Fooded out
When I arrived from Bacolod last night I skipped dinner, and then at brunch I just had a salad. I don’t like vegetables, I’m a devout meatatarian, but after 36 hours in Bacolod I need some blandness. Mike was right. Before I left I asked him what Bacolod was like. He said, “Lafang. It’s all eating, eating, eating. You sit down to an enormous lunch, and halfway through, your companions are already discussing what you should have for dinner.”
I gave a talk at the La Sallian campus writers’ conference. I asked some participants why the term for La Salle student was changed from “La Sallite” to “La Sallian”. They said all their schools worldwide use the latter. Thanks to my very generous hosts, the staff of the Spectrum, esp. the editor whose head I lopped off because he called before 8am.
After mass consumption of sweets I am now piaya (in different flavors). And napoleones. And barquillos. I didn’t even go near the dulce gatas, and I’m not into self-denial.
P.S. Sign in a beauty salon in Silay City, near El Ideal bakery: Haircut and blu dry, P40.
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May 4th, 2008 at 16:19
Apparently, La Sallian has two other spelling variations: LaSallian and Lasallian (seems this is most commonly used).
May 5th, 2008 at 10:23
I was also in Bacolod last October when I attended the RAP convention held in La Salle, and I agree with you wholeheartedly: Bacolenos really love their food!
Hunger was a stranger to me during my stay there, and I had to reacquaint myself to it when I returned to Manila.
May 5th, 2008 at 12:34
I have not been to Bacolod but I saw this sign while visiting Nueva Ecija: “Bumanlag Optical”. I vow to snap a photo when I re-visit.
May 12th, 2008 at 18:18
hi, this is arjay!
i apologize for waking you up before 8am.
thanks much for the book. i hope to see you again here in Bacolod. :)