Nengkoy Hates Delicious Pizza

I don’t want to expound but let me describe Nengkoy as a mother in one sentence.  Nengkoy is the type of mother who would say she hates pizza if there are three people and only two mouthwatering palatable slices are available on the table. I have been happily suffering from grandeur delusion believing that I [...]

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We Were Like A Rolling “Bulanglang”

The benefit of being with your mother is that you are allowed to simply be yourself and say whatever you like to the point of throwing tantrums.  That is what I exhibited when my family was travelling back to Manila after an overnight stay at the hometown of my father in Pangasinan last weekend. And [...]

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Nengkoy & The Camachile

Abundantly lined-up are red plastic bags hanging on the branches of massive trees at the edge of a long stretch of highway in Tarlac contains a local fruit.  My family on our way to Manaoag Pangasinan last Saturday noticed and initially wondered what those red plastic bags contains.  Until one of us realized that it [...]

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Villa Escudero: A True Gem of Filipino Country Life

Nengkoy wished that her 75th birthday be held and celebrated in the vast coconut plantation estate that was converted into a tourist destination located south of Metro Manila.  True enough, her wish was made into a reality when Nengkoy, twenty seven crazy members of my family and I trooped to Villa Escudero Plantation & Resort [...]

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Snippets about a Diamond Girl’s Professional Life

When I was still new to my chosen profession, I am often asked by my Tatay Joe and Nengkoy (my insanely beloved parents) on what are the usual questions I ask a job applicant.  They would often ask if I’m a strict or a lenient interviewer.  With full enthusiasm, I would of course answer to [...]

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Tengoku

A couple of years back my younger sister Joy initiated a family tradition.  Every December 24 the whole Langit clan is distributed with shirts of the same design.  This is the shirt that every member of the family would wear to welcome the birth of Jesus Christ.  Everyone would wear it otherwise you would be [...]

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New Photo Header

While I have been ferociously busy and recently suffered from general insanity that caused me not to write posts and articles in this blog as regularly than the usual, let me just herald about the new photo banner of this blog.  It’s me and Nengkoy in our sunnies, shades or sunglasses. Salamat sa mga sumusubaybay…

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Nengkoy in a Zip Line

Nengkoy just did an uncommon feat for a woman who is turning seventy five years old next year.  It is an accomplishment that some would even include in their bucket list.  Others don’t ever dare do it because of fear.  They would simply shiver by the mere thought of it. Too bad I was not [...]

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A Rare Birthday Celebration Suggestion

During the birthday dinner of my Ate Gaying at Nengkoy’s humble abode, she asked the members of Nengkoy’s dynasty on what would be a brilliant activity the family would like to do to celebrate her only child’s birthday.  Luis, my darkest dashing and school-heartthrob pamangkin, is celebrating his 15th birthday on July 12 but since [...]

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Cuaderno

Regular schooling will re-open and start in less than a month.  In the 80’s it is the time of the year when me and my siblings are busy collating all unused pages of our previous school year’s notebooks and stitch it together to create a new but recycled cuadernos (notebooks).  Thanks to my Lola Teray [...]

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