My Saturdays are seldom like those days. Ang Sabado ay usually palengke, laundry at linis happenings. The order of priority would depend on the immediacy of attention i.e. gaano karumi ang bahay (or may bisita na darating kaya) gaano kalapit sa kawalan na ng damit na magagamit or gaano kahapdi ang kalam ng sikmura.
We opted for the latter as the most pressing need. Jim & I went to the city to visit our favorite oriental stores. Maraming bilin ang anak na dapat bilhin kung hindi raw, baka siya ay " mag-starve to death"). Ang mga kano talaga - mahilig magexaggerate.
James loves tortang talong topped with cheese so we bought those pinoy talongs kay Mr. Vietnamese. Ag-kuriteb met ti what was left of these eggplants. We just chose what we can live with. Jim wants pinakbet (di ko kayat ti parya) so with a bitter heart (pardon the pun) we bought the ingredients for this ulam.
Next stop - the wet market kuno. Makasidsida ak itti prinito nga bangus (those saranggani marinated milkfish are just so good) wen no GG(galunggong). Apo - nakanginngina met. Besides the galunggongs are so sick with conjunctivitis (pink eyes ergo, nala-es nga talaga). Ngem, sige ngarudden naimas to latta no naprito san to isawsaw itti suka nga adda itti bawang na.
Final stop - those easy to cook noodles. We all love the Lucky Me noodles - batchoy, mami ken sotanghon. I also discovered the Lucky Chow pansit gisado and the pancit canton or pancit malabon. These rich in carbohydrate chows are good stackables since James is also into it & can preapre this easily.
If Papa and Mama were around the household, we would be like contended cows just waiting to be served good food. Both of them can whip up a meal that we can devour hindi kakalam ang aming mga sikmura.
P.S. I am also exaggerating. Hindi naman kumakalam ang aming sikmura. Dala lang yan ng homesickness sa tunay na lutong pinoy.
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