THE UNPREDICTABLE NINJA
i was born with a camera in one hand and shuriken in the other.

if Ondoy isn't a sign, i don't know what is

i've been directly helping some of our countrymen shovel away the dirt from their houses and rebuild new lives for two days now, and the reality of it all just shocked me to my core. the devastation that Ondoy... more

Previous blog entries:
Jul 22	-	the lazy bug strikes again
Jul 11	-	my multiply account hates me
May 23	-	American Idol is a smelly sock
jerome james's favorite blog entries:
Mar 3	-	______ is a troublesome thing.
Feb 20	-	there's that time in a man's life
Feb 8	-	when friends come back together
Jan 25	-	IS BATMAN REALLY DEAD? spoilers galore for you DC geeks
Jan 21	-	of beer bottles and quarrelling buddies
Jan 4	-	i have given in to the fad
Nov 26	-	i am old and my birthday smells like fish
Sep 26	-	naming my babies
Sep 18	-	alam re
Jul 24	-	i am proud of our university's basketball team... of course this is a sarcastic post.
Jul 3	-	of ice-cold iced tea and condoling a grieving friend
Jun 25	-	the Love Doctor has a cold
Apr 27	-	counting your chickens before you even know how to count
Apr 2	-	of bitter beans and irritating people
Apr 1	-	i got hit by a car today
Mar 27	-	i dont have a social life
Mar 25	-	i'm no player
Mar 23	-	the meanest 7-word phrase a girl could EVER say to a guy
Mar 8	-	i wanna be roasted, ground, and boiled
Feb 29	-	today's Flash Fiction Day, kids
Feb 27	-	i am Batman
Feb 15	-	my opened eyes and eaten balls
Feb 10	-	i dreamt that i had a girlfriend

Ninja Bechamel

i wanted to include some of the more basic dishes into my recipe blog
and at the same time take a break from the very long ragu recipe of weeks past
(http://jamesvaughnn07.multiply.com/recipes/item/1/Ninja_Ragu_pasta_sauce)
so i decided to teach you dear readers how to make the very basic bechamel sauce
and improve upon it to suit one's taste.


"bechamel" is just another fancy term for a roux-based sauce where milk is added (and "roux" is an equally fanciful term for a cooked flour-and-butter paste).

here we shall turn a very simple sauce base with very simple ingredients into something delicious that can be served on pasta (or rice), used as a gravy for fried and roasted meat, or incorporated into baked pasta as a creamy topping.

sounds good?
then read on.

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Previous recipes:
Mar 16	-	Ninja Ragu (pasta sauce)

In the Midst of the Storm

just a little sumthin' for last Sunday's sermon.


we have been involved in relief operations for about two weeks now, our church friends in Marikina, Antipolo, San Mateo, and Montalban really needed help, so we thought we'd start with them first.... more

Previous videos:
Sep 25	-	GLEE trailer
Apr 11	-	TROPA Gents and Ladies Bonding Promotion
Feb 16	-	the unpredictable ninja sings N'SYNC

lineup YOUTH 19jul09

for Sunday

Previous playlists:
May 11	-	my May playlist
Apr 4	-	Norwegian Recycling
Aug 11	-	my bestbud's first recording session

GLEE

"Glee is an American musical comedy-drama television series that focuses on a high school show choir, also known as a glee club, set within the fictional William McKinley High School in Lima, Ohio." - Wikipedia

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being a singer myself, i... more

Previous reviews:
Jul 22	-	Code Geass + Code Geass R2
Mar 17	-	Twilight
Mar 12	-	Watchmen