best batch! photos by Mike Albano, my Pisay "husband"guessing game: where is my --a)prom dateb)grad ball datec)ex-boyfriend (no, not the guy in the other picture) ?

"an astronaut travels to an alien planet to visit her boyfriend but discovers that it's under attack."

cuteness! i don't like bears but this flash animation's just something to land a smile on your face. i like the fact that the heroine is featured as the rescuer of an entire planet. hehe.

N.B. - This was published in Vol. 5, No. 48 (Dec. 13-19, 2006) of Pinoy
Weekly (p. 5), the full text of which may also be retrieved from URL http://www.pinoyweekly.org/pw5-48/op_ed/ed-5_48_3.htm.
Pinoy Weekly’s next issue will be on January 3, 2007. KONTEKSTODanilo Araña AraoLuha ng Pasko Buti
na lang at walang namatay sa aming mga kamag-anak sa Lungsod Tabaco,
Albay. Pero naging matindi rin ang pagkasira sa mga ari-arian ng mga
taga-Tabaco dahil sa malakas na hangin at ulang hatid ng bagyong Reming.Sa
katunayan, nilipad ang bubong ng kuwarto ng aking asawa at nabasag ang
mga bintana ng bahay nila. May mga kamag-anak din kaming pinasok ng
putik ang bahay at nawalan ng kabuhayan dahil literal na nilipad ng
hangin ang mga gamit.Dahil walang naiulat na namatay sa Tabaco
noong kasagsagan ng bagyong Reming, sapat na ba ito para maging
maligaya ngayong Pasko? Tatanggapin na lang ba natin itong konsolasyon
dahil kaya pa namang makapagsimulang muli ang mga taong naapektuhan?Habang
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today is cooking day for me. it's our annual family noche buena later and I shall be your humble kitchen klutz. enjoy the recipes! i converted them mostly to fit 8 servings. happy holidays!

Spaghetti with Squid Ink - - Spaghetti al Nero di Seppia

To serve 4:

INGREDIENTS:

1 1/4 pounds (600 g)
extremely fresh squid, uncleaned3/4 pound (320 g) spaghetti 1/3 cup (80 ml) dry white
wine 1 tablespoon tomato paste
diluted in a little water, or 3 tablespoons tomato sauce A small bunch parsley, minced
2 cloves garlic 1/4 cup olive oil Salt Peppercorns

PREPARATION:

Begin by cleaning the squid: carefully separate the heads
with their tentacles, then remove the guts, setting aside the ink sacks (be
careful not to break them). Wash the squid well under cold water, dice the
bodies, and chop the tentacles.

Open the ink sacks and collect the ink in a small bowl.

Heat the oil in a pot and wilt the garlic without letting it brown.

Add the squid, th...

1. must shower and head off to CubaoX for an art opening (Furball later?)2. must bake 500 more cookies/cupcakes3. must print 60 more pictures4. must lay-out 3 more tarpaulins5. must plow through my law school backlog *shudders*6. must pack for Vigan/Baguio trip7. must clean my room8. must meet my godchildren, all 11 of them9. must pray for spiritual breakthroughs in my family10. must try not to think too much... it's been a year, after all.