Forgive me for i've been a bad blogger. I have been busy and totally forget about blogging. To make up with you guys, here's my choco chip cookies recipe:
Ingredients:
1 cup butter - softened
1 cup white sugar
1 cup brown sugar
2 eggs
2 teaspoon vanilla extract
3 cups all purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
2 teaspoons hot water
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 cups semi sweet choco chips
procedure:
using an electric mixer, cream together butter, white & brown sugar until smooth. Beat in the eggs on at a time then add the vanilla. Dissolve baking soda in hot water. Add to batter along with salt. Stir in flour, choco chips. Place it in the baking pan. Place each a at least an inch apart.
*if you'll be using an oven to bake, pre - heat oven to 350 degrees prior to mixing all ingredients.
* for this , I used a turbo broiler, baking time is for 8 minutes at 250 degrees.
I would like to share another article I got from N@W. Thanks Sis Roanna for sharing this.
Life is About Correcting Mistakes
Jocelyn married William this day. At the end of the wedding party, Jocelyn's mother gave her a newly opened bank saving passbook. With $1000 deposit amount.
Mother: 'Jocelyn, take this passbook. Keep it as a record of your marriage life. When there's something happy and memorable happened in your new life, put some money in. Write down what it's about next to the line. The more memorable the event is, the more money you can put in. I've done the first one for you today. Do the others with William. When you look back after years, you can know how much happiness you've had.'
Jocelyn shared this with William when getting home. They both thought it was a great idea and were anxious to know when the second deposit can be made.
This was what they did after certain time:
- 7 Feb: $100, first birthday celebration for William after marriage - 1 Mar: $300, salary raise for Jocelyn - 20 Mar: $200, vacation trip to Bali - 15 Apr: $2000, Jocelyn got pregnant - 1 Jun: $1000, William got promoted
.... And so on...
However, after years, they started fighting and arguing for trivial things. They didn't talk much. They regretted that they had married the most nasty people in the world.... No more love...Kind of typical nowadays, huh?
One day Jocelyn talked to her Mother: 'Mom, we can't stand it anymore. We agree to divorce. I can't imagine how I decided to marry this guy!!!'
Mother: 'Sure, girl, that's no big deal. Just do whatever you want if you really can't stand it. But before that, do one thing first. Remember the saving passbook I gave you on your wedding day? Take out all money and spend it first. You shouldn't keep any record of such a poor marriage.'
Jocelyn thought it was true. So she went to the bank, waiting at the queue and planning to cancel the account. While she was waiting, she took a look at the passbook record. She looked, and looked, and looked. Then the memory of all the previous joy and happiness just came up her mind. Her eyes were then filled with tears. She left and went home. When she was home, she handed the passbook to William, asked him to spend the money before getting divorce.
The next day, William gave the passbook back to Jocelyn. She found a new deposit of $5000. And a line next to the record: 'This is the day I notice how much I've loved you thru out all these years. How much happiness you've brought me.'
They hugged and cried, putting the passbook back to the safe. Do you know how much money they had saved when they retired? I did not ask. I believe the money did not matter any more after they had gone thru all the good years in their life.
"When you fall, don't see the place where you fell, instead see the place from where you slipped. Life is about correcting mistakes."
I got this from N@w, forwarded by Pamela. Posting it in my blog because it is worth reading, however, I do not know who wrote this. To the unnamed/unknown author, nice one! galing mo magsulat. Applause.
Narinig mo na ba ito: "Libre lang ang mangarap."
Pag mukhang walang direksyon ang buhay mo, sasabihin nila,"wala ka man lang kaambi-ambisyon!" Pag andami-dami mong gustong gawin, sasabihin naman nila,"ambisyoso ka!" Ayos ba?
May mga nagtatagumpay sa buhay, may sumisikat at nalalaos, may gumaganda ang buhay pansamantala ngunit pagkatapos ay bumabalik sa dati at kung minsan ay mas masahol pa. Tignan mo yung kapitbahay mong nag Saudi o kaya'y pumunta sa Dubai at Italy o kaya si ate sa Hongkong. Wag na tayo lumayo… Musta kaya ang buhay sa call center sa bandang Libis o Ortigas? O kaya yung teller ng banko sa Makati . Ano ba ang kasalukuyang sinasalamin ng buhay nila. Kaginhawaan? Kasaganahan? O kahirapan pa din.
Marahil marami ang nangarap sa buhay. Kahit siguro yung kaibigan mong ewan, marahil ay may pangarap din ngunit libre nga ba ito? At kung libre, bakit madami pa din ang hindi nakakaabot sa kanilang mga pangarap. Kasya ba ang take home pay mo? Musta ang credit card mo? Max up na yung pangatlo?!
Palagay ko hindi libre ang mangarap. Tulad na lang ng kalayaan, subukan mong isalin sa ingles ang salitang ito – freedom. Libre nga ba ito? Kung libre ito, bakit may Ninoy, bakit may Evelio Javier, at madami pang nagbubuwis ng buhay? Tsk tsk. Nakakatuwa ang paggamit ng ating mga salita.
May kakilala akong nag-Saudi. Nakapag pundar ng bahay, umabot sa mahigit isang milyon ang nahawakang pera. Tuloy tuloy na sana pero nalulong sa droga, nawala lahat ang kabuhayan. Nangarap ba siya? Marahil. Pero somewhere along the way, nawala ang focus niya. Tapos si Manong Ed, istokwa, bata pa tumira na sa palengke. Sabi sa kanila, "black sheep" ng pamilya. Di na inintindi ng magulang. Ang batang palaboy-laboy sa palengke ng Surigao, kamuntik naging sundalo, kamuntik din nakatapos ng engineering at nag-mekaniko. Nasaan na siya ngayon? Nag-abroad na, tangay ang limang kaibigan at kapamilya. Saan kaya niya hinugot ang kanyang lakas upang makaalis sa palengkeng naging kanlungan niya habang siya ay nag-iisa?
Listen, yung nanay ng friend ko at age 44, nag-nursing. Saan na siya ngayon? Nag to-tour na. She has all the money to do just that. Ano! matanda ka na? Eto isa pa. Yung lola ng friend ko, nag retire at age 65. Bumalik sa skul, kumuha ng Law. Sabi ng mga apo at anak, "Matanda na kayo. Pahinga na lang kayo sa bahay." Sagot niya, "Ubingak pay! (bata pa ako)." Nakinig ba siya? Hindi! Ayun pumasa sa bar, lawyer na ang lola! Whew!
Ano, hihirit ka pa?
Minsan sa isang seminar, lumapit sa akin ang isang clerk, may konting luha at lungkot sa kanyang mga mata. Sabi niya, "Labing pitong taon na akong clerk, wala pang nangyari sa buhay ko!" Ako ay namangha at nabagabag. Anlalim nun ah! I got scared. Sabi ko, "Anong ginawa mo? Madami namang seminar na pwedeng puntahan, libro na puedeng basahin o kaya panibagong skills na pwedeng pag-aralan." Ang kanyang tugon ay nakakalungkot. Sabi niya, "Busy ako sa work eh!" She was practically imprisoned sa lamesa niya for 17 years! Kaya ang mas malalim na tanong, "Are we busy with the right things? Does it make us grow? Does it make us a better person? May mas magandang pupuntahan ba ang ginagawa natin sa susunod na mga taon?"
Ang karayom, pag tinusok sa 'yo ay masakit. Mararamdaman mo ito. Kaya ang karayom itinali ko sa isang steel rod at itinusok sa dibdib niya, at sinabing, "Tignan mo yang isang officemate mo. Dati clerk din siya, ngayon Systems Administrator na. Pareho kayo ng simula diba?"
The desire to dream starts from the heart, it is a daily decision to be where you want to be. It is owning it. `Tol, wag ka umasa sa mana mo o kaya sa gobyerno o sa Boss mo. At the end of the day, commodity ka lang. Ang buhay kasi is buy and sell kaya dapat alamin mo ang tunay mong halaga baka na syo-shortchange ka! Bilhin ka ng boss mo sa halagang Php10,000 tapos ibebenta ka sa halagang Php100,000. Yan ang harap harapang prostitusyon!
Ask yourself. Masaya ka ba where you are? Ok ka na ba diyan? kumusta lineage ng pamilya mo? Is that what you want to see in your generation? Sabi ng isang guard sa akin noon. Junie, security guard na lolo ko. Security guard din tatay ko, kaya security guard na din ako. Sabi ko, "Ayaw mong maging chief of police?" But really, kung yung nagdaang henerasyon sa pamilya mo e puno ng kakulangan, would you even dream and act to change it? O you resign to it and say, "Eto ang kapalaran ko." Simulan mo. Minsan masarap maging discontent. Wag mong isiping bata ka pa o matanda ka na o may kakulangan ka. Ala akong pinag-aralan eh. Mahirap lang kami. Wala kaming pera. O nagpapadala ka sa mga taong nagsasabing, "Sama-sama na lang tayo dito!" This one really scares me! O nagsasabing, "Ambisyoso ka!" `Tol, at the end of the day, di naman sila ang magpapakain ng pamilya mo eh. Try mong utangan sila. It' not about lacking in resources, it is about resourcefulness.
I started losing friends when I realize may mga taong excess baggage sa buhay natin. Minsan may nakilala ako, sobrang nega. Sala sa init sala sa lamig. Laging may problemang dala. Minsang kasama ko sabi niya, "Bat di mo ako kinakausap?" Sagot ko naman, "There is nothing good to say!" Lagi akong nagtatanong, "Is this person going to make a good influence sa buhay ko?" Syempre, yan din ang lagi kong tanong sa sarili ko.
Choose your friends. An eagle can not fly if he is dressed like a turkey. And you can't go to the same school as the duck's school.
Tignan mo if they have grown in the past few years kasi may tinatawag na Law of Association. Are they excited about life or they see it as drudgery? Are you in survival mode or is your life accelerating? Pareho ba maxed up credit card niyo? Do you hear more complaints than movements? Ang bakasyon ba mas pinagpla-planuhan kaysa sa buhay? Is happy hour better than growing together? There must be what they call the next level kasi ang buhay hindi dress rehearsal. Kaya if you see yourself in the bar every weekend with your friends, you better run away from them!
Start within you. Change the way you see things. Look at your life as a new canvass. Choose the colors! Wag mo nang balikan yung nakaraan. Di mo na mababago yun. Yung ngayon at bukas, may magagawa ka pa. Dapat may internal change muna. You have to start with your character. Be a better person everyday. Lahat ng gagawin mo should have an impact hindi lang sa buhay mo kundi sa mga taong nasa paligid mo. Everyday decision yan.
Pag-align na yung character mo, pag tama yang puso mo, everything will come into focus. Mas magaan ang buhay mo. Then yung sinasabi nilang, the whole universe will collide to give you what you deserve will definitely happen. Remember, the universe respond to deserved, not need, not want.
Finally, stretch yourself and your life like a rubber band. You will never know what your potentials are until you stretch yourself hard enough it's gonna break you. Don't let anyone live your life and drive you where they please. Like a boss with a stick and a carrot dangling at the other end. The only person who can tell you na hanggang diyan ka lang is yourself so the competition is not between you and the other person. It's the devil inside you that doesn't want you to grow.
Make a decision to change wherever you are. Don't wait for someday. Someday, someday, someday. Remove that from your vocabulary and say NOW IS THE TIME TO CHANGE!
Sama sama tayong mangarap. Mahal ang mangarap pero halika, I'll walk with you. Ano, kelan tayo magsisimula?
You already know everything you need to know about success. All you have to do is to put the remote control down, scoop that bag of chips away, get out from the couch and do something!
I am for Gordon - Bayani, unfortunately, neither one of them made it to the top post. As of press time, Noynoy Aquino is leading the race. He's probably not my bet but I'd settle with him than having Erap or Villar run our country.
I have been looking forward to experience Nomnomnom and luckily got a chance to taste it with Carol. The reviews were right! We both loooooove the food and the ambiance was really chic. Unfortunately, we forget to take pictures due to excitement and hunger. =P
We ordered Little Boy Blue Pizza, Ravioli, Fish & chips - boy, it was delicious! And how can I forget Cranberry drink !!! Nomnomnom is really a good place to eat, relax and have a good time. Will definitely bring my Ninja here for a date. =P
http://nomhappyfood.multiply.com/
Located at 1 Tomas Morato cor E. Rodriguez Ave (Besides Shell Gas Station)
My last bite of Subway was in Singapore - a month a go!!!! Searched online and found out that there are still existing branches here in Manila. Damn it. Gotta grab some bite later! Saan branch kaya dito kami kakain? = )
I have been driving for almost five years already and from day 1, Daddy always fills up the tank. Things are different now, this Monday, there's no more free gas. We will be paying for our own gasoline na lalo na now I'm married na kasi. This is something that I need to add up in my budget list.
So far, BG, our loving car has been a gasoline efficient baby. Below is our gas expense for the week:
PhP 500.00 - Monday Morning PhP 250.00 - Thursday Night ------------- PhP 750.00 - gas expense for a week is not bad. Let's sum it to Php1k na lang.
Our trip is bahay - office lang ha and some side trip/s. Not bad ha! Is our car gasoline efficient? Who about yours? Pls let me know.
Oh, before I forget, Daddy purchased a new car. It was delivered last Saturday. Yipeee!! He's so pogi, his name is BB ( stands for Baby Boy). ahahaha Now, BG has a brother. ;-)
I really don't know what's eating me but lately I have been thinking about El Nino, the ozone layer and to go on a healthy diet (thoughts which I am reserving for another entry). Is it really like this when you start thinking about having kids? Maybe... maybe not.
A lot have been going on and somewhere I'm starting to feel to be more sensitive and more caring of our world - our "semi" destroy Earth. I have to make sure that in 20-50 years from now, this earth still exists --- for my kid's sake and my kids' kid sake -- do you feel me? I hope you do. How can we do this? Start at your own homes, somewhat I know it will me a difference.
1) Practice Re-use, Reduce, Recycle Please. 2) use earth friendly bulbs 3) I read in another blog to go white. Paint your roofs white. I'll do this with our dream house. It lessen carbon monoxide emission cause it will make you house much cooler. Less electric consumption = savings. Read complete details from Chuvaness.
These are three simple ways that will make our world a much better place to live in. This will not cause anyone of us a leg and an arm, so can we start now. As in now na!
Back to our regular programming! I've been pre - occupied by being a wife and enjoying being one; which explains some of my cooking post attempts. Attempts to satisfy a hungry husband has been a successful for a newbie cook like me. Anyway, I felt the need to finish my supplier's rating as a sign of gratitude to the people / team who made our wedding truly wonderful.
Now, let's focus our attention to the magician, who transformed a swan to a lovely princess.
Magician / Make - up artist: Araflor Fernando - Highly recommended!!!
hair up
Every bride SHOULD have a good make-up artist. Why is that? Simply because it is our big day - a once in lifetime walk down the aisle - we should be really, really, really look lovely. Ara did a two - look do (hair up for the ceremony and hair down for the reception) and I really looooved it!
Hair down
I also love airbrush make - up btw. It feels lighter than regular or tradition make- up.
Sidings: broccoli and baby potatoes with butter sauce
Procedure:
Rub the salt and pepper , stuff all the ingredients (rosemary, lemon grass, basil leaves to the chicken) to the chix and roast it in a turbo or oven for 45 mins at 250 degree C.
CTK hall is really plain and meron stage na nakaka turn - off. So, I search for ways to make it look different. Drapes ang naisip kong sagot plus pinaka cover ko yung stage.
Wow!!! Yun lang masasabi ko sa partial drapings na
ginawa ng Sensitivity sa CTK hall. Classy ang pagkakagawa.
I loooove Amonn. I booked him just a few months before our wedding, akala ko nga hindi na nya ako tatanggapin kasi super late na. I have a different gown inspiration but he suggested a new style kasi yun daw bagay sakin. I trusted him kasi mas alam nya un mga ganyan dba. I was indeed a beautiful bride wearing a fabulous gown.
My mom’s gown was nice also. We had a special request na hindi kita yung peklat ni mommy from her bypass and he did what we actually asked for. My mom was lovely on our big day.
Amonn & Danica was there to deliver our gowns & to dress me up. Swerte kasi 2 kami w@wie client nya nasa same hotel and same date. Paakyat - baba sila dalawa para asikasuhin kami. Highly recommended!!!
We super, super, super recommend Center Table. We splurge on this part kasi food lang tlga ang hindi nakakalimutan ng guests and gusto namin sila busugin. Super happy tlga kami na sila ang naging final choice namin. Super sarap ng food as per our guests. Up to now, we still get messages from them kung gaano sila nasarapan, nabusog at nag crave sa mga food lalo na shrimp roll, parmesan crusted cream dory, pesto shrimp pasta,etc,etc. Balik daw sila ng balik sa buffet area para refill ang plates nila and some even asked for their calling card.
Bukod sa sarap ng food, super dami nilang buffer. We booked for just 165 pax but come our wedding day almost 200+ pax came, can you imagine ilan additional pax yun but still ang dami pa din namin nauwi na food.
Also, ang ganda ng set – up. Classy. Hindi mukhang minadali ang lahat. Sinunod nila lahat ng napag – usapan namin regarding sa set – up kahit limited time lang ang binigay sa kanila. Nakapag clear ang caterer ng AM couple past 230pm na, 6pm reception naman kami. Just imagine ilan oras lang nila inayos ang lahat but still everything was neatly / perfectly done.
Perfect! - that's how we describe our big day. It was truly a heartwarming day for us. Love was overflowing from family and friends. Also, we can't Thank enough the people / team who made our dream wedding come true.
Round of applause to our dear suppliers: Detailed Supplier's Rating to follow, promise.
Caterer: Center Table Catering Cake: Joy San Gabriel Lechon: Elar's Photo/ Video - Tito Rey Veloira Back - up photo: Lory Casuncad Drapes: Sensitivity Sounds & Lights: Al-joe Mix Emcee: Rowena Garcia OTD: Janice Dadap Hotel Preps: Astoria Plaza Florists: Blooms by Wally Hair & Make - up: Ara Fernando Bridal Gown & Mother of the Bride gown: Amonn Velasco Wedding Ring: MyDiamond Bride's shoes: Abbylyn's Groom's suit: Topman Groom's and all male ento sneakers: Vans Female Ento gowns: Tita Noemi Invites: GA Print Photobooth: PartyPicsLive Beers: San Miguel Fruit Wines: Rachebeli Inc
