Treasure Jar

Sungka is an old Filipino game. This is also a popular game in other Asian countries.

The game has an elongated wooden board with seven pockets on either sides. Each pocket has seven shells in it.

At both ends of the wooden board are bigger pockets, called stores. One store is for each player, usually the one found on the left hand.

At the start of the game, both players will simultaneously choose to get a bunch of shells from any of the pockets on his side of the board. Each player will then store a shell on all the pockets moving clockwise. Each player will put one shell in his own store but not in his opponent’s store.

If the last seed is put in an empty pocket, then that player stops playing. If not, then that player keeps on playing, getting shells from the pocket where his last shell has fallen in and putting these in the holes and in his store.

There are still other rules regarding this game which is also called Congklak, click here.

Tags: culture, Filipino games, games, Philippines, Sungka

The FilipinoMomBlog.com officialy launched the “What’s in Your Lunchbox?” Meme today, November 11,2008.

This lunchbox photomeme will be posted all Tuesdays for the month of November and is open to everyone who prepares lunchboxes for their children and/or husbands and/or themselves.

I have posted my children’s lunchbox menu yesterday here.

Then I remembered that I have taken a photo of what we brought for snacks for Wednesday last week and here they are, grapes, apple slices and sandwiches in the brown paper bag:

Now why the fuss about what is in a lunchbox?

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Tags: eating, food, health, healthy eating, lunchbox

Last April when we went to do restaurant-hopping at Serendra for Spot.Ph, I have forgotten to write a post about it, one of the more memorable experiences for me was sampling the Dark Chocolate Sans Rival from Mamou, the Home Kitchen of Malou Fores.

Coupled with the fact that she was there to personally supervise the bloggers visiting her place, it was an experience that one would really feel at home and welcomed.

Anyway, for two-tone (even if its technically three-tone), I present Mamou’s Dark Chocolate Sans Rival.The topmost part is the dark chocolate and below it, the things that make a sans rival, well, sans rival.

The photo may be a bit blurry because I was already a bit tired here (photo below is #1103 whereas #0926 is the first photo) because we have walked from the other restaurants and sampled other food as well.

Dark Chocolate Sans Rival, so delicious, its like a melt-in-your-mouth experience which will not make you desperate for a glass of water because its not too sweet. Instead of water, one would probably get another bite 😉

There were different food preparations they have prepared for us. I must say these were good too. In fact, Market Manila named it best restaurant meal in Manila.

Tags: chocolate, dessert, dining, Filipino food, food, Lasang Pinoy Sundays, sans rival, Serendra

1. Coverage :: video
2. Cynical :: distrustful
3. Gust :: wind
4. Improvised :: resourceful
5. V :: VGood (iMom‘s daughter)
6. Guests :: welcomed or not?
7. Brutal :: bad
8. Grant ::say yes
9. Pull :: push
10. Streaming :: flowing

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Tags: Unconscious Mutterings, Word Play

Every Saturday participants post photos based on a theme. The theme for this Saturday is TOGETHER.

There are so many wonderful things that go well together: peanut butter and jelly, black and white, moon and stars, day and night, a couple, and paper and pencil are just very few possibilities.

There are endless possibilities of yummy things that go together too, like a few of the pairs I have in my other entry.

My entry is a bit unusual if it is unusual to some of you.

Here in the Philippines, rains, heavy and not-so-heavy, mean traffic jam. No kidding.

The reason? Roads,even major highways are poorly maintained that when rains pour, flood water rises and vehicles get stuck on the road. It gets ugly and sometimes, road rage or accidents happen. Sigh.

photohunt

Tags: EDSA, Philppines, Photography, traffic, travel

I can not exactly remember which among his books I first read. I just knew I love the way he writes. He was one of those writers whose books I have collected through the years.

He  wrote about electrodes and minicomputers in the brain of the main character in The Terminal Man.

Dinosaurs came alive through their DNA in Jurassic Park.

So many different ideas in his books that readers will be enthralled finishing till the last page.

And now he is gone. At least I have these:

Tags: books, Michael Crichton