Food Trip Friday # 3 : Sinigang

I am not into cooking if not with Magic Sarap, my cook is tasteless and the kids despised it so I'll make sure I have Magic Sarap or Real Sarap stock in my cabinet. And since Faith likes to have a soup in her meal, I oftentimes cook tinola or sinigang for her.

It was lunch time when I cook sinigang for Faith, join us here in Food Trip Friday, just click the badge above. Thanks!

Girl's Talk : The Emo in Me

When it comes to Emo, I guess I attributed the most dramatic role ever since my parents were gone. I was 5 years old when my Mom died and 9 years old when my Father followed, when my father died my sisters sent me to the brother of my father whom I thought could be a second father to me. Although his wife was mean to me but I learned one thing from them and that is to work so hard so I have something to prove in life in the future. I was obliged to wake up around 4:00 a.m., to fill up the bottles of cooking oil in the sari sari store and man the store until late at night. It was then that I realized of how hard it was for not having parents around, I'll tell you I was really envious with kids who have their parents around, fixing their hair at school, sending them lunch and holding them when it is time to go home.

My sisters took me after the school year ends, they have learned from my other relatives that my life there done me nothing good. College came, we transferred a house where I have to commute for one hour and the fare was a bit expensive than of the house we rented in downtown. Good thing I passed the exam for a scholarship program run by the school I enrolled. My tuition fee was free, they gave us our allowance but it was not enough for my fare or projects yet it never ceased my determination to finish college, I sometimes sell muffins to all my friends, I have asked our scholar coordinator if I could laundry her clothes in return for a fare, and sometimes if I could find some coke bottles inside the canteen, I would return it so they would hand me the deposits. I went through ups and mostly down but I was able to finish my college through my determination, thank GOD the new teacher in-charge of the office I was assigned to helped me a lot, she was the one who supported me financially when one of the heads at the school told her about my problem, she did not hesitate to offer a help. Whenever she just arrives from her tour around US, she never failed to give me some presents and postcards. In some way I was still blessed because GOD made a way for me to achieve my dreams to finish school.

So it is true that when you asked HIM and tell HIM everything he would never leave you in your journey, he may not be beside you but he is just at your back so when you are tired and ready to fall, he will be able to catch and carry you.

Got Busy

I was quiet busy today, first off was to send Faith to her pediatrician since she had a fever last night, I suspected it was maybe because of her cuts from yesterday. It was so horrible seeing her screamed so loud like that, it was so unbearable but I have to be strong and remain calm so I can do what should be done, no time to get panicked otherwise I can't think of the right thing to do.

My neighbor who just opened a store recently offered me some medications, one thing I don't have at home is a first aid kit. Thank GOD my neighbor has a betadine, some cotton balls, bandage and some stuff for cuts. When I dropped some Agua Oxynada at Faith's injury finger, she cried out so dreadfully loud. My sister look so horribly worried and I guess got scared with Faith's cries but as what I've said a while ago, I don't have a mere time to get panicked, Faith needs me more at that very moment.

When we arrived from the pediatrician and from grocery shopping, my being busy did not stopped there. At 4:00 p.m., I have to send Mj to her Kumon she finished at 6:30 p.m., and then we hurried home. I prepare our dinner for both of us, Faith was already done so she was busy watching her favorite program in the TV. I washed the dishes right after, prepared for Faith's milk, helping Mj with her assignments, played with Faith for a while so on and so forth and so here I am now updating this blog so late.

He needs to lose more weight

My hubby is trying to lose weight. So far he has dropped around 15 pounds, but at the moment, he is having a hard time losing more weight. He tells me that he wears a pedometer to count the number of steps a day and on a normal work day he says he totals around 9,000 steps. He really needs to do more strenuous exercise than just walking. He has some exercise equipment, folding treadmills being one item he has, but he is not using it very often. I guess I need to encourage him to use it. I want him to be healthy for me and the kids.

TCP # 7 : 300

I was too busy this morning, right after Mj went to school, I washed the dishes and clean the bathroom. After I finished all the house chores, I went ahead to prepare to go to her proctor at Kumon. So I was not able to write my entry here for Tuesday Couch Potato. I am still busy right now, but since Mj is not yet finish with her worksheet let me post my entry here.

The plot summary of the movie 300:

Photo source: Google

300 tells the story of the Battle of Thermopylae in 480 B.C. Persians under the rule of King Xerxes have already taken over some of the Hellenic city-states, and now threaten Sparta and Athens. King Leonidas of Sparta is left with two options: he will either have to sacrifice himself for the well-being of Sparta or watch it burn to the ground. Choosing the former, Leonidas forms an army of 300 Spartan warriors to block the narrow passage of Thermopylae where Xerxes intends to reach Hellas. The 300 are accompanied by about 700 Thespians who protect the flanks of the passage, and combined, the forces manage to slay tens of thousands of Persians and prevent their entry into Hellas for several days. However, Ephialtes, a reject of the Spartan Army gets his revenge by showing Xerxes a secret goat passage up the flanks of the passage. The story depicts the epic last stand of the finest Spartan soldiers who are aware of their fate, but motivated by "honor and glory", see the battle as their duty to protect the rest of Greece for as long as possible.

Blue Monday # 4 : One Day with Faith

When my sister Merlyn is not here at home, I will have to bring Faith wherever I go. So when I have to exchange the worksheets of Mj at Kumon, she was here with me together with her umbrella.

Here she is with her blue umbrella, oh how she cried much whenever I won't let her bring her umbrella.

I guess, with a shade of blue in her tops will count as an entry for Blue Monday. We were actually waiting here for Mj's instructor in Kumon for the exchange worksheets.

When we arrived home, I was busy trying to unlock the gate and she was there so patiently waiting for me.

Faith won't depend on me on taking off her shoes, usually she can do it to herself.

And she never left her shoes in the living room, she would always return it to the shoe rack in the storage room.

Stiletto Heels

When I was still working and before I meet my husband, I never wore flat shoes, it was not in my vocabulary to wear those kinds of sandals. Since I am a petite woman, I always bought stiletto heels just like a Christian Louboutin shoes for me to look taller. One day when I and my friends agreed to go to and meet at the beach, they were so surprised because I did not even bother to wear flip flops at all, I wore a boots with a stiletto heels. So they named me then a stiletto lady, never did I know that it also done me nothing good. My legs get easily strain and cramps, and I got a dried skin on my heel maybe because of the force yet I still did not refrain from wearing high heels.

After I gave birth to my youngest daughter, it was then that I realized how comfortable it is to only wear flat shoes or flip flops whenever I go to downtown to run my errands. I maybe not look tall this time but it was nothing compares to no cramps and strain in my legs anymore. I still wear high heels but only when we have to attend parties and or different occasions.

Fully Loaded

The reason why I was not able to post updates for how many days in all my blogs was my relatives from the province came well other than that my Internet connection was still going crazy. And the house was jam packed with kids around, it is so rare for this house to be so crowded all at once. So I grabbed the opportunity to mingle with them, to laugh with them, and to take pictures with them.

When they got home on Monday, the house was like a ghost. Mj was sad, when she arrived from the school she opened the three doors of our three bedrooms to check if they were not really there anymore. Anyway here are some pictures I took when they were here.

Puca and Karo ay este Faith and Rayben

Us, some of us were cooking

and some were just chatting outside of the house
The kids, ready for my other cousin's big event

Fun, fun, fun