Let's see if this will work out...

Search This Blog

Back to me ol'self...

July 24, 2007

Get link
Facebook
X
Pinterest
Email
Other Apps

Good thing there's Michael Bublé! SING IT MICHAEL!

Get link
Facebook
X
Pinterest
Email
Other Apps

Comments

Before 'people power': Aquino recalled as a quiet Newton housewife - Local News Updates - The Boston Globe

Before 'people power': Aquino recalled as a quiet Newton housewife - Local News Updates - The Boston Globe Posted using ShareThis Associated Press photo The coffin of former Philippines president Corazon Aquino is carried into the Manila Cathedral today. By Jazmine Ulloa, Globe Correspondent As former Philippines leader Corazon Aquino was laid to rest in her homeland today, close friends were planning to honor her more than 8,000 miles away, in Newton, Mass., where the international icon spent what she often called the happiest three years of her life. Years before the massive street demonstrations of the 1986 "people power" revolution elevated her to the presidency, Aquino, who died Saturday at age 76 of cancer, was known to Massachusetts friends and former neighbors as a quiet, simple housewife with a big heart. And they have not forgotten her. Aquino "She was the kind of person that you met for the first time, and it was not long before you felt l...

Moment of Truth

For the first time in my adult life, I got to use the kitchen to cook real food. Not just fried food, rice, or instant noodles but a Pinoy dish called kare-kare. Though unlike the traditional oxtail kare-kare, I used chicken instead to suite my eating preference. I spent about 2 1/2 hours to read through the recipe, cut and chop the ingredients, and cook. My critiques (...and by critiques, I mean a Pinoy friend Venice, my roommate Ana, and another Pinoy friend Richelle) have tasted my cooking and here's what they have to say... TRANSLATION: Interviewer : What can you say about Mike’s kare-kare? Venice : Mike’s kare-kare is ok but it’s burnt. Come see while you’re taking the video. Look, there’s no eggplant. He said he had eggplants! But I did not see an eggplant… not even the soul of an eggplant. He also over-cooked the onions. What else? In fairness, it’s ok if he didn’t over-cook the onions. TRANSLATION: Interviewer : What’s the effect of Mike’s kare-kare on you? Ana : ...

Powered by Blogger