So, as anal retentive as this will seem... here is a complete list of the food Ive eaten for the past six months... its pretty accurate.... I don't think Ive left much out..... I feel strangely proud to announce to the world that I have documented the food entering my body for the past six months..... anyway...
WEEK 1
one egg, one roll
small bananas
4 drumsticks
ramon soup
mango
Aug 24
2 small bananas
one bowl of spaghetti with italian sauce
appetizers (satay, french fries, pork type food)
Aug 25
Oatmeal with banana
sardines
puffy marienda with meat
rice and beans with greens
Aug 26
can corned beef
rice
banana
greens
August 27
2 eggs
pork type dish with rice
cheeseburger
August 28
Oatmeal with mango
puffy marienda with meat
1 spare rib, 1 pc chicken, rice, chop suey
bites of pandeet
August 29
2 small banana
3 pastry
1 tilapia
veggies
meat and gravy with rice
beans
WEEK 2
Aug 30
chicken drumstick with rice
2 pastry
one pork chop w rice and boc choy
Aug 31
2 eggs w rice
spags with eggplant
1 banana
Sept 1
Oatmeal w raisons and banana
cheese sandwich
Philippine buffet (beef, fish, pork, chop suey)
Sept 2
mango and banana
strange half sandwich
1 small pc chicken, rice, chop suey
pastry
1 can tuna, raman, greens, banana
Sept 3
Banana
small sandwich
rice with some meat food
rice with beans and greens
peanuts and raisins
Sept 4
Oatmeal w raisins
2 shrimp w mixed veg and rice
small sandwich
donut with peanuts
buttered noodles with greens and garlic
Sept 5
mango and hard boiled egg
corned beef, small can of garbanzo, greens
WEEK3
Sept 6
Chicken thigh and leg w rice
pancake
2 small Chx leg and 1 thigh… mixed curry veggies with rice
Sept 7
pastina
stir fry cabbage, 1/2 carrot and small onion w rice
banana and raisins
Sept 8
2 small banana
1 can sardines
2 rolls
one hard boiled egg
one chix leg and thigh, popcorn
Sept 9
oatmeal w 2 banana and raisins
slice of filipino pizza
chicken wing and veggies and rice and banana
rice with cabbage, carrot, beans
yogurt
Sept 10
biscuit
rice 1/2 fish squid beef/cabbage w broth beans
panceet
Sept 11
rice 1 fish peanuts
chx wing squidd pork piece rice
Sept 12
raman soup
pork spaghetti w sauce
crackers
WEEK 4
SEPT 13
panceet x2
beef pieces and a fish piece
fried leaves and a piece of natural candy
pork, veggies and rice
chips n peanuts
Sept 14
oatmeal with banana and raisins
pork adobo with squash and rice noodles
chips n peanut
fish with rice
Sept 15
banana
2 slices of pastry
peanuts
pork curry with eggplant and rice and banana
Sept 16
banana and mango
pastry
can tuna and roll
can corned beef with roll, chips, red beans
Sept 17
Oatmeal with raisins and banana
2 rolls
noodles, cabbage and carrot pieces
Sept 18
one egg w one roll w one banana
ground pork, squash, rice, eggroll sort of thing
1 pieces chicken and rice
Sept 19
banana
americano burger with french fries!
pork curry leftovers and mango
WEEK 5
Sept 20
Oatmeal w Banana and raisins
raman with hard boiled egg, boy choy and crackers
Spaghetti, eggplant and a roll
Sept 21
2 eggs, one roll
peanuts and chips
two links sausage, rice, greens and banana
Sept 22
1 piece chicken, pandect
2 slices pizza
peanuts, chips, raisins
Sept 23
oatmeal with raisins
1 piece chicken and rice
chips and peanuts
Sept 24
Oatmeal with raisins
Chicken pieces with rice
2 pieces chicken and chocolate cake
chips
Sept 25
one egg one roll
spaghetti
chop suey, 2 small pieces pork, rice, dessert cup
cheese sandwich
rice and beans and peanuts
Sept 26
fish and rice
fish and rice
squid x 2
WEEK 6
Sept 27
Fish and rice
pork and rice
Fish and rice
little cake
Sept 28
Pork boiled egg rice
Fish soup
beans, boc choy and rice with 2 small sausage
peanuts
Sept 29
2 pc banana cake
can of sardines
crackers and peanuts
fried potato, black beans and 1 pc chicken
BANANA AND COOKIES
Sept 30
Oatmeal with banana and raisins
2 slices pizza
popcorn
Oct 1
rice x 2
ground shark, green veggie, pork roast, squid
Noodles, garlic, garbanzo beans, cookie, peanuts
Oct 2
1/2 banana
2 shrimp. one piece chicken, veggies, rice, 1/2 banana
ramon soup w greens, onion
Cookies
Oct3
1/2 banana and pastry
1 small can corn beef with 1/2 roll
minced pork w rice and one can peas
WEEK 7
OCT 4
one egg, one roll, minced pork
mango and banana
spaghetti with meat sauce and cabbage salad
OCT 5
oatmeal w raisins
can tuna and crackers
curry, egg with rice
Oct 6
Mango and roll
peanuts
Oct 7
Oatmeal with raisins
one piece chicken, spaghetti, roll
2 pieces white bread
mini hamburger
Oct 8
PANCEET w boiled egg
rice, green beans, chicken pieces
cabbage soup
Oct 9
one egg, one roll, small piece of ground pork
eggroll, pork, rice, greens
popcorn
Oct 10
Chips
Can Tuna and Crackers
banana dessert
curry w rice
WEEK 8
Oct 11
Panceet, w cabbage, boc choy, carrot, pork
fried okra, bok choy and rice
Oct 12
Oatmeal w raisins
Cabbage Soup, sausage w crackers
2 empanadas
3 pc chx, rice corn
Oct 13
banana
cabbage salad w crackers
panceet
m and c with hotdog and greens
Oct 14
one hard boiled egg and one banana
2 empanada and 2 donut
fried okra and beans with rice
Oct 15
banana
sardines and crackers
popcorn
Oct 16
oatmeal w banana raisin
chicken wing and leg, rice, hard boiled egg, chic noodle soup
muffin
pork chop, rice, corn
Oct 17
mac and cheese and hot dog with peanuts
panceet with cabbage and carrot and meat
WEEK 9
Oct 18
double cheeseburger with fires
10” pizza with ultra thin crust
Oct 19
can tuna w crackers
Chicken breast corn rice
Oct 20
corned beef, roll, banana
donut
peanut butter sandwich
Oct 21
Oatmeal with raisins and banana
panceet with 2 rice logs
spags with meat sauce and cabbage salad and roll
Oct 22
Small piece chicken, meat, veggie and rice
stir fry with beans and greens
Oct 23
Oatmeal with banana and raisin
Fish, greens and rice
banana
rice and pork
Oct 24
Pastina
WEEK 10
Oct 25
one saucy egg with meat and roll
cookie x2
1/2 pork chop, rice, pumpkin, okra curry
Oct 26
Oatmeal with coconut, pineapple
cabbage soup w hot dog
crackers
chips and a cookie
OCT 27
peanut butter and roll, pineapple
leftover spags
leftover pork curry
cookie
Oct 28
oatmeal with coconut and pineapple
cookie
raman soup w/ green beans, onion, okra, greens and hard boiled egg!
popcorn
Oct 29
can of sardines, roll and chips
3 cookies and cassava cake
beans with rice and hotdog
Oct 30
Pineapple with coconut
can of tuna and roll. Cookie
stir fry with rice
Oct 31
2 eggs hotdog w roll
2 leg 2 thigh of chicken w fried okra
WEEK 11
November 1
Mango, banana pineapple w coconut
veggie stir fry and rice and cookies
nov 2
2 eggs 2 slice bacon! roll
rice and green beans, greens
Nov 3
oatmeal w raisins coconut banana
cabbage soup with crackers
banana
Mac and Cheese with green beans
Nov 4
can of sardines with crackers
cookie
bowl of ice cream
panceet w greens, cabbabe, carrot, onion
Nov 5
3 donuts
corned beef, roll and garbanzo beans
Nov 6
cookies
raman soup
cassava balls
Spags with mystery meat and cabbage salad
Nov 7
Oatmeal with raisins and coconut
cookie
tuna sandwich
homemade potato chips
WEEK 12
November 8
Mango and Coconut
hard boiled egg
fish, rice, banana, pork pieces
fry bread
grilled chicken
November 9
2 eggs, bacon, roll
beef taco
coconut milkshake w corn
stir fry chicken with rice
November 10
tuna salad and bun, chips
bread with chocolate
chicken panceet
Nov 11
2 donut
rice empanada
panceet and white bread
Pizza slice
raman soup with greens, carrot hard boiled egg, cabbage salad, crackers
popcorn
Nov 12
unknown
Nov 13
2 eggs, pandect, rice, nuts, fruit,okra, Chicken nuggets, veggie crepe
Nov 14
chocolate banana pancakes , thai chicken curry, rice, sushi
WEEK 13
Nov 15
shrimp pad thai, 2 slices bread, fish and shrimp
Nov 16
2 eggs, bacon, 2 slices of bread. ceviche w blue marlin sushi, half rack of ribs, garlic mashed potatoes
Nov 17
2 poached eggs, 2 slices bread, bacon rice pork adobo with rice
Nov 18
Tariake Chicken Pita
Rice cookies
Nov 19
2 donuts
cabbage salad with crackers
Nov 20
1 donut
1 banana
pork, veggies, rice
Nov 21
oatmeal with banana and raisins
raman soup with greens
banana
pork chop with rice and beans … cookies
WEEK 14
Nov 22
One piece chicken, rice noodles and a roll
banana
mac n cheese with hotdog
popcorn
Nov 23
2 banana pancakes
corned beef, roll, 2 bags of chips, greens
cookie
Nov 24
bean and rice soup
Chicken soup
fried potatoe
Nov 25
pineapple, banana, coconut
empanada and donut
Sardines and crackers
panceet
2 donut
MC and cabbage salad
Nov 26
tuna, roll and chips
Spags w pork, cabbage salad and roll
popcorn
Nov 27
chicken panceet
cake
chicken breast, rice corn
Nov 28
one egg, one slice bacon, one slice bread
raman soup with greens
a bit of panceet and a piece of cake
rice and beans
pineapple and mango salad
WEEK 15
Nov 29
Oatmeal with raisons and coconut
raman soup with rice greens and hard boiled egg, slice bread
Nov 30
fruit (pieces of mango, pineapple, kalamanci, coconut, banana)
leftover spaghetti
panceet
Dec 1
can tuna, roll, 2 bags chips
1/2 banana
curry rice and beans
cookie
Dec 2
oatmeal banana and raisins
leftover panceet
green beans and rice stir fry
Dec 3
donut
leftover curry rice/beans with hard boiled egg
2 hot dogs, beans, chips and fried potato
Dec 4
one egg, bread, 2 slices bacon
olive pesto
Dec 5
pizza
WEEK 16
Dec 6
Yogurt and fruit
chicken curry with rice
cheddar cheese and crackers
Dec 7
oatmeal with bananas
filipino buffer
chicken shawarma with hummus and naan
Dec 8
2 eggs bacon with 2 slices bread
beef shawarma and hummus and salad
Dec 9
veggie curry
hummus, naan and tabouli
Dec 10
fruit and yogurt
pad thai with tofu
burger and fries
Dec 11
chicken pho with quail egg
ice cream
cashews
Dec 12
chicken soup with liver and hot dog
rice and greens
popcorn
WEEK 17
Dec 13
Chicken
Dec 14
Oatmeal w raisins and banana
fried potato
spags with meat sauce and cabbage salad, crackers
Dec 15
donut
pork chop rice green beans with banana
Dec 16
peanuts
can tuna, bread, chips and 1/2 banana
rice, raw carrot, chips
Dec 17
Raman, crackers, kalamanci
rice, pork pieces and flan
peanuts and popcorn
Dec 18
1 egg, bread
Raman, crackers
rice and beans w meat
Dec 19
panceet
grilled pork belly, grilled fish, greens and rice
chicken, cake, rice
WEEK 18
Dec 20
pastina
pizza (terrible pizza)
chicken chips
pork rice
Dec 21
leftover spaghetti
pork adobo with rice
Chips
Dec 22
mango and kalamanci
corned beef with bread, small potato, green beans and cabbage salad
Dec 23
2 packs of crackers, can of sardines
slice of very terrible pizza
leftover rice and beans w hard boiled egg
Dec24
rice and beans and kalamanci
Dec25
mango, kalamanci and hard boiled egg
2 small slices ham, spaghetti, noodle salad, rice
popcorn and an apple !!!
Dec26
pork chip, rice and baked beans
kalamanci
WEEK 19
Dec 27
Chocolate covered rice cake
Egg Salad sandwich
Cream of mushroom soup, fries
Dec 28
1 shrimp, Grilled tuna, Rice
small pork piece, small chicken piece,
Panceet
Ceveche’ and fries
Dec 29
Rice with Chicken, peanuts
Chicken curry, rice, cucumber salad
Dec 30
Buscuits, banana chips
hummus and pita
Dec 31
1 egg, corned beef, rice, 2 banana
Several oreos
Pizza
Chicken curry
Jan 1
One egg, 2 slices toast
fried rice
chocolate banana crepe
Jan 2
1 egg, 2 slices toast
plain crepe, Mango slices, one fried banana, then 2 more raw banana
Shrimp curry with peanuts
WEEK 21
Jan 10
one egg, rice with cheese whiz
spaghetti and chicken
Jan 11
mango and banana
one piece of chicken
Jan12
2 donut
can tuna w crackers
one chicken breast, rice and beans
Jan 13
Oatmeal with raisins
fried banana
pork sandwich
one chicken breast, rice and cabbage salad
popcorn
Jan 14
2 donut
chicken, panceet
banana
m and c
Jan 15
1/2 banana and donut
crackers, rice green beans and pork broth
1 potato and cabbage
Jan 16
1 donut
rice, pork, chicken, beans, pudding
Grilled chicken and chips
Kalamanci x2
WEEK 22
Jan 17
Kalamanci
Ramon soup with chicken
4 kalamanci
pork adobo and rice
Jan 18
oatmeal
rice with green beans and pork broth
roasted chicken and chips and green beans
Jan 19
2 donut
can of tuna w crackers
pasta w pork and olives and garlic
Jan 20
2 donut
1 piece chocolate cake
roll with peanut butter
cabbage salad
one banana
Jan 21
boiled egg
2 donuts
pork soup
cabbage salad, can of sardines and popcorn
Jan 22
roll
corned beef and potato
Jan 23
roll
ramon soup w crackers
noodle sandwich
chx (leg and thigh), rice, beans, dried mango
WEEK 23
JAN 24
mango and guava
popcorn
fried banana
chicken and pork soup
Jan 25
oatmeal
spags with pork and cabbage salad
1/2 banana
Jan 26
a few saltines
corned beef, beans, m and c
Jan 27
1/2 banana and guava
2 empanadas
chicken and rice
Chicken and rice again
Jan 28
4 slices white bread, 2 slices ham, 2 slices cheese
chicken, rice and veggies
leftover pesta with pork and garlic and olive, mango slices
Jan 29
meat sandwich X2
bbq pork, tofu (!), rice
wild duck and native chicken
Jan 30
Oatmeal with raisins and banana
ramon soup with crackers
slice of pizza
small can pork n beans, grilled chicken and rice\\
WEEK 24
Jan 31
Cookies, chicken and rice
fried pork and peanuts
Feb 1
chicken, pork, crackers, peanuts
cookies
Feb 2
kini law
fried pepper
assorted pork pieces
Chicken
cookies
Feb 3
tuna sandwich
ham and egg sandwich
cassava chips
Feb 4
2 eggs, 2 pc toast, bacon
hamburger and fries
schwarma, chicken curry, naan and olives
Feb 5
yogurt and banana
hummus, tabouli, falafel and naan
Feb 6
oatmeal with banana
chop suey with dry noodles and rice
2 fish tacos, chips, 2 cookies, onion rings
So, I can't leave here without acknowledging my best friend during this whole adventure, Tony Fuerillo. All the DJs at the radio station have nicknames that they go by when they are on air... Tony's is 'Mr. Romantico'. He gets this title from two distinct qualities he possesses. One, he is a great singer and has a penchant for crooning oh so romantic love songs over the airwaves to his lovely wife. Second, he has the most remarkable speaking voice. I'm not sure how he sounds in Bicol, but in English his voice has a style about it... soft, smooth and precise. His voice sounds like no other and his command of the English language is perfect.
Tony cares. He's the kind of guy who will text you to make sure you got home safe at night and he will text you in the morning to make sure you are feeling well. I guess you could say that Tony took me under his wing. He introduced me to his family, and knew before I did, that I would become close friends with his beautiful daughter Rose Ann, who began working at the municipal building recently. He owns a lovely piece of land and on a few occasions we would have a party there with Tony being the perfect host, making sure we had enough food and water, sacrificing his own enjoyment for the love of his barkada. Well, thats not really fair, because I happen to know that he very much enjoyed that role - making sure that we were happy in his homespace.