Tuesday, September 28, 2010

Having it my way (Revised)

Pulling into the narrow parking lot of a burger king, I was suddenly blinded by fluorescent blue headlights trying to withdraw from the confined parking lot. Behind the lights were three other cars also trying to exit but with such a small parking lot it was difficult to even get out. As i was walking towards the entrance of the restaurant i could smell the distant aroma of BK's signature crunchy french fries before i even went in. I always order the same thing so today i wanted to try something new. While waiting to the side pondering on what i wanted, i couldn't help but notice the 2 workers in the back passing each other the condiments, patties, sauce...etc. Its as if the worker would just slap the patties on to the burgers like they were a solid piece.
I didn't want to slow down the line behind me so i proceeded down to the cash register where i faced an employee who must have had a bad day. Still indecisive, i got the same thing as usual which was a BK triple stacker meal with a medium cup. Routinely, I go to the ketchup dispenser and exaggerate on the amount of ketchup i get. The dispenser was somewhat empty and it squirted out like how a child spits to entertain him/herself. I was frustrated at the fact that i had dirtied a t-shirt i had washed the day before but i hoped the bk stacker would change that.
I had forgotten to get my soda at the fountain so i left my meal on the table and went to get coke. Each and every time i get a fountain drink i always look at the rim of the water pressure and ask myself, is why does it look white when a coke is clearly black? After a few seconds i stop caring and bite down on the straw to drink. The soda had a very unpleasant taste of flat-diet soda. After another disappointment, i turned to the burger for relief, unwrapped it from its easy to rip wrapper and began to devour.
Bite after bite, drops of ketchup would fall on the wrapper making a "plop" sound each time. With each time it fell, i would use the edge of the burger to scoop it back up. After having enjoyed what i thought was the greatest burger in the world, I still had the fries which i had not eaten yet. I grabbed a bunch of fries and ate them simultaneously. After biting down on them i felt and immediate sting from the heat of the fries thus causing me to be angry once again.

Monday, September 13, 2010

About me

Hello fellow students, My name is John Soria. I recently turned 18 and I'm Ecuadorian. I was born and raised in the south Bronx but I moved to Queens around 8 or 9 years ago. I'm a bit shy at first and it takes me a while to talk to people but I'm a fun person to be around and I can definitely make you laugh. I'm not really into sports that much but I did however play baseball back in middle school. Another thing about me is that I for one cannot live without my music.

I'm a skinny guy but I love food and I tend to eat a lot. Unfortunately I do not know how to cook anything at all except eggs. Most of the time when my family purchases food for the house we usually go food shopping at a local Stop n' Shop. In my opinion, Stop n' Shop has a whole variety of food and they always seem to have exactly what my mom looks for when she cooks. Only thing they're missing out in is more Ecuadorian products.

A typical meal in my home almost always consist of white rice. What I usually eat aside from white rice is a lot of meat such as ribs, chicken cutlet and from time to time some soup. My favorite foods are your average american favorites like french fries, hot dogs, burgers...etc. I'm not into gourmet food at all so i'd rather keep it simple when it comes to food. What I know from prior knowledge about where my food comes from is obviously from a farm.