Anyone Can Cook!

Ok, Ratatouille's still in my system.  Pixar has made yet another classic, next to The Incredibles and Finding Nemo.   I was so inspired to cook more after watching it.  In fact, right after the movie, Jun and I stormed the bookstore at the ground floor of MidValley just to rummage for cookbooks hahaha!  There we found countless of choices, but opted for 1) Simple Stir-fry and 2) Home-style Filipino Dishes (Yup, they do have quite a number of Filipiniana books there). 

Then the next day, I was really motivated to improve my cooking that I bought a new wok.  This time, it is Teflon-made, which they say is an authentic non-stick pan so I bought it  even though it was a bit expensive.

And needless to say what is next… and owe it to joane for posting her cookings… BUT, be it known, that this is NOT my first attempt to cook, ok?  Stir-fried beef with broccoli is actually one of my favorite dish to cook.  Plainly because I miss North Park's version of it… so I'm trying in vain to copy it.  I know mine has still a long way to go.. but here's a snap:

my very own stir-fried beef and broccoli

If you want my recipe just leave a message!  It's really good BTW *wink*

Trese…

Squeezing this post amidst a vast pool of tasks…

Can't believe how July passed by so fast, before I knew it the months have turned and viola! it is August already hihi!  I'm feeling much much better than June.  Getting by, adjusting well.  Becoming a full pledged zombie working during the night.  Can't blame me… pay is good (",)

Barely 3 weeks to go before my CORE friends arrive here to take a grandeur Malaysian vacation for a week, and celebrate with me on my 24th birthday… jeez.. another year older and none the wiser!

Today though, is the thirteenth. Yesterday was a close friend's and her bf's first.  Haha riddle riddle…

And yes this blog will be one year old soon!  Wee!

The Conclusion

[Warning - Spoiler ahead!] 

Was just catching breath.  After four days of reading and whatnots in between, finally i'm done with the final book.  And damn was it good!  Ugh, no, not good but Great!  Thank YOU, JKRowling, for this final installment that will forever bear a soft space in me.  Shucks… can't get over it!

Now, after reading the book.. it kinda left me with a sinking feeling.  Something like I-won't-experience-this-stuff-ever-again feeling.  It's like breaking up… sorry, it's the first thing that came up to compare the feeling with! haha! But I'm glad I was born in the Harry Potter generation… I will sure have my future kids and grandkids read it.  It is a classic in the making.

It was 2001 when I first get hold of the first book, lying in our bed in our apartmentin LB… inviting me to read it.  Boy was I thankful my curiosity got the better of me that afternoon.  It is a great pleasure knowing the orphan  that changed the hearts of many kids and not-so-kids like me.  

To Fred, Hedwig, May-Eye, Lupin, Tonks, and DOBBY… it was a meaningful death.  Huhuhu… But why Dobby?  It was the most tearjerking part of the book for me.  Second to the one where Harry walks his way to the Forbidden Forest with his Mom and Dad, Lupin and Sirius.  Waaah… Kakaiyak talaga yun super!

Moving on… Cheers to the friendship!  It is a gift that all three of them are alive.  I really thought JKR would kill Ron, thank God i was wrong.  And to Ron and Hermione kissing at last! hihi!  And Albus Severus? Sweet!

Time to part ways now… I will have to say goodbye, Harry, for the wonderful seven years… It is such a pleasure knowing the Boy Who Lived. 

Homesick

Too soon huh?  Just after 5months from my first day of setting foot here and I'm already confessing what I feared most.

Lately the 'homesick' attacks are becoming frequent during the dawn.  Maybe it has something to do with my exact location at work.  I am facing the window to the east.  And while working during the night and fighting the urge to nap, the first sight of sunrise around 7 to 7:30 (sunrise here is late by an hour compared to Phils) gives me this peculiar longing feeling.  Wishing I'm home.  I've always treated dawn watch as a serene activity.  And greeting the gray sky to become dark orange to pale blue is NOT helping me.  It has been thrice this month that I have almost booked a flight home regardless how much it costs and so far I am still able to fight the urge… I wonder for how long..

I.must.NOT.go.home.until.October. OriginalPlan.

Lakbayan

I saw this link from a blog of my schoolmate in LB, Jeremy.  Made me more frustrated for not reaching Bohol, Bora, Palawan, Dakak, Pagudpod… and the list goes on! 

My Lakbayan grade is C-!

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