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As promised to our patient, I toured him around UP when he got discharged. I, personally, am not familiar with campus since I graduated from UP Baguio. I was  not scared at all exploring the university even though it is open to public since most of the people there are students. I managed to get him to UP CS library and we  ended up  at the Sunken Garden.

Suddenly, it sanked in that I miss my student life. Being in  the land of academic freedom, I want to pursue further studies.

I missed UP so much that I went back to get a taste of the infamous err famous street food: the pig instestines (isaw) and pork barbeque.

Our balikbayan went to this reflexology shop in Quezon Ave. called Palm Beach.
He was so pleased with the foot massage that he went back the second time (in three days) just before flying back to the US.
He was talked into buying these pervert-ish products called the vagitight and penifresh. He was told that the soap would make a woman’s private organ tight while the penifresh does some wonder with the man’s.
I can’t believe he bought all these craps.
I was just thinking what will happen if I used the soap on my face.

I know that the Season 4 of Top Chef is so yesterday but I have not seen it all yet and it is actually the one being shown (as the latest season of the show) on 2nd Avenue.

I do not know yet who won that season and I’d like to keep it that way.

For a foodie like me, I find it enticing to watch cooking shows especially those being hosted by true chefs but I must tell you that although there’s a little voice in my head telling me that I want to be a chef, I know that there are dreams that are best to be kept as dreams.

At the moment, I can state two reasons why I am not entertaining the thought of me becoming a chef or even a sous chef:

1. I can not plate. I can’t even fix my room how on earth could I arrange food on a plate?
2. I almost failed my French class, how would you expect me to invent food, plate it and name it in French?

So letting go of this unreachable dream, let’s switch back to Top Chef.

I remember reading an article about Dale Talde of Season 4 on a local broadsheet. I learned from it that he is 100% Pinoy but it left me guessing who he was in that season as there was no picture of him to accompany the article.

I was able to know him (on TV) through 2nd Ave.’s teasers.

I am still not a regular viewer though. But in every episode of TC that I have seen, I must say that I was really impressed by Dale’s genius and attitude towards cooking.

What makes watching in action more exciting is how he proudly and fearlessly incorporates in Asian side and Pinoy side in every dish that he serves.

Screw Vanessa Hudgens and Nicole Scherzinger! They’re famous yeah, and most of our kababayans would love to ride on their popularity forcing them to acknowledge their Pinoy roots but in reality they are not.

They grew up and raised abroad in the culture that is all but Pinoy.

If my marriage to Curtis Stone fails, then I would marry Dale. I would not mind living with a Butterscotch Pony.

I learned about him on Ellen.
When Ellen asked him how his last name is pronounced, I realized that he is one of us – Filipino or Pinoy that is. He is from Massachusetts actually.
His name is Steven Purugganan – World Sports Stacks Association (WSSA) World Championship RECORD holder.

It’s not big of a deal actually if his from another country. My jaw literally dropped seeing him in action at lightning speed. It appears that as if the video is playing played on fast forward but that how he really rolls…or stacks.
Pretty awesome! He is the most googled person in the world they say. Suck on that Madonna!