Foot and Fire

I can't believe I was not able to churn out something about Xi'an in my blog.  So here is my late blog of my February 2012 Xi'an trip. Xi'an is the old capital of China. This is a photo of me with the thousands of dug terracotta army behind me. This is literally a complex of terracotta army and horses as well as weaponry.  The digging is not yet complete and it is still being continued. This is how a human can go only to assure of his immortality. Contrary to some grumbling by foreigners, I don't mind that these armies are far from the touch and smell of the tourists since  these images are centuries old, and so they should be preserved very well.  And even if preserving them means keeping them meters away from the tourists.. *** An army and his horse in a glass casing, for up close scrutiny of the tourists. *** Encased kneeling army. *** Close up photo of the digging. *** Unfinished diggings. ...

The Terracotta Army of Xi'an China (at my back) represents our quest for immortality but it quickly reminded me of our mortality. Hence, I shall give life to Life.  Dear Friends, Next to my cooking blog, Before Six Diet , which houses my recipes and some kitchen (mis)adventures, I wished to maintain my Foot and Fire blog which I originally apportioned for my itchy feet and sharp-eyed shots.  However, aside from my travels and travel photos which stand for the word FOOT, I decided to house here my poems and essays which may or may not revolve around travelling but as to other aspects of my daily life that likewise fire me up. Hence, FIRE.   I always wanted this blog to celebrate what I am (a sister, a daughter and a friend) and what I do everyday (from buying curtains to cooking to lawyering) because I love what I do and it gives me some sense of purpose and understanding on what Life is all about and How it should be lived. Given these reasons, I...

By GERLIE M. UY stir-fried beef, green peppers, and vegetables  Just guessing: Tufo in bean sauce Just Guessing: chicken and mushroom in bean sauce must thin slices of pork with cucumber and egg, but loved this sans the pork; they are cooking it with cucumber. chicken in chili oil, i surprisingly loved this. appetizer, a cold jelly in fresh chili-peanut sauce. steamed pork my favorite of them all, what's inside must flat chives with egg Topping my list. Stewed Yang rou (lamb) with Nang (bread)... so love it.   One caution: Watch out how you pee smells after having this... hahahah random photo of street food random photo of street food, scorpions and other bugs... random photo of street food must be fried tufo balls adeptly moved around with chopsticks must taste great than hotel food near to bland experience of hotel food fish I ate at the hotel loved the fresh veges in my tuna sandwish  wow... farthest, the manto is like a pocket where the vendor puts the filling while ...