Quoyle’s Inane Offsprings
I have repeatedly and unfairly called Quoyle "the mongoloid of digital cameras". This after trying out and seeing the capabilities of his new friend and Nina’s baby Sparesnare. My bad. But indeed Quoyle’s low focal length, and bare specifications produce photos much inferior to Sparesnare’s. Envy seethes within me. What a bad parent. But looking at these strange images, i realize my camera’s good traits. And the best trait of all, is being there. Existing. Especially during the times i bungled up, had fun, and been in the right place at the right time. Click on the thumbnails to enlarge.
MY MICROWAVE FIASCO
This is a very good reason why I should kill all daydreams of getting married and having a family. I have the curse of transforming a dish made of bow-shaped pasta into a Christmas ornament– neither edible nor worth hanging in your living room. Moral of the story, never cook bow-shaped pasta in a microwave. Or for me, never cook.
LONELY CUP
Aside from kidney stones and uti, this is what you get when you drastically increase your daily dose of sodium and MSG via the purchase of a Soupy Snax gift pack. All four flavors plus this mug showing a replica of me, only pinker.
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The Latest Episode of Pam & Nina’s "GLUTTONS ON THE LOOSE": Trip to Teazann
green tea cheesecake
There is a reason why cheesecakes are usually white and topped with blueberry, strawberry, or chocolate. So if you see a cheesecake that’s greenish with nata de coco and chocolate drizzle, you’re right, there’s something terribly wrong with it.
But being weird looking ourselves, Nina & I decided to give it a shot. Actually, everyone should. Its a unique experience. You feel like eating macaroni & fruit salad, but when you look at your plate, there’s a cheesecake. Faaar out… I’ve said to some friends that the experience of watching "Sa Ilalim ng Cogon" was similar to eating a green tea cheese cake. I would like to expound, but I reserve that for another blog entry.
saving graces
Good thing Teazann redeemed itself with it’s mouthwatering Cheese & Spinach Souffle and Angel Hair Vongole. The vongole was delicious. But I sort of expected that. Especially the red sauce ones. It’s like pesto or Caesar’s salad– it’s a safe thing to order and it rarely disappoints. I could be wrong though, I’m not as foodie as I’d like to pretend… The souffle, I have to admit was something new for both Nina and I. We looked at each other and said "Pers taym mo day?" followed by raucous laughter. Shame on me, 27 years on this earth and I have not eaten a proper souffle. Unlike the fusion cheesecake, this dish I enjoyed. Immensely.
verdict
The other things we had were a dome shaped chocolate cake, and flavored green tea (pandan for Nina, plain with Jazmin syrup for me). The chocolate cake was airy and spongy– er, like the kind you can buy in Julie’s bakeshop. I liked it though. The green tea… well lets face it, I’m not a tea person (why do I keep trying?). And the jasmine syrup evokes images of santo niño’s and novena-praying old ladies. I don’t know if that’s a good thing. All in all, it was a great breakfast (yes folks, that was breakfast). A bit pricey (roughly 300+Php/head), but a good eat.
This is Quoyle’s shot which I am most proud of. Its not all that fantastic, but good enough for a tacky lifestyle magazine. Or so I’d like to think.
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ZEN
This is my 2nd favorite shot. Mostly because of the subject. Heehee. I went to this concert at Zen with a friend and his "date". We didn’t know the name of the gig, who were slated to play. And worse, the name of Nino’s project band when he’s not with Blue Jean Junkies. Oh well, the music was fabulous. The Sleepyheads did great covers of Das Model, Psycho killer, Rock Lobster and others… sound trip which got me dancing despite my office attire. Last to play were the X-President’s Combo, still darned good punk. I last saw them at UP I think 10 years ago, imagine that. Joseph was there, which was an indicator of the success of the gig. Beer at Zen was a ripoff (70Php) but they had a vodka promo, buy one take one for 110Php. Not bad. The vodka had strawberry syrup. Nice.
I would’ve posted more pics but alas, I’ve used up my 50 photo limit for this month. I hate friendster! I guess I’ll upload it at my yahoo photos and post a link. But not today. It’s a long weekend for me. Happy thanksgiving you stupid Americans. But I won’t be having any nights out. I am making a commitment to finish my film’s sequence treatment by Monday next week. Bash me on the head please if i fail to do so. Please. Too much going out, is very unproductive. I need to write something more substantial than stupid blog posts.
Happy weekend!
