Carmina informed Mom Violy that she would visit her home on Saturday, November 8, 2025. She asked if Mom Violy wanted to go out for lunch and mentioned needing to do some grocery shopping due to an upcoming big storm. Mom Violy suggested trying Crisostomo, a Filipino restaurant inside Robinsons Magnolia. Carmina forwarded the menu for her to choose what she wanted to eat, while Carmina already knew her order. I chose pork barbeque served in a set of three pieces with a vinegar dipping sauce. I skipped rice and opted for lumpiang hubad, fresh lumpia without a wrapper, topped with peanut sauce. Mom Violy initially craved the classic Pinoy paella, but when it wasn’t available, she decided on sinigang na baboy with an extra serving of rice. A family member chose sisig with garlic rice. Carmina enjoyed her meal with Mom Violy and particularly liked the lumpiang hubad , though she kept wondering why it had no wrapper. I explained that it’s called "naked" because it’s served witho...
What sound scares you the most in your home or coming from the outside? Where ever you live inside your home we often hear fire truck, police car, ambulance, garbage truck and towing truck pass by does those sound bother you? Do you ever wonder if there is a fire around your area? Or have you experience having a fire near your home or neighborhood? There was one time a year ago I did experience hearing so many fire trucks passed by our home and we came out in the middle of our sleep to see what it was because there we’re smoke coming outside entering our home for that moment you had a scared feeling because you didn’t know how bad the fire is and where it was coming from. When living in the Philippines there are a lot of people who live and when they don’t take care of themselves leaving an electric fan, phone being charge during their sleep or leaving something being cooked while not remembering they had it on and no matter what the reason is everyone around them becomes to panic beca...