September 2011
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August 2011
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Coming from an evening California History, I was struck by memories of my childhood. I was privileged to spend some time in the province where my mother grew up in while having access to an urban education. During hot summer days, my grandmother would teach us how to get palay and how to dry them under the heat of the sun. We had to rake them and turn them over every few hours and in the event...
Haven’t cooked in a week. Kinda miss it.
Have to attempt the following this week.
1. Churros con chocolate (since the wonderful Ali brought me some solid chocolate tabla from Batangas (my dad’s province in Southern Luzon)
2. Filipino pesto (thinking of making this with Edam Cheese (Quezo de Bola), basil, adobo style peanuts, garlic, sundried tomatoes and Spicy Anchovies (filipino...
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Attics and Temples
Sometimes in the heat of the toil of my labor I give in to fits of selfish rage - frustration more over my lack of skill than over my apartment’s progress. But late at night when I look over the piles of dust and dry wall and knee-deep debris that remain during this reconstructive effort, I am strangely moved by the place and I proclaim the Gospel to it softly. I say, “I know how...
The bad thing about falling asleep after work is...
I have been teaching at the preschool for two weeks now, and I have realized that it takes so much energy to take care of kids. It is definitely a different thing from taking care of younger kids or having neighborhood kids over every saturday. I work three days a week, and I still come home tired from both school and work.
I realized this week how words and boundaries are very important to...
It humbles me to realize how insignificant and limited human perception is and how infinitely greater God’s viewpoint is.
Sometimes when we attempt to look at things from His perspective, we understand some things but not all. But they change the way we look at things a whole lot.
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They say God sends the right kind of people in our lives to encourage us at the times we really do need it. I had one experience that I felt I should share here. I’ve recently started working at a preschool and I love it even if it does get tiring. I’ve always liked children growing up, maybe because I grew up babysitting my cousins all the time or that I never had any siblings. More...
“Remember tonight, for it is the beginning of always.
A promise. Like a reward...”
– Chatting last night brought up this quote by Dante Alighieri that was quoted by Lucas Scott on One tree hill. I am in a poetic mood so I thought I’d post it, been reading my Edgar Allan Poe book as well. It’s a bit old and ragged and some moths got to the cover. :( I thought this would...
The big deal about the little things
@Santa Cruz
Incorrigibility is challenging
“The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the...”
– William Arthur Ward
So true.
This is difficult, sometimes I just want to quit. But I trust that God has very wise reasons for asking us to honor our elders. I pray to move forward, and keep learning and pray my hope remains firm and my heart is renewed daily.
For what it’s worthy, i’m sorry if i provoked you.
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Chicken Paksiw #what to do with rotisserie chicken...
Paksiw is a dish cooked in garlic and vinegar. Chicken leftovers can be recooked in a completely different dish that adds different flavors to an already flavorful chicken.
Ingredients:
Garlic, chopped
Onion, chopped
Spiced Vinegar
Mang Tomas all Purpose Sauce or “Sarsa”, spicy variant - We use this for lechon, usually.
Bay leaf (1)
Leftover rotisserie chicken pieces
Cooking...
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Pancit Bihon #What to do with leftover rotisserie...
So I decided to also cook my pancit bihon recipe for him last week.
Image from rasamalaysia.com
Ingredients:
Celery, chopped
Carrots, peeled and chopped
Onions
Garlic
Cooked shrimp, deveined and peeled, tail on
Lemon wedge
Red bell peppers
Rotisserie chicken (breast part and chopped)
1/3 cabbage
Soy sauce
Pepper
Rice Noodles (or Pancit Bihon)
Cooking instructions:
1. Place rice...
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Chicken Asado filled Siopao/ Steamed Buns
Late post: To celebrate my boyfriend’s happy return from a fishing trip, I decided to cook for him to show him how much I missed him. The menu was Pancit Bihon, Peanut Yema Candy for desert and the siopao.
Ingredients:
Chicken Asado Filling
3 Chicken Breast fillets, cut into cubes
3 tbsp of butter
3 garlic cloves, minced
1 onion, minced
2 tbsp of cornstarch dissolved in 1/4 cup...
Looking for Love like a Peasant (great article)
Looking for Love Like a Peasant by A.J. Kiesling Of all the answers generated by the survey supporting my book Where Have All the Good Men Gone? Why So Many Christian Woman Are Remaining Single, the most revealing was the one stated at the outset: Out of 120 singles, both men and women, not one said no to the question “Do you want to be married someday?”
To me this is remarkable,...
Waking up at 5:32am
It is too early for someone like me who enjoys sleeping in and staying under covers until 8am. BUT, it is amazing because I see the sunlight streaming through the blinds. It is also perfect because praying and reading the bible really early just really helps at the moment.
Photo taken at redbubble.com
hosannainthehighest asked: you're welcome and i glad you like it :) God bless you ^__^ :D
When I think of life, I don’t think of something I have to survive. When I think of life, I think of something that is not my own, something that was given to me and the only way I could repay that selfless gift is to live my life as best as the Giver has seen fit.
Life is complicated. It’s full of twists and turns and full of a plethora of interesting characters. However complicated...
Give me a man who is man enough to give himself just to the woman who is worth him. If that woman were me I would love him alone and forever.
-Casanova
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Seafood Karekare #soyouthinkyoucancook
Kare-kare is a Filipino stew made with peanuts, vegetables and beef oxtail and tripe. This is eaten with a small serving of sauteed shrimp paste or bagoong. My grandmother would always make this dish during fiestas or festivals, which Filipinos hold in their local baranggays (municipalities) in honor of the town’s patron saint. It is a special event wherein there are a lot of good food,...
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Peanut Yema Candy #soyouthinkyoucan cook
Yema is a Filipino desert made from cooked milk/custard that is influenced by our Hispanic culture. This is typically sold wrapped in colorful cellophane paper during the Christmas holidays. Since my friend invited me for a friendly culinary competition of sorts, I thought it would be nice to make traditional Filipino dishes the way my grandmother, mother and relatives make them. Also, Bulacan,...
God is great, because He loves us despite of what...
Real Talk: ‘I Love Myself Enough to Walk Away’
By Demetria L. Lucas
Would you stick it out with your mate even if he weren’t The One? Yesterday, Jennifer Lopez, the recently divorced singer and actress appeared on the cover of Vanity Fair, which included a revealing interview complete with photos of the singer clad in only a full-length fur and high heels. (In case...
I am behind on my cooking blog entries, but i...
There are things that we don’t want to happen but have to accept, things we don’t want to know but have to learn, and people we can’t live without but have to let go. - Jennifer Jareau, Criminal Minds
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Chili and Cheddar Farfalle with Breaded Chicken
Image not mine, taken from myrecipes.com (My camera is broken and my phone camera does not take pretty pictures)
Last week, I made Chili and Cheddar Farfalle with breaded chicken on top. This was an attempt to replicate this yummy Louisiana Chicken pasta I had at Cheesecake factory which had a lot of bellpeppers on it (I think bell peppers really add character, flavor and color to a lot of...
Interesting link on a Filipino artist's... →
And the bibliophile is out!
I am counting the days until my first paycheck. BECAUSE that allows me to get books of my own. As much as the library has been amazing in getting me books to read, and I have read as much as I could. :) There is a different feeling in building your own book collection. As a matter of fact, one of the things I would like is to build a mini library for my kids someday (like the small library the...
Follow Through (Gavin DeGraw)
Oh, this is the start of something good Don’t you agree? I, haven’t felt like this in so many moons You know what I mean And we can build through this distraction As we are standing on our feet So, since you wanna be with me You’ll have to follow through With every word you say And I, all I really want is you you to stick around I’ll see you everyday But you...
In 2005, we opened our home to the kids in the community, trying to teach them lessons that God has taught us as well. What we didn’t expect was the lessons that came with opening our hearts to these kids. You learn kindness, love, patience, perseverance, simplicity from each other. The weightiest lesson I learned was humility. These were children and parents who face heavy struggles...
