Off the top of my head, and in no particular order — just a list of some of my dad’s most favorite things. (I invite anyone who can think of anything else they want to share with me to just blog away as well. )
1. Watching movies (especially with my Mom)
2. U. P., especially the Diliman campus with its acacia-lined oval
3. The brain
4. The field of Medicine
5. Psychology
6. Poetry
7. Pinel
8. Sinigang of any kind!
9. Long walks
10. His trusty pair of Birkenstock sandals
11. Shakespeare
12. Paganini
13. Brahms
14. Beethoven and his Symphony No. 9
15. Mozart
16. Mario Lanza
17. Marlon Brando, especially in ‘Julius Caesar’
18. His vast collection of caps and hats
19. Boxing
20. Manny Pacquiao
21. Michael Jordan
22. Bananas of any kind
23. Green pinipig
24. Carabao’s milk
25. Crabs, shellfish and shrimp
26. Sugar cane
27. Jose Rizal
28. Hot pandesal on a Saturday morning
29. Soy sauce and calamansi
30. Hot milk for breakfast
31. Teasing his wife and kids
32. Reading the morning paper
33. Warm, woolen socks
34. His thermal wear
35. His Tag Hauer watch
36. ‘Palaro sa Pintakasi’
37. The Turner Classic Movie Channel
38. World evening news
39. Steven Seagal
40. Jacky Chan
41. Mel Gibson
42. Chinese food (especially Mann Hann)
43. The Block at SM City
44. Halo-halo
45. Freshly-boiled corn-on-the-cob
September 30th, 2007 at 10:10 am
faye,
i think you’ve pretty well covered it, except for milagrosa rice, smetana’s moldau, and having his back scratched.
i will add some more as they occur to me.
mai
September 30th, 2007 at 8:08 pm
Watching cock-fighting on TV. Imagining if he could have had that vice.
Tamales from Pampanga. Also tapang kalabaw, catfish, puto seko, and the famous pancit luglog!
Having us kids memorize long lines of nonsense words, training daw (Guids still know some of these).
His trusty umberlla/walking stick.
Buying fruits, peanuts, corn, etc., and feeding us til we’re bursting (let’s not forget the Hungry Jack pancakes and the oatmeal porridge)!
Marlon Brando (he just finished watching MB’s movies on DVD).
Camote and saging na saba, boiled.
Yellow shirts.
His grandchildren: Remo, Barbie, Vito, Mogen, Vyan, Megan, and now, Donita!
Whistling (did I tell anyone that perhaps a month ago I heard someone along our street whistling with the same timbre? I dared not run out and check who it was. But all this while I’ve never heard anyone whistling here).
Mario Lanza.
Barbra Streisand.
j. Lo?
Prison Break, the series.
Broadway Musicals (Camelot, South Pacific, West Side Story, My Fair Lady).
Singing “Mona Lisa,” “Some Enchanted Evening.”