Batchoy soup for the soul
It’s really too cold in the mornings these days. Today isn’t an exception. And if not for my clock that’s telling me I’m about 30 minutes late for work, I’d be happily snuggling back to bed with Mia (who looked so comfortable sprawled all over my side of the bed). Argh back to work. I’ve been (silently) complaining since yesterday actually, and I still haven’t gotten my groove back. As in I still feel so lazy to do anything significant this week.
To make matters worse, I’ve been nursing a very stuffed sinus and my voice has gone a bit like Chuckie’s (Rugrats). Not sexy at all. tsk tsk. So I’ve followed my mom’s advice and I’m now on my 2nd day of taking Alnix for my very stubborn allergies, of 10 days. I really hope this works. I haven’t been sleeping well because of my colds and waking up to an even more hostile respiratory system is such a drag.
So halfway through the morning I get myself a bowl of Payless Busog Sarap Batchoy mami, which I got for free by the way (the perks of working for a food company, hehe). I swear it perked me up with just one sip. And no I am not getting paid for this. Well, ok maybe because I work here, hello. But not really. I really do swear it actually made my morning. 
So what about Lucky Me’s commercial about its profound ability to give life to whoever eats it? For me there’s not much to the hype. And Payless’ bowl is much cheaper. Ah well, let the consumers be the judge.
On the other hand, I think those people sitting at the Senate hearing for the ZTE controversy should have a bowl each. That’ll clear their minds and maybe let them think twice before making more idiots out of themselves by doing really useless bantering about each others’ clothes. Come on.
And maybe it’ll make them realize that the president isn’t just the center of “the ecosystem of corruption“. It’s actually their own inefficiencies too. Wake up, boys. Time to do your jobs.
February 19th, 2008 at 3:24 pm
u have allergic rhinitis din ris? like my husband..
he hates it. he hates waking up sneezing.
anyway, hope u get well soon!!
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February 19th, 2008 at 3:47 pm
vannie – yup i do. and a very bad case at that. runs in the family eh. thanks, im on my way to getting well i hope
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February 19th, 2008 at 5:57 pm
Steam ang katapat niyan
I love the weather in Manila at this time of the year. You’re so lucky to be there!
Hope you’re feeling much better.
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February 19th, 2008 at 7:48 pm
nabuhay laang sila sa sigaw ni miss tapia!ahehehe!patambay po ako dine!
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February 19th, 2008 at 8:56 pm
joy – yeah, i miss those days when we were little and my mom used to force me to hang around a batya-full of boiling water. hehe.
it is cold, sarap lang talaga matulog! i’ma gonna read that
btw, do you have a logo of usapang pinoy? i want to put it on my sidebar kasi.
itot54joni – oo nga! sino nagsabing dahil sa sabaw yun? hehe. salamat sa pagdaan ha. welcome ka dito anytime
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February 20th, 2008 at 3:09 am
lucky me lang ang available dito sa min, and yung la paz batchoy actually ang fave flavor namin ni ninna. we could eat that everyday, kaya lang takot kami sa sobrang preservatives at betsin, hehe.
hey, hope you get better soon! *muah*
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February 20th, 2008 at 9:48 am
may Lucky Me rin dito ate, pero di sya kasing sarap nung andyan sa atin..
kakamiss tuloy ung pancit canton..
hope you feel better ate.. *hugs*
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February 20th, 2008 at 10:19 am
meeya – hindi pa pala nakakarating diyan ang payless at nissin ha? tsk tsk, masabihan nga exports namin. hehe. it’s not really advisable to eat that everyday
sa bahay nga namin we don’t buy instant noodles at all. (my mom’s a reasonable health freak) haha so much for plugging.
karmi – i like instant pancit canton too. pag wala mom ko sa bahay and there’s no food, instant lahat ang pagkain ko! hehe. and thanks, im feeling much much better now.
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February 20th, 2008 at 12:17 pm
pers time ever sa chorvaloo mo! hehehe!!! iwas ako sa mga batchoy batchoy hehehe!!!
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ok lang yun, minsan lang naman eh. hehe.
salamat reyna sa pagbisita!
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February 20th, 2008 at 10:04 pm
Pag andito ako sa blog mo ginugutom ako haha. naku diet ako ngayon kaya wag yang temptation na yan. Lumalaki na tyaan ko ang sagwang tingnan hahaha. Btw, sobrang lamig nga ngyon kesa nung december. di na nga nag aircon atleast tipid eletric di ba? Peborit ko yang batchoy din eh. makabili nga muna hahaha.
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ambo, naku you’re in for a treat kasi yung susunod kong post tungkol ulit sa pagkain. hehehe. pero wag mag-alala, hindi lang pagkain ang yummy. abangan
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