maximine and minerva’s owl

 Memorable Places                  

1. 78Guzmao Coimbra (formative years)

2. Lola Mary’s backyard (formative years and lessons in fortitude)

3. UP Campus (knowledge, social awareness, friendships)

4. Cananea Encino Ca. (solitude, daydreams, faith)

5. Malibu Beach (independence, heartaches, romance, delights)

6. Corinth Ave. Apt. & uclaFranz Hall (perseverance, mental and physical exhaustion,  patience, humility, guts)  

7. Kew Gardens New York (pain and sadness)

8. Mt. Olympus (whimsical, imaginings, mesmerized, dreamcometrue)

9. Jardin Bougainvillea (true love, unconditional love, sexual awakening, fantasy)

10. Bergama Turkey (friendship, trust, discoveries)  

 

 Authors

1. Umberto Eco

2. G.G. Marquez

3. Howard Gardner

4. Nick Joaquin

5. The Dalai Lama

6. Chomsky

7. Susan Sontag

8. Conan Doyle

9. Salinger

10. Charles Schulz

 

 Memorable People But Not Necessarily Friends

1. Dr. E. H. Peters (taught me how to live with very little)

2. Kelly Green (beautiful child)

3. S.V. Epistola (mentor)

4. D. Asuncion (like a dad)

5. R. Miller (naunsyaming pag-ibig)

6. Manuela de Cadiz Colbert (reina flamenquera)

7. Father M (the reason why I’ve lost my respect for CPs)

8. Nana Isyang (always reminds me not to be unkind and judgemental)

9. Lo22Te na tatay ni Coeur (a scumbag - RIP)

10. Lolomando (great influence in poetry)

Things I believe in

1. karma

2. unconditional love

3. the power of forgiveness and redemption

4. animism

5. angels

6. ghosts

7. little things

8. do not do unto others…..

9. children

10. trees and mountains

Pet-peeves

1. people who don’t chew their food well

2. people who say they hate bad grammar but ungrammatical themselves na parang ako

3. takaw-mata tapos aksaya

4. greedy politicians especially yung parang butete ang tyan

5.muddy shoes

6.cluttered rooms

7.preachy people (puro salita kulang sa gawa)

8.people who are always late

9. hangnails

10. makukulit at paulit ulit na usapan

Movies

1. Romeo and Juliet (The one by Zefferelli)

2. Shawshank Redemption

3. 12 Angry Men

4. The Name of the Rose

5. Clash of the Titans

6. Bridges of Madison County

7. Superman 2

8. All Alfred Hitchcock’s movies

9. Iranian movies

10. Beauty and the Beast

Songs

1. Blowin’ in the Wind (Bob Dylan)

2. And I Love you So (Don McLean)

3. Downtown (Petula Clark)

4.You’re still You (Josh Groban)

5. Volare (Pavarotti)

6. Blackbird (Sarah Maclachlan)

7. Tuwing Umuulan (Basil Valdes)

8. Melody Fair (The BeeGees)

9. Nada Soso (Rimi Natsukawa)

10.Muskrat Love (Bread)

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SweetmommaluvStel taught me how to make this,

and now I’m addicted to it. It’s so delicious and not difficult to make.

It’s BAKED CAMOTE ! Topped with  marshmallows and maple syrup.

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 EB with Jay, Sachi and Ghee