Treasure Jar

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.

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Tags: EDSA, Philppines, Photography, traffic, travel

Ants are social insects that live in colonies that has a hierarchy of positions and duties.

Ants are very industrious insects. They labor when the sun starts to rise and continue their work until the sun goes down.They get all the food they can get for the colony and stuck these for the rainy days.

Ants know how to adapt to situations like when a block to their foraging ways happens, they try to find new routes to overcome the block. Crushed ants emit a scent that will make other ants scamper for safety.

They foster cooperation among themselves in foraging for food and fighting their enemies.

Humans can learn a lot from observing ants, starting with being industrious and saving for the rainy days.

Tags: ants, industrious, NaBloPoMo, nature photo

This is my first entry (and hopefully not the last) for Lasang Pinoy, Sundays which is sponsored by a dear (virtual) friend, Ces.

When I got an invite last week to go to TriNoma’s Bubba Gump Shrimp Company to have lunch with “Forrest Gump” I just needed to check what day the lunch date falls on and when I saw that I do not have to go to work that day, I replied with a “YES!”

Well, not exactly just that word but of course, I said “yes, I will be glad to accept the invitation…”

I know “Forrest Gump” was from Alabama which is one of the Southern states, known for their spicy, hearty and creamy Southern, Creole and Cajun cooking. Looking at the simple ingredients incorporated to make the dish Spicy Jambalaya Pasta, one can only wonder why Filipinos have not really thought about using seafood with pasta, not until the introduction of Italian and yes, Southern cooking style.

Jambalaya means cooking all ingredients, meat and vegetables and stock in just one pan. Isn’t this how our grandmothers made Paella and (my father’s favorite) Arroz Valenciana?

Seafood is one of the many riches of the country although sad to say, these are expensive, especially the shrimps and crabs, that ordinary home makers may find too expensive for everyday cooking.

Filipinos love spicy food so it is not a question at all that this dish is one that can be appreciated by those who love both seafood, pasta and anything spicy.

Tags: Bubba Gump, Cajun cooking, jambalaya, Lasang Pinoy Sundays, pasta, shrimp, Southern cooking, spicy

Last September 6, my husband and I were fortunate to attend the best blog event here in the Philippines: The WordCamp Philippines 2008.

In it were different topics that were discussed by the different resources speakers.

WordPress 2.7 dashboard. I hope they didn’t change the design in the Beta 1.

The highlight of course was Matt Mullenweg‘s talk about the WordPress 2.7 which will be released in November.

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Tags: blogging, blogging software, CMS, internet, WordPress

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

Nature has so many colors to offer and BLUE is a prominent color, except of course on rainy days. It is considered as a “cool” color because one is reminded about water, whether its the sea, the ocean or water in a pool.

Here is another photo of the place and below is my Blue in Nature photo of a part of the South China here in the Philippines:

Click here to read about South China Sea.

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Tags: beach, nature photo, Philippines, sea, South China Sea

Presenting the BMW K1200R:

This motorcycle can be seen in the movie Resident Evil 3.

Read the specifications here.

Watch a video here.

Of course, this bike is uber expensive, being half a million in Philippine peso, without the tax and other financial obligations that needs to be paid when this is purchased. Maybe the overall price would be like a million pesos, enough to buy n AUV or Asian Utility Vehicle that can sit up to 9 people.

But when one thinks about the raw power, money is not an issue. If there is money to burn than just the wheels, that is  🙂

Tags: BMW K1200R, motor sports, motorcycle, motoring, racing