Chicken and Tofu Pasta (Fusilli)

Photo credit: Valerie Magos

In the Philippines, noodles or pasta is a must on the menu of a birthday celebrant. I'm not sure why but I guess it has something to do with this old belief about noodles or long pasta signifying long life for the celebrant. lol. My friend celebrated her birthday last Saturday and she requested me to cook a pasta, a non-tradition one. Not red. Not spaghetti noodles.

Common cold. Common sense.

Been down with a cold for almost two weeks now. Ugh! Don't you just hate repetitievely coughing and blowing your nose? And my tastebuds are sympathizing with me too. I cannot seem to taste whatever food I eat. It's torture!

The weather here seems really different. Philippines have been experiencing a cooler weather and as of writing the temperature is at 21˚C, this is due to the northeast monsoon bringing in cold air from China that usually ends on mid February, it may looked like not too cold for you guys living in a snowing country but in a tropical country like Philippines we are pretty much lucky to get 29˚C  in the city. Probably that's why a lot of people are getting colds lately. It's like every people I see on the street are coughing or whatever. I'm worried.

Always sneeze and cough on the tissue. Dispose it properly.

My cold started 3 days before our swimming party and the thought of not being able to come to the party just sucks because a friend of ours came home from Singapore for vacation and it's the only time I can spend time with him.

It's More Fun In The Philippines - Part 1

"It's more fun in the Philippines" is our country's slogan launched in 2012 by our Department of Tourism to attract more tourists around the planet! It extra ordinarily label simple things you can enjoy more in the Philippines. 

I happen to discover these photos I took and edited back in 2012. I want to share them just so to give you more ideas why its more fun in the Philippines. :)

Cat fight. More fun in the Philippines - Taken at the observation deck of Mines View Park, Baguio City. From it's deck you will see a spectacular panoramic view of Benguet's gold and copper mines. It's a spectacular view to regard.

Welcome To Happily Ever After!

A great marriage is not when the “perfect couple” comes together. It is when an imperfect couple learns to enjoy their differences. ~ Dave Meurer

My friend and his fiancé got married on December 18, 2013. It was surreal. He was my schoolmate back in college and it was known how silly  and crazy he was then. So when the news came out that he will get married and settle down. We all cannot believe it. Until we heard his vows. Lol.

Here are some of the photos taken. I didn’t take much because I want to applaud and enjoy the moment that I could not take my eyes off the couple! lol. They’re just perfect!

Here comes the bride!! 

Leftover No More..

One of the things I love about holiday season is having leftovers. If you’re a kind of person who doesn’t like to eat the same food twice, you better learn how to give leftovers a second chance on those taste buds. You’ll be surprised with the things you can make with them!

In my case, I don’t mind eating the same food twice or thrice but I just like re-inventing things, that’s all. lol. So, while I was reading my emails and updating my blogs I thought of making myself a midnight snack.

Seeing there’s a leftover ham and bread, I grabbed some tomatoes, olives and a whole egg (scrambled it). I saw some cheese I used for pasta and Mayo for salad on Christmas. I’mma make myself a sandwich! lol. C’mon, it doesn’t take a genius to make one. Just gather whatever you think will complement with your main ingredient.

Heat the ham, scramble the egg, slice the olives and tomato.

Sunday Kitchen Day

Cooking keeps my sanity, especially cooking whatever is left in the fridge. With all the meat consumed this holiday I opted for some fish and it happened that I still got some cream dory I bought day before Christmas.

Besides, it was Sunday. My kitchen day! Lol. I’m not sure what other recipe you can do with a cream dory apart from deep frying it. I guess the make or brake of it is with the sauce. Let me share with you my kitchen day. lol.

Prepare everything

Vietnam – Cambodia 2013 – Part 10

Surprisingly, I woke up late this time! lol. Everybody’s already downstairs having breakfast. It’s like I was glued to the bed. I didn’t wanna leave but my stomach was growling. Too lazy to move, I didn’t bother to change my sleepwear. lol.

When I arrived at the at the hall, they’re almost done eating. It’s a buffet breakfast so there are a lot of food to choose from, obviously. But what I like most was the watermelon juice. It’s a fresh one and really cold. Really refreshing. I noticed a lot of Korean visitors so I wasn’t surprised to see a lot of korean food on the buffet table.

Well that was a fulfilling meal! We went to the poolside to see the beach and it was a perfect day to swim but we haven’t got enough time already so we just sat at talked for a bit enjoying the view. Of course we took lots of pictures again, the view was just sublime we just had to do tons of picture taking. lol.

Good morning, Mui Ne!

Vietnam – Cambodia 2013 – Part 9

Okay, back to the hotel! Their pool was looking nice that we all had to change to our swimwear and take advantage of owning the pool to ourselves! lol. It’s not really a big one, it’s more like a lap pool. We played a little game on the pool and just talk about the adventures of the past days as we about to get close to ending the epic trip.

With all the food we ate at lunch we thought we would not need to have dinner. But it’s our last night and we wanna make use of the time left. We went to Joe’s Cafe, one of the most popular bar/restaurant in the strip. We listened to their performer as we wait for our food. We cannot see the guy singer as we opted to sit outside so we can only hear the sound. Then we’re suddenly silenced by this familiar resonance. As we try to apprehend its intro, our eyes got bigger and bigger!

Swimming!