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By admin, November 26, 2010 12:04 am

I never heard of holiday diet before.  But now, several of my friends will go on holiday diet by avoiding eating too much  food that causes skin allergy .  Filipino cook so much food during Christmas parties and so much parties happen during the Christmas season, but then they are advised by the doctor to avoid protein so that her skin disorder called eczema will eventually heal. She’s been medicated since the other year but she can’t help herself stop eating the yummy foods offered to her. One of the best foods of her that she can’t say no yet it will really make her skin reddish when the allergy attacks is the shrimp and crabs. She loves sea foods but her system seems does not love sea foods. So this holiday season they will be on a diet but feed themselves with fresh fruit juice and lots and lots of vegetables.

During the travel to Zamboanga last month, i tried not to eating chicken every day because I was scared my skin itches and blisters.  I knew very much what food causes allergic reaction so I am trying with all my might that i won’t get tempted to eat friend chicken or any recipe of chicken or sea foods three times a day.

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By admin, November 14, 2010 1:11 am

IMPORTANT NOTICE:  All photos are not watermarked but are mine.  If you want to use it in your blog, please ask permission.  Thanks.

There are so many places to dine at at Paseo del Mar.  But during weekends the place is typically full.  We almost had a hard time finding a place to eat and just to relax while enjoying the food, the music, and the night.

We picked Pinokyo because it was not yet so crowded when we arrived.

They serve varied foods at very reasonable prices.

Dimple ordered for herself beef toppings and the california maki.  I had pancit canton and this:

This cost P1.00 each.  I was so impressed so i ordered 20 pcs. I think I ate more than what Dimple had.

My friends had:

~~ sisig~~

~~ Lechon Kawali ~~

~~ clam soup ~~

And oh i had a whole serving of the java rice:

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By admin, December 1, 2009 8:48 pm

It is not always that we spend an evening at a pool here in the place called the City of Waterfalls.  Thanks to the 12th Adventist Health Professionals Association Convention the Saturday evening activity was swimming at the pool.   Luckily the peace and order situation here in the city is good so no one have second thoughts of going out swimming in the evening.

The visitors from nearby places enjoyed the night eating, swimming, chatting, and just bonding with fellow AHPA members.

Dimple also got a long weekend, so she spent two of those nights with me.  She was one of those who enjoyed the cool cold water (flowing spring water) that evening.

Let me share some of our photos:

- there were 3 subdivisions of pools – one for the kids, one for the adults (swimmers) and one for adults who does not know how to swim. -  The place were i enjoyed swimming.

- they are both excited to swim. Ma’am Jaedee can swim.  But dimple can’t but the daring spirit of my daughter allow her to venture even the deepest of that swimmer’s pool. -

If you will ask me where i was, i was only a sidepool buddy.  Holding to the rails because i feel like the water or the heights or depths is sucking me up.

The place is already beautified for the season but my camera did not capture them beautifully.  What attracted me are the bright colors of the handrails on the minibridge and the canopy at the sidepool

- take note of the bright yellow and orange. they are so attractive to the eyes even in the evening.  so i can just imagine the brighth glow it brings to the blue waters during day time.

- this is what you can see at the kiddie pool.   my daughter says she’s too old for that area.  -

More more pictorials of us:

- i can’t swim like a professional swimmer but i did have fun that night! -

We went home in our wet suits and there was no water in our dormitory.  Luckily the bathrooms in our office got water pouring so we have to bath in the office.

Had carbonara is our midnight snack before i decided to call it a night.  I think Dimple went to sleep at past 1 am already.

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By admin, September 20, 2009 11:02 am

When my cousin’s family immigrated to the US, she was so concerned about her young growing family. The company that sponsored for her family provided only partial health coverage. When you are transplanted to a different country, there is so much adjustment and expenses. She was looking for the best low cost health insurance that she could afford. Why low cost? Because she is also expecting her third child.

Low cost is a practical decision especially that they just started to get settled in a country where they are just on their own.  Living with the big family is a different feeling so i feel sad when she talks online and i can hear her sobbing with sadness and homesickness.

This is for her today to perk up her mood:

She is missing this food so much now and i told her that i will eat her share for her.  The moment she saw this she cried at the same time laugh.  She wished she learned how to make this when she was still here in the Philippines.  I told her to stop crying and be happy.  Browse online for the a cheap health insurance so that her worries will be over.

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By admin, August 10, 2008 10:16 am

I love the theme this week because it’s Fish! And i have couple of fish pictures in my file and even some dishes made of fish.

–fishes to be marinated and then to be grilled–

–the grilled ones–

–every Filipino’s delight. fish meat combined with the mixture of vinegar and lemon etracts and lots of garlic, onions, ginger, spring onions. It’s optional to add diced cucumber and raddish.

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By admin, February 9, 2008 8:51 am

I received an sms yesterday from a friend reminding me how lucky I am in many ways. I wanna share that sms with you:

What is A Trashcan?

To a toddler: It’s just a shelf for his ugly toys;

To a student: It’s where he keeps his bad test papers;

To a teenager: A basketcase for the letters of an ex-lover;

To a writer: It’s a file for rejected drafts;

BUT to a streetchild: It’s a trashcan, so goes LIFE…

See how blessed YOU are?

Today we ran out of grain rice supply, so i told mom to just make porridge out of those little grains left. Luckily were have a kilo of left over sticky rice, I let mom used a glass of it and mixed it also with monggo beans. When we gathered for lunch, the kids were so happy. One child said, hmmmm mom, you cooked such a delicious lugaw. Yeah it was, I am sure it was very nutritious although they spoil it sugar.