just being… | Mindanao Writers' Blogs - Part 4
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GOIN’ PLACES: Keeping up with the times

IT feels good when an established resto continues to innovate and yet not letting go of the good old stuff people have been going to the place for.And when it comes to quiet innovations, Yellow Fin Restaurant along Quimpo Boulevard gets the cake and icing as well, ...

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Bigots, names, and sacks

THE Filipinos were on a lynching mode again, the target, a Hong Kong guy named Chip Tsao.I did read his article, and yes, it can make your blood boil. I hate it when people put down our hardworking OFWs. But I remember reading a similar article that was putting down OFWs, and ...

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GOIN’ PLACES: The worst surprise

FRIEND Ian is getting very good at spotting real finds these days, the latest of which is this one gem of an eating place that I have to find time and tummy space to return to.It’s named Lyndon’s World’s Worst Ribs and Awful Chicken Barbecue along Roxas ...

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So we can afford to kill

MY buddy has just given me an idea. On Monday, I will go on a strike. I will walk around, bringing as many placards as I can and thump on passing jeepneys to threaten passengers and force them to disembark because I am demanding that the bailbond for homicide will be lowered ...

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GOIN’ PLACES: Quiet bustle downtown

THIS once residential street represents booming Davao. The neighborhood remains quiet, there’s not much traffic. But what used to be houses are now buildings with two big cooperatives among them. That’s what you will find in this very short stretch of Araullo Street from Jacinto Extension. ...

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Generation gap

SINCE hitting 40, I’ve been more than ready to leave this earth. Not that I’m suicidal or anything, nothing like that. I’m enjoying life. But there will be no regrets if I’m asked to leave. But Friday night, I was no longer.I want to reach 70 at least. *****Watching a dance presentation ...

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GOIN’ PLACES: Of durian pies and Gensan quiet

I PROMISED you I’d check out the durian pie I noticed in this restaurant on my business trip to Gensan seve-ral weeks back, but which I failed to taste.For those who missed that, on that business trip, my Gensan colleagues brought me to Mang Gorio Bahay Kainan ...