Did you miss me?
June 16th, 2008Visited 171 times, 3 so far today
Several dozen of full moons ago, I did a photo shoot for a company with lucy torres
I have a reason for not posting during the last few weeks. It has been a non exciting week for me, the usual stuff and the schedules that have been happening, is nothing big or extraordinary to talk about. It also has been very hard for me to accept that I am 43 years old and suddenly I just felt so many body parts aching. Aside from my denial not to wear eye glasses, there are other physiological “abnormalities” one has to face as one gets old. There are still some news, any change in my redundant life is really worth writing about.
My cousins from Mclean, Virginia are home. Sad to say it’s not due for a holiday but after two or three long years of being bedridden, Lola Muring decided to move on to the next life, which I believe is so much better. I remember her for praising all the food that I cook and for her to let me know that she can only cook “dinuguan” which I truly enjoyed devouring…with rice and puto….Her kids, my Ate Ampy, Ate Lilia, Tina and Christine have excelled in their chosen fields and are now retired except for Tina, enjoying life, traveling around the world. Christine who stays in Provence gave me a whole big sack of lavender which she picked from her garden. Oh my room smells like a field of lavender, one of my favorite scents! I even suggested to her that she can flavor her panna cotta with it, just a few teaspoons infused in with the cream. Not too much because it might taste like an air freshener or a candle. Hehehehe. Remember my Ate Ampy, you should remember since I wrote about her big influence on my culinary knowledge, she always supports and encourages me in my work even if it becomes a bit tiring at times. These ladies love to shop and pearls are one of the stuffs they buy here for themselves and to give us gifts to bring back to the States and Europe.
The other night, they treated us to dinner at Heat, Edsa Shangrila. It wasn’t as full as it was before. The food was alright and not as boring the last time I ate there. There was soft shell crab tempura which some people did not know about so I ate that to my heart’s content. There was even apple martini to start with. Wanted to eat more but I was a bit careful with the food I was eating, remember I am 43 and getting fat again. I have not exercised since I turned a year older since there is no time. All my co-teachers are in Cebu doing a festival and I teach everyday including Sunday. But no complains, my students have been learning quite a bit and see some sense in pastry and why it blends with cuisine.
I heard that Yummy Magazine June is out but didn’t get the copy yet, wished I had the time to. My free time is spent with the cousins I truly miss. I do miss posting really……..promise to that more often this time.
StumbleUpon | Digg | Del.icio.us | Dzone | Newsvine | Spurl | Simpy | Furl | Reddit | Yahoo! MyWeb
