48 +0000

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!!!!

By: pinky

pinky — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 21:27:48 +0000

Silly Lolo, you are indeed silly funny! It is the generic ice cream sold by the local sorbetero pushing their ice cream carts – in other words not the branded Magnolia or Selecta brand. I stopped eating those only after someone told me that the sorbeteros don’t wash their hands after they made wee wee in a corner nor after they handled money, then go right on scooping ice cream into the cones . Hence the name dirty ice cream. But boy I loved those as a kid, my favorite was the maiz con queso.

Going back to the cabinets, those are lovely, they remind me of the built-in bookshelves we had in our school in the 70’s which housed the precious sets of encyclopedias.

By: Silly Lolo

Silly Lolo — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 17:54:43 +0000

Dee bee: Best buko place I found was at the far end of Market Market. I once sat there and killed 5 buko, one after the other. Tino, the buko guy, sells buko with ice cream, with sago & gulaman, and with halo-halo. Just plain for me. I just want to get at that slimy, juicy, sensous meat!
By the way, what’s dirty ice-cream? Is that dirty as in X rated? Is it some sort of love potion masquerading as ice-cream? Is it performance enhancing? Tell me, please! I am very interested.

By: Mandaragat

Mandaragat — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 10:43:33 +0000

Come to think of it, Filipinos patronize carenderias, fastfoods, and other “street foods” everyday…in millions!

I rarely heard them complain.

By: bluegirl

bluegirl — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 09:24:05 +0000

Dennis, I was rolling in laughter upon reading your “alcohol” comment. Maybe I need that too! On the other hand, I think I have that darn bad-luck balat in my underside!!