mga kwento lang

i'm too tired to organize my thoughts into one essay-type composition so i'll just go ahead and write down stuff i want to.

kwento #1
last sunday i went to see an opera (yes, that was very cultured of me wasn't it?). it was mozart's don giovanni. it was kind of interesting but rather long. not too different from your usual musical play (the singers weren't all fat and wearing hats with horns or anything like that). i kind of dozed off towards the end though. anyway, while we were waiting to get out of the parking garage after the show, who else passes by our car but don giovanni himself! just to inform you, he was kind of hot in an almost model-type kind of way with longish, shiny brown hair and a strong jawline. so of course, i did what one would expect me to do. . . i waved at him. he looked kind of surprised and actually looked like he was keeping himself from laughing which is kind of a strange reaction from someone who is almost a celebrity. my friends on the other hand were soooo embarassed for me for what reason i'm not exactly sure of. they kind of gave me a hard time about it but i didn't care. i just told them i always do things like that and there is no shame in that right? so, come monday, when i went to our bible study, we were telling bob, our bible study leader, about going to the opera. and of course alisha (my music major friend) told him about my supposedly embarassing behavior in the parking lot. of course it just so happens that "don giovanni" was bob's churchmate and the vocal coach of his son! he of course went on to inform me that "don giovanni" was already married and with a small child. but if i so wished, he would be glad to introduce me to him and have him sing for me or something. then i was embarassed. seems i would be hearing about this for a long time. . .

kwento #2
finished my rotation presentation yesterday. it went pretty well, i think. people keep telling me i explain stuff very well. if explaining means talking non-stop for ten minutes without pausing for breath then i think i was a success. i'm pretty proud of myself. i actually had cheat sheets prepared but i did not so much as glance at them while i was presenting. so very PI-like of me. i was also wearing pink which always makes me feel pretty. hehe. in fact, i had lunch afterward and the waiter (who was obviously gay, because he immediately commented on my sweater) kept calling me gorgeous and pretty in pink and precious. and guys kept opening doors for me. must remember to buy more pink sweaters. . . i bought the new U2 album pala. sounds good so far. pero wala pang song na nagsa-stand out for me other than vertigo just because i heard it so much before the album came out. but its U2 and U2 can do no wrong in my book, just because bono is bono. . .

have to go now. tuyo na siguro laundry ko. i actually have to make two trips from the laundry place to my apartment this time!

weekend!

yipee!!! i can't believe it's the weekend already. This week seemed sooooo long for some reason. i just finalized my presentation for tuesday. saved it on a zip disc, a cd, a flash drive and 3 computers. that's OCD for you. i'm so glad that's done with. just the actual presentation to get through now.

tomorrow's the big osu-michigan game. i hear it gets really crazy. although how it could get any crazier than what i've witnessed so far is beyond me. that's why i'm planning to stay locked up and safe in my apartment tomorrow.

i still haven't seen bridget jones! i can't find anyone to go with. so sad. ang hirap ng walang friends. . . haaaay. . . nag-drama. . .

guess what i was watching last night?

" why didn't you tell me?"
" i didn't want you to worry. it was nobody's fault but my own. i was looking up. it was the nearest thing to heaven. . . you were there. . ."
"if something had to happen to one of us, why did it have to be you?"
"oh, don't look at me like that. . . it doesn't have to be a miracle. . . if you can paint, i can walk. . . anything can happen don't you think?"

or something to that effect. . . the wonders of cable tv. . .i'll probably be staying home more often now.

i actually stayed up 'til 1 am last night watcing a bette davis film (now, voyager) after watching love affair (this is the really old version, even before cary grant and debra carr. . .or kerr. . . whatever). lesson learned. . . a luxury cruise is the best place to pick up guys. . . just make sure that the guy is not married (as is the case with bette davis) and that you are very careful when crossing the street so as not to be run over on the way to your rendezvous (as with irene dunne) and everything will be just fine.

better go home now to watch more tv.

ang molo (bow)

as per request of shiela:

ingredients:
ground pork
ground beef
chicken
shrimp
molo wrapper (or as they call it here in the US of A, wonton wrapper)
chopped spring onions
minced garlic (lots of it)
chopped onions (lots of it too)
cooking oil (duh)
patis (absolutely necessary)
chicken broth (kung meron pero oks lang kung wala)
(please don't ask me about measurements. di applicable sa akin yun. pag feeling mo masyadong marami, e di bawasan. . . ganoon din pag kaunti. . . )
protocol:
1) boil chicken until cooked (meaning di na madugo). keep broth.
2) mix ground pork, ground beef, a few chopped shrimp, some garlic, onion and a little soy sauce. kamayin ha.
3) spoon about a teaspoonful into a molo wrapper and, er, wrap (make sure to have an interesting show on tv while doing this. highly recommended ang extreme makeover home edition. . . nakakatuwa, nakakaiyak. . . and of course, ty is sooooo dreamy. . . preferable lalo kung 2 hour special )
4) himayin ang chicken. . . siguraduhin pong malamig na para hindi mapaso
5) saute garlic and onion. add shrimp.
6) when shrimp is cooked, add broth. add water na rin.
7) Pag kumulo, idagdag na ang molo, chicken at spring onions.
8) Pakuluin pa. Add patis to taste.
9) Alisin na sa apoy pag gutom na gutom ka na (kasi sa tagal mo nang nagluluto niyan, gutom na gutom ka na talaga at this point).
10) higupin at namnamin ang sarap.

o yan shie, di na tayo giginawin sa winter. yey for molo!

Veteran's Day

today's a holiday. i've been here at the lab since 1030. today would have been a good day to do my laundry or do groceries (which is my favorite thing to do). but i am here in the lab. . . actually, i could go home now, but it's raining and i don't have an umbrella, silly me. so i guess i'll wait this out a bit.

i just had a meeting with my PI Christine. she is just the nicest PI one could ever hope for. she took a look at my results and turns out i'll have to say that my injections didn't work. but she was so nice about it that i don't feel bad about it at all. it's not my fault anyway, they picked the beads. and she asked if i would be interested in doing my research in her lab. i really am. but i still have to see what my next 2 rotations would be like.

i should actually start working on my presentation. . .

long time no blog

ooooohhh.... haven't blogged for quite a while. . . what to write about now. . . i got my MG 701 test results today. i got 193/200 would you believe?!? i didn't get anything close to that score when i was in undergrad. exag talaga! it was all i could do to keep from myself from skipping and hopping and dancing all the way home. didn't know a test could make me this deliriously happy. but the other people here are so tough on themselves. there's this girl in my class who's still stressing out because she lost 3 points. . . i'm like, geez, that's still better than 90% what are you complaining about. . . well, i guess it's because she didn't get 193!!!! wahahahahaha. . . ang sama ba?

anyway, kaya di ako nakaka-blog kasi sobrang busy ko this past 2 weeks. everytime i sit down to write, i'm just too tired to think. ang stressful pala ng grad school. hehe. pero, anyway, i'm back. and i'll try to be a better blogger.