My collegemate and friend who's also Jann's Godmother went to the Philippines for a three months vacation last week of January. Before her flight, she gave me a ring and asked me what she could bring back for me from our "Native Hometown"? I only have one thing in mind. "Dried fish", "dried fish", and more "dried fish". So, I said it lively and enthusiastically hahaha and didn't bite my tongue or hide my thoughts. Well, she's back from the Archipelago with tons of dried stuff. I was appalled that she bought me way too much dried fish and added a lot of "dried squids" too. The package got here a week ago but Jann's buddy spent the night over and so I decided to put it up and wait till there's no "outsider" around before I stick my nose to it hahaha. Jann also made a request that I need to cook it outside and use the grill's side burner that way the stench wouldn't be trapped in the house hahaha. Our grill had a bad day and we can't seemed to figure out what's wrong with it. At first, I thought it was the tank being out of gas. My dear dearest took it out to fill it up at the store but as he lifted it, he realized the tank isn't empty. The connection was weak and gas, for some reason, doesn't flow completely to reach the burner. To solve this problem, I told him to go ahead and buy a new tank. Come to find out, with brand new tank, the same problem existed. It was the "valve" after all. So, with new valve and new tank, I finally cooked my "staple food" today. The taste is worth all the hassle we encountered for hours. I know Dale took the "girl" out of her country, but he definitely couldn't take the country out of the "girl" hahaha. Happy reading and have a fabulous Friday to all !!!