Fast Food Fanatic… Plus On Getting Stranded

Posted on May 10, 2008 at 9:20 pm | 12 Comments
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Fast Food Fanatic

In the Million Insect Storm, the Constellations Form Since the fourteenth of last month, I’ve already eaten once in Tokyo Tokyo (I love their Ebi Tempura), three times in McDonald’s (I’m a cheeseburger fan), and four times in Jollibee. Maybe, there is something that they add in their meals they prepare which makes me and their other patrons come back for more, be it their specialties and even their desserts. I guess it’s Monosodium Glutamate (or betsin in the vernacular)… But MSG in desserts? That’s weird.

This all began back in the start of the second term when I met my friends who just can’t get enough of Jollibee and McDo (and when we get extremely long breaks, we even go to the mall to try other fast food chains). Prior to that, the only place where I frequently ate my lunch was in the school’s cafeteria. I’ve grown I’mune to the food they serve. Every vials that they prepare seemed to taste like with what I call generic foods (fried chicken, pork chop, etc.). But since those people I was with were fast food fanatics. I was forced to eat either in Jollibee or McDonald’s almost everyday.

I know, it’s not healthy, we can’t be exactly sure what are the ingredients of the foods that they prepare. Besides, we know for a fact that foods that were deep fried (like fried chicken and French fries) are rich in saturated fats. Seriously, I need to stop and control from eating such food1.

The only benefit you get is that there is only a small possibility that you’ll get contract diseases due to spoiled food. And in the event that you get such, you can sue someone and get compensation.

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On Getting Stranded

Because of my high school friends’ persuasions, I decided to turn up to the meeting they’ve set a few days ago. I was hesitant at first because the previous week was another he’ll week. But yeah, in the end I met my HS friends. And we decided to watch a movie… guess what we watched? Due to unfortunate circumstances we watched Iron Man. I’ve already watched it last Tuesday and I didn’t imagine that I would watch it again. I had fun though. The last flick I watched twice in the big screen was Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.

After the credits were rolled (where we saw weird credits, there was a chef and even caterer, drivers) and the bonus snippet, it was time for me to go. This time, I had to transfer to another jeep to get home from SM Pampanga. It was drizzling when we left the mall. But when I got off the first jeep, the drizzle turned into a massive pouring of rain. I was stranded. Everyone in the street looked for a shed where they could stay for a few minutes, and that included me. With this, I’m grateful to the Burger Machine stall where I stayed for a few minutes to wait for a jeep. I was only stranded for ten minutes or less. I even posted a tweet while I was waiting. I was like calling every single saint known to man for the rain to stop, but it didn’t.

By the time I got home. I was totally wet. My pants especially the bottom part was wet. The back of my shirt was wet. My handkerchief was wet. My hair was wet. My Chucks were wet (my socks were spared though). It was as if I had a bath on the road! I’m fine now. I got home safe and sound, and as what I’ve posted in Twitter, I’m dry now.

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After other people blaming so many bloggers, this time, it’s my turn to blame Jmar.

NAME 10 THINGS THAT STARTS WITH THE LETTER “M”

  1. Moo MiniCards: After getting 10 free MiniCards, I ordered more to give to my friends.
  2. Mitch Albom: One of my favorite authors. He’s a great author!
  3. Multiply: I have a Multiply account, but I don’t update it frequently.
  4. Moleskine Notebook: I want one but they’re expensive!
  5. Microsoft Office: Do I really have to explain this?
  6. Maroon 5: One of the bands that I like
  7. Mega Series: NGC’s Mega Series makes me go wow always.
  8. McDonald’s: Just refer to the first part of this post. XD
  9. MacBook Pro: I want one, but at this point, it’s very impossible that I’ll have one.
  10. Music: <3

I don’t want to be blamed so I’m not tagging anyone. Haha.

  1. But I still don’t know why I’m not gaining weight. [↩]

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Inday’s Deepest Secrets

Posted on February 29, 2008 at 11:50 pm | 8 Comments
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Surprise, our new maid who has been with us for only four weeks has got secrets. Secrets that cannot be hidden. Of course, every secret will find a way out, out into the open. The first time I saw her, I already suspected that she’s not going to be a good maid. True enough, she’s not. I even hoped that she would be good or even better than our previous maid. But actually, she’s even worse than what I feared. She’s a nightmare, honestly1. She’s getting into my nerves and I hate it.

The first thing that I hate about her is that she keeps on using the biggest tube in our house. I don’t get it why she still uses the TV in our living room when she has her own television. We provided her with a TV that she can use, and I don’t get it why she can’t stop from using our 60-inch TV that uses electrical energy at a rate of 160 watts. Maybe, one, she likes a TV with a bigger screen, two, the reception of the TV in our sitting room is better than the one in the extension of our house, and three, there are more channels available in the TV that she loves to use without our permission. She’s ghastly, isn’t she? Wait, you might get me wrong. We’re not stopping her from watching her favorite show, Kamandag (Venom), and whatever God knows what but then, she has to know that there are limitations. So what we’re doing now is that instead of turning our TV on the easier way, we turn it on using the much complicated way. I don’t know if you can imagine it, but so you can visualize it better, let’s just say that instead of pressing only one button, we have to press at least three buttons before we can see people and hear voices from our 60-inch tube.

Another thing that we’ve discovered is that she uses my younger sister’s phone whenever she cans. Let me tell you first than in my sibling’s school, no student is allowed to bring a phone, and when I say that they’re not allowed to do so, they really mean it. In her school, if you were caught to be bringing your phone, you would be reprimanded. So, she has no choice but to leave her phone in our home. And now, here comes our maid… she’s using it without my sister’s authorization . What is worse is that our maid uses my sister’s prepaid load to send SMS to whomever she’s contacting it. We haven’t caught her red handed but the evidences are all pointing to her as the culprit. And just this afternoon, we found out that she tried to use my sister’s phone: she tried guessing the PIN of my sister’s sim card, and now, it’s blocked. And since my sister has already lost the paper that has her sim card’s PUK, she cannot use it anymore. Too bad, that sim card has even prepaid load before it was blocked.

My mother asked our maid to clarify this incident but according to my mom, our maid only turned white — as if her face was soaked in vinegar — and she denied it. She said that she hasn’t touched my sibling’s phone. As my father is on a cruise that started in Hong Kong last Tuesday, this issue will be settled once when he gets back here in the country.

There are other things that I hate about her, this includes:

  • She’s not a good cook. All she can do is fry. I’m even better in frying than her. Lol. Now, I’m not wondering why I don’t always have appetite. One cannot live on fried meals alone. Remember that.
  • She turned on my book light and didn’t turn it off. Now, the batteries of my book light need replacement. Hell, I don’t have moolah left for unexpected expenses. I’m actually saving money right now so I really don’t buy anything unless I need it.
  • She is not as loquacious as compared to our previous maids. She doesn’t sound friendly at all. As a matter of fact, I have only talked to her a couple of times and there was only one incident when I had called her using her name.

We hired a maid because we need one. We took one not just to help us in accomplishing various household chores like cleaning our house, washing and pressing our clothes, and watering the plants in our garden but to also guard our house during those hours when we’re not home. But with what she’s showing us, it looks like that we cannot trust her. Maybe, she’s the one who is stealing our things. So, what do you think… shall we fire her? Who wants me to demonstrate defenestration? Lol. :lol:

  1. Lol. Hey, that sentence was a line from the Harry Potter films. Haha. For the previous week, I have watched the five Harry Potter films one more time. [↩]

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So Sofitel

Posted on January 3, 2008 at 7:18 pm | 15 Comments
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Last December 29, a day after my 18th birthday, we were invited to go to the party of one of my father’s relatives. But there was a conflict with my schedule. I was supposed to meet some random people and I had to create an alibi just so I won’t attend the effing meeting. I didn’t want to see these people and I didn’t like to spoil the fun of my holiday vacation which has officially ended with going back to school today so I didn’t meet them. And hey, I cannot afford to miss the opportunity to go and eat in a very extravagant and luxurious hotel: Sofitel Philippine Plaza Manila.

Even though I hate socializing, and I’m not even close to the person who celebrated her birthday1 All I know is that I’m blood-related to the person who turned 72 last year. Yes, she’s 54 years older than I2. And that she’s my father’s first cousin. Oh boy, I wasn’t disappointed with going with my family to Manila, moreover, I felt delighted because I wasn’t able to see those freaking people I was supposed to meet. No regrets at all.

When we got there, we were told that we can get whatever we want from the buffet tables which when placed parallel on their ends, they would make a very long buffet table with so many choices to choose from and we can go back to the buffet tables and get sumptuous foods as many times as we want. There were Ebi Tempuras which is my favorite (but the sauce didn’t taste good. Tokyo Tokyo’s sauce is better), different kinds of sushis, pizzas, heaps of rice, cheese that tastes weird, Chinese noodles, crabs and other seafoods that I don’t know if they’re cooked and were displayed with so many ice around them, steaks that were freshly grilled, salads, breads that looked as hard as stone, and other foods that I can’t remember anymore. Oh, of course, there were desserts. There were chocolate fountains, fruits, cakes, ice creams (there was a Pistachio flavored ice cream but what I wanted was a Jasmine flavored ice cream which they didn’t have), crepes, gummy bears, and other mouthwatering and appetizing deserts that would make you diabetic if you would taste every single dessert that they have. I may not sound convincing that most of the foods were delicious, I even made negative comments, but then, it maybe just me, I’m not a food critique at all.

Here are some photos that I and my sister took on that day:

SofitelIce CreamSpiralMake me Some Ice, Baby!

We were not able to take as many photos of the buffet tables as we wanted because it was not comfortable taking photos while there were so many people getting their food from them.

And after we had our very delicious lunch, we went outside to the pool section of the hotel. No, we didn’t swim, it was just that the scenery was beautiful. Manila Bay was at sight but there were trash floating on the ocean. We were also able to see Mall of Asia, the biggest mall in the country, from far away. I thought we were going there, but I was wrong. On the other hand, we went to TriNoma and SM North Edsa after the party. I’ll talk more about our trips to these two malls on my next update, but for now, I leave you with my two photos.

I can’t believe this! I’m posting my photos here. Haha.

Crumpled MTV Star
MTV’s Next Star. I edited this in Adobe Photoshop CS2 to create that crumpled look. This also serves as my current wallpaper. But of course, I’m not MTV’s next star. Haha.

Over There!
Look, Point and Shoot! We had to shoot as many as 10 photos while I was on this pose to get the perfect shot. In the end, I chose the first photo my sister took. Now, I need to update my avatars.

Lol. Of course, it doesn’t mean that I said that I posted my photos, I would be publishing photos with my beaming smile. Well, my back would suffice for now. I have the right to protect my true identity. :) ‘Till next time guys!

  1. Oh, I’m not a gatecrasher, puhlease. [↩]
  2. Actually, she was also born on the 28th but she decided to have her birthday party on the 29th. [↩]

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Last week & tomorrow

Posted on July 4, 2006 at 7:13 pm | 3 Comments
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Last Friday, all of the freshmen students from the university I’m currently attending were officially welcomed. A program was prepared for us. The said program started at 4:00pm and ended five hours later.

Generally, the program was good. It’s not like in HS where the programs are not well prepared. During the latter part of the program, we were allowed to dance. Okay, as you know, it’s in my nature that I hate socialization parties.

I left my blockmates and joined my HS classmates. I told them that I was very hungry and I already want to eat. You see, it was 5.50 hours before the program started since I last ate a decent meal. But they insisted that they want to dance. During the first few minutes, I was with them. But I felt so tired that’s why I left them and waited for them in the bleachers (and this is the moment where I started writing this entry). Call me KJ if you want; I don’t care.

What I saw from the bleaches is something that I already posted here… no need for me to put it here again.

But with my desperation to eat I decided to go to a nearby famous fast food chain; I don’t care if I’m not eating with somebody.

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