Monthly Archives: April 2023

Social Media

Starbucks Employee Fired For Being Accurate With Customer

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BAGUIO CITY, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Baguio Bureau) – An employee of a Starbucks Café at SM Baguio was fired just for being accurate with a customer.

As is customary, Starbucks baristas ask for a customer’s name to imprint on the recyclable cup for calling out when the order is ready to pick up.

The employee asked a customer for his name and the latter said “Brian with a y.” And that’s exactly what the employee wrote on the cup.

When the employee finally called out the customer’s name, he shouted, “Iced mocha for Brian with a y.”

The customer felt insulted and reported the employee to the manager who immediately fired the poor employee.

It was a sad ending for the employee’s Holy Week.

Culture, Food

Balut: Filipinizing An Easter Tradition

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MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – It’s Easter and it’s time for an age-old tradition of the Easter egg hunt, an activity loved by children and adults alike.

Making Easter eggs has been problematic this year in the Philippines because of the shortage and exorbitant prices of chicken eggs.

But leave it to Filipino ingenuity to and resolve to deal with crises.

This year, some 80% of Easter eggs that will be used for the egg hunt will be made from balut.

Balut is a fertilized bird egg (usually a duck) which is incubated for a period of 14 to 21 days, and then steamed. The contents are eaten directly from the shell. Balut that is incubated for longer periods have a well-developed embryo and the features of the duckling are recognizable.

So this Easter week, don’t expect mamang magbabalut (balut vendor) to roam the streets selling the popular delicacy.

Government, Politics, Social Media

Philippine Government Asks Court To Issue “Cease and Desist” Order Against Bb. Maharlika!

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MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles) – Former President Rodrigo Duterte once suggested that the Philippines be renamed “Maharlika,” as advocated by then President Ferdinand E. Marcos.

The word originally meant “freeman” and referred to warrior class in the country’s pre-colonial past.

The revered word has recently been used to name President Bongbong Marcos’ “wealth fund.”

It is for the above reasons that the Philippine government has filed for a “cease and desist” order against Los Angeles-based Filipino Vlogger, Bb. Maharlika whose real name is Claire Eden Contreras.

Contreras is known in social media circles as a “turncoat,” supporting then attacking the Marcoses. Her tirades have been targeting the First Lady, Liza Marcos.

In filing the petition, the Solicitor General told the court that Contreras is a disgrace to the historical and patriotic significance of Maharlika. “Her gossip-mongering and attempts to climb the social ladder are abominable,” the SolGen told The Adobo Chronicles.