Filed under: Nonsense
I’m sick and tired of your attitude
I’m feeling like I don’t know you
You tell me that you love me then cut me down
I’m sick and tired of your reasons
I’ve got no one to believe in
You ask me for my love then you push me around
Yes, I remember what you said last night
And I know that you see what you’re doing to me
Tell me, why? Why? Tell me, why?
I take a step back, let you go
I told you I’m not bulletproof
Now you know.
2:24.
Filed under: Friends
1. I miss the times when I reverted back to the simple life with no complexities. No friendship twists, no deep grudges. Hay parang naging exponential ang pag-increase ng dagdag kong iniisip after that early October night. It is not under-control, but is externally so.
2. Was able to chat with a very close friend tonight. Grabe, missed him. Pambawi sa lungkot. :)
3. Hindi pala ito considered tweet, everything is more than 140 characters. @_@
Filed under: Friends
A man of many companions may come to ruin,
but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.Proverbs 18:24
Sorry.
I am not weird. I am normal. The joys in my life follows the pdf (probability density function) of a normal distribution, when plotted against time. I noticed this three hundred thousand times already.
But then, all pdf’s are of that form. Its area (below the curve) has to be 1. Maybe if I treated life, on the contrary, as a cdf (cumulative distribution function) then everything will be fine. But that’s impossible, since everyone always seem to let go of the past. And it wouldn’t be healthy to always carry around grudges and hurt, right. So, pdf FTW!
On a lighter note, my professional life has been on high road lately. I’m starting to comprehend all the mathematics I’m working on, thanks to my supportive colleagues. Enjoying them, even. I enjoy listening to my superiors’ stories of how they interacted with life. Makes me wanna do it, too.
Just a reality bite: money is hard business. Now that I have own source, I also have my own new outlets. Bills, food, socials,… Ugh. But I love that it’s a humbling experience of some sort. Especially when people around you earn at least n times what you do, n>25. And I am proud to be giving some to the KAISA foundation to help really deserving scholars.
UP, CSSC, Math Club, KAISA, Genio, MMC (hehe), I-Math, Esbi – I miss you!
Filed under: Britney Spears
“3” hits number on3 at the Billboard Hot 100 making it her 3rd #1 after “…Baby One More Time” and “Womanizer.” This makes her the first artist in 3 years to debut at #1, and the first non-American Idol artist in 11 years to do so.
It would would have been cooler if it debuted at #3, making it her 3rd #3 (next to “Gimme More” and “Circus”), but a #1’s cool, too.
Listen to “3” (3:33):
1 Decade: For fans who stuck with her for the past ten years, the pop princess is releasing her third a compilation album featuring her singles from her debut album back in 1999. The album, called The Singles Collection, hits the market on November 24th. It will be released in a deluxe box set containing all her singles in their original sleeve packaging; and in a mediocre standard edition single disc containing 17 of her best singles, plus the new song, “3.”
Here’s the cover for the standard edition CD, with my comments:
It’s one of my favorite covers so far, I just had some issues with pictures from the In the Zone era and Britney era; I’m a bit sure they’re trying to put chronology in the images, but her team simply failed. Nonetheless, I though the cover was classy, and very different from her past covers.
2 Decades: My friend, Joseph Ray Clarence G. Damasco is celebrating his 20th birthday today! Happy 2 decades to you, my dear friend! I pray that you continue to hit the high road in our career and be a blessing to everyone around you! :D
I remember last year tuning online to Ney York’s Z100 station to listen to the world premier of Brit-Brit’s comback single stream. It was 6AM there, which advances twelve hours here in Manila. I arrived home from school before 5PM and was waiting for the music before 6PM. I remember the rush I felt. O hai, makes me feel old. Well, things changed a lot since then. :D
Happy anniversary, “Womanizer”!
And happy first month in the industry for me and Meia. :)
PS 3.
Filed under: Love
J/K. :p My Sun number here. If you need to reach me fast, contact my Sun number. I almost always leave my Globe phone in my office drawer; Sun’s with me everywhere I go. Kk, bb. :D
Filed under: Chronicles
We dropped by the Nike outlet store in High Street today before doing rounds of jogging because my office mate has no extra shirt to change to. Inside, a man approached me and asked, “Excuse me, saan yung changing room?” I can’t express how I felt, but it kinda felt a little weird, but at the same time interesting. I wasn’t offended (Or bothered!) because I was wearing the usual sports attire of sales assistants in the store – loose shirt, jogging pants and rubber shoes. So I just let it pass, although my office mates were smirking.
Well, they should. I was wearing Adidas the whole time! :D
Filed under: Insights
It’s a well known fact that I’m a fan of synth dance-pop club music, which includes everything 2003-Britney to Craig David’s club beaters to Sarah G.’s new sound.(No Lady GaGa now, please.)
No1curr.
However though, I tire of the genre, too. Sometimes, nakakaumay. :) So, I listen to other albums, too. Frequently, it’s American country music I turn to. (Or its British “counterpart” — The Corrs.) It’s like a breath of fresh air. It has a very cool sound which soothes the emotion deeply, and makes your move legs too, but in a non-dancy sort of way.
Shania Twain, Tim McGraw, Faith Hill, Taylor Swift and Carrie Underwood — I like the music of these people.
Standing out were two of my favorites, Shania and Carrie. The former I loved since the day I listened to her Come on Over CD I found inside my uncle’s car. I love all her songs, even her crossover pop songs. Carrie, on the other hand, was my personal favorite in American Idol Season 4. I have both her albums, and they are amazing.
No1curr. I just to share my thoughts right now concerning music. ;)
Cool. Thinking about it now, the only ten CDs I have belong to these two ladies + Britney. Oh hai blond girls. *_* Oops, Shania’s not blond.
Anyway:
1) Carrie Underwood’s third album, Play On, is out on November third. The first single, “Cowboy Casanova” is now released to radio. I’m getting my copy!
2) Kudos to Shania Twain for finding a new love in the former spouse of the her husband’s new woman. Cool. :) He “has been the most constant companion of support for both [8-year-old son] Eja and me, and having gone through the suffering of his family splitting apart at the same time under the same extreme circumstances, he understood me better than anyone,” she writes.
Filed under: Uncategorized
Today, I got my first traffic violation ticket. I was ‘caught’ driving in an ‘illegal counterflow’ in Ortigas center. I had to surrender my driver’s license. It was apparently a major offense, so I was supposed to pay P3,000 fine, plus a 3-month suspension on my license.
My main defense is that there were no very visible signs in the area, so I couldn’t blame myself if I made a practical turn to the street nearest my destination. I voiced my concerns (it was really my mom), and it was settled. The charge was reduced to reckless driving, was charged a ticket, had to pay for the damages to have my license back. (Although this happened in ~speedy~ process.) Not happy about it still. The only thing I appreciated was that the fact that I experienced something like this before I face the real world out of school.
Speaking of that, I just signed a contract today for my work (described in the previous post), after applying for some necessary pre-employment requirements in UP. Then, a little celebration after with the legendary Miss Janis Narvas.
Filed under: food
Only in Nueva Ecija and in restaurants do I experience smooth, creamy leche flan. Everytime we create this treat, we always have small bubbles around the edge and some in the center of the flan. It really isn’t a big deal, but presentation-wise, it’s fugly and makes the flan break up easily, compared to one which is solid and creamy.
I did a couple of tries, interviews to experts, and compared different local cookbooks at Fully Booked (while waiting for Nikki, the other day) before coming up with the solution to the airy problem. Some suggested that straining the concoction would do the trick to ’strain away’ the air; Nikki’s mom mixes the solution by hand to avoid incorporating air in it; a cookbook in Fully Booked insists to cook the mixture in very mild heat; and still, some suggest that using 0% egg white is the trick.
After analyzing the problem and the solutions, I thought of a way myself. I know it has nothing to do with the egg whites, but the three arguments seem sound. This recipe is a variation from a published local “secret recipe”. I preferred full cream milk over evaporated milk to add lightness to the flan, but to retain its creamy consistency.
Leche Fun!
Makes 3 to 4 llaneras
Ingredients:
8 egg yolks
1 big can (385 mL) full cream milk*
1 small can (155 mL) sweetened condensed milk
vanilla extract**
sugar
*Preferably Bear Brand full cream milk, or try reconstituting evap milk by adding equal parts of water and evaporated milk.
**You may also use vanilla flavoring, or dayap zest.
Procedure:
1. Start by creating the caramel topping at the bottom of your llanera. Sprinkle a generous amount of granulated white sugar at the bottom of the pan. (You may ask your younger sister to do this.)
Set the pan inside an oven toaster and wait for the sugar to melt, about 3 to 5 minutes. At this time, you may want to swirl the mixture continuously to prevent burning and to create an evenly set sugar shell. Alternately, you can heat the llanera in the open flame of the stove until the sugar melts. Let cool. (Note: Be careful! Melted sugar can be really hot! And work quickly, since a very blonde syrup can be brunette in a matter of seconds!)
2. While waiting for your llaneras to cool, prepare the custard mixture. In bowl, combine the egg yolks, full cream and condensed milk, and vanilla. Mix using a wisk or a wooden spoon, but do not beat!
3. Carefully laddle the mixture into your prepared llaneras, letting it pass through a fine strainer. (A cheese cloth would also work.) Fill the containers up to 3/4 full. Cover with aluminum wrap, or if your llanera comes with a cover, use it.
4. Here’s the tricky part. Steam in a mildly simmering water. Make sure that the water isn’t boiling, just letting out a fine, streaming steam. To do this, make sure the water boils first. Then carefully lower the heat at the lowest your stove possibly can maintain. You can achieve this by setting the stove just a bit before it being ‘off’, just be careful it doesn’t blow out. Steam for 45 minutes to an hour. You can check if the flan is cooked by inserting the tip of a knife in the center; if it comes out clean, then it’s cooked.
5. Refrigerate for about 3 to 4 hours or chill for an hour. Slice and serve. Enjoy! (Or not.)
