Ngayon ko lang nabalitaan na ang gulang ng meralco! Tayo nagpapakahirap magbayad ng kuryente at tax tapos sila libre kasi tayo pala pinagbabayad! Wah!!! Balik bayad! Balik bayad!
I now have a month's worth of my favorite wafers... I know there are a lot of wafers here but I really love Nissin's wafer. They sent over several packs of toasted mamon. I brought a pack to the office and my officemates liked it. Oh and they sent over lots of my bath soap too. ^_^ hehehe The clothes I liked a lot and they fit except for a couple of pants and a blouse that was too loose. hehehe It has been a while since I tried on a top that's LOOSE! Now why are they sending me clothes right? Well... clothes here are quite expensive (based on price and quality relationship) and it's really hard to find clothes that fits me. At least in Manila, we already know which shops sells clothes that has a high probability of fitting me and with far better quality for a fraction of the price here. ^_^ 
So after I removed Usplash which is just a boot up beautifier by suppressing the lines of logs usually filling the screen.... my boot time was significantly shorter. Yey!
Owie, Me, Joy @ Bugis, Sg
March 2 marks the end of Janice's lease to her Tampines flat and I had to say goodbye to her kitchen, the one that I have become accustomed to using. Before we left, I was able to try making fried rice with ham and egg. It was edible but I kinda left out the salt so it was salt or pepper to taste. hehehe They said it was fine and to make it again... I did not eat it though because it would surely jack up my bad cholesterol level. hahaha Janice likes fried rice so I'll probably make this once in a while... at least I know what stuff I put in there. ^_^
Congratulations to my cousin Julie Christine Cuansing for passing the December 2007 Nursing Licensure exam. ^_^
This is Janice's kitchen. This is where I have been learning to cook. ^_^ Usually I mess up the area but I try to clean it ASAP. hehehe The picture does not show it but the kitchen area is quite roomy... the counter you see on the picture is just half and it occupies just a third of the kitchen area. ^_^ It's well equipped to cover my basic cooking needs and there are lots and lots of cupboard spaces. 
Bistek
Crabstick Salad -- does making a salad count as cooking?
Soy Chicken(like this a lot!)
Kailan with Pineapple -- Kailan is a local vege that Janice likes. ^_^
Pansin ko lang.... wala ako naririnig na tilaok ng manok dito. Kahit nung nasa Ortigas ako nakatira... may naririnig ako na manok. hay... hindi. hindi ako nahohomesick. hmph.
Our friend Barbs (vegetarian and with enviable skill with the kitchen knife) is staying with Janice also. Left to our own devices, we usually eat out but since I'm on a cooking roll... I decided to try cooking lunch for us both. ^_^ Barbs suggested going through kitchenomics recipes since these were what she used at home. We found a bunch of vegetarian dishes, mostly tofu based (sawa na), and we settled on trying PIÑA KANGKONG since we both like pineapple and kangkong.
Yesterday Janice called to say a group of friends were stopping by her place around dinner time and if I could come up with something for dinner. ^_^ Glad to have new victims/visitors to test my concoctions on I excitedly googled my way to a couple of recipes I would like to try. hehehe chicken afritada and beef sinigang(I found some tamarind powder in the cupboard)... both of which I have never tried cooking. After making a list of ingredients, I head out to the nearest market and had fun matching my list to the actual products found there. For example, I know what cabbage is supposed to look like in the Philippines but I have no idea what it'll will look like in SG.... veges kinda look the same to me and the Chinese labels does not help at all. There were lot of cabbage look alikes in the store! Anyway, I settled for the cutest ones. wahahaha I forgot to take pictures.... next time for sure.
I had my laptop on the kitchen table... and I followed the instructions step by step. Hmmmm.... they really should put in the little details like how would I know if the stuff/veges is cooked. hehehe Took me about 2.5 hours to get the food done... our visitors were here already and Janice thought I had everything prepared by the time she got home (7:30 pm). We got to eat by 8:30 pm... fortunately the food was edible. Hehehe the chicken afritada was just right (even if it seemed I dumped more red bell pepper on it than chicken) and the beef stew was ok but lacked a bit of salt and most of the veges mushy. Wahahaha
It's so quiet! hehehe I'm in SG right now... staying with Janice... messing up her space... eating her food... utilizing her internet... in short... being her personal pest/pet. hahaha 
Surprise! Surprise! I met an old friend today and we haven't had the chance to catch up for quite some time now. She's been on a long hiatus from our frequent conversations over fried food or coffee. As it is, she's also planning on moving to another country and her papers are in the process of being “prepared” while mine is lying somewhere in my still unpacked boxes. hehehe As old friends does, we skipped the chitchat and dove to the juicy updates of our “love” lives. My laments on my non-existing love life took a couple of minutes then she launched into her much colorful story. ^_^ She met a guy and knowing her penchant for weird men I sat back to ready to make my symphatetic grunts and/or to stiffle my giggles. hehehe Anyway, the actuall telling took a considerable amount of time, she got hooked on an older man with a son from a previous relationship that has a charming face and a distinct personality. =) Charming face and distinct personality being my way of saying it politically correct. hehehe I'm not into looks myself but I had to smile and ask her what she found appealing about this guy. Her answer... he presented a challenge more than anything else. ^_^ For 2008, I wish us both less challenges on that aspect of our lives. hahaha
Happy New Year!
