bakit kaya "jak en poy" ang tawag dun?

a: Ok, whose turn is it to take out the garbage?"
c: hmmm, I forgot, it's you isn't it?
a: eeeh, I just did, it's your turn!
c: no way! it's your turn!
a and c : JANKEN!

Imagine na lang ninyo ang isang jak en poy scene sa inyong buhay to resolve matters similar to this.

Sa Japan, ganito ang "chant" sa larong ito (Janken)...
Jan ken pon
Ai ko desho... (ulitin kapag tabla)

Sa Pilipinas, (Jak en Poy)
Jak en poy
Hali hali hoy
Sinong matalo, syang unggoy!
(at kapag tabla...)
Jak en poy! (ulitin hanggang sa may matalo)

Heto nanaman ako, siguro kasabayan ng Katol ang Jak en Poy ang pagdating nito sa Pilipinas mula sa bansang Hapon. Magkatunog sila di ba?

Pero saan naman nanggaling yung salitang "Pik"?
(isa pang tawag natin sa Jak en Poy)
bato-bato-PIK!
bato-bato-PIK!

bakit "katol" ang tawag dun?

Tag-init na may halong ulan, maalinsangan, tiyak na may mga lamok sa mga sulok-sulok dyan! Uso pa rin dito ang pag-gamit ng katol at mayroon pa ngang CUTE na lalagyan ito hugis baboy sya at ilalagay mo yung sinindihang katol sa loob.

Bakit nga ba "katol" ang tawag nito sa Tagalog? Di ko alam kung tumpak ang sagot ko pero, sa tingin ko hango ito sa Nihongo. Ang tawag ng mga Hapon sa "katol" ay...Katori Senkou! Kunbaga ay napud-pod na lang ito at umigsi (kaya,"Katol") sa kakagamit, dahil talaga namang sangdamak-mak ang lamok sa atin di ba?

Bukod dito, ayon sa aking pardner, ang mga Hapon pala ang nag imbento ng Katol, siyempre di ako naniwala agad, kelangan kong i-Google muna ito to verify (babaw ng research methods ko, sensya na). Heto ang isang link tungkol sa "Katol".

pimp my rice

Smoked salmon was pretty cheap today so this was dinner. There were some leftover avocado, kuri and Korean seaweed in the fridge so I just mixed in a bit of sushi vinegar with the rice and hora! Temaki sushi desu!
今日スモクサルモンはやすかったので番ご飯になりました。アヴォカソとくりと韓国ののりれいぞこのなかので、すしのごはんにいれました。ホら。。。てまきすしです！


I'm watching my calorie intake so no mayo in the maki, just a bit on some kuri (Japanese cucumber).
メタボまもっていますので、少しマヨネスとくりだけ。いっただきます！

doodles

Chinese characters are a tricky lot.


Why do people who jump off buildings, bridges or any high place to kill themselves must take their shoes off, always?



Quite a boring day, this one.


May he deliver all the changes he's talking about.

'Sali na tayo, dali!

Art In Site

Tako Pasta - タコパスター

The unforgiving summer heat inspired me to combine a basic peperoncino pasta with a marinade of octopus, cucumber, parsely in fresh lemon juice and sweet karashi miso for a cool and seemingly light dinner.



Yummy fresh octopus, I could not help but eat the tips of the tender tentacles as I slice away.



The cherry tomatoes were sprinkled with balsamic vinegar before it was added to the pasta. Fresh shredded basil leaves and a dash of crushed black pepper complete the summery taste. C asked me to do this again next week! よかったですね！

Nanaman?!

Japan was struck by a pretty strong earthquake at midnight, just after we finished watching, er, woke up to a dumb movie not worth mentioning here. C went back to sleep while we were still rolling and I turned on the TV; which was still on its perch, to check out the news.

Amazingly, I did not have to wait (usually 3 to 5 minutes after a quake) as the news flashed a map of Northern Japan with the varying quake magnitudes all laid out and tsunami warnings constantly updated! I was still feeling queasy since our building was still swaying - like motion sickness when I ride a car. It was M2 in Tokyo, quite weak unless you are several meters from ground level.

On the same note, that dodgy email about the triangle of life which has been around has come around again from a friend. All I can say is that when an earthquake strikes, make sure you turn off your stove and then run under a table and hope it's sturdy enough. You can't really do much. So last midnight during the quake, I just turned on the TV for the news.