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| from the album Slim and Slender days |
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| at my slimmest |
While putting the kids to sleep, I thought of eating lettuce dipped in vinegar and bagoong na alamang (shrimp paste) but I fell asleep.
I've always been skinny when I was younger until I discovered snacking on leftover rice topped with bagoong and calamansi after school when I was in Grade 3. By the time we moved to Manila when I was in Grade 4, I started packing on the pounds. That's when every food became my favorite.
It didn't help that my mom's a great cook. She let me help in the kitchen by mincing the garlic, cutting onions and tomatoes. For years that was my role and believe me or not, I wasn't really paying attention then. The very first meal I cooked was sauteed corned beef with cabbage and bell pepper until I progressed to cooking adobo, nilaga, sinigang and the rest I should say was history.
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| Lei helping Mommy to cook |
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| Lance cooking |
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| back at being heavy :-) |
