Month: August 2009

I heard this on the radio this morning: Georgetown’s Four Seasons Hotel will be installing little speed bumps that will generate electricity when cars drive over them.

While roaming around a newly opened supermarket yesterday, I spotted packaging for meat which I’ve never seen before. The person in charge of that section was beaming with pride as she told me and my boyfriend that the meat was organic. “Yes ma’am, sir, the meat is really tender and it’s organic too. They take…

Cecile took me to my first eyebrow threading yesterday. I’ve always been interested in it, but was always too chicken to try out something new, especially something that could possibly be painful. It did hurt a little bit so unlike waxing, which is a quick pain, threading was prolonged discomfort. But that was mostly when…

As the Philippines mourns the loss of its democracy icon, former President Cory Aquino, I got to thinking about death and burial practices again. I read about eco-friendly coffins made from banana sheaves by a Colorado-based company called Ecoffins. The caskets take about 6 months to 2 years to biodegrade. The bodies aren’t embalmed, which…