I went on a 13-day training on Fundamentals in Baking and Pasty Arts at the CCA from May 11-May 27. I've been baking at home with my mom but I never really had a way of doing any of the products without referring to the recipe and following it just about how I am instructed. After the training, I figured that despite the fact that baking is an exact science, it's still how you maneuver your hands in every mix and your tasteful way of doing some surplus over some ingredients that makes your produce showcase your uniqueness. It's always important to think of who you are preparing the food for and how you feel about that person.

The training was quite expensive and I never really thought my parents would agree to send me there for 13 days. They were actually eyeing the 6-month program but unfortunately, my schedule does not permit me to pursue it. As I've said, it was quite expensive and despite my want to really enrol I thought that 13 days would really be short. I can get training for about 3 days for a much much much much lesser tuition. But to our surprise, CCA did a good job on this short course. I got to learn how to spice up different desserts which I intend to do for my family, friends and the business I've been saving for.

Right now, I'm at the stage of re-learning from what I've learned. I have had friends taste my finished products and yes they were a bit disappointed (haha!). I think I really don't have the skills to be at the kitchen but I'm really trying. :) Well anyway, I think people should give this short course a try. I met a lot of people and it's very amazing how I got close to them with only 13 days to get to know each other. :)

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The Hayden Kho - Katrina Halili Issue

If I'm some bitch, I think I would just tell the media to just SHUT UP. But being a woman, I think I should feel some sympathy over Katrina Halili and the rest of the girls victimized by the scandal. Well yes, I've been so sympathetic ever since the news broke out. Women are created by God to be taken care of and respected by men. I do have boy friends and I know that sensual stuff like these are normal to them. It never really surprised me if they have pornographies on their laptops and stacks of XXX dvd's at home even if I do let out some feeling of eewiness. Hehe :)

As the news would have it, this is not the first case that someone from the industry was dastrically exposed in such a sexual and must I say inhumane manner. If this is not the first then the senate (fine, the government in general) would have done something even way way way back before to stop scandals like this to happen. It has happened to Marcos and many others and it's only now they realize that a law should be instituted to penalize acts like this. What the hell? Aren't they like a lifetime too late do that? And now the media and senate are hounding everyone regarding this issue just because they don't know what to do to such unpunishable crime.

It's getting all too annoying. Around 90% of the news are about Hayden and Katrina. What else should the people know about it? If they solve it, would we finally have enough food to feed our unfortunate citizens? If they solve it, would they finally convince people to stop doing acts that contributes to global warming? If they solve it, would people know then who really should take office next year? It's causing too much disgrace to the women involved and as the media continue to delve into details, a lot of names also surface. We do have the right to know about issues like this but personally I do not think that sensitive matters as this should be highly sensationalized. If they're goal is to get the sympathy of people, well they're starting to lose it.

I think for once they should minimize tackling the matter so Katrina would have some time to grieve on her own and think about what she has to do about it without the public getting too much into a problem she must face as an indivdual whose integrity was tarnished and not only as a celebriy who has to clear her name. In fairness to Hayden, despite being the man who did all taping, the issue is WHO SPREAD THE VIDEOS and not WHO MADE IT. It's so sick how the senate condemns him of trying to tape his private moments with his girls when really, there are lot in the country who does that. Actually, it's confusing if they're trying to look on the details of why he made the videos or who opened pandora's box. As how I see it, they only want to condemn Hayden Kho just because Katrina Halili is doing so and it would be much more pleasurable and an awww-momentously created act for the public if they would side on the victim.

I heard that what had happened was against the Doctors' Code of Ethics (if there is such) and invalidating Hayden's license would be inevitable. Give the man a break for crying out loud. A medical license is not something you wake up to the morning after hard-partying. If this happens maybe then they should try to search every doctor's hard drive for scandals. They're not even sure if Hayden really made it for the purpose of selling or fabricating copies. Katrina Halili has every right to throw all curses to Hayden and feel all wrath for him and even concretize that wrath. She, along with the other women, are the only ones who have these rights and no one else.

I believe that the people we have put into office and who are currently trying to solve this problem are very intelligent. More so, I know that the media is only performing its duties. But like any normal person, you just have to know when to lie-low on certain things and just hype it up when you finally found the real score. They would say that people demands publicized proceedings on this. But what do they really want? To protect those involved or to just let people know that "hey look, we're acting on this. We're so great.".

Hhhm.. I think I just got sick of hearing stuff about this. From the afternoon until the news in the evening, this is all they are talking about. What the hell? We have a country to save, don't we?