Yum Yum 101

Nom nom nom! ugh ahhhhhh *burpppp*

Aye! I'm Mark, back when I was a kid my grandma and grampa  always host banquets and reunion. They raise native pigs and chickens which they butcher when we will host a feast. Grampa's specialty is Lechon , its really simple to do. just kill a pig, remove the guts, punch a bamboo from the rear end of the pig through his mouth, and lastly cook it really slow over the charcoal while carefully spinning it to cook it evenly. It takes a couple of hours before the pig gets perfectly cooked but the wait is totally worth it!. While gramps is busy with the pig grandma prepares the lumpia, pancit, sisig, and dinuguan.


A few minutes later, one by one, our relatives are coming bringing their own specialties. I remember one of my Aunt always bring Chicharon which is a best seller specially for my uncles and cousins because it goes along with beer. Before we even notice it the table is full of food like Buko pandan, Spaghetti , Adobo , Lechon Manok , Ice cream , Halo Halo, name it and we have it!. I remember chatting with my cousins and uncles while eating, we laugh at each others story like there is no tomorrow. For some weird reason the food magically taste even better while we talk.

Filipino food is a must try, if you haven't tried it you are definitely missing out a big part of your life!. I suggest that you go out there and rush to the nearest filipino food store you can find! the clock is ticking just... just go!

Untangling Identity, Self, and Personality

Who are you? Do you really know who you are?
Teenage life, the time where we are in shambles about who we are. We only care about the present and what is in front of us. We adapt to what the majority do. The point where we are most vulnerable to many influences. These influence comes from our friends, family, media that molds our identity. This is the point where we rarely checkout our self and we don't care what will be our identity.

A few weeks ago, in my english class, we discussed the difference of identity and self. We read a short article written by Catherine Latterell. She gave three assumptions that Identity is what were born with, shaped by culture, and shaped by our personal choices. According to her we all have the choice to pick the traits and opportunities that will shape our identity, at the same time there are those things about ourselves that we can't choose, they are just given to us when we where born for example : name, skin color , religion , gender.

Identity, personality, and self are three different part of us. We sometimes roll them into a giant ball and consider them as one. Always remember that Who you will be is decided by you. What you are is given to you when you where born. Lastly, You are the only one who knows who you really are, you are only one and cannot be copied.