Having "PAN": All about the staple breakfast bread of the Filipinos, the Pandesal

MOD Vol. 43 No. 1893, May 2012

On the cover: Cristine Reyes

An assigned article, “Having Pan” (pp. 50-51), is one I had “fun” writing. It’s all about the staple breakfast bread of the Filipinos.

Also in MOD May 2012 issue in another assigned article, “Flight Guide” (pp. 66-67), and its sidebar “One Bag, That’s It” (p.71). It’s the “need to know” about air traveling. I also wrote a short bio about Fernando Amorsolo in this issue, but this is posted on my other blog.

“‘I am the bread of life,’ Jesus told them. ‘He who comes to me will never be hungry; he who believes in me will never be thirsty. Now, I told you that you have seen me but will not believe. Everyone whom my FATHER gives me will come to me. I will never turn away anyone who comes to me, because I have come down from heaven to do not my own will but the will of Him who sent me. And it is the will of Him who sent me that I should not lose any of all those He has given me, but that I should raise them all to life on the last day.” – The Gospel According to John 6:35-39, The Good News Bible in Today’s English Version.

August 6




AUGUST 6

Bagong Babae Magasin Taon 2 Blg. 105, Agosto 6, 1985
Nasa taklob-pahina si Cristina Crisol

GLIMPSE FROM THE PAST

A portrait of the American actress Doris Kenyon (1897-1979)
Illustrated by Karl van Buskirk,
on the cover of Photoplay (August 1926).

 

Agosto 6 sa Kasaysayan ng Pilipinas

          Noong Agosto 6, 1762, inilipat ni Simon de Anda y Salazar (1701-1776), pansamantalang gumaganap bilang Spanish governor, ang pamahalaan sa Bacoor, Pampanga, sa panahon ng pananakop ng mga British sa Manila.

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Personalities and celebrities born on August 6:

1875 – Sixto de los Angeles, medico-legal practitioner and Third Philippine legislature representative – inSan Mateo, Rizal (d. December 23, 1945)

1944 – Inday Badiday (Lourdes Jimenez Carvajal), journalist, television host and “Queen of Philippine Showbiz Talk Show” – in Manila (d. September 26, 2003).


1954 – Gary Valenciano (full name Edgardo Jose Martin Santiago Valenciano), singer-songwriter, record producer, actor and dancer – in Manila

Gary Valenciano
on the cover of Plus! (March 1996).

1983 – Clarisse Mercado (real name Cristina Generoso), actress and model – Cavite.

Clarisse Mercado

on the covers of 10 Magazine (February 2005 and January 2006).

 

1986 – JV Casio (full name Joseph Evans Casio), basketball player – in Makati City.

 

Si Cristine Reyes, tampok sa taklob-pahina
ng Bannawag (Agosto 8, 2011)

Picture Trivia

          Noong 2011, gumanap si Cristine Reyes sa papel na Charmaine dela Costa-Escaler, isang pinagtaksilang asawa, sa pelikulang No Other Woman, kung saan siya ang pangunahing bituin sa kauna-unahang pagkakataon, kasama sina Derek Ramsay at Anne Curtis sa direksyon ni Ruben S. Bayani. Ang No Other Woman ay ang “second highest-grossing film” ng 2011 sa Pilipinas. Nang taon ding iyon, napagwagian naman si Reyes ang gawad bilang “Breakthrough Female Artist” ng Yahoo! Philippines OMG! Awards.

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February 5



FEBRUARY 5

United Komiks Magasin Blg. 04, Pebrero 5, 1966

On the Cover: Pablo S. Gomez’s komiks novel “Timbuktu”

 

SULYAP SA NAKARAAN

Ang magazine na Liwayway noong panahon ng Japanese Occupation (Pebrero 5, 1944).
Tampok sa harapang pabalat ang pagsasalarawan ng pagtatanim ng gulay sa loob ng bakuran
bilang paraan ng ikabubuhay.
Tampok sa likurang pabalat ang isang pelikulang Hapon, Young Eagles,
na takdang ipalabas sa mga sinehang Ideal at Lyric sa Pebrero 9, 1944.

Pebrero 5 sa Kasaysayan ng Pilipinas

          Matapos makipagkutsabahan ang mga Amerikano sa mga Kastila sa kunwa-kunwariang “Battle of Manila Bay” noong Mayo 1, 1898, kung saan sa mga Amerikano sumuko ang mga Kastila noong December 10, 1898, gayong nagapi na sila ng Hukbo ni Aguinaldo noon pang Hunyo 9, 1898. Ang mga pangyayaring ito at ang pataksil na pamamaril ng mga Amerikano sa mga sundalong Filipino sa San Juan del Monte Bridge, noong Pebrero 4, 1899, ang naging mitsa ng Philippine-American War. Tinangka ni General Emilio Aguinaldo (1869-1964) na makipagpayapaan kay General Elwell Otis (1838-1909), noong Pebrero 5, 1899, subalit tumanggi itong magkaroon ng truce. Kaya napilitang magpahayag si General Aguinaldo ng “state of war” laban sa mga Amerikano. Batay sa pahayag ni General Otis: “Ang paglalaban, dahil nagsimula na, ay dapat magpatuloy hanggang sa malagim na wakas.” Ang Philippine-American War ay higit pang naging madugo kaysa sa Spanish-American War.

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          Noong Pebrero 5, 1921, itinatag ang National Federation of Women’s Club. Ang layon ng samahan ay ang pagpapalawak ng karapatang pampulitika ng mga kababaihang Filipino.

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Personalities and celebrities born on February 5:

1857 – Aguedo Velarde, delegate to the Malolos Congress, and member of the first and third Philippine Legislature – in Bulacan, Bulacan. (d. December 22, 1913)

1918 – Stevan Javellana, lawyer and author of the novel Without Seeing the Dawn (1947) – in La Paz, Iloilo (d. 1977)

1925 – Panchito Alba (real name Alfonso Discher Tagle Sr), award-winning actor and comedian – in Paco, Manila. (d. December 18, 1995)

Picture of Panchito in his mid-20s.

1953 – Ferdinand “Freddie” Pascual Aguilar, singer, musician and songwriter – in Isabela.

Freddie Aguilar on the cover of his top hit song “Anak” 45 record.

 

1962 – Martin Nievera (full name Martin Ramon Razon Nievera), singer, songwriter and actor – in Manila.

Martin Nievera (with Zsa Zsa Padilla)
on the cover of Savvy (February 23, 1998)

 

1989 – Cristine Reyes (full name Ara Maria Cristine Pascual Reyes), actress and model – in Marikina City, Metro Manila.

Cristine Reyes
on the covers of Maxim Philippines (December 2008), Bannawag (August 8, 2011) and MOD (May 2012).



Two NPA combatants on the cover of
Time (February 5, 2007).
Cover photo by Philip Blenkinsop and
story by Andrew Marshall.

Larawang Tribiya

          Sa Wikang Pilipino, ang New People’s Army o N.P.A. ay “Bagong Hukbong Bayan.” Pero alam niyo ba na kapag isina-English naman ang pangalan ng samahang “Bagong Alyansang Makabayan,” ito ay New Patriotic Alliance na kung dadaglatin ay N.P.A. rin!

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