Without a doubt, if there’s one thing Filipinos have been craving for ever since the global COVID-19 crisis hit us, it’s travel. How many of us dream of Paris, of France, and French cuisine? I’m sure many hands were raised just then; and if Paris, the Loire valley, the French Riviera, all aren’t on
Stay-home date nights don’t mean you have to slave over the stove to get a memorable meal going. Set the mood with nice dinnerware, floral arrangements, or even candles if you please while you recreate a restaurant date and enjoy these gastronomic delights from the comfort of your home. The newly opened Iko at Neil Road serves up mod-Jap delights.
Uncle is how Asians address middle aged men to be polite. Women are aunties.
Roger, Nigel, Elaine, Evelyn, these are the middle-aged names you go with when you give your Asian child an English name. It’s a funny byproduct of colonization. The UK had Malaysia until 1957, when they left, they didn’t give us the new updated version of their English names. So all the names we use are from that era: Charles, Keiths, Tobys, Ians. My brother’s name is Gary.
We didn’t know Kevins or Marks existed. How many Rogers do you know nowadays?
No 5-year-old Rogers running about.