Little Joys in Life

Nobody and nothing in this world is perfect. Not everything that happens in your life is according to what you want. You get to experience challenging situations. You need to decide on very important matters but sometimes you are not sure if your decisions were right.


Anyway, I don't want to dwell on the negatives and I don't want to get depressed by something I have written in the past. With that being said, I will write about simple things that make me smile, laugh, grin or even cry. Things that make my heart happy.

• Playing what my 3-year old son recorded on my mobile phone...over and over. I always imitate him after.


• Knowing that my daughter knows a lot about computers and the internet... more that her father. She is six.


• Watching movies during wee hours knowing that it's going to move me into tears.


• Buying Reese's peanut butter cups for my hubby.


• Baking orange muffins and oatmeal cookies for my kids.


• Playing games on FB.


• Reading Rajo Laurel's blog. I love his travel pictures.


• Chatting with friends on social networking sites... friends I have known since grade school and high school.


• Receiving a wedding invitation from a college friend whom I haven't seen or spoke with for years.
  
• Eating fresh or dried fruits.


• Getting my nails done.


• Knowing that I have a secure relationship with my hubby, I hope...hahaha


• My kids saying "I love you, Mom."


• My kids kissing me. Mind you, they need nothing...no nothing at all. They just want to kiss me.


• Reading Yek's blog. His recent thrift shopping, his dressing up and his MIADORE's. I got one Miadore. I super love it.


• Reading Karl Marx's biography and his works. I have been doing this for the past few days.


• My husband telling me that my timing was just right when I hopped in the car--he was playing Martin Nievera's "Be My Lady." This happened today.


• Eating salty and greasy chicharon.


• Having buffalo wings for dinner. My hubby cooked it.


• Writing this makes me feel good already.
  
  

I still have a few on my list but I do not want to make this entry very long. Until next time. Hugs!

8-Course Degustation

Degustation is the action or instance of tasting especially in a series of small portions. I was invited by no other than my husband to do just that.

My hubby is a student at CCA (Center for Culinary Arts) and he is now at level 8. Two more levels to go! I am so proud of him . I know how he worked so hard to get this far and I am sure that he is excited to become a Chef already. I am very confident that he will finish his course because he is a very hardworking man and is very much dedicated to what he does.


I have been invited to some of their activities at school, some I was not able to attend to. The latest was their Degustation which was held last night at CCA. They prepared an 8-course meal for their guests. They occupied a classroom and 3 laboratories (kitchen) for the said event. There was a seating arrangement and I was really surprised because what I thought was just a card where the guests names were written for seating arrangement purposes, was actually a card with a personal message written inside. I'd say it was romantic.


It was an 8-course degustation. The menu includes Amuse Bouche, Bulalo Consomme, Kilawin Tanigue, Sisig Ravioli, Kalamansi-Basil Sorbet, Pan-seared Besugo with Laing, Steak Kare-Kare, Maja Blanca Cheesecake and Sago.


The food was sumptuous, I should say. I loved the liver sauce for the lechon, the menu was called Amuse Bouche. Their Bulalo Consomme was the best. Consomme is a clear soup made from stock. Ingredients like the beef, corn, and vegetables were wrapped and fried. It was very interesting how they made the bulalo ingredients into a dumpling.


Other favorites were Sisig Ravioli and Pan-seared Besugo with Laing. The Sisig Ravioli was served with two sauces--pesto sauce made of olive oil, pine nuts, basil and garlic and a white sauce made of pork brain. The Pan-seared Besugo with Laing was sinful. The plating was so inviting, you can't help but dig in.

I hope I get invited again soon and I wish that it will be their own restaurant next time.

Tiny's New Baby

Honda City Model 1996

This is how the hood looked like before it was painted.

The battery is not even 6 months old.

...sigh

...transformations begins

I wanted it darker but it was not a decision for me to make.

The car is not yet finished.

We will see more of her soon...

Jologs Chic

We were never introduced formally...I thought it was not necessary. We have a common friend who posted a link about him on a social networking site. That is how I came across his blog. I was so amazed with what I saw when I visited his blog. It was like love-at-first sight. He is a genius. Oh, I am talking about Yek Balingit.


Yek is a Visual Artist for local fashion brands. His team are the ones designing/dressing the windows of shoppes. Aside from being a Visual Artist, Yek creates lovely neckpieces.


I added him as a friend on a social networking site and the rest is history. We met just today...I got myself a MIADORE. He took a picture of me wearing his creation and I was not prepared. Darn, I should have known!


His Miadore is now an official label at the House of Laurel. Yes, Rajo Laurel! He shared how Rajo grabbed him when he saw him at BED club. How cool is that, Rajo grabbing you because he adores your work? Yek also added that he was just there because a friend invited him. What a coincidence!


Visit Yek's blog and I'm sure you will be amazed as well.

Alyssa's Hierarchy of Rules

I have been taking the laptop to work for quite a while. That means my daughter (Alyssa) can't log in to my hubby's and my Facebook to play games. She can't visit YouTube to search Disney Movies' original sound tracks (with lyrics) and she can't play Moshi Monsters--her current favorite game.

I went home one day and found my notebook lying on the table. There was something written on it and I was very sure that it was not my handwriting. It was Alyssa's. That was not something new because she does scribble on my notebook about pretty much anything. What surprised me was the content.

She wrote rules... and take note of the hierarchy.

1. Listen to Mom and Dad.



2. Bring toy for Ate (pasalubong).



3. Do not bring the computer.

The kid sure knows how to bribe Mom and Dad, huh! I have to admit that this deal is not bad at all...and oh, let me add she is beside me while I am writing this and she said that I can bring the computer if it's buste

Alyssa, making a funny face

Easter Sunday Egg Hunt

My daughter was so excited about the Easter Egghunt that she insisted on buying plastic egg containers. We filled it with coins, chocolates and candies. She may not fully understand the whole concept but she is aware as to why we celebrate Easter Sunday.


Easter Sunday is the resurrection of the Lord Jesus Chist. According to scriptures, it was the day Jesus came back from the dead. To celebrate this, modern Christians and non-Christians alike go egghunt. It is relatively a new element.


Easter eggs are apparently hidden by the Easter Bunny for kids to hunt down Easter Sunday morning...and that is just what we did!

Aside from egg hunting, we usually get together as a family. Time for catching up and for sharing old memories. Sharing food each family prepares and kids just having fun and playing with their cousins. It also is a family reunion of some sort I guess.