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Ricardo T. Pamintuan
Ricardo T. Pamintuan
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All I want for Christmas is food
by Ricardo T. Pamintuan - December 8, 2024 - 12:00am
The holidays in the Philippines are a sensory overload — bright lights, loud karaoke, nightmarish traffic, and the unmistakable aroma of holiday feasts.
Ayurveda: A Gen-Xer’s guide to ancient health wisdom
by Ricardo T. Pamintuan - November 5, 2024 - 12:00am
For a society used to doctor’s prescriptions, embracing Ayurveda might feel like trying a new health trend. And if it means raising a mug of warm water in place of a pill, that’s a toast I’ll gladly...
Korea National Day: A celebration of heritage, harmony, and hallyu in Manila
by Ricardo T. Pamintuan - November 2, 2024 - 12:00am
Korea National Day in Manila this year came with a stylish twist, celebrated nearly a month “fashionably late” after the official date of October 3. But given that President Yoon Suk Yeol was in the Philippines...
Memes: Head-scratchers for Boomers and Gen Xers?
by Ricardo T. Pamintuan - October 5, 2024 - 12:00am
In tackling the subject of memes, I might have bitten off more than I can chew, but isn’t that the Gen X way? We were the latchkey kids, the ones who figured things out without a guidebook or adult supervision,...
Who’s your Papa?
by Ricardo T. Pamintuan - November 16, 2023 - 12:00am
Even before we left our home in Molino on Saturday morning, I was praying — not too hard, if I may add — for three things: no traffic, no rain, and no volcanic activity. It’s not difficult to guess...
Meet the food activist at Tatung's Garden Cafe
by Ricardo T. Pamintuan - May 17, 2012 - 12:00am
What’s the next best thing that can happen on a day when you see your child finish college with flying colors?
Angkor-age
by Ricardo T. Pamintuan - April 15, 2012 - 12:00am
The first thing that strikes you after landing in Cambodia is the feeling that you have arrived at some local street, not an international airport.
'Tuli' or not 'tuli' (or the boyhood rites of summer)
by Ricardo T. Pamintuan - March 20, 2012 - 12:00am
Students are scrambling to submit school requirements.
(Still) food tripping in the USA
by Ricardo T. Pamintuan - March 20, 2011 - 12:00am
Pinoys vacationing in the USA rarely find difficulty enjoying or adapting to continental cuisine.
Food tripping in the USA
by Ricardo T. Pamintuan - October 14, 2010 - 12:00am
You’ve all seen it, heard or read about it — Philippine President Benigno C. Aquino III munching on a hotdog in Manhattan during his first official visit to speak before the UN General Assembly.&nbs...
Sex ‘Eeewwwducation!’
by Ricardo T. Pamintuan - July 25, 2006 - 12:00am
One morning while I was driving my teenage daughter to school, I asked her how she’d feel about giving me an interview for an article I’m planning to write. "On what?" she asked. After...
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