Daddy's Day

Its' father's day and because it's a Sunday also we spent the whole day at the church. We earlier planned to have lunch at gateway mall but since we have afternoon activities we changed our plan. We decided to have dinner in Tiendesitas but after rounding it and also that of SM Hypermart the kids requested that they just want to eat at Jollibee. They said that after almost 30 minutes of rounding the place.

Anyway what's important is the kids' preferences more than anything because hubby and me can go to any place we want on our special anniversary occasions. This one is for our family so we settled for our kids' choice. Since we can't find any branch at the place we went to the nearby station.

Celebrating Father's Day is a simple occasion for us, just a simple eat-together kind is enough as long as we're happy together. As we prayed before eating we thanked God that He has given us a good father and husband. I prayed that He'll always protect my hubby in whatever he do. I personally thanked God that He gave us a caring and responsible father and a husband that's so loving and understanding. Ed has also been a very good minister in the church and always do his best to keep our family in the bosom of God's love and care.

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Celebrating Independence Day

Despite the change of holiday schedule of celebrating Independence Day some people did celebrate this special freedom day on the real exact date. Memorable and historical days shouldn't be rescheduled as it brought about historical events and memories.

This day was best celebrated in Emilio Aguinaldo's house in Kawit, Cavite where the historical first celebration of Independence Day was first done. Hope they'll stop changing the dates of historical events.


Photo taken outside our office building.

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Macaroons For My SIL

It's my sister-in-law's birthday today and because my brother's family loves eating leche flan and macaroons I've decided to cook hundreds for them, hundreds of macaroons not the leche flan of course.

This time preparation is not that tasking as my daughter Ruth helped me with mixing and arranging paper cups on the trays.

Here's our mixture:

2 cups dessicated coconut
1 big can of condensed milk
2 medium eggs
2 Tbsp. shortening (vegetable oil will do)
2 drops of vanilla
sugar to taste

Here's how we mixed it:

Beat eggs on a big bowl, pour dessicated coconut on it and slowly mix condensed milk. After the three has mixed up evenly put some drops of vanilla and add oil. If you feel it lacks sweetness add sugar.

Here's how we cooked it:

Preheat oven to medium heat only. Place paper cups on rectangular trays and drop little macaroons mixture on it. Cooked for about 20 minutes, see if the white color turns light brown. Some mixture takes longer to cook but it's easier if you watched it carefully, I'm sure you don't want burnt macaroons. Here's how it looks on the oven!

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My Mom's Birthday

It’s my Mom’s birthday today and we decided to celebrate it in our house unlike last year’s celebration in Bosay resort in Antipolo. My Mom was very happy to see close friends’ faces specially Rina and kids to which she’s a sponsor on wedding. Half of her guests were children, mostly my brother’s kids and his in-laws’ children. Some were grandchildren of my Mom on her niece and nephews.

As always I’m the one who planned food and menu and cooked everything up. Redge and I took turns in entertaining and assisting guests letting dear Mom talked and chatted with her visitors.

Day turned perfectly good and we thanked God that my Mom is still healthy in body and mind, just a slight rheumatism, the sign of aging don’t you think! All the best wishes for my Mom whom we love so dearly.

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BT&T Dinner

Every ADB-assigned staff and some of us in head office had a company dinner again in Pier One, the last one was in November last year. We were decreased by number again because last year all staff in head office were there but since they already had a company swimming in Pansol, Calamba, Laguna it was planned to be attended only by those who wasn't in that outing.

The ADB-PABX boys came first, they're the ones that maintains the PABX equipment in the whole Asian development Bank including the cabling, voice conferencing and all things pertaining connecting and ensuring that all local and international were smoothly transmitted and received. After half an hour the girls in Switchboard arrived and that completed the whole batch. Of course Sir Bob, Sir Bobby, Berry and Osang were there also. It was a nice dinner coupled with conversations between the management and the staff in ADB. I had a great time talking with the maintenance staff, the high-earner guys in BT&T who had been in ADB for more than 10 years changing their contractors but maintaining their employment there. The trusted men in ADB.

I've been working with them for six years now and I came to know their easy going manner and conversation. It's always easier handling male staff than female, though I've been close to some girls also. The night ended at around 10pm and we each had our own group when we left the place. I'm with Aris and Mang Rolly who lives in the same town.

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Raph is 14 Now!

It’s my first-born nephew’s 14^th birthday. Raphael Moses or Raprap got all our attention when he was born. He’s a very cute baby boy who resembles his mother more than his father (my brother). When I was still single my brother will bring Rap to our house and I’ll take care of him the whole day which he enjoys very much because I spoil him. As he grows older he always look upon me as someone who will give in always to what he wants – especially when it comes to his favorite foods, I can’t resist his requests. He’ll always ask me to cook leche flan for him with or without occasion. Whenever I visit their house he will rush to their store to gather all the ingredients and he’ll make me cook for him. Honestly I feel happy doing it for him and his siblings because it’s my way of showing my care and love for them.

Today he’s beginning to enter adolescence period we’re advising him always what he should be doing or how he should act like a young man. He has grown as a very tall young man and girls I their school has a crush on him but Rap is choosy. He also has his attention on music ministry and sports. He’s having piano lessons for a year now and he’s good on other instruments too like his father also. Music and arts runs in our family and Rap seems to get the skills in music without so much effort.

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Remembering My First Week In DSI

This is it I finally came to a decision to change my life, I’ll enter a new dimension in my life to leave my stable job which supported me and my family for over 15 years now and for which I’ve grown to be a different person that I myself didn’t know I am. I started as a project computer operator handling Batangas-Catanduanes Road and Bridges Projects and later chosen by the President to handle computer maintenance and to help in the making of bidding or technical proposal.

The job was new to me as my experience has only been with semi-conductor, transportation and construction industries where I practiced my electronics and computer education. It’s just one instance that I did some work for the boss and he was impressed (his words to my colleagues then) that I could do a lot of grammar revising on the curricula vitae of proposed staff. He was quoted as saying ‘my computer staff never did such a thing, they just type what was written not minding if it’s correct or not’, actually I thought at that time that he might get offended but I’m lucky that I passed his test. He asked my educational background, noted my degree and appointed me in the Technical Proposal Dept. After my first week in DSI I was given additional works. I took it as a challenge.

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My Inspirations

Every time I think of my loved ones I’m inspired to work. They add sunshine to my life and make my day beautiful. Next to God my family is my utmost priority and all that I’m doing is dedicated to them. I’m always inspired in whatever I do because of them. My hubby and my kids are one of the best gifts that God gave to me, they’re my precious treasures and I love them dearly.

Picture in Fun Ranch, Tiendesitas, Pasig City (Me, Ruth, Gen, Josh and Ed)

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BT&T Company Outing

It's our company outing and my officemates chose to have some fun and enjoy swimming in one of the resorts in Pansol, Calamba, Laguna. Lirio and Flor had some searching and canvassing before they finally reserve in a resort in Calamba highway. It was reserved for a night swimming and all will go home on the next morning. I helped them plan on the menu and took some shots on them while we're having preparations but actually I will not go with them. Since I got married I stopped going out with friends on a night swimming or anything that will take me away from my kids because they will surely feel lonely without me at night. Anyway we have plenty of get-together/swimming in the church where I can enjoy the pool with my whole family so it's enough for me. Marriage and having kids really puts some sacrifices on the side, but it's all worth it!

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Mother's Day For Two Moms

It's our day dear Mommies all over the globe. I really want this day as days like this one things don't go the normal way. My eldest Ruth and hubby cooked breakfast and it's good to wake up without rushing up to cook for them, I love to cook but sometimes I'm so tired after a night's blogging.

Since it falls on Sunday we finished our fellowship service before we go somewhere to have dinner. Redge went home first to pickup Mom from our house and they've gone shopping in Robinsons metro east before we got there before 7pm. It was a dinner for two generation of mothers, my Mom and I which Redge always fondly calls 'The Super Moms'. Of course we were always flattered every time she speaks about it. We ate at Greenwich because it's the choice of my dear kids and we seniors always follows! Anyway we all want pizza, salad and pasta.

I received little gifts and some sweet notes from my kids and was thankful to God for having such a loving family. I have a doting mother, understanding and caring husband, thoughtful sister, very kind brother and lovable kids. What more can I ask for! And you know what? When you ask my Mom you'll be amazed that she'll answer you with the very same phrases. Like mother like daughter, really!!!

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