I love eating ginisang munggo with ampalaya leaves. Especially when you put chicharon baboy on it and the soup is not so thin and not so thick. My Aunt Baby who used to be a cook in a canteen usually cooks it with malunggay leaves and sayote. I so love to eat that i eat whatever my mom and aunt cook since they're the best when it comes to cooking.
So, imagine my surprise and disgust when i saw black little thingies on our munggo seeds. Yuucckks!!! It's so awful!!! Thought we were invaded by small aliens (so much for watching alien movies). They're like ticks, as in ticks (the one you see on your hairy pets eg.-dogs). I got hysterical when i saw them, and my mom said that those seeds are fresh harvest and needed to be sun dried first to eliminate the black eewwness creatures. So i overreacted, hyperventilated, almost hate the person who gave it to us when my mom finally said that she will do something about it.Then guess what my mom decided to have for dinner!!! (Yeah, what else?? Ginisang munggo!!!) Argghh...
I forced myself to eat, which normally doesn't happen when its eating time. I keep on imagining the lice (kuto ng munggo in tagalog) still alive and crawling on top of my rice. But i ate anyway. (I'm hungry ok!) I ate half a cup of rice and it took me long minutes to just check if there's lice on my soup. I usually take a second serving of dinner but not this time. Lost all my appetite! Next thing i know, mom still kept a bag of these seeds and will expose them to the sun the next day. Ahh, what a way to start the day tomorrow.
So for those of you who loves to eat munggo, check for crawling creatures first before you cook them. I know they will die under intense heat but would you rather eat without lice or with a dead lice.
BEWARE!!!!
Sunday, April 12, 2009
Monday, April 6, 2009
STINGY - IS IT BAD? or really, really BAD?
My friends call me this. I've worked for 5 or more different companies already and eventhough my friends in these companies don't know each other, they seem to agree on one thing.. And that by describing me as stingy.. duh!
I admit that i'm 1/2 tagalog, 1/4 chinese and 1/4 ilocana but it doesn't follow that if this kind of percentage runs in your blood, you're already a stingy..(nah!) We're just used to the idea that if someone is of chinese or ilokana lineage, he or she is kuripot.
Ok, let's pretend for one second that you don't know this word. I've searched the web so i will know for sure what this word means and this is what the google has to say..
stin·gy [ stÃnjee ] - kuripot (comparative stin·gi·er, superlative stin·gi·est) "tagalog translation is mine by the way!"
Definition
1. ungenerous: not generous in giving or spending money
2. small or inadequate: ungenerously small or inadequatea stingy tip
Now... wait a sec! I do help someone in need often so it discounts the fact that I'm not generous in giving! I'm just slow in helping them, don't usually initiates help.Yes, its true that i'm not generous in spending money. But i don't call it kuripot, i call it delaying tactics or wise thinking, you agree..? yeah..? right..? (sounds familiar... hmmmn.. trainer Emman??? hahaha!)
Don't get me wrong though, my friends. I'm not in the least offended if you call me this. Rather, i'm proud that i don't need to be that generous just to please everyone of you, you became and still stay my friends. You accept me for i what i am. (yuck! this is getting emotional.).
So i'm stingy... so whaatttt??? At least i'm not wasting my hard-earned money just to buy things that i don't really need. (But sometimes i think i even withheld myself from buying the things i need). Whaaaa! Really kuripot !!!.:-(
The only problem that i see for being stingy is like the one i mentioned earlier. I tend to not even buy something for myself. There are days i want to spend thousands of pesos for my personal needs (i did not actually do that huh! you know... spent thousands..) and then some other days, i don't want to spend even a single peso. So i maybe, it depends on your mood (but my mood is always on a " not to spend a single peso mode", nyahahaha!!!)
To really know the characteristics of a stingy, how we came to be, you have to get inside my head.(No, not really!!) Kidding aside, i am always tussling with ideas about how to spend money. I keep asking myself ,"Is it ok if i buy this or that?" But always, i resort to not spend a single dime. Maybe i'm being convicted that i should use the money to help others.
I firmly believe that i don't own this money i have right now. Money is God's and i'm just the steward. I am just appointed to manage HIS provisions so i'm accountable to God therefore to what i do with HIS money!!! I'm already careful in spending long before I became a believer of JESUS CHRIST. Before, i asked why i became like this, but when i became a believer, my question was answered. I was designed to be stingy so that i can help those who are in need. I'm already protected even before i became a child of God. Isn't that great?!! Though a lot of times, i wanted to give in to my worldly desires. You know---- food, clothes, shoes, bags and lots of other stuff, but the stinginess (if there's ever a word) in me always kicks in.
I wanted to be generous but what can i do? Even if i want to, my inner self is not allowing me.. (But of course with a little push, maybe.. hahaha!!) So, you just have to live with it my friends. Because you will still see more of me. (That means, you have no choice!!!)
Well, what more can I say? Take it or leave it!!!
I admit that i'm 1/2 tagalog, 1/4 chinese and 1/4 ilocana but it doesn't follow that if this kind of percentage runs in your blood, you're already a stingy..(nah!) We're just used to the idea that if someone is of chinese or ilokana lineage, he or she is kuripot.
Ok, let's pretend for one second that you don't know this word. I've searched the web so i will know for sure what this word means and this is what the google has to say..
stin·gy [ stÃnjee ] - kuripot (comparative stin·gi·er, superlative stin·gi·est) "tagalog translation is mine by the way!"
Definition
1. ungenerous: not generous in giving or spending money
2. small or inadequate: ungenerously small or inadequatea stingy tip
Now... wait a sec! I do help someone in need often so it discounts the fact that I'm not generous in giving! I'm just slow in helping them, don't usually initiates help.Yes, its true that i'm not generous in spending money. But i don't call it kuripot, i call it delaying tactics or wise thinking, you agree..? yeah..? right..? (sounds familiar... hmmmn.. trainer Emman??? hahaha!)
Don't get me wrong though, my friends. I'm not in the least offended if you call me this. Rather, i'm proud that i don't need to be that generous just to please everyone of you, you became and still stay my friends. You accept me for i what i am. (yuck! this is getting emotional.).
So i'm stingy... so whaatttt??? At least i'm not wasting my hard-earned money just to buy things that i don't really need. (But sometimes i think i even withheld myself from buying the things i need). Whaaaa! Really kuripot !!!.:-(
The only problem that i see for being stingy is like the one i mentioned earlier. I tend to not even buy something for myself. There are days i want to spend thousands of pesos for my personal needs (i did not actually do that huh! you know... spent thousands..) and then some other days, i don't want to spend even a single peso. So i maybe, it depends on your mood (but my mood is always on a " not to spend a single peso mode", nyahahaha!!!)
To really know the characteristics of a stingy, how we came to be, you have to get inside my head.(No, not really!!) Kidding aside, i am always tussling with ideas about how to spend money. I keep asking myself ,"Is it ok if i buy this or that?" But always, i resort to not spend a single dime. Maybe i'm being convicted that i should use the money to help others.
I firmly believe that i don't own this money i have right now. Money is God's and i'm just the steward. I am just appointed to manage HIS provisions so i'm accountable to God therefore to what i do with HIS money!!! I'm already careful in spending long before I became a believer of JESUS CHRIST. Before, i asked why i became like this, but when i became a believer, my question was answered. I was designed to be stingy so that i can help those who are in need. I'm already protected even before i became a child of God. Isn't that great?!! Though a lot of times, i wanted to give in to my worldly desires. You know---- food, clothes, shoes, bags and lots of other stuff, but the stinginess (if there's ever a word) in me always kicks in.
I wanted to be generous but what can i do? Even if i want to, my inner self is not allowing me.. (But of course with a little push, maybe.. hahaha!!) So, you just have to live with it my friends. Because you will still see more of me. (That means, you have no choice!!!)
Well, what more can I say? Take it or leave it!!!
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
In the beginning
I'm not a computer savvy to begin with, so it's a surprise even to me that i was able to create this blog site (of course, with the help of several friends!!!). Therefore, it's a miracle as well... Thank God!!!
I never intended for this blog to be my thoughts central, oh no.. This was started by just merely wanting to post something of an article on one of my friends' blog, to which i was invited to be an author. Little did i now that in order for me to post my own article on that blog, i need to create an account and a blogsite of my own. Lo and behold!! CONSTANCE was born.
You might wanna know why i named my blog Constance?!! Well, its a product of my going gaga over the TV Series Gossip Girl, wherein Constance is the name of the prestigous school. There are lot of people now going crazy over this series but i never thought i will be one of them.
A year ago, i've been seeing a lot of dvd's along sidewalks, overpass or what the MMDA called as the footbridge, and strikingly, the faces of beautiful girls and handsome boys are afront. Then the title is gossip girls?? I wondered and asked myself, so those girls are the gossip girls??? How come?? They are beautiful and they don't pose to be gossip girls? So from then on, i wished i could get hold of just the one episode so i would know how the series goes.
But as the year of 2008 passed by, i forgot about that series already. I was busy applying for a new job to leave my 10 yr old job whom i've grown to love but can't sustain me anymore, financially, i mean. Besides, that company is already doing something (illegal something) that is in direct contrast to my belief. And so i left the company and joined a BPO company as a customer interactive associate or call center agent as famously known. I met a lot of new friends and in this company i met Joshua. He (or she? he's a gay by the way) lend me a copy of "Gossip Girl" dvd, and from then on, i can say i'm a fan of them now. By watching the series, i have known of the main cast' school called Constance. I'm not gonna tell you or even give you a hint about the plot of the series, you watch it by yourself.Lolz
And so, Constance was created, but then again, i said to myself, "I'm gonna post an article to my friend's blog, but how about mine? Will it stay just a blogsite but without anything on it?" So, one day while i've had enough sleep and can't force myself to continue sleeping, I composed the first sentences of this article and dyaraaannnn.... here it was.
I'm still not sure if i want this to be read by my family or friends but i will still invite them to visit this. What's the point of posting something on the blog but doesn't want this to be seen, right? I have a lot of things that i want to write, but for now, i'll just leave this the way it is and command myself to organize my thoughts so i can effectively write. I'm not a born writer but who knows??
It's never too late to practice!!!
I never intended for this blog to be my thoughts central, oh no.. This was started by just merely wanting to post something of an article on one of my friends' blog, to which i was invited to be an author. Little did i now that in order for me to post my own article on that blog, i need to create an account and a blogsite of my own. Lo and behold!! CONSTANCE was born.
You might wanna know why i named my blog Constance?!! Well, its a product of my going gaga over the TV Series Gossip Girl, wherein Constance is the name of the prestigous school. There are lot of people now going crazy over this series but i never thought i will be one of them.
A year ago, i've been seeing a lot of dvd's along sidewalks, overpass or what the MMDA called as the footbridge, and strikingly, the faces of beautiful girls and handsome boys are afront. Then the title is gossip girls?? I wondered and asked myself, so those girls are the gossip girls??? How come?? They are beautiful and they don't pose to be gossip girls? So from then on, i wished i could get hold of just the one episode so i would know how the series goes.
But as the year of 2008 passed by, i forgot about that series already. I was busy applying for a new job to leave my 10 yr old job whom i've grown to love but can't sustain me anymore, financially, i mean. Besides, that company is already doing something (illegal something) that is in direct contrast to my belief. And so i left the company and joined a BPO company as a customer interactive associate or call center agent as famously known. I met a lot of new friends and in this company i met Joshua. He (or she? he's a gay by the way) lend me a copy of "Gossip Girl" dvd, and from then on, i can say i'm a fan of them now. By watching the series, i have known of the main cast' school called Constance. I'm not gonna tell you or even give you a hint about the plot of the series, you watch it by yourself.Lolz
And so, Constance was created, but then again, i said to myself, "I'm gonna post an article to my friend's blog, but how about mine? Will it stay just a blogsite but without anything on it?" So, one day while i've had enough sleep and can't force myself to continue sleeping, I composed the first sentences of this article and dyaraaannnn.... here it was.
I'm still not sure if i want this to be read by my family or friends but i will still invite them to visit this. What's the point of posting something on the blog but doesn't want this to be seen, right? I have a lot of things that i want to write, but for now, i'll just leave this the way it is and command myself to organize my thoughts so i can effectively write. I'm not a born writer but who knows??
It's never too late to practice!!!
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