February 25, 2005
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I saw “American Adobo” last night. Except for a few parts that dragged, I thought it was a very thoughful, poignant movie, a mixture of historical data, Filipino archetypes, and identity issues – “Adobo” at its best. That’s what adobo is. You take a main ingredient, fish, beef, pork, poultry, vegetables, and you “adobo” it, adding spices and vinegar. Then you let it stew. Amazing how food can be essentialized into life.
It’s funny how things always work out, even if they work out exactly how you didn’t want them to, or expect them to. As of yesterday, I was quadruple booked for tomorrow. I was planning to take an exam at 8:00 AM at Cal Expo, drive to Davis to do the keynote, drive back to Arden to work, and then drive back to Davis again to sit on a panel. Then someone called me to take my shift at work, the original keynote speakers to whom I was a backup for confirmed that they could make it, and finally I got another shift of work converted to an “on-call” shift, for which my manager mentioned that they probably wouldn’t need me. So I can focus on my exam, and do my best on it. Even if things hadn’t come together last night, I’m sure somehow, everything would’ve been okay. That’s faith. Just believe that it’ll happen. One may not know how, but if one truly believes that it’ll happen, it will.
