today's outcome

went to supermarket to ask if they were still hiring (answer: no).  did not get a job but i did come across something i never would have thought to see at a filipino supermarket:  edam cheese.  what the heck was it doing there.  i know filipinos love to sprinkle cheese on their rolls or brioche but this was a ball of cheese the size of a big orange.  plus it wasnt even refridgerated.  i looked at the label, it's not from the netherlands, its from austria.  it costs $9.99.  i wondered if it tastes the same as the ones from the netherlands.

the story of how edam cheese came into my life was by way of france.  i needed tupperware but did not want to buy any.  while shopping at monoprix, i went to the refridgerated, prepared food aisle and saw a small container of pasta.  i bought it.  when i finally ate it i was surprised at how yummy it was and how simple it was to make.  i looked on the ingredients label and found that the cheese in my pasta salad was edam.  now that i'm back at home i have been thinking about recreating that salad.  so far i have the pasta.  the other ingredients are simple and easy to find it's just the edam cheese that isn't common in american supermarkets.  i can find gouda and goat cheese but not edam.  not even at trader joe's.  that's why it's strange to see it at a filipino supermarket.

after the supermarket i decided to head to another shopping plaza in another nearby city to look for work.  my first stop was a fresh and easy store.  fresh and easy is a uk export.  it was the first time i've been in one.  i asked if they were hiring and the sales person just told me to check online.  i then continued to look around.  it didn't take me long to see how british this store is.  it feels and looks just like the another store that i visited when i was in edinburgh.  it had very clean lines, shelves weren't as tall as their american counterparts.  it's a different feeling.  so i walked around.  saw the alcohol, mostly beer, sitting inside a refridgerated aisle like how ice cream would be.  took a picture. noticed some yummy looking products but didn't buy anything.  then found myself by the cheese fridge/end cap.  guess who i found there?  it was edam.  again.  this time it was just a slice for around $4.  it made me smile.  what a weird coincidence.

i continued to each corner of the intersection to ask for work.  all i got was a scoop of pistachio nut ice cream and application from rite aid (they aren't hiring though) and there was a supermarket who is hiring but i'm going to do that online.