July 2011
3 posts
We are Family
dearlittlegirl:
Spend as much time as you can with your family.
No matter how weird, crazy or dysfunctional you think you might be as a unit, you will miss them when they are not around.
-E
Around the World
dearlittlegirl:
Dear Little Girl,
Someday, you will experience heartbreak.
You’ll go through a messy break up. You’re dream job doesn’t work out. Someone you care about will pass away.
When this happens, little girl, you TRAVEL.
See the world. It’s bigger than you can imagine but smaller than you think.
You’ll come home a new person. Everytime. That’s a promise.
-E
Dear Little Girl: Someday →
dearlittlegirl:
Dear Little Girl Remember those fairy tales you so dearly love? Yes, that’s right. The one with the happy endings and happily-ever-afters Pay close attention to how the story unfolds for hidden amongst the tiaras, glass slippers and fairy godmothers is a life lesson to be learnt. The path to…
June 2011
1 post
Dear Little Girl: Be Yourself. →
dearlittlegirl:
Dear Little Girl,
BE YOURSELF. It’s the one thing you can be 100% sure you will be AWESOME at.
At the end of the day, who you really are will always struggle to come out, regardless of how hard you try to keep it hidden. Sometimes pressure from friends, your significant other or a job you…
May 2011
2 posts
Now and then...
dearlittlegirl:
Dear Little Girl,
Being an adult doesn’t magically give you all the answers.
You’ll still feel lost and lonely sometimes. You’ll still want to run away to your safe place. You’ll still want to watch Disney cartoons for 24 hours straight.
Life won’t be perfect in your twenties. It won’t even be perfect in your thirties. I can’t speak for forties yet, but I’m pretty sure it’s...
March 2011
1 post
WatchTruth!
sarahmeier:
Chilling out with my girls Erica and Dane at TiBraz, Boracay and got to talking about conquering our personal fears of unbridled self-expression on our blogs. This led to sharing stories about letters we’ve received from blog readers — and we all agreed that aside from being instrumental in keeping us going, that there was a common thread that linked the readers that wrote...
October 2010
1 post
Gourmet Kitschen: Birthday Cafe Cupcake Menu →
gourmetkitschen:
Hi Guys! My cupcakes are for sale- but only for the Holidays! From now until Christmas- order away!Call/ Text 09275104516. Orders are for pick up in Katipunan area or Delivery up to Makati (on certain days only and with extra charge of P150)
Cupcake Menu
Barnaby (P800/ dozen P400/half…
September 2010
1 post
Two Dolllar Pressy: Good 'ol mix CDs →
2dollarpressy:
Erica remembers when she and her friends used to make each other mix tapes as presents. The technology eventually turned to CD, but mixtapes required more effort as you couldn’t just click on “burn” with your mouse and sit back. To make a mixtape, you had to listen to the entire song through and…
July 2010
5 posts
Gourmet Kitschen: Restaurant Rave: La Cocina de... →
Last night was my dear friend Pam’s birthday dinner. I was feeling the flu coming and was going to beg off from attending, but decided to go last minute because I hadn’t seen some of my good friends in a long while.
La Cocina de Tita Moning is located in San Miguel, Manila. It is an ancestral…
Ala Mundo: my sister's tattoo---AKA MY TATTOO :D →
When people tell me to design a tattoo, I consider it an honor because they’re willing to have an original work of art on their bodies forever.
My sister Erica asked me to design her half-sleeve, her biggest ink investment ever. She’s had 9 tattoos prior to this, but nowhere near the scale of a…
Gourmet Kitschen: Kitchen Chaos: Tacos!!! →
One of my go to dishes when I’m either too lazy to take time to prepare a meal, or just want something fast (like w/n 20 minutes) is tacos. There are several reasons why I love making this.
1. You don’t actually have to cook anything except the meat.
2. You can “build” your own meal. Everything…
Gourmet Kitschen: Kitchen Chaos: Queso Fundido →
I was going to make tacos for a quick and easy dinner, but needed something else to go with it. I didn’t wanna make anything complicated because it would totally defeat the purpose of my easy-to-make supper.I found some Tostitos Hint of Lime chips in our pantry and decided to run with that. Making…
Gourmet Kitschen: Kitchen Chaos: Banana Nutella... →
I’m not much of a baker. Unlike cooking, it takes more patience and precision, neither of which I am particularly interested in. Also, our oven needs to be calibrated or something because the heat never matches the temperature so I’ve been making do with manually checking my baked food from time…
June 2010
1 post
Gourmet Kitschen
Follow me!!! My new blog on kitchen misadventures, restaurant reviews and copy cat recipes!
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April 2010
4 posts
March 2010
4 posts
THE SOULSHINE PROJECT
What is it? The Soulshine Project is a blog that I started, with the help of a few friends. The plan is to make it somewhat like a diary of happiness. The challenge is to be able to come up with one good thing that happened to you on any given day. Something you did, or was done for you, or that you saw. It doesn’t have to be groundbreaking, it can be something small, but made you feel...
HAPPY BACON's TRUFFLE MENU
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All truffles come in a box of 6 pieces and cost P300. One flavor or Assorted)
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OREO- Your favorite...
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Fresh batch of chili chocolate bacon and peanut butter bacon truffles!Order at happy_bacon143yahoo.com Pick up points are Katipunan and Makati (Makati orders are delivered to pick up point every Monday and Thursday ONLY!)
In other kitchen news… I’ve been experimenting with other NON-BACON Truffles flavors and will be offering them soon! Just need to make sure they are perfect before I...
February 2010
7 posts
SPREAD THE HAPPINESS (and BACON)
I made a fresh batch tonight! Order now-for pick up in Katipunan or Makati tomorrow. I only deliver to Makati on Mondays and Thursdays so get to it! ;p Email happy_bacon143@yahoo.com Thanks!
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50g- P150
100g -P250
150g- P380
TRUFFLES
300 for a BOX of 6 (one flavor or assorted)
Email me at happy_bacon143@yahoo.com for orders. Pick up only in Katipunan or in Makati (Delivery days to pick up point in Makati is every Monday and Thursday and exact amount only if paying upon pick up)
I prefer that you deposit payment into the HAPPY BACON account BEFORE pick up, as I have...
January 2010
9 posts
Mixtape-This is so cute! →
incompetent adults
My daughter is older than I am.
There are certain questions that kids ask that make me feel like an incompetent adult. Yesterday, I was in the car with my 5-year old niece and we passed by a cemetery.
A: Hey Dada, do you know what that place is, with all the crosses?
D: No.
A: It's where they put dead people. They put them in a coffin, do you know what a coffin is?
D: No.
A: It's a wooden box. When people die, they put them in a wooden box, dig a hole in the ground, put the box in the hole, then cover it up with soil again. Then they put a cross on top.
D: Rocky died. He ate a poisonous frog. They buried him in our backyard. How come he doesn't get a cross?
A: Because Rocky is an animal.
D: Why don't animals get crosses?
A: Um... because they don't go to church.
***I wanted to kick myself in the head for saying that. It's the ultimate holier-than-thou answer. "You don't get a sacred marker on your grave because you don't go to church. Niya niya niya". So I follow it up.
A: Um... it's not like they're not allowed to have crosses though. You can certainly put one if you want.
D: But Ninang Ala, how come there are so many, many crosses? How come so many people died?
A: Because lots of people die. Especially when there are wars and fighting, lots and lots of people die.
D: But only them? Only people who go to war die?
A: No Dada, everyone dies.
***The subtle change in her eyes, brought on by dawning of that realization, will stay with me forever. Her next question surprised me a bit.
D: ... even if you believe in God?
A: ... um, yes. Um... we all die, but our soul lives on forever.
***Do I really believe that, or am I just feeding her the same thing adults used to feed me so that I won't be afraid of death? Answering these sorts of questions make you feel a bit guilty because any answer you give is bound to impose your own religious beliefs on someone so easily impressionable. It feels like such a huge responsibility to give the right answer. Should I make up some fantastical story, or dumb things down so that she'll understand? Should I tell her that I don't know? Or should I just tell her what I really believe in? Wait, what do I believe in anyway????
D: Ninang Ala, what's a soul?
*Another big question. My niece may grow up to be Christian, or Buddhist, or an atheist. But for now, I'll tell her what I think I really believe in. Why lie? The child wants to know. True, I don't have all the answers, but I do believe in something. She'll be old enough to decide for herself one day.
A: It's the part of us that will never, ever die. Our bodies will die someday and they'll be buried in the ground, but our souls will live forever.
*** Whew. Ok, I didn't lie to her. But did I tell her the truth? Then she hit me with the ultimate question.
D: But how do you know???
*** Oh no. Here we go. I will not be able to answer and she will know I am a sham, just like all the other adults in the car with us.
But my dad, who has been listening in, steps in and saves me by saying: "You just know."
That answer sits comfortably with her, surprisingly. My niece leaves it at that, and starts talking about excited she is to go to Fun Ranch on Tuesday. As for me, my facade is intact, though my interior is in disarray. Did I pass the exam? Maybe I did, because for now, she still thinks adults know everything.
Someday, she'll awaken and know that nobody has all the answers.
“He’s not perfect. You aren’t either, and the two of you will never be perfect....”
– Bob Marley (via eletheowl) (via carloscaparas) (via neekel) I already miss Abdul boohoo.
December 2009
9 posts
2010 Resolutions
I usually dislike New year’s resolutions. Majority of people like the idea of doing this or that, making this change or starting this project, but what I learned from the past is that half the time, ideas don’t turn into reality. Smokers are still smokers at the end of the year, you are still with that guy who treats you like crap, and you are still uhappily going through the motions...
All I want for Christmas....Part 1 (The me,me,me...
1. An iphone. I never cared about phones and what kind I had, but I actually started getting attached to my iphone-and then it got stolen! Guuuuuh.
2. An English or French Bulldog. I will love him and hug him and feed him, and call him George. (Actually I won’t call him George but I’ll do everything else!)
3. A plane ticket. HINT-I miss Sydney and New York.
4. A good pair of running...
Epiphany
You make me wanna puke on myself all the time because of all the gross thoughts I have and gross behaviour you bring out of me. I therefore conclude that you must be kindasorta special. ;p
November 2009
3 posts
BOXING DAY (A month long Christmas Gift Drive)
This Christmas, I’d like to ask for a little help from all of you to spread a little Christmas Cheer. I got this awesome idea from my girl Amanda in Va., and I thought, why not do it here? Enter: BOXING DAY- a month long Christmas gift drive for flood survivors! It’s easy. 1. Collect all empty shoe boxes at home. 2. Fill them up w/ treats. Please keep a particular person in mind and...