Vacation

Posted by jepoyzter under Random Post

This is it, this is really is it! My much awaited vacation. Anyway the weather is really really good this morning, no rainfalls, just simple fair weather.

Will leave 1:55pm via Cebu Pacific Air.

See you guys in Manila.

Ciao!

Cool Art found at 9th Street between 2nd and 3rd Avenue, New York

Posted by jepoyzter under Art

Found this on Flickr. Very cook street art, though its already been removed so lets just feast on this picture.

Sleep disorder…

Posted by jepoyzter under Random Post

argggggghhh having some sleeping problems…. its almost 7:00 am and I am still wide awake. Can anyone suggest some sleeping medications?

———————————————

Check out photo album!

———————————————

11:30 AM still haven’t slept yet. Sigh……

———————————————

YM on MAC pisses me off… so I am online using my PC. crap…

小姐！ 你是在講什麼？

Posted by jepoyzter under Just for Laughs, Tech & Gadgets

I just don’t understand what this girl is trying to say.

I think looking stupid on cam make you famous nowadays.

Ok, after watching some of her videos on YouTube. She’s quite amusing and cute hahahaha.

Top Chef: Dale Talde

Posted by jepoyzter under Food

I love watching Bravo TV’s Top Chef. One among the chef contestant is our very own Dale Talde.

Bios via Bravo TV

AGE: 29
HOMETOWN: Chicago, Il
PROFESSION: Sous Chef at Buddakan
CULINARY EDUCATION: Culinary Institute Of America
FAVORITE SIMPLE SPRING RECIPE: Grilled matsutake mushrooms, shaved myoga, spicy truffled ponzu

WINS:
Quick Fire: 1/7
Elimination: 2/7

Dale, a sous chef at Buddakan, one of New York’s hottest restaurants, was born and raised in Chicago, where he helped open the renowned restaurant Jean Georges Vong. In Chicago, Dale worked with distinguished chefs like Carrie Nahabedian and Shawn Mcclain. With his Filipino background, Dale focuses on Asian flavors. “I love the balance that Asian cuisine offers the salty, sweet, bitter and sour and the textures it provides for different experiences in every bite.” One of Dale’s kitchen favorites is a dry aged kobe rib eye. Dale says cooking meats is one of his favorite things to do in the kitchen and the technique that goes into properly searing and basting a rack of lamb or steak shows a lot of love. A motto that drives Dale is “expect perfection , because if you fall short your left with greatness.”

This week’s episode on Top Chef was all about improvising. On the quickfire challege, chef are ask to create a dessert. Most of them don’t do pastries and dessert, so they must improvise a recipe to impress the judge. The quickfire judge Johnny Iuzzini, author and award winning pastry chef. Dale who I didn’t know a filipino (though he look like one) created a dessert which most Filipino people loved, the Halo-Halo. Though it is not the conventional Halo-halo you order at Chowking or at Aling Auring’s Karinderia. The judge being the halo-halo as one of his favorite dessert in the challenge say that the it has a lot of texture and lots of spice. Galing talaga…. But I would prefer if the judge would really taste the real halo-halo itself. I heard that the best Halo-halo in Manila is at Manila Peninsula.

I also remember Mike post on his blog something about halo-halo. So who will treat me for a moth-watering dessert? hehehehe…

So if you’re at the office and reading my blog and wants to have a halo-halo. Call Chowking now!

Are you ready for May Movie Madness?

Posted by jepoyzter under Movies

Ahhhhh, May…. I can already smell the buttered popcorn, and the corndogs. Numerous trip to movie house this month of May. How many tickets should I reserve? How many are coming with me? Would it be here or there? Here its pricey but I got cheap movie tickets, 50% discount on popcorn and drink, reserve great seats online, and Buy-1-Take-1 tickets on weekdays excluding holidays, weekends, and fridays. Or would I prefer cheap movie tickets with the company of family and friends? Hmmm anything will do for me… anything…

Now lets check whats on my list:

What do people envy about you?

Posted by jepoyzter under Random Post

From Allan & Candy’s blog… I don’t think anyone would envy something about me. Anyway I did tried the test, and here what it says.

American Idol: David Cook (Bravo!!!)

Posted by jepoyzter under Music

Now I regret not watching American Idol. After 6 seasons, this is the first time I hear something really really good. The best ever performance and cover in history of American Idol (for me…. and I think most of us would share the same sentiments, or not).

Last week, I think. Idols perform Mariah Carey’s hits and judge by the her herself. I say, I didn’t watch the whole show. But while browsing and reading some of the blogs I visit on a regular basis. A song just started playing on the background. Since, I am used to tabbed browsing using Firefox and I have lots of tabs opened. One by one, I started looking for the site. And behold, I saw this pic. DAVID COOK!

At first I didn’t know he’s from Americal Idol Season 7. So I started looking for his song on MIRC where I download most of my mp3s. But no luck, nothing came out. So I started Googling his name. There he is…. I just love his cover of Mariah Carey’s “Always Be My Baby”, not a really guys song. But David Cook is the man! He did it flawlessly, the crowd loved it, the judges loved it, and I had goosebumps… Watch David Cook’s performance below.

Now, who wouldn’t have goosebumps with that kind of performance? I agree to all judges comments. Specially Paula’s comment. Galing!!!!!

To listen to David Cook’s studio version of this song.

This is freaking coooooooooool!

Posted by jepoyzter under Tech & Gadgets

Interactive Real Size Hologram from Nicolas Loeillot on Vimeo.

This is the most coolest thing I ever saw. Not ever as in ever, just ever. Hahhahaha…. An interactive hologram that responds to gesture. Cool eh?

Earth Day 2008

Posted by jepoyzter under Go-Green

In celebration of Earth Day, what are the things you’ve already started doing to save our planet and prevent global warming?

Me?

1. Unplugging appliances that are needed or not in use.

2. Using one computer at a time.

3. Disposing batteries properly.

How about you?