tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1658543288978967088Mon, 16 Apr 2012 00:41:03 +0000Health and FitnessEnvironmentSpecial OccasionMayor of ManilaArtistVideo GalleryReal EstatePeople and PlacesMemoriamFilipino Indie FilmsSpiritualKulay MalayaMa. Teresita HizonEventsVacationBilanciaTesay GlinogaFood and EntertainmentAsian HorrorJewelrySchoolThe view is beautiful from here.http://jewel-windowseat.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Jewel)Blogger35125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1658543288978967088.post-592544781438238147Mon, 30 Aug 2010 21:03:00 +00002010-09-03T09:34:31.431-07:00MemoriamPeople and PlacesMy cousin, Roy Gaviola, sent me this photo of my maternal grandparents in 2009.  It immediately brought tears into my eyes as I remember them from the time I was a kid in Tondo, Manila to the day I left the Philippines to join Gulf Air for my first job.  My grandfather was a humorous, happy go lucky kind of guy and was gentle.  I remember lolo taking me and my brother, Rafael, to see the MRR (http://jewel-windowseat.blogspot.com/2010/08/tribute-to-leonardo-caparas-panganiban.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jewel)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1658543288978967088.post-8903343195626905073Mon, 30 Aug 2010 20:58:00 +00002010-09-01T14:36:19.163-07:00Events Hostage-taker, Rolando Mendoza San Francisco was in the 90s this week, the Philippines was in the news! Not good news, unfortunately....the hostage taking bloodbath & the loss of Miss Philippines as Miss Universe. I was moved to tears when I read about Rolando Mendoza's(1) background. I also read from Inquirer.net that his appeal(2) for his case addressed to PNP Internal Affairs Service was "http://jewel-windowseat.blogspot.com/2010/08/quirino-hostage-taking-and-miss.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jewel)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1658543288978967088.post-3573112175050768629Thu, 29 Apr 2010 23:08:00 +00002010-08-30T15:52:49.241-07:00People and PlacesAt last, I'm seeing a lot of commentaries about Noynoy Aquino. I agree with the author of the post that Noynoy Aquino has to change his act. He doesn't have any other strategies to think of but to incite the masses to stand up for something worthless....him. I hate to say this but the man doesn't have the guts, the attitude to become the president of a country that needs a lot of changes. His http://jewel-windowseat.blogspot.com/2010/04/is-noynoy-aquino-really-for-better.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jewel)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1658543288978967088.post-4361474788534878526Wed, 28 Apr 2010 20:07:00 +00002010-04-29T10:06:41.197-07:00ArtistLove Hurts Custom Shoe from Zazzle.com George Webber came up with some pretty cute artwork that is now in Keds shoes, slip ons, buttons, pins, tank tops & t-shirts. Check them out here or in Stuff In My Closet. ShareThis var shared_object = SHARETHIS.addEntry({title: document.title,url: document.location.href});shared_object.attachButton(document.getElementById("ck_sharethis"));http://jewel-windowseat.blogspot.com/2010/04/love-hurts-custom-shoe-from-zazzlecom.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jewel)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1658543288978967088.post-6882841823890648513Sat, 10 Apr 2010 19:29:00 +00002010-04-29T10:06:30.016-07:00Kulay MalayaTesay GlinogaMa. Teresita HizonMayor of ManilaPeople and PlacesBilancia Ma. Teresita Glinoga Hizon is Teresa, Tess, Nognog to others, like me because of her curly hair. I know, it wasn't politically correct, but the nickname was our way of being affectionate to her. I am writing about my best friend from high school....a friend whom I have not seen in years. We were both intense individuals, and, still are, very intelligent, innovative, creative and self-less. Tess http://jewel-windowseat.blogspot.com/2010/04/ma-teresita-glinoga-hizon-for-mayor-of.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jewel)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1658543288978967088.post-4183369352517286225Wed, 25 Nov 2009 05:27:00 +00002010-04-10T12:23:45.258-07:00People and Places "KAYA Natin Ito," a song composed by Ogie Alcasid, has some 80 popular and highly respected OPM artists singing together for a worthile cause and even if they are from different recording labels, have been allowed to be part of this very significant endeavor. Along with the CD-single, there shall be a major concert dubbed as "Pilipino, Kaya Natin Ito" at the SM Mall of Asia on December 5. The http://jewel-windowseat.blogspot.com/2009/11/kaya-natin-ito.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jewel)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1658543288978967088.post-8664799739813438000Sat, 10 Oct 2009 21:47:00 +00002010-04-10T12:25:20.106-07:00People and Places Typhoon Ondoy & Pepeng Ravaged Northern Philippines Seeing this video made me cry for my people out there, helpless, losing lives, their homes, their families or/and their means of livelihood. Some groups blame it on global warming, some on the garbage and overgrowth in Metro Manila brought on by squatters living in danger zones and some Muslims blaming Christians. Maybe, it is all of them or http://jewel-windowseat.blogspot.com/2009/10/typhoon-ondoy-and-pepeng.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jewel)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1658543288978967088.post-6444829008270393899Sat, 12 Sep 2009 02:24:00 +00002009-10-05T16:42:49.512-07:00Food and Entertainment<//embed></ embed=""><//></ embed=""><//></><//></ embed=""><//></><//></><//></><//></ embed=""><//></><//></><//></><//></><//></><//></><//></><//></ embed=""><//></><//></><//></><//></><//></><//></><//></><//></><//></><//></><//></><//></><//></><//></><//></><//></ embed=""><//></><//></><//></><//></><//></><//></><//></><//></><//></><//></><//></><//></><//></><//></><//></><//></><//>http://jewel-windowseat.blogspot.com/2009/09/new-york-deli-in-san-francisco.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jewel)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1658543288978967088.post-4938480062855530878Thu, 20 Aug 2009 03:34:00 +00002009-10-05T16:43:37.751-07:00Food and Entertainment My Decadent Palabok I like palabok, a noodle dish very popular in the Philippines. The simplicity of the dish is enhanced by the smoky flavor from smoked milkfish (tinapa), shrimps, the roasted minced garlic and the crushed pork cracklings. The sauce is key to palabok. It should be made from broth with shrimp heads and fish sauce. Since I live in an area in San Francisco where Asian markets http://jewel-windowseat.blogspot.com/2009/08/my-decadent-palabok.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jewel)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1658543288978967088.post-2379936475347286529Sun, 31 May 2009 19:28:00 +00002010-06-02T15:41:10.297-07:00Health and FitnessPeople and PlacesIt is sad to hear that the no. 3 killer in the Philippines is stroke, which is brought on my uncontrolled high blood pressure. And it is also disheartening to hear that most Filipinos living in the United States suffer from high blood pressure. High blood pressure can be managed by proper aerobic exercise and a low sodium diet. Unfortunately, Filipinos are so used to eating food that has strong http://jewel-windowseat.blogspot.com/2009/05/filipinos-and-high-blood-pressure.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jewel)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1658543288978967088.post-5580941808359562618Sun, 01 Mar 2009 20:23:00 +00002009-10-05T17:12:33.223-07:00School Not many people I have met have very good memories of their high school. Not me! Not my sisters! Not former ICAMITEs everywhere. We are proud of our high school. My sisters and I visited our high school located in Tondo, Manila, Philippines. It is a private school, yes. It is run by sisters from MIC, a Catholic Canadian Order (The Missionaries of Immaculate Conception. The history of Immaculate http://jewel-windowseat.blogspot.com/2009/03/immaculate-conception-academy-of-manila.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jewel)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1658543288978967088.post-4377056398889768606Mon, 16 Feb 2009 07:55:00 +00002009-10-05T17:12:56.067-07:00Artist Featuring....Toxic Funnies, George Webber's first comic book to be launched at WonderCon. Toxic Funnies introduces Professor Numbnutz, Dead Sexy Baby Jane and Blue Baby as well as a few other minor cast members. It's a story with Horror, Humor and Heart about your basic lonely Mad Scientist who after seeing an internet pop-up ad for "Love Dolls" decides to create a LIVING Love Doll (he is a Madhttp://jewel-windowseat.blogspot.com/2009/02/george-webbers-first-comic-book-launch.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jewel)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1658543288978967088.post-6674167099594680401Sun, 15 Feb 2009 06:47:00 +00002009-10-05T17:13:30.083-07:00Special Occasion Hope you have a great Valentine's day with your loved one or with your family! My husband and I did not plan anything today because I had to go for mammogram screening this morning. However, I arrived quite early at the hospital, so I had the screening early. We decided to go watch "Coraline", but couldn't figure out which theatre to go to: Metreon or AMC Westfield Cinema. I tried to use my http://jewel-windowseat.blogspot.com/2009/02/happy-valentines-day.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jewel)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1658543288978967088.post-6103224590769080362Sun, 25 Jan 2009 23:35:00 +00002009-10-05T17:13:49.474-07:00People and Places My Auntie Babe, as I fondly call her is really, Tia Baby or TiaB to most of her nieces and nephews. She is now called Virgie or Virginia Spencer. Back in the days, when we used to live in the Philippines, Tia Baby, was my mom's assistant in terms of looking after us day by day. Of course, me, being the the little pain that I was, always gave her and the maid a bad time. But, despite that, I http://jewel-windowseat.blogspot.com/2009/01/viriginia-spencer-fabulous-at-60.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jewel)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1658543288978967088.post-6249667907561595576Wed, 03 Dec 2008 05:57:00 +00002009-11-11T13:25:17.765-08:00MemoriamPeople and PlacesGoodbye, our dear lovely friend! Another friend of mine died this year of cancer. Marissa, a mother, a wife, a first-born child, a sister, a friend. Marsha, as she is called by those close to her battled ovarian cancer for almost 4 years. I remember her, when I first met her on Montgomery street in San Francisco in the late 1980's, blocking my sister, Tehs's path & mine. She had long black hair, http://jewel-windowseat.blogspot.com/2008/12/our-friend-marissa-cadorniga-genove.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jewel)8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1658543288978967088.post-2604585720957142580Mon, 17 Nov 2008 03:01:00 +00002009-10-05T17:14:38.708-07:00SpiritualJesus is our Hope . . . Although there are times you may feel alone and abandoned, He will never forsake you or leave you. The Bible says the true child of God will find suffering in this life. Each of us will have our faith tested. Jesus waits for you to ask Him into your life to help, to strengthen, to comfort, and to heal. He lovingly wraps His arms around the lonely and the brokenhearted. http://jewel-windowseat.blogspot.com/2008/11/hope-for-hopeless.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jewel)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1658543288978967088.post-725469849164552099Sat, 18 Oct 2008 22:19:00 +00002009-10-05T17:14:53.872-07:00Filipino Indie Films Ricky Davao, one of the best Filipino actors, has won the Best Actor award for a Supporting Role in the indie film, Signos, at the International Filmmaker Film Festival in England on June 27, 2008. I have not seen the film, but judging from the trailer above, I think this is worth watching. I do not know how I will have access to the movie. I am hoping that the makers of the film will http://jewel-windowseat.blogspot.com/2008/10/signos-indie-film.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jewel)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1658543288978967088.post-1882175529755877525Thu, 16 Oct 2008 01:03:00 +00002009-10-05T17:15:17.695-07:00Asian Horror I am a fan of Asian Horror films. It is raw and takes you "over the edge". The theme is usually built on revenge and vengeance, and of course, the curse or the ghost travels from one place to another, from one country to another. I am listing my favorite Asian Horror films. If you are tired of Halloween night or you just simply want to stay home on the that day and scare yourselves, I am giving http://jewel-windowseat.blogspot.com/2008/10/october-fright-night.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jewel)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1658543288978967088.post-8384855655936002197Mon, 13 Oct 2008 18:32:00 +00002008-10-13T11:36:31.640-07:00Special OccasionMy very talented husband, George Webber, made this cute birthday card for me. Isn't that sweet?http://jewel-windowseat.blogspot.com/2008/10/its-my-birthday-today.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jewel)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1658543288978967088.post-4766702489540708837Wed, 01 Oct 2008 15:57:00 +00002009-10-05T17:16:07.979-07:00Health and FitnessClick on the photo to enlarge. The comic strip is a creation of my husband, George Webber, while he patiently waited for me at the clinic. If you are 50 years old and older or if you have cancer in your immediate family, it is a good idea to go through a colorectal exam. The risk of colon cancer increases 2-3 times for people with a first-degree relative (parent or sibling) with colon cancer. http://jewel-windowseat.blogspot.com/2008/10/colonoscopy-just-do-it.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jewel)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1658543288978967088.post-5119370086749115461Tue, 30 Sep 2008 18:47:00 +00002009-10-05T17:16:42.623-07:00Video Gallery Sigaw (Country: Philippines) Feng Shui (Country: Philippines) Sukob (Country: Philippines) Ju On (Country: Japan) Ju On 2 (Country: Japan) Ouija (Country: Philippines) Bunshinsaba (Country: South Korea) Red Shoes (Country: South Korea) A Tale of Two Sisters (Country: South Korea) Cello (Country: South Korea) Ringu (http://jewel-windowseat.blogspot.com/2008/10/video-gallery-of-asian-horror-trailers.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jewel)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1658543288978967088.post-8988792356991151266Thu, 14 Aug 2008 20:00:00 +00002009-10-05T17:17:03.345-07:00Real EstateThe following article came from my sister, a licensed realtor, who is also my tax accountant. She normally sends out her thoughts and views about the situation of the real estate industry in the United States to her clients only. I asked her permission if I can post this article on my blog to which she obliged. Here it is... You may say that this is a "slap to the face" for some of you. Well, http://jewel-windowseat.blogspot.com/2008/08/first-time-home-buyer-is-this-right.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jewel)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1658543288978967088.post-6639402401167134764Mon, 11 Aug 2008 00:01:00 +00002009-10-05T17:17:31.065-07:00EventsSan Francisco's Filipino community celebrated the Pistahan with a parade on Market Street and a festival celebration at Yerba Buena Gardens. It was a 2 day event from August 9 through August 10. I was there and I felt proud being a Filipino American and more proud being a Pinoy! I have never seen Filipno parades like this outside of the Philippines.  This was the first for me.....here in San http://jewel-windowseat.blogspot.com/2008/08/san-francisco-pistahan-festival-2008.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jewel)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1658543288978967088.post-1325855268764991246Wed, 02 Jul 2008 19:51:00 +00002008-07-02T13:01:45.668-07:00Health and FitnessAre you one of those men or women who find it difficult to lose weight? This article is for you. Actually, it is easy to lose weight. It is maintaining it that gets very challenging. We have heard from our doctors, trainers, gym instructors or infomercials that in order to lose weight you have to exercise and watch what you eat. Most younger women will crash diet for a week and then lose a http://jewel-windowseat.blogspot.com/2008/07/diliemna-of-losing-weight.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jewel)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1658543288978967088.post-418895271866709749Thu, 19 Jun 2008 17:48:00 +00002009-10-05T17:18:08.276-07:00People and PlacesProud to be Pinoy! From an Arab's perspective, Filipinos are valuable to them. And for those Filipinos who say that the Philippines still does not have independence, eat your heart out! I'm specifically referring to Y Speak of TFC (ABS CBN) on their series on Philippine Independence. And, please, Y Speak, with all the hoopla about Filipinos still not having their independence, why play a song in http://jewel-windowseat.blogspot.com/2008/06/proud-to-be-pinoy.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jewel)1