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Viola (my new close friend) freaked me out last night! She was soooo drunk that she mentioned depressing words about me. I was so worried and I woke up so gloomy just this morning. -_- Luckily, she has not remembered anything she said in her texts. She actually asked me to resend them again. Ugh, you made me feel crazy like HELL betch!! Hahaha. I still love you!!!

It’s a rest week for me, my siblings and I went to our cousins’ house and chilled for some time. I had what I can call a vacation, free of housechores to mind at first, no ‘pasaway’ to eye on every time (my siblings, though big boys already, are very stubborn)- I let them go wild at least for now. And, I had a movie marathon which I opt to watch again my favorite movie, The Fast and Furious (Tokyo Drift). More than that I felt at peace – free of hassles, free of burden acad shit – that is worth my deserved break.

My oldest cousin promised us of a little aquarium. I am excited!!

I am having a business starting next year. I will sell native bags with lots of designs to choose from!! Bili kayo ha??

Excited na ako mag-New year!

HAPPY HOLIDAYS EVERYONE!

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Paano ko ba sasabihin na gusto kita? Nalulungkot ako na ika’y hindi ko makasama. Sa 20 o higit pang mga araw ako’y maghihintay upang ika’y masilayan. Di na iniisip pa ang mahabang oras na daraan. Mahirap man intindihan ang nararamdaman, iisa lang ang aking nalalaman– ako’y hahangang muli hindi sa kung sinuman kundi sa’yo magpakailanman.

It’s so unusual. Very unusual actually, to like a girl. Well at least for me it’s the first time that I like someone coming from the same sex. Yeah, they say gender is fluid and changing. This time my preference changed. hahaha! I like her, but not so sure ’bout my feelings yet. Might be an infatuation, or rather an admiration, for her “likeable traits”. Nonetheless I know to myself that I like being with her. Know her better. Ask more about her— which is something I am so afraid to do whenever we’re together.

So unlike me. Not like before.

And because I got extra cash from my mom, I bought new cosmetics. Yey! I am so happy and EXCITED. Now my collection of make-up grows . It just delights me whenever I get new stuff, especially girly stuff. Hopefully I can buy a colour palette next time coz I badly need it. What brand can you suggest? Anyone?

Anong meron sau at nainlab ako sau nung narinig ko boses mo??

Galing ni Chin!

Nothing’s hotter than Lady Gaga’s spellbinding Paparazzi song. WOOaaah! This has bait me to listen to it over and over again. Grrr…. I thought I won’t like her but this one persuaded me that I SHOULD like Lady Gaga!

Promise i’ll be kind,
But i won’t stop until that boy is mine
Baby you’ll be famous
Chase you down until you love me
Papa-paparazzi

Surprisingly, I sing it to no one! Hahaha! How I wish there is someone. LOL

Sa aming grupo, madalas kami nagkakaroon ng disposition check. Madali lang naman gawin yun. Simple lang, may apat na P kang dapat sagutin.

PAMILYA

PAG-IBIG

PINANSYAL

PAGKILOS

Hahahaha!

At ngayon, gagawa ako ng disposition check sa sarili ko dahil ako’y nauurat! Nauurat ako sa buhay ko. Stressed lang ako sa school kaya ako ganito. Gusto ko magliwaliw.

Sa Pamilya-

Hindi maganda ang samahan namin buhat ng umalis ang aking mama patungong London. Ako’y TIGANG sa presensya at pag-aaruga ng isang ina. Walang suportang moral akong nararamdaman mula sa kanya. Pinansyal meron pero higit pa roon ang hinihiling ko.

Sa pag-ibig -

Ehem. Ehem. Ako’y TIGANG din sa aspeto na itong aking buhay. Matagal nang hindi ko pinansin si *******. Pakshet. Hahahahaha!

Sa pinansyal -

LOL. Ako’y malungkot. Malungkot ang kaperahan ngayon sa mundo. Ako’y hamak na estudyanteng naghahanap ng pangtustos sa aking thesis at feasibility study.

Sa pagkilos -

Ay eto! Aktib ako sa ganito. LOL. Marami akong orgs sa school. Very proactive naman ako sa buhay ko kahit na TIGANG ang ilang aspeto nito. Hindi ako nagpapalubog sa mga problema at nagpapadala sa kagulumihanan.

Gets niyo ba ang pananagalog ko? Hahaha. Minsan talaga di ko alam kung saan ko nakukuha ang malalalim na salitang Filipino.

At ngayon, gusto kong i-tag sina:

Chikletz , Jepoy , Angel , Paps , Homer , Karen

This post is too late coz I only had the chance 2 weeks ago to watch the whole video. This was the time Anthony Bourdain of No Reservations visited our country. The video is cut into 5 parts. Comments and discussions are always welcome.

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I could not feel any better than being proud of how Anthony’s trip had turned out. Well, he seemed happy with his stay and food trips, as if it was all worth it! He might not be able to get the warmest form of welcoming ‘the Filipino way’ from Augusto, at least the food was able to make Anthony feel how is it to be a Filipino.

I agree with Anthony’s comments regarding Augusto’s being ‘backward’ with his family’s presence. Unlike other families that I see on TV, the ones who are very enthusiastic whenever a visitor dines with them and even have a very good chit chat time and good huge laughs with the guest, Augusto’s family was not so like it. Well, Anthony’s actually expecting it to be the other way around.

The food anyhow is the main reason why the food guru visited here and the never ending question that bothered him most, “what’s a real Filipino cuisine?” If I would be confronted with such question I would not really have a quick answer with that. Let alone the food do the talking and explain itself.  And I agree with what Claude Tayag’s wife told Anthony why there is a little recognition with Filipino foods as compared to other Asian foods. She said that we always introduce different versions of our dishes so we fail to leave names to foreigners’ minds. It is diversified in a way that they might get confused or may overlap ‘this with that’.

Going back with the Bourdain experience, I think he finally found the very good partner with his beer! The sisig and lechon are winners (for me) that made it to the foodie’s soft spot. He is a man and no wonder he enjoyed the crispy, fatty, gooey feeling of eating hot pig flesh. “It is the best pig”, as he said. He could not find it anywhere in the world. It is only here in the Philippines. I swear, he should visit here and eat that again. Promptly speaking, everything he ate was all fatty. They were very delicious but very high in cholesterol as well. I just hope he did not get ‘empacho’ after munching over those tempting food.

Nonetheless I thank Augusto’s effort. If not with this ‘caught-in-the-middle’ guy, Anthony would not be able to decide to fly up to here and go as far as Cebu. Admit it, Bourdain could have seen and tasted more. What he tried are not even half of what we have in the Philippines. Well, we have cluttered islands and each (I am pretty sure of) serves their local cuisine. He could have traveled up to Davao to see more. But what more can I say, I am proud of what we have. I am proud someone like Bourdain loves our food!

Scrambled eggs + Sliced fresh tomatoes are  nothing but a piece of heaven meal for me whenever I feel so tired for cooking especially after arriving at home from school. This two make a good pair for protein,fat and vitamin source as what our nutrition professor told me.

Anyhow, just to try another (not the usual) way of cooking scrambled eggs, and to actually get rid of ADDED FAT coz of the usual cooking oil we use in frying, I tried to put it in a microwave oven. Voila! It’s still the same scrambled eggs that I eat except that the texture is a bit rough and the egg got hard a little (just a little) coz I didn’t use fat. Though it is still palatable. It’s gonna be worth it for you try to lessen your fat intake. Take note, Fats is not bad for the body. We actually need it and it’s one source of energy. But I’ll give you the never-ending cliché we hear ,  “an excess of something is too bad for everyone’s body. ”

Tomatoes nonetheless are my favorite fruit. I often take it raw with an egg or fried fish viand. Yum, yum! LOL. This make me think of the fried tilapia that’s crispy hot from a hot pan, ohlala! Oh well, looking at those murdered sliced tomatoes, I remember my teacher’s note that tomato seeds isn’t really a cause of appendicitis. That’s one myth I used to think when I still had my food laboratory two sems ago. We used to take away the seeds of tomatoes (aside from aesthetic reasons) coz SOMEONE told me that they can cause appendicitis.

Let’s nullify that idea coz it’s NOT! Appendicitis is caused by bacteria or parasites but not seeds. LOL

Plus, I was wondering the difference between tomato as fruit / as vegetable.

Here’s what the text I found says, “A fruit is the edible part of the plant that contains the seeds, while a vegetable is the edible stems, leaves, and roots of the plant”.

Hope you get something from here. So what’s your favorite pair of  ‘ulam’ (viand)?