Baguio Country Club Raisin Bread

I am no fan of cinnamon rolls. I think the aroma of cinnamon alone makes me high, same as curry and pesto.

My mother went to Baguio last year and brought these tasty raisin cinnamon bread from Baguio Country Club. Love the bread. Baguio Country Club is for members only, she got hold of that good bread from SM Baguio. There’s this Villa Cordillera kiosk at SM that sell that stuff. I went to Baguio last February, and that bread is my only story. Finding the store is hard because my mother did not tell me the name of the store. Good thing that the information booth knew what we were loking for. When we found it there were no more stock of the bread. I went back early the next day but there were still no bread. They re-stock the stuff by 5PM so I have to come back again in the afternoon. The bread is almost 200 pesos, my mother told me that she bought those before around 150. Inflation sucks. The bread is still delicious. People I went to Baguio agree. We saw some other Baguio alternatives for the bread, but the bakery is too far. SM is walking distance from our hotel.

So these past days, my younger sister went to Baguio and also looking for "the bread" and she also has the same difficulty as I did. If only she asked me about it. She was not able to find the kiosk. She was not able to bring some of that tasty bread home. Haha.

On a separate note, Dex told me last week that the bread is sold now in Quezon City. In a restaurant called Tempura. Will check it out when I come back.

That Viral Kissing Video

There's this viral black and white video of strangers kissing. People like it, hence the viral thingy. I haven't seen it but the thumbnail and the title itself and what people describe it say what it the video is all about.

The idea is not that new of course. We know of an infamous flippish channel of Johnny M. called Who's that Girl. He goes to bars with a camera, a microphone and his guts(kapal ng mukha). He made out girls who are up for it. On later videos he get other guys do the making out with random girls. Essentially what the viral video is about. Every guy knows Flippish.

Some girls on facebook friends list do share this video. No guys will share something stupid like this. I dunno if girls find this romantic. To be on te clean side, the black and white thing will at least make it look like it is art. So girls will watch it.

Twinkie

I know of this snack cake from popular culture, mainly on Zombieland where Woody Harrelson’s character is looking for this snack cake. Emma Stone is hot in movie. Going to its wiki page it has a lot of reference in movies and TV.

News surfaced in 2012 that Hostess went bankrupt and the twinkie will be no more.. 

Then internet made its move and save the twinkie.

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I’ve been to American supermarket and tried Hostess’ product before like donettes but not the twinkie. I also learned that Hostess is kinda based in Texas. It is possible that I could eat this twinkie. I don’t really go out there and try hyped food like the magnum or the fake cronuts back home but I gotta try this twinkie Haha.

Also, I am not really a fan of cakes. I like bread and other pastry but not really cake. I don’t like sweet stuff. This snack cake is just enough for me. It has a sweet filling but because it is just bite size, I like it. Thank you internet for saving the twinkie.

Stand- up Comics

The last Superbowl introduced me to the Jerry Seinfeld’s web show Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee. I like it a lot. I see good looking cars and of course coffee. Most of all I hear comedians talk in real conversations. I like hearing their stories on how they support each other when a comic will be a guest at Carson. I like funny anectodes and their thoughts on anything, how they think and how they come up making funny stories. I enjoy watching stand up comedy. It is hard standing in front of an audience, talk and expect people to laugh. Jay Leno said comedy does not change a lot. What's funny in the 1920's is still funny today. Not like romance. What's romantic before may not be the same case today. Unfortunately in the Philippines, it changed.
Comics has disappeared, and replaced by gay comedians. I remember harana scenes, sing alongs, then stand up stints before. Present day comedians suck. No comedy at all. Just insults to anyone and it is funny by today’s standards. Bawal ang pikon. I think comedy died in the mid 2000's in the Philippines. After the boom of indie thing in TV which brought us Strangebrew and Ariel and Maverick.

February

Ten years ago, February means a lot of things: Prom season, UP Fair, Engineering College week and Isel’s birthday. It is chillax season from school and onset of summer. It is the time of the year when I shave my head. Just the right moment for the start of hot weather and for my hair to be long again in the beginning of the rainy season or the start of the new school year.

I have kept my haircut calendar and before I head to Texas, I shave my head still. The lady from immigration in DFW even asked my why I lose all my hair. I told her it is hot in the Philippines. Well yeah, it is hot back there but as I travel I head into these temperatures:

 

Good thing I did not arrive during the snowy weather. It would suck driving in that condition. It is also getting warmer by the day so.. Yey! I will hate it again when we are on 100°F.

While Searching in Bing..

It was Superbowl. I was searching for this guy:

Then his name reminds of this:

That show reminds of this other teen show from a different era. A certain scene always comes to mind:

It made me aware that from that scene this meme emerged:

Hahaha. It was supposed to be a heartbreaking scene but that face, LOL. That face is on 5:03


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TV Quiz Shows

In the 90s we have this quiz show on channel 9 shown every Saturday(or was it Sunday?) afternoon called Battle of the Brains. It has separate divisions for Grade School, High School and College. With that you know which schools are good. What nerds look like. We love watching that show and try to answer the questions also. That show was spoofed by a gag show and calls the segment "Battle of the Brainless". That segment is funny. The gag show ended in the late 90s but was resurrected again last year. I don’t know if the kids these days find the sketch funny and if they have any idea why the freakin title.

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That show had a competition in Channel 7, The Digital LG Quiz Show. It was hosted by Regine Tolentino and Paolo Bediones. It was shown every Sunday morning. It was a good show and my high school joined with my classmate as the contestant. I think we reached the semifinals or something.

Quiz shows are good on TV. At least kids learn something useful in school. Today I don’t see any of these anymore. There was this asean quiz show but I don’t know if anybody ever saw that. I can’t remember if it is the same where the host says "UNI markers up!" just to give airtime for the marker sponsor.

So what kids are battling their whims for in national TV nowadays? Pinoy Henyo. Wow, these kids will do great on Office Christmas parties when they get old. They would win Starbucks GCs.

I saw this earlier on the MedicalCity TV.

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