mini-boss in a foreign land: the iron chef is at it again

my adobong spinach last week was such a disaster that i had to ask my next-door-neighbor-slash-iron-chef barry to "repair" it. ;)

***
i cooked chop suey again tonight. i used carrots, cabbage, young corn, cauliflower and mushroom (the cauliflower was kinda overcooked :D ) it surely looks good, and i think it tastes okay. i hope my homies like it -- i have to redeem myself ;)


i took this pic myself


i used a timer on this one


ta-dah!

plans for 2005 (updates)

it's more than half-a-year since i made my plans for this year. here are the updates:

* bought rubber shoes


* owns a digicam (yahoo! i finally got one!)


* learned how to cook at least 5 more meals (and counting :) i've tried sinigang, menudo, bistek tagalog, soy gin pork, and chop suey. 'will try to cook adobong spinach tomorrow)

* gained at least 7 pounds (but i'm still bony ;) )


* learned how to play pingpong (c/o jeff and joel)

* currently re-reading the New Testament (i'm now in Acts)

* created one pencil sketch (finished sketching akane yesterday)


* read 4 novels and counting (sidney sheldon's nothing lasts forever, dan brown's digital fortress, sophie kinsella's confessions of a shopaholic, j.k. rowling's harry potter and the half-blood prince)

* still working on hitting higher notes (i've gone back to singing in the shower and singing in the car)

* still have to learn how to sight-read

* still working on my people skills (this one's really hard :( )

* given up on relearning at least one musical instrument (at least for this year)

* given up on improving programming (at least for this year; my work here requires almost no programming)

* given up on badminton this year (they play tennis here; my friends and i play bowling instead)