Philippine Election and The Miss Universe Pageant

Looking through my browsers news feed I see two predominant topics... The Philippine elections and The Miss Universe Pageant.

Predominant in politics is Grace Poe's disqualification and her resolve to still run - though my thoughts go.. how could you still run if you are already disqualified?????  Well, instead of saying, we are honoring the decision of the Comelec but will still exercise all legal means to try to reverse the decision, they go the dirty way and say that the Comelec is "bullying" her or that it is a move by an opponent and keeps on pointing to everyone but herself for this fiasco....  You know very well that Philippine Politics is dirty... why go and muddle in the mud? Hmmm... something to think about perhaps... No BS about wanting to help, because I know a lot of people that don't need the power of a position to help people out.. Even if you are not in a government position you can still help... and please no BS still about being able to help more if you're in position. It's really becoming old... this disqualification bouts and all the hoopla surrounding it. It is a shame that the Philippine political arena is  filled with substandard issues... I continue to maintain my stand that I haven't seen one presidential aspirant worthy of my vote. All I see on all sides is politicking, mud slinging and not one person is really keen on helping the Filipino people move up from the slump they are in. Next is the recent SWS survey that counts the top contenders for the presidency. well, same old same old.. nothing new, nothing to report really.

Now, the Miss Universe Pageant, that is something that brightens the day of most Filipinos today as our Ms. Philippines Universe Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach won the prestigious pageant albeit without some controversy as the host made a mistake in announcing the winner. Well regardless of that controversy, fact remains Philippines won and indeed a great Christmas gift for the Filipino people from our newly crowned Miss Universe.

Perhaps when I'm more able, I'll give a more indepth post regarding the Miss U pageant and perhaps I'd already have a candidate in mind for the presidency but for now, let's just keep it as is.


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Z Compound: An Obscure Food Place in Malingap

Maginhawa Street or Matalino Streets in Teachers Village is fast becoming known as a place to go to when you are wanting to get some eats. When you traverse along these roads you'll find yourself delighting at the sites and may find yourself in a quandary deciding where exactly to eat with the variety of choices.

My hubby and I love to discover places to eat and we decided to go to teacher's village and go on a food adventure, we wanted to find somewhere new to eat and to Maginhawa we went, we found the usual quandary of food stalls, mostly filled as it was lunch time, I wasn't really that hungry yet and we didn't find anything we fancied, we explored the area and turned one corner to Malingap Street, still looking for a good place to eat, and we came across this (pardon the term) shabby looking compound, and saw a store sign that say "Bagneto" I think it was, and well, Bagnet is a delicious concoction, so we decided to stop there and try it.

Z Compound is a mid sized lot with a host of food stalls inside nothing really extra ordinary. It was still the middle of the day, so I half expected it to be closed. since these types of food areas tend to be closed or have only a few stores open as more often than not they are open in the afternoons towards the evenings...

Yea so my expectations were half right since the bagnet place, we originally stopped for was closed :( but we caught the site of a unique food stall, it was a black container van and they sold set meals which pulled our fancy... Beer candied bacon and pulled pork with your choice of sauce and a host of others and we decided we didn't want to look anymore and decided to try these treats

We sat at a table behind the stall, it was hot but the area was shaded although there were no electric fans around, so we felt the heat, perhaps the biggest downfall of eating in open spaces like that in the middle of the day. Anyways we waited for a little while and was enticed by the smell of the bacon cooking... After around 10 mins of waiting time our food was served and it was delicious. The bacon was fried just right and the pulled pork was as soft as they said.

We also ordered lemon grass coolers and it was a simple concoction but it was good and a real refreshment... Aside from the heat from the sun, it was a well spent afternoon with good food and of course good company - my hubby.

So if you're ever in the area, you might want to try it out... It's not such a spectacular place or spectacular food but its good food that will fill your tummy that doesn't hurt the pocket much as well.