Beef to Chocolates

I was trying to search the web for a good recipe and I bumped into the foodnetwork.com. It's a really neat site which talks about cooking and stuff. They actually have qualified chefs sharing decent recipes. I am no veteran cook but I can say if it's really presentable and if it's tasty.

Well, I was planning to look for something that has beef on a main dish. And guess what? I got into "chocolate macchiato", a recipe from Giada De Laurentiis. The chocolate keyword has got to be blamed on this. Eversince, I was still a kid and up until now, I really love something or anything that has something to do with chocolates. The recipe is really easy to follow according to the article but I don't even recognize some of the ingredients and don't know where to find them. I think I will just stick on the chocolate bars and stuff from the supermarket.

My beef plan was screwed....

Anyway I am checking now for the real beef recipes. I'd better browse somewhere else.

Erma N.

I was actually browsing over friendster.com yesterday and visited lots of profiles. When I came back, there were messages popping for approval already, so all I did was approved of all the messages. They did not mean any harm so that was it. One of the message was from a college mate of mine. I did not really have any fun memory what-so-ever with her. All I can remember was we were in the same class and same IT project. We were doing a PCB etching which was assigned by Mr. M.M. Pit. What happened was instead of leaving the PCB on a chemical solution which I already forgot, she took it out and the result was not that good. Well she took her role and the least I could do was appreciate that but then I was a freak then. I got angry with her for not following the instruction maybe on how to do it, just my guess though. Everything went severe when her friend confronted me and made a mess as well. That was a cold war. I was just surprised that after a semester we saw each other and we did not even said sorry or I think I did not say sorry and became friends again. Though I felt guilty for not saying sorry when I blamed her for what happened but I went on and decided to forget everything. Anway she gave a message saying how I am or something to that sort and asked me if I still remembered her. Well I replied and told her ofcourse I do remembered her. The one thing I learned is, "one can always forgive even one hasn't said a sorry". That's I guess made the difference.

Sunset

Down in memory lane
You were the sunset, glaring;
Fading yet very lovely
A beacon, trying to leave.

Kissing the ocean's surface
Stroking its rough crevices,
Giving enough, just enough
Take toll of tomorrow's sight.

Sonata of the heavens
Flickering much to see not;
Trips and hops of hues - gone rays
Yet you'll visit once again.

Cover the grayish sky
Ember red or brick red.
Fill it with your every soul
Sunset, leave me no more.

My first time to be absent from work.

I am sick! Too bad I am not in the office right now and that's the reason why I am blogging. I have colds and headache. I decided to be absent so I won't infect my office mates and be the cause of people's misery though I love to infect someone with this colds but that's just a crazy idea.

It all started yesterday when I kept on sneezing and my eyes were a little watery. Anyway I took an over-the-counter medicine from Olga, to make me feel better and after some hours I became fine. But, I felt a little sleepy even if it was non-drowsy. I asked at our front desk if they have a tablet for colds so I can take it for the next four hours. I took another dosage and it went fine but my throat became irritated. So there, if I won't get better I will be absent. And so today, I'm here in our place just listening some songs and getting a good rest.

By the way, I checked on-line about the medicine I took and it has Phenylpropanolamine and when I read through about it, it says to have caution if you've got the following: high blood pressure, toxic goiter, benign prostatic hypertrophy, heart rate irregularity, gloucoma, read more...
I think this is crazy. What? I took it already and I know that I have high blood pressure. But no need to worry because my blood pressure is already normal. The thing is, it it supposedly over-the-counter. When I did further reading, it also warned of taking in paracetamol because it might damage the liver. For these information I've read, we should go organic, period!

Anyway, the best cure for this is to take lots of fruit juices so I went to the supermarket which is just close to our condo. I bought honey dew again, grapes and pasteurized orange juice. I hope I'd get better. I'm planning to have a siesta later so I can get a good rest. Oh, I bought also some vegetables so I can cook this evening a decent soup.

In truth I don't like to be absent from work because my tasks will just be piled up, since I finished ahead of my schedule, a three-day task which I finished in a day, so it's a guilt free pass for me.

What have I learned so far?

There are so many reasons that we have to be happy about and sometimes we fail to recognize them just because we are blinded by unimportant or unnecessary things and even urgent things. I am very much thankful for every morning that God gives me. It only means that a new day, is a new beginning and another chance to improve. There were doubts if what I have right now is something that is already me, but I realized that all along I am already I am without them. I just knew, when trials struck or certain situations arose - be it harsh, stupid, fine, special etc. If one fails to count the blessings even how simple it is then one is missing a lot. I too have once been fooled by huge aspirations and for that I forget to live what is now. It is not an issue nor a problem at all to dream big, just as long as we continue to live in the present. For whence one can achieve his goal may not be his ultimate goal at all, because what has mattered in those sojourns, were gathered thoughts of affliction and bliss and these are real mentors. And so, we should be thankful to any encounter with fools or intellectuals for they come in different walks and we can learn from them the great values in life. A different perspective is just the same to any perspective because the individual self will always be the turning point; his will. I thought that if I change what or how I see it would be different but it's not. You are just trying to immerse yourself to great lies; greater than that of the ocean's trenches because you are denying the truth to yourself and your soul. Why not recognize these truths and live with it. The good things are worth to treasure and the bad things are worth to be learned. Sometimes we need to fail for us to appreciate what is great and sometimes need to cry to put that smile once again in our faces. I never wished to build bridges and I try to learn how but I realized that building a table is as well important. You can connect and relate to people, be it shallow or has great meaning, but building a table and sharing the food of thoughts has also it's value. I have to learn a lot of things and I am so excited about them. I know I am truthful to myself and to those who mattered to me. I have learned to forgive myself because I know I am not perfect. I know I am a happy person. I just hope everyone can have happy days too and go on to their sojourns.