I am in for this week as I missed both this meme very much. Good thing the meeting did not push through so I got some time to post this entry –

ChrisVen  Fried Chicken’s Halo-halo

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Since 2012 started my wish to have my own home is really bugging me.  I do not have lots of money to buy a whole house in cash but if I want I can have enough to start a building a nipa hut. lol! No way, seriously, I wish to assume a house but since the tragedy of Sendong, it is hard to find a house for sale.  We even have friends who are still staying in evacuation centers because there are no house even for rent.  There is house shortage here in our city now.

In case my wish will be granted, I really want a nice kitchen. It need not to be huge and wide but at least there can be enough space to put up a sink, a regular size ref, an oven, cupboards, and some kitchen cabinets.  I also like built in shelves for microwave ovens and even a kitchenaid dishwasher. With this kind of imagination, for sure, a nipa hut won’t allow me to have these conveniences.  I wish i can have an island type kitchen but if space is not available then having the traditional design is enough.  Traditional but with a bit touch of modernity.

I like my kitchen to be painted with light color, then it must have two glass  windows that will look out a garden or a nice view from the sink area.  I can imagine that it will be one of my best place to spend time at during my retirement years.

It’s been long since I had the time to cook for myself and the family. With the demands of work, my mom seldom let me do the cooking. But she knows that when everyone at home who can cook is down – then I can do the cooking by myself. My cooking day wish is more of like a leisure cooking. It is like experimenting on simple and healthy dishes. Since the cooking place is outside our kitchen door, I feel weary to make this wish come true. My ideal kitchen needs not be spacious, but at least there is a sink, there’s lot of water, and I can do things with just one turn of my back, or reach a condiment with just a tiptoe. I wonder when I can have my own home with my ideal kitchen so that I can make this cooking day come true.

It is almost the weekend now, but there’s not much ingredients to be used, so I will try if I can do it next weekend.

I picked this quote because it made me laugh. I really wonder what the author meant by this quote.

Sounds funny.

The fish was taken yesterday during lunch.  Looks yummy but actually, the company of 7 were not able to finish the whole fish because it does not taste like it looks.

I saw this booklet in a store online.  One of the nice gifts to be given to someone you cared about anytime of the day.  I love gift giving. I love to see the sparkle of excitement in the eyes 0f the receiver – especially my close girlfriends.   At times online shops have more appropriate gifts than the shops we have here in the mall.  That is why when I saw unusual monogrammed gifts store online, I right away said to myself, “this is the place am looking for”. I so love all their displays and I want to click on the booklet and  and the bracelets.  I will also share this store info to my friend so that she will be saved in the hassle of going around the mall at least half the day to buy a perfect gift for her daughter or her boss when they have birthdays.

Life is busy and it was busier when the holidays approached.  But when the holidays spirit was marred by the tragedy that hit my city, I stopped scouting for a pink gift.  The person whose name I picked for the exchanging of gifts loves to receive something pink.  I still haven’t gone out again to look for one so I am thinking of giving her money in a an envelope just like some rich people give gift card envelopes to their employees. But one of my friends said that it is more meaningful if I can really give a thing. So now, if I have time, I plan to pick on a pink ladies wallet, a pink bag, or a pink scarf.

This lady am giving a gift too is a young college teen-ager and very fashionable, so am really confused on what cutie stuff I should give.

January is almost over yet, at IBS, we still haven’t felt the holidays.

A gourmet who thinks of calories is like a tart who looks at her watch.
— James Beard

I was at my wit’s end thinking of what to buy for my best friend’s birthday.  I wanted something special for her this year, something within my budget, of course.  Lately she has been hinting to me about a website that offers grown diamond earrings.  At first I did not know what she meant by “grown” but when I enquired from her about the website and after checking it out, I can understand what she meant by that.  Grown diamonds are actually cultured diamonds, they are man made eco-friendly as well, and of course, they are simply Elegant!  No wonder she fell in love with the jewelry in this website.  Their prices are reasonable as well and being so, now I know what to buy for her!  I bet she will get her fiancé to buy one of those color diamond engagement rings for their  auspicious day in November this year!