Call Me Vain Today

What will you do if you can't afford to hire a model? :)

You would either ask friends PRO-BONO or DO-IT-YOURSELF.

Breaking Through The Arts

Today, we started shooting Rosswill Hilario's dance video. He invited me to join the production team. For sometime now, I was being told to join the arts with my interest in production design. I, initially, exposed myself behind the scenes observing tapings for some TV soaps. Now, in this collaboration, it was an immediately realized project that I am getting hands on with on various aspects. It started from scratch of brainstorming for the story to the full production on the shooting days. Here are some behind the scenes still shots I tried to take while cameras are rolling.

Curry for Your Thoughts - At Singapore Chicken Rice

Singapore is known to be a melting pot of cultures and flavors. When I discovered Singapore Chicken Rice, a fastfood found in the corner of Times Square Ave., Shopwise Building, Araneta Center, Cubao, I was drawn. The prices are just right for those tight in the budget. When I end up on overtime in my area back in my work with B. Braun Avitum, I would take my dinner once in awhile in this fastfood.

Treasure Hunting in Thrift Shops - My Mom's Influence

I was asked to help out in Auntie Rose's Kabunyan Thrift Shop located in the second floor of Hansel Arcade, a commercial building along Aurora Boulevard, corner of Imperial Street, in the bustling business center in Quezon City, Cubao. 

I was already 5 months off from being unemployed after I originally planned to go back to school, supposedly, to take up law. Then, my allowable period to be enrolled has passed since I passed the entrance exams and interview in one of the leading schools of law in country. Maybe I am not set to get into Law School, I may not have my mindset to it. So I may not really molded for such... I am not much of a smooth talker anyway. There may be other plans for me to be into. And I realized that I need personal income. So, although I went on with bar operations with our Restobar back home in Baguio, I found something more interesting to do, getting into retail, via my old time favorite, Thrift Shopping.

On Attending Weddings You Wish Was True - My Binondo Girl

 

I get to attend some weddings. And I got invited to one of the grandest weddings on the start of this year... That is if it were true. My friend called me up to bring my shirt, coat, tie and camera. We were attending a wedding, the wedding of Andy Wu and Jade Sy. Well, this is for the taping and just enjoying bits of roles as a part of the crowd while being able to meet some people in the industry, as well as being able to take snapshots in advance of one of the most awaited finale of one of ABS-CBNs highest rating telenovelas, My Binondo Girl.

Experiment No. 6: Fish Patties pag di na gusto ang Century tuna in brine

I have opened a can of Century Tuna in brine given to me as pasalubong by a friend who came from the factory store. It was the big can... I cannot finish 1 big can and am sure when I refrigerate it, lalansa ito... Pero no choice... Ref!

Experiment No. 5: Breaded Bangus

Easy lang naman... 

Experiment No. 4 (Marami na Experiments - di lang mablog) - Coffee Jelly ala Jologs

Tagal ko na rin di nagblog kasi e... Ngayun lang by special request kasi my coffee jelly recipe is in demand sa office.... Hehehe!

Heto...

Kung nagsawa ka sa laging buko-pandan ang sineserve mo na gelatin...

Experiment No. 3 - Strawberry Creme

Let me talk about recycling or maybe saving whatever is left of the strawberries I have brought all the way back home from Baguio...

Over-ripe strawberries? Let my own strawberry-preserves be a secret... balak ko magbusiness nito sometime in the future for desserts! Hehehe!

Basta.... Simple lang ito...

Experiment No. 2 -- Chicken Sotanghon ala Rhys

Si Rhys ang nagluto ngayon... Namiss nya magluto ng lutong Pinoy bukod sa Adobo, Adobo, Adobo... Yun daw lagi kasi ang niluluto sa US...
Ngayon naisipan niya ng soup... Soup na very Pinoy... Tinola... Pero masarap ang Sotanghon na idagdag kaya eto ang recipe niya...

Experiment No. 1 - Pork Curry Ala Jules

It was just a very tiring day...

Came home from work... Alas-sais in the evening... Tried to catch-up with the American Idol Show in ABC 5... Then checked the ref for anything that can be cooked for dinner...

Here is what I came up with... Let me be the new urban peasant...

Experiment number 1 -- Final Product: Pork Curry