Showing posts with label Filipino breakfast. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Filipino breakfast. Show all posts

Tuesday, June 21, 2011

How bitter can you get?

You are bitter.  That's why I used to hate you.  But since adopting a plant-based diet almost a decade ago, I've learned to love you ampalaya (bitter gourd).

I had a traditional Filipino favorite breakfast dish, ampalaya with egg, for dinner.  After the practice with the university swim team (they will have their pep rally in 2 weeks and I was asked to choreograph their number... it's pro bono), I decided to run for 30 minutes around the academic oval.

Running can be very liberating.  It never really became a habit to run regularly.  The last time I ran was last April 13.  I know because that's was the last record in my HR monitor, and I don't run without it.  And why am I running now? That's another story.

Let's fast forward to the dinner.  So after the run I passed by the alumni center cafeteria to buy a bottle of water when I saw the ampalaya with egg on the food counter.