Eric Ariel Salas
Cultural differences: Filipino versus American
In my over two years of stay in Brookings and in my travels across the U.S., I learned a few things Filipinos and Americans don’t have in common. In the Philippines, the family is the center of the social structure. That includes the nuclear family – aunts, uncles, grandparents and cousins.
Youth may be nice, but ‘aging is not negative’
While having my daily dose of coffee mocha at Cottonwood, I gazed upon a couple who also frequent the shop, just like me, but for their evening tea and slices of sandwiches. She is not the usual lady who bends her head on her partner’s shoulder. Neither is she the one who smiles constantly and flirts.
Blue-blooded blogger
When I started blogging at the end of January three years ago, I never had any great expectation at all other than to write my daily ranting in a fashion different from what I used to when I write my newspaper columns. Frankly, I never thought it would be exciting and challenging.
Neighboring states happier than South Dakota
For those planning to live a “happy” life, relocating to Utah, Hawaii, or Wyoming may be the best options. Rethink if you wish to live in these states-Arkansas, Ohio, Mississippi, Kentucky and West Virginia. What about living in South Dakota? According to the latest survey numbers released Wednesday last week by Gallup in partnership with Healthways and America’s Health Insurance Plans, South Dakota ranks as the 39th “happiest” state in the U.
One too many beers changed this life forever
Say you found a stranger very attractive (however you define attractive). Would you want to have sex before or after gulping bottles of beer? Sex under the influence of beer is common and easy. All you need to do is get yourself drunk (10 bottles will suffice) and in a matter of hours you’ll find yourself on someone else’s bed, most likely with the stranger you often exchange smiles with in the bar, whom you lusted or dreamed so long to be with.
Destiny is just a large number of random coincidences in life
Do you believe in destined love? Do you believe that someone out of the billions of humans alive is predestined for you, like it’s already written in the stars, and all you need to do is watch, wait and wait more for the right time to present itself to you in the right place? I am thinking: how could destiny take place if the person you are predestined to be with is imagining the same way as you do and is also closely watching and waiting for the right time to present itself in the right place? Two parallel thoughts remain parallel unless one deviates and looks for convergence.
Some food smells won’t appeal to all, but the cook sure likes it
Fried food is part and parcel of an Asian cuisine. Red or white meat, fish – finding a dish that is oil-fried on the table is no surprise by any means. In my country, lard, a type of oil coming from pork, is vehemently adored. Oh boy, the moment our neighbor starts frying dried salted fish deep in lard, I wonder if he’s going to wake up the dead.
Looking back on embarrassing memories can now seem humorous
Do your friends take your childhood disappointments and misadventures seriously? As for mine, sadly, never mind. In a conversation I had with close friends yesterday, never have they been sorry about my stories spiced up with sour remembrances of days past.
Making assumptions has greater effect than may ever be known
Did he just ask that? “Are you a terrorist?”Jeremy threw that question at me as I was about to part my jaws for a big sigh of relief for completing a stressful day at the office. Caught in an awkward situation, I answered, “NO” straight to his face. Jeremy is no friend.
How much is that lady in the window?
Amsterdam brothels are those places where women pose in windows, so men (or women) can simply window- shop for women they want to have sex with. Having lived in the Netherlands for two years, I had been to those brothels many times, seen the women in all their grandeur, admired those with Coca-Cola figures and silently booed the grannies.
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