2011.. 2012..

Northeastern coastal city of Sendai,
the city in Miyagi prefecture (state)
closest to the quake's epicenter.
Source: (click here)

Hmm.. today (March 11, 2011) was a terrifying day. Earthquake with a magnitude of 8.4 to 8.9 hit Japan earlier today. The earthquake actually eradicated numbers of establishments and structures in Japan mainly in Sendai.

You'll see roads cracked and elevated, billboards fell, houses destroyed, etc. 

Terrifying mass destruction.. :(
Source: (click here)

After the earthquake, then came the tsunami that ravaged parts of Japan. If you'll just watch the videos in the news, you'll see how alarming it was. 

While watching the news, I remembered the movie 2012 because of what happened today. (segway) Is Nostradamus' predictions and prophecy true? Come to think of it, after everything that is happening here in our world, plus Libya war/crisis... this, in Japan.... Will these all come into one thing, END OF DAYS? 

Haay.. horrifying but true. I just pray and hope that we'll try our best to make a change, changing for the better.... changing for a brighter future ahead of us.

Anyway, a friend of mine in facebook, Camille, posted this: "A stark reminder that we're just guests on this planet." as her status. I totally agree with her. It is actually nature speaking for itself. Though we cannot really prevent these to happen, if we know for ourselves that we are not guilty in sabotaging Mother Earth, we die or not, because of these calamities, no need to regret a thing. :)  

Nips... oh my!

My oh my. Last weekend, we moved to my in-laws house since it was my hubby's off. (We usually transfer back to their house kapag off nya.) Anyway, when we got there, I was surprised to see Johann's feeding bottle on the sofa. Okay wait, first pala, I just want to tell you that, I have a lot of feeding bottles for Johann. Six of them are in my in-laws house so that once we transfer, I don't need to bring the big container I have for Johann's bottles. 

So as I said earlier, I was surprised to see Johann's bottle on the sofa. I just thought, "How come there's a used bottle there, eh we just got there." So I asked Elaine, John's niece, if why there was a used bottle there. She said that they borrowed Johann's bottle for Amrix, John's niece also, to use. Hmmm...

Well, I am just meticulous when it comes to my baby's things. And yes, that was a bottle we are talking about. It has a nipple that one baby should only use. Even if it is strelized, it is not so wise to use it by another baby right? Haay. I just can't speak up, since nahihiya din ako sa in-laws ko. They might think na ang arte ko. But, I'll think about it still. I want to tell them what my thoughts are. I am just finding a way how to say it. :) Nothing personal ha. It is just pure hygiene thing. :) Hope you understand. 

I am not completely sure if you do the same thing like me. But don't you think it's more hygienic if you would not use other's bottles for your baby diba? :)

So what do you think? 

Recipe 1: Dinakdakan

Last Sunday, I, John, Johann and family-in-law went to Mall of Asia. It was Ate Jaq's birthday last Saturday, February 26, 2011, that's why she decided to celebrate it in MOA. And so, we ate at Gerry's Grill. We ordered Dinakdakan, Lechon Kawali, BBQ, Grilled Chicken, Bulalo Soup and Sinigang Soup, and ofcourse rice and drinks.

It was my second time to actually eat Dinakdakan. Both times were from Gerry's Grill. I love it! The spiciness and creaminess combined. Heaven! So I then researched for recipes of this dish. I discovered that the usual ingredients for this recipe are pig's ear, tongue and liver plus brain. yay! I don't think I'd be able to eat that! Sorry, I'm not really fond of exotic food. :P

Anyway, I'm not really sure if what we ate in Gerry's Grill was a Dinakdakan with pig's ear, tongue and liver, because it tasted yum! While researching, I found out that there are other versions of Dinakdakan based from Ms. Kathleen's blog and username hungrynez in Petitchef. Instead of using pig's ear, tongue and liver, I can use liempo. :)

From username hungrynez in Petitchef.com, the ingredients in cooking Dinakdakan are:

(copy paste)

PORK DINAKDAKAN

1 kilo whole slab of pork liempo

1 tsp. ginger, minced

1 cup onion, finely chpped

3-4 pieces, red chili peppers, minced (or more)

1/4 cup calamansi juice (or more)

2 tbsp. mayonnaise

powdered black pepper

iodized salt

Wash pork liempo with running water and drain.

Rub pork liempo with salt and black pepper.

Leave for 30 minutes.

Meanwhile, mix ginger, onion, red chili peppers, mayonnaise and calamansi in a bowl. Set aside.

Grill pork liempo until well-cooked. Then, chop finely.

Pour on the mixture into chopped pork liempo.

Season with salt and pepper.

Serve!

Since I'm so tamad in listing them all down, I just posted it here. We never know, readers might crash into my blog someday and they might find this recipe interesting, right? 

Anyhoooo, I'd probably be cooking this dish, this coming Friday. or if hindi ako tinamad, I might cook it tomorrow. Hehe. Goodluck to me. :)