Auntie...

My MIL's sister, who lives right now with my SIL (I hope you know what those acronyms mean! lol), do a conference call with her son and daughter at least once a month. I know, it is not usual (they can instead use the internet to do a video chat or something), but they do so enjoy doing it. I guess that somehow it makes them feel that they are actually there, sitting and chatting like the old times. Both her son and daughter are now living abroad with their families, and it is just natural that she misses them.

She plans to live with one of them once she gets her visa. When that happens, we will be the ones who'll miss her!

New Template?

Am thinking of changing my template again. Yes, I know. Fickle-minded me. I just want to change it...and that means I am bored with the current one. hehehe. I can change the background, but somehow I want the 'writing' space to be bigger.

But that's just a thought.
For now. I could change it.
Again.

LOL

My Arroz Caldo

My sons have got the coughs...and a bit of the sniffles. good thing no fever. so far...am keeping my fingers crossed. And helping them recover by cooking my version of the arroz caldo (i don't use kasubha {similar to saffron}, green onions, or fried garlic). It looks pretty boring, but that's how i like it. lol. my sons loved it, too. ;)

Good Business...lol

When I was in college I used to admire looking at those junior and senior students wearing scrub shirts. But it was just plain green back then. Totally boring. lol. Now, those nursing scrubs being sold online (and also offline) have different prints and totally not boring! I wish we'd have thought of that way back then...looks like good business. lol. But am not sure if our professors would have approved; maybe they would. There doesn't seem to be a rule against it. I think. ;)

Today

Attended earlier today a small gathering of families...we ate at a well-known restaurant relatively near our place. But the food was not exactly what I expected...the chicken (which they were quite known for, and one that my family and I love!) was dry. The service, too, wasn't as good. Maybe it was because it is the weekend, but is that really an excuse? The management should have anticipated more customers during a weekend and so have scheduled more waiters/waitresses.

Oh well. Just disappointed, that's all. And ranting about it. LOL

I need...

There's something that I need: a utility knife. Sometimes I get into situations that a simple scissor just can't do, like cutting something thick. My scissors are super dependable (specially in the kitchen), but I must admit sometimes they do come up short and so I have to find something else that I have, like my kitchen knife. It's not advisable (I think), to be using those knives for anything other than food, and I guess that's why my knives looks like they've seen better days! lol.

Food Friday

I know, some of you might not like this, but I do. I first tried this decades ago while I was browsing inside a grocery store's canned goods. I was still in college then, and starting to be adventurous with my food. I am so happy to have 'found' this again! ;)

All I did was fry those choplets (had to cut them first because they were a bit thick) and mixed them with what we were having for breakfast: canned pork and beans. LOL. I know, I shouldn't have...but I did, and the result is below (I placed it on a bed of lettuce). :D

Verdict: my family preferred eating them simply fried rather than mixing them with the pork and beans. lol.

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Food Friday Players:

blankPixels (Selecta Hershey's Ice Cream with Reese's Peanut Butter Cups)
Jay (New Treatment for Summer Heat)
Luna Miranda (Vegetarian Lettuce Wrap)
Luna Miranda (Steamed Fish Fillet)
MommyandMat (Barbecued Pork and Pork Chop)
Joanna (Little Girl's 3rd)
Imriz (Dinner a la Beef Teriyaki)
Imriz (Chowking Halo-Halo)
Arlene (Fresh Veggies)
Oggi (Banana-cue)
Mymy (Lemon Meringue Pie)
Race (Seoul Barbecue Restaurant Foods)
Lynn (Pasta for Lunch at Figaro)
Cheerful (3 Courses at Open Wine)
Peachkins (Apple Pie Oatmeal)
Halie (Cakes by Chef Ahoy!)
Tina (Food Package from Dumaguete)
Girlichef (Wanna see my Honey Buns?)
Mirage (Vanilla with choco-chips cupcake topped with Cream cheese frosting)
Sublime Wanderer (Spanish Food)
Martha (Half Homemade Pork - Chop Dinner)
Lani (Taiwanese Spring Roll)
Desi (Jalapeno Poppers)
Tummy Fillers (Spaghetti Vongole)

ps. should have done this EONS ago: adding a DEEP backlink to those who played as my way of saying thanks for playing and for linking back (through your posts). :)