August 16, 2012
Today is
such a very fine summer-like day in Bicol, particularly in Tabaco City, that I
am inspired to catch up on my writing. With the breezy lazy Thursday afternoon
and the Island Chill Out music in the background, my mind wanders into
Santorini-esque panorama. It’s August; supposedly there should be torrential
rains. It had but my town is spared from nature’s wrath lately. Sadly, it’s
metro Manila that’s been badly hit this year.
Why I chose
Santorini in my visualization has largely to do with the blue skies, the
refreshing zephyr and the tufts of clouds up above. I haven’t been there but
seeing it on tv and magazines, I can easily picture it out. And since our home
is a stark white against nature, it’s just perfect that I picked up the vista
in that little picturesque town in Greece. We don’t have blue roofs, however.
But we do have a three-storey white to cream structure.
Talk about
food: For lunch today, Manoy made us pasta negra; spaghetti dressed with squid
ink infused with ginger in olive oil to remove the fishiness and smothered in
roasted garlic. The yumminess factor will be amped up when next time he cooks
it, he’ll sprinkle it generously with roasted ground pili nuts. We’re not by
the Aegean Sea where Santorini is but what
we just gobbled up at lunch is more than its bounty. So delicious!!!
For snacks
in between the day, I had our constant supply of banana fritters and a creamed
coffee by manay. We just love this couple that nurtures us!
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