Prayer to Jesus (The Author of Life)

Oh dear Jesus, author of grace

Lead us in this battle we face

Strengthen our hearts and guide our ways

To make this country a better place

Open our eyes that we may see clearly

How important it is to protect the family

If it is degraded, we destroy society

As well as the hope of progress in our country

Open our ears that we may hear

Your word which takes away our fear

Make us realize that You are always here

Inspire us to protect the values we hold so dear

Open our mouths that we may speak

The truth to those who are confused and sick

Make us humble and make us meek

Until we achieve the goal we tirelessly seek

Oh loving Jesus, Prince of Light

Be with us as we continue this fight

To give the innocent unborn their basic right

With Your help, we will work with greater might

Make us persevering in fighting this bill

As we fully believe this is not Your will

No time to be silent, no time to stay still

For it is Your people, too, they secretly kill

Oh Jesus, come into our hearts and stay

And let Your presence show us the way

For this bill not to be passed, we earnestly pray

Because it will lead a lot of people astray

Oh Holy Spirit, the Paraclete

Be our strength; make us stand on our feet

There is no turning back, there is no retreat

Because with You, Lord, there is no defeat

AMEN

A prayer composed by John Juat.

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It is all about money. Yes, my dear readers. I am appalled. I am dismayed. I am disgusted with these congressmen who chose money over people's welfare. I am irritated to know that these "high and mighty" legislators disregarded valid arguments against the Reproductive Health Bill over the faulty economics and medical hula-baloo.

May the Lord enlighten their minds and finally throw the RH Bill to the trash bin. May Jesus Christ avenge the deaths of the unborn because these legislators prefer a law that will lead to abortion and will kill many babies inside their mothers womb. May the Holy Spirit guide the hearts of Sonny Belmonte and all members of the Lower House and may they see the errors of the RH Bill.

Feasting on Meat at Kamayan

On the second week of January, a Malaysian blogger friend of mine visited Manila for the very first time. Before his visit, I promised to bring him to a restaurant so that he could taste Filipino dishes. Well, I brought him to Kamayan.

Of the many restaurants offering Filipino dishes, Kamayan get the thumbs up of many bloggers. Kamayan is a Filipino word that means to eat using hands. Aside from using utensils, Filipinos eat using their bare hands. I also eat with my bare hands especially if I am eating roasted pork. However, in Kamayan, I never saw anyone eating using their hands. If we are just in Mang Inasal, then I won't hesitate using my hands.

Kamayan is a buffet restaurant. Actually, the place where we ate also offers Dad's American Buffet and Saisaki, which is a Japanese buffet. When you enter the restaurant, you can get food from Kamayan, Saisaki and Dad's in just one payment.

For this lunch, we paid around 600 pesos per person, exclusive of the drinks.
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I brought my friend to a Kamayan Restaurant that is located along Padre Faura Street. If you are planning to eat there, I suggest that you call them first to reserve a seat. Sometimes the place is packed with reservations and your time might be wasted if you didn't call them. I suggest that you visit Kamayan's website for their contact details.

Here is my plate full of food:
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I guess that was my second helping. Sorry, the photo is terrible.

What I have on my plate is a ginataang pusit (squid cooked in coconut milk), embutido, and binagoongang baboy. When you eat at Kamayan, the drinks are paid separately from the buffet. I ordered guyabano juice. I was surprised when they brought my juice because of this:
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Yeah! My guyabano juice is accompanied by a cute Teddy Bear. Too bad that the bear has no mark that says he came from Kamayan. I guess they should put Kamayan's logo to the bear to make it a better souvenir.

We kept on eating and sharing good stories. This is one reason why it’s good to meet fellow bloggers (hint hint Bluedreamer :-P). During that day, I stuffed myself with chicken curry, lechon de leche, pork barbecue, ginataang squid, embutido and other Filipino dishes.
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Also, we were serenaded by the singers and musicians of Kamayan. We requested a Malaysian song but only the girl knows a Malaysian song so we settled for an English song. I thought that we need to pay a fee after they sang, but there is no fee. Maybe if you are very generous, then you can give them some tips.
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I have no complaint with the foods of Kamayan. The food is great and bloggers who praised Kamayan are not wrong. My only problem is that they only have meat dishes at Kamayan. I didn't see any vegetable dish. Where is pinakbet, Bicol express and other famous vegetable Filipino dishes? However, my good friend Rey (the first commenter of this post), told me that there are vegetable dishes in Kamayan. It seems like I just failed to see it.

Phew! Seems like this is a very long post! I will be talking about Kamayan's desserts on the next post.

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