seventy-seven

seven things that scare me...
1. heights
2. blood
3. missing out on God's will for me
4. knives and sharp objects
5. accident or death in the family
6. ghost stories
7. giving birth

seven things i like the most...
1. the night sky, esp. when the moon is large, round and orange
2. the smell of freshly laundered clothes and beddings na ginamitan ng fabric conditioner
3. sinigang na hipon
4. sleep
5. singing while taking loooong baths
6. playing computer games
7. spending time with people i love

seven important things in my room...
1. pillows (large, firm ones)
2. pictures and photo albums
3. notes, letters and gifts given to me
4. journals
5. notebooks of text messages
6. collection of books, cds, dvds
7. laptop

seven random facts about me...
1. i usually sleep on my side, with a pillow in my arms and a blanket over me.
2. i write down in a notebook almost all of the text messages i receive.
3. i hate crossing the street
4. i enjoy being one of the boys, but i love dressing up.
5. i don't like having my bare feet touch the floor when i'm seated.
6. i am directionally challenged (i easily get lost).
7. i have a hard time sleeping when my neck and ears are exposed.

seven things i plan (or want) to do before i die...
1. sing with a full orchestra as accompaniment and/or sing in a concert with my musician friends
2. paint
3. learn how to play the violin
4. have a garden wedding, kids and a house of my own
5. be actively involved in volunteer work, esp. among kids
6. travel, travel, travel
7. walk closely with my God

seven things i can do...
1. sing and harmonize
2. sketch
3. swim
4. not speak for a long time
5. sleep half of the day off
6. write articles and poems
7. read fast

seven things i can't do...
1. drive
2. wake up early for several consecutive days
3. play the drums
4. play the guitar
5. dance ballet
6. eat fast
7. do math in my head (yep, i am a math major :P )

seven things that attract me to the opposite sex...
1. deep-set eyes
2. smile
3. confidence/leadership
4. heart
5. wit/sense of humor, can talk about anything and everything
6. intimacy with God
7. thoughtfulness

seven things i say the most...
1. pambihira!
2. pramis?
3. awww...
4. right... (in a somewhat sarcastic tone pero naka-smile pa rin)
5. yes?
6. now na!
7. tara, uwi na tayo ('been saying this a lot lately)

seven celeb crushes... (pagpasensyahan na at wala akong maisip na iba pang guy celebs)
1. tom welling
2. angelina jolie
3. gary valenciano
4. jennifer garner
5. brad pitt
6. johnny depp
7. rachel mcadams

seven people who i want to take this quiz, besides those that have already done this, in alphabetical order...(i could actually list more than seven)
1. andie
2. eyang
3. jarms
4. jean
5. nez
6. shine
7. yeng

mini-boss in a foreign land: plalays

since we went to a going-away party last night, my homies and i weren't able to cook something for today's dinner. jarms (one of my two homies; jean, my other homie had a bowling tournament in the early evening) and i weren't in the mood to eat leftovers, so we decided to have fried squid instead. when i reached into the refrigerator to get the squid, my eye caught the bowl of leftover rice. i thought, why not have fried rice with fried squid?

there were still some pieces of cabbage left from the chop suey i cooked the week before and some crab meat left some weeks before that. i have never cooked fried rice before (and jarms haven't had fried squid before either), but since i was feeling quite adventurous, i thought i'd take a stab at it. :) jarms was not picky, and if all fails, we could always cook white rice. ;)

so i minced some garlic and chopped some cabbages and crab meat. however, i decided that it would be better to fry the squid first, and then use the oil for the fried rice. that way, the rice will have more flavor.

after battling with the oil-spewing squid, i started with the fried rice. i sauteed the garlic and crab meat, and put all the ingredients in. jarms suggested that i add soy sauce to the rice to give it some color, so i did. i also added a dash of salt and pepper.

my experimental fried rice ("plalays", as we jokingly pronounce "fried rice") was edible. in fact, jarms ate more than the rice serving she normally consumes -- and she wasn't even that hungry yet :) i have a feeling we'll be having plalays again soon ;)