Episode 1 Am I sure of This?

Julie & Julia - I've watched this movie only for three times. Yeah, only three times, compared to the other movies I've weirdly obsessed about and watched over twenty times. Anyway, the latest Julie & Julia watching exploit was a few hours earlier when we (my partner Trish and cousin Marsh) just came home from a week long 'vacation' down in our respective permanent abodes. Read: Parents' house. We've been renting here in Baguio City, the so-called summer capital of the Philippines for several years now. I guess it would be fair to say that I was the Brain of living here thousand miles away from our home towns.

Back in college, I reluctantly accepted my fate to study in the University of the Philippines Baguio. Hell, the ultimate dream was to walk the walk, talk the talk University of the Philippines Diliman style. Like other birdbrains, I honestly thought other UP units were mere second-rates. And surely, I was wrong. I fell in love with the UP constituent unit in Baguio in less than a week I resided in a crappy dorm. Long histories past, rented houses, come and go roommates, I'm still here.. now with my loving partner Trish (FYI the one who 'pushed' me to do this blogging thing..)

Am I sure of this? telling all the world (hopefully, followers would come aflow soon.. haha) my innermost thoughts, fears, hopes and dreams? What the fuck is my dream, are my dreams, anyway? I wanna have kids and own a restaurant. Simple? Daunting? Fuck. I'm scared. Why? 'Cause I've been a coward to face, pursue what I really want.

Wait, what do I really want? Arrggghh!! If you're confused, so am I.

For now, I've started this blog so I can HOPEFULLY gain DIRECTION for my cooking endeavor. This sounds so Julie Powell but I guess everyone has that hidden desire to pursue something so different from our pathetic boring lives. (to my defense, mine is not so boring because, as cheesy as this sounds, of my partner.. ;D plus my Julia Child is Ina Garten.. haha)

And so for this day, I hereby swear on my bags, yup, I'm a bag lady too, that I will try my best to fulfill these tasks:

1. Blog about food.
2. Feed Trish, family and friends heavenly dishes.
3. Profess my love for food.
4. Not gain weight throughout the process. (I don't think I need more lbs! I'm overweight!!!)
5. Attempt to collate my Lola Tina's and Trish's Mommy Lyr's recipes and turn it into a wonderful cookbook.
6. Enjoy.

Would you be interested to follow my quest?