Sunday
I had to wake up early to do my Sunday chores: chase Bart, give him a bath and clean the bathroom (scrub everything). After all that, a good bath follows.
Anyway, I proceeded to my hon’s house so we can go to his nephew’s christening. We had buffet at Kamayan along Edsa. He drove us (his sister, his nephews, niece, and me).
Saturday
A deep dish each and some rants
Hon and I went to Megamall to open an account (at last!).
We had lunch at Sbarro’s where they have Chicago deep dish pizzas (i’ve been craving one for weeks!). I’ve watched TLC’s feature on pizzas too many times already. Time to have a real one. Boy, it’s really heavy on my tummy!
Jinggoy and I got to watch “Superhero Movie” in Trinoma last saturday after my work.
Well, I was either totally tired or it was simply boring. The two of us fell asleep. :S
Sunday afternoon after I did my Sunday chores, we went to Trinoma (again).
I’ve been raving to my honey about the U23D film shown in IMAX in Mall of Asia since I read it in Our Awesome Planet.
So after some pasta-making (yep, he assisted me in rolling the dough in the pasta maker!) and some indulging in some freshly-made good food (menu: spaghetti with fresh pasta and ripe mango shake), we headed to Mall of Asia yesterday.
The IMAX cinema is BIG. The screen is TALL and W I D E. The cinema wasn’t filled so it’s even better. The 3D glasses looked plain, as if they’re just ordinary glasses… that’s what I first thought.
They showed a preview of “T-Rex” first and gosh, it was sooooooooo cool! The T-Rex almost pops out of the screen, as if you can touch its head!
Later on, the concert started.. Crisp colors and there were times I felt I was part of the concert. Sometimes, you feel some people in the audience were actually there in front of us.
During the beginning, I was pretty excited. After a couple of songs, it’s like, I can get used to it and it’s nothing extraordinary. 
It was such an experience, though. First of its kind – a concert in 3D. It’s cool and it’s nice. However, if i’m not a die-hard U2 fan, I wouldn’t be spending P350 on this. I’d rather buy food. Good thing I didn’t spend a single centavo on this concert-movie. 
i’ve been planning to make my own pasta for about a week now but i didn’t have time. Preparation was probably around 2 hours because I also made the sauce while making the pasta… whew! don’t do that, aight?
I got some ideas over the internet and some basic flour to egg ratio.
Ingredients:
2 c flour
2 medium-sized eggs
Step 1. Make a well in your flour
Step 2. Crack the eggs in the middle, one at a time (hahaha no pic here because my egg slid outside the walls of the flour and some eggwhites spilled on the floor. ;D)
Step 3. Incorporate some flour into the egg little by litte using a fork (i skipped this, since the egg spilled, i immediately grabbed the eggs and immediately KNEADED – see step 4)
Step 4. If the mixture becomes too thick for the fork, start kneading.
Step 5. Knead for another 10-15 minutes. If the dough gets too dry, add a few drops of water, if it gets too sticky, add some flour. I added another egg on my dough.
Step 6. Test the dough if kneading is enough – press the dough a bit and if it springs back, it means it has been kneaded good. DO NOT SKIP THE KNEADING PART. *i skipped the little by little mixing of egg and flour but never skipped this. I also made sure that there are not bits of flour or lumps in my dough.
Step 7. Wrap in clingfilm and let the dough rest for 15 minutes.
Step 6. Divide the dough by 4 and run the dough piece starting from the thickest to the thinnest, 3x each setting. Then use the cutter for the tagliatelle. Sprinkle with some flour to avoid sticking.
Finished product:
The pasta can be cooked in boiling water with salt added, in just 5-6 minutes! NEAT! hehehe
One of the best videos I got was from Video Jug: http://www.videojug.com/film/how-to-make-fresh-pasta It doesn’t make use of a pastamaker, though.
I loved making it. It requires some time, though. First time I made fresh pasta was when i was a teener. I used to hang the pasta on clothes hangers hung around the house. hehehe That was a bit messy too. this one’s better.
there are times i enjoy driving, especially when i’m with my honey. there are times i just wanted to skin some drivers alive.
i’m a good girl. if i know i’m right, you’ll just get a shitload of curses from me. thank goodness my windows are always closed. if you get reaaaaaaally lucky, i’ll be flashing a badfinger too.
if i’m wrong, i say “sorry”. a lot of times, i mean it. there are some times, though, i feel bitchy.
nothing beats my hon while i teach him to drive. he still has patience because there are times I really get angry if other drivers cut him off. there are times, though, he gets angry. he’s just human and he has the right to be mad.
one of my favorite lines he yelled at a cabbie: “F*ck you and your family!”.
hmmm.. i wonder how he’ll be when he’s driving on his own.
I have been asking Jinggoy to tag along to this event since last week. Good thing he agreed to accompany me even if he’s not a fan of cars. (photos included) … continue reading this entry.
I just had to share this pic of a biiiiiig slab of baby back ribs with ya. This one’s from Friday’s.
Jinggoy compared the size of it with a paper bill (yeah, just 20 bucks) and nope, we didn’t get to finish it. We mistakenly ordered appetizers (a sampler which contains chicken wings, mozarella cheese and some other stuff), we were starving when we got there.
As for the taste, thank God there’s a lot of sauce. The meat is dry. It may be soft but it lacks flavor.
La Maison’s ribs still rulezzzzzz!
just let me rant. excuse my language.
my mom and i were ordering at the take out counter when another crew member talked to the cashier. The crew member obviously was working with food because he had gloves on. Wait, were those coins she just gave to the crewmember? on a gloved hand? WTF? That’s just gross.
I asked the cashier about what happened and she just smirked. WTF?
Anyway, she got our order and gave us our number while we waited on our seats a couple of girls shared with us who also just started to wait for their food.
I asked for a manager and reported what happened. I really sounded epal. I admit, I did flunk Food Microbiology (FS 116) once but the stuff I learned are still stuck to my head. those itsy-bitsy details we neglect can be big threats to our health. The manager got back to me and she said she already talked to the crew member. I thanked her for that.
15 minutes and the girls we were seated with were beginning to be impatient for their food. At last, their food came.. lady#1 had a sandwich while the other had spaghetti. I just hope the guy who made her sandwich wasn’t the guy who got the money from the cashier. Our 1 whole chicken and a couple of drinks were still not served.
A few follow-ups were simply ignored.
40 f*ckin’ minutes since we placed our orders, the ladies finished eating. the cashier came to us… she was asking what our order was and was looking for our receipt! WTF? she didn’t give us our receipt! we reminded her of our order – 1 whole chicken, 1 coffee jelly and 1 iced choco. it was that simple!
OH GREAT! SHE THEN STARTED TO PREPARE OUR FOOD! did time suddenly stop in my watch? just my watch?
I got up and talked to the manager. She took over in preparing our food. When she handed me the food, I reminded her how incompetent their crew members are and the blame is still on her as a MANAGEr.
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