Monday, September 24, 2018

A Silly / Sili Garden

A collective protest erupted in our house last week when in the news, a carinderia owner said that they will no longer offer sisig, a pork dish acknowledged by Anthony Bourdain, due to high cost of bird's eye chili peppers or siling labuyo, as expensive as P1k for 1 kilo, among other commodities. Memes have erupted on socmed, from chili peppers being used as currency to claims of being rich due to chili pepper plant ownership.

In a news report two weeks ago, Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Piñol encouraged the public to plant chili peppers. And I guess, he also meant, other vegetables.

Here's the thing, while it's a good idea to plant vegetables, where I am at, I think several pots, even a 3x3 meter plot, could only augment, not sustain the entire vegetable needs of a family of five. It's not like you can harvest vegetables from said plot everyday or you can plant any vegetables without thinking about weather conditions. Still, a couple of pesos shaved off the food budget plus the thrill of plucking edible leaves or produce from the garden or potted plant brigade is a great incentive to grow veggies. And crops and fruits.

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Monday, September 3, 2018

Payless Xtra Big Pancit Canton Original Flavor

The local supermarket where we get our month's worth groceries didn't have Lucky Me Pancit Canton in Original Flavor. So I went on twitter and searched for alternatives. A lot of people were raving about Payless Extra Big Pancit Canton in Original Flavor. A few even said that it tasted exactly like Lucky Me Pancit Canton.


Monday, June 25, 2018

Glamworks Addicted to You Fragrance Mist

I am a sucker for sales. I stock up when there's a price off and Glamworks Fragrance Mists were BOGO at Watsons, less than P200 for 150 ml. Wouldn't make much of a dent in my wallet so I gave its Addicted To You variant, yes there are other variants, a shot. Sister would later tell me that Glamworks Fragrance Mists have been BOGO since last year. :/

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