*Sigh* I wish it would never end, but it did.
My vacation in the Philippines came and went like a crazed Siamese cat. It was chaotic, days were long, the sun was queen and that sticky, sweaty feeling of the tropics clung to my skin like the tuko* and just wouldn’t let go. Ah, but I loved every minute of it, the long now of it. However since coming back (last Saturday), I’ve been reminded just how short a month is when spent with those whom you love. Might be a long time away from work, but not long enough to quiet the restless heart.
*Sigh* Ok, can’t go into details now – too melancholic and too much still in vacation mode. Going back to work tomorrow and hopefully my brain will start working again. *Sigh* I miss the sea already.
Oh well, that’s why I’m truning to some tasty Pinoy food for comfort – kaldereta (spicy beef stewed in tomato sauce and liver spread). My brother, Joel, has turned it into perfection and i just can’t do it the way he does. *Sigh* Ahh, but I must try, right?
Stories and pictures to come soon…
*A gecko or big monitor lizard common in the Philippines. There are many variants, but the ones I’ve seen have big heads and really – i mean really – evil, piercing eyes. Really. Don’t let it cling to you, as people say the only way to take it off is to burn it from your skin. The sound it makes is its own name (I think the Pokemon characters took after this trait), “Too-ko, too-ko…”, the pitch descending as it goes on. It makes this sound about 6-8 times and then stops. Often it stops midway its name, “Too-ko, too-ko, too-ko, tooko, tu…” ;-p . My husband is obssessed with it!
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