Gheof, pa-kopya ng picture! :P
Me. On top of a wall. Powered by Nutrilite Double X. 'Nuff said.
Picture taken by Ritche Gorospe, 25 August 2007, Le Pavilion Roxas Boulevard, Manila.
Out of sheer boredom, I thought about my answers to the following questions. ANyway, here they are:
Ano ang iyong almusal kanina? (What did you have for breakfast today?)
A tin of Del Monte's Fruit Express with Passionfruit juice. I work crazy hours, so I almost never eat breakfast on breakfast time. For the most part, if I'm not sleepy at breakfast time, I eat whatever light fare is available.
Ikaw ay may itlog — nilagang itlog. Paano mo ito kakainin? (You have a hardboiled egg. How will you eat it?)
Depends on whatever I'm craving for at the time I possess said hardboiled egg. Usually, though, I just eat the hardboiled egg as is - no seasoning, no rice, no bread, no nothing - just the pure, eggy goodness.
Ano ang paborito mong local na junkfood? (What's your favorite local - meaning Filipino- junkfood?)
Does Boy Bawang count? Hehe.
Actually, there isn't much that I don't like to eat (obviously), though I'm trying to cut down on my junk food intake. But on a normal day, if I can get my hands on any of the following, then my daily snack problem is taken care of: V-Cut Barbecue, Taquitos Ranch Barbecue, Chippy Chili n Cheese, Chiz Curls, Potato Chips, Piknik Chisnak (yes, the ones that cost 1 peso per small snack pack).
Ikaw ay kinuhang TOP CHEF sa isang engrandeng pagtitipon. Ano ang iyong ihahain sa mga bisita? (Note: Ang mga pagkain na ihahain mo ay ang mga alam mong lutuin. Bawal magsinungaling) (You have been made Top Chef for a grand affair. What will you serve? Note: You can only serve what you know how to make yourself. No lying.)
I experiment a lot with my food, so I do know a thing or two about cooking. as to what I would serve, hmmm, let me see...
- Caesar salad with fresh Parmesan cheese
- Penne Rigate pasta in meaty red sauce with cheesy white topping
- Steak ala Pobre with homemade gravy
- Mango Bravo (I'm gonna cheat a bit on this, since I don't usually make dessert, so I'll settle for the Mango Bravo, available at Conti's)
- a good red or white wine (I'm never really sure which goes with what, when it comes to wine)
Kung ikaw ay makakain sa restaurant ngayon din, saang restaurant ka pupunta at bakit? (If you can go to a restaurant right now, which would you choose and why?)
Good question. Right now I'm not really craving for anything in particular. But if I really had to choose, I'd say Teriyaki Boy. I'm kinda missing their Mapo Tofu, and theirs is one of the good ones I've tasted so far (bit funny, though, as it's a Szechuan original cuisine, yet a Japanese-themed restaurant is serving it).
Saang restaurant mo gustong makapunta, pero di ka lang nakakarating pa? (What restaurant would you want to visit, which you haven't been to yet?)
I'd say the restaurants of either Bobby Flay, Mario Batali, Wolfgang Puck, Cat Cora, or Masaharu Morimoto (Yes, they're all Iron Chefs).
May pizza sa harap mo. Ano ang ayaw mong makitang topping sa pizza mo? (There's a pizza in front of you. What don't you want to see on your pizza?)
Anchovies. Anything but anchovies on my pizza.
Ano ang madalas mong orderin sa Jollibee? (What do you often order at Jollibee?)
1-piece Chickenjoy with rice, dalandan juice, and if I feel the need for dessert, either the Strawberry Cream Frost Blend or Ube Keso Ice Craze.
Paano magluto ng Sinigang? Marunong ka ba? (How does one cook Sinigang? Do you know how?)
When it comes to sinigang, I am much more adept at consuming it than at preparing it. I prefer either a really (I mean REALLY) sour sinigang with tamarind and lots and lots of gabi, labanos, and kangkong, or sinigang sa bayabas.
Ikaw ay may fried chicken sa harap mo. Ano ang dapat niyang kapartner para masarap ang kain? (You have fried chicken before you. What would be its perfect pair?)
Siyempre, rice!
Oh, wait, are we talking about dips and sauces? In that case, I like dipping my fried chicken in Mang Tomas Hot and Spicy All-Around Sarsa. I also like mixing ketchup with soy sauce, McCormick's Crushed Chili Peppers, and a small amount of calamansi juice. Yum yum!
Kumakain ka ba ng dinuguan? Alam mo ba kung saan ito gawa? (Do you eat Dinuguan? Do you know what it's made of?)
Yup, but I only prefer the Nueva Ecija style of dinuguan (called tinumis). I think it utilizes tamarind instead of vinegar. Of course, dinuguan is not dinuguan without pork blood.
Watched Spiderman 3 yesterday with Trixie and Gheof. It was actually my bright idea to ask them to go to the movies, since it was Labor Day yesterday, so they had no work (unfortunately for me, it didn't apply to my work sked since it's during the US holidays that we don't have work). Anyway, we went to Gateway for the first movie screening. Lo and behold, a lot of other people apparently had the same idea, so the Gateway Cineplex was literally crawling with people intent on one thing: Spiderman 3.
Anyway, I digress. The movie was very good, but that's not the whole point. I enjoyed going out with my best buds from school, something that we've never done since college (actually, I've gone with Trixie to the movies, but it was just the two of us, so I don't think it should count). It was the same good thing, albeit a little more sosyal, as we obviously had more money to spend now than when we were in college. Coffee in Figaro, bookhunting at Fully Booked, movie watching at the Cineplex, late lunch at Cafe Ten Titas, searching for Haagen-Dazs ice cream and a bunch of chocolates at Rustan's - these were things we certainly couldn't have afforded back in college.
Isa na lang ang kulang: si Rheza. Were she here, I'm sure the whole movie bonding experience would have been much more enjoyable. Rheza, uwi na sa 'Pinas, dali!!!
(Stupid me, I forgot to bring a camera. Plus, my phone wasn't charged, so I wasn't able to take pictures.)
Picture taken by Gheof Hilario, using his Nokia 3230. Taken 1 May 2007 at Cafe Ten Titas, Third Floor, Gateway.
With the Thanksgiving season just these past few days, we had a long weekend to, err, relax. How? We went to Batangas for an overnight teambuilding (translated: magdamagang inuman sessions). It's really funny how it all came to be. Right after our shift ended on Thursday morning, our TL called a post-shift meeting to decide on how we were going to spend the long weekend (and the prize money that both our teams collected last Tuesday). It was then decided to have a beach outing, as Sir Matti's team were going to spend their weekend in Galera (of course, they've been preparing for this for weeks now). So, the venue was decided, and the final destination: Matabungkay in Batangas.
I don't think I'll relate the finer points of our stay in Batangas. Suffice to say that some had a good time, others more so than the rest. Moral lessons learned during our overnight stay:
(1) Never drink more alcohol than you can handle.
(2) Be careful with your stuff.
(3) When going swimming near coral reefs or the like, make sure you have aqua socks or slippers at the very least.
(4) Never fart in a vehicle, especially after a long night with Granma (translated as Gran Matador Brandy).
(5) Above all, after all has been said and done, mas masarap pa rin jumebs sa sariling palikuran sa sariling bahay.
Okay... A few pictures of the very fun time I had in Zambales...
Which of us is the real Supah Bins? *ROFLMAO
DMC's beach tradition
The inuman sessions
Cards, anyone?
Special thanks to Tim for the pictures.
My shoulders and the back of my neck hurts. It's been a while since I've had a sunburn like that after swimming. Mostly because I usually went swimming during the early morning or the late afternoon, when the sun isn't too hot. This time was an exception, though. I went swimming at around 11am or 12nn. And I stayed until around 2pm. Then I went back for more after a few hours. No wonder I got sunburned. And I've got darker skin - darker than my usual complexion. Ha ha.
There are a lot of pictures that were taken during the outing, but I still don't have copies. Maybe I'll upload a few (of course, with Tim's permission - it's his camera, anyway), but I'll have to wait first.
Attendees: Iki, Adolf, me, Tim, Aaron, Yzza, Alvin, Donna, Baji, Larae, Billy, Mike, Abet, Timmy, Gaget, Bobet, and Sonny.
Details later. My skin hurts. :P
We went to Iba, Zambales to swim, relax, and have a good time. It was just the five of us (see above pictures) plus Gheoff's two consenting adults (his sister and her husband, who, incidentally, owns the beachfront property we went to). More pictures (just click on the picture).
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