James, Marga, Carla, Jonas, Ako, Rizza, Tupe, Mi, Pat, Nat.


Jonas, Ai, Ako, Tupe, Marga, Nat, Ry, Pat, Mi, James

   12:00pm ang meeting time nila sa UP. 10:00am ang meeting time namin nila Tupe and Jonas dito sa bahay. We had to prepare food for the party for our contribution kasi. FYI, after a long and extensive meal planning + budgeting the other day, we've decided to cook multi-colored kwek-kwek and prepare a refrigerator cake.

   10:30am. Dumating na si Jonas at wala parin si Tupe. Dinala ni Jonas yung dreamcast nya, at naglaro muna kami. Ansaya mag-tekken! Wahaha! Dati ko pa magusto matuto nun eh. Pero nung isang araw lang ako nakalaro nung tinuruan ako ni Jonas sa G-box. Pero take note, napatay ko sha! Oo na, chamba lang talaga. Pero sus, nakaka-chamba parin! Wahaha. Around 11:30, wala parin si Tupe, we already decided to go to the grocery.

The grocery list:
•  2 packs of Graham crackers
•  3 little cans of Condensed Milk
•  2 packs of All-purpose cream
•  Peanuts (P10.00)
•  150 quail eggs (c/o Tupe) 
•  Food Coloring (c/o Jonas)
•  Spices (C/o Jonas)
•  Mangoes (c/o Jonas)

Kulang na lang eh yung quail eggs c/o Tupe na kinuha nya pa sa poultry farm nila sa Antipolo. Sobrang wala akong idea kung anong mangyayari jan. Si Jonas ang nagdada-dampot ng ingredients at sya din ang may alam kung pano i-prepare yan. As you may have guessed, wala akong alam lutuin at ngayon ko lang ginawa to. Tsk tsk...

Medyo madali yung preparation for the REF CAKE. It was easy on my part. Wala naman akong ibang ginawa kundi mag-crush (Crush, as in durog. Hehe.) ng graham at peanuts, at mag-slice ng mangoes eh. Ibang level yung kay Jonas. Haha. Sha nagtimpla nung cream and milk, sha nag-layer layer nung cake, at sha lang ang may alam nung procedure. =p Ayun, after an hour of preparing the cake, natapos din. Masaya, masaya. Yun nga lang, 12:00 na, wala parin si Tupe.
At dahil hindi naman namin kayang gawin ang kwek-kwek hanggang wala yung quail eggs, nag-dreamcast na lang ulet kami. And after 10 years, dumating si Tupe -- straight from Antipolo.

1:30pm na yun, so we started doing the kwek-kwek already. Dito na ko nalungkot. I thought it would be easy. Yeah, hindi ko alam ang procedure, hindi ko alam ang ingredients... Pero hindi ko naman alam na ang complicated pala gawin nun. Tupe and I were totally clueless of the 'kwek-kwek' procedure. So ginugulo na lang namin si Jonas while he was doing the kwek-kwek mixture. Sa food-coloring department ako, sa quail eggs department si Tupe, sa flour mixture and sawsawan department si Jonas. It was a trial and error thing. Something went wrong. Hindi ko alam kung dahil yun sa 2 kinds of flour na ginamit namin or it was because of the way we fried the eggs... Basta, hindi mashado nagmukang kwek-kwek yung linuto namin. Pero pinaka-mukang alien parin yung ginawa ni Tupe. His kwek-kwek looked more of a scrambled egg na ginawang sunny-side-up. GO FIGURE! Haha. MALALA.

After several trials (and errors), we finally made some kwek-kweks which are somehow, more kwek-kwek looking narin. It wasn't easy. Si Jonas nga, while frying the kwek-kweks, natalsikan pa ng mantika and got a minor burn. Tsk tsk. Yan ang ayoko sa pagluluto eh. The last time I got a minor burn from cooking was about 7 years ago... Simula non, hindi na ko nagluto... Until kahapon. BASTA, basta. Anyway, get the picture? We had a hard time preparing those kwek-kweks. Buti na lang talaga, the sawsawan complimented the quail eggs. If not for the sawsawan kasi, walang makakapansin na kwek-kwek yung linuto namin. Haha! The finish product? TENTENENEN:

Ang rainbow kwek-kwek masterpiece namin ni Tupe at Jonas.

After that, dumating na yung ibang blockmates namin. Nagulat ako, iilan lang sila. But since kasama ang blockhead, BLOCK PARTY parin. Haha. Labo. They started playing billiards at susmiyo, tuwang-tuwa ang mga bata! Super hyper nila... Basta may ma-shoot na bola, nagsisi-sigaw sila. Haha. Natatawa na lang ako. Kasi diba, you'll realize that simple things REALLY make people happy. ANG SAYA EH.

Anyway, while they were playing billiards, Mian and James had to cook hotdogs and prepare drinks for us pa. And since andito sila sa bahay, sinamahan ko sila sa kanilang cooking adventure and left the billiards room muna. Haha. Parehas daw silang hindi masyado marunong magluto. Ang kulet! Pero ayus lang, ansaya parin. Jonas also helped us. Ang gulo naming apat. We were already 'making puslit' some kwek-kweks while cooking. (KONYO AMP! HAHA!) Basta. Tas yun, ginawa na namin ni Jonas yung fruit salad habang nagluluto ng hotdogs si Mian and James. Ganun lang pala gumawa nun? You just mix ALL the ingredients, tapos... May fruit salad ka na! :p Ansaya. Haha. Tas yun, after preparing all the food, shempre, "tinikman" muna naming apat ang lahat. Haha. So by the time na inakyat na namin yung food para sa lahat, shempre, BAWAS-BAWAS NA! >:)

So ayun, kainan. Nahulaan naman nilang kwek-kwek yung linuto namin... Natuwa pa nga si Rizza sa 'alien kwek-kwek' ni Tupe eh. Tas after a while, VIDEOKE! Nak ng AMP si Carla! Sobrang sabog. Talagang walang ka-keme-keme na unang kumanta sa Videoke! Super fuuuun! Tawa kami ng tawa. Ginagaya nya si Jaya with matching performance level na acting. Haha! FUN! Tas yun, nagsikantahan naman sila. Tas yun, while Videoke-ing, linabas na yung REF CAKE masterpiece namin. Haha! Ansarap! Wahaha. Di ako makapaniwala na nakagawa ako ng cake! Well, yah, si Jonas yung MAS gumawa... Pero kahit na, gawa ko din yun. Haha!

Ayaan... Ang SUPER REF CAKE na ginawa namin ni Jonas.

Tapos yun, linabas na yung fruit salad. Err, it's too SWEET. =/ Sayang. Kala ko kasi success story na yung cooking adventure ko eh. Haha. Kaso, hindi parin masyado. Pero where did we go wrong? Eh pinaghalo lang naman namin LAHAT ng ingredients na binili nyo ah? Bakit kaya sobrang tamis nun? Is it because hindi ko masyado na-mix? O dahil may hindi masyado natimpla ni Jonas yung cream? Ang tamis amp.

Anyway, they left around 8:00pm already. Pero shempre, si Jonas and Tupe, hindi pa. Naglaro pa kami ng tekken. (BTW, napilit ko din si Jonas na iiwan yung dreamcast sakin ng buong xmas break! Wahaha! Makaka-practice na ko! ANSAYA!) Anyway, anyway, F NA F nila na super at home sila dito. Haha. Nung umalis nga yung mga blockmates namin, si Mommy and Tatay, umakyat na sa bilyaran, tas yun, family bonding kami with Tupe and Jonas. Haha. Walang ka-angal angal sila Tatay, kasi nga, everyday naman sila andito. So parang hindi na 'bisita' tingin sakanila. Pucha, at home na at home eh noh? Haha. =p

O xa, yun lang. Basta masaya magluto, masaya yung party. :p