Ilang weeks nalang, graduation na, pero may possibility lang na baka hindi ako maka-attend due to personal reasons. IIRC, tapos na deadline for absentia :(
Pede ba nilang i-hold ang diploma ko, kahit na complete ko na ang course at tapos na clearance ko?
I bathed her earlier, scrubbed the yellowish area well, but I figured that it's just a stubborn oil stain. Also, I've never seen a cat with this kind of fur pattern, so it looks too weird to not be just stain.
I didn't have any bread flour, olive oil, nor a weighing scale, but I wanted focaccia.
Dough:
AP flour (2 cups initially but gave up halfway because it was inaccurate, just eyeballed it)
Water 1 cup and some (eyeballed it again)
About 3g /1 tsp (I only had tbsp spoon so rough estimate)
1 tbsp sardines oil (the closest to olive oil I had)
2 tsp salt
Oil topping:
3 tbsp melted butter
Rosemary
3 cloves garlic
Cheese
Stretch and fold every 15-30 mins for 2 hours, cold proof for 10 hours. Lined the pan with parchment and melted butter, proofed it for 2 more hours at room temp. I added the melted butter mix and more of the spicy sardines oil about 1h into the last proof, sprinkled some sea salt, and dimpled it. Added fake cheese before baking.
200 C° for *maybe* 40 minutes. I was just checking on it every 10 minutes and putting it back if I didn't like the vibes it gives off. (Recipe said 20-25 minutes but it was too pale, I tried switching to convection but NOPE, it nearly burned the garlic and toasted the cheese within a few minutes.)
It tasted great, 10/10. Best focaccia I've ever made.
Kanina naguusap kami ng nanay ko. I-kinwento nya yung usapan nila ng tita at tito ko, na magre-retire na daw si tito in 5-7 years. Tinanong ni mama kung pano na yung youngest nila na nasa elementary pa, at ang sagot nya "mga kuya nya na ang bahala."
Vocal talaga ako sa nanay ko na hindi dapat sinasaulo ng anak yung mga kapatid, at lagi ko nir-remind na mag-ipon sila. Ganun din yung sinabi nya sa tito ko; nasa early 40's pa lang sya, kaya nya pa magtrabaho kasi nga yung mga pinsan ko may sarili na silang buhay kapag tanda nila, hindi na dapat nila iniintidi yung bata nilang kapatid.
Sinabi rin ng nanay ko sa OFW kong tatay na "hindi ka pa uuwi kahit graduate na sina ate hah, ako nalang pupunta dyan." Siguro dahil na rin sa paalala ko sa kanila at mga nababasa/kita niya online, kung gano katoxic yung ganoong mindset.
Sobrang relieved ko talaga, lalo na't kakagraduate ko lang at nagrereview na para sa license ko. I am so glad na ib-break ng magulang ko yung common tradition dito. Mas nakakagana pa nga magbigay kapag hindi ino-obliga, that's why balak ko talaga sila i-spoil (kung kaya ko) once independent na ako.
Panaeolus, maybe? Philippines.