Something Fishy..

I'm supposed to blog this earlier but instead I blogged about my depression about the world. Hehe...

Anyway, few days ago, while having this mixed emotions I decided to step in to my kitchen. Being in the kitchen gives me freedom and happiness. Doesn't matter if i cook or bake, its like painting expressing what's your heart truly desires. My heart truly desires.... the smell of baked fish. I took fish fillet out of the fridge and looked for lemon and cheese.  It wasn't like my chef's (ahya) cheesy baked fish but it was good.

Fish fillet rubbed with salt, pepper and lemon juice. Baked till half cooked.

Topped with cheese, added some ground pepper and dried thyme herbs. Baked for few minutes.

I learned this cooking when I was in HS. My mom taught me this recipe when she left me alone at home. Back then, I felt that I made something special. As in wow!! When she came home, I told her how good it was. The thought that I made it my own made me more happy as a child. Remembering this made my dish more delicious.

The next day, I tried to cook beef broccoli.  Tried? because its feels like I made chopseuy without the seafoods.. I have few beef sukiyaki cut in the freezer, bought broccoli and some dried mushroom the other day. I found carrots and tofu in the fridge. Cut some radish too and veggie mushroom balls (don't have squid balls). When every ingredients in the pan, I discovered I don't have oyster sauce, so I used vegetarian stir-fry sauce...

Fried tofu first!

Culture Kasi

My stay here in Cebu isn't really a blast. Come to think of it, I think I shared my emotions with my sis when she stated "I hate Cebu" in her fb. Because it wasn't fun to live in alone or far from your friends. When you cannot understand the new culture and doesn't want to adopt at the same time. I learned a lot here in my three years of stay in Cebu. As a development studies graduate, I failed my prof simply because I grew tired of thinking that "some people are just not well informed". That, they are mahirap because government didn't helped them and plus, private sectors took advantage of their kamang-mangan. But then again, NGOs cannot do much. hanggang tulong na lang. depende pa rin sa tao if they will learn or not.  I red a lot of articles and books about kahirapan natin, and I say it too, I blame it on the culture.

If you see people in Manila helpless, what's more here in Cebu. When I was in training in Manila for Cebu, I was  optimistic.  That, I will not be a capitalist. Three years later, I am. why? because one worker told me "kawalan niyo, hindi ako"; because I couldn't find a good house helper, and one wanted me to pay her 3,000 for one specific job (by the way, my house have 2BR, 1T, no dining and no sala); because I hired one maid (19 years old) and her parents took her home because she must attend to her husband's needs (live-in partner); .... that you cannot buy loyalty.

Last sunday, we were invited in a party. There was four groups in our table. The two groups were Fil-Cebuanos and the two Fil-Chinese.  I just can't stop noticing how rude people can be; one Fil-Ceb turned the lazy susan while my sis was still getting food in our table, unlike the Fil-Chi who looked first before turning. This happened twice, not the same person but has the same manners.  Where is your table etiquette?

And here I am trying to live with my beliefs... survival of the fittest na lang.

Am I conservative or just Naive

A few weeks ago, I discovered that my lil' bro came home late. I was fine with it for he was with my sister. But to think of he drove my sister first then went out again to drive home his gf was bothered me for weeks. My siblings arrived home past midnight and bro went out again and was back around 1am. 

In my days, I was not allowed to. When I have singing engagements and will come home late, my friends (friends as in my ate/s and kuya/s) see to it I arrived home safely. When I was in their age I don't have bf, I was 23 when I accepted Da.  But, I didn't takas.  I didn't lie. I arrived home early. I informed my mom when I'll be home late.

teens today, haaaaay...... ok lang daw may kahati sila.