Thursday, April 14, 2011

Män som hatar kvinnor

Män som hatar kvinnor  which means "Men Who Hate Women" is the Swedish title of the upcoming American film based on the novel with the same title, "The Girl with the Dragon tattoo." 




I liked the film, made in 2009, and I hope the American film gives justice to it. But I bet it would have a lot of cut scenes compared to the Swedish film. The Swedish film really showed gruesome scenes which I think were needed in the story. 




I plan on watching the  Millennium Trilogy – The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Swedish title: Män som hatar kvinnor, "Men Who Hate Women"), The Girl Who Played with Fire (Swedish title: Flickan som lekte med elden, "The Girl Who Played with Fire") and The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest (Swedish title: Luftslottet som sprängdes, "The Air Castle that Blew Up") all from the same author Stieg Larsson. << from wikipedia




Watch it for yourself.


*photos are from the internet

Monday, April 4, 2011

International Food Fest

So here we were, one day, when my friend came to visit me at elbi and my sis was itching for an international meal. So I decided to cook an international menu made up of indian chicken and veggie curry in mexican tortilla, cheesy spanish jalapenos, italian beef red pasta, vietnamese fresh spring rolls with atchara sauce and pinoy juice and buko salad.

I only have pics of the two (main) meals: the spring rolls and the tortillas.

Ingredients for the rolls:
pinoy version since they're bigger
vietnamese rice paper (bought in Vietnam but i think there's some in malls)
toge
bihon
fresh basil leaves
crab flakes (or sticks or fresh fish/ chicken or whatever meat you would like)

for the sauce, you can make your own peanut sauce or just use the achara sauce. it worked for us

just roll everything in the rice paper and you're done! simple, fresh and healthy!!!



INgredients for the chicken-veggie curry in tortillas:
chicken giniling
curry powder (bought in Singapore but you can use any kind)
chili flakes (for added spicyness)
garlic
onions
tomatoes
and basically any kind of veggies you want; i used potatos, sayote, carrots, bell peppers
quick melt cheese
sorry cant see the inside but really good
Cut all veggies in cubes. Make curry paste by adding powder with water. Cook the garlic and onions first then add the potatoes, sayote and carrots until soft. add chicken giniling until cook. add curry paste. Combine the remaining ingredients and add salt and chile flakes to taste. Roll chicken curry in tortilla, grate cheese on top, close the tortilla and heat in oven toaster. Eat up!

inspired by what i ate in elbi square


Our cheesy jalapenos is easy to do: just cut cheese into sticks, cut chili peppers into halves and take out seeds (or leave a few for more spicyness), put cheese inside chilis then cover with lumpia wrapper. Fry and get ready for a spicy appetizer!

<< this is how it will look like

So I tried to make our menu sound really international-y (what in the world is cheesy spanish jalapenos??) but hey, try it yourself. better yet, invent your own set of menu!

Tuesday, March 29, 2011

2011 Los Banos Most Outstanding Women awards night


Taga Los Banos just dancing the night away






My mom was nominated and eventually won one of the awards during the first awarding for Most OUtstanding Woman in Los Banos. There were other winners for other categories.





This was part of the mayor's project for women's month and served as the culminating activity.
The mayor

 We were surprised when the mayor sat at our table. Just a few observations:
1) he's short pala
2) looks just like how he looks on the billboards around town
3) he was late for the awards night
4) made us wait before the awards proper started
5) he's very politic-iy (if there's such a term)



BUt then, i have to be thankful for my mom's cash prize and the free last anti-rabies shot (which i experienced last year when i got bitten by a dog). I just hope he doesn't turn elbi into a casino city.



Gotta say the awards night seemed like a meeting de avance. hehe.




On other news, i commend and look up to the people in los banos. they love to dance, dress up and just be which got me thinking.. that's them. it may seem jologs or baduy to some but that's fashion.. it's anything and everything! if there's such a thing as "live and let live" then there should also be one that says "fashion and let fashion."

Kung ano trip ko, trip ko yun.

Just look at these women.. they don't care about what other people think. they're just enjoying. and that's what i like about them.

Galing talaga.


Since the theme was hawaiian, of course, there was a special dance number with the song "pearly shells." hehe. nice one..






Just one of the many special numbers from different barangays

Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Gayuma ni Maria.. during Christmas time

 This is a super late post but i still wanted to share how Gayuma ni Maria looks like during the Holiday seasons.

Located at:
<< a little tree at the corner







white pasta something





<< they just love cute writings on the wall. the place is full of them



know the top ten aphrodisiacs >>





<< some kind of delicious cordon bleu










merhandise/ kooky nook





veggie food for veggie
lovers >>

Check out their FB account for complete details:

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Gayuma-Ni-Maria/148108488537188#!/pages/Gayuma-Ni-Maria/148108488537188?sk=info

*photos by my friend jam and louie

Make me whole, Bohol...

Fresh grilled fish
trip with upd broadcomm friends.

bohol: the island of isolation, tranquility, relaxation and serenity.

panalo ang resort, walang hot shower pero bumawi sa lakas ng wifi! hehe. at masarap ang food. plus, exclusively samin ang buong resort (private party kasi. chos)



dolphins, up close and persona





 7up costs P25, chips P50, 1 pc mentos for a whopping P5

1st day: chill, checkin out the place and the beautiful people

dancers during the Loboc river cruis

The inside of the Hinagdaanan cave.. go swimming!

The famous tarsier

only thing constant every night: poker night and drinks!


The Loboc river


green Chocolate hills
 2nd day: land tour consisting of the hinagdaanan cave, baclayon church, blood compact site, chocolate hills, wide eyed tarsiers, largest phython in captivity, butterfly farm, loboc river cruise


More dolphins durng the dolphin watching at 5am

awesome photo of the altar inside the Baclayon church

a band of tarsiers.. hehe
 3rd day: dolphin watching (super nice! tons of dolphins!), island hopping (virgin island was awesome)
Beach front.. right at our resort

they say 3rd times a charm. so true for me. :)

*photos by my friend jam & louie

Tuesday, March 22, 2011

Transformational leadership.. good read


Transformational leadership consists of four constructs: charisma or idealized influence, inspirational motivation, intellectual stimulation, and individualized consideration (Lim & Ployhart 2004). 

These are leaders whose teams always outperform everybody else. These types of leaders are the ones whom everyone wants to be like or to have on their team. How do transformational leaders relate to job satisfaction? Transformational leaders take time to answer the questions of an individual worker. They make the worker feel needed. When team members feel as though they are needed by the team, they are more likely to be satisfied with their job. Transformational leaders act toward other employees like coaches and mentors, and many times are seen more as the person with all the answers then as a higher-ranking employee. 



The transformational leader does not have to be the appointed leader either. The transformational leader can be a normal team member with all the traits of a transformational leader, acting to mitigate the diminishing effect that a non-transformational leader has on the team. 

Check out this link for more info >> http://www.articlebase.com/team-building-articles/the-importance-of-teamwork-381813.html

what's wrong with my dog?

Meet Toffee. Now, what's wrong with her?



Isn't she just adorable? Minus the super kikay eyebrows. LOL :)

Whole chili pepper with cheese

Really really good. This is found in Tea Party, a quaint place at elbi square, los banos laguna. if you want a quick yet totally awesome snack, this is it.

worth P50, 5 pieces.



It's whole green chillis with melted cheese in it wrapped in lumpia wrapper. Perfect downer would be their green tea with a fizzle. I ordered the peach flavored iced tea. P30 for the large size. Sooo good. :)

A photo blog of all the foods i ate last new year..

because i finally figured out how to put photos in my blog and im aliw with it. hehe :)

1st: New Year's eve dinner at Trader's Hotel Manila (approx. 3k per person) eat-all you can with free glow in the dark ballers, glittery hats and "torotot"

the meal: buffalo wings, fresh oysters and shrimp, lumpia


oysters which i did not eat. don't like it



mini burgers

 fruit punch

 fresh fruit

 fireworks at MOA

dessert plate

 fireworks at Manila Bay side

 wine

 mountain of cream puffs

 sea of oysters

2nd: hotel breakfast

cold cuts and of course, rice (very pinoy)

bacon, eggs and sausage

 french toast, croissant and yoghurt

you can never have too much fresh fruits

lounging at the pool after breakfast

 the girl with the tattoo on her wrist reads a random novel

3rd: lunch at dampa (a place where you buy or make palengke of fresh ingredients then a cook cooks it for you depending on how you want to cook it) : less than 6k i think, with take out pa!

miso soup

1 kl crab in sweet spicy sauce

1/2 kilo shrimp in garlic sauce

 baked clams with cheese!! yummy!

 the table





4th: the hotel breakfast after

 congee 

various cold cuts with various cheese