Review: J.K. Rowling’s ‘The Cuckoo’s Calling’
Full disclosure: I never would have guessed.
July 25, 2013
Full disclosure: I never would have guessed.
It was the first week of July when the academic community of the University of the Philippines Los Baños communed under the intimate theatre of NCAS Auditorium to witness on stage the struggles of a graduating Vet Med student who succumbed to death after battling acute myeloid leukemia. The story of Alyssa Asilo, who was named “Sexy Ally” in the play, forms a part of the total landscape of UPLB serving as a fertile source of inspiration among the Iskolar ng Bayan. As her ailment threatened to destroy her will to graduate, Alyssa’s determination was undoubtedly unparalleled as she exhausted all the energy left of her deteriorating body to finish her thesis. This type of determination that ran through her disease-stricken blood had moved the audience to nothing but to deepest sympathy and pride.
The Angolan capital Luanda has regained the top spot in an annual survey of the most expensive cities for expatriates, followed by Moscow and Tokyo.
Okay, if you’re the type who won’t touch fish balls or taho for fear of food poisoning, then move on to the restaurant reviews.
Everyone who has read Saveur, widely considered as America’s most critically acclaimed food magazine, will be familiar with the Saveur 100. It’s the magazine’s authoritative, highly democratic annual list of food, drinks, places, personalities and food-related finds—running the gamut from fine dining to holes in the wall to food carts.
Malagos Farms is where the Puentespinas reign supreme. It is where they grow flowers, plants, fruits and vegetables that were thought impossible to plant, less thrive, in the tropics.
One crosses the San Juanico Bridge from Tacloban to get to the other end where Samar is. I only went as far as the towns of Marabut and Basey of the vast Visayan island.
Recently while we were eating in a restaurant, my husband made a comment that really perked me up. Tasting the French fries that came with the meal, he said the fries we had at home were much better and mas masarap (more delicious).
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