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Boneless Crispy Pata

Finio boneless crispy pata.

Crispy pata (photos here)  is an entire pig leg boiled with water and spices. After the meat has been boiled and cooked, it is deep-fried. In the photo, the crispy pata is boneless, unlike the other preparations where even the knuckles are included in the frying.

Pork leg + deep frying = artery-clogging happiness.

‘Nuff said.

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Religious Symbols

Filipinos, being the only Catholic nation in SouthEast Asia, are known to be a religious flock.

Seeing religious symbols is common since Catholic homes have their own altars, churches are big and imposing and even public places have these religious symbols on display.

Below is a symbolic religious representation of Jesus Church in a church we recently visited. This church in Bacolor, Pampanga is special because it was half-buried in mud when Mount Pinatubo, a volcano believed to be inactive, erupted twenty years ago.

Same church has recently been under the spotlight as venue/location for a tv series featuring a child who can miraculously cure sick people.

Black Ant

Contrary to the notion that black ants don’t bite, well, they do. The small and black ants we see crawling on our homes’ walls may not bite but this ONE does:

Photo taken on one of the concrete posts supporting the hanging bridge we walked on during the son’s field trip.

Car Show

We love going to car shows because these are very good opportunities to get near wonderful cars such as this one:

The kids pose gamely with their favorite cars. Though they appear to be uninterested in the section where old school cars are on display but they marvel at the exotics they get to watch in videos and play in computer games. I even had them sit in a customized van that looks a home away from home.

Busy Ant

Look! someone’s busy in the garden:

This flower is a part of the MIL’s garden.