Saturday, July 30, 2005

jazz! ribs! festival!

this post is actually one week delayed, but i might as well post these pix. i was pretty busy last week because i'm actually working now. surprising ain't it?

anyhow, we went to the jazz and ribs festival last weekend. americans have a weird way of combining stuff but i totally applaud this particular combination. the thing was held in the bicentennial park in downtown columbus. and of course it just had to be a 90+ degree day. the place was packed and it wasn't easy too get around, but being the edsa 2 veteran that i am, i had no problem squeezing through the throngs to get to what i wanted which were 2 things 1) funnel cake and 2) ribs. on that day, pretty much nothing could get in between me and spare ribs. i actually didn't have red meat ALL WEEK in preparation for this so i was psyched. there is of course the issue of picking which vendor to buy ribs from. they all had trophies and banners claiming that they won in some barbeque contest in wisconsin or wichita or whatever other places. that didn't really help at all so our method involved finding the one with a reasonable number of people in line. we figured you really coudn't get bad ribs right? and we did get pretty good ribs. i only had one regret and that's that i should've foreseen that barbequed ribs would be so much better if i had rice. . . but at least i know that for next year. . . and aside from cinnamon sugar elephant ears (very similar to funnel cake), i also had chocolate-dipped frozen banana. . . just typing that up makes my mouth water. . . hmmmm. . ."so, how was the jazz?" you may ask. truth is i really couldn't tell you because they could have been playing crap for all i care but i was too full and satisfied to notice. we actually stayed behind the stage so we could hear the band pretty well without being with the crowd in front. they were playing latin jazz fusion of some kind. i would've dance if my butt wasn't too heavy from all the food. and i wouldn't have had anyone to dance with, because as much as i'm crazy about that boy, i'm not that crazy about his dancing skills =)
on other things:
  • i tested out of my written english class for the second time! di kasi sila maniwala nung una na marunong akong magsulat in english e. haaah! that showed you.
  • do any of you watch average joe? because the guy who got picked is the nephew of one of our friend from cgsa. wala lang. ang cool. hehe.
  • i now have a dress and shoes to wear to christina's wedding next weekend. parusa pala maghanap ng sapatos dito sa columbus! miss ko greenhills! anyway, i'll post pics next week. . . you might also get to see paul in a tux =)
  • ohio state fair naman titirahin namin weekend after next. fried candy bars! corn dogs! caramel corn! . . . my dietitian won't be too happy.
  • ang init pa rin!!!
  • yun lang.

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paul eating ribs. . . Posted by Picasa

Thursday, July 14, 2005

unang araw

sadya ba talagang ganyan
palakad-lakad ka't nakatungo
sa'n patungo?
ngayong wala ka na
kailangang masanay na muling nag-iisa
sa'n ka na kaya?

'wag mo akong sisihin
kung minsan ikay hanapin/kung minsan akong iyakin
ito ang unang araw na wala ka na
ito ang unang araw na wala ka na

nasanay lang sigurong nand'yan ka
'di ko inakalang pwede kang mawala
'yan na ngaNababato, nalulungkot
luha'y napapawi ng singhot
at talukbong ng kumot

wag mo akong sisihin
kung minsan ako'y iyakin
ito ang unang araw na wala ka na
ito ang unang araw na wala ka na

--sugarfree

Monday, July 11, 2005

no big update

nothing new here really. another start of the work week. i'm actually a bit more busy now though not terribly so. was out of the lab by 430 so still not bad.

the weekend was surprisingly ok. didn't realize how long it has been since i've spent the weekend by my lonesome=). i actually get a lot of things done like cleaning the kitchen, catching up on some reading (now reading wicked by gregory maguire), doing some laundry, cooking(ginataang tilapia! with kangkong! plus adobong kangkong!. . . big surplus of kangkong called for a second dish). so i did ok. except for the 18 bucks i spent at the cd warehouse. but it was for 5 cds!. . . what can i do? i miss the guy. . . trying to make up for it with john legend and robbie williams. . .hehe

speaking of the guy, got a card in the mail from him today. so sweet. i really should improve on my girlfriend-liness. so dropped by the bookstore to look for cards that won't make me puke. didn't know it would be an ordeal, what with it being timed too because the store was closing in like 10 minutes when i got there. ended up buying 2 'i miss you' cards that were pretty funny because i couldn't decide.

this is a lousy blog entry. i promise to do better next time. . .