Just when I thought I was over you…
I had thought I was over with my plans for working in a call center. Things have changed though so I have to apply in one to make some ends meet with regards to my sibling’s tuition fees. So I am psyching myself with the idea of working in one and maybe even making a career move in that direction at least until I save enough to start my own business. I have just started with my baking but I would have to set it aside and take classes when everything has been settled with the family expenses.
So there, I hope I get accepted in the center I sent my resume to. I haven’t really gone to Manila to apply, I just sent my resume to one that sent my resume to their HR, so I hope I hear from them. Its in Alabang so I think I can still commute back home everyday if I do get to work there. If however I don’t get in that company, I’d try in Makati next since my sister works there. We can save more by staying in one place (especially one that has its own kitchen). I seriously can’t live without one. I love to cook and I prefer making my own meals. Its cheaper that way compared to eating out. I’m cheap. 
On a lighter note, this week has been quite eventful for me. My oven finally arrived! Wooohooo! So I had to test it at one and so far my family has been eating lots of pizzas for the past week so I can perfect my dough. Tadaa:
My first try with bread (I was aiming for pandesal…) didn’t go so well. It was quite heavy like a rock. I haven’t tried it again for fear of making some more rock hard breads. I was even joking my sister about the saying that goes something like, “When someone throws a stone at you, throw back bread.” My sister said she’d think twice at throwing a stone at me because the bread I made was really hard. Lol.
Then I had to try thrice before I got my pizza right. So far I’ve been making three good pizza batches. I’ve run out of mozzarella cheese so everyone at home can eat something else aside from pizza for this coming week. Also, I tried twice to make sugar cookies, and I still need to try it again to make it just right. Lol. The first one ended as cookie bars, and the second one just needed to be a little thinner to give that crunchy ooomph I was looking for. Hehe.
My Dad celebrated his birthday on the 25th and since I am the house cook I prepared a mighty meal for the whole family. Dad can’t eat much meat nor chicken so I had to make a dish that he can eat while we chomp down on my roasted chicken and vegetables and my fettuccine carbonara. We’ve been addicted to mussels lately so I decided to prepare baked creamy tahong (mussels) for Dad as well as the whole family.
As for the cake, I didn’t want to mess it up by trying my very first cake from scratch… so I opted to get a Pillsberry cake mix that the grocery offered. It didn’t come with frosting and I couldn’t find any in that small grocery so I had to improvise a bit and had to make my own cocoa frosting. I kinda messed it a little bit because the frosting was still quite sugary in texture (I ran out of butter, hehe).
But I’m not giving up yet. I know I’ll master that frosting soon enough. I’ll get my own Kitchenaid mixer soon. I just have to work first to get it.
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Bread as hard as stones! LOL! All this talk about food and cooking has me hungry now.
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Nika Catbagan reply on May 29th, 2008:
Thanks po sa pagdalaw. ^^
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pizzaaa!!! me likey a lot
good luck sa career move, nika.
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Nika Catbagan reply on May 29th, 2008:
Thanks kuya. Hehe, sana matanggap ako sa aaplyan ko. Hehe.
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I love pizza! Yours sure looks very delicious. I can almost taste the tomato and of course, the cheese.
What’s the spice or something that you sprinkled on top?
And good luck to you! Both in your baking and job hunting.
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Nika Catbagan reply on May 29th, 2008:
Hello, thanks sa pagbisita. I used one of the McCormick herbs. Kasi they have a Pizza one available na. So I tried it. Okay ang lasa niya and pag-open mo pa lang nun bottle smells like pizza na talaga.
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Alam mo, ginutom ako dyan sa picture mo ng pizza. When I got off work pumunta ako sa Megamall. I went straight to Pizza Hut kaya lang jampacked. Same with Sbarro (I like Sbarro kasi ang laki ng serving
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Ang ending sa Chef Donatello ako bumagsak. First time to eat there and to be honest, their pizza wasn’t that good. I ordered an 8″ combination pizza, that is, 4 different flavors in one dough. I didn’t like their dough. Tasted just like an ordinary bread.
Haay, anyways, I just want to say na keep up with the good work. If your pizza is as delicious as it looks in the photo (I’m sure it is…hehe), start your own resto. And when you do, drop me a line. I’ll be the first in line for the opening.
Hehe…obvious ba na pizza lover?
Regards.
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