1. It's normal for people here to walk on foot, that's how clean the streets are. The streets/roads are regularly cleaned with soap.
2. Peace out sign or peace sign in "backwards" doesn't mean peace but the F* word, so better just drop the peace sign or you'll get killed.
3. Cars automatically stop when there are people trying to cross on the pedestrian lane, no matter what, stop or go, but don't get too confident. This just works when you're in pedxings, the ones with orange marks. (They respect pedestrian lanes here.)
4. They don't have U-turns,but roundabouts. The only difference is it's not U-shaped but a circle. just imagine...
Wednesday, December 08, 2010
Sunday, December 05, 2010
The origin of my ummp for Indian Curry..
You, my favorite cousin, is the culprit. *Reminiscing* The last time I enjoyed a curry meal was in Singapore, crabs in curry. Hmmm..Was it crab? Anyways, it was a treat from Mark who works in SG, the one who likes my cousin and the one who, night and day, just really insisted on paying for our food there. Buti na lang, gusto si cousin. When we're with him, we dined at nice restaurants inside malls. When we were not, on our last day, we ate at a "turo turo" in Chinatown. Next thing I knew I had tummy ache on our flight to Malaysia, not from the curry but from Satay and I don't know what. I enjoyed the plum juice, though.
Going back to curry, I asked my cousin why she didn't like experimenting on local delicacies and curry, out of curiosity. Guess what? Maybe, after reading this, you won't like it yourselves. She told me she can't stand it 'cause, "Amoy Pana." The end of my affair with Indian curry. There goes, never liked curry since then. I still like Thai curry though or the Filipino curry. On my flight in Qantas, the FA asked me if I'd have Butter Chicken or Fish in mushroom sauce. Always go with the fish! If you don't like curry, don't choose Butter chicken. In Australia and New Zealand, butter chicken is not butter, it's curry. Oh good God, why didn't they just call it chicken curry? I really thought it was butter. Now, every time I try curry, I have to keep myself from throwing up. Just tonight, we had seafood curry for dinner. I didn't mean to offend my cousin's wife who prepared the meal, although they already know I'm not a "curry muncher." I thought what we were having was Filipino curry, so I poured some on my rice. Good thing, I didn't pour it all over as my instinct told me to try it first. Then it just came naturally, I blurted out 'Blech' in front of everyone with a sour expression to match what I said. Haha, nakakahiya talaga. To cover for that, I still ate the seafood, not the sauce and poured catsup on to wipe out the curry flavor. I still can't believe I did that!
Now, I'm too careful with my taste buds and my tummy, haha. I even force myself to eat lamb. I don't know why I don't like it. Herbs, spices, flavor? They say NZ has the best lamb, but for me, it really tastes weird.
Going back to curry, I asked my cousin why she didn't like experimenting on local delicacies and curry, out of curiosity. Guess what? Maybe, after reading this, you won't like it yourselves. She told me she can't stand it 'cause, "Amoy Pana." The end of my affair with Indian curry. There goes, never liked curry since then. I still like Thai curry though or the Filipino curry. On my flight in Qantas, the FA asked me if I'd have Butter Chicken or Fish in mushroom sauce. Always go with the fish! If you don't like curry, don't choose Butter chicken. In Australia and New Zealand, butter chicken is not butter, it's curry. Oh good God, why didn't they just call it chicken curry? I really thought it was butter. Now, every time I try curry, I have to keep myself from throwing up. Just tonight, we had seafood curry for dinner. I didn't mean to offend my cousin's wife who prepared the meal, although they already know I'm not a "curry muncher." I thought what we were having was Filipino curry, so I poured some on my rice. Good thing, I didn't pour it all over as my instinct told me to try it first. Then it just came naturally, I blurted out 'Blech' in front of everyone with a sour expression to match what I said. Haha, nakakahiya talaga. To cover for that, I still ate the seafood, not the sauce and poured catsup on to wipe out the curry flavor. I still can't believe I did that!
Now, I'm too careful with my taste buds and my tummy, haha. I even force myself to eat lamb. I don't know why I don't like it. Herbs, spices, flavor? They say NZ has the best lamb, but for me, it really tastes weird.
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