A tiring return

Good thing u attended to my defective unit on time. I was very frustrated because I was so excited to buy the unit back last year.  Then speaker started acting freaky. Then the wifi hit choosy. Then bam! The notification bar disappeared.  I think amazon is aware of the defect, the ought to be. My chat hasn't gone long when the rep said he'll order a replacement. Good.

Now, I've to return the old unit otherwise they're going to put a charge on my card. They did send a prepaid UPS label.  And here's the glitch:  here I am in Megamall because this is the nearest drop off ( the others are in Binindo and Caloocan). Of course the wouldn't take the label! It has a Canadian addy! Which is the one listed on my account. So the girl in the store called UPS to check but their customer service person already left. Duhh. She then recommended that after I figure it all out, I can just have the packet picked up by UPS ( eh pwede nga pala yun di bah? Another duhh!).

So they already shipped the replacemt unit and should arrive by Tuesday US. Here's the bigger glitch, the address is my sister's. 

She already moved.

😲😬😱

Sinigang-ing the usual Sinaing na tambakol

I've never cooked tambakol. I may have eaten a peace once or twice, but never cooked one. 

Truth is, when I was young, naive and inexperienced, I saw it in a public market being sold at a very low price and I judged way to early and said to myself "hmm, that fish can't be good. It's so cheap! And it's sooo...black!" 

But what did I know about fish? Nothing! My mom gave up cooking fish before I reached 6th grade (because all three us, well at least my brother and I will end up taking a very short trip to my aunt's carinderia and ask for pork nilaga or grilled pork belly.

So today I awoke craving for fish soup. Milkfish and tilapia are a little to bland for me and the maya-maya is way to oily. So, I went for the yellow-fin (really, it's tuna?!? Could've fooled me!)

I used to have house mate who swears by how delicious the Batangas' way of cooking the fish and I honestly believe her. It's the usual way the fish is cooked, for the typical Juan's anyways.

I really can't say yet how it's going to turn out (because I'm still waiting for the rice to cook. But I can already tell you this much, the soup hits the spot! In case it doesn't work out, I have my pineapple soy chicken left over from last night.