Thursday, November 23, 2006

Reminders of home

Here are some things that I saw today that reminded me of home:

It was raining very hard today in the morning - and its going to rain some more this week, according to the forecast. No floods and traffic jams though - that I don't miss.


Kare Kare! I so miss that. This place sells lamps though, not the peanut-flavored dish we Pinoys love. A friend of mine used to say "mahirap lang kami pare, ulam namin bagoong lang. Pero sawsawan namin Kare-Kare..." Hehehe corny.

Some people jaywalking - notice the red pedestrian light. I pass through this corner every day - and I see people doing this all the time - just like at home. I guess the red light is just a suggestion.


Its a Honda Civic! Hondas are pretty rare here by the way - when I was driving a Polish colleague around Manila in my Civic a couple of months back, he was amazed. Aparently, these cars are very expensive here. Notice the plates - they are just like mine - 777!

2 comments:

Finina said...

miss your car ha...don't worry its just here in its very special place...in the center of the driveway and polished daily by zaldy!!

Pope said...

Yeah I miss it - kami ni Mav dito sa Europe naka BMW - Bus, Metro, Walk. Hehe - its really very convenient pag may car ka dito, there's little traffic and you can get anywhere in 10-20mins. Parking though is a bit expensive I think.
Anyway, have a nice weekend to everyone there!