Titanic

Last Tuesday night, I saw a tweet saying that Titanic was on Star Movies. The last time I watched it was back in 1998, so I took the opportunity to watch it and refresh my memory to see if I'll understand the story this time. When I switched the channel to Star Movies, the scene was when Jack shouted "I'm the king of the world!" I was late but thankfully, not that late.

While watching the movie, my emotions started changing for I understood the things I didn't understand before. Like: how Jack saved Rose from committing suicide, the real reason why Cal carried the kid with him, and the meaning of Rose's "I'll never let go" promise to Jack. It made all sense to me, especially the promise part. However, I couldn't believe Cal saved the kid was just so he could get on a lifeboat. I mean, back when I was 6 years old, I thought he was doing a good deed. His action was good, but his intention wasn't.

As for the promise of Rose, when Jack told her to promise him to never let go, he didn't mean his hand; it was her promise, which was to survive, continue living, and die warm on her bed as an old woman. So it was a promise within a promise.

I must say, Jack & Rose's love story is (so far) the best one I have ever seen, even better than the ones in anime. Jack cared about Rose's future, Rose went through the cold water just to save him, and they both trusted each other. It was just really sad Jack died; leaving Rose to live the rest of her life without him but she never broke her promise, which is why they reunited in the end.

The result of watching Titanic after 15 years was me in tears because I understood it as a really sad story. Sure it was a happy ending, but the fact Jack & Rose said "I trust you" more than "I love you" just hit me deep. As the days go by, I hope the story of the movie slowly sinks in as a reflection to my present life.

Burger Night!

I have been feeling fatigue for the past days, and sadly my appetite got affected by it that oatmeal was the only food I ate. Thankfully, there's no school tomorrow, so I can relax tonight. For dinner, I decided to cook some of the burger patties I made yesterday.

(Supposedly) Loco Moco and Doughnut Burger (inspired by Zark's Luther Burger)

The dishes I have prepared were Loco Moco and a Doughnut Burger sandwich. My comment for the first dish: I made an error on the egg because it was supposed to be sunny-side up, but the yolk broke so I made it a (overcooked) scrambled egg instead. Also, I couldn't make the gravy. It was still good nevertheless. For the doughnut burger, on the other hand: It was inspired by Zark's Luther Burger. Although I don't know how their burger tastes like since I just heard about it from Enzo. The taste wasn't as bad (and fatty) as I thought, for the doughnut's sweetness complemented the burger's strong flavor.

Good news: My appetite came back so I'm starting to feel better!
Bad news: I gained back the weight I lost for the past days...

Well, that's all I will say in this post. I need to find something I can do next week.

Mini Hawaiian

While I was preparing some Loco Moco burger patties, this afternoon, an idea suddenly came up. Loco Moco is a Hawaiian dish and there were some King's Hawaiian Sweet Rolls on the dining table, so why not put the two Hawaiian products together? And I did that.

This was the result:

I call it "Mini Hawaiian"

It isn't an extraordinary burger but I was happy that the taste and texture was great. (I think the size of the patty needs to be a bit smaller though) Hope I would be able to make more of these once I get the chance to buy another pack of sweet rolls!

Afternoon in the Kitchen

I didn't feel like working on my advanced note-taking in Marketing today, so I spent my afternoon in the kitchen making Spam Musubi and Salmon Onigiri. Traditionally, they're just simple snacks, but they can really be filling.

My experience in making these? I had a rough time in portioning and shaping the rice properly because I was worried it might be lesser than the spam and filling, but it turns out that I used too much rice and ended up having excess salmon. Good news, though, the shape of the onigiri looks way better than when I made it the first time.

08.04.13: While making this, I realized that I forgot to buy nori...

That's how bad it was! At least I improved and didn't forget to buy nori this time.

Evaluation of today's dishes? They tasted good although the rice's texture needs to be improved. (OFI!*) Hopefully, I'll be able to make some again for my packed lunch; once school starts.

*OFI - Opportunity For Improvement (I can't get over with TQM)

Weird Meal

I was home alone last night and thought of having pasta by using the jarred sauce, which my grandmother wanted me to consume 2 weeks ago, for dinner. While I waited for the pasta to cook, I tried opening the jar of the sauce but there was a problem... I couldn't open it, not even a bit. The jar was so vacuumed that I was tempted to break it or throw it out of the balcony. (as if I have the guts to do that knowing that I live on the 11th floor and within Makati CBD) I tried different methods* in opening it such as the candle, water hammer, static cling wrap, hot water and damp cloth; still no success. In the end, I just checked the fridge to see if there was any viand I could use, and the only thing available was Chicken Liver Adobo.

Since I was so hungry, I made use of what was found with a bit of balsamic vinegar, which is my favorite condiment. This was the result:

It doesn't look that appetizing but the taste wasn't so bad. Because of this dish, I came to the conclusion that I cook weird dishes whenever I'm hungry and alone at home.

*In case you don't know what I'm talking about, here's the link of the site: http://www.eyehandy.com/articles/10-ways-to-open-a-stubborn-jar-lid/