Veronica's final Judgement and dedication

My niece Veronica was adopted by my aunt and uncle in states..After over 4 years of waiting they finally got her here in PHilippines..Last Dec. 2008 they went to court and fixed veronicas lastname and finally she is Legally Ortega now and legally us citizen. Today, My aunt and uncle went to church to give veronica's Dedication.

Im Very Happy to see that my niece is beautiful and very happy with her new home. Everytime we had a chance to talk,,I always tells her to be humble, nice and dont forget where she came from..I know she's young to understand everything but good teaching will lead her to be a role model.

Here are some pictures of my niece final judgement and Dedication:

Feeling Seductive

My neighbor asked me to be a Godmother of their new born baby tomorrow, so while picking my clothes what to wear for tomorrow's party,,I decided to wear and take some pics with my one year old blouse, I neve wear this coz im not used to wear sexy blouse showing my cleavage or my back,,But tonight just for fun I try to wear it and took some pics..

My BArbie's Clothes

I never had a barbie or barbie's clothes when I was a kid..Actually thats my biggest dream to have those things.. I Promised myself before "Someday I will do evertyhing to have my own barbie or I will buy my future daughter a barbie that I never had..
Coz you know what guys, my childhood past was not lucky like those kids who grew up with golden spoon in their mouth.,I used to play a paper doll. Sometimes I bought that from the store with paper clothes..But Actually If I dont have a money to buy,, I wil look for scratch paper and I'll started to cut it like girl and will draw some clothes and cut them.Thats what made me happy when I was a kid..
Sometimes I used to stared with kids that there were a barbie doll and they playing it infront of me..But I know that time tha I cannot push my mom to buy me a barbie coz we really do not have enough money..

And Now, Im very that I have barbie dolls and BArbies clothes..I know its kinda funny for some people but its really happened in reality If you grew up nothing,,YOu will keep on dreaming..I thank God that he sent me special man in my life who is fullfilling my dream now..I love you so much HOney Bob

Sisig

This is the sisig that I bought at nearest Sisig STall..



Its really hard to explain about myself coz before my period come IM craving for different food like sometimes I want to eat sour fruits..But two days ago Im craving for sisig..When My brother came from work, I asked her to give me 45 pesos so I can buy sisig. Then Brother gave me and I went to nearest Sisig stall and I buy sisig right away. Actually this is not the sisig that I ate before with my bf bob. Coz Lastime I ate sisig Its really yummy..But Its okey with me that time when i ate that sisig as long as I ate and I get what I wanted to eat that time

I know some of Filipino people has no idea about sisig...so here is some info about this food.

Sisig is a Kapampangan term which means "to snack on something sour". It usually refers to fruits, often unripe or half-ripe, sometimes dipped in salt and vinegar. It also refers to a method of preparing fish and meat, especially pork, which is marinated in a sour liquid such as lemon juice or vinegar, then seasoned with salt, pepper and other spices.[1]

Sisig as is popularly known today is actually sizzling sisig, a Philippine dish made from parts of pig’s head, liver and usually seasoned with kalamansi and chili peppers. The dish is served almost in every Filipino restaurant.




Origin
The dish is said to have originated from locals who bought unused pig heads from the commissaries of nearby Clark Air Base in Angeles City, Pampanga. Pig heads were cheaply purchased since they were not used in preparing meals for the U.S. Air Force personnel stationed there. An alternate explanation of its origin is that it is but an innovative variation on an older recipe, which is pork ears and jowl, boiled, chopped then marinated.

PreparationPreparing sisig comes in three phases: boiling, broiling and finally frying.[4] For example a pig's head is first boiled to remove hairs and to tenderize it. Portions of it are then chopped and grilled or broiled. Finally, it is fried with onions and served on a sizzling plate. Variations of sisig may add any of the following: eggs, ox brains, chicharon (pork cracklings), pork or chicken liver, and even mayonnaise. Recently, local chefs have experimented with ingredients other than pork such as chicken, squid, tuna and even tofu.

BIG TRIPLE AWARDS-SISTER HOOD AND BESTFRIENDS

I got tag again from my friend grace its call Triple awards- sister hood and bestfriends.Thankyou grace for always including me in your list..thanksyou so much and i appreciate that..




Here are the rules for the recipients:

1. Put the logo on your blog or post.
2. Nominate at least 10 blogs which show great Attitude and/or Gratitude!
3. Be sure to link to your nominees within your post.
4. Let them know that they have received this award by commenting on their blog.
5. Share the love and link to this post and to the person from whom you received your award

Now its time to pass this tag to ,
Clarissa
Rose
Gladys
Dias
Umma
Chubskulit
Joanna
happy blogging guys,have a great weekend to all.

Sawsawan ng bayan(Dip)

Wherever in the world they find themselves in, the first thing Filipinos do after sitting down for a meal is prepare the sawsawan. Breakfast, lunch, and dinner would not be complete without it, one for every dish.


The sawsawan is a ubiquitous Pinoy food accompaniment which translates loosely, very loosely, to the English dip. That’s what we do: we dip our viands into the sawsawan, a word which is rooted in the Tagalog verb sawsaw, which means to dip.



It is therefore not unusual for Filipino dinner tables to have ten or more little bowls of liquids and chopped vegetables squeezed skillfully between plates of main courses or viands.


The basics


The three most basic sawsawans are soy sauce, patis (fermented fish sauce), and vinegar. Depending on a family’s regional origins, there could also be bagoong Balayan (boneless fermented salted anchovies in recycled UFC ketchup bottles), bagoong alamang (fermented salted baby shrimps), fresh hot chili, balo-balo (fermented cooked rice with shrimp or freshwater fish), or ginamos (fermented salted mixed fish).


Perfect pairs


Grilled and fried fish or meats go well with calamansi squeezed into a saucer or patis, although many swear by chili vinegar. Ilocanos, of course, prefer bagoong Balayan with calamansi. I myself always prepare a mixture of vinegar and patis, with chili peppers on the side.


Suka’t toyo (vinegar and soy sauce) with crushed garlic is specifically for fried tofu, with or without cubed boiled pig head. The dish is called Tokwa’t Baboy, with the sauce presumed to be the standard nationwide. A few beerhouse habitués add chili and black pepper for more zing.


Chili vinegar is a must for Okoy (vegetable fritters) and fried lumpia (spring rolls).

Ginamos is eaten all over the Visayas and some parts of Bicol with boiled camote, cassava, or green saba bananas. I love it with boiled Gaw-ay, a purple tuber popular in Leyte.

When tomatoes are in season, they are crushed and mashed by hand with either salt, patis, or fish bagoong and eaten with any viand that has no gravy, like fried or grilled fish and meats, longganisa, tocino, adobo, tuyo, daing, and tinapa.

Flash BAck

When I picked my two nieces at school,,I decided to take some pictures but when I started to look these pics,,My Flashback return to my childhood memories.

I remembered went to school wearing old bags, old uniforms and my socks had a big hole,,my shoes were smiling if only he could talked,,my shoes already complaining.
I went to school I have no money(baon) allowance, no food allowance. SometimesI went to school with empty stomach.
Sometimes, I asked my brother in-law's mother to give me tamarind candies,,I used to sell that to school so I can get little amount of money.

Toughed life! but because of all i experienced in my life, I grew up strong and lots of determination.
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A to Z TAG

I got tag again from my fellow friend blogsphere thankyou sis Grace for always including me in your list..Stay nice as you are....






A - Attached or Single? - Still single but in a Relationship
B - Best Friend? - yeah
C - Cake or pie? - pie
D - Day of choice? - any day
E - Essential item? - my computer and my phone
F - Favorite Color? - red
G - Gummy Bears or Worms? - worm
H - Hometown? - Marikina City Philippines
I - Indulgence? - my family and friends
J - June or July? - I thin june
K - Kids ?- how sad,,not yer
L - Life is not complete w/o - Family
M - Marriage date? - not yet
N - Number of magazine subscriptions - just 3
O - Orange or apple? - Orange
P - Phobias? - water/fire
Q - Quotes? - Try and Try until you succed
R - Reason to smile? - i have my man that spoiling me hehhee
S - Season of choice? - Summer,& spring
T - Tag people -,umma,joanna,joops, misty, clarissa,aphrodite
U - Unknown fact about me - im Kikay
V - Vegetable? - eggplant
W - Worst habit? - surfing/ chatting on net
X - Xray or ultrasound? - both maybe ha ha
Y - Your favorite foods? - kare-kare/dinuguan/sisig
Z - Zodiac sign - Scorpio

Black Nazarene devotees join mass, procession

Their best of friends...

My puppy "Gohan" is not feeling well today,,What he did all day was laying on bed..When my nephew arrived from school and he found out that our puppy is not condition,Art lay down next to him.. I took them pictures and im amazed coz they look like best of friends

Dinner For Tonight

My mom cooked simple dish for dinner tonight. She cooked crabs with coco milk and chicken with malunggay leaves.."Malunggay leaves" is very nutritious vegetable here in philippines....

WHY DO FILIPINOS LOVE NOISE????

It is actually a personal choice for one, whether Filipino or not, to do the same. Playing loud [tag]music[/tag] and noise does not apply to all Filipinos but can be observed in most of them, and those who do not do it seem content and comfortable with it. We beg for your understanding of what would seem like a very inconsiderate attitude on the surface. I assure you, habits like this are not meant to hurt other people, especially foreign nationals around us. See when we do these habits within the country we do not think we can affect a lot of people because most of us are used to it. What could seem loud to a foreigner could just be average to most of us; which is why when you seem like you’re very much affected by it, most people around you are almost unaware of the facT.

Aside from the fact that Filipinos are “happy” people by nature and music is a sort of entertainment, most Filipinos possess an innate fear of being alone or of being excluded from the pack/group which most of us are unaware ofRight from birth, a Filipino is never left alone. Babies sleep with their parents and when they grow older, they are made to share rooms with the other siblings in the house. In poorer societies, the entire family even shares a whole room which makes up the entire house. Only a small portion of the population can afford separate rooms for each child. But even when they can afford it, babies and little children are not left alone because of superstitions. Because of the extended family a lot of Filipinos have, there is always someone to look after the baby.

As a result, they grow up and get use to in an environment full of people. In times when they find themselves alone, Filipinos feel a certain amount of loneliness and sadness which most would call boredom. Music and noise comes as a soothing relief and makes one feel much better by creating the impression that they are not alone. This is the reason why Filipinos flock in packed places during fiestas and celebrations despite the noise and heat and smell. It is the sound and feel of home; and home is equated with families.

Friends go out in “herds”, as I call them, everywhere and a lot remain friends until they’ve grown old. You would seldom see a true loner pinoy. We are always happy and merry-making. This feeling is very much familiar to me because this is exactly how I feel when I am all alone; I feel aching emptiness and longing. I feel very uncomfortable with people sitting in one room and not talking to each other, regardless of whether they are hostile or just being silent. The ticking of the clock becomes a haunting sound to me. This is the time I reach out for the music player or the TV, to drown the silence.

My puppy(Gohan)

Yesterday,,while i was busy surfing the net,,my mother called me and told me "look at your puppy, he is like a human and laying on your brother's bed"
When i looked at the dog,,i got my cellphone and took him a picture...

One MOnth of being Injured

Before i go to sleep tonight, I decided to make my post coz i remembered that today is One month of being injured of my bf..
last Month December 06,2008 during Manny "pacman" Pacquiao fights,,My bf decided to go to his friends house to watch the fight but accidentally he fell down on his stairs, and his left shoulder dislocated,,I was so thankful that day coz his friends was there to help and brought him to the nearest Hospital..Im thankful now that he is getting better and his left shoulder back to normal..

Funny pics with my niece riza

Riza is my niece who i took care when i was 11 years old..I was Grade 5 that time when my sis asked my mother to stay at their house coz she is getting birth. Now that riza is a pretty teenager now,,We see to it that we have bonding time and we have fun being together...

Here are some photo's that we took when their family came over in our home today..