You Alone

Diary, Poetry by J

The poem above—assuming it is indeed a poem—is admittedly chaka and is also alternatively titled “Pizza”:

For I desire and I suffer --       
     and pizza and pizza alone      
     could satisfy my hunger.

True ‘no?

But shitty poetry aside, I just got back from Panago after picking up a late-night order. It’s almost midnight and I should be sleeping but I once again skipped supper and boy am I hungry.

I have been eating only once a day. Stupid, I know. I am now 15 pounds underweight and my physique is slowly transitioning from pre boob job Kim Chiu to post heroin Kate Moss. Give me a few more days and I might just turn into the kalansay replica sulking in the corner of your science classroom.

I sure miss the karindirya. Fast food here isn’t cheap so preparing my own food is more budget-friendly. But budget isn’t even the issue; I’m just too lazy to cook. A semi-digression: my first brush with culture shock was discovering that KFC does not serve rice. Eating just two pieces of fried chicken felt like hearing half a joke, no punchline. Or reading a fragment.

Another digression (this time completely off-track): I vehemently disagree with the CA’s decision to reject Judy Taguiwalo as DSWD secretary. To borrow Sen. Ralph Recto’s words: “it is her work during the ‘unsalaried phase’ of her checkered career which is her biggest qualification in holding the DSWD portfolio.” Hay. Mabuhay ka, Ma’am Judy!

Anyways pardon the (bad) poetry, the first world problems, and the abominable attempt at coherence. Gutom na gutom na gutom lang talaga ako.

33 Comments

  1. mia
    Reply

    oh my gosh that is so true. you’re hilarious jolens. i personally now think it would be an interesting project to change the subjects of all love poems to “pizza”. it will be a wild success bahahha

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      1. Alona
        Reply

        Have you tried those food in a jar na pwede mong istrore for a week? You make it on Sundays. Mostly salad lang kasi but then at least kakain ka. Masarap at masaya magluto. Taong kain hugas pinggan lang din ako dati but when I learned to cook, mas gusto ko ng magluto kesa kumain. Mash potatoes, potato crochet, or corn will work as replacement sa rice. Cook pasta, hiwalay mo ung sauce para medyo tumagal ng ilaw araw. Mabubuhay ka sa ganun. It will only take you 20 minutes max to cook a decent easy pasta. Pramis.

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        1. Jolens
          Reply

          Na-try ko nang mag-salad kaya lang hindi ko masyadong bet bilang baon. Parang hindi nakakabusog? At mabilis lang ba gumawa ng mash-po? Sige susubukan ko ‘yang patatas suggestions mo!

          May rice naman ako dito sa bahay kaya lang hindi niya kayang isaing ang sarili niya. Iniisip ko pa lang ‘yung pagsalok ng bigas, tapos paghugas, tapos pagtantya ng taas ng tubig — wala baks, matutulog na lang ako. Hahaha. Nokokotomod!

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          1. Alona

            Anak ka kaserola, Jolens! Magsaba ka na lang. Ilalaga lang yun, teh! Hahahaha. Mas madaling magsaing kesa magmash potato na maayos. Ilaga mo na lang din. Pwede na yun.

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          2. Jolens

            Naghahanap ako ngayon ng food supplements. Tipong pills na lang, wala nang pagkain-pagkain para wala na ring luto-luto. Hahahuhuhu.

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      2. Kat
        Reply

        pero naiintindihan kita. sympre after a long day gusto mo nlng talaga humiga at magpahinga! take care lang bes siguro todo cooking pag weekend para reheat lahat? haha basta take care of your health lang din 🙂

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  6. bessclef
    Reply

    Bakla, na-realize ko din yang riceless KFC chuvaness. HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Na-weirdohan yung bf ko minsan nung sinabihan ko sya na ang weird na walang rice yung chicken. Ako pa ang naging weird. LOL.

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  7. Carmina Mones
    Reply

    Sino ba nagpasikat dyan kay Lang Leav kakairita lang mga gawa. Huhuhu.

    Kala ko nakakaawa na ko sa twice a day kong pagkain – sinasabay ko ung lunch sa breakfast tapos dinner na ung next kong kain. Pero jusq ung once a day, babalik ako ng ospital pag ginawa ko yan kaloka ka.

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    1. Jolens
      Reply

      Feeling ko si Lang Leav ang Twilight ng batch natin (batch natin??) haha. Ewan ko rin ba’t siya sikat!

      At oy, bumili na ako ng Ibuki na moisturizer! Once ko pa lang nagamit, so far so good naman. Tenkyuuu! ❤

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      1. Carmina Mones
        Reply

        As in na-confuse ako isang beses. Thirty minutes akong nakatayo sa Powerbooks binabasa ko ung book niya and I keep asking myself, “Alin dito? Bakit hindi ko naiintindihan ang hype? Bakit hindi ko maintindihan ang mga tula?” Hahahaha! Nai-stress ako sa mali-maling putol ba, so ganun siya binabasa ng utak ko. Sakit ng ulo ko lumabas ng bookstore. Haha! Until a friend tweeted na di niya magets ang hype and I was like, “I’m not the only one!!!” HAHAHA!

        Uy, bongga! Ubos na yung sakin wala pa kong pambili ng bago. 💔 Nagtiyatiyaga ako sa Faceshop ngayon.

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  10. aubu22
    Reply

    natawa ko sa tula, hahahaha, asa disyerto ka ba at walang rice ang KFC? nakow, ako ndi ko keribels ndi makakain ng tatlo-apat-limang beses sa isang araw, baka magsuicide ako hahaha, tips para hindi magutom, dumikit sa mga taong mahilig magluto (user-friendly ang datingan hahaha) pero oo nga, hahaha tamad ako magluto pero busog ako lagi nung indi days ko sa disyerto dahil sa mga tropapips ko na passion ang cooking, 😛

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    1. Jolens
      Reply

      Wala ako sa disyerto, nasa freezer ako way up north haha. Naku magandang idea ‘yang pagdikit sa mga taong mahilig magluto. Sayang nga lang wala ako masyadong friend dito, pero I will for sure be on the lookout for potential tropapips na mahilig magluto hahaha.

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        1. Jolens
          Reply

          Ako rin! Kasi ‘yung pagtulog madaling gawin, hihiga ka lang at pipikit at maghihintay (at sanay na sanay tayo sa paghihintay, chot!). ‘Yung pagluluto ang daming steps nakakashomad! Hahahaha.

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