My post is inspired (again) by the Season 8 episode 1 of Family Guy, where Stewie and Brian was visiting the Multiverse . One of the universe they visited was everything was drawn by Disney animators. Stewie love the idea of Disney world and this is one idea that he and brian agree ("this is perfect! everything is so nice and wonderful, let's live on this world"). Of course when it's disney there SHOULD be a song a dance portion together with the birds and squirrels, and rabbit and those tiny animals you see in the forest (think Snow White and her furry little friends). It was funny because the lyrics are ryhmed till the very end to the word "Pie" (well, they actually sang about the Pie Stewie's mother made). Another Disney must-have is "kontrabida", which was played by their neighbor Hubert (who dressed up like the evil witch of Snow White). The story ends up Stewie and Brian left the Disney World when their neighbor Jew was attacked by the Disney characters (fyi: some people think that Mr. walt Disney hates jews).
I wonder if anyone would like to live in a Disney kind-of-world, all happy and gay (no pun intended), free flowing, everything is nice, problem free and not much to think about. Personally, if i'll live in a disney world i might die of diabetes coz there's too much sweetness everywhere. Though the perks of living in a Disney-world are:
1. You'll have Princessess as you're neighbors.
2. If you're car broke down or without gasoline you can always borrow the magic pumpkin or Aladdin's flying carpet.
3. You can borrow Abu or Stich or the 101 Dalamatians from their master and make them as your pet for a day
4. If you need baby sitter, just call Mary Poppins.
5. Swimming in the sea with Ariel and Nemo..when hungry why not look for sebastian......to lead you to the best lobster resto in Disneyworld
6. If seafood is not your thing, try the French resto Ratatouille
7. Hanging around with the Mickey Mouse club.
Hay, the possibilities are endless, but if i we're to choose what kind of multiverse i would live i rather be in a multiverse where:
1. the setting is like the Dino-Rider cartoons.
2. the British did not leave the Phils after they defeated the Spaniards (edi sana lahat tayp may accent na ngayon!)
3. Japan did not succeed in conquering Manila, therefore retaining the grandeur of the Ever Loyal City, especially the Intramuros and Malate.
4. im living with Shaun the sheep.
5. the Phils is in a parliamentary setting and we have a good prime minister and our country belong to G20.
6. the most number of First world nation comes from Africa.
7. Since Phils is a first world, we have many expats coming from Europe and have inter racial marriage (more blondes, more happiness).
Well, it's just a imagination, malabo pa sa mata ko na totoo ang multiverse. Sabi nga ng isang kanta "libre lang mangarap".
Though i would love to live in dino-rider setting....
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Sunday, October 18, 2009
Monday, September 28, 2009
How you can help if you're in Al-Khobar K.S.A. for the Ondoy victims
Para sa mga Pilipinong nasa Al-Khobar Saudi Arabia, maari po ninyo ibigay ang inyong mga donasyon para sa mga nasalanta ng bagyong Ondoy sa representative ng Migrante International sa Al Khobar na si Mr. Choie De Leon with telephone number:0569117563.
Maraming Salamat po at pagpalain nawa ng Poong Maykapal ang sambayanang Pilipino!
Maraming Salamat po at pagpalain nawa ng Poong Maykapal ang sambayanang Pilipino!
Thursday, July 2, 2009
Eating "Bitay Meal"
After eating chicken adobo for a couple of days, it was a great relief to finally taste a different food for dinner. My officemates decides to eat the so called "bitay" meal at Khobar area. Why bitay meal you might asked? Well, im curious as well for the term of endearment to the food but i have some ideas floating into my mind on whats the meaning of the bitay in the meal.
We make our journey to "bayan" or so called hte Khobar area, where the tamabayan of pinoys are, to make way to the restaurant at around 6:30. It was quite a walk, long walk actually, then running on the intersection (literally run for your life, no overpass and overspeeding highway here as in!) then walking past some small malls and alleys until we finally reached our destination.
(I made a serious mistake for not knowing the name of the restaurant, but if youre here in Al-Khobar I would love to take you there, that is if i still remember it hehehe).
Bitay meal is popularly known as Kabsa or Fried rice with meat (whether chicken, beef, fish) and some vegetables. We ordered barbeque chicken, which in fairness is very tasty. The rice I' ve learned was cooked using the oil from the chicken bbq..or wherever the chicken was cooked the rice was there to cook as well..tipid right!? But what caught really my attention was the vegetable, its like a kangkong or talbos ng camote but very very very juicy. Smelss like mint as well. And the onion is like a bayabas, juicy but not smelly. If i mad a trip to the market anytime soon I'll surely buy 1 kilo of this green and leafy vegetable. Come to think of it, Persians and Arabs have the same tast for food, the like their food served with vegetables. Though Persians are more conservative when it comes to vegetables, they serve with tomato, cucumber, lettuce, repolyo,and so many other vegetables that i dont know what's their name.In arab reso they only serve two type of vegetable (see picture above) hehehe.
Why bitay meal is because the meal is served in big serving. It's lke 5 cups of rice was served and 1/4 chicken. After eating you can die na for kabusugan, hehehe.
I've eaten my part for 20 minutes, without any leftover (sayang kasi!),and the cost was 15 Saudi riyals (or 180 pesos). Expensive yes, but worth it for a monthly dine-out.
We make our journey to "bayan" or so called hte Khobar area, where the tamabayan of pinoys are, to make way to the restaurant at around 6:30. It was quite a walk, long walk actually, then running on the intersection (literally run for your life, no overpass and overspeeding highway here as in!) then walking past some small malls and alleys until we finally reached our destination.
(I made a serious mistake for not knowing the name of the restaurant, but if youre here in Al-Khobar I would love to take you there, that is if i still remember it hehehe).
Upon arrival, first thing to notice of this resto is there's a lot of pinoys here. As in puro pinoys!Great i say to myself, its like in Jolibee lang =D.
While waiting, we help ourselves in washing our hands.Curious why this people wash their hands, I did the same thing. Then I remember watching a Lonely Planet episode where the host travels to Jeddah and arrived in a feast and in that feast eating Arabian style is eating with your own hand. Yikes! Thank God I have clean nails or else I'll get sick by my own fault pala =P.
After good ol 10 minutes the food arrive and viola here it is!
Bitay meal is popularly known as Kabsa or Fried rice with meat (whether chicken, beef, fish) and some vegetables. We ordered barbeque chicken, which in fairness is very tasty. The rice I' ve learned was cooked using the oil from the chicken bbq..or wherever the chicken was cooked the rice was there to cook as well..tipid right!? But what caught really my attention was the vegetable, its like a kangkong or talbos ng camote but very very very juicy. Smelss like mint as well. And the onion is like a bayabas, juicy but not smelly. If i mad a trip to the market anytime soon I'll surely buy 1 kilo of this green and leafy vegetable. Come to think of it, Persians and Arabs have the same tast for food, the like their food served with vegetables. Though Persians are more conservative when it comes to vegetables, they serve with tomato, cucumber, lettuce, repolyo,and so many other vegetables that i dont know what's their name.In arab reso they only serve two type of vegetable (see picture above) hehehe.
Why bitay meal is because the meal is served in big serving. It's lke 5 cups of rice was served and 1/4 chicken. After eating you can die na for kabusugan, hehehe.
I've eaten my part for 20 minutes, without any leftover (sayang kasi!),and the cost was 15 Saudi riyals (or 180 pesos). Expensive yes, but worth it for a monthly dine-out.
Monday, June 29, 2009
Chicken Adobo Ala Bachelor
After eating noodles for the past few days and buying some needed groceries at Carrefour last weekend, this is my first time to cook chicken adobo after so many years.
It's been almost 4 years since I last cooked my own adobo meal, thanks to my nanay who cook it perfectly, i have no reason to cook this cuisine naman. But now, since I have to cook my own meal here at Saudi, i have no other choice bu to cook my own fod. And the easiest food there is: Chicken Adobo!
After office, i immediately went home, nad excitedly prepare the things for my cooking activity. Nyak! When i check the chicken at the freezer it was solid frozen (duh!). Here's what it looks like as a frozen chicken.
Oh well, since its still frozen, I prepare the other ingredients like soy sauce, vinegar, laurel, pepper.
(mantika is not included in the ingredients ha!)
After 20 minutes, dyaran! It's malambot na!
(Are you ready??)
(Chop-Chop chicken)
And since i've mentioned earlier that its been a long time since i've cooked my adobo, what I did was I just mixed all the ingredients plus the chicken in a deep fryin pan (i dont have any choice!!!), without thinking how much is the soy sauce to put nor how many laurel leaves to be put in, Bahala na si batman what happen!
(Halo-Halo together!)
(Ayan sizzling Adobo na!)
And since it takes a while to cook adobo, i decide to clean my room muna.
(Kitchen is now clean, while the adobo is cooking)
(Hallway is free of dirt as well)
(Banyo is squeaky clean as well)
(Bedroom looks untidy pa)
(Always connected to the outside world =D.)
(Never gonna be hungry again!)
After 30 minutes of cooking and cleaning my room, finally the adobo finaly has come into reality. With matching Thai milagrosa rice and an apple I had my delicious dinner in my newly cleaned room. The verdict:
PUEDE NA MAG-ASAWA!
Why not?!
It's been almost 4 years since I last cooked my own adobo meal, thanks to my nanay who cook it perfectly, i have no reason to cook this cuisine naman. But now, since I have to cook my own meal here at Saudi, i have no other choice bu to cook my own fod. And the easiest food there is: Chicken Adobo!
After office, i immediately went home, nad excitedly prepare the things for my cooking activity. Nyak! When i check the chicken at the freezer it was solid frozen (duh!). Here's what it looks like as a frozen chicken.
Oh well, since its still frozen, I prepare the other ingredients like soy sauce, vinegar, laurel, pepper.
(mantika is not included in the ingredients ha!)
After 20 minutes, dyaran! It's malambot na!
(Are you ready??)
(Chop-Chop chicken)
And since i've mentioned earlier that its been a long time since i've cooked my adobo, what I did was I just mixed all the ingredients plus the chicken in a deep fryin pan (i dont have any choice!!!), without thinking how much is the soy sauce to put nor how many laurel leaves to be put in, Bahala na si batman what happen!
(Halo-Halo together!)
(Ayan sizzling Adobo na!)
And since it takes a while to cook adobo, i decide to clean my room muna.
(Kitchen is now clean, while the adobo is cooking)
(Hallway is free of dirt as well)
(Banyo is squeaky clean as well)
(Bedroom looks untidy pa)
(Always connected to the outside world =D.)
(Never gonna be hungry again!)
After 30 minutes of cooking and cleaning my room, finally the adobo finaly has come into reality. With matching Thai milagrosa rice and an apple I had my delicious dinner in my newly cleaned room. The verdict:
PUEDE NA MAG-ASAWA!
Why not?!
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