***due to the busyness of the holidays i never got to read the newspapers... recently i had the time to peruse on my fave articles and one of my favorite authors (GCF - i so love what she wrote!) have this to say:
the life drama of the pinoy
is like filipino cooking
no recipe, no formula,
all pakiramdam,
kutob and tantya.
a whole lot of rekado
sama-sama, halo-halo
tikim timpla,
tikim timpla.
once removed from the stove
you think tapos na?
hindi pa!
now comes fine tuning:
patis, kalamansi, bagoong,
vinegar, garlic, toyo
and siling labuyo!
ay - sarap na!
don't edit a french chef
like that - lagot ka!
adobo ni lola is different
from adobo ni nancy
and adobo ni rosa.
one hundred ways to cook adobo
pati lumpia, pati pansit
iba-iba.
the pinoy's tastebuds
are variegated --
to originality and muti-tasking
he's fatally oriented.
in the restaurant each pinoy
will order his own,
but "waiter! put everything
in the middle kasi everyone
will share-share."
one slice of cake
-- six forks!
please pass that tuna belly,
patikim naman ng teriyaki!
in da future to come
when experiences abroad
come home to roost
ano kayang bagong potahe
ang susunod
sa choc-nut ice cream,
durian pie and bibingcrepe,
taba ng talangka pasta,
sinigang na corned beef
and kamote bread?
shall we ever sit down quietly
to a meal, agreeing finally,
tamang-tama ang timpla
oh my gulay, okay din pati kulay
the pinoy has drunk the dregs
of sour tuba and bitter eggs
husto na! tama na!
huwag makibaboy, makibaka!
we're descended, after all,
from lemurians and maharlika,
we've tasted diwata wine -
we know what it is to be sublime.
we mounted a revolution
we replaced the whole cast,
the company we've chosen
is honorable at last.
joke lang! sori, pangarap!
tinatawag na forecast.
aalsa ba ang masa?
puputok ba ang upper crust?
kaming palaman ng sandwich
shake, rattle and roll
whom do we trust?
-- Gilda Cordero-Fernando, lutong pinoy
*** galing! she so got it right! :D
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