Give A Little

Somewhere on this planet, someone has a solution
to each of the world's problems.
It might be one of us.
The future is in out hands and the hands of our children.
With your help, we can build a more hopeful world.
What can you do today, tomorrow, next week, next year?
And if you sometimes think you haven't enough time, energy, or resources,
remember the Stone Soup folktale;
When we each give a little, we can feed the world.


-Marianne Larned, author of Stone Soup for the World: Life Changing Stories of Kindness and Courageous Acts of Service


Litlle kids have done so much inspite of their age and condition. Read more about their inspiring little non-profit foundations in Organizations Started by Teens and Kids

Kuro-Kuro ni Kofranks

Kuro-Kuro ni Kofranks From Rhea: Hi Franco, this is the first time I opened our compound blogspot & it's great. Sorry, it's also the first time I every entered a blog. Heh heh. Ignoramus ano? I enjoyed reading about your "Tagasalo" write-up. It made me laugh, reading, "Tawagin si Franco," "Sabihin kay Franco," and etc, etc. Because it just sounds funny, hearing your name over and over again. But I guess the feeling of being at the other end isn't funny! What a nice ending, the simple solution is 1 word, No. Yeah, that simplifies things. I guess I just miss talking to you so when I read your Kuro kuro, I felt you were there in front of me, talking, like we used to.

Great Adventure pictures

13th Street

The 13th Street we grew up in has now been paved and widened. The coconut trees that once were in front of Rocky's and Tito Boogie's house have been chopped and removed. The asphalt road where we rode our bikes, where we walked to get to Gilmore or Broadway, where we stood to wait for the taho or fish balls or the Presto Ice Cream cart or the pot-pot bread, where we hurled our water bombs, is now cemented. Although the new road is much better and cleaner, I miss our old 13th Street.

Renzo Penzo

Renzo and Joaquin with Ninang Chumy

REnzo with his cousins





Funny Guys

What Mayoy learned in San Francisco

Mayoy came to visit the West last week. Nakakapanibago itong taga East ay nasa SF. After spending time with her Syyap cousin, Ana, in South SF, she came over to stay with us. Ana taught Mayoy the basics of knitting. I swayed her into crochet, which Tita Bing taught me. It was easy because knitting was more complicated with 2 long needles. Crochet involves only one hook.

So my mom, Mayoy, and I set out to buy some yarn and hooks and started chaining around the dining table. Being a lefty, hirap si Mayoy. But her double crochet came out fine and soon, she was well on her way to her scarf. (Look well, she is holding it up).

"Dapat suot mo yan sa Chanel," I said.
"Well, it is an original," Mayoy laughed.

And the most profound lesson Mayoy learned in San Francisco??

"I learned that I don't like knitting!"
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tita mayoy is flanked by monica and maui






"thanks for all the NJ pasalubong!"
-cuenca kids

TICO'S PICS

TICO RUNNING ON THE BEACH AT NIGHT IN NORTH CAROLINA
TICO BEING MAKULIT AT HOME
TICO AND JASHZ PLAYING IN NORTH CAROLINA