strange happenings

I had a low key weekend. Which I don't mind. Sometimes low key is awesome it recharges me to deal with the next week ahead at work. (and if you worked where I work, you would understand that I need a serous grab the paddles, put it to my chest and zap me re-charge each week...crap daily...what the heck am I talking about weekly! LOL)

Anyways, I meant to spend some time at the beach. Neglected that plan due to the voggy overcast skies. And the lack of ability to breath and see due to the vog (volcanic fog.)

So I headed over to my brothers house to answer a distress call from my sister in law. She needed help with her catering jobs. I thought okay, sweet, I can toatlly due this. It usually means that I get to hang out and play with my nephews and entertain them...usually they are the ones entertaining me. I am still trying to have them give me pointers on Guitar Hero (I suck at it..but that does not stop me...one day I plan to be an expert at it! HA!)

Entertaining the kids seemed to be outa the question when I got to the house. Nope, instead I got put on cooking duty! YIKES! I am not a true fan of cooking...ask my boyfriend...he sometimes will ask me to help cook him breakfast. Omlettes to be specific...well anyhoo, he ends up with scrambed omlettes! And pancakes that never seem to look quite right...don't know why...but they don't.

I have help my sis in law cook before. She will give me the easy tasks. Like using the deep fryer, set the timer and watch the stuff when the time goes off, take the stuff out of the oil. HEck, I am capable of doing that! LOL Nope didn't happen this time. I have learned that strange as it sounds, you need to steam a banana leaf to make it more pliable. Uh-huh, like I knew that before yesterday. (she does Filipino catering...she was born and raised in the Philippines.) She put me in charge of making Puto. Now I have tasted these delightful little treats,but have never ever made them. I think it is easy to say that I learned a lot of strange things yesterday. (not all together sure if I can use these wonderful little tidbits of knowledge in my everday life, but it certainly was intereseting!)

Who knew that I would spend my weekend learning how to steam a banana leaf? NOT ME!

Never made it to the beach, but also learned that the Nintendo DS will have Guitar Hero coming out soon. It will come with a plug in device that you will use to fiddle yoru fingers to the songs. I plan to invest in the game when it does come out...but will I master it...probably not. I am to try though!

Banana leaves (((SIGH))) I never would have thought that I would puicture myself steaming the leaves! and I am sad that I did not get pics of this momentous occasion...my hands were too full steaming to grab my camera! bummer

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