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Finally, I had my hands and head on my News and Sports articles for the second issue of Propaganda, the official newspaper of my college. (Just wait for it to be released!) yey! So moving away from the nerd stuff, i will tell you the things i did, and places i went this sembreak. :>
First off is the Seoul Garden resto in SM North Annex. I blogged about it here. And then I learned to cook some pampamilya dishes. And i also blogged about it here. Sembreak would have been so perfect if it wasn't only for the stupid flu, which i also blogged here (coupled with talks about maturity).
The Other Unblogged Sembreak busyness-keeper
UNDAS this year is very different from the past, because it is our first time to have our 'own' puntod to visit and stay with for the rest of the day. This was also my first Undas with the Mercados. I usually go to Paltao with my mother's side cousins and relatives.
Ina's magic to bind us extended even up to her grave. I am so happy that we were together that day to visit and pray for Ina's soul. Though we're not complete, at least most of the ones here in the Philippines put effort to make my lola's puntod look special. I miss you, Ina!
I had a very cute conversation with my brother about our late gramma. He told me, "Natatakot ka ba sa bahay nila Ina? Ako hindi, siguro kapag nakita ko siya, ihuhug ko pa siya."
Since I am hours away from the start of classes, I shall blog about my second to the last sembreak.
I was so excited when the sembreak started! there's just so many plans in lined and not only that...i have THE much needed space from schoolworks and STRESS.
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First off is the Seoul Garden resto in SM North Annex. I blogged about it here. And then I learned to cook some pampamilya dishes. And i also blogged about it here. Sembreak would have been so perfect if it wasn't only for the stupid flu, which i also blogged here (coupled with talks about maturity).
The Other Unblogged Sembreak busyness-keeper
Ina's magic to bind us extended even up to her grave. I am so happy that we were together that day to visit and pray for Ina's soul. Though we're not complete, at least most of the ones here in the Philippines put effort to make my lola's puntod look special. I miss you, Ina!
I had a very cute conversation with my brother about our late gramma. He told me, "Natatakot ka ba sa bahay nila Ina? Ako hindi, siguro kapag nakita ko siya, ihuhug ko pa siya."
I also had the chance to visit Sam's mom. I was there for a while. We looked for Michelle around the cemetery...fail. She was still sleeping in their house. :/ I had so much fun sharing the latest shiz with Sam and company. We even ate chicken skin and chicken pops! Gahd, missed those! haha. hello, cholesterol!
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Another first time for me is to join the CJ TEAM BUILDING SEMINAR, which was held in Sitio Lucia (Sta. Maria Bulacan). And twas one hellaaa fuuuuun! Ganon pala ang team building...ANG SAYA! Even if my nose was running so fast and my voice sounded so defective, I still braved the pool and the drizzle just to play base-to-base and ice-ice-water with my colleagues! Bringing childhood back. :)
We also had group games, which were quite challenging cos the twist was to work as a team, and since everybody was competitive, every team really had to think hard, do best to win every game. I belonged to the Ate Ahra's group--the IGLOT/WOLVES team. And we were FOURTH and LAST place. Still, we're happy that we learned a lot of things about team management and most importantly we enjoyed all of the activities together. May bonus pang KitKat!
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| proud to be iglot by day, wolf by night, and in-the-middle by noon |
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This past few days, ako ang tumatao sa kusina namin. In short I'm heading the kitchen. In other words, cook ako. Napakaganda talagang opportunity nito since meron na akong pwedeng idagdag na skill sa resume ko. Para kapag nag-apply akong girlfriend ni Xian Lim, tanggap agad! haha.
First on the list is:
SINIGANG.
Ang sinigang ay maasim na soup-based food. Pwede itong sahugan ng isda, baboy, o hipon. Pwede ring luto sa tamarind or bayabas. Kaso ayoko nung bayabas kasi mabaho--amoy tokpu. Pero ang niluto ko ay combination ng Baboy at Tamarind. Just the way I like it!
Successful naman yung pagkakaluto ko. Tinanong ko kasi yung katulong namin habang kumakain sya, "Anong pangalan mo, Kuya?" tas di na nya maalala yung pangalan nya sa sarap nung luto ko!
Second on the list:
SINAMPALUKAN
Naging malaking challenge sa akin ang pagluluto nito dahil sa...
eekeeydeeepeekeedeeeboo! BLOOD. Nung nakita ko palang yung dugo na sa supot gusto ko nang himatayin. Pasensya naman ha, beauty lang talaga ang malaVampire sa akin. Hindi appetite. Pero kailangan ko talagang ma-overcome ang takot ko para magustuhan ni Papa Xian. Sa huli, nasa dugo pa rin ang halakhak, sayang nga lang at di nito kayang tumawa. :)) So pagkalipas ng ilang minuto...
Ansaveh ng dugo? DVD Ma'am. DVD Ser. Wala BETAMAX lang. hihihi.
Paggigisa talaga ang favorite part ko ng pagluluto kasi ang bango ng amoy! Amoy palang ulam na! Sana nga pwedeng kainin yung hangin para lahat busog.
Medyo tumaas na yung tolerance nung katulong namin sa sarap ng luto ko. Nung tinanong ko sya habang kumakain, "Kuya anong pangalan mo?" "Ako si Janina." Ay namp*ta. haha. Aagawan p ako ng pangalan! Hirap talaga ng masarap ang kinakain, kung anu ano nasasabi.
Third on the list:
HOTCAKE and KIKIAM
Weird na combination pero pagnatikman mo na, PANALO!
May malaking feeling talaga ako na may future ako sa hobby ko na 'to. Pagnatikman ni Papa Xian yung mga luto ko tiyak na di lang nya ako tatanggapin as girlfriend pero wifey na for sure! haha. Di lang 'yon baka pag-agawan pa nila akong dalawa ni Ramon Bautista. hihi.
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Growth is one of our constant needs in life. I didnt say WANT... I said it is a NEED. It is necessary so we could have a harmonious relationship with other people. If we're having problems dealing with other people, maybe because we treat growth as a want, that we don't ever bother wanting.
Mistakes are part of growing up--it make us learn our lesson we thought we already knew. Like right now:
I thought Nanay was just too paranoid when she tells me not to eat too much sweets and too much cold bevs because if I did I'd get my allergies all boost up again, and by allergies she meant runny nose and sore throat.
Well, since I thought i am all grown up and mature and I can handle my own shit...
NEWSFLASH, sister: Your're so immature, you don't even know how to listen. And if you just knew how to do that, you must have been in the store helping your paranoid Nanay with her work.
I've been bedridden for almost two days. All i do is eat (not even happy tummy food :(), watch, read, and write. I could almost say THIS IS THE LIFE, if not only for the baradong ilong, and makating lalamunan and the konsensya (if you know what i mean).
Sometimes, we thought we are mature enough to keep up and do things on our own. We think that we dont need others to tell or do things for us cos we think we are 100% geared up to be on our own. Uh-oh! Big No-No. We will never bee 100% ready for everything. We people are constant learners. Even my Nanay's not yet halfway to maturity, even my tatay, even your lolo or lola! There's always this new thing that we are not familiar with, that we commit a mistake the first time we tried it. And none of us deserves to be judged by the mistake we did, cos we change...we grow up. And we didn't grow up because we wanted to, it is because we needed to.
So since things needed to change here, I will listen to Nanay and eat this bunch of kiat-kiats and drink my water, and avoid allergy-booster food (goodbye happy-tummy food :().
"Even if a person hurt us once, it doesnt mean we have to delete them permanently in our phonebook. People change, they grow up."
-Ashley Marin
Growth is one of our constant needs in life. I didnt say WANT... I said it is a NEED. It is necessary so we could have a harmonious relationship with other people. If we're having problems dealing with other people, maybe because we treat growth as a want, that we don't ever bother wanting.
Mistakes are part of growing up--it make us learn our lesson we thought we already knew. Like right now:
I thought Nanay was just too paranoid when she tells me not to eat too much sweets and too much cold bevs because if I did I'd get my allergies all boost up again, and by allergies she meant runny nose and sore throat.
Well, since I thought i am all grown up and mature and I can handle my own shit...
NEWSFLASH, sister: Your're so immature, you don't even know how to listen. And if you just knew how to do that, you must have been in the store helping your paranoid Nanay with her work.
I've been bedridden for almost two days. All i do is eat (not even happy tummy food :(), watch, read, and write. I could almost say THIS IS THE LIFE, if not only for the baradong ilong, and makating lalamunan and the konsensya (if you know what i mean).
Sometimes, we thought we are mature enough to keep up and do things on our own. We think that we dont need others to tell or do things for us cos we think we are 100% geared up to be on our own. Uh-oh! Big No-No. We will never bee 100% ready for everything. We people are constant learners. Even my Nanay's not yet halfway to maturity, even my tatay, even your lolo or lola! There's always this new thing that we are not familiar with, that we commit a mistake the first time we tried it. And none of us deserves to be judged by the mistake we did, cos we change...we grow up. And we didn't grow up because we wanted to, it is because we needed to.
So since things needed to change here, I will listen to Nanay and eat this bunch of kiat-kiats and drink my water, and avoid allergy-booster food (goodbye happy-tummy food :().
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| madame sickness |
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| my new best friends |
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It is kind of the one I blogged before, the hotpot, but this one's better cos the food are divided into categories--meat, seafood, desserts, beverages, sauces, salads.
My favorite category is the dessert. They a have fridge of ice cream with six different flavors - you get to choose whatever flavor you like, you can choose all if you want to, but trust me you cant cos youll get full just by the main course. And on the other side, if ice cream's not your thing, they have the complete ingredient for your Halo-halo (cant believe they have halo-halo in Korea!).
We got the cookies on the bar, where all the cupcakes and pastries are displayed. I also love the beverages part cos you get to choose whichever drink you wish! You can change drinks after drinks! Man, it's like a food heaven in the Philippines but in Seoul...whatever! hahaha.
My ice cream was mango-flavored with chocolate sprinkles, marshmallows, and sago and nata de coco on the side. Karen's avocado, with all the sprinkles, and banana, sago, and nata de coco on the side.(Mine looks much much edible, don't you think? :))
For our main course, we had pork teriyaki and garlic, chicken teriyaki and garlic, all the balls you could imagine, chicken, korean rice, veggies, some unknown food = They all tasted YUMMY, HAPPY TUMMY! Buuut, they wouldnt taste as yummy if you dont try the sauce, we only get to try the three basic sauces, and man they were the BEST!
The branch we went to is located in SM North EDSA.
I hope I did a good job enticing you with our experience. You should try this one! And the price is very student friendly. :)
HAPPY 3RD MERSAKI FADAY!
P.S.
If you want to treat a friend for your birthday, or just cos youre happy, this is the place to go! Right, Karen? hihi :) Arigatou Gozaimasu!
For our third MerSaki FADay, Karen and I decided, well...Karen chose to go Seoul Garden.
Seoul Garden is a nice Korean resto - buffet style - where you can cook/grill/boil whatever you want--Seafood, meat, raw salad--your style.
It is kind of the one I blogged before, the hotpot, but this one's better cos the food are divided into categories--meat, seafood, desserts, beverages, sauces, salads.
My favorite category is the dessert. They a have fridge of ice cream with six different flavors - you get to choose whatever flavor you like, you can choose all if you want to, but trust me you cant cos youll get full just by the main course. And on the other side, if ice cream's not your thing, they have the complete ingredient for your Halo-halo (cant believe they have halo-halo in Korea!).
We got the cookies on the bar, where all the cupcakes and pastries are displayed. I also love the beverages part cos you get to choose whichever drink you wish! You can change drinks after drinks! Man, it's like a food heaven in the Philippines but in Seoul...whatever! hahaha.
My ice cream was mango-flavored with chocolate sprinkles, marshmallows, and sago and nata de coco on the side. Karen's avocado, with all the sprinkles, and banana, sago, and nata de coco on the side.(Mine looks much much edible, don't you think? :))
For our main course, we had pork teriyaki and garlic, chicken teriyaki and garlic, all the balls you could imagine, chicken, korean rice, veggies, some unknown food = They all tasted YUMMY, HAPPY TUMMY! Buuut, they wouldnt taste as yummy if you dont try the sauce, we only get to try the three basic sauces, and man they were the BEST!
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| just starting |
The branch we went to is located in SM North EDSA.
I hope I did a good job enticing you with our experience. You should try this one! And the price is very student friendly. :)
HAPPY 3RD MERSAKI FADAY!
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| I sure look like I have cancer lol |
P.S.
If you want to treat a friend for your birthday, or just cos youre happy, this is the place to go! Right, Karen? hihi :) Arigatou Gozaimasu!
