Exactly 8 hours after I posted my first entry of the jin loves to eat at home series, my mom calls me on my mobile, sounding all panicky and petrified, and jabbers at me in a shrill voice, “I bumped into your Auntie Kiddie just now and she said she saw pictures of my cooking on Auntie Baby’s computer. What is she talking about??? Did you put pictures of my cooking on the internet????? WHY did you do that?!?!? Isn’t the internet PUBLIC??? What pictures did you post and what did you write??? It’s EMBARASSING!!! My cooking looks HORRIBLE!!! Can everybody see them??? Do NOT let anyone see them!!!!!”
I use my I’m-an-adult-now-I-know-what-I’m-doing-you-can-trust-me voice and assure her that nobody can see anything unless I specifically email them, and I mention something about passwords, encryption, IP security, etc., etc... The more technical jargon you throw at her, the more secure she feels.
So ATTENTION EVERYBODY WHO KNOWS MY MOM: You are NOT seeing these photos, understand?
May 3, 2010, 11:13am
Roast chicken, spinach, white pumpkin with crabmeat, black mushroom rice
Dragon fruit, kiwi, apple, pomelo
May 4, 2010, 12:58pm
Chicken curry, mushrooms, red bell pepper, curry fried rice
May 5, 2010, 11:26am
Chicken adobo, fresh button mushrooms, water spinach
Mango, pomelo, dragon fruit, pear, apple
May 6, 2010, 7:53am (See, I do wake up early sometimes!)
Turkey ham and herbed cheese on rye bread and a cup of Yakult
May 8, 2010, 12:27pm
Braised beef ribs, soft boiled egg, lechon kawali, mushrooms, beef fried rice
Grapes, melon, dragon fruit, pear, pomelo, orange
May 9, 2010, 12:41pm
And on this very day when all mothers all over the world should just sit back, relax, go to the spa, shop without limit, be pampered and be spoilt rotten by their already grown up children, my mother lets me sleep until past noon, peeking in quietly every now and then to check if I am already awake, so she can prepare my lunch and serve it to me in the comfort of my room.
Pan fried cod, chicken, portabella mushrooms, sticky rice
Pear, dragon fruit, melon, kiwi, banana, pomelo, orange
And thanks to a special home delivery by Nelson, I have a huge slice of my favorite UCC Tiramisu! Tell me, is it also Jin’s Day today?
If I could be just half as great a mother as my mom is to us, my children would be the luckiest in the world.
Happy Mother’s Day, Mom! I love you. ♥
“A mother is not a person you lean on, but a person who makes leaning unnecessary.” - Dorothy Canfield Fisher
