Sunday, November 29, 2015
Tuesday, April 14, 2015
Thankful
Half of the 2nd quarter already, well one more day from my side of the globe and it's half already. I have not blogged anything! I wanted so much but the days dragged and dragged I just kept postponing blogging. Now I don't know where to start anymore.
One thing is for sure, I am thankful! So far, so good. It's not all peaches and cream, there are still struggles and worries, but generally I am thankful for the every day that God's hands are at work in my life as well as my family's. Milestones, new opportunities, family ties are closer than ever, celebrations, bonding with friends...Thank You, God, for all these and more.
One thing is for sure, I am thankful! So far, so good. It's not all peaches and cream, there are still struggles and worries, but generally I am thankful for the every day that God's hands are at work in my life as well as my family's. Milestones, new opportunities, family ties are closer than ever, celebrations, bonding with friends...Thank You, God, for all these and more.
Saturday, July 26, 2014
PhotoHunt: Wet
It's been ages since I participated in the weekly Photo Hunt blogging. I can see in my Facebook newsfeed entries of fellow photo hunters and I got encouraged to share in today's theme - wet.
Why not, it's raining cats and dogs. There is no need for me to browse on our summer pictures at the beach or pool. I just needed to step out and take a picture of this plant with pink flowers. Sorry, I don't know what this is called but I like it.
Well yes, I took this using my ipad, so it kinda got wet too. Haha! But no worries, the ipad is fine. :D
Why not, it's raining cats and dogs. There is no need for me to browse on our summer pictures at the beach or pool. I just needed to step out and take a picture of this plant with pink flowers. Sorry, I don't know what this is called but I like it.
Well yes, I took this using my ipad, so it kinda got wet too. Haha! But no worries, the ipad is fine. :D
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| I love looking at those droplets of water ever since I was a child. It's soothing for me. I feel refreshed whenever it rains. I love the cold breeze the rain gives. I am thinking the plants, flowers feel the same way too. |
Sunday, July 13, 2014
A Friend's Treat at Hanamaruken Ramen
Two weeks ago I met with my friends for a lunch treat. It was a belated birthday celebration by Cookie. It was a Monday and I had to attend to my work but good enough I was able to squeeze meeting them over ramen and coffee afterwards.
I am not a ramen person even if it's freezing cold (which rarely happens in my country anyway). I haven't tried any ramen place except Ramen X with these set of friends also. But two of them, Chats and Cookie are hot noodles fans. Finally I was able to go to Hanamaruken Ramen where Cookie often visits.
I was happy with what I was having so I did not check this out but it really looks inviting. Big serving, and I mean big! It was shared by Cess and Chats. It's called Happiness Ramen, recommended by the celebrator. Yes, our two friends attested that it was indeed happiness to have ordered shoyu tonkotsu ramen with pork rib.
We partook of these dumplings - Gyoza. I was thinking though I will like it better if there's a bit of crispiness.
Julie had these very appetizing Drunk Man Rice Bowl. Next time this is what I will order....well, after my Project 115. Haha! I was supposed to order this but changed my mind. I like the braising sauce and the tenderness of the pork cubes, and of course, the eggs!
This is what I ordered. Happiness Rice Bowl - braised pork rib on top of white rice. I'm not adventurous when it comes to food so I go with what is familiar when I am new in a dining place. I am often correct. I love this! So tasty!
I was not able to take a picture of what Cookie ordered. But I sure savored the time spent with my good friends! I miss them!
Us, toying with Cookie's monopod at Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf. Yes, our pictures are still courtesy of Cookie. :D
Hanamaruken Ramen
2/F Trinoma Mall,
720-9283/628-1603
I am not a ramen person even if it's freezing cold (which rarely happens in my country anyway). I haven't tried any ramen place except Ramen X with these set of friends also. But two of them, Chats and Cookie are hot noodles fans. Finally I was able to go to Hanamaruken Ramen where Cookie often visits.
I was happy with what I was having so I did not check this out but it really looks inviting. Big serving, and I mean big! It was shared by Cess and Chats. It's called Happiness Ramen, recommended by the celebrator. Yes, our two friends attested that it was indeed happiness to have ordered shoyu tonkotsu ramen with pork rib.
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| Happiness Ramen |
We partook of these dumplings - Gyoza. I was thinking though I will like it better if there's a bit of crispiness.
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| Gyoza |
Julie had these very appetizing Drunk Man Rice Bowl. Next time this is what I will order....well, after my Project 115. Haha! I was supposed to order this but changed my mind. I like the braising sauce and the tenderness of the pork cubes, and of course, the eggs!
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| Drunk Man Rice Bowl |
This is what I ordered. Happiness Rice Bowl - braised pork rib on top of white rice. I'm not adventurous when it comes to food so I go with what is familiar when I am new in a dining place. I am often correct. I love this! So tasty!
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| Happiness Rice Bowl |
I was not able to take a picture of what Cookie ordered. But I sure savored the time spent with my good friends! I miss them!
Us, toying with Cookie's monopod at Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf. Yes, our pictures are still courtesy of Cookie. :D
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| The mommies toying with the monopod at Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf and Hanamaruken Ramen. Cess, Chats, Cookie, Julie, and me!:) |
Hanamaruken Ramen
2/F Trinoma Mall,
720-9283/628-1603
Saturday, January 25, 2014
Get-together with My College Friends
It's 2014! Well, yes, it's been three weeks if I may remind myself. It's been really busy. A lot of things are going on in my life and I am just thankful for that. I'd really be dragging posting here if I will go back to the 1st day of January up to today to chronicle what's been happening. I'll get to those as soon as possible. :)
Let me just start my first post for 2014 about my meet-up with my college friends. It was really not on schedule. As it is often said, unplanned events push through most of the time. This is generally true for me and my friends.
Last Saturday, Jan. 18, my friend and I agreed to meet at McDonald's in Makati because she will be accompanying us to the seamstress who will do my daughter's prom gown. We were on time. My daughter and I were really happy with the way the seamstress entertained us, with her suggestions and comments. I was happy too because the printed design was really clear and the dressmaker readily understood what I want to happen. She is a seasoned clothier.
Our original plan is to go back to the mall and have some ice cream at Cold Stone Creamery. But my friend told me our balikbayan friend is on the way to the mall to meet us. It was such a perfect timing so I agreed right away. I was excited to see all my friends as well as the little son of our friend. They're residents of the Netherlands and will just be staying in the Philippines for a couple of months.
And since I am a certified chocoholic, this is my favorite among all the pasalubongs of our friend. :)
Let me just start my first post for 2014 about my meet-up with my college friends. It was really not on schedule. As it is often said, unplanned events push through most of the time. This is generally true for me and my friends.
Last Saturday, Jan. 18, my friend and I agreed to meet at McDonald's in Makati because she will be accompanying us to the seamstress who will do my daughter's prom gown. We were on time. My daughter and I were really happy with the way the seamstress entertained us, with her suggestions and comments. I was happy too because the printed design was really clear and the dressmaker readily understood what I want to happen. She is a seasoned clothier.
Our original plan is to go back to the mall and have some ice cream at Cold Stone Creamery. But my friend told me our balikbayan friend is on the way to the mall to meet us. It was such a perfect timing so I agreed right away. I was excited to see all my friends as well as the little son of our friend. They're residents of the Netherlands and will just be staying in the Philippines for a couple of months.
I can't recall anymore the last time we were with our balikbayan friend, about eight or nine years I guess. The last thing I know she went to Netherlands with our other friend.
Here we are now. Still looking young and everyone's happily busy with our own lives. But as we say, friendship surpass distance. We need not be together all the time but we know in our hearts we are friends in the truest sense, forever.
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Well, the balikbayan gave us a treat at Banapple. My daughter and I were there just recently but we only had their banoffee and slow-cooked chicken sandwich. My daughter and I tried their pasta. They're good!
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| Lasagna roll-ups, P180 |
The lasagna roll-ups is delicious! My daughter loved it! It's so creamy.
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| Fettuccine Magnifico, P170 |
I had the fettuccine magnifico and I like it. Well, how can one still go wrong with something as basic as this? :) It's actually aglio olio.
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| Terrific Tuna Sandwich, P130 |
Our friend ordered this sandwich to share with her son. He preferred bread than pasta or rice meals.
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| Breaded Fillet of Cream Dory with Honey Thyme Mustard Sauce, P185 |
This is cream dory tastes a lot like what I prepare for lunch. Nothing really special but I must say Banapple is generous with rice.
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| Baked Fish Gratinee with Scalloped Potatoes, P185 |
Again, this baked fish tastes just fine. I'd say though I like this better than the one with mustard sauce.
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| Banoffee Pie, P95/slice, Old-fashioned Chocolate Cake, P100/slice |
And for dessert, we had our cakes! They're okay. I'm not into banoffee. My daughter loves it. The chocolate cake lacks the moistness I want in my cake.
And yes, we love the loots our friend gave us. :)
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| Chateau Melk Chocolade |
My friends and I plan to meet again some time in April for the christening of my friend's daughter. I really hope our schedules are all okay so we can have a get-together again and celebrate with our families. :)
Friday, October 25, 2013
Rustic Mornings with Friends
Since October 15, Tuesday, was a holiday, it was a perfect time for me and my friends to finally meet-up. It was a very belated birthday blow-out of iMom. We agreed to go at Rustic Mornings located in Marikina City. The place was jampacked when we arrived around 9:30 AM. It took almost an hour before we were given a table for five. It was a bit hot but we were all in a pretty good mood so we patiently waited while standing near the counter area. We understood it was a holiday and breakfast seems to be their peakest hours.
What made the waiting more bearable was the friendly staff. They are genuinely friendly, move swiftly attending to customers, composed, neat, with genuine smiles. For me, I spent my waiting time checking the place, and of course, taking pictures of the place, my friends, and myself. :)
The food was fine, nothing spectacular but presentation is good. The price is almost the same compared to other restaurants, about P150 - P300 per head.
As the name tells it, rustic, the place makes use of crude materials as their decorations which blended well giving us a countryside ambiance. I like it. Electric fans are provided for each table if I am not mistaken, for the al fresco dining area.
Yes, the place is full of plants but good that I did not see mosquitoes or other insects flying around. :)
This is yours truly in one of the interiors of the restaurant, with my OOTD, haha. I blend well, right?
I like the embossed flower in yellow paint finish. It's nice, dainty.
I want to go back here with my family. It's a bit far from our place but we can schedule. :)
Rustic Mornings
#11 Isabelo Mendoza St., San Roque,
Marikina City
Business Hours: 8 AM - 4 PM
Contact #s: 5106914, 6812461, 0917-7005810
What made the waiting more bearable was the friendly staff. They are genuinely friendly, move swiftly attending to customers, composed, neat, with genuine smiles. For me, I spent my waiting time checking the place, and of course, taking pictures of the place, my friends, and myself. :)
The food was fine, nothing spectacular but presentation is good. The price is almost the same compared to other restaurants, about P150 - P300 per head.
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| Shared by all, Bread Basket, with fruit jam, and butter, p150 |
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| iMom's Sausage Platter (Bratwurst and Cheese Sausage, Toasted Rye Bread, 2 Sunny Side Up Eggs, P215 |
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| CessnaPlane's Frankfurter, Cheese Omelet, Garlic Rice, P220 |
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| Teacher Julie's All-Veggie 3-Cheese Omelet (with Tomato, Zucchini, Onion, Green Bell, Mushroom), P195 |
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| President Mama's Waffles, Buffalo Chicken Strips, Salad with Marinara Chipotle, P250 |
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| Mine, Country 3-Egg Cheese Omelet with Bacon and Potatoes, P185 |
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| Everyone had coffee of course. It's good, priced at P65, with one free refill for the Americano. |
As the name tells it, rustic, the place makes use of crude materials as their decorations which blended well giving us a countryside ambiance. I like it. Electric fans are provided for each table if I am not mistaken, for the al fresco dining area.
Yes, the place is full of plants but good that I did not see mosquitoes or other insects flying around. :)
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| This is where the dining area starts. |
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| This is the counter area, also al fresco. I like the masks hanging on the wall. |
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| One side of the wall in one of the dining sections is peppered with framed paintings, pots, and synthetic crustaceans. |
I like the embossed flower in yellow paint finish. It's nice, dainty.
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| Us Girls: TeacherJulie, iMom, Me :), CessnaPlane, PresidentMana |
I want to go back here with my family. It's a bit far from our place but we can schedule. :)
Rustic Mornings
#11 Isabelo Mendoza St., San Roque,
Marikina City
Business Hours: 8 AM - 4 PM
Contact #s: 5106914, 6812461, 0917-7005810
Thursday, October 3, 2013
Three Months After
What happened to my blog? I haven't posted anything for ages. Three months, going on four. Between June and now, a lot of things have happened and a lot are happening. I just got to open my blog now. Once again I have this nagging feeling to up my blog, be an active blogger. And if I will do active blogging in spite of all the other areas of my life which preoccupies me, I have to do a lot of networking. I mean be active and really give some thought of what I really want to do with my blog. And how I am going to do it.
First things first. Let me just see myself updating this, not out of obligation, but because I really love what I am doing. You know, blogging and telling the world (who might not even care, haha) what's happening in my life and in my mind. Let me just see how I will hold up and I'll play it by ear - what am I really going to do with my blog. I'll try to post first. I'll see how I'll go about networking because checking other people's blogs is really time consuming. But then yes, if I really want to do something, it won't just be wasting time but should be productive for me. There are a lot of blogs out there which share the same interests as mine and are really worth reading. I learn from their sharing, it's fun too, and it won't hurt to reach out to other people. As a matter of fact that's one of the many worthwhile ways of using social media - reaching out.
So there. I feel the blogging bug again. Let us see. It has always been my motto that there is always time if I really want to do something. "No time" is a lame excuse. :)))
First things first. Let me just see myself updating this, not out of obligation, but because I really love what I am doing. You know, blogging and telling the world (who might not even care, haha) what's happening in my life and in my mind. Let me just see how I will hold up and I'll play it by ear - what am I really going to do with my blog. I'll try to post first. I'll see how I'll go about networking because checking other people's blogs is really time consuming. But then yes, if I really want to do something, it won't just be wasting time but should be productive for me. There are a lot of blogs out there which share the same interests as mine and are really worth reading. I learn from their sharing, it's fun too, and it won't hurt to reach out to other people. As a matter of fact that's one of the many worthwhile ways of using social media - reaching out.
So there. I feel the blogging bug again. Let us see. It has always been my motto that there is always time if I really want to do something. "No time" is a lame excuse. :)))
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