Compelled in the kitchen

Becoming a mother taught me to be more responsible. If not because of the 'lil one who loves to eat and eat, I wouldn't be spending much time in my kitchen. Mind you that she doesn't eat sweets like cakes, pastries, candies, etc. Among her favorites are rice, sauce or stock from the meats (no meats in her plate), crushed vegies, yogurt, fruits and bread. Seldom she eats crackers and would barely tolerate juice(because it's sweet). I love the way my kid chooses her food. Pretty much, I see her future as a healthy kid.

I love cooking. Doing it enhances the cook in me. Oftentimes, I need no measuring tools, instead, I do estimates. I have become accustomed of how much is needed for a certain dish. In fairness, each food I cook and bake comes out perfect in texture and taste, that's according to hubby and my number one eater, lil one.

Below are result photos of the adventures I have in my kitchen...

Beef mami
Perfect for cold season

Humba or braised pork
Oftentimes prepared during special occasions in the Philippines.

Vanilla Chiffon cake
The best cake I've baked so far.

CHocolate cupcake
First attempt, success!


I bake cakes not because my family eats 'em. I just wanna try recipes in preparation for the future gatherings. At least I know now which recipe to prepare later.

On Heart's Day

Tomorrow, February 14, marks the celebration of love and affection between intimate companions. Valentine's Day is not only for lovers. It is also one of the many days to send out thoughts to the important people in our lives. Our parents, siblings, mentors, friends and even strangers that we meet on the road or charities.

Officially, it's going to be our(hubby and I) third Valentine's Day as a couple. Tomorrow is nothing new. The hubby is working, thus, giving us no time to celebrate together. We can not change the date and so we planned of having a post-Valentine's Day. February 15 is our Heart's Day! We are going to watch a movie at Rave theater and have dinner at the latter. Of course, the 'lil one is staying at her granny's.

I am excited for that day. The previous Valentine's days were not merely celebrated by us. Firstly because of the hubby's job that often falls on that day. On my second year here, I got pregnant. Had a bad pregnancy and had to stay on bed. The next celebration, I gave birth and we couldn't go out. Seemed to me the time was so cruel. Nevertheless, we have a good marriage and family relationship that can not be taken away from us.

Before taking off, I would like to greet everyone a Happy Valentine's Day! Have a great one!

Finally, a domain name!

After a year of maintaining this blog, finally, a new domain name was purchased today. It took so long, eh? Well, I just realized that this blog needs uniqueness to get more traffic and more paid posts. At the same trying to make up with my uncertainty. Less than $8 a year won't hurt my pocket.

The DNS is not updated yet. Still waiting...I'll update my accounts once done.

For now, I have to halt. It's already 1:47AM here. My system tells me to take a break and rush to bed.

Have a good early morning everyone!

Zoo adventure 2010

So we had a zoo trip today, unplanned trip so to say. Not as exciting as the first one though. We've been to Brec's Baton Rouge Zoo for so many times. Seen the animals over and over again besides the cats. THey were somewhere hidden from the public as the Tiger's Realm, soon to be their habitat is under construction. Anyway, the weather was so nice that time. It was sunny and not windy. It wasn't crowded, too. So great to come during weekdays.

As I mentioned above, it was an unplanned visit and been to the zoo for so many times, thus, we didn't take that much pictures of the animals...just us!

Zoo's entrance

just another family portrait

at the petting zoo

waiting for our food

Christmas 2009

Gift from Mr. Jesse. A talking Asian doll that she loves the most.

Good morning, ya'll!

Feels good to wake smelling the newly baked cookies. The hubby exerted effort on baking after a long night at work. The lil one and I woke up a bit late.

Breakfast was followed by gift opening. The lil one got tons of gifts from relatives and friends. I got some from in-laws and cash from hubby as requested lol. I want cash that I can buy what I want instead of receiving stuff that I don't need and dislike. The hubby got some stuff from his parents, too. I gave him four pairs of socks lol. Not a sweet gift prob'ly but he needs to replace his old ones. Early greetings through cards were received from friends and we thanked them for the thought.

Hope you had a great one!