tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6618759.post1346085457671544570..comments2023-07-28T17:10:45.098+08:00Comments on away from canberra: glow and wonderwendellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02250114729281994740noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6618759.post-36479075570984781122007-01-22T14:14:00.000+08:002007-01-22T14:14:00.000+08:00mang romy is still alive and well. he still cuts m...mang romy is still alive and well. he still cuts my father's hair. he drops by our old house in manila at least once a month. but he moved his shop three or four doors away from his previous site.<br /><br />will probably see him when i return to manila.<br /><br />thanks for dropping by!wendellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02250114729281994740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6618759.post-46273971326696254792007-01-22T13:51:00.000+08:002007-01-22T13:51:00.000+08:00Wow! it was a nostalgic experience for me just sta...Wow! it was a nostalgic experience for me just staring at those picture that you posted. Actually I grew up on that neighborhood, I spend most my 24 days in my life in that places, in dos castillas actually. I remember that mang romy's barber shop at the corner of don quijote and dapitan, and I think that barber no longer there and replaced by a beauty parlor.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6618759.post-23368985715635634862007-01-03T18:53:00.000+08:002007-01-03T18:53:00.000+08:00nashville!! sayang. nasa cambridge na ata ako when...nashville!! sayang. nasa cambridge na ata ako when you were in sampaloc (mid-1990s?). this was before you went to cambridge and oxford. mahar lagmay founded the pinoy students society and we were his cohorts. that's where i came from and i am not ashamed of it. the place toughened me up. couldn't imagine growing up elsewhere.wendellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02250114729281994740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6618759.post-53329151848902451212007-01-03T18:20:00.000+08:002007-01-03T18:20:00.000+08:00punyeta. nakakagutom naman.
ay bathala! i lived i...punyeta. nakakagutom naman.<br /><br />ay bathala! i lived in that area for my board exam reviews, mainly to acclimatise. (that area around ust is full of dodgy review centres out to prey on naive promdis like me. thankfully, i didn't attend one. review centres are a waste of time and money!)<br /><br />the first time i set foot in that area it was flooded and my mom had to call a calesa (!!!! isn't that amazing, this wasn't a tourist calesa but a proper commuter calesa! i lab da pelepens!) I was so squeamish and didn't want to dip my new shoes into the black abyss. just imagine the shock, it was my first time to live alone in manila and when i get there to look for a room to rent, it's flooded.<br /><br />i did find some cheapo but clean and good eateries hidden in the eskinitas and when I was feeling amorous in the morning, I'd casually enter UST to eat at their canteen and ogle the pretty colegialas...The Nashmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14601052480474730831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6618759.post-7651170717275099022006-12-31T12:04:00.000+08:002006-12-31T12:04:00.000+08:00kevin!! how are you --- la! great to hear from you...kevin!! how are you --- la! great to hear from you! say hello to our friends at the graduate house when you return to melbourne uni. im stuck in canberra working on my thesis. will be in touch. enjoy your break in singapore with your family. cheers!!wendellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02250114729281994740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6618759.post-68224141545300897982006-12-31T04:54:00.000+08:002006-12-31T04:54:00.000+08:00hi Jose! great to read your blog --- la!hi Jose! great to read your blog --- la!utwthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10077151002330545906noreply@blogger.com