Just Another Day

Mexican themed dishes can now be found here in the Philippines. Often times, they are served in a classy restaurant that is usually served given with a Filipino twist to cater the taste and preferences of the Filipino market. Let’s take a taco or a burrito as an example. When the two dishes are prepared the “Filipino way”, you can’t spot any difference on how it looks as compared to a true Mexican taco or burrito. But as to its taste, the “Filipino” taco is expected to have a sweeter tang than the Mexican ones.

As I had my dinner earlier, I munched a half serving (four slices) of quesadillas, paired with my sinuglaw. And just like the normal quesadillas, it was served expertly as if it was some Mexican chef prepared the food. I mean, you know, with the lettuce and the spices on the side. But when I began munching it, a smile formed on my face as I realized that I was munching a chicken-sandwich-with-loads-of-cheese-just-in-a-pita-bread. I never really expected it to be that way. But despite that, I still liked its twist and I was able to finish the whole thing.

About two days ago, my officemate and I went to the company canteen to see what we could have for breakfast. While my eyes were staring at the food served at the canteen, my officemate was already making some sign language to the canteen attendant that I couldn’t understand. I ignored it at first but I wasn’t able to help myself and became curious about their “silent” conversation.

After placing our order, I asked her about it. Then she told me that she was just trying to relay a message that she wanted to have the last sachet of the white coffee available in the canteen. From then on, I really got so curious about it. She said it tastes so good. i tried to imagine it, but I can’t seem to imagine how it tasted. As how she described it, what I imagined is that it’s a mixture of a quarter teaspoon of coffee, combined with four spoonful of cream. Quite icky, isn’t it?! But she continually convinced me that it was “oh so damn good!”.

Yesterday, I arrived earlier than my officemates. And so I decided to drop by the canteen and get myself some of the coffee she’s talking about the other day. And I guess she’s right. The coffee tastes soooo good. It’s a quite different thing from our usual coffee—especially with the brewed ones, but then its uniqueness is something worth remembering that you may want to ask for more.

Thanks to Erasmo Cortez

I feel like the work atmosphere nowadays is totally different than it was back when my dad was in business. I own my own company and I feel like my clients expect me to be on call at any given moment which makes it really hard for me to have a life outside of work. I tried my best to balance my social life with my business but at the end of the day all it really matters is that my little company is thriving so I do what I can to make sure I’m available whenever my clients need to be. I recently got clear wireless 4g and that helped me stay in touch with them when I’m on the go but it doesn’t need that things are any easier with client e-mails and need something from me when I was out with my friends or was on a date. I really need to lay down some ground rules to make sure I don’t let things go too far but it’s hard in this economy!

The BEP member Apl de ap was newly appointed for the Ninoy and Cory Aquino Foundation’s special ambassador for education in the Phillipines. Being a pop superstar, he after donating an internet library, a new campaign starts regarding building schools for the Filipino children. The campaign titled “We can do anything” which was about for which Apl had written a song with the same title. The song aims for his message which was “With an education, we can be anything”. By buying a copy of the song, the proceeds will directly go to the funds for the campaign. Apl.de.ap personally finds ways to “give back” to his countrymen by offering opportunities for young ones in the Philippines, a wonderful display of his nationalism and love for his country.