Pixel Bug Weekend- Worst flooding in history of Northern Luzon.

worst flooding history in northern Luzon

The best thing about being a Filipino is every time that we are in a high crisis we are fighters and survivors, we don't easily give up even in our most tragic moments. This picture shows the true meaning of Bayanihan is still in each one of us...

I dunno what to say, I feel so sad after I watched the news Saturday night. Very traumatic and heartbreaking news for me. I know that all of us is still in shock after what the typhoon ondoy left us nothing but pain and terrible situation. This is one of the worst flooding incident in northern Luzon that left 75 people dead and nearly 300,000 affected.

food trip Friday- Kamasu fish with misoshiru soup and kimpira gobo

Kamasu fish with misoshiru soup and kimpira gobo.

Info:

Kimpira Gobo is a side dish made with Braised Burdock roots (an earthy root vegetable) . Burdock, also known as gobo in Japanese. This is a long slender root vegetable with rusty brown skin and grayish-white flesh. Although burdock is little known in the United States, it has been an important and commonly used vegetable in Japanese cuisine for centuries. In Japan, burdock is often pickled or used in such traditional dishes as kimpira gobo. For this dish, carrots and burdock are cut into matchsticks, stir-fried together, and then braised in a mixture of mirin, sugar and soy sauce with hot peppers and sesame seeds.

Mommy Moments- That's my favorite

How time flies! I can't believe its Friday once again it means another exciting theme to share here in Mommy Moments and for this weeks theme is all about That's my favorite...

Lily & Chu-chang

Lily and Chu-chang are my kids favorite stuff toys. I dunno what's in this stuff that makes it special all I know is every time I tried to hide Rio's beautiful chu-chang lol... She's scream and ask me stop hiding it because she can't sleep without chu-chang beside her =(. Anyway, lily is also special for Kei, because she had lily before Rio was born. My brother in- law gave it to her six years ago.

Achievements

I am a proud mother!!! My kids are both smart and they show their enthusiasm in everything that they do. That's why in every achievement they had is a worth to cherish.

Kei's new picture { my favorite photo of her}

This photo shows that how time flies. Eight years ago she was a little baby, but look at her now grabe ang bilis ng panahon, Laki na nya!!!

Making a wood craft..

One of my favorite picture is this one, hubby is so serious helping our kids in their wood craft. I just love looking at it=)

Share your precious moments here in Mommy Moments... Happy weekend !!!!

Pixel Bug weekend #1 .

First of all I would like to say Happy Birthday and Congratulation to Sassy Mom. For this beautiful and exciting weekly meme the Pixel Bug and here is my first pixel post.

Pixel Bug weekend~ Kikay photos

With my sister Lexie.

This is Rio, for her my makeup is the best toy in the whole wide world.

Kei & Rio

Big Hug ;p

Join Sassy Mom in her exciting and fun~fun meme here in Pixel Bug! Have fun guys :p

Hello Rio!!

Jump for joy.

She likes to play to an open cabinet and from that cabinet she'll jump and roll herself on the bed. My gosh she's the new stunt kid in town !!!

food trip Friday- lunch box

Obeto.

Join us here in Food Trip Friday. Happy weekend :p

Please let us help. 3$ for baby Daniel !

Please let us help baby Daniel

George Daniel Arevalo Samson, 5 months old son of Niko, a high school friend of Clarissa was diagnose of having a biliary atresia with cirrhosis and is in immediate need of liver transplant. The operation has never been done in the Philippines and the doctor’s advice is to go to Taiwan for the cheapest operation of which will cost roughly 3 Million Pesos ($60,000).

I'm asking for your help and knocking on each of your hearts for $3 to help save Daniel’s life... Let us pray for baby Daniel..

please visit NIKO's blog for the complete details .

Mommy Moments- Treasured pictures

Hi everyone another precious moments to share here in mommy moments and for this weeks theme is all about Treasured Pictures.

This is one of my favorite. They enjoyed making some crafts together.
This photo is part of our summer vacay moments.

I love the way they look at me when I said SMILE.

Teaching her little sister to play piano.

Kei's MINI-K commercial audition.

She's into the top 10 Mini-K's magazine models, but sad to say my dear Kei didn't make it to the magazine pictorial because in that same date we rushed her to the hospital due to high fever(104) and sores in his throat- the Doctor said it was most likely viral infection. She was in the hospital for five days. I feel so sad when my daughter asked me if she did a great job while were there. I told her that she's great and I'm so proud of her.

Share your precious moments here in Mommy Moments

all my friendship award :p

Thank you so much to Imelda of My daily Thoughts and Moods, Shydub of Simple Happy Life, Santhy of All about Garnaat Family and Chris of The Mommy Journey for handing me this fabulous award. Ladies, thank you for the friendship. I really do appreciate it :p

The award implies:

Green: symbolizes the new buddies
Yellow : represents the guys who are always active
Blue : symbolizes the bloggers with PR
Platform Red : symbolizes that we are all equal and that we are brothers and sisters

I'd like to pass this award to:

Willa of Smart Mommy

Clarissa of Kizuna

Tetcha of Pensive Thoughts

Enchie of Sweet Nothings
Chubskulit of Rose's Obstacles and Glories
Seiko of Seiko's Diary
Jes of My Little Angels
Pehpot of Make or Break

food trip Friday-crispy maruya

Crispy Maruya { Banana Fritters Asian style}

INGREDIENTS
5/8 cup all-purpose flour
1 pinch salt
1 teaspoon baking powder
6 ripe bananas
3 tablespoons white sugar
oil for frying

DIRECTIONS
~Heat oil in a deep fryer or heavy bottomed pan to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
~Sift the flour, salt, and baking powder into a medium bowl.
~In a separate bowl, mix together the bananas and sugar. Gradually mix flour mixture into bananas, stirring until well combined.
~Drop batter by spoonfuls into hot oil and cook turning once until browned 2 to 8 minutes. Drain on paper towels.

Join us here in Food Trip Friday. Happy weekend :p

Mommy Moments-Hat day

Thank God its Friday, another fun and exciting ways of sharing our precious moments here in mommy moments. And for today's theme is all about Hat Day.




Share your fun moments with us here in Mommy Moments. Have a great weekend everyone!!!

My lifelong endeavor

Hubby and I have been married for almost eight years he is so nice to me and to our children. What I love most about my husband is he tries so hard to make me happy, he is always there to comfort me but sometimes I get frustrated because my husband and I view the world so differently and I don’t know how to see things from his perspective. It is hard!
I want to be a better wife. Over the years I have matured, I have grown, I have identified and realized the issue and even begun to work on it. Before I have been so negative, selfish and just constantly complaining about EVERYTHING. Everyday I try to be a better wife, and everyday I improve with limited minor setbacks. This is not something that I feel I can ever fully accomplish, since I believe it’s an ongoing goal with unlimited opportunity for improvement. After all, being a better wife is a lifelong endeavor.

Mommy Moments- Dress up day

Good day everyone its been a long day for me but I feel so grateful that I finished all my household duty for today.lol....Anyway, Another exciting theme to share here in Mommy Moments and our them for this week is all about dress up!!

This was during their school presentation

ShiChiGou San


Piano Recital

Capture your kids precious moments and share it with us here at Mommy Moments. Happy weekend ^o^!

food trip Friday- Obento

Another delicious food to share here in Food Trip Friday. Here is my food for today Obento.
Obento is a box of meal it is similar to a lunch box. Obento can be a single portion takeout or a home pack meal for Japanese cuisine .

This Obento is from gusto skylark family restaurant. We ate it while watching A very Special love via TFC... lol..

Join us here in Food Trip Friday, Have a great weekend everyone :)

getting to know each other!

Thank you so much to my dear and thoughtful friends Seiko of Seiko's Diary, Shydub of Simple Happy Life and Imelda of My daily Thoughts and Moods for this wonderful tag, I would like to say sorry for being so lazy this past few weeks. I have to be honest to everyone that I feel so irresponsible for taking my blog for granted. Lately I was hook by this cool games in FB and I feel sorry for not managing my time properly. To all my readers and friends thank you for staying with me....

about me!!!


1. What time did you get up this morning? 6:30 am

2. How do you like your steak? Well Done

3. What was the last film you saw at the cinema? Night at the Museum

4. What is your favorite TV show? The Filipino Channel

5. If you could live anywhere in the world where would it be? Europe

6. What did you have for breakfast? Cereals and Milk

7. What is your favorite cuisine? Japanese , Filipino and Italian food

8. What foods do you dislike? I don't know { ano nga ba?}

9. Favorite place to eat? Our dinning room

10. Favorite dressing? Thousand Island

11. What kind of vehicle do you drive? Mazda

12. What are your favorite clothes? Dress , Shorts and T-shirts

13. Where would you visit if you had the chance? Europe and South America

14. Cup 1/2 empty or 1/2 full? 1/2 full

15. Where would you want to retire? Our home sweet home in the Philippines.

16. Favorite time of day? Day time

17. Where were you born? Quezon City, Philippines

18. What is your favorite sport to watch? Volleyball

19. Who do you think will not tag you back? I don't know.

20. Person you expect to tag you back first? Shy, Enchie , Willa , Chris and Seiko.

21. Who are you most curious about their responses to this? My readers

22. Bird watcher? Sometimes

23. Are you a morning person or a night person? Morning person

24. Do you have any pets? Yah in the Philippines. I miss you Lucky and Chuchu.

25. Any new and exciting news you'd like to share? Lately, I've been so lazy and I feel so sorry for that...

26. What did you want to be when you were little? A doctor!!!

27. What is your best childhood memory? Playing outside our house with my cousin and friends and being our class muse for six consecutive years hahaha...

29. Are you married? Yes

30. Always wear your seat belt? Yes!

31. Been in a car accident? Nope!

32. Any pet peeves? Back stabber and Arrogant.
33. Favorite Pizza Toppings? Pineapple

34. Favorite Flower? Carnation

35. Favorite ice cream? Mocha

36. Favorite fast food restaurant? Coco's

37. How many times did you fail your driver's test? 3 times

38. From whom did you get your last email? June, my sister

39. Which store would you choose to max out your credit card? Aww, hahaha bad memories about credit card lol... I would say in Shinjiku mall.

40. Do anything spontaneous lately? For my family, Preparing everything they need and FB if I'm alone.

41. Like your job? Yes!
42. Broccoli? Like it!

43. What was your favorite vacation? Batangas
44. Last person you went out to dinner with?My family!
45. What are you listening to right now? Watching TV patrol

46. What is your favorite color? White, pink, red and light blue!!

47. How many tattoos do you have? One

48. How many are you tagging for this quiz? Dunno

49. What time did you finish this quiz? 8:45 am. { aga no lol}

50. Coffee drinker? Yes!

I'd like to pass this tag to: Beth og All About Elizabeth, Willa of Smart Mommy, Aihara of Her Saccharine , Genejosh of Her and History, Just About Anything, Clarissa of Kizuna, Jade of Life of Filipina Blogger, Pehpot of Make or Break, Jay of More Than I can Chew, Jes of My Little Angels, Andrea of Mom Writer Me, Tetcha of Pensive Thoughts, Raquel of Raquel's Blog, Enchie of Sweet Nothings, Chris of The Mommy Journey, chubskulit of Rose's Obstacles and Glories, Rossel of Topics On Earth, Beth of Trust .Loyalty.Bliss., Twinkie of Twinkie Calls, Seiko of Seiko's Diary.Momgen of Life's Journey

Have a great weekend!!!

new source of addiction?

Quick post!!!! Facebook. Yeah people, you heard me right. After talking to several friends including my siblings, they said that they are addicted to Facebook already and some of my friends brings their facebok addiction to work.. Actually I might be consider myself a little addicted too because right after my kids left the house for school, I'm on facebook every single day checking up with my old and new friends wall seeing how they are doing. I have to say that games and application in facebook is really fun! OMG, I'm so in to it. I like the restaurant city, pet society and farmville. Gee! I've notice that I'm too busy searching and trading my ingredients to my friends and the harvesting and plowing thing in farmville is so fun { did you know that farming is much easier because of the new tools}... Anyways, here is the problem. Too much of anything is bad. We need to control our self and learn to maintain a good balance. So I made a promise :p that I shouldn't indulge myself with these kind of addiction. I'm happy that I found another way to spend my precious time in crafting.. So instead of spending three to four hours a day in front of my lappy, now I'm learning how to make a scrapbook clap~clap. !!! This time I find it more fun and relaxing, thanks to my eldest daughter Kei, for encouraging me to make my own scrapbook. As of now! I'm still playing games and answering some Q&A in facebook. I believe that I didn't get rid of that easily but learning to manage my time properly is the best lesson that facebook ever gave me.