overheard

guy 1: you're rude!guy 2: f#*@! you tell the truth and it's rud...

muni-muni

- you can't go wrong with being too much appreciative.- a little thanks will also do.- no matter how angry you get, contain it. there are creative and unhurtful ways of releasing.- yes, you can quit, and you can quit now.- when you cough, it's great to have a hagod on your back.- when there's an opportunity, grab it. you don't get it everyday.- you are not building a sari-sari store. don't hoard.- share.- if it's for your own good, you can't be mad (sometimes).- sometimes "don't settle" just won't work. you really have to settle, and it's just...

sweet treats

some 15 years ago, mami and i marvelled at watching heny sison bake on tv. she did it all in a breeze - mixing, folding, decorating, ikaw na ang magaling! :)) i just wanted to watch her then. i never thought that i would try baking!last year, april convinced kuya that we need an oven and an electric mixer. april and i have had an on and off relationship with baking. sometimes tsamba, sometimes it's just a plain disaster. there was a meringue...

wiwi

i had a dream last night... well, make that this early morning. papa and mami were there. we were taking mami to a job interview. somewhere along the way, we had a pit stop (read: wiwi stop) at a posh building. i saw a vacant cubicle, but there was a suspicious looking plastic bag on the floor. so i thought it wouldn't be safe to use this cubicle for wiwi purposes... but i really, really had to go...then i woke up. poof! and felt the urgency to go to the toilet to wiwi. thank God! i could just imagine what could have happened if i didn't...

ang bigo at ang wagi

last night, mike requested for pancakes for saturday breakfast. "kaya lang wala na tayong pancake mix," he said.i told him that my lola used to make pancakes from scratch, and that i can do it too! all i have to do is look for a recipe online. the internet will never fail you.i found this: http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/good-old-fashioned-pancakes/detail.aspxit looked promising and super easy. however, i thought it would be wise to use just half...

vetsin frenzy

it's a mike-and-me time for two weeks. kuya, april, keyla, and tita are in manila. the house seems so empty without the little girl laughing and shrieking and running around. we thought it would be super sad, but i think it's not that bad. we miss keyla terribly though.well, it's always dinner for two! last night, we decided to go to chinatown for a dinner out. maiba lang :) we saw some hawker type stalls and we chose this stall that sold...