timelesz mung bean : April 14 2025

here we are with the food for the day, mongo (mung beans). directly added on top of rice, i'm not really sure if this is a stew or a soup. but what is the difference by the way? how do you differentiate a stew from a soup?

anyway, mung beans is quite common in the asian cuisine. in taiwan and china these are used in desserts. in the philippines, we also use it as fillings in different types of pastries but it is more commonly eaten as itself in soups (or stews).

the simplest would be to boil the beans until soft, and this takes the longest time to do.
saute garlic and onions, and add in the soft mung beans.
season to taste. this is the basic.
for my case, i added enoki mushrooms and bok choy to add some nutrients to the food.

for sure, the toppings will be long gone before the soup (or stew) so i was planning to add more toppings in the next days. i still had tofu and even a noodle variant. it would be like a different dish every time i add a different ingredient.

that night, i was not feeling energetic enough for a nightwalk. it must be because of a terrible news i received that day. so i resolved to having a gym treadmill session. this time, i was watching this show in netflix.

it was a reality idol search show. these three are members of an active boy group in japan, and they are searching for new members to join the group. so they held an audition and the whole process was filmed like a reality competition. of course, these three will be the judges. 36 hopefuls made it to the competition proper. it was an individual competition but these hopefuls were assigned into groups, and each group are to present assigned songs. they must learn how to work as a team, but still express enough individual charm for them to stand out.

i have been watching this show every time i was on the treadmill for the past several days now. each episode lasts for about 40 minutes long and i was on the 7th episode this time. 15 of the initial hopefuls were left, it was such a brutal cut from the 36. and in this episode, they were in for a training camp. and 3 more experienced juniors were added bringing he total to 18. these 3 were more experienced, they have been training in the same company as juniors, so there was no need for them to join the first cut. they will be treated as normal hopefuls from hereon.

and why that title? the boy group, initially called sexy zone, will now be called timelesz with the new members included. the suspense, they did not announce how many members to would invite to be in the group.

it was such an interesting show that it kept me interested in having a treadmill session instead of the normal nightwalk around the neighborhood. at least i had something to look forward to even when i was just in the gym.

as always, AMPING KANUNAY!