{"id":1630,"date":"2010-04-04T23:53:26","date_gmt":"2010-04-05T06:53:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.radragon.com\/journal\/?p=1630"},"modified":"2010-04-05T15:02:55","modified_gmt":"2010-04-05T22:02:55","slug":"happy-easter-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.radragon.com\/journal\/2010\/04\/04\/happy-easter-6\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy Easter!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What an Easter Sunday!<\/p>\n<p>I woke up at 5:15AM, and got ready for mass. Our friend Mike picked me and sis up around 6:10am and off we were towards Hermosa Beach.<\/p>\n<p>When I got there, I wasn&#8217;t really expecting much &#8212; maybe a handful of people plus the Parish priest and the Deacon &#8212; but what I saw was a (pleasant) surprise; at least 100 people and counting were already waiting by the Hermosa Beach shores, on their beach chairs and waiting for mass to begin! I guess I wasn&#8217;t the only one excited to attend my (and the church&#8217;s) first &#8220;beach&#8221; mass!<\/p>\n<p>Of course, the mass itself was lovely and I wish I can go to all Sunday masses that way &#8212; sand between your toes, the sound of the waves lapping on the shore, and despite the cold, the morning sun saying &#8220;hallo! and good morning!&#8221; \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>Post-mass, my sis and I invited our friends to our fav brekkers restaurant on the strand, aptly named, Scotty&#8217;s on The Strand. We also invited our parish priest, Fr. Ray and the newly ordained Deacon Joe.<\/p>\n<p>This wouldn&#8217;t be a complete post without food! So here&#8217;s what I had for brekkers: &#8220;The Wave (BLT on wheat) with fries&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1631\" style=\"width: 370px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.radragon.com\/journal\/wp-content\/2010\/04\/82626890.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1631\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1631\" title=\"The Wave (BLT on wheat bread)\" src=\"http:\/\/www.radragon.com\/journal\/wp-content\/2010\/04\/82626890-360x270.jpg\" alt=\"The Wave (BLT on wheat bread)\" width=\"360\" height=\"270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.radragon.com\/journal\/wp-content\/2010\/04\/82626890-360x270.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.radragon.com\/journal\/wp-content\/2010\/04\/82626890-180x135.jpg 180w, https:\/\/www.radragon.com\/journal\/wp-content\/2010\/04\/82626890.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1631\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Wave (BLT on wheat bread)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I&#8217;m really glad I just had half of my BLT and some fries because for our Easter Lunch, well, let&#8217;s just say I have to work out the rest of the week just to burn a small <em>portion<\/em> of the fat I ate! ACK!<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, after brekkers, I began cleaning the house cos Irene (who cancelled later), <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amandadrifts.com\">Amanda<\/a> and my brothers were going to come over for Easter lunch. After picking up the food @ the stores where sisy ordered them and then after arranging them neatly on the dining table, my bro Ray and Amanda (finally) arrived and we began the feast! Oh, I found it odd that my other bro, Jeri, never showed up.\u00a0 It got me worried cos he never misses food (update: he slept through the day!?!) but we enjoyed our meals anyway.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\">Photos to come shortly<\/span>. Mooooar FOOD!<\/p>\n<table style=\"text-align: center;\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><div id=\"attachment_1642\" style=\"width: 190px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.radragon.com\/journal\/wp-content\/2010\/04\/PIC-0682.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1642\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-1642\" title=\"Chicharon Bulaklak\" src=\"http:\/\/www.radragon.com\/journal\/wp-content\/2010\/04\/PIC-0682-180x135.jpg\" alt=\"Chicharon Bulaklak\" width=\"180\" height=\"135\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.radragon.com\/journal\/wp-content\/2010\/04\/PIC-0682-180x135.jpg 180w, https:\/\/www.radragon.com\/journal\/wp-content\/2010\/04\/PIC-0682-360x270.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.radragon.com\/journal\/wp-content\/2010\/04\/PIC-0682.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 180px) 100vw, 180px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1642\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chicharon Bulaklak<\/p><\/div><\/td>\n<td>\n<p><div id=\"attachment_1643\" style=\"width: 190px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.radragon.com\/journal\/wp-content\/2010\/04\/PIC-0683.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1643\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-1643\" title=\"Pork BBQ\" src=\"http:\/\/www.radragon.com\/journal\/wp-content\/2010\/04\/PIC-0683-180x135.jpg\" alt=\"Pork BBQ\" width=\"180\" height=\"135\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.radragon.com\/journal\/wp-content\/2010\/04\/PIC-0683-180x135.jpg 180w, https:\/\/www.radragon.com\/journal\/wp-content\/2010\/04\/PIC-0683-360x270.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.radragon.com\/journal\/wp-content\/2010\/04\/PIC-0683.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 180px) 100vw, 180px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1643\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pork BBQ<\/p><\/div><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><div id=\"attachment_1644\" style=\"width: 190px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.radragon.com\/journal\/wp-content\/2010\/04\/PIC-0684.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1644\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-1644 \" title=\"Liempo\" src=\"http:\/\/www.radragon.com\/journal\/wp-content\/2010\/04\/PIC-0684-180x135.jpg\" alt=\"Liempo\" width=\"180\" height=\"135\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.radragon.com\/journal\/wp-content\/2010\/04\/PIC-0684-180x135.jpg 180w, https:\/\/www.radragon.com\/journal\/wp-content\/2010\/04\/PIC-0684-360x270.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.radragon.com\/journal\/wp-content\/2010\/04\/PIC-0684.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 180px) 100vw, 180px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1644\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Liempo<\/p><\/div><\/td>\n<td>\n<p><div id=\"attachment_1645\" style=\"width: 190px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.radragon.com\/journal\/wp-content\/2010\/04\/PIC-0685.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1645\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-1645\" title=\"Pancit Malabon\" src=\"http:\/\/www.radragon.com\/journal\/wp-content\/2010\/04\/PIC-0685-180x135.jpg\" alt=\"Pancit Malabon\" width=\"180\" height=\"135\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.radragon.com\/journal\/wp-content\/2010\/04\/PIC-0685-180x135.jpg 180w, https:\/\/www.radragon.com\/journal\/wp-content\/2010\/04\/PIC-0685-360x270.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.radragon.com\/journal\/wp-content\/2010\/04\/PIC-0685.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 180px) 100vw, 180px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1645\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pancit Malabon<\/p><\/div><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>The menu! LOL as you can see from the pics, we had no veggies! Eeek! We also had (steamed) white rice, a staple when having Filipino dishes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Chicharon Bulaklak &#8211; deep-fried pork entrails sprinkles with salt and MSG<\/li>\n<li>Pork BBQ &#8211; skewered pork. Grilled. LOL. I don&#8217;t know how else to explain it. Oh, it&#8217;s semi-sweet\/salty and somewhat soy-saucy<em>ish<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Liempo<em> <\/em>&#8211; again, grilled pork<em>, <\/em>but marinated<em> <\/em>with vinegar and salt. I think this is pork leg, or maybe shoulder? LOL I really gotta get my dishes in order. I&#8217;ll Google their actual descriptions later.<\/li>\n<li>Pancit Malabon &#8211; We call this <em>Palabok <\/em>since it has the same flavour, albeit fatter glass noodles. Again, I know there&#8217;s shrimp, pork bits, hard-boiled egg&#8230; ?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>So yeah, talk about &#8220;Heart Attack&#8221; luncheon! Ahhh&#8230; I still feel my arteries seizing up. &gt;_&lt;<\/p>\n<p>Oh and a Happy Easter, once again! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What an Easter Sunday!<br \/>\nI woke up at 5:15AM, and got ready for mass. Our friend Mike picked me and sis up around 6:10am and off we were towards Hermosa Beach.<br \/>\nWhen I got there, I wasn&#8217;t really expecting much &#8212; maybe a handful of people plus the Parish priest and the Deacon &#8212; but what I  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radragon.com\/journal\/2010\/04\/04\/happy-easter-6\/\"> read more <span class=\"meta-nav\">&raquo;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[184],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.radragon.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1630"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.radragon.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.radragon.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.radragon.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.radragon.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1630"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.radragon.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1630\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1641,"href":"https:\/\/www.radragon.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1630\/revisions\/1641"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.radragon.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1630"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.radragon.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1630"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.radragon.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1630"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}