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Innocence Gone
Posted on November 20, 2011 12:00AM
When the waiter handed me the bill, he had to tap me twice on the shoulder to check that I wasn't lost in a trance. I opened my purse, handed him some crisp bills, and proceeded to watch my past run wild in my head. -
I Chose To Be Here
Posted on November 19, 2011 12:00AM
Somewhere inside of me, there was this tiny voice that kept screaming at me to call him already--call and ask where the hell he was. But the bigger part of me, my pride, told me to wait until he called first. Hayaan mo siyang mauna, my pride said. Remember what happened before. Don't let history hit you in the face again.
So I waited...
Then I waited some more.
And when I thought I couldn't have waited any longer, I still waited. -
The P1,700 Steak
Posted on August 22, 2011 12:00AM
A funny thing happened while we were having dinner.
"Did you enjoy your steak, sir?" the friendly waiter asked.
"Yeah," Logan replied. "Masarap."
They cleared our table and we asked for the bill. When it arrived, Logan yelled, "What the f*ck?!" -
Meet Jai--My Very Bold, Very Loud, And Very Gay New Friend
Posted on March 8, 2010 12:00AM
A whole week passed. Sam bought me another shoe rack. As more weeks passed, mornings with Sam became a routine.
It must be fun to have your own business. You don’t have to wake up early to clock in, and you can stay as late as you want without bothering to clock out. On most days, Sam would sleep in up to 9AM, so I had to cook breakfast for two (which was usually made up of fried eggs, bacon/meatloaf/sausage, and toast). But most of the time, I just gulp down a mug of coffee, grab a bagel, and go without waking him up.
My new job turned out to be challenging. I feel the familiar rush of the new conquest and the foreplay-like build up whenever a copy is approved and sent to production. And every time I see my work up there in billboards/commercials/print ads, I experience a massive intellectual orgasm. Yes, no kidding! -
Me Versus Food
Posted on December 30, 2009 12:00PM
SAN FRANCISCO - Thanks to my dad's thin gene, I never had to worry so much about what I eat and the corresponding weight gain that goes with my food intake--not yet, at least. I love food and I'll eat almost anything, except perhaps the more exotic fare that have squiggly, once-alive creatures comprising the list of ingredients. I haven't gotten that far yet.
My personal preferences are mostly Asian and a bit of European cuisines; I never was a big fan of American food. I was last here in the States a couple of years ago for nearly six months, and aside from my aunt's steak nights, the occasional fast-food during road trips, and the diner jaunts for when I was in old-timer mode, I rarely went near burgers, milkshakes, waffles, corn dogs, buffalo wings, pulled-pork sandwiches, mashed potatoes, and whatever else Americans are weaned on. I just don't like how heavily this sort of food sits in your stomach after the meal. Besides, I didn't want to put much stock on the thin gene--I never know when it'll let me down.
This time around, though, I am more willing to give half-pounders a try because of a Travel Channel reality show called Man v. Food that my colleagues and I are nuts about. Basically, host Adam Richman goes from state to state, searching for the best food spots in each town and sampling their specialties for the benefit of all those people watching at home, eating bland popcorn. He also participates in one food challenge per episode, which always involves something crazy--like finishing a pizza with the same diameter as a ten-wheeler's tire in under an hour. It's the sort of thing only Americans will dream up.
Luckily, Adam has made the rounds of San Francisco and the Bay area already, and one of the places he visited was The Olde San Francisco Creamery Co., conveniently located in Walnut Creek where my aunts work.
The diner's old-fashioned sign puts you in a good mood right away even before you get to eat anything.
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