When I was young, Sunday was my favorite day... Bibingka, is a rice cake similar to the Western pancake in appearance... Bibingka is made from galapong, baked in a special clay pot, lined with a piece of banana leaf, with live coals on top and underneath... It is topped with slices of kesong puti (white cheese) and itlog na maalat (salted duck eggs)... The newly-cooked bibingka is spread with butter and sometimes sprinkled with sugar then served with niyog (grated coconut)... Galapong is glutinous rice soaked in water then ground with the water to form either a batter or a dough, depending on what the cooked dish is supposed to be."... "Filipino Sapin-Sapin is made from rice flour or rice that has been soaked overnight then crushed into a paste, sometimes yams or yam flour, coconut milk and sugar... Each layer is tinted (the bottom one a deep ube-like purple, the middle a golden yolk yellow,the top one white), and steamed before the next layer is added... … View Post »

Ive always wanted to lose weight... But unlike my friend R, I dont have self-discipline... I dont have the right motivation to work on losing weight by exercising, by running or even by walking every single day... Another friend suggested that I should try the diet pills shes been taking... … View Post »

We got a huge Filipino community where I am working right now... And in our tradition, Christmas means lots of parties, reunions and gatherings... It also means potlucks, long buffet table with tons and tons of food!... And then, we all start to complain about gaining so much weight during this holiday season... Is there such a thing as the best diet pills ?... … View Post »

Our possession date is tentatively set on December 15!... We ' re meeting with the mortgage broker this Saturday to finalized our mortgage... … View Post »

13 Things I do on the internet View my bank and credit card statements Pay bills online Open/close bank accounts and other term deposit Transfer money between accounts Change/update our mailing address with various organization Purchase books, air tickets, show tickets online Check the weather forecast everyday Blogging Download movies/TV series/music/software Watch videos/movies online Connect with family and friends through Facebook , Friendster and Multiply Chat with family and friends Plurking with fellow bloggers Join Thursday Thirteen... … View Post »

We were on our way to a friend ' s house for dinner last night... Well, it ' s a good thing I brought it with me or I wouldn ' t have the chance to take these pictures... … View Post »

I was just too busy lately and though I have access to try this new speech recognition program for free, I still have not done so... But seeing this video of Owen and the article written by Brett, I promise to try this software as soon as possible... Owen is a great blogger from the Isle of Man who keeps a couple great tech blogs and even builds plug-ins and widgets in his spare time from what I understand... I ' ve known Owen for over two years now through the blogosphere... Many people remember the days when it would take hours if not days or a week or more to train a voice recognition software program... Dragon NaturallySpeaking even has the ability to automatically insert punctuation as you talk... Regardless, as you watch Owen ' s video and many other videos out there on Dragon NaturallySpeaking 10, you can see just how fast it is and just how useful it can be for anyone that wants to be able to type on their computer and create text by using their voice and speaking to their computer... This article is approximately 540 words long(pre-edit), and I wrote it in about three minutes... … View Post »

A lot of people are asking me if this red bedroom is my bedroom ... We wouldn ' t be able to sleep in that room!... A family friend of ours recently bought this house... The whole house was newly painted and since its almost winter here, they decided to keep the painting till next summer... Besides, you cannot re-paint a house until after 1 year from the last painting... … View Post »

This was taken last weekend when we went to visit the construction site... Hubby and the kids drive by today and the garage door is also there... … View Post »