Pretentious Food Names :D

Isa sa masayang part ng pagte-training bukod dun sa bagong learnings that would boost your efficiency and technical know-how eh yung snacks at lunch :D

Ginanap ang aming recent training sa Mandarin Hotel -- the training was nice, and the food was well interesting :)

Here were the courses for lunch...

hmn... interesting how they presented the names :)



Course Names -- ang haba

For Appetizer they presented Tuna Tataki with Garlic Aioli and Mango Salsa
It tasted like umn -- Sashimi?

Tuna Tataki = Sashimi

For the main course Char Grilled Pork Tenderloin, Creamy Mushroom Ragout and Pandan Rice -- but on a nut shell it tasted like Asado :D


Char Grilled Pork -- Asado

and for Desert :) Warm Hazelnut Pudding on Mild Berry Compote and Cinnamon Cream -- which tasted like Carrot Cake; masarap din naman talaga :D


Hazelnut Pudding -- ang galing nung Tribal chocolate Drowing! :D

So eto naman ang ipinangalan namin sa aming Late Afternoon Snack
Tira-tirang TunaTataki na binalot sa Siomai Wrapper at Tirang Croissant with Hipon Salad na Pinalaman sa Tinapay na parang Pusod ng Buntis :D ooteeehh!


Mahabang Names -- mas yummy

Oh Yeah :D

FrancisM

editted image courtesy of 112506 of symbianize.com

Francis Magalona's contribution to the local music scene is undeniable, and he left relatively young.

What i admire the most about Francis is the hope and strentgh he have shown as he battled against a very dreadful illness, his multiply blog is a picture of faith and optimism that is pure faith.

There is so much to reflect on this part of his life, to reflect what he have realized, that life is transient, cancer or no cancer. We are but passengers...

His songs and passion is admirable, a reminder that in this life, we make mistakes -- we don't stop there, we learn, we cry , we laugh and move on.

That to live fully is to live without regrets... For life in a nutshell is a Happy Battle.

Right to Reply *bow

image from presscouncil.blogspot.com

At first glance -- there seem not any sense on the "Right to Reply", right to reply? Ibig ba sabihin nun pag meron akong tinanong, dapat meron akong sagot? E di dapat "Right to be Replied" yun. What is the fuzz over the said bill?

Senator Nene Pimentel authored the said bill -- in a nut shell ang gusto nitong mangyari eh, kung ang isang form ng media ay may binatikos or tinukoy, binastos or may pinagusapan, ang tao o mga tao na nabanggit ay maaaring sumagot sa parehas na media ng libre.

Libre?! Kung ibinalita na ang isang contractor, kung sino mang private person ay kasali sa anumang anomalya, or scandal -- makakatulong ang "right to reply" sa kanya. Automatically may fighting chance sya kasi magiging karapatan nya na sumagot sa mga alegasyon sa kanya. Hehe ang kulit lang isipin pero diba un mismo ang trabaho ng media? Yung malaman ang kwento ng magkabilang panig?

Imagine the conundrum kung isang politiko ang ibalita... Wow all the drama for free... Sagutang walang hanggan, sa media sila magtitirahan, when supposedly their forum must be a court of law or something more official. Where the findings can be used to them or serve them innocent.

For all its worth, may pro and cons ang right to reply, yun lang ung pro na part eh nakalatag na sana sa free at unbiased media. On the otherhand cons side would self serve figures that would spam our media with their self-cleansing thoughts.

On the first place, those we would like them to hear from are keeping their silence, like the fertilizer scam, the euro generals, the ZTE scam, yung north rail project. Etc etc -- the media i'm sure is more than willing to hear from them as well. But they are i guess they rather use their right against self-incrimination =)

Geez...

Questions of Discipline

Naging roller coaster ride talaga para sa akin ang nakaraang mga buwan.
Talagang halos ang araw-araw parang lumilipas lang na oras.

One must then decide when to pause, stop and reflect.

"Sharpening of the Saw..."

Ano ba ang mga pinaka-epektib para maka-pagunwind?
Eto yung mga pang-unwind na ginamit ko -- yun lang feeling ko parang kung alternator lang ako malamang na sunog na ang coil ko.

Maglaro ng Devil May Cry 4
-- i have played this game for over hundred hours na ngayon, geez pag natatapos ako dito sa laro na to, parang feeling ko parang gusto kong manakit eh parang riot yar!

Mag DVD marathon ng Series
-- Burn Notice, Big Bang Theory, Mythbusters, House, Chuck - every week sinusubaybayan, additional stress na rin sa akin halos ang writers strike sa US. It is a personal debate din sa akin na hindi ko naaapreciate ang local series, i felt that its an obligation that i do, pero bukod sa News at sa "Word of the Lourd" Segment sa TV5 Top Ten (yung News din nila) eh wala naman na akong nasusubaybayan. Geez... hanep sa guilt trip! :D

Matulog
-- ng wala sa oras... ang hirap i-recalibrate ng nawala sa ayos na body clock, matutulog ng 2am at gigising ng 8am, average 6hours sleep pero ang pakiramdam ko drained pa rin ako. nyah!

Mag Browse ng Forums at Manga
-- hehe, naaabusong office resources at nasasayang na time. tempting to do from time to time, but it leaves bad after taste. Sino ba ang ayaw na maraming ma-acomplish diba?

Stare at Blank Space
-- is this even an activity? geez...


And after 3months, i finally get to pause and write another article.
Wow! what a superb comeback! :D

Seriously... I'm bringing back my Reading and Reflecting Habits.
if i keep things unchecked like this -- i will keep on hurting myself and give other people lots of inconvenience, if i keep living in this pace -- i will not be able appreciate and moments will be lost, if i keep living unhealthy -- i might just catch some cardio disease and that can't be good.

Recalibrate Mode.

Ending Hiatus :D

I would like to end my hiatus -- because, one i feel that i'm cramping up when i don't write and second sss i starting to get annoying... geez :D

Ahedres

Binabalikan ko ngayon ang isa sa mga laro na feeling ko eh hindi ako nag-improve over the years. Charaa aan ang Chess



Hindi ko sure kung ano ang secret ng game na ito, may kaibigan kasi ako na medyo bulagsak sa school pero di ko matalo sa Chess. I guess ibang field of intelligence ang game katulad ng Chess -- Spatial siguro?

Pero ang tumitimo sa akin sa larong Chess, siguro ung "Insight". Bilib ako sa mga players na may gusto talagang may gustong palabasin sa formation nila. Parang nakikita nila yung susunod na pattern, clairvoyance sa bagay na paparating palang. Complicated but yet simple.

Sa pag gawa ng "next move" mas madali makita ang maaaring maging galaw ng kalaro mo sa 8x8 na board ng Chess. Sa buhay mas kumplikado, parang marami kang piyesa, sabay-sabay ang kalaban. Naghahanap ka ng pattern na hindi mo matatagpuan. I am planning my future move that might be smacked down the moment I lay it. But with insight your next move that you will have to enact seems to be appropriate.

How many moves ahead have you planned? Are they rigid or adaptable to change? Or you even haven't decided yet.

Blog Review: Diary ni Ella – Confessions ng Isang Masahista the Book

Una sa lahat ang hirap hanapin ng book ni Ella huh?

Siempre ang una kong pinaghanapan eh yung bookstores malapit sa amin – National Monumento Grand Central and Victory Mall, tsk wala… sumunod yung malapit sa work place sa National Bookstore SM Sucat at Santana Grove. Wala din! Finally found it in National Bookstore sa Glorietta -- sa wakas!

National Bookstore -- Dameng Books

Witty and funny, not to mention hardcore. That is Ella's story match with her story telling. Kahit nabasa ko na ito the first time nung unang lumabas ang blog nya and she was still anonymous back then, i still get that sympathy for the young innocent ella, and the respect as she develops and learned how to fight back.

She told stories and opened issues we know that are there but we refuse to look at. Scenarios so sad that we thought they only happen on movies and telenovelas. Hopes and dreams that make things possible and happen.

It might just be an entertainment story for some. But on higher sense, Ella's stories serves as an inspiration, that even on adversities, just as long as a person haven't given up on one's self, the promise is still there, and its up to us to fulfill it as well.

Confessions ng Isang Masahista -- Life Hardcore