I'm super busy. Need I say more? Gah.
I've been lost in the cyberworld for two straight weeks; hasn't been able to check on my mails, social network accounts, post pictures and blog, pluck my eyebrows, shave my legs, read books and everything I could do before when I'm still bumming around.
Well technically, I don't have a job yet. I'm not employed yet. I'm still undergoing a very strenuous, mind-bugging, and challenging training I've never imagined I'll be on to. Where I am right now is not something I have planned way back when I was still young and whinny. Everything that is happening in my life is unplanned, unguarded and unexpected but hey, I'm learning and enjoying. I guess that's what I should do as of the moment, enjoy and be thankful.
I just wish and pray and cross my fingers that I'll be able to pass this training (but I'm quite confident that I'll be able to pass because of my three straight A's :) ) because if not, I dunno where's my next destination.
Saturday, May 29, 2010
Saturday, May 15, 2010
How sinful Chocolate Heaven is like
So today Yok Han and I might have died because of...eating a very sinful piece of chocolate cake! Seriously!
After we strolled around the mall finding a perfect suit for Yok, we were starved and decided to eat merienda. The boyfriend wants to eat pasta and cake and so we went to Red Ribbon, because it's the only available food chain in the mall which serves both. Yok Han has been meaning to try the Chocolate Heaven while I, contented with a plate of pasta, tried it too for I am a chocolate lover!
It was very tempting at first look. Covered with shinny chocolate icing and chocolate curls. One time I was watching a cooking show, the chef made a chocolate icing and boy, making a shinny and polished-floor like icing isn't an easy breezy thing to do! Oh how I'd like to have a cooking show one day! Too bad I wasn't able to take a photo of it so I googled some for you to see!
Red Ribbon's Chocolate Heaven, sinfully heaven!
Inside look of the cake, the chocolate brownie layer serves as the base of the cake, layered with chocolate mousse on top, slathered with dark chocolate icing and topped with chocolate curls.
At first bite, it was excellent! The fine and luscious chocolate mousse melts in your mouth. And when I said fine, it's oh-so-fine! Unlike other poor chocolate mousse, Red Ribbon's chocolate heaven has rich and thick mousse I can eat like all day everyday! Top-liner! Partnered with layered mousse is the crunchy and fudgy chocolate brownie base, the second most perfect brownie I've ever tasted, so far, next to Mrs' Field's almond brownie. The two compliments one another in perfection!
The only thing I did not like is the chocolate icing and the chocolate curls topping. I'm a lover of dark chocolate and the two taste like it. But see, there are things that may seem bad by themselves like raw egg, cooking oil and flour. But when they're put together in the right way, they may a wonderful and delicious cake. But in this case, all things are perfect by themselves and tried to make even more perfect when put together. The result? It was too much, I think.
And goodness, just think of the sky-high fat and the calories intake after eating this piece of sin. A normal chocolate cake, with filling and coating will cost you 26% of total fat. Now imagine how much more fat you'll be accumulating in one sitting with that baby eh? I'm not a body-conscious gal who shapes up for the society but I try to be a health buff so as to take care of my inherited Diabetes blood line.
The cake is too much it makes my heart go pitter-patter. Seriously! Yok and I wasn't even able to finish that piece of heaven and sin and when we stood up, we felt dizzy. Probably because of the sugar rush.
I haven't eaten dinner and will never eat because I still feel full and sweet and fudgy all over! It's a sinful piece of heaven indeed!
After we strolled around the mall finding a perfect suit for Yok, we were starved and decided to eat merienda. The boyfriend wants to eat pasta and cake and so we went to Red Ribbon, because it's the only available food chain in the mall which serves both. Yok Han has been meaning to try the Chocolate Heaven while I, contented with a plate of pasta, tried it too for I am a chocolate lover!
It was very tempting at first look. Covered with shinny chocolate icing and chocolate curls. One time I was watching a cooking show, the chef made a chocolate icing and boy, making a shinny and polished-floor like icing isn't an easy breezy thing to do! Oh how I'd like to have a cooking show one day! Too bad I wasn't able to take a photo of it so I googled some for you to see!
Red Ribbon's Chocolate Heaven, sinfully heaven!
Inside look of the cake, the chocolate brownie layer serves as the base of the cake, layered with chocolate mousse on top, slathered with dark chocolate icing and topped with chocolate curls.The only thing I did not like is the chocolate icing and the chocolate curls topping. I'm a lover of dark chocolate and the two taste like it. But see, there are things that may seem bad by themselves like raw egg, cooking oil and flour. But when they're put together in the right way, they may a wonderful and delicious cake. But in this case, all things are perfect by themselves and tried to make even more perfect when put together. The result? It was too much, I think.
And goodness, just think of the sky-high fat and the calories intake after eating this piece of sin. A normal chocolate cake, with filling and coating will cost you 26% of total fat. Now imagine how much more fat you'll be accumulating in one sitting with that baby eh? I'm not a body-conscious gal who shapes up for the society but I try to be a health buff so as to take care of my inherited Diabetes blood line.
The cake is too much it makes my heart go pitter-patter. Seriously! Yok and I wasn't even able to finish that piece of heaven and sin and when we stood up, we felt dizzy. Probably because of the sugar rush.
I haven't eaten dinner and will never eat because I still feel full and sweet and fudgy all over! It's a sinful piece of heaven indeed!
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
The grown up post
The title reflects my feelings for the past few days. Mainly because of...
1. I exercised my right to vote for the very first time.
2. I am so broke, and that means I should get a job.
3. I can't handle my emotions, and that means I should act like grown ups do.
Last May 10 marked my day as as 'official' adult as I voted for the person I believe and trust enough to lead this country. That day was of first times- first automated elections and first time to vote! Oh well, I congratulate the Comelec for having a really fast and efficient elections despite of some problems in some areas. True enough that we should not fear technology rather embrace it. The whole country is stunned by the fast election results. Everyone thought that election day would be a doom's day for Comelec, that the automated polls is doomed to fail. But that proved everyone wrong. Everyone is so scared and apprehensive of the new technology and wanted to go back to manual-inefficient-and-full-of-cheating counting. I guess everyone's eating their own words right now. I wonder how's that taste like? ;p
The only bad ass in the election process is the long and unorganized lines. Since it was my first time to vote I was excited to go to our precinct I asked my Mama and my Sister if we can vote early. We went to Humayao, our precinct, at around 9am, weary, tired, and pissed off people welcomed us into the school. Some of them are rummaging on thick papers finding for their precinct. Oh gad, they were just disorganized! Goodness! I came prepared so it would be hassle-free but these people, they make their lives complicated! Really! They can just look on their claim stubs or voter's id or check their precincts on Comelec's website. They were complicating theirselves because they follow what others do or believe on what others say. As we enter the school some angry and anguished people encourage us to go back home because the lines are chaotic blah, blah, blah. We didn't believe them otherwise proceed to what we're really ought to do. After an hour, we already finished the process. I was quite nervous that the PCOS machine wouldn't accept my ballot because my shadings were not perfect. Scared and excited as I child holding her first barbecue I deposited the paper in the machine and tada, "Congratulations, your vote has been registered."
The results are almost complete now and I'm still unhappy. Well, as a grown up (hee, pangagatawanan ko na to!) I have to understand that my vote is only one and majority wins still. I wish this country will be better under the Aquino administration. I will just do my part to help this country redeem its beaten pride. I will pay my tax, follow the traffic lights, segregate and throw properly my garbage, follow ordinances and laws, OBEY signage, support the country's tourism by deciding not to travel abroad within this year (Yay, more domestic tours!), partake on national issues by not abdicating my rights as a Filipino, and be a citizen journalist. A watchdog. A conveyor of truth.
Okay this sounds so grown up and so I'm tucking myself to bed tonight with milk and cookies by my side. ;p
1. I exercised my right to vote for the very first time.
2. I am so broke, and that means I should get a job.
3. I can't handle my emotions, and that means I should act like grown ups do.
Last May 10 marked my day as as 'official' adult as I voted for the person I believe and trust enough to lead this country. That day was of first times- first automated elections and first time to vote! Oh well, I congratulate the Comelec for having a really fast and efficient elections despite of some problems in some areas. True enough that we should not fear technology rather embrace it. The whole country is stunned by the fast election results. Everyone thought that election day would be a doom's day for Comelec, that the automated polls is doomed to fail. But that proved everyone wrong. Everyone is so scared and apprehensive of the new technology and wanted to go back to manual-inefficient-and-full-of-cheating counting. I guess everyone's eating their own words right now. I wonder how's that taste like? ;p
The only bad ass in the election process is the long and unorganized lines. Since it was my first time to vote I was excited to go to our precinct I asked my Mama and my Sister if we can vote early. We went to Humayao, our precinct, at around 9am, weary, tired, and pissed off people welcomed us into the school. Some of them are rummaging on thick papers finding for their precinct. Oh gad, they were just disorganized! Goodness! I came prepared so it would be hassle-free but these people, they make their lives complicated! Really! They can just look on their claim stubs or voter's id or check their precincts on Comelec's website. They were complicating theirselves because they follow what others do or believe on what others say. As we enter the school some angry and anguished people encourage us to go back home because the lines are chaotic blah, blah, blah. We didn't believe them otherwise proceed to what we're really ought to do. After an hour, we already finished the process. I was quite nervous that the PCOS machine wouldn't accept my ballot because my shadings were not perfect. Scared and excited as I child holding her first barbecue I deposited the paper in the machine and tada, "Congratulations, your vote has been registered."
Technology isn't that painful eh? We just have to go out of the cave and embrace it, shouldn't we?
The results are almost complete now and I'm still unhappy. Well, as a grown up (hee, pangagatawanan ko na to!) I have to understand that my vote is only one and majority wins still. I wish this country will be better under the Aquino administration. I will just do my part to help this country redeem its beaten pride. I will pay my tax, follow the traffic lights, segregate and throw properly my garbage, follow ordinances and laws, OBEY signage, support the country's tourism by deciding not to travel abroad within this year (Yay, more domestic tours!), partake on national issues by not abdicating my rights as a Filipino, and be a citizen journalist. A watchdog. A conveyor of truth.
Okay this sounds so grown up and so I'm tucking myself to bed tonight with milk and cookies by my side. ;p
Thursday, May 6, 2010
What I felt inside that small white room
Cold.
White.
Cornered room.
Lady-like rendezvous.
Just
a.look.
among the crowd.
Shoot.
Ugly.
Dark.
Discriminated.
Unfairly treated.
Disregarded.
Neglected.
Insulted.
Half-baked.
I thought they wanted smart, skilled, and diligent workers in the industry but "that" proved me wrong. I'm just so disappointed and not satisfied with the kind of process my fellow Filipinos did! In the international industry, they are looking for both substance and form, sometimes average of form as long as a person is excellent and can positively contribute to the company. Oh well, I'd stop ranting now and focus all my energy to beach, sand, stars, flowers, and everything nice. The Universe will conspire with me if I'm positive.
I will try and try until I touch the sky! I can, I am and I will.
White.
Cornered room.
Lady-like rendezvous.
Just
a.look.
among the crowd.
Shoot.
Ugly.
Dark.
Discriminated.
Unfairly treated.
Disregarded.
Neglected.
Insulted.
Half-baked.
I thought they wanted smart, skilled, and diligent workers in the industry but "that" proved me wrong. I'm just so disappointed and not satisfied with the kind of process my fellow Filipinos did! In the international industry, they are looking for both substance and form, sometimes average of form as long as a person is excellent and can positively contribute to the company. Oh well, I'd stop ranting now and focus all my energy to beach, sand, stars, flowers, and everything nice. The Universe will conspire with me if I'm positive.
I will try and try until I touch the sky! I can, I am and I will.
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