How NOT to make a Mongolian rice bowl

I was tired, as I usually am, after work the other day and decided to take a nap at the dorm. Woke up just in time for dinner and panicked as I found out, I don't have anything to eat yet (not having eaten lunch earlier in the day, you'd understand my reaction). I hurriedly got up and changed to go out to scavenge food for the night at nearby Rob.

Found out that the new Supermarket just opened and they have amazing kiosks there selling food for less than 70 pesos. Perfect for a girl on budget. Since the line for mongolian rice bowls was pretty long, I figured it must be good so I got in line as well. I made my rice bowl as I normally would, placed it next to the line of bowls waiting to be cooked and found out that people have a curious way of making rice bowls here.

How NOT to make a Mongolian rice bowl

Basically, they put the veggies first then top them with ginormous cups of rice then pack the rice to give more space to more rice and maybe a little bit more vegetables. Gotta love rice on this side of the planet!

Fasting food

Yesterday was Maundy Thursday and the sup made us go to work. Real unholy. I was starting to wonder whether she has something against Catholics, when I noticed her display of a crucifix behind her desk. Then I thought, she really just hates us.

And since it was a holiday, everyone else was on vacation. Aside from a couple of maintenance people and security guards doing rounds at the campus, no one else was there but the 6 of us. In fact, no one else was anywhere. Manila had virtually been a ghost town. On the one hand, it was a relief, on the other, it was starting to get creepy. Flashback to I Am Legend.

Another problem during holidays is everything is closed save for a few greedy corporations, leaving me no option but to eat at Jollibee (even McDonalds had to close for the holidays). I ordered a burger steak meal, 2 shanghai rolls and a hot fudge sundae. Way to go fasting! The thing is, the taste of the patty just wouldn't go down my throat. I was burping burger patty hours after actually having eaten it.

Evil burger steak for lunch and Ice Craze Special for merienda

For snacks, I had the macapuno de leche ice craze special. It was nothing short of what I expected it to be and it was super filling. At that point, I've had too much Jollibee for the day. I felt so satiated plus I could still taste the burger from lunch that I wanted to barf er, purge. Bulimia? Maybe God's telling me to fast. In any case, I am off Jollibee, at least for a couple of months. :p