Things I hate...

Ayan, dahil hinamon ako ng aking friend na si Geraldine ng pahabaan ng list ng "Things I hate" eto at inisip ko ang sa akin, naku, madami-dami pala akong kinaiinisan kaya pala minsan "simang" na ang tawag sa akin ni hubby, hahaha!!!

Things I Hate!

1. Kapag disconnected ang PLDT-DSL ( walang kita ang shop!)
2. Kapag walang kita ang shop, mainit ulo ni Topher (and I hate it kapag ganon siya!)
3. Mga super kuripot na customer dito sa shop…
4. Mga maarteng tao!
5. Mga pa-sosyal, pero wala naman…in short MAYABANG!
6. Mga malulutong magmura, sinasaway ko dito sa shop (baka marinig ng mga bata lalo na ni Jeffrey)
7. Mga katulong sa bahay na pasaway! (ayaw na namin tuloy kumuha….)
8. Malilikot ang mga kamay na tao
9. Mga sidecar driver na makukulit sa daan, lagi tuloy traffic sa Sangandaan!
10. Mga jeep na Sangandaan – Polo, walang sariling terminal kaya masikip ang daan bago dumating ng palengke
11. Myself kapag may mga palpak akong nagagawa
12. I hate it kapag medyo tamad-tamadan si Justine sa mga chores (ayaw tumulong!)
13. Kapag laging nababasa ng pawis ang likod ni Jeffrey (baka magkasakit)
14. Mga pangakong napapako
15. Maduming surroundings…
16. Mga nagbubutas ng plastic ng basura ko! Sinisinop ko nga para di makalat, bubutasin naman nila yung lalagyan… hayyyy, pasaway!
17. Kapag hindi kami nakakapag-date ni hubby kahit once a month, hehehe…
18. Barista na nagbibigay ng bad shot na Espresso! Alam ko kung bad shot no! hahaha…
19. Pumunta ng Divisoria, pero pumupunta pa din ako…
20. Kumain ng kumain pero hindi ko naman mapigilan sarili ko!
21. Higit sa lahat ayoko ng mga tsismosa at mga tsismoso!!! grrrrrrr….

May mas hahaba pa kaya dito? Kayo Peach, Dj and Mishi ?

Masarap maiwan minsan

Minsan masarap magpaiwan sa house kung tinatamad kang umalis or maglakwatsa. Katulad nung isang araw, umalis si hubby and the kids at ako ay naiwan dito sa shop. Pag-uwi ay may pasalubong na ako, nadaan pala sila sa Causeway Banawe Q.C. at eto nga ang aking nilafang hehehe....

Yummy siomai


My super fave Chicken feet!
sorry for the blurred pic :(

and a bonus Venti Coffee Jelly Frap :)

Hehehe.... sarap magpaiwan sa bahay minsan no?

Hubby's Running Accessories

Si hubby ko ay may pagka-banidoso when it comes to his running gear and accessories. This sunday ay may sasalihan na naman siyang marathon event sponsored by Nature Valley at Bonifacio Global City, Friday pa lang ay inaayos na niya ang kanyang mga dadalhin at gagamitin.

I always tease him, kasi he's an Adidas fan, hindi siya bumibili ng ibang brand ng shoes kundi Adidas lang, sabi ko sa kanya, mag-apply kaya siyang model/endorser ng Adidas, pati shorts and singlet ay yun din hehehe...

These are his accessories Adidas running shoes, sunvisor, socks, Oakley shades, mizuno body bag, fuel/hydration belt and his Sony walkman. Ayan kumpleto na, takbo na sweetipie!!!

Trellis

Hubby and I attended the orientation for parents of the incoming freshmen students in diliman. According to them it was the first time that an orientation were held for the parents. Kasi nga naman di ba pag doon pumasok, nasa isip na ng mga tao na matatalino naman ang mga bata dyan kaya there's no need na for parents orientation, pero siyempre naiiba ang panahon, kaya kailangan ding ma-orient maigi ang mga parents lalo na para sa kapakanan ng kanilang mga anak na pumapasok sa unibersidad na iyon. Maayos na natapos ang orientation pero it was already around two pm nung kami ay nananghalian na.

Hinanap pa namin ni hubby ang Trellis. He wanted to try Trellis' famous sisig, madami na kasi siyang nabasang forum saying that their sisig is one of the best in the metro. Kaya go kami dito.

Trellis is along Kalayaan Ave. cor. Matalino St. in Q.C.

Ganda ng lugar, kaya I took pictures while waiting for our lunch.

I wonder kung punong-puno ba ito kapag lunch time or dinner time...

ganda ng ambiance sa Trellis...

Then our food came, a little bit excited and very hungry at the same time, naisip ko na sulit naman siguro ang pag-iintay namin... pero nung nalasahan ko na, hindi naman pala ganung kasarap ang sisig nila, simply overrated lang pala ang food dito sa Trellis.

Sisig

Sinigang na Maya-maya sa Miso

Hubby was disappointed with their Sinigang sa Miso, kasi hindi fresh na Maya-maya yung nakalagay para siyang pinirito na sinabawan lang ng sinigang na miso soup. Maybe it was their version pero hindi talaga namin nagustuhan.

The iced tea was just okay

I don't think na babalik pa kami dito... pero malay ko din naman, next time baka masarap na ang food nila at pumasa na sa panlasa ni hubby.

Top Pot Doughnuts from Starbucks

I am supposed to write about this two weeks ago, kaso I'm quite busy in the past days kaya ngayon lang ako nagkaroon ng chance to say something about this hand forged doughnuts. I asked hubby's cousin who's a store manager at Starbucks to buy me these new addition to the pastry family of Starbucks ( oh how I miss working at the store and arrange the breads and cakes in the pastry case kapag opening ako...huhuhu)

This is the Glazed Old Fashioned Doughnut

(The taste was okay but for me it is forgettable)

The Chocolate Old Fashioned Doughnut
(I like this one but Justine says that it taste like the one from Go Nuts)

Apple Fritter
(this is quite oily for me and the taste was just okay)

What flavor is your choice?

Grab one!

Emerald Garden's Jumbo Siopao

Baclaran day is every Wednesday so we (yeye and hubby) went off at 6:00 am to look for some good buys outside the church. Ate Beng once told us that there were lots of good buys outside the vicinity of the church during that day. When we got there, we were surprise to see the place clean and free of sidewalk vendors, nyek! There was a clearing operation by the MMDA since last week, according to one of the traffic enforcers so there was no more vendors selling cheap items anymore... Hinuhuli na sila, we roamed around the place at talagang wala yung sinasabi ni ate Beng na mga cheap curtains and pillow cases, hayyy... sana pala April pa kami nagpunta ni Yeye :(

We decided to go home para mas maaga kaming makapag-open ng shop. When we were in Roxas Blvd. hubby asked me kung bukas na kaya ang Emerald ng ganong kaaga, i'm not so sure kaya dahan dahan kami so nung napadaan kami sa una (they have two branches there) nakita namin na sarado kaya parang dismayado si hubby kasi ilang beses na kaming nauubusan ng kanilang siopao. When we dined there last March ay ubos na din ang siopao, nung galing kami sa MOA ubos na rin pagdaan namin... eh masarap pa naman siya.

When we pass by the 2nd store, aba bukas pala siya! at talaga palang they were serving breakfast. Yes! makakabili na rin kami ng Siopao, hehehe... Grabe naman, bago ako makaalis for take-out eh inabot ako ng 15 to 20 minutes sa pag-aantay, ang daming tao pala dun pag morning at ang daming orders for take-out.

We bought Asado flavor P30.00 each and their special siopao for P85.00

(sorry pero nakalimutan kong kunan ng picture ang asado)

Eto ang Special Siopao nila!

I consider this as one of the best siopao in Manila... sobrang dami ng filling at talagang mabubusog ka, kung oorder ka pa ng noodles for sure ay aabot ka ng tanghalian ng hindi ka magugutom. It has salted eggs, chicken, asado and bola-bola. Masarap siya talaga, kaya nga hubby is dying to buy these yummy dimsum from Emerald.

This is the Asado Siopao, regular lang ang size niya

They give a generous amount of sauce, hindi bitin!

Again.... a closer look at this yummy siopao!!!

Family bonding and good food

Yesterday we had some sort of a celebration for Jeffrey. We treated him for an afternoon snack at KFC, fave nya kasi ang original recipe chicken dito na leg part as per his request, hehehe. It's a great way to escape some pressure at the shop too and we had a great time bonding with our kids. We bought Justine some shirts kasi walang uniform sa school na papasukan niya.

For Jeff naman, treat namin sa kanya for winning in the taek competition.

The kids had KFC Krushers too!

After strolling sa The Block ay nag-aya si hubby to go to Greenhills to look for some statement shirts for Justine, madami kasi kaming nakita doon na mga cute shirts for men. Eh wala naman nagustuhan itong panganay namin kaya nag-ikot-ikot na lang kami.

We pass by at Shoppesville at nakita na naman namin ang Le Ching, matagal na naming nakikita ang Chinese restaurant na ito, pero never naming na try ang food here. Since it's already 6:30 in the evening at gutom na naman kami, lusaw na ang chicken sa tiyan, hehehe ay pumasok kami at ng matikman ang dimsum ng Le Ching. Madaming tao at medyo nag-antay pa kami ng seats para makaupo. Hmmm... I wonder kung gaano kasarap nga ang food at madami ang tao...

Hubby and kuya while waiting for our food

On our table....

We had Chicken feet! of course this is my fave!!!
(kaso nothing beats Causeway's IMHO)

We ordered Sparerib rice,
the reason why Le Ching is famous because of this flavorful pork dish.

Hubby likes Hakao

Justine's fave siomai

Asado rice, we didn't like this because the meat is quite dry.

To sum it up, we had a great dining experience at Le Ching which has 2 branches in Greenhills, in Banawe and a stall at Trinoma in Q.C. We'll definitely go back!

Pastel (Vjandep) Wannabe

Me and hubby went to Pasay a few weeks ago. We didn't use the car, instead we rode the LRT because the parking is quite difficult in the area where we bought hubby's hydration belt. Pagbaba namin sa LRT, I was surprised to see a stall that sells Pastel. I immediately told hubby that we should buy a box of it so that we can try if its the same taste with our fave Vjandep. I asked first the girl if these pastel came all the way from Camiguin, she said no but the taste is very good according to her. So much of the story... we bought a box and I'm very excited to get home because I wanted our children to try also this Pastel for they so love the one from Vjandep. Justine immediately opened the box and heated the pastel in the microwave..

It looks good...

Oh no! I'm quite disappointed with this... the taste of the yema filling is very far from Vjandep and the bread is quite dry. I hope that they improve the quality of the bread and the yema filling because it lacks the creaminess that we're looking for and sobrang konti ng filling.

Talagang we still have to go to Market Market just to buy these

yummy buns from Vjandep!

Santacruzan

Natapos na last Sunday ang tradisyunal na Santacruzan dito sa aming lugar. Ito ay pinangungunahan ng pamilya Adelino dahil sila ay nagseselebra taon-taon ng Pista ng Cruz. Natatandaan ko pa nung ako ay nasa elementary pa lamang ay naiimbitahan na kaming sumagala ng aking pinsan. Siyempre noon excited akong sumali at tiisin ang mahabang ruta ng lakaran. Pero nung high school na ako ay ayaw ko na, may hiya na kasi ako at baka makita ako ng aking "crush" (na naging kabiyak ko lamang) hehehe... san na kaya yung mga pictures namin?

Anyway, ang napapansin ko lamang sa Santacruzan ngayon ay pabonggahan na talaga! May gumagamit na ng bonggang caroza para nga naman mas madami ang humanga sa kanila. (Dinadaan sa props kumbaga, hehehe) at iba't-ibang eksena ang inyong makikita... tulad na lang ng isang ito, in fairness naman ay cute ang mga batang ito :) ganda ng kanilang caroza (rented ito tingin ko sa may Caloocan)

Ito naman ay ganoon din, nirentahan din at hindi na pinagpaguran ng kanilang mga may budget na parents, o di ba? At least, ang mga junakis nila ay hindi mapapagod maglakad!

Etong Reyna Elena na ito ay pretty rin, pero mukhang mas umeeksena ang mga nag-iilaw o tingnan ninyo, nakagitna pa talaga si Ate!

I liked this one, kitang-kitang pinagpaguran ang kanyang arko, parang kiping ng Lucban Quezon ang drama ng arko nya... panalo for me!

Kala ko ay may mga Koreanong nakisali sa Santacruzan...

hehehe mga singkit lang talaga sila with good looks :)

Reynang-reyna ang dating ng gown ...nasan kaya si salaminsim?

eto pabor ako dito, sa mga bata ay dapat mag-sidecar na lang dahil talagang mapapagod sila ng husto kung maglalakad sila. (blue kung blue!)

eto naman, nagtipid dahil walang arko or caroza pero naman, kabog sila sa gown di ba?

lalo na ang gown ng kambal... oh cutie girls, mapapagod ang mga paa ninyo nyan!

yung iba naman, kahit hindi cute and pretty nagsagala na rin,

sige na nga, para naman ma-experience ninyo ang magsagala (peace :) )

eto rin eksena rin ititch... kasi ang tinitilian ng mga tao ay yung guy na nag-iilaw at hindi yung escort ni Monica... hehehe... hindi mo tuloy alam kung sisimangot o tatawa itong si Mervin...

Well, I hope next year ay maging mas maganda na ang pasagala nila. Kumuha naman talaga sila ng magaganda dito sa amin, at hindi yung puro prisinta na lang at kamag-anak unlimited ang maging drama na naman next year!

Jeffrey's First Taekwondo Competition

Yesterday was the first taekwondo competition that my youngest son joined. It was a mixed feelings for me because as a mother, I'm excited and afraid at the same time because he joined the sparring for white belts. He doesn't have any practice in sparring (lakas lang ng loob) hehehe, I'm confident for his poomse performance because he always practice in our home and at the gym. He insisted in joining the sparring eventhough he doesn't have any gear for that, anyway Coach Christian lend him an armour for the fight.

The competition was held at San Jose Academy in Navotas. My first time to be in San Jose, I realized that it's not that far from our place. I'm impressed in SJA because there's a lot of plants and trees inside the school (ang lamig sa mata).

We came before 8:00, the call time is 8:00 am sharp :)


Picture muna :)

The very supportive parents...actually konti pa lang yan,

dumami lalo around 9:00 am.

They were instructed to practice the poomse

The participants...

Awarding of Gold medalists for Poomse Individual Category in the morning...

Awarding of Silver medalists for Sparring in the afternoon

Siyempre ang mga proud mom and dad :)

Jeff's gold and silver medals from Philippine Taekwondo Association :)