A Poem for Crazy People

So last night, I spent the most amazing night with my favorite people. Long story short, we did Secret Santa. My Secret Santa (code name: Helga Pataki) wanted me to make a poem about these crazy people. I’m posting it because, well, basically, many people told me to. So here we go!

A Poem for Helga Pataki
by NIKKI PAYAWAL

So I have to make this poem, for someone I don’t even know,
It’s for someone in Ants, so I’ll give it a go.
This Helga Pataki wants me to make a poem,
about 20 people who never leave me alone.

Dati, si Andie’y lumlangoy na masaya,
hanggang naBASA yung binaBASA niya.

Now, I bet, Kim and Tim, even if on a dare
would never, in this world, ever shave off their hair.

See, Bea Fider can do two things with a stick,
not only can she cook, she hits people really quick.

Kibby and Missy; being cool and crazy, they share,
one uses her mouth, while the other uses her hair!

Marcelo and Nico, the stage boys of our crew, (The best!)
can you ever get enough of these two? (Uh yes.)

Lyka and Mara, the donyas we all adore,
no wonder we’ve never seen them drunk on the floor!

AJ and CJ, aren’t they both DJs?
If only we could have them all of our days!

So Paula and Tisha can hit that shuttlecock far far away,
but even without the shuttle, it’s all good—as long as they’re not gay?

Stacey and Stefi, two quirky people we all know,
I bet we’d all pay if we could watch them both on a show.

Now, you know that Patsy and Tobi have drank too much,
if they give you more than just their touch.

In this poem Patring deserves her own line,
because she doesn’t make sense, so rhyme crime chime

Finally, Tsina, the only girl I know who could want this poem,
and true enough, she never leaves me alone.
Whether with or without a phone,
she’ll find me as if I was her own—dog.

No matter how crazy and strange these people are,
I love them to death with or without a bar.
So here’s to tonight, and all nights we choose,
let’s make more memories, let’s bring out the booze!

P.S. To Rikka, Louie and Miggy, even if you aren’t in Ants and this is all new;
You’re welcome get wild with this crew!

COOKING: Chicken Mozzarella & Tomato Curry Soup

I believe sem break is making me more productive than usual.

I told you I’d make Chef Ramsey’s chicken mozzarella. It’s basically just cooked chicken coated with flour, raw egg and bread crumbs. Then top it off with cooked tomato, onion, parsley and olive oil. On top of each chicken, place that vegetable concoction as well as a piece of mozzarella and pop it in the oven until the cheese has melted. Simple!

Originally this was called crab meat bisque on my cookbook, but since I had no crab meat, I excluded that. Basically, this is soup made out of 300 oz condensed tomato soup (from the can), a handful of curry powder (measured to the taste, depending if I liked it), a few tablespoons of Worcester sauce (measured to the taste), 300mL of milk, and a few tablespoons of all-purpose cream. I added an extra can of whole-peeled tomatoes just because I had them. I added a bit of all the other ingredients because of that. Still, delish! :)

And voila, family dinner on Monday evening! Made from “whatever I have in my pantry”.

2nd Semester Enlistment

So I just enlisted for my subjects. I got a once-in-a-lifetime random number (8!!!). I did my research and tried to get the best profs for the best results from this God-given opportunity.

I made this before enlistment, to get myself psyched in really doing well this semester. After enlistment… I don’t know if it’ll be possible. Instead of choosing easy A profs, I chose the more meaningful/legendary profs. I reallyreallyreally hope I can still achieve my ideal grades. T^T I didn’t have the heart to choose profs because they were easy. I hope I won’t regret this!

This is my heaviest load as a Life Sciences major (not to mention the most expensive) yet. Three sciences, with three accompied with three laboratory subjects (organic chemistry, physics and genetics), then there’re core subjects. I chose ballroom as a PE, am I crazy?

I’d just like to mention how insane it was to find the perfect history class. I found that the top two classes were of Sir Tirol and Sir Manaois who taught Western History. I was up at 7:30AM, and by 8:30AM, nearly 3 out of 4 classes of Sir Manaois were taken—and I was first batch already. :| Wild! But I got him, hope I don’t regret it. :’( He ain’t an easy A.

The heightened tuition was a slap to my face, really. I sometimes wonder if I can afford this tuition for my future kids. :| Ateneo is too expensive, I was startled. I felt so guilty paying this morning during enlistment, but there’s nothing we can really say about that, right?

Anyway, here’s to a hopefully good semester. :)

Cooking: Shrimp Carbonara

So once in a while, I try cooking. I’m not good, I just follow the recipe.

 My friend, Tisha, and I wanted to cook, but neither of us had any way of getting to our own houses without too much hassle. So instead, at a slightly-early-morning-haze, we decided to cook in our separate houses and post pictures of what we made online. (No, this is not lame, this is awesome!)

I tried making shrimp carbonara (with mozzarella as garnish). It’s my first time making pasta (can I just say I keep typing “paste” when I say pasta) and I think it turned out well. I bought ingredients to make chicken mozzarella by Chef Ramsay (see YouTube), but this took too long. Next time!

Can I just say, THIRTY-MINUTE COOKBOOKS DO NOT EXIST. Well, they do, but I don’t believe it only takes 30 minutes to took something from scratch. :| There mere preparation of ingredients takes up half of your energy, and before you know it, you’re spending the rest of your effort throwing everything into a bowl or pan. Why does TV make everything look so much easier?

You’d think that I just needed to cook the sauce, shrimp and linguine, right? Huhu, wrong. Had to marinate the shrimp, then cook it, cook the linguine, and make the sauce, and make the separate garnish. D: The recipe said it took 30-45 minutes, but it took 2 hours with help. Slight stab to the pride—but who cares? I kinda like how it turned out.

My first taste-testers: Dad and Josh, who should be looking more enthusiastic. Haha.

Wahahaha, they don’t know that they ate 2tbs of bacon dripping.

My lola was a big help to me today. Spent the day with her. She’s awesome.

Hello!

So through this, I learned: (1) how to roast red peppers [I had to YouTube], (2) broil using my oven [I didn’t notice that option, seriously], (3) the meaning of julienne, and (4) what Panko crumbs are […I just have plain crumbs in my grocery].

So, uhm, yeah. Haha. :D

You know that feeling

after you finish a good book, or a long series (you wouldn’t have finished a series if it weren’t good), and you feel like you just woke up from a fantastic dream.

And you’re all, “Oh crap, back to boring reality.”

…yeah. I hate that feeling too.

Feeling kinda lost now. Hm.