Bad Experience

As I was thinking of a lot of things, my mind kept scanning past events in my life. Events that made me smile and those that made me feel terrible. My mind stopped on something that made my life and my husband's like hell. 

It was when my boss (a Korean) asked me if me and my husband could take care of his daughter here in the Philippines as her home stay parents. He planned that his daughter will be studying in the Philippines for her to enhance her English communication skills. After months of thinking, we agreed with some conditions. Since he is my boss, I was thinking that her daughter is well-mannered but that was absolutely wrong. He then brought her here in the Philippines and he left after 3 days of stay. I enrolled her in one of the schools here in Imus, Cavite. We took care of the enrollment procedures, arranged her school bus schedule, talked to the principle about foreign student policies, etc. 

After a month of staying in the Philippines, she started to show her true colors. It was when my husband asked her of what to have for breakfast and she answered him in a wrong way. I was surprised with her manner because me and my husband never experienced that with our siblings (believe me, I am shaking while writing this one).

From that time, we experienced fights at home. There was once a time that we haven't talked to her for a week as a punishment of not being good to us. What I hate most is that, she doesn't mind of other people's feelings. There was an instant that my husband cooked dinner for everybody and she ate ahead of us since I am still working. We were then surprised that she didn't leave anything for us. From then on, we decided to separate her food from us to avoid such problem.

The worst thing in her is that she shouts at us. When we confront her why is she shouting at us, she will say, "I am not shouting". I was wondering if she is doing this to her parents. We told this to her parents but I don't think that idea solved the problem. This situation lasts for almost 8 months. My patience and my husband's was tested during that time.

We tried to teach her everything we can to make her a better person but I guess 8 months isn't that enough. We even tried to understand her and adjust for her but still the same. I just hope that she learned something from us and from other Filipinos.

A Very Bad Dream

Last night, me and my husband decided to sleep earlier than usual so we will wake up early. I had a deep sleep. I woke up at 5 am but I went to bed again since it is still early. From that time, the bad dream started. In my dream, I am in a place where it is surrounded by complete amenities. Me and the other people in my dream were leaving in a big building. We have our own rooms and the room is really luxurious. But there is something wrong with us. We have a disease. Something like we are not humans. We are like vampires. So the idea of us living in just one place is to prevent us from hurting humans. So we are provided with what we need as vampires. We also have a leader and our leader is giving me a special attention all the time. Whenever other vampires try to bully me, he takes care of them. One day, there is a newbie. I don't exactly know if she is half-human. She is often the target of other vampires in the community. The leader asked me ti take care of her. I happily accepted the responsibility. One strong vampire really like to eat her and I have to protect her from her. I told our leader about the other vampire but he didn't believe me. One time, the bad vampire told our leader that the new comer needs to meditate with her. I know her intention and I tried to stop it but I failed. I know she is going to attack her inside. But I was wrong, she came out with her holding her arm tightly and my friend is shaking from fear. As soon as they came out, the bad vampire threw her on the ground and ready to attack her. I tried to intervene but our leader stopped me. He said that she has to fight. So we were all watching them fighting. The newcomer gave her a strong kick and she fell on the ground. She got a pointed branch and tried to kill her but she didn't succeed. She ran away. As I was running towards my friend. I felt someone snatch me from behind. It was the bad vampire. I am now the target. But our leader was fast enough to save me. I heard him whisper, you should not hurt her. She is an asset of our community. She is the one. So I was confused with what he said that I am the one.

One day I was asked to stay beside our leader during a community meeting. I was shocked when he introduced me that I am the one with a true evil blood that will make everyone immortal. That I am going to do a ceremony. I was then in the middle of everyone stunned. I tried to scan my mind of what to do to remove this so cold true blood in me. I executed the ceremony I was told to do but the other side of my mind was praying and believing that I can get out from this community soon. I was planning of something to kill everyone in an instant.  My mind was praying for Him to help me. As I was ready to do what is right, I suddenly woke up. I felt tired and exhausted. As if I was really in there. 

I am now thinking what my dream is. What does it mean? Is this a warning? I hope it is not.

Delicious Chicken

My week has been a lazy week but I am happy that I still managed to cook. :) Me and my husband were tired of the same recipe everyday so I tried to cook something different. I was able to find a recipe from the net that I can try to cook. So I asked my husband to buy me the ingredients I will need in cooking. Here's the outcome:



Yangnyeom tongdak with water melon



I decorated it with watermelon. Grapes would be better for decoration but it isn't available so I came up with the watermelon toppings.



양념통닭 (In Hangul) My husband can't wait to taste it so the fork is ready.

This recipe is awesome! For people who are not into eating spicy foods you can reduce the amount of chili paste and add more of the ketchup. :)