Have You Tried Ibus?

 I really miss eating Ibus or Suman. This native dish brings me memories of waking up each morning to the sound of a street vendor selling his native dishes. I used to wake up with Ibus available on our table. So when I woke up today and found a couple of Ibus dishes on our table, I was excited to eat the dish!

Unlike the suman being sold in Manila, Ibus is a simple dish of glutinous sticky rice. In Bacolod, we call it Ibus because suman is different from it. Even though the two are still made up of glutinous rice, they are different from each other. 

You can pair Ibus with refined sugar, brown sugar or Mascovado. I paired mine with Mascovado. 

I'm looking forward to eat Suman Latik next on my list of must trys!

Babies... Babies Everywhere

Kimmy and I dorking around

And so I'm back from my 4 days trip back to my hometown, Bacolod City. It was supposed to be a break and also a business trip but instead, it turned out to be a trip full of meeting new babies.

First of all, I met Angel's nephews: Kimmy and Kalen. Then I got to meet Mimi's new brother, King. Lastly, I was able to play with Jake, Tricia's baby boy, before I headed back to Manila.

This then struck me as how things are gonna be from now on. Before, we used to talk about boys or anime or books, now my friends and I talked about babies. Especially the babies in our lives. And while I just sat there listening to their stories, I couldn't help but think to myself how much we've all matured.

Jake, Mimi and I 

Each of my best friends were talking about the babies in their lives and kept comparing one over another while I sat and ate my food in silence. I didn't know how to butt in. Although I've had my fair share of baby stories, I didn't want to occupy the time I have with my friends with these stories. I'm more interested to know how my friends have been after all these months. Even if that meant sitting through a whole lunch listening to them talk about babies.

Mimi, Jake, Tricia, Me, Angel
Friends since High School

Well, that's one thing about me which you'll never hear about.

Don't get me wrong. I like babies. But they're not exactly my favorite. And I don't have any plans of having one at all. This has long been my decision which people think is stupid. But I have decided strongly against it.

I'd rather have a new dog.

Going Home For A Break

stressed out

After a few months of non-stop writing/working, my body suddenly decided to give up. Ever since the incident happened last November, I have focused all of my energy on working. Even during Christmas Eve and New Year, I was working my butt off. It was the only way I could stop thinking about the crap I went through.

Well, anyway. That's until I experienced total body malfunction. Since December 24, I have been experiencing a weird bowel movement. It would go on and on for several days and even came to a point I couldn't eat anything 'cause I would run to the comfort room in the middle of the meal. I thought it was finally over last January 2. But it came back a few days later.

My friends are getting worried and they keep telling me to go to the Doctor. I'm just too lazy to go to the doctor instead of waiting when I could get some work done. And besides, whenever I think of going to the doctor, the symptoms stop. So it really leaves me confused. I have lost weight ever since December (I hope I have). But even if I'm not so sure of this, I can feel it.

One of my closest friends, Cristel, mentioned that I might be stressed out already. Working for me right now is an addiction. Whether if I'm home or if I go out, I always have my laptop with me and be in Coffee Bean so I can use unlimited WiFi. But for these past two days, I have not brought my trusted companion out. I have to take a break.

After several hours and days of deciding whether or not I should go home (to Bacolod), I finally agreed to go because my dad offered to buy me my plane ticket. While I will be doing a "little" work in my 4 days stay at home, I will also be going out a lot with my friends.

One of the scheduled trips I have with my friends is the USLS Sportsfest which we will be watching with Mimi, a Korean dinner, a mini-reunion with my College friends, and some hanging out with guy friends. I hope by the time I get back to Manila, I have already recovered and I can revert back to the old me who can write 50 articles a day without feeling sick.

Wish me luck guys... And Bacolod friends, see you tomorrow Jan. 18-22!