Tag: Laloma
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stingy foodies
No amount of global recession can really stop us from changing our food habits but when I dined in at Italianni’s one weekend, I felt like a well-off socialite (a cheaper version) who continually consumes wine and caviar amidst the global financial crisis, increasing job losses, reeking squalor, and unequal distribution of wealth. After picking […]
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how the tsinoy (not intsik, that's derogatory) celebrated new year in laloma
It was my first time to witness how a culture struggles to exist in a place hostile to their presence. On the eve of Chinese New Year, I was lying lazily on my bed in Laloma, Quezon City when drumbeats called and awakened something in me, making me want to run and dance, so right […]
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