mas manghod. lapit na lang ko malab-ot. niwang.
manghod. mas taas. grabe kaniwang.
tiya.pinakamagulang kanday nanay.
tumbo! ako, si Nessi, kag si Red.
gin edit na
ni tanan
nakon.
-April 2012
Individual
Sunday, April 22, 2012
Wednesday, April 4, 2012
the .gif Project
Tonight, I just learned how to make .gifs thus I abused such 'discovery' and came up with lots of .gifs from our recent Youcam-craziness-at-midnight :) With me are my epic dorm mate and friends Jasmin ( le model) and Justine (le troll).
You don't know the half of it.
Wednesday, March 28, 2012
Food. Glorious Food.
For our last requirement in Comm3, we were made to interview an expert on our topic of choice. I had always wanted to interview a cosplayer thus I suggested it on our FB group but sadly some other group from the previous semester had already done it. Our approved topic was "tips for budding restaurantuers" and I had no idea who to interview. There are only three real, good chefs I know and they're the chef judges from Junior Master Chef.
And then I remembered Jeanie. (Sorry Jeanie, I just started texting you when I needed help with our project). And then she recommended Chef Sau Del Rosario.
Finally, after days of constructing the letter (with major revisions plus the 'cryptic' handwriting) and gaining enough guts to send him an email, he consented. (I was in the library when my group mates found out about ze reply and I was running all the way just to see it on the laptop). He really was kind enough to consider our request and to even allot time for us despite his very busy week.
Our interview with him lasted for forty five minutes and though the captured video was a total failure [don't remind me], the things we've learned from that interview was very much inspiring. [Because I was in a hurry to move on with my life, I had deleted the entire Comm3 folder and unfortunately, one of the files inside was the video of our interview with Chef Sau.]
One of the things which according to him made him levels higher than other young, beginner chefs was experience. He had asked us if we knew Ratatouille, his life in France as a cook was very much like that, well, except for the rat. It was in that place where he had to catch the live fish being thrown to him, having his butt kicked by the French cooks while he goes searching for the fish that just slipped away, crying by the river Seine (to which he adds: It might sound cliche but it happened to me) and calling his mom that he's almost about to give up and being encouraged to just go on in return.
Chef Sau, one of the most-recognized chefs in the country, had cooked for the Pope, the president and various other celebrities but he says, "I treat them all the same.All customers deserve the best food, the best ingredients (60% ingredients, 40% skills) because they're paying for it." He had lots of other restaurants put up in various places all over the metro but Villa Cafe, his new 'baby' and the one where we had the interview, was one important place for him. The dishes served in the restaurant are from people close to Chef Sau; from those who had greatly influenced him on the course of his career. The adobo served in here, which I tell you is very delicious ( i don't know what else to say) is his mom's favorite.Other recipes are from his mentors,to which he just adds his own style; and there are lines written beside almost every dish in the menu, such as "Chef Sau's comfort food" :)
And then I remembered Jeanie. (Sorry Jeanie, I just started texting you when I needed help with our project). And then she recommended Chef Sau Del Rosario.
Finally, after days of constructing the letter (with major revisions plus the 'cryptic' handwriting) and gaining enough guts to send him an email, he consented. (I was in the library when my group mates found out about ze reply and I was running all the way just to see it on the laptop). He really was kind enough to consider our request and to even allot time for us despite his very busy week.
Our interview with him lasted for forty five minutes and though the captured video was a total failure [don't remind me], the things we've learned from that interview was very much inspiring. [Because I was in a hurry to move on with my life, I had deleted the entire Comm3 folder and unfortunately, one of the files inside was the video of our interview with Chef Sau.]
One of the things which according to him made him levels higher than other young, beginner chefs was experience. He had asked us if we knew Ratatouille, his life in France as a cook was very much like that, well, except for the rat. It was in that place where he had to catch the live fish being thrown to him, having his butt kicked by the French cooks while he goes searching for the fish that just slipped away, crying by the river Seine (to which he adds: It might sound cliche but it happened to me) and calling his mom that he's almost about to give up and being encouraged to just go on in return.
Chef Sau, one of the most-recognized chefs in the country, had cooked for the Pope, the president and various other celebrities but he says, "I treat them all the same.All customers deserve the best food, the best ingredients (60% ingredients, 40% skills) because they're paying for it." He had lots of other restaurants put up in various places all over the metro but Villa Cafe, his new 'baby' and the one where we had the interview, was one important place for him. The dishes served in the restaurant are from people close to Chef Sau; from those who had greatly influenced him on the course of his career. The adobo served in here, which I tell you is very delicious ( i don't know what else to say) is his mom's favorite.Other recipes are from his mentors,to which he just adds his own style; and there are lines written beside almost every dish in the menu, such as "Chef Sau's comfort food" :)
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| Now these are real thin-sliced chips. I forgot whether this was potato or banana. |
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| Pastel de Lengua. I was sweating as I was eating this one, spicy and yummy. And I particularly liked the way the meat(err, tongue) was cooked, I think the tenderness of the meat strands has something to do with the overall taste of every meal. I could've had removed all the sauce and the meal would still taste really good. BUT since I prefer half-cooked veggies, the potato and carrots didn't really suit my taste. |
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| Lengua (again). The sauce tasted really great. Creamy enough to scream "I'm the Lengua American version" but it wouldn't redirect your taste buds from the lengua to the sauce. |
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| Pizza-Pampanga version. This tastes nothing like the pizza you used to order on some pizza resto. |
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| Banana Butter shake. Never really tasted this one. But according to my group mates, it tastes more buttery than banana-ish. |
We had our picture taken with Chef Sau who before doing so had volunteered to wear his chef coat (I don't know what it's really called). Kitty, third from left, was a fan of Chef Sau and she actually dressed up for the interview.
And though I wasn't able to finish my meal because it's good for two (not for one) and the waiters didn't even warn us :| getting the chance to interview one of the best Pinoy chefs around and being able to eat a dish he made is just like walking on sunshine.
Nabusog ako,
ang sarap,
~good bye 500.
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AND, thank you Jeanie . :)
Buot man gid siya. Just ike you said.
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Monday, March 12, 2012
bookfair, books, booksale, Christian, college life, crazy post, floating bookstore, logos hope, sundae
At the South Harbor
MV Logos Hope
I finally went to Logos Hope at South Harbor (with my dorm mates) last Thursday afternoon (even if that meant missing a class).
This was Ate Norma, the Cebuana crew, who gave Jasmine the ticket because Jasmine seemed eager to volunteer.
The book prices are in units and the exchange rate is
1 unit=1 peso. So hard right? :)
There were different sections in the book store ranging from bestsellers, medicine books, classics, Christian/inspirational, cookbooks, languages, children's etc.
My favorite were the stalls filled with Christian albums, most of which are unavailable in the country (aside from Hillsong & probably Citipointe). What made me all giddy was seeing 3 Building 429's album in there; and MercyMe's too. I had a hard time deciding what to buy (since I haven't expected them to be selling these 'epic' things). Just after the main bookstore, there's this small section filled with 3 for 500 units McGraw Hill books along with 3 for 100 units Christian CDs.
I ended up buying this Music Appreciation book and the New Testament for Students along with 2 Christian albums.
After buying some books, one can (should-since you cannot go out without passing through this area) take a short journey through their audio-visual retelling of the parable,
"The Prodigal Son".
The International Cafe
-We get to view the city from here-
Because these two cans are non-existing in the Philippine market. :)
Who went there?
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Jasmine who was given a ticket to Logos Hope's Farewell Party (this afternoon-March 13).
photo credits to Jasmine, the only one with a camera :]
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| Me eating a sundae which a twitter friend had recommended. |
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| Ate Johan whose name was the same with the guy on the cafeteria serving the sundaes. |
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| Justine who would've been left behind if we went there on a Friday | . |
This was
the little theater where David,a crew member from Malaysia, did a short
magic show. Funny because when he asked the audience to guess where he
came from, most answered either China or Korea. The same thing happened
with Alex, who was actually from Thailand. Most of us answered Korea. 
For Angeli,
because she wanted to see
what's inside Logos Hope.
Sunday, February 26, 2012
cause, dolphins, global awareness, marine life, mass slaughter, movies, natsci5, save the dolphins, taiji, the cove
The Cove
I've never seen any body of water turn blood red as that which happened in Taiji the moment the captured dolphins were all killed.
I'm doing my NatSci 5 homework in here because I'm too lazy to type unless it's on blogger. :|
1. Overall assessment of the movie
At first, I thought that the film we were watching would just be like any other documentary films dealing with environmental issues: the typical interview with the experts, pictures comparing the then-and-now, numerous graphs and other statistical data supporting the facts being presented etc. As the film progressed,it was shown that the people in the film were actually involved with real missions: of saving the dolphins and Taiji and doing it NOW! and of letting the viewers realize how real the happenings are. To be honest, there was no other documentary film that has made me as depressed and angry as The Cove. And in the end of the movie, I can say that I am so proud of Ric O' Barry and everyone else who took part in risking their lives not just for the sake of making the documentary but for actually saving the dolphins despite the threats not only of the locals but of those people in authority trying to protect such activity for monetary gain.
2. Lessons
When the dolphin trainer Ric O' Barry retold the moment his dolphin committed suicide right in front of him, it reminded me of what a dolphin trainer told us once- that the dolphins in the show are those incapable of surviving out there in the wild. I don't know how real his words were but all I know is that being trapped in a very small space is indeed depressing. It's hard not to be bias but seeing those dolphin trainers in Taiji waiting on the beach for the 'perfect' dolphin they could each bring back made me see them as ignorant and selfish people-not all but some- especially those who know what really is happening.
One of the facts presented in there was that almost 23,000 dolphins are killed yearly in Taiji and that no environmental organization has done anything about it. One scientist had perfectly said it- that size doesn't matter, IWC and other related organizations should protect both large and 'small' whales.
The method of dolphin killing used by fishermen was very brutal. I have never seen any body of water turn red as that one in Taiji the moment the captured dolphins were all killed.
I think that what everyone have seen in that film would be enough to have them do something in order to stop the mass slaughter of dolphins in Taiji and someday hopefully, all other marine organisms in other parts of the world as well.
3. Is it effective as a medium?
I think that the team led by Ric O' Barry have used the most effective medium in raising global awareness regarding the dolphin slaughter in Japan; in addition, they have made the viewers active participants of the cause by making use of the internet in sending online petition to the Japanese government to intervene on what is being done in Taiji.
If you don't know what's happening to part of the world's dolphin population, it's time for you to find out from those people who decided to uncover the truth themselves and decided to share it with the rest of us.
MV Logos Hope
I really want to go to the floating bookstore, MV Logos Hope, sometime this March. Before March 23 to be exact. I don't care whether I go alone or with my friends; and I don't care even if the landlady at our dorm said that madaming mandurukot sa Pier 15. And lastly, I shall find out how to go there!
~a very hopeful fay~
~a very hopeful fay~
[update: We just did. Yay.]
Saturday, February 25, 2012
Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulain
Our Humanities 1 professor made us watch this; and it's the first full-length French movie I've seen. Unlike the first one he made us watch (Old Boy), which, I tell you is very much disturbing, this one doesn't revolve on revenge that much. Though there's a bit of it in the middle, it was done in behalf of someone else.
AND there's a bit of love story in the end too. Sort of added for the main character to fix her life, and not for the entire movie to exist.
Other notes:
If the actress who played Amélie Poulain, Audrey Tatou,looks familiar to you,
I could only think of two reasons why:
1) She looks a lot like Liv Tyler.
2) You've seen her play Sophie in The Da Vinci Code.
After watching this movie, I was partly dismayed with Ghajini particularly the scene where the woman helped the blind man go to his destination while the woman was describing the setting on the way. Rip-off.
Amélie Poulain: "She doesn't relate to other people. She was always a lonely child."
