Allow me to share with you the things that I miss in the Philippines. Yes, I have enumerated a number of things that made us decide to finally move here and probably stay here ’til we grow old, but being here for less than a year and being a Filipino at heart there are still things, places, foods or activities that I miss seeing, going to, eating or doing.
These items that I enumerated below are not in anyway in a particular order, I just write whatever pops into my mind.
- Pasig City
- Angono Rizal
- Our family
- Our family weekend gathering
- Unlimited texting
- Traffic in EDSA
- Crowded malls
- Riding MRT
- Our Lady of Peace (EDSA) Shrine
- Robinson’s Galleria
- Inihaw na Isaw
- SM Megamall
- Podium
- Banco De Oro
- Pasig Cathedral’s Adoration Chapel
- Riding a Tricycle
- Rizal High School
- Fishballs
- Outing in Batangas or Laguna
- Sta. Clara De Montefalco Parish Church
- Pandesal
- Penoy Higupin
- Overlooking in Antipolo
- Jollibee
- Pao Tsin’s Java Rice & Fried Dumplings
- Passenger Jeep
- Riding a FX
- Purefoods Hotdog
- Zagu’s Cookies and Cream
- Chicken Inasal
- Kamiseta
- Bayo
- Starbuck’s Mocha Frap (it taste different here)
- Selecta’s Coffee Crumble
- Nissin Yakisoba
- Neighbor’s Noise (hehehe)
- Daily Tabloids – Abante & Bulgar
- FM Radio Stations
- Pirated DVDs (hahaha)
- Smell of Sampaguita
- Taho
- Chowking’s Lauriat
- Goldilocks’ Fresh Lumpia
- Tokyo! Tokyo rice-all-you-can
- Greenhills’ Tiangge
- Tocilog in Palatiw
- Gulaman
- Tipas Hopia
- Divisoria (esp 168)
- Choc-Nut
- Greenwich Pizza
- Red Ribbon’s Cookies & Cream Cake
- Palengke
- Rizal High School
- Galunggong
- Korea-Novelas (dubbed in Filipino)
- Barrio Fiesta’s Kare-Kare
- Razon’s Halo-Halo
- Gerry’s Frill Sisig
- Sari-Sari stores that I can find everywhere
- Dried Pusit
- Ukay-Ukay
- Midnight Sale
- National Book Store
- Dunkin Donut
- Comedy Bars
- Jollibee’s Palabok
- Balut
- Holy Week in the Philippines
- Fiesta
- Kopiko 3-in-1 Coffee
- Watching last full show (late night movie)
- Dirty Ice Cream
- Calamari from the sidecar guy
- Sinigang with real sampalok
Yup, I miss a lot of things, there may be some that I failed to include in my list…. Siguro I will never run out of the items that I could add in here…. and yes there are some of the things that I listed that can be bought here…. but it feels different whenever you do it or eat it in a different place, as what we normally say “ONLY IN THE PHILIPPINES. Even if I could eat Bryers Ice Cream here, still it is incomparable with eating Selecta Ice Cream with my Dad and my Mom and siblings. I could enjoy the Mama Burger of A & W with matching rootbeer float but Jollibee’s Mr. Yum and Coke is tastier when shared with my friends or kumares.
Indeed, wherever you go you cannot simply forget the memories and the happiness brought by the simple things that you used to do as a Pinoy. I will always miss balut, Megamall, halo-halo, bagoong , etc. because there will always be a place that you call your HOME.
