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Raizamarie Caures

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Fish Sisig

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Pork Giniling with Quail Eggs

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Meatballs

Poqui Poqui

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Banana Heart Burger

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Kangkong and Tofu with Oyster Sauce

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Society's Take On Infidelity

Why is it acceptable that men cheat? People even say that it's "normal", that it's part of a relationship. When did it become a given—an established fact?  If a man does it, he's a player, but when a woman does it, she's a dirty slut. An irresponsible wife/mom/human being. She's treated like trash, the lowest of the low, and she'll live with the shame the rest of her life, no matter how much she's repented for it. Men, on the other hand, get to have bragging rights. How seriously messed up is that?

 

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When men cheat, it is the women's responsibility to "forgive and forget" and give a second chance. In fact, it seems as if we’re REQUIRED to do so. If we don’t, we’re heartless, or worse, we get told that if we can't forgive, then we’re not worth it. Like, seriously? We deserve getting cheated on, because we can’t forgive cheating? 

It’s very rarely that a man forgives the woman or try to win her back. If she sleeps with someone else, it’s automatic eviction from the Big Brother house. We can’t blame the man, either, coz if he takes the girl back, other men would diss him for being weak, a pushover, for not satisfying his woman enough that she had to  look for it from another man. Ego is everything for most men, and they can just as easily find a replacement anyway, so why bother playing the martyr, right?

Why do men get a free pass, but women gets prosecuted for it? Cheating is cheating, no matter which gender does it. #whatswrongwithsociety

Random Musings: Blog Naming

Don’t you just hate it when you come up with a smart, unique blog name and when you type it on a search engine to know if the URL’s available, you find out that it’s already in use? 

Image courtesy of Ambro at FreeDigitalPhotos.net

Like, seriously, is your imagination that underdeveloped that what you thought to be original, someone’s already thought of earlier?

And worse, you find out that the blog only has 1-2 posts in it! Dude, you’re wasting this catchy blog URL! L

On Infidelity and My Fear of Commitment: Why I Cancelled My Own Wedding

Why do people cheat?

This seems like one of those questions that people ask themselves at least once in their life—whether they were the ones who did the cheating, the ones who’d been cheated on, or ‘just because’. In fact, the issue of infidelity is such a surefire way of rousing emotions in the general public, especially on women, that a lot of books, movies, and TV shows have incorporated the concept in their plots. (‘Two Wives’, ‘No Other Woman’, ‘The Legal Wife’, anyone?)

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So, really, why do people do it?

“Consider replacing your battery” error message: SOLVED

When we were younger, whenever I borrowed my sister’s laptop, she always made sure that I didn’t take the battery along with it and would adamantly advise me to NEVER USE A LAPTOP WHILE CHARGING ITS BATTERY. She said that doing so ruins it. I never quite believed that, though, until I learned it the hard way. A few days ago, just out of the blue, this warning popped up on my laptop:

"THERE WAS A PROBLEM LOGGING IN" ERROR: CAN’T ACCESS PARTY BOAT ON SIMS FREEPLAY FOR IPHONE: SOLVED

THE DILEMMA:  Can't access the Party Boat on Sims Freeplay

          There was no problem with the Cloud but I couldn’t access neighbors nor claim party boat rewards which are connected to my Facebook account. Facebook app is working fine on my phone. FB and Game Center are both working, but when I go to the Party boat, it shows the following screen:

Ginormous, Fluffy Pancakes With Your Rice Cooker

Get the trick here:

Bacon Pancakes

Bacon Pancakes via 9gag

The Fairy Pools (Hoax)

The Fairy Pools on the Isle of Skye, Scotland

          I have started consolidating my blog and found this totally surreal photo I posted way back September 2012. I’m a sucker for anything purple so the unique colors of the trees on this image caught my eye. However, as I'm reposting it here today, I wanted to add a little snippet at the bottom of the photo so I did a little research and found out that this is actually a hoax! Apparently, this photo is just a photoshopped image of the Shotover River in New Zealand. 

Red Hong Yi Art

I have mentioned from my previous post that I’m not an artistic person but I highly admire and appreciate those who are, and of all the artists of this generation, my most favorite is Red Hong Yi. She’s a Malaysian artist who has gained popularity through her style of using non-conventional, mundane objects as medium for her artworks such as coffee, sunflower seeds, flower petals, etc. This portrait of Jackie Chan using chopsticks is most probably her most popular piece so far.

You can see the makings of this beautiful piece of art in this Youtube video. 

Hyperrealism: Gustavo Silva Nuñez

I have long ago accepted that the Muses have neglected me and focused all their energies to my eldest sister, who has in turn hoarded all the artistic gene in the family. This is why I have always been fascinated by hyperrealism. Being a person who hasn’t the slightest idea how to make even one decent piece of artwork, hyperrealistic art is pretty much the only art genre that I can fully appreciate for all its visual glory. And also because I can't even come close to understand abstract art. Haha. I can just imagine the level of attention to detail required to perfect hyperreality—it’s overwhelming.

Kicking off my collection is Gustavo Silva Nuñez, a Venezuelan artist whose focus is on hyperrealistic depiction of people swimming in pools. I came across his work from this website as featured in Ashton Kutcher’s Facebook page.

Of all the elements, water is my personal favorite as it has a very calming, healing effect to my soul. I want to believe this is also what Nuñez sees and that’s why he holds the special place as the first in my hyperrealistic art compilation.

Check out more of Nuñez’s works on Instagram: http://instagram.com/gustavoinutero

Pet Peeve #1: Inconsiderate Use of Phone’s Speaker

Yesterday, I went to the dentist to have my braces adjusted. In the past I always made sure to visit in the morning but I had to go somewhere, and I couldn’t put it off til Monday because I would be quite busy, so I decided to fit it in on a Sunday afternoon. I called the clinic first to find out what time it closes and I was informed by the receptionist/dental assistant that it’s until 5:30PM. I requested to be scheduled for 4PM but she said they no longer accept over-the-phone appointment reservations for that day because there were a lot of patients and only two dentists. She assured me, though, that I could still be accommodated as long as I was willing to wait so I agreed and off I went to Quezon Ave.

I arrived at the clinic five minutes before 4PM and there were, indeed, many patients on queue. I was second to the last on the patient list so I found a seat near the door and tried to read a Sherlock ebook on my phone. However, I couldn’t concentrate because there was this very familiar music that’s filling the air even louder than The Buzz being shown on the TV screen in the reception area.  It was the music from the android game, Pou, specifically from the mini-game Jump Cliff.  I remember it quite clearly because Patrick’s cousin used to borrow my phone just to play that game and I always told him to put the phone on silent because the music, catchy as it is, can be very annoying when you hear it over and over again. Here, let me share the agony:

I have to admit, the music is fun. But try to listen to that for over an hour, over and over again, on full volume. It overpowered even the noise of a room-full of people, the sound from the TV, and the whirring of the AC and the dental equipment.

I remember another instance when a similar behavior bothered me. It was when I went to a job interview a few months ago. The recruitment lobby had a very serene ambience that compelled people to maintain silence or at least speak in hushed voices when they must do so. There was a flat-screen TV playing Hansel and Gretel but the sound was too low it was pretty much just there as gray noise. Then in came a guy who's obviously applying for tech support: casual attire of jeans and huge, branded hoodie - check; huge headphones - check; real maangas swag - check. This guy proceeds to wait in one corner of the lobby and listened to blaring music which I could still hear faintly three feet away from him through his headphones. Worse, he was tapping his feet along with the music on the tiled floor! That time I didn't bother controlling myself and told him to quit the tapping because it's distracting. I did it with as much control and courtesy as I could, though, so he stopped and even apologized. Peace restored. :)

I guess what I'm trying to point out here is that people should always be mindful of the things they do, no matter how petty it may seem. The littlest things such as music on loud speaker can be distracting to others and the same goes with phone calls. As a rule, NEVER PUT ANYTHING ON SPEAKER IN PUBLIC. Not everyone enjoys the music you listen to no matter how awesome it is, and certainly, nobody gives a rat's ass whomever you're talking to. Phone calls are meant to be private; keep it that way.