sticky tikoy; sticky stocks

Today is the day the chinese celebrate the new year with such wonderous things as tikoy. Made from sticky rice, I like it best cooked with egg. Kung Hei Fat Choi!

The market barely moved today. With a volume of about Php1.2 billion pesos, the index went down by only 5.64 points sticking close to this lame level that I am beginning to dislike very much. *yawn. It's one of the more boring days for Philippines Stocks.

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meianne said…
pup! we didn't find tikoy tonight... boo..
February 7, 2008 at 9:53 PM
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