food Ü

Ü -> how do you type this?! kakainis.. sa word, crtl+shift ;+shift u.. sa chikka, alt+0220.. so ewan ko.. i tried both here and it didn't work! hayyy...

anyway, that wasn't the point of this post.

gsto ko lang sabihin to agad bago ako tamarin o bago ko makalimutan..

teka.. parang nawala ung isang pinost ko ah.. hmm.. bka d ko lang sya napost.. oh well..

anyway..

i thought coming here sa Washington, sa STATES, would really make a huge difference to my diet. not diet as in pampapayat diet.. i mean, just the food i eat. i thought i would say goodbye to rice.. to stir fry stuff.. to basically what i eat there.. and say hi to pizza, potatoes, bread, and salads.. well shempre alam ko naman na merong ibang foods pero shempre iba pa rin pag wlang kanin! i thought WRONG! there's tons of asian food here! grabe as in todo. there's actually a whole street (the AVE) that has restaurants and cafes, almost half of which are asian cuisine restaurants.. the other half consists of coffeeshops and other types of stores. teriyaki seems to be the favorite.. korean and jap and thai food everywhere! kahit sa on-campus dining merong asian stall! so i still get to eat rice everyday.. hahahaha :D super dami lang nga..! hay grabe.. super dami tlga as in! pero okay lang ksi halos lagi naman masarap ung food... hehehe

un lang.. it's 1am na and i have an ACTING SCENE tomorrow.. and i'm not done with my paper for that.. nervous na me!!! hayyyy...

p.s. d pala nawala ung post.. kadugtong lang pala nung GIJOE post ung iniisip ko.. hehehe :P

pps... i remembered something that i want to share nung binasa ko ulit to.. hehehe i have a friend who claims he is a "foodist".. his philosophy is that there should be harmony in eating.. or sumthin like that.. hahaha i wanted him to eat an eclair with blue cheese once.. ayaw nya coz it couldn't have produced harmony daw.. i teased him about it ksi db dapat foodist game magtry ng kung ano-ano..? hahaha.. wla lang.. :P

GI Joooooooooooooooooe.... :P

my roommate and her friends (who are now my friends too..) introduced me to..

GI JOE! redubbed.. hahaha

y'all have to watch it too!!!!!! :D heeheehee..

google it.. it should take you to eBaum's world or something like that.. hehehe funny tlga..

fave expressions from there:

• shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit....
• who wants a body massage... body massage machine go! -rosie's (my roommate) favorite
• porkchop sandwiches!
• aren't you buzz lightyear? i love your movies...
• (the japanese one..) konnichiwa..
• those beats are fresh! sn..ap!

wla lang.. it's really funny.. but weird.. hahaha :D

and also.. SCHFIFTY FIVE! haha just google that too...

schwam.. doo.. two and heif.. scheven.. schfourteen-teen.. hahaha wla lang.. it's really funny.. just watch it.. :D

aaand.. meron pa eh.. ung MILK and CEREAL asian version.. google that too.. nakakatawa ung guy sa left.. :D heehee pero mas o-a ung asa right.. hahaha funny.. (warning: partial nudity involved.. ie. the guy on the left is shirtless)

we went to UWAJIMAYA today for a school assignment.. hehehe it's a kind of asian food market.. parang sm supermarket na uber big.. i found KUTSINTA! and pichi pichi. masarap ung pichi pichi pero ung kutsinta d masyadong masarap.. hayy.. pero at least merong niyog.. hahahahay.. :D

hahaha :D

the last post is probably confusing.. it's coz i was writing it and then i had to go so i just saved it and then planned to continue it later.. but i didn't get around to doing that so i just posted it now.. hahahhahaha.. so there

so i got a 33 out of 35 on my psych test! :D hehe i'm happy.. but not too happy coz there were at least 10 people who got the same or higher score than me..

what pa pwedeng sabihin..?

i was researching about AFFIRMATIVE ACTION para sa FIG thing ko.. it's quite interesting.. it's like making sure that everyone got an equal chance at the workplace or in admissions, esp minorities and women.. ewan.. u can research about affirmative action na lang sa net ksi i can't really explain it very well..

i want to URGE people to read Oedipus Rex by Sophocles.. it's really fun to read! kakatuwa ung mga expressions nila.. haha :D and it's not too long.. basta nice sya.. nice and tragic.. :D

i notice that when i talk to my friends.. i keep on mentioning the Philippines.. ewan ko lang kng naiinis na sila or kng nasasawa na sila sa pagbanggit ko ng aking lupang sinilangan.. ksi napapansin ko sarili ko na nababanggit ko nga.. ewan ko lang kng sila din..

miss ko na tlga magtagalog.. haha

i wanna share how people here react to my "good" and fluent english: "how come you know how to speak english?" hahaha siguro tama nga ung cuz ko.. maybe people here still think that we're all cavepeople or something.. hahahaha :P they're always so shocked to learn na english is a language also learned in the Philippines and that most people know how to understand english, if not speak it too.

ok gonna go na.. mga isang oras na akong nagiisip kng ano pang ilagay dto.. i think this is enough.. and i have hw pa.. hayyy.. :P onga pla, anyone read Hamlet before? pakwento! :D hehehe

the future

today was a good day all in all...

the psych test wasn't as hard as i thought it would be
one of the 2 math HW problems that i didn't know how to do had a misprint so it wouldn't be counted

and.. COME TOGETHER WASHINGTON!

it's an event that has two parts: a showcase of what the UW is doing, researching, and developing through exhibits, and a program with BILL GATES III as keynote speaker (i got to see BILL GATES!) and a special presentation where they had LIVE video stream from 3 other UW programs. one was UW worldwide in Beijing, UW Rome, and UW Yakima (that's another part of washington)

i thought it would be boring at first but man, i learned a whole lot!

lemme talk about the program first. the live video was over a software developed by UW people that is (duh!) faster than regular DSL. here's a comparison: DSL transmits 0.02 mb/s. this technology transmits 19.something mb/s! and i thought DSL was fast.. hahahaha bet you did too! :D

Bill Gates is a terrific speaker! funny and witty! he gave a great speech about the future of Washington and the UW. he said that by having a good university will you be able to have a good community and the other way around. maybe that's why the philippines isn't doing so well. you see our educational system? we have a really really bad situation.. but i guess the government is.. trying..(?) i am really glad that i got to come to the UW; i can see all that the Philippines is missing.. i now have a great burden to help my country.. but i don't know if i would be too late..

the showcases were awesome too!

ho hum..

it's 1230mn here.. and i have church tomorrow.. but what the heck.. basta sana magising ako bukas..

i want to rant..

kakainis kanina! stupid viruses! bakit ba kasi merong such a thing!? kakainis!!!!!!!! hayy.. sayang ang paggising ko ng 6AM! bwiset.. nasayang pa text ko.. and ung isang call ko kasi sinagot ung tawag ko.. sori na lang les kng nabawasan ka din ng load... promise bilhan kita callcard pagbalik ko dyan..

hayy... lonely ang saturday ko... i woke up at 6 nga then i waited online for the people.. pero wla so mga 9am i slept again, waking up at around.. 1.. i think.. so anyway, i took a shower and tinamad akong bumaba for lunch kaht na gutom na gutom na ako.. so i tried to do hw..

i looked for plays for drama.. we have to do a 2-3 minute, 2 person scene.. scary.. pero we have to find the scene ourselves and READ THE ENTIRE SCRIPT TOO!!! sayang oras.. so hanap ako sa isang database using the library link sa UW homepage.. that's what i like here.. everything is so accessible! :D so un.. i read 3 shooting scripts (i think) including City of Angels! corny pala ung storyline.. pero parang cool na di makita ni meg ryan si nicholas cage.. haha pero d ko nagets kng paano nalaman ni meg ryan na ANGEL sya.. malay ba nya na Demonyo sya, or Ghost, or Time Traveller, or.. kng ano pa! db? ewan.. maybe i just didn't notice that part or what.. basta ayaw ko nang ulitin.. ang hahaba! pero interesting.. kakatuwa magbasa ng script.. :D hehehe

tapos nun, mga 7pm bumaba ako para kumain ksi super tomguts na ako.. i had a lovely caesar chicken salad wrap.. sarap.. kahit na merong tomatoes.. then nagbasa pa ng mga script 'til 10pm then played INSANIQUARIUM! :D heehee until nagblog ako.. hehe

nga pala.. lonely ang weekend ko ksi my roommate went home.. :( loner tlga ako..

oo nga.. i was thinking abt this.. kng bakit ako nagkakaganito..

kng tatanungin mo ang ibang may kilala sa akin.. HINDI nila sasabihin na shy, tahimik, or introverted ako.. i've been told to be dominating, directing, bossy, etc etc etc. baliw(?) eh ngyn.. parang nagiging gnun na ako.. i don't know if dahil bago environment ko, or dahil wla pa akong ka-close, OR because i've made myself believe i was those things because i didn't want to be bossy or dominating etc etc etc.. ayaw ko nang maging agaw pansin.. i don't want to be rude.. i don't want to be at fault if something goes wrong.. maybe i've become fed up of bing responsible all the time, of being the planner all the time, the one who makes sure everything goes right and if it doesn't, the one who feels guilty of letting other people down.. somewhere along the way i didn't want to be the leader anymore but the follower.. maybe it started because of that personality test nung 4th year.. remember that? ung merong 4 na letter..? i was introverted daw.. and SOMEONE (i still know who this is pero ayaw ko nang banggitin..) asked me kng ano daw ako and when i said it, s/he said, "ANO?! IKAW?! introvert?! no way" or something to that effect.. sort of savingly, sbi ni sir menguin na hindi naman necessarily "SHY" ang meaning ng Introvert; it could just mean that i like spending time alone rather than with other people..

so does this mean that i'm not really a people person? what happened to the little (was i ever little? hahaha) girl na nakapanalo ng "most friendly" award? ung parang teachers pet.. (wahaha) ung headstrong na kid na nakakapagusap sa mga bata't matatanda? i guess im not really a people person.. not anymore anyway..

napansin ko lang na jumpy ung last two paragraph.. basta ung point ko lang ay na-feel ko na nag-iba ako over the past few years.. and it's affecting me now here sa aking pagggawa ng bagong friendships.. i'm such a loner.. :(

cge i'd better sleep na.. i'll post more regularly next time.. and ung pix ng school din! promise! :D

oh yeah.. padagdag lang.. i had a pleasant suprise today.. tumawag ung cuz ko from KY! :D ala lang.. excited na akong makita sila sa december.. edgar's like, 6 footer na! and he has a really low voice na.. sabi nya nagka-sore throat daw siya one time tapos nun, d n nya kayang humiyaw.. haha PAULA! nakakrelate ka ba? whahaha :D joke lang.. :P

monday.. and some random thoughts..

i am so sleepy.. haha as usual..

today was lecture day and it was okay.. i guess.. in psych 101 the prof was talking about how to measure agressiveness in kids as an example. it was funny coz he was saying: well where can you observe kids being agressive? well they won't hit their parents.. or their teachers.. so where? well, you can put them in a playplace and observe that. if you don't find that funny.. whatever.. im just so sleepy.. i sat there tao_me_tao again.. soo... haha

remember yesterday when i was talking about playing bridge up until around 2 or 3? i noticed that when people stay up late with other people that they tend to "get high" or be "crazier" or insane.. i've been to all nighters.. i mean when people are BANGAG not in the druggie sense but in the sleep deprivation sense.. is there something that goes on in our bodies that causes us to be BANGAG? or is it because of sleep deprivation or tiredness or whatnot. i was thinking of doing research on this if ever i become a psychology researcher.. i mean i observe myself and i blurt such nonsense things out. other people become intoxicated-like. you know, like lasing pero d naman naka-inom. diba? diba? diba?! like nun sa tagaytay.. (remember that guys? :P) hahaha so un..

wala na akong masabi.. haha.. sa sunod na ulit.. mag-aaral na ako....... (gasp! it's a miracle!)

it's the weekend report!

wow! it's my first weekend sa UW! saya naman.. haha

i'm so happy today.. dunno why..

so friday night after classes, i went to Grandma Soup's house. Grandma Soup is "tang popo", kung kaninong bahay kami nakitira.. hehe anyway.. i-ttreat kmi ng friends ng parents ko.. alam mo naman ang mga Gracians.. maraming connections kng saan saan.. so un.. kain kmi chinese restaurant.. ang sarap sarap! meron pa ngang crab eh.. pero ung malapot na sauce pero ok lang...

mmm... crab....

so anyway.. basta masarap! meron pa nga ung fried shrimp na may mayonnaise tps topped with caramelized walnuts.. sarap sarap..

mmm... shrimp.... mmm... caramelized walnuts... yummeh...!

so i went home that night fully satisfied..

then sa saturday, we went to the space needle.. we've been here for 3 weeks already and yet we haven't gone up the space needle yet! so i had the idea to just have lunch there on the revolving restaurant. yeah.. just us three.. but i didn't know it was a FINE DINING restaurant.. so grabe.... todo mahal! we ate there anyway.. soooooooooobrang sulit! we had:

starters:
me: northwest clam chowder.. sarap promise...

dad: oyster shots - raw oyster served in shotglasses with some sort of tomato sauce. so parang shot tlga.. ok lng sya ksi d ako particular sa oyster.. pero sabi ni daddy masarap daw.. ksi fave nya oyster.. pero ok n nga dn sya.. d sya malangsa and super smooth ang pagdaan sa lalamunan..

mom: salmon crisps - raw salmon on pastry wedges.. parang super liit na pizza slice ang dating pero ang sarap ksi wlang kalangsa langsa! sarap promise..

main course:
me: beef tenderloin with broccoli and garlic mashed potatoes... no explanation needed.. sarap.. d ko nga lang naubos ung mashed potatoes ksi super busog na ako... whahaha

dad: seared ahi tuna - japanese style tuna seared on the outside and still raw on the inside.. served with wasabi stuff and bokchoy.. ni-try ko lng ung tuna.. sarap!

mom: grilled seafood - salmon, tuna, shrimp and scallop.. d gnun kasarap pero pwede na rin.. :D

dessert:

me and mom: we ordered the same thing - fudge brownie a la mode.. yummeh! chocolate... hehehe

dad: plain 'ol cheesecake - eww yuck gross.. i hate cheesecake..

so yun.. sa sobrang busog namin sa lunch, d na ako kumain ng dinner.. ewan ko lng sa parents ko kng kumain pa sila..

so un.. i took pix of my school from the binoculars sa space needle.. so masaya! :D hehehehe next time ko na ppost.. tamad ako ehh.. hahahaha

then pag-uwi ko.. nanood kmi ng Resident Evil sa computer ng kapitbahay namin.. it was... weird yet... weird.. sana wla na lang ung abnormal na early experiment.. okay na ung mga zombie eh..

then we played bridge! (o yan van! marunong na ako maglaro as in we ACTUALLY played it! hahaha) so hanggang mga 230 ng umaga.. and i had to go to chuch and wake up at 8! pero sige lang laro pa rin.. we went back to our room at around.. 3.. i was reading erap jokes before we watched RE so i resumed that.. i went to sleep at around 4 na... sarap matulog...

so kanina nagchurch kmi and i met lotsa people! saya saya.. i joined the youth choir! haha it's not as organized as the worship choir at Grace pero pwede na rin.. hehehe :D

then.. now, i just got back from dinner.. we ate out again.. in yet another chinese restaurant! and as my dad would say, there were "repeat performances" hehehehe.. naulit ung soup, ung shrimp, and ung crab.. all which i enjoyed very much.. even if it was the second time around.. :P shempre ibang lasa pero halos same lang ang pagkaluto.... it's still... yummeh...! :D

so i'm busog right now.. and very pleased with this weekend.. next weekend it's not going to be very fun coz my parents will go na and my roommate's going home for the weekend.. so i'm going to be lonely.. probably going to do homework.. or be online a lot.. whatever...

i'm gonna have some random thoughts next.. pero maybe later p kasi this is a very long post.... baka tamarin kayo magbasa... hahahahaha

hi lang

i don't know what to title today's entry.. so there

i didn't get in sa auds.. :( it's okay.. really! i'll just try if i can still get in the other choir that requires no audition.. hehe i fit there better anyway i think. ung mga nagauds nun.. grabe! ala operatic! chika.. d ko kaya un nh! so okay lang..

funny thought: one of the 1st sopranos' name is Vanessa Williams.. wala lang.. hihihihihi :D

so today was todo lecture day.. soooooo boring.. don't wanna go into that na.. imagine nyo na lang.. kaya nyo naman eh.. :P

i like math u know.. i've been doing math hw knina.. i like math.. i've been thinking abt taking engineering instead.. pero what kind? basta i know not the bio or chem kind.. too difficult.. and i don't really care for the super small stuff.. i want to see what i "create" or at least "figure out". so is that civil or industrial? u know, meron din ditong PAPER engineering.. and it's COMPETITIVE ADMISSION.. so ewan! haha wala lang..

it's friday today and we ate dinner sa chinese restaurant sa.. where else but in chinatown! or international district.. whatever.. :P sarap.. we had CRAB... mmm... crab.. pero ung malapot kind.. as in ung ni-fry sa flour tps merong sauce.. kadiri sa kamay.. pero ok lng, malaman sya.. i think it was the dungeness crab kya gnun ksi ung ibang klaseng crab dito super taba ng legs pero wlang laman ang katawan.. yii.. pero masarap din ung iba.. i like walnuts too.. esp kng coated with caramel and sesame seeds.. (sha, db gumawa kayo nun dati nung 3rd yr sa THE..? i think it was chuas' recipe book.. hehehe)

so duh, bukas.. Saturday na.. weekend na.. no class na.. so pasyal ulit with mommy and daddy.. we're going to the SPACE NEEDLE! hehe we didn't go last time ksi super foggy.. eh now ang ganda ganda na ng weather.. hehehe

yahhh maganda ang weather here.. imagine mo, may araw sa mukha mo pero walang pawis ksi hindi humid. so indi ka malagkit. at the same time.. nakatapat ka sa aircon so merong malamig na breeze.. o diba ang saya? :D hehehe sa gabi and sa umaga lang lumalamig.. ksi lang araw..

so ano pang sasabihin ko? i'm like.. totally sleepy na.. kinda.. sort of.. maybe.. hehe.. cge na nga.. sa sunod na.. and yah ung mga pix sa sunod na din.. pero not necessarily the same sunod.. owtai?