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A Flower Petal That I Saw

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Recently on a pleasant summer day and late afternoon we were in our back yard/garden.

We were generally pottering about, pruning some bushes, feeding our pond fish and tidying up the end of the garden.

A Flower Petal That I Saw

From nowhere,

There came a light cooling breeze of scented air,

From a nearby bush behind me,  a delicate petal lifted itself free,

and came to rest on the good earth in front of me,

I smiled when I saw it and looked up at my Precious, Darling & Wonderful Wife,

In my mind, the words were already on it;  declaring the True Love of my Life…

MY Heart

Halo-Halo Special

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Iceberg, Tutuban – Photo by Marilou Wamil Velasco

Halo-Halo Special

I love this photo taken by Marilou Wamil Velasco, my sister.

L-R, our Mummy, Me and Peter.  We were at Iceberg in Tutuban Shopping Centre in Manila, Philippines in December 2012.

I introduced Peter to Halo-halo and he loved it, can get enough of it.  He would have one every time we were in a restaurant in the Philippines.

Halo-halo literally means mix-mix or stir-stir.  This Halo-halo concoction has a plethora of little bits.  It has jackfruit (langka), ube (purple yam) leche flan, beans, kaong, baby coconut shreds, tapioca, nata de coco, sugar and crushed ice in a tall glass which is drenched in evaporated milk and then topped with a scoop of ice-cream.  You then had to keep mixing it in the glass; that is probably why it is called Halo-halo.

Apparently Americans are developing a taste for this truly Filipino merienda.  They are becoming big in LA, the halo-halo not the people. LOL