It was a nice day to walk and I decided to go Ford Island. I particularly like the long stretched road they have that used to be a runway for planes. I came across this tower that had been made famous in the movie “Pearl Harbor”, so majestic looking as a foreground to the clear blue sky.
In November of 2009, my birthday gift was a vacation in California. We took a road trip starting from San Diego to the north up to Sequioa National Park. Along the way, I enjoy looking at the sceneries especially big farms with red barns. I always wondered why the barns are colored red. Anyways, once…
I have just harvested these turmeric rhizomes when I took this picture. I just love to have this valuable spice/herb in my garden. Not only the rhizomes are very healthy for you, the plant leaves are beautiful addition to a tropical garden and the flowers or inflorescence are also amazing. I don’t really know the…
I was walking towards the bus stop when I came across a tree full of lichens. It attracted my attention because of the yellow color. I usually see lichens that are grayish or white like most fungus are. I learned that lichens are not parasites. They do not consumed the plants or tree that they…
“Halo-Halo” is the most popular dessert in the Philippines. If you have a sweet tooth, this is the dessert for you. I was in the Mall of Asia in Manila when I had one of this famous halo-halo. It’s so colorful and looks so delicious. Halo-halo means a mixture of things in Tagalog. It’s a…