CHICKENING (SICKENING) THOUGHTS

I dunno but I was craving for that fresh, crunchy, tender chicken piece feed of KFC since yesterday – so I gorged on a few of them for lunch today. Hmmmm, yummy. Plus, I also had the wicked wings for desert ! Imagine! KFC in Australia – is definitely for Australians. That’s why you see a lot of Japanese queing in KFC here. The chicken are really big, enormous, chunks, meaty, tender and fresh. The two piece feed menu (two pieces of chicken, a piece of bread, and mashed potato gravy, coleslaw) is my favourite. I decided to stop visiting KFC a year ago – since the food is really is addictive and fattening and not good for my cholesterol. Bad luck since I just sooo love the crunchy, tasty, hot chicken skin – something about Filipinos who munches on crunchy stuff like crackling pig skin and chicken skin. They really look yukky but delicious. And definitely not making us skinny! KFC in the Philippines is also Philippine style. Serve with a cup of rice! Last time I visited, I just want to buy the chicken – (as I always do here in Melbourne), but then you have to always buy the chicken with that cup of rice, no exceptions to the rule! And the chicken pieces are just tiny little pieces! KFC in the middle east is also middle eastern style. Very hot and full of chilli and with fresh vege salad. I just wonder how is KFC in Japan – maybe with sushi and wasabi? ------------------------------------ As my thoughts were filled with chicken thighs, breasts and wings, I cooked chicken broth last night – mishmash of different styles (Filipino, Egyptian, Thai, English). The following were my ingredients (roughly): 1 kilo skinless chicken pieces 10 garlic cloves chopped and pounded (I think I used more) 1 medium sized ginger – sliced (I think I used more) 3 pieces medium sized Spanish red onions – diced 3 pieces medium sized potatoes, cut into big chunks 3 pieces medium sized carrots, cut into big chunks 3 pieces big ripe tomatoes – diced 5 pieces celery stems – diced ( I just wished I have green papaya) 3 pieces Thai chili 5 lobes of Kangkong leaves and stem sprigs of parsley and coriander, cut thinly Salt, Fish sauce 2 pieces ripe Lemon Sautee the garlic, ginger and onions on a high heated olive oil, then add the chicken pieces. Fry till a little bit brown-ish. Then add 4 cups of boiling water. 5 minutes wait Add carrots and potatoes. Salt and fish sauce to taste. Celery and tomato. 4 minutes then add all the other ingredients. Sing James Blunt's Goodbye my Lover or whatever song you like. Don’t stir. Just let the green leaves on top. Serve hot with Lemon. Hmmmmm…. So hootttt and yummy!!! This recipe will surely kill all the bugs in your system. Cliché it maybe but hot chicken soup is definitely good for your soul. Common let's eat!!!

DEFRAG MY MIND

I tried and I tried even in my sleep, but I could just not remember the title of a movie that I saw just a few months ago, which was just actually a review because I saw it several times a year ago. It’s a bit shocking, frustrating and my panic made me just itchy to remember that bloody movie’s title. Just one word, and I could not remember it. I want to test my recall facility by not searching the internet or asking friends. Finally on the third day, while I was on the train going to work, the word just clicked in my mind – Zoolander (Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson), yes the name of that idiotic movie, which my brain just blocked out for three days.

I observe lately that my recall process is a way too rusty. I could not immediately remember names of actors or actresses on the dot, like I used to. I have to struggle and sometimes use memory aids A-Z. By the way, this is my favourite mental exercise – flashing photos and recalling names of people. Or talking about movies with my friends and the actors who were in them who were in these movies as well. Or recalling names of singers or bands. I hate crossword puzzles though. Tip of the tonque syndrome is a bit annoying. Maybe my short term memory is full and I need to defrag my mind. Can you imagine how many data, number and information we store daily in our minds. Passwords, pin numbers, phone numbers etc. etc. With the onslaught of the information highway and the things we learn everyday. It is amazing how our mind copes. Would you remember what you were doing at this time last year? I actually panicked and went further with a bit of dramatics by telling a close friend that I might be displaying a very early sign of Alzheimers, like I could not even spell the word correctly. Imagine, the movie the Notebook, etc. Fortunately, our family do not have history of such a rare disease – like I am not related to the Reagans, etc. The bitch said that I just need to re-color my hair and have a new hairstyle and everything will be alright. Well, he could be right! I definitely need a new hairstyle. I hate my hair right now. Or maybe I need a long holiday just to refresh my tired and weary mind. Or drink heaps of Ginko Biloba. It is winter time again and I find myself a little bit tired, lethargic and boring. I need some adrenalin rush….to awaken my senses and my sleeping mind…. Or find my summer groove….What do you think?

BELIEVE IT OR NOT, BUT

After watching the Da Vinci Code, I was again having the same eerie thoughts while reading the book a year ago? What about all my belief system about God and Jesus Christ are all wrong? The answer to this question was in the movie itself. Whether Jesus Christ was the son of God or just a human being like you and me, is not a question afterall. What really matters is what you believe in and what it makes out of your life. It is quite hard to explain ... but then again would I be a better person for example if I am not a Christian? There are things in life that we would not be able to fully comprehend. And would never be. And I think it is left better that way!

WE'RE OFF TO SEE THE WIZARD...

the wizard, the wizard of Oz! I thought of this song while packing all the teddy bears and the the stuff-ed softies in a box ready for storing. Yes, we are still madly redoing the house. At the moment, we are stucked doing the second bathroom toilet and it is quite challenging. The plumbing was the worst part! It would still be a long way to go. We are left with the hallways (plastering and repainting), two more bedrooms, and the kitchen. Then we start doing the garden and exterior paints. It is hard because it is winter, and we have been sick already several times for the past weeks. But then, we have to continue doing this as we are targetting to sell the house come summertime!

BLOGGER ME MORE

Hi everyone. After almost three weeks of hybernation, here I am again. So many reasons, I have not updated my blog. I was unispired at first, could not think of anything interesting to write about...and then all of sudden I could not post anything on my blog as the blogger placed a stop on my account - as they thought my account was a spam! I could not believe it. Well, anyway, after one week of waiting, (they have to review my blog to ascertain its authencity and not just being fabricated by a program), I got an email that I could post again. But then, I am out of topic again!

AS YOUNG AS I FEEL ... AGELESS BITCH !!!

I deliberately forgot to blog or mention about my bloody birthday, if you know what i mean.

It's not that i don't want to celebrate this supposedly important day because i do, but when people began asking how old I've become, I just felt like wringing the neck of the person who remembered and announced it's my birthday.

I am talking about people at work.

Two weeks ago, I had my xxth birthday.

Of course, the office birthday cake and and the usual question, followed by disbelief, surprise and amazement from people thinking that I am only in my early twenties or even younger.

Telling them my true age (which is 27) is useless for they surely would not believe it.

Is it being a sin to be so youthful looking at this age?

A shameless vanity, so to speak!

So this time, I just let them guess how old I am this year (especially those who were not around last time) and their guess is good and true enough for them. I am only 23 :) Yes, for them!

So I won't tell you how old I am in terms of years, months and days, hours, minutes, etc in this world because even if I tell you a hundred times, you would not believe it.... for the truth is,

I look and feel like five years younger than my earthly age.

Me and my friends who are really youthful looking and acting, believe that we are really AGELESS BITCHES. We have conquered the laws of ageing, the laws of nature! By digressing instead of progressing into old old age.... I wish....

I don't really know. It could be genetic.

A combination of lifesytle, attitude, philosophy in life. Whatever. All I really care is that I feel healthy and I am enjoying life the best I could.

I think that is what is more important ... than this number of years we call AGE which we sometimes use to judge, discriminate and classify human beings into!

Yes Virginia, 27 years old is near 30, when you are classified as really really OLD!