think again

A Japanese friend arrived last Sunday. He is young so i was thinking that he is some kind of a risk taker. As a practice, me and my other house mates usually eat after 4 hours of agonizing work every night. so, we decided that my Japanese friend should try the food that we eat after work.

i am located in the boondocks of Miag-ao, so the only stores open at the wee hours of the morning are two bakeshops and two burger joints. we decided to have burgers. we chose burger machine because we are kind of addicted to their spicy barbecue sauce and it is kind of cheap - two jumbo burgers for Php35 (beat that). Atsu - the Japanese friend was appalled by how cheap and tasty it was. so he devoured everything in no time. with laughs, music, and good conversation, the night was so surreal.

came morning, emerald, my house mate woke me up looking so concerned and panicky. so i jerked out of bed assuming what the problem might be. then poof! she dropped the bomb. Atsu was suffering from diarrhea. the damn burger must have caused it. i am pretty sure that it was not the food that we eat in the house nor the water we drink. we buy purified water because i, myself is kind of sensitive to water. the good memories of last night's surreal moment were pushed out of the picture. my Japanese visitor is suffering from diarrhea.

Talk about cheap good tasting Filipino food, it ended up as a disappointment, a big one. i could've thought that it might end up like this. if you plan to introduce these burger joints to your foreign friends, THINK AGAIN!