MasterChef Trina Episode 1: The Korean Experience

Lately, I've been using Stumble Upon a lot when I'm bored. After adding food to my interests, many of the links that I have stumbled upon has renewed my interest in cooking and baking phase of my petiks high school years. So, I thought... why not do a cooking/baking series for my blog? I get to cook or bake to my hearts content, I get to practice my photography and my blogging skills and I get to eat the food I bake. It's a win-win-win situation!

To begin my MasterChef series, I decided to throw myself head first into the world of Korean cuisine with two dishes I hold near and dear to my tummy: Kimbap and Pajeon. Kimbap is pretty much the Korean version of Japanese maki while Pajeon is a form of Korean pancake made with vegetables.

Alphas: Heroes 2.0

Heroes came in with a big bang. Everyone was talking about it like it was the best thing on TV and for a lot of people, it was. But then the writer's strike threw a wrench into Heroes' perfect clockwork and delivered a disastrous season 2. Everything was just downhill from there until it was cancelled two unbearable seasons later. Now, a new superpower-based ensemble comes in the form of Alphas.

Alphas has a lot of work cut out for them considering they are on a cable network on the summer season. Heroes had a relatively bigger budget even after the cuts and it was showing on Monday nights in the stellar fall season. But what they lack in backing they make up with a more concise plot and lots of potential for character development. Here's why.

Cirque du Soleil's Varekai Wows Manila!

After seeing the first billboard for Varekai a couple of months ago, I swore to myself that I wouldn't let the opportunity of seeing world class Cirque du Soleil performers pass me by. And I'm glad I kept that promise because I can't even begin to explain how awesome this afternoon has been.

Varekai is a re-telling of the fall of Icarus. Instead of plunging into the ocean, he finds himself in a lush forest surrounded by strange creatures. Here, he finds love and eventually learns to fly again with the help of his new friends.