1+1 != 2

Quote for the week:

"Today is Tuesday, there is Jongster...
Now it's time for: Tuesday's With Jongster"
- Leonidas, King of Sparta

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Anyway, this week revolves around the truth behind 1+1 not equal to 2


I'll start off with today's dinner:

... shrimps, check
... salted egg, check

Now, shrimps + salted egg = ?

In my case, a lot of things went wrong:
- all the garlic, onions, and spices were spoiled in the ref (and I didn't know...)
- when i boiled the salted eggs (I boiled 2), one of them bursted open and was thus marinated in the black, coal-like mud covering that they use here to cover the eggs. I had to get that egg, wash it up, and peeled everything away to get the "core" of the yolk. Suffice to say it wasn't very palatable.
- the only things I cooked in the past that were remotely edible, I used instant mixes :D

So there I was.. messed up the eggs... pre-boiled the shrimps. And then mixed everything together.

The end result: Steamed shrimp with emaciated eggs scattered all over. It's a far cry from the dish we liked in a Thai (?) restaurant in the Philippines.

I mean anyone patient enough would be able to separate the eggs from the shrimps in this thing I created.

There was no harmony. No semblance of a cooking masterpiece.

It's one big mess.... which I still ate.

It still tasted like shrimp anyway, and the egg yolk somehow improved it.. although I'm sure it would've been a lot better if I ate them separately.

So there.... shrimps + salted egg = overcooked shrimps + (un)salted egg + a hint of black mud

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On another note, my bibe is still in the US... recently she had these rashes on her tummy that were really itchy.

At first glance, one would say that it is probably some allergic reaction (and hopefully, it is). I also told her it might be due to the weather, as the climate there is getting colder which might cause dryness in her skin and consequently some irritation.

Even her OB told her it might be an allergic reaction.

Yet my pessimistic bibe googled it.. and saw some obscure, rare condition among pregnant women that has the same symptoms.

Im sure, that's not what she has. hehehe.

This is reminiscent of a similar situation when she was still here with me, and was having rashes on her legs. Again, google got the best of her and she showed me pics of a bad skin disease that affects mostly the legs.

No bibe. Don't stress yourself thinking of such things that would happen in every 1 out of 50 to 60 thousand americans (that's what the website said).

Everything's gonna be alright.

:)

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(after about 20 minutes of inactivity...)

Today I've done a lot... cooked dinner, washed dishes, and even cleared out old stuff in the ref.

Tuesdays for me are really productive. :)

Umm. Sorry for the incoherence, and for seemingly cutting this short. That's what happens when you stop typing for a while, forcing your train of thought (if there was one in the first place) to a halt.

I can't think of anything else that happened in the past week that will prove this post's theme anyway. Well I guess this lack of proof, by itself, is proof.... right? :P

Oh well. Until next week.

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Ah wait. On a more serious note, I'd just like to say that we are all very lucky to live at this time. We are witnessing a phenomenal event that's happening worldwide -- and that is the plummeting of the world economies.

I mean, it's not something to be happy about.

But it's something that no one thought would happen at this time of our race's history.

Now we just saw how america gobbled itself up in its debt-driven economy. And at this moment, we are seeing the ripples and waves across the globe triggered by this sudden fluctuation.

Some say it will take 5 years before everything settles down.

Me, I have no idea. hehe.

These are amazing times indeed. We may or may not be heavily impacted by it, but being here and seeing it all is breath-taking in itself.

Little Calvin's early years would definitely be memorable.

Such a lucky kid.

Hehe.
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Goodnight bibe and baby!