Triple S
Well, thanks to my friend Dabbie, now, im back on eating rice… Well, eversince I came here in Nagoya, or a month after, I stopped eating rice.. So all I ate was fried foods, pastas, breads, and everything that doesnt need rice.. Then I noticed, I didnt even lose weight after 2 months of non rice.. One reason is that, I eat alot, even with no rice.. Hehe.. Then one of my friend, Reynan, said that not eating rice doesnt mean I’ll lose mass.. Then he made Americans as an example.. He said that they also dont eat rice that much, but look at their body.. And then I kinda noticed that too..
Well, what I dont want is to bloat even more.. I mean, by not eating rice, I gained weight.. And now, if I eat rice, maybe Ill become bigger this month.. waaa…
Technically speaking, its not gaining or losing weight.. As my physics teacher from 4th year highschool said, we gain and lose mass, not weight.. Because weight is connected with the gravity.. And then I thought to myself, If W = mg, then automatically W is proportional to m, where W is weight and m is mass… So if I lose mass, then automatically I lose weight also.. Hmm..
Anyway, I went shopping and I saw the seafood section.. And then I stopped for 5 minutes, not exaggerating there, and I was thinking what food I’ll cook.. Since I usually eat fried foods, well, burgers, nuggets, meat, theres no sea food.. And then I thought, what the heck, I need to eat sea foods.. So I bought shrimps thinking what kind of dish Ill cook later on.. Then I saw octopus tentacles.. And then I stopped.. I was also thinking what kind of dish i can cook with that.. And then I also bought it.. ehehe..
Arriving at the apartment, I prepared the rice so that itll cook faster.. While I was chopping the onions and garlic, I still dont know what to cook with the shrimp.. And then I just said to myself, what the heck, I can experiment just like old times.. Well, as a food lover, I always experiment on cooking.. Usually, I just buy the ingredients, then just put it all together.. And fortunately, almost all of the foods I cook is edible.. hehe.. This time, well, its pwede na… ehehe
As normal procedure in cooking, you always start with the onions and garlic..
I love onions and garlic
Then after that, I just included the shrimps and let it cook for a while.. So here was the picture of that:
Just include the shrimps
Its up to you on how many shrimps you wanted.. Since Im the only one who will eat that, then thats enough for one meal.. Hehe…
About the sauce, well I thought of something like spicy but sweet.. So what I did was to put chili sauce, a little bit of tomato sauce, then sugar, and a little bit of vinegar.. So its a bit of mixture of everything.. ehehe.. Well, the good thing about experimenting is youll just rely on your past experiences on cooking.. Theres really no, 1/4 of this, 1 teaspoon of that, no nothing.. Youll just look at how many you did put then youll know if its enough or not.. Hehe.. So here was the sauce:
Sweet and spicy with everything
There.. as you will see, the onions and garlic are visible… yum yum… Let it simmer for a while and youll see bubbles popping from the sauce, and then just taste it.. Fortunately for me, the taste was just enough.. Then I waited for the rice to be done before serving it to myself.. ehehe.
So one good thing about this kind of food is that. its very easy to cook.. It just took me less than 30 minutes to finish everything including the chopping of the onions and garlic.. Then its edible, so you dont have to worry.. It doesnt cost much, just about 200 pesos for the shrimps.. And for me, its like sauce palang ulam na kind of food…. So no regrets…
Then after the rice was done, I just put the dish on top.. Sorry, Im not that much of stylish in food servings:
Rice Bowl anyone?
There you have it… easy, fun, delicious, and tasty.. I dont know what Ill call this one.. Maybe sweet and spicy shrimp?? SSS for short.. or Triple S.. wow.. ehehe…
For those who also cook their own foods like me, well, its better to try something else. You dont always have to follow the nakasanayan.. Its better to stand up and try everything.. Be brave, ikaw din naman ang kakain ng iluluto mo, so theres nothing wrong.. ehehe.. As the saying goes:
Only brave people can know what their limit is..
So there.. I advise everyone to make your own food.. Explore yourself.. Explore what you can do.. Everything can be done, youll just need courage to start it… Ayt.. Goodluck everyone
Funny Japanese Words
We dont regret the things we Did.. We regret those we didnt….
Well, as a Filipino, it will be easy for us to learn and study Nihongo because of so many reasons.. One, the alphabet they have is like tagalog, example, a e i o u, ka ke ki ko ku, sa shi su se so, ta ti tu te to, etc, etc.. Some of the construction of sentences are also the same.. Like Maganda na Babae, Kirei na Josei.. And as you guessed, Maganda = Kirei and Babae = Josei.. And the funny thing is the “na” which is also used here in Japan… It is much easier to translate Tagalog to Nihongo compared to English to Nihongo.. Because as I said, we have almost-identical sentence conctructions.. Then being a Filipino, I find some of the Japanese words very amusing.. Amusing in a way that if they say those words in the Philippines, people will look at them of laugh at them.. Here are sample of those words that must not be said in the Philippines:
Kike!
yes with an exclamation point.. In tagalog, it means “Kepyas”.. But in Japanese, it means, Listen! in an imperative way..
~Kiki ni ~
Well, if I translate this in tagalog, it means “Ang kepyas ni ~”.. But in Japanese, the speaker’s purpose is to listen, whatever he will do (with regards to going or coming).. For example listen to concerts, or singing contests… Something like that..
Kippu
In tagalog, Yas-kep.. Well, ang ibig sabihin nyan sa Japanese ay Ticket.. ehehe.. Bus ticket, or movie ticket..
Waa
In the Philippines, this is said when you want to act childish and show that something bad happened.. like a crying baby .. But in here, that is said when you are amazed with something.. So in Japanese, waa is equivalent to Wow.. ehehe.. Since they dont have a single ‘w’ letter in their alphabet, they cannot create the word Wow.. maybe Wawa.. ehehe.. but its different..
Futa
in tagalog, Bitch!!… But no, that is a word to describe the covers of the bottles, or any covers.. Much like a lid..
~Beki ka?
in tagalog, Bakla ka? ehehe.. And in here, it is like, should it be ~?
Suso
Hiyas.. hehe,.. Saktong sakto naman tong word na to.. Pero dito, ang meaning nyan ay skirt, or trousers.. ehehe..
Sekiyu
Hehe, sa atin guard ang ibig sabihin nito, pero dito, ito ay Oil..
Senpuki (c/o Glad and Kuya Pot)
Uu nga, salamat kala glad at kay Kuya Pot, nailagay ko to.. Ang senpuki ay electric fan dito sa Japan.. Using it in a sentence, “Mahilig ka ba sa malaking Senpuki?” or “Inde ako mahilig sa Senpuki.. Mas gusto ko ang Aircon… Hehe..”
Baka (c/o Kuya Pot)
Ang Baka sa pinas ay isang uri ng hayop na kinakain.. Masarap itong gawing ulam lalo na kapag ito ay isinama sa Nilaga.. Pero dito, pag nasabihan ka ng baka, inde ibig sabihin eh masarap kang kainin or something, pero ikaw ay stupid.. hehe.. Yes, ang Baka dito means stupid.. hehe… Kaya wak kang matuwa pag nisabihan ka ng Baka dito…
As of now, yan yung mga napansin ko na nakakatuwang Japanese words.. Kung may alam kayu, sabihin niyo sakin.. ehehe…
