New Year Munchies

Happy New Year.

This being a new year and all, I took the time to post something new in my blog after a short absence. Since Maiks is sick, I let out the old druid in me and concocted a batch of potato soup for her, despite never having made the said brew.

Here's what I prepared:

Ingredients:
1 kilo marble potatoes
1 whole red bell pepper (diced)
2 bulbs green onion (diced)
some parsley
1 liter stock
salt n pepper (to taste)

1. Let the marble potatoes boil in water for about 20-30 mins (with skin)
2. Sautee onions and bell peppers together til onions turn light brown.
3. Let the stock boil on low heat while mixing in the onions and bell peppers.
4. let sit for about 5 mins then add the potatoes in the mix. ( some of the potato water may be added for volume)
5. Mash the potatoes while in the mix.
6. Transfer soup mix into a blender and puree.
7. Add parsley leaves for garnish and blend in.
8. Add salt and pepper to your liking.

No need to add cream or starch, as blended potatoes are thick enough. We had these with Bread Pan bites as croutons. Yummy.

I wasnt able to take a picture because we finished the soup before I wrote this entry.

Try it and let me know how yours goes.

Another First

There's a song by Semisonic called "Closing Time" that goes:
Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end.

yeah.

This blog of mine has retained its url, but I decided to start anew with it. I don't really know why. Maybe:

1. I'm just currently bored on a rainy friday night


2. I was inspired by all this talk of digital marketing during the recent IMMAP conference at SMX


3. I just really like the silent screams of writing, whether in pen or keyboard


4. I'm secretly sharpening my so-called skills to be able to write for print again even if just to get published once in a while for a little bit of moolah


5. The old blog just needed a makeover

Whatever the reason, this is what I have to work with now. My little piece of the infinitely vast realm of cyberspace. I guess non-Social Network Site (SNS) blogs add a touch of mystery to online activity. I mean, when you blog in Friendster or Facebook, your profile and pictures and whathaveyous take attention away (though probably not all) from the content and spread it thinly among the other components. With blogging on a regular blogsite, the literature speaks for itself. You may choose to add photos or music or whatnot, but in the end, one can still do without them. (Imagine a Friendster of Facebook page without all the bits of Info and Photos).

Well. whatever the actual reason, I know this new beginning learned lessons from the previous beginning's end. CHANGE IS INEVITABLE.