Fresh Flower and Beaten Eggs

The greatest thing to happen on earth is food. And my favorite? (Drumbeat) Puso ng Saging! Tonight, I prepared Banana Blossom Tempura for my family's dinner.

My upbringing as an obedient child (ehem) made me love vegetables. My mom used to convince me that squash can make my eyes glow and that slimy okra, which made me puke a couple of times, was good for my body. I wasn't aware of the nutritional value then. Thanks to Nanay for all those hyperbolic fabrications, I love veggie now. I even decided early this month to be a seasonal vegetarian. I tried it two weeks this month and perhaps I can do it again for the Lenten Season next year.

The veggie I come to love the most is Puso ng Saging. I don't know what's with this plant, whose fruit is a fruit and it's flower a veggie. It's blossom has a different appeal to me. I decided to have this on my birthday when I was in high school. And my friends got a little on their plates, for those few who did I mean. Still, it's my choice on top of Guinataang Pagi, Adobong Pusit, and Sisig.

Now it doesn't matter if it's guinataan with siling labuyo, kinilaw, enchilada, or burger patty. As long as it's Puso ng Saging, I have the reason to live.  This heart of mine beats for that of the banana tree.

The King and I

Here I go again, attempting to set up a new blog. I used to get not so bad grades in writing but never really practiced it on my leisure time, except when something really noteworthy came in and I wanted to have souvenirs, LOL. I am now again starting a new blog with hopes of pursuing this for my own good. Ever since I graduated, I missed to consider the fact that writing can actually make one's communication skill better. I tried but then again I got easily lethargic to continue. There I said it. Tinatamad ako. And one valid reason might be my fear of writing something that'll uncreate me - not exactly destroy but downplay the positivity. People might know me as an optimistic and prayerful person, but as an artist, I admit being crabby at times, well that's rarely (Defensive? LOL). But now I must face the fact that I am not getting any younger to do the things I should've done earlier. And so this blog is born. Yay! Well, enough of this nonsense dragging intro.

So what is this yet-another-time-wasting so-called attempted blogging about? Honestly, I don't know. And that's it. Anything goes now. It won't be as themed as my previous attempts were with all-religious or all-vanities stuff. This time I just want to be honest, still sensitive as a contemporary Catholic dude but bold enough as a mature guy if I mean self-expression. I won't aim to gain hits nor impress my friend critics. With this, I simply hope to harness some writing abilities I have forgotten. Pahintulutan ninyong halukayin ko ang mga halos naparam nang mithiing makapaglathala.


Allow me to put some Catholic inputs here. I suddenly thought of starting this blog on the eve of Christ The King Solemnity of the year 2010. It means that next week is a new year in the Catholic Calendar. I hope this could be a good form of resolution - to give writing a chance. And I also hope that more than the artist mood, I would let the King of my life reign in everything I say, write and do. Amen

Semper Gratias Ago.