Friday, July 25, 2008
project: baking :)
i've been out of circulation for the longest time! it feels like ages since i last updated this blog. and why is that? well, i have to admit that i've fallen in love.. and dear hubby knows about it and has nothing but full support :) i've been crazy about baking since the my first cupcakes! and from then and i've been working the oven for at least three cakes a week, and i'm loving it! it's been almost two months now and i've been doing the baking (by repeated orders, at that! :)) religiously as the family enjoy the yummy "scraps". here are some of my creations, i've been updating aprilcakes site in multiply when i have new goodies baked so do check it out, too! very special thanks to my loyal photographer and number 1 supporter, my dear husband and to the two little happy eaters who always say "i love your cakes/cupcakes/cookies, mommy! they're soooo yummy!". :) these cupcakes are for today: my attempt to a baked cheesecake:and my experimental mocha cake: and the one that went to market: and lastly, i would like to introduce the star of my baking (apart from me, that is! :p), my newest baby... my kenwood chef titanium 1000 watts kitchen machine. i just love it!!! i can now say i will never look at another kitchen machine, ever! i love that it made my mixing so easy, i enjoyed baking much more the moment i got this. it is not cheap, yes. but i see myself growing old with it! hehehe. the family just loves it, too... we are cake people! :) i am so looking forward to taking the next steps... like fondant cakes, character cakes and fun toppers. but those will happen slowly, so do checkout my cakes site for updates! ciao! :) Labels: at home, in the kitchen, my cakes, sideline |
Thursday, July 24, 2008
stay healthy
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Friday, July 11, 2008
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Thursday, July 10, 2008
calzen
now, this is just something i feel i should write about! my four-and-a-half year old is really making me proud :) his "formal studies" will start late august this year but he's already a few baon from our sort-of home-schooling sessions. he can basicaly read easy words already, those phonetic and simple ones... well, reads phonetically so you can't expect he can read "the", "photos", "kitchen" and other more complex words the way they are supposed to be read, but he can read them. and boy, am i proud! this afternoon, while blues clues was running on the tv and the little one was asleep. i told him his friend will be visiting, so he got excited and said "ok, let's clean up!" - i always tell him to clean up when we'll be having visitors... (so please try to avoid giving us a surprise visit! hehe). after cleaning up, he got a paper and a pen and i continued cleaning up a bit more. then i heard him mumbling "cah... cahhll... cah... lllvvv.. caalllvvv... iiinnn". i just ignored it and then he went up to me and showed me what he was working on. he handed me a paper that said "CALZEN", i almost cried the moment i saw it... babaw no? :) pero i just felt so proud and happy! well, he gets a bit confused with V and Z so corrected him with that and may need reminder with how "I" is read and pronounced sometimes, but hey, he's got it! and that really makes me proud, it's the first time he tried spelling a new word, he usually just spells common ones like dog and cat. :) these little milestones just make us ecstatic, excited and proud, don't you agree? i hope and pray he keeps it up! :) |
Wednesday, July 9, 2008
The Flame of Friendship - keep it burning! :)
The Flame of Friendship
The Flame of Friendship. A symbol of spirit of unity. The burning icon of love. Undying picture of hope. The hot symbol of oneness. The Flame of Friendship.
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Tuesday, July 8, 2008
Magnitude 5.4 quake rocks parts of Luzon, Metro Manila
July 8, 2008 breaking news from Inquirer.net: Magnitude 5.4 quake rocks parts of Luzon, Metro Manila By Joel Guinto INQUIRER.net First Posted 10:13:00 07/08/2008 Most Read Other Most Read Stories x News o Magnitude 5.4 quake rocks parts of Luzon, Metro Manila o CBCP urges VAT review o Too independent-minded to become customs chief o Phivolcs says RP doomsday e-mail bogus o Hunt on for man who raped, beat up 3-year-old girl--police o ‘Series of ghastly mistakes’ led to sinking o Peeved Villar settles Senate witness’ food tab o UE teacher found dead inside rented room in Quiapo o Abu Sayyaf gets foreign funds despite crackdown, experts say o 3 Asian sites added to UNESCO's World Heritage List o Nazi hunters search Chile, Argentina for 'Dr Death' o Phivolcs dismisses earthquake rumors News Most Read RSS Close this MANILA, Philippines – (UPDATE) A 5.4-magnitude earthquake of tectonic origin rocked parts of Luzon, including Metro Manila on Tuesday morning, the second tremor of such magnitude in three days, the chief of the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said. The quake was part of an “earthquake swarm” or series of tremors that started last Thursday, caused by the movement of the East Luzon Trough off the northeastern seaboard, Phivolcs Director Renato Solidum said. Solidum said “earthquake swarms” were common and could last for over a month. The epicenter of Tuesday's earthquake was on the same location as last Sunday, 98 kilometers east of Baler town, Aurora province, with a depth of 13 kilometers, Solidum said in a phone interview. Intensity 4 was felt in Quezon City, Manila, and Baler, intensity 3 was felt in Makati City and Dingalan town in Aurora, while intensity 2 was felt in La Trinidad town and Baguio City in the north, the Phivolcs chief said. The tremors over these past days do not confirm rumors of a strong earthquake in the capital next week, Solidum said. He said there was no way to predict when and where an earthquake would strike, even as scientists could estimate how much magnitude a fault was capable of producing. Liza Cana |