kwentong yogurt
ganito kasi. white hat yogurt is the best yogurt (of it's kind) that i've ever tasted. and it was my first, so i guess that even if i find something better, i'll never forget my first white hat cup of yogurt. it;s tangy, and leaves me with this intense, almost painful feeling in my mouth (basta, okay?) without the toppings, it's the best as far as i'm concerned. i said that already.
it comes with a lot of perks - homemade granola (which isn't available in any of the other yogurt stores i've seen, and which i think is the bestest topping evaaaaah), fresh (?) strawberries... but it comes with some MAJOR drawbacks too - the store isn't near home, or school. it's expensive especially considering other brands (Php 150 for yogurt+2 toppings vs Php70 for yogurt+3 toppings). it is, absolutely not something i want to get addicted to because it's sooo far away, inaccessible, and just maybe, not worth all the hassle if i really want to be technical about it (especially now that we're studying food service mark-up and shit, everything seems so effin' expensive. katay.), even if it is mind-blowingly yummy. it just won't be healthy, for lack of a better term.
then there's green mango (beside fruit magic, sort of across drew's). the presentation's actually a lot prettier (compared to the no-frills white-hat approach). there are more toppings to choose from, and there's just more for your money in terms of quantity. it's not white hat, but it's near school, very accesible, and very, well, pretty and attractive. homemade granola is MIA from the toppings shelf, but i'm allowed to have three, so that's something that ought to make me feel good, right? i got fruit cereal, rice crispies, and walnuts = toppings. the first two toppings i can live without, but they're new and everyone eats them with their yogurt i guess so i thought i should give it a try. i got all giddy over the walnuts, and i'd really convinced myself that it was going to be a great thing. i took a bite and it was actually less tangy and hurt my tongue less (i don't know how else to say this). the crispies and cereal were new, and i decided i could learn to like them, that i should learn to like them since white hat = not happening (too far, i have to drive longer, i have to shell out double; in short, effort!). and then there were the walnuts. it looked positively sinful on the yogurt, sliding off as the frozen treat melted. it was yummy, and i was happy while i was eating the yogurt from green mango. i was pleasantly surprised that i wasn't thinking of white hat at all! i kept a huge chunk of walnut for the last bite, and when i did put it in my mouth - ech. it left a bitter, powdery after-taste that left me wanting more.
the point is, green mango yogurt is good, but only when you overlook individual attributes and look at the final product as a whole. it's good, as long as you don't focus on just the yogurt, or just the cereal, or just the walnuts. white hat yogurt, on the other hand, is relatively fetching as a whole, but the real awesomeness comes from experiencing all the little things by themselves, apart from the rest. it becomes even more yummy when you try to taste the granola underneath the tangy yogurt, or when you try to ignore the crunchiness and focus on the brilliance that is the yogurt, and just the yogurt.
okay, weird ranting. but fairly interesting, i think. =D
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damn grey's anatomy. ep 16 was so intense. i liked how they had derek make a mistake that cost a patient her life - because he's human, he makes mistakes. and that makes him real. fugly when i say it, but whatever.
what's driving me insane is that there won't be another episode till march 12, there are no spoilers and promos on the net, and the guy (on the writers' blog, because they have that) said that there will be serious fallout from derek and mark's fistfight and it will be something totally unexpected. and that derek and meredith will not happen the way we think it'll happen. sa bagay, it'll be gross if derek just proposes, and besides there's a lot going on with the fight and the professional issues. but a break-up will be ecccch, epic fail. ugh.
i know these are characters (played by ridiculously good-looking people) working in a pretend hospital practicing pretend medicine, but gaaaah. it's always so much easier to try to unravel the complexities of their pretend lives that to think about mine.
UGGGGGGGGH. argggggh. i just wanna know what'll happen next. stress na nga ang real life and not knowing what's going to happen next, pati ba naman tv show makikisali pa??
stupid, lame-ass entry. ugh i need sleep.
it comes with a lot of perks - homemade granola (which isn't available in any of the other yogurt stores i've seen, and which i think is the bestest topping evaaaaah), fresh (?) strawberries... but it comes with some MAJOR drawbacks too - the store isn't near home, or school. it's expensive especially considering other brands (Php 150 for yogurt+2 toppings vs Php70 for yogurt+3 toppings). it is, absolutely not something i want to get addicted to because it's sooo far away, inaccessible, and just maybe, not worth all the hassle if i really want to be technical about it (especially now that we're studying food service mark-up and shit, everything seems so effin' expensive. katay.), even if it is mind-blowingly yummy. it just won't be healthy, for lack of a better term.
then there's green mango (beside fruit magic, sort of across drew's). the presentation's actually a lot prettier (compared to the no-frills white-hat approach). there are more toppings to choose from, and there's just more for your money in terms of quantity. it's not white hat, but it's near school, very accesible, and very, well, pretty and attractive. homemade granola is MIA from the toppings shelf, but i'm allowed to have three, so that's something that ought to make me feel good, right? i got fruit cereal, rice crispies, and walnuts = toppings. the first two toppings i can live without, but they're new and everyone eats them with their yogurt i guess so i thought i should give it a try. i got all giddy over the walnuts, and i'd really convinced myself that it was going to be a great thing. i took a bite and it was actually less tangy and hurt my tongue less (i don't know how else to say this). the crispies and cereal were new, and i decided i could learn to like them, that i should learn to like them since white hat = not happening (too far, i have to drive longer, i have to shell out double; in short, effort!). and then there were the walnuts. it looked positively sinful on the yogurt, sliding off as the frozen treat melted. it was yummy, and i was happy while i was eating the yogurt from green mango. i was pleasantly surprised that i wasn't thinking of white hat at all! i kept a huge chunk of walnut for the last bite, and when i did put it in my mouth - ech. it left a bitter, powdery after-taste that left me wanting more.
the point is, green mango yogurt is good, but only when you overlook individual attributes and look at the final product as a whole. it's good, as long as you don't focus on just the yogurt, or just the cereal, or just the walnuts. white hat yogurt, on the other hand, is relatively fetching as a whole, but the real awesomeness comes from experiencing all the little things by themselves, apart from the rest. it becomes even more yummy when you try to taste the granola underneath the tangy yogurt, or when you try to ignore the crunchiness and focus on the brilliance that is the yogurt, and just the yogurt.
okay, weird ranting. but fairly interesting, i think. =D
+++++
damn grey's anatomy. ep 16 was so intense. i liked how they had derek make a mistake that cost a patient her life - because he's human, he makes mistakes. and that makes him real. fugly when i say it, but whatever.
what's driving me insane is that there won't be another episode till march 12, there are no spoilers and promos on the net, and the guy (on the writers' blog, because they have that) said that there will be serious fallout from derek and mark's fistfight and it will be something totally unexpected. and that derek and meredith will not happen the way we think it'll happen. sa bagay, it'll be gross if derek just proposes, and besides there's a lot going on with the fight and the professional issues. but a break-up will be ecccch, epic fail. ugh.
i know these are characters (played by ridiculously good-looking people) working in a pretend hospital practicing pretend medicine, but gaaaah. it's always so much easier to try to unravel the complexities of their pretend lives that to think about mine.
UGGGGGGGGH. argggggh. i just wanna know what'll happen next. stress na nga ang real life and not knowing what's going to happen next, pati ba naman tv show makikisali pa??
stupid, lame-ass entry. ugh i need sleep.