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House on a hill » If there was an Obama look alike contest…
… this guy could win. He wouldn’t even have to put on make-up nor have his hair redone but he could use an additional ten pounds. Below, the real Obama. O, pwede, ‘di ba? The first photo is an attachment in an e-mail sent a few days ago by my brother-in-law, Sonny. I don’t know who the people […] [Link]
House on a hill » Wrought iron wall clock and more shopping loot from Dapitan
We have huge walls in the house that I don’t know what to do with. Originally, I wanted framed photos but the girls don’t want their photos on display because when their friends come over, there are the usual jokes about how “Is that really you?” They are even more empathic about not having their […] [Link]
House on a hill » Douglas fir Christmas tree
Over a month ago, Speedy called me up from S&R and asked if I wanted a fresh Christmas tree. S&R was accepting reservations and the tree would be available on the first week of December. I said, sure. Sam had made me promise we’d put up a Christmas tree this year and the smell of […] [Link]
House on a hill » Warm colors for the living area
Unlike blog themes which I can change just about as often as the mood hits me, changing how a house, or sections of a house, looks is not as easy. It costs money (as against free Wordpress themes), it takes time and, in many cases, it’s difficult to get the items you like with the […] [Link]
House on a hill » I could have gone barefoot to an aunt’s wake
On Wednesday afternoon, Speedy and I picked up the kids from school to go to the wake of his mother’s youngest sister who passed away two days earlier. I was properly dressed for the occasion, not wanting to appear at the wake looking like I intended to go strolling in the neighborhood. I wore a […] [Link]
House on a hill » December in Diliman
(Today’s column) According to the Web site of the University of the Philippines Diliman campus (www.upd.edu.ph), Christmas festivities kicked off on Tuesday, Dec. 2, with the traditional lighting of the campus followed by “a concert entitled Tanglaw Sentenyal: Mga Tugtuging Pagdiriwang, featuring the UP Symphonic Band under the direction of professor Leopoldo Lopez, and the UP […] [Link]
House on a hill » Shopping for bargains
(Today’s column) It was a strange sight. We passed by Dampa sa Libis on Sunday evening and the parking lot was not even half full. The only times I’ve seen that parking lot in such a condition was on weekdays during the dead hours between lunch and dinner. I wondered if it was because most people […] [Link]
House on a hill » Lights, colors, shutter speed and aperture value
Power went out at around 2.30 p.m. I saw my computer monitor flicker then I heard an explosion from a distance. Of course, it must have happened in reverse order — the explosion came first before the monitor died. If I need evidence that sound travels, that’s it. Because the explosion took place from a […] [Link]
House on a hill » The mask and yesterday’s horoscope
We don’t buy newspapers. Honestly. And even though I write for a newspaper. We read the news online. It saves trees. But, seriously, it’s because no one delivers papers door to door in our subdivision. Not even in the old subdivision where we used to live. If we want the newspaper, we have to go […] [Link]
House on a hill » The day I stop enjoying life is the day I start to grow old
We had pork and chicken adobo for dinner a few nights ago. When I took a piece of pork from the serving bowl, Alex commented that I shouldn’t eat the fatty pork belly because I do not have a gall bladder anymore. I said nothing and she continued in a slightly louder voice and higher […] [Link]
House on a hill » Electoral reforms
(Today’s column) What if we can hold the 2010 elections without printing ballots, without fear that ballot boxes would be stolen and switched and without worrying about “dagdag-bawas”? No, I am not talking about the kind of computerized voting that the Commission on Elections has in mind. Think hanging chad in the 2000 battle between Bush […] [Link]
House on a hill » Pesticide in breastmilk
A couple of nights ago, Speedy was watching a documentary about how Japan turned around its food production and economy after World War II with the use of pesticides. Few people don’t know about pesticides. They are sprayed on crops to kill pests and the residue is absorbed, and stays in, the soil. It’s a […] [Link]
House on a hill » Housekeeping
The weekend was all about housekeeping. A portion of the parquet flooring in my study had to be repaired. In the garden, Speedy started installing lights and Sam was his assistant for an hour or so. We chose pendant capiz lamps a long time ago. Four had been installed in the gazebo but the rest […] [Link]
House on a hill » All-Filipino menu
You can’t make Sam wear a T-shirt that doesn’t make a definitive statement. Same thing with Alex. Bought the T-shirts at Kultura Filipino in SM Megamall a couple of months ago. Very, very reasonably priced. The girls chose the designs. In fact, buying t-shirts was not among the plans that day but they saw the prints and, […] [Link]
House on a hill » I have a lot to thank manga for
Many people say it isn’t good to provide children with their own computers and internet access. More say it’s a mistake to let them go online unsupervised. I say that depends on how you teach your kids to use the computer and the internet. And it depends even more on what example you show. If […] [Link]
House on a hill » A different kind of wallpaper
While I’ve been spending days poring over the wallpaper swatches I’ve collected prior to the dining area project, Speedy had been obsessing over a different kind of wallpaper relative to a project of his own. He is so into his project that he actually found the time to update his blog after neglecting it for over […] [Link]
House on a hill » Holiday paper crafts
For the past two years, we have been making personalized gift tags for Christmas. Two years ago, the gift tags were simple computer printed affairs but especially designed by the girls. Last year, it was something more. We cut figures from colored paper and glued glitters on the gift tags. I love doing projects like […] [Link]
House on a hill » Contrary to popular belief, cats and dogs can be playmates
All I really wanted was to post an entry with lots of photos about how we spent a relaxing Sunday playing with the pets, doing paper crafts, cooking, baking… But there’s been a twist in the comment thread of the entry about monkeys and how paradigms are formed and my perspective took a turn. I’m […] [Link]
House on a hill » Defining a section of the house
One thing about this house is that, strictly speaking, there is no “living room” and “dining room.” Instead, there is a living area and a dining area. Meaning, the dining and living areas are contiguous and no wall divides them. Now I like every area of the house to be defined. The easiest solution would […] [Link]
House on a hill » Dorm or driving school?
With both girls a few sniffs away from going to college (okay, one for Sam; two for Alex), the issue of transportation has inevitably been discussed for the nth time. Will Daddy bring them to school and pick them up after classes? Will they have to commute? Or will they have their own car(s)? The […] [Link]
