I remembered a time during college while I was sitting on a bench of dapitan area smoking marlboro lights with my literature professor, Nerisa Guevara. I asked her about her physical change.
Background to this conversation was that before she became my professor. I saw her walking around campus and her fashion was different. Her fashion was postmodern new york coco chanel ala pinoy. I have heard before that she was this fabulous brilliant professor of literature. To me it was no surprise since her family name were the old rich academe families of manila. But it had given me a curiousity on what it would be like to be taught by her. I wished that I could be one of her students but at that time it was far fetch since I was not majoring literature. But I dont know if the gods loved me so much that they heard me wish. Before I could graduate I failed my survey of world literature II. In my midst of panic I hurriedly checked the schedules during enrollment to re-take my failed literature subject. At that time I didnt care who my professor would be. All I care was that it will fit my schedule together with my other subjects and that I would pass. Anyways, she became my professor.
At last I shared a pack of marlboro lights talking to my dream professor in a corner of dapitan. Her fashion lately were what is common or what society dictates. I asked what cause the sudden change. She told me that being normal is more difficult than being different. The tension of the middle are stronger rather than just being different. Being different is you are in one side rather than when your in the middle. Your have this great tension of being in the middle to be pulled to both direction. Balancing the tension between darkness and light, sound and silence, movement and stillness was every beauty of the middle ground. But once you embrace the tension of the middle ground you can find this utmost beauty of it.
That was the time when I realize that being a middle was beautiful.
Saturday 16 January 2010
Saturday 26 December 2009
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Attempt 19: Aftermath Christmas
2009 Christmas has just finished. Another year is to come and I'm turning another day old and still I am not free. Your suppose to be having the time of my life in your 20's. I am in my 20's but I am not having the time of my life. I have no goals in front of my table and frankly I am not looking for one.
What is my problem? Am I beginning to be jaded of living?
Ultimately we walk around this earth and look for the sole purpose of life. But how many people can find that epiphany?
What is my problem? Am I beginning to be jaded of living?
Ultimately we walk around this earth and look for the sole purpose of life. But how many people can find that epiphany?
Wednesday 23 December 2009
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Attempt 18: Lemon Strip Chicken Breast
My mother and brother just flew in from the philippines the day before yesterday. I was happy that our family can be together again. Me and my siblings have been trained to miss less with each other.
When we were four, me and my siblings were sent away from our parents to live with my grandma and go to a very good school. Education was all my family's importance in life. It is the basic essential for living besides air. It was kinda like we were sent to boarding school but we only live with my grandma.
Lets cook.
Prepare the following ingredients 3 pieces of de-boned chicken breast, magic sarap all purpose seasoning, a lemon, 2 eggs, cornstarch, and 80 gram of Lee Kum Kee's Sauce for lemon chicken.
Chop the chicken breast to strip like. Marinate them with magic sarap all purpose seasoning and 1/4 of lemon freshly squeez lemon. Let the marinated sauce set into the chicken for 30 minutes.
Mix the marinated chicken strip with beaten egg. Dust the chicken with cornstach. Pan fry in hot oil until golden yellow and done. Drain.
Heat 1 tbsp. oil. Stir in Lee Kum Kee Sauce for lemon chicken and heat through. Add chicken and stir well lightly.
This cooking is also good for fish fillent, pork chop and prawn. Serve it warm.
I think that since we were trained since 4 years old and we always have that assurance to each other that someday when the sky clears up and the flowers bloom my family would be together even if for only 2 weeks.
Happy Holidays!
When we were four, me and my siblings were sent away from our parents to live with my grandma and go to a very good school. Education was all my family's importance in life. It is the basic essential for living besides air. It was kinda like we were sent to boarding school but we only live with my grandma.
Lets cook.
Prepare the following ingredients 3 pieces of de-boned chicken breast, magic sarap all purpose seasoning, a lemon, 2 eggs, cornstarch, and 80 gram of Lee Kum Kee's Sauce for lemon chicken.
Chop the chicken breast to strip like. Marinate them with magic sarap all purpose seasoning and 1/4 of lemon freshly squeez lemon. Let the marinated sauce set into the chicken for 30 minutes.
Mix the marinated chicken strip with beaten egg. Dust the chicken with cornstach. Pan fry in hot oil until golden yellow and done. Drain.
Heat 1 tbsp. oil. Stir in Lee Kum Kee Sauce for lemon chicken and heat through. Add chicken and stir well lightly.
This cooking is also good for fish fillent, pork chop and prawn. Serve it warm.
I think that since we were trained since 4 years old and we always have that assurance to each other that someday when the sky clears up and the flowers bloom my family would be together even if for only 2 weeks.
Happy Holidays!
Sunday 20 December 2009
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Attempt 17: Veal Noodle Stew
I'm out of ideas. I think I'm never born for something. I start something that would interest for sometime and would end up being lazy enough to dedicate myself to it. So how do you get yourself being so determine to a thing that would define the being of you. Still cooking should do the trick - for the mean time?
Prepare the following ingredients: 250 grams of veal, a handful of pasta, beef broth cubes, onion, carrot and an egg.
Chop the veal in strips. Marinate it with salt, pepper, and extra virgin olive oil. Cook separately your veal through a hot non-stick skillet and stir frequently together with the slightly browned chopped onions. Add 2 cups of water and bring to boil.
When the veal is tender enough, add the handful of pasta into the boiling pot with a cup of water with the beef broth cube. If pasta has been cooked add the chopped carrots and the egg. Stir the soup with a fork so as the egg to be broken with the soup. Add another cup of water if necessary. Serve it warm.
It got me thinking through this bowl of soup that maybe the problem is I keep on looking. What is your "ness"?
Prepare the following ingredients: 250 grams of veal, a handful of pasta, beef broth cubes, onion, carrot and an egg.
Chop the veal in strips. Marinate it with salt, pepper, and extra virgin olive oil. Cook separately your veal through a hot non-stick skillet and stir frequently together with the slightly browned chopped onions. Add 2 cups of water and bring to boil.
When the veal is tender enough, add the handful of pasta into the boiling pot with a cup of water with the beef broth cube. If pasta has been cooked add the chopped carrots and the egg. Stir the soup with a fork so as the egg to be broken with the soup. Add another cup of water if necessary. Serve it warm.
It got me thinking through this bowl of soup that maybe the problem is I keep on looking. What is your "ness"?
Thursday 17 December 2009
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Attempt 16: Veal With Mushrooms and Cream
I'm in a stage of my life wherein you are capable of anything, but the problem is sticking to one thing so that you can excel to a specific thing. For the mean time attempting to cook should kill the time.
Serve this tasty veal with potatoes or rice, along with a vegetable or tossed salad.
Ingredients are veal cutlets, lemon juice, salt and pepper, flour, butter, sliced mushrooms, chicken broth (part dry white wine, if desired), green onions, thinly sliced, and heavy cream.
Put veal between sheets of plastic wrap and pound lightly to tenderize and thin.
Brush veal cutlets lightly with lemon juice; sprinkle with salt and pepper then dust with flour.
In a skillet over medium heat, melt butter. Add the veal cutlets and brown for about 2 minutes on each side. Remove to a plate and add mushrooms to the skillet. Saute the mushrooms until tender. Add the chicken broth to the skillet and bring to a boil; reduce heat to medium-low and simmer for about 5 minutes. Add the veal back to the pan, along with the green onions and cream. Cover and cook for about 5 minutes, until veal is tender.
This attempt could change something that have been longing to let it out.
But I still can't figure it out what it is.
Serve this tasty veal with potatoes or rice, along with a vegetable or tossed salad.
Ingredients are veal cutlets, lemon juice, salt and pepper, flour, butter, sliced mushrooms, chicken broth (part dry white wine, if desired), green onions, thinly sliced, and heavy cream.
Put veal between sheets of plastic wrap and pound lightly to tenderize and thin.
Brush veal cutlets lightly with lemon juice; sprinkle with salt and pepper then dust with flour.
In a skillet over medium heat, melt butter. Add the veal cutlets and brown for about 2 minutes on each side. Remove to a plate and add mushrooms to the skillet. Saute the mushrooms until tender. Add the chicken broth to the skillet and bring to a boil; reduce heat to medium-low and simmer for about 5 minutes. Add the veal back to the pan, along with the green onions and cream. Cover and cook for about 5 minutes, until veal is tender.
This attempt could change something that have been longing to let it out.
But I still can't figure it out what it is.
Wednesday 16 December 2009
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Attempt 15: Creamy Vegetable Veal Soup
Due to my father's and sister's satisfaction to attempt 14. They have requested a soup for dinner only this time chicken would not be in the menu. We have been eating chicken for quite some time now and I have a feeling feathers are coming out of my skin.
A creamy vegetable beef soup with veal is a hearty meal. Winter time should be best served in a warm bowl soup.
Ingredients: chopped green bell pepper, chopped onion, butter, olive oil, veal, 1 cup tomato juice, diced potato, diced carrots, 1 1/2 teaspoons salt, 2 tablespoons flour, 2 cups milk.
Heat 2 teaspoons butter and olive oil in a skillet over medium-low heat; sauté green bell pepper and chopped onion until soft. Add ground beef and cook, stirring and breaking up, until browned. Drain off excess fat. Add tomato juice, potatoes, carrots and salt. Cover and simmer 20 minutes, or until vegetables are tender.
Melt butter in a saucepan over medium-low heat; blend in flour until smooth and bubbly. Gradually stir in milk and cook, stirring constantly, until thickened. Blend sauce with beef and vegetable mixture in the skillet. Heat through and serve.
I have a feeling we have quite stored some fats due to cold season. I just hope it will shed this summer.
A creamy vegetable beef soup with veal is a hearty meal. Winter time should be best served in a warm bowl soup.
Ingredients: chopped green bell pepper, chopped onion, butter, olive oil, veal, 1 cup tomato juice, diced potato, diced carrots, 1 1/2 teaspoons salt, 2 tablespoons flour, 2 cups milk.
Heat 2 teaspoons butter and olive oil in a skillet over medium-low heat; sauté green bell pepper and chopped onion until soft. Add ground beef and cook, stirring and breaking up, until browned. Drain off excess fat. Add tomato juice, potatoes, carrots and salt. Cover and simmer 20 minutes, or until vegetables are tender.
Melt butter in a saucepan over medium-low heat; blend in flour until smooth and bubbly. Gradually stir in milk and cook, stirring constantly, until thickened. Blend sauce with beef and vegetable mixture in the skillet. Heat through and serve.
I have a feeling we have quite stored some fats due to cold season. I just hope it will shed this summer.
Tuesday 15 December 2009
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Attempt 14: Creamy Macaroni Chicken Vegetable Soup
My father requested a soup for dinner since we have been frying most of the time.
Ingredients: 250grams of elbow macaroni, 3 chicken breasts, a medium size carrots, 1 canned mushrooms, parsley, 1pack of Knorr Cream of Chicken.
Cook the macaroni separately. When the water boils, sprinkle sufficient amount of salt into the boiling water. Then put the macaroni gloriously into the salted boiling water. Make sure that you keep an eye to avoid soggy macaronis. To determine if your macaroni is cook - take one macaroni and slice it into 2 if the the center of the macaroni does not show white stream then it is cook. Strain the water and let it cool.
Cook the chicken breast separately as well. When the water boils, place the 3 pieces of chicken breast with the chicken broth cube. Take out the chicken breast from the boiling pot when it is cook. Fillet the chicken meat and chop it. Set aside.
Chop the carrots, parsley and mushrooms(if your can of mushrooms is whole).
To make the soup, put 5 cups of hot water into the pots. When the water is boiling put the Knorr Cream of chicken and let it dissolve. Put the carrots followed by the mushrooms with constant stirring of the ladle. When carrots have lessen its firmness, put the chopped fillet chicken breast with constant stirring. Add a cup of water with frequent stirring. Place the elbow macaroni and the chopped parsley. best served while it is hot.
Surprisingly this is one attempt that had its praises.
Ingredients: 250grams of elbow macaroni, 3 chicken breasts, a medium size carrots, 1 canned mushrooms, parsley, 1pack of Knorr Cream of Chicken.
Cook the macaroni separately. When the water boils, sprinkle sufficient amount of salt into the boiling water. Then put the macaroni gloriously into the salted boiling water. Make sure that you keep an eye to avoid soggy macaronis. To determine if your macaroni is cook - take one macaroni and slice it into 2 if the the center of the macaroni does not show white stream then it is cook. Strain the water and let it cool.
Cook the chicken breast separately as well. When the water boils, place the 3 pieces of chicken breast with the chicken broth cube. Take out the chicken breast from the boiling pot when it is cook. Fillet the chicken meat and chop it. Set aside.
Chop the carrots, parsley and mushrooms(if your can of mushrooms is whole).
To make the soup, put 5 cups of hot water into the pots. When the water is boiling put the Knorr Cream of chicken and let it dissolve. Put the carrots followed by the mushrooms with constant stirring of the ladle. When carrots have lessen its firmness, put the chopped fillet chicken breast with constant stirring. Add a cup of water with frequent stirring. Place the elbow macaroni and the chopped parsley. best served while it is hot.
Surprisingly this is one attempt that had its praises.
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