Why I love RAIN!

RARW look at those moose knuckles and choco abs. Now if RAIN's hip hugging pants were a little lower, I'd have to shut my eyes like the nuns taught me back in convent school. But yes, while their backs are turned, I'd still take a peek at what they say is verboten! Ay caramba! I can hear the collective sigh, "where did we go wrong in teaching them values" from Sisters  Evalda, Mariabeda, Dorothy and Orosia. Awww work it Jung Jihoon.

Buen Provecho! Excuse me while I burp!

Saturday Sept 25 2010 was about food! It started with Spanish Class Nivel 5 when our muy sympatica profesora Sandra walked us through a conversation exercise to drum Preterito Imperfecto into our slighly dazed heads. My partner was Kat Rodriguez, who earlier gave me a box of my favorite Cinammon cookies from Calea, that delectable bakeshop beside El Fisher Hotel in Bacolod City where the delicious cakes literally wear high heeled slippers. But let's not get into that now!  Eh muchas gracias ga!

Pregunta por todos: lo siento mucho, I still haven't figured out when to use por o para even when my otra muy genial professora Tessa Carlos tried to drill it into our silly heads during Spanish conversation classes at Poveda, because Cynch, Nando and I were too busy goofing around.

Que te gustaba hacer de pequena? What did you like to do when you were little? Sorry I can't find the inverted question mark on my keyboard.

Mi repuesta:

Me encantaba leer novelas que de mi padre nos compro.

Me gustaba jugar con mis amigos y mirar peliculas con mi papa y hermanos. 

and the clincher

Me gustaba comer chucerias. Yeah I loved to eat, snackies! I was a fatty foodie. Well, I still am. Which one? The fatty or the foodie? Both ! Muy gracioso!

Fast forward to 5:30 P.M. Cynch and I and our 16 year old classmate the very pretty Yvonne Liboro were waiting for the downpour to stop so we could skip the light fandango ( Cynch said its skip the fantastic toe) across the slippery tiled courtyard to Casino Espanol without breaking a bone or getting Cynch's Italian straw shoes wet. Its Chefs on Parade day, which promises to be a gastronomic event at the Salon de Rizal Grand Ballroom

of this revered for -members- only- Spanish Club. And the rain gods must have heard us drumming our bored fingers on the table at Cafe de Letra of Instituto Cervantes, that the rain actually let up to a drizzle and we did skip the light fandango across with out any visible damage except maybe some watermarks on my favorite black Lacoste shirt. ( yes,shameless brand name dropping here!)

My favorite Genie a.k.a. Cynch treated Yvonne and me to dinner. You see we have this arrangement, anything to do with expenditures over P100, it's Cynch treat. Anything below that is my treat! Egalite, Fraternite! What else? I forgot! So much for French history!

The ballroom was filled to the max with fellow foodies all wanting to sample spanish cuisine brought to you by:

Chef Jaume of Barcino, Chef Richard Manapat of Kusina Teatro, Chef Angela Legarda-Montinola of Kusina ni Tia Moning, Chef Poch Camahort of Cocinero, Chef Hercules of Casino Espanol, chef Amanda de los Reyes-Alba of Barbara's. All names courtesy of Casino Espanol's GM Adolfo Munatad so I hope I got everything right. We were seated together with his pretty wife Mercy who matched Cynch's can- I- show- you- a- picture- of- my -handsome Swiss-only- son mode by whipping out her cellphone pictures of her almost two year old twins. Awww they're so cute. Side event of the night, pretty Yvonne dying of laughter and "shame" and practically hiding under my pashmina, everytime Cynch would bring out Albie's picture with his equally gorgeous girlfriend to show to 

Chef Jaume and Barcino's manager Uri Singla  and anyone else within arms length.I feasted on Paella and lapulapu fish fillet and bread pudding with fruits, but my food portion was kinda skinny compared to the ample portions Cynch and Yvonne got of Paella with callos and Paella with a tongue dish. 

Yes we got to sample some of the food, Chef Jaume's hearty potato and chorizo meal and Poch Camahort's muy rico paella, before we scooted off  to go home, while Chef Angela was arranging the tongue that she boiled for six hours on a plate and she ladled a creamy garlic onion white wine gravy over it. Cinderella's three!

So here's a couple of recipes that Yvonne noted down from Chef Baume the handsome 24 year old soltero  from Barcino who's a native of Cataluna.

MAYA MAYA A LA VASCA

Fry maya maya on a skillet with olive oil. Heat oil on a separate skillet. Saute chopped garlic add finely chopped parsely and mix well. Add flour to make a roux, estimated at one table spoon , add water until the flour is dissolved. Add green peas and mix everything well. Add clams and then add the maya maya. Add fish broth made from maya maya head boiled for about 20 minutes. Transfer to serving plate, decorate with hard boiled eggs.

I would substitute cream for the roux and shrimps for the maya maya for variety.

PATATAS RIO ANAS

Fry chopped chorizo in olive oil. Fry 2 pieces bigger sliced chorizo in a separate pan. Transfer the chopped chorizo to the other skilled with the bigger chorizo pieces. Saute garlic. Add some of the oil where chorizo was fried to the saute garlic .Mix well until golden brown. Add potato wedges to the golden brown garlic, mix well, then add the chorizo. Add water, chicken broth. Sprinkle paparika for color, a dash of black pepper and salt to taste. And voila. A robust meal for rainy days in the campesino.

Buen Provecho!

Dancin' & Partyin' at Supafest 2010

I gotta touch the biceps of Flo-Rida, he was that close to me as he worked the crowd in the SVIP, VIP & the front row of the Gold section at the Supafest Concert 2010 at MOA. Cynch got us VIP tickets for the September 18 4 hour concert. Just got back from the concert its 12:58 A.M. and the adrenalin rush is still kickin' in. OMG two Saturdays in a row at concerts at MOA and I'm so blessed and as high as a kite & will probably still be dancin' in my sleep.

YUP Flo-Rida breezed right pass me & I was this close 2 him & touched him. Happy b-day Flow honey, last Sept 17 but we partied on Sept 18 at MOA concert grounds.

Thank you sister Cynch for the VIP tickets. We screamed ourselves silly &hoarse & danced with the crowed. Flow really knows how to work the crowd as he rapped with his posse of 4 and his girl Brianna. One of his home boys was pretty yummy! Perv mode on!

But I love T-Pain &  I love hip-hop.His songs remind me of Jin Akanishi's english compositions w/out d auto tune & his moves are similar 2 Jin's hip thrusts. I felt like I was watching You&Jin as T-Pain & his posse of 4 put on the moves.

Kelly Rowlands was beautiful & sexy & her voice was lover-ly.Love her toned legs & arms. We first danced to the beat of Shaun.

Yeah Manila, Flo-Rida, Shaun,T-Pain & Kelly really worked d crowd at MOA tonite & we were there 2 party. I was so hungry I had fish & chips from Fish & Co.after.

Made it home in under 25 minutes, can you believe that! Ciberpirata de amor, donde esta? 

 

Back to the future 3010 with Jin Akanishi for the Yellow Gold US Tour

I am excited beyond words for my jpop idol love Jin Akanishi's 5 cities US tour in the fall of 2010. It's back to the future as Yellow Gold Tour 3010 is going to Chicago, San Francisco, Houston, L.A. & New York! But I'm gonna be in Manila waiting for fancams and fanreports! Hey Jin, what about a Southeast Asian tour next year! You're BIG too in this part of the world! And we speak English! I'm not the only one who wants an album of Jin's songs. Just scroll down and listen to Yellow Gold and while you're at it why not sing-a-long. Its so catchy and upbeat!

Here's the news:

LOS ANGELES, CA - United Television Broadcasting (UTB) today announced the US tour of Japanese superstar performer Jin Akanishi, who entertained over 6,000 fans at his American debut concert in Los Angeles this past June. On the “Yellow Gold Tour 3010”, Akanishi will perform a variety of songs in English with back-up dancers on a futuristic stage. 

Akanishi, a former lead vocalist for the renowned Japanese pop group KAT-TUN, left the group this summer and is now preparing for the US tour along with working on new material. “I’m thrilled to perform again in the U.S., the ultimate stage for entertainers around the world. With new, original material, I’m ready to introduce my fans to a whole new world of Jin Akanishi. We are working hard to produce a great show for audiences to enjoy, including those who came to my last show in Los Angeles. I’m looking forward to seeing my American fans and making new ones very soon,” said Akanishi.

Tickets will go on sale on October 8th through ticketmaster.com and allamerican-tkt.com. 

Sunday, November 7th, Chicago IL  @ Rosemont Theater
Wednesday, November 10th, San Francisco @ The Warfield
Saturday, November 13th, Houston @ House of Blues
Tuesday, November 16th, LA @ Club Nokia Live
Sunday, November 21st, New York, NY @ Best Buy Theater (former Nokia Theater Times Square)

Source:http://www.jinakanishi.us/

Its RAINing in Manila & I was there

Just got back from the Intensity concert of  Jung Jihoon a.k. a.  the korean superstar and

hollywood actor RAIN or BI. His live performance totally blew me away.