Tuesday, August 11, 2009

Sumptious!!





We went to Tagaytay City to renew my husband's drivers license and decided to eat at one the "carinderia" (small eatery with numerous choices of food) near the Mahogany Market. We ordered "Bulalo" (stewed beef bones) and "Caldereta" (beef cooked in tomato sauce, liver, potatoes, bell peppers and chili).

It was heaven.. and i really would like to recommend this eatery because they cook Bulalo just right. You have to eat the Bulalo a little fast because when it cools a lot of beef fatty oils will start to harden. Although, in the place where we eat they served it in a small round pot with a burner underneath. The "caldereta" taste good too and it was really spicy and rich in tomato sauce. They also have specialty called "Sinaing na Tawilis" ("tawilis" is a small fish found only in Taal Lake) and "Crispy Tawilis". This wasn't our first time to eat there but I do recommend this particular eatery. There are a line of different "carinderia" there similar to a fast food place where there are a lot of different restaurants offering different kinds of food. So whenever you are in Tagaytay City here in the Philippines don't forget to try these delicious foods. Chow!

Tuesday, May 12, 2009

i love you... i am sorry... and i forgive you.

How many times do we utter these
words? A lot of us now a day do not say these important phrases. Phrases thou
small but had a lot of meanings and feelings in it. Feelings which you can
describe only to yourself.. What a waste! Everybody is entitled to express ones sentiments whether it be
favorable, cheerful or precious, offensive, depressive or obscene. One has to
show his/her true feelings in order to understand each other. I am definitely
in favor of the positive side thou it is hard to demonstrate it especially if
the person you desire doesn’t like you back.

I love you is a simple and yet a
powerful word which makes oneself melts, turn his/her surroundings colorful,
unable to perform given tasks or to simplify it
INSANITY. Indeed, a person becomes insane just by
hearing it. I for one experienced the same tremendous enigma when I was in my
younger years. There were countless sleepless nights, a dozen or two of day
dreaming, skipping meals and of course endless tears falling when you learned
that the person you love loves another.
Gosh! How frustrating it is that you cannot show
the person you desire your true sentiments, but I believe one should fight
for it. To reveal your inner emotions is not at all scandalous, it is a right
of a person to express his emotions to another person he desires.

It is a right like smelling the flowers in the
garden, painting a beautiful portrait or singing in the rain. No one should
stop you from doing so.. Love is free for all.. meaning you cannot buy love in
a bookstore, in a drugstore nor inside a mall. So does paying or buying a
person to love you back is not at all the answer to a true and pure love.
Expression and revelation is the key to it all, it is not an assurance that you
will be loved back but the triumph because you
exerted all your guts and
faced the challenge.

Another word that is seldom
expressed and heard is I am sorry… why is it so hard for us to say these words?
Especially most men do not speak this kind of language. It’s vulgar, unmanly
and to top it all lessens his ego. Just like what I have read in a famous
children’s book
“…He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named- You know who…” There is no law in men says that they are
restrained from speaking these words. This is not a term for
“muggles” neither
one should be a wizard by flicking his wand and casting a spell or jinxing some words in order to make him
feel that everything will be alright.

And how about forgiveness… this is a complete reverse of the previous
topics. I forgive you is so easy to say but is so hard to do. It’s like you say
what you mean but you don’t mean what you say. A lot of people are like this,
whether politicians or just plain ordinary citizens. To forgive is Divine...
You will never seek true happiness if you intend to keep the bitterness
incurred in you. Inner peace is most
important to a person who truly seeks for love and happiness in his/her life.
So, go on try..