I forgot to post this. haha.
This is a Common Gardenia bloom, which has not yet opened. Gardenia or Rosal (Gardenia jasminoides)) is one of the popular ornamental plants grown in the Philippines. Its flowers are very fragrant and very pretty. The flowers look like white roses, that’s why it’s called “Rosal” (meaning “rose”). Continue Reading…
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I haven’t recovered all of my past posts but it doesn’t matter. What’s gone is gone. I’m just thankful that I can still breathe and think, go online, type and post something when I can. Every moment is borrowed time that should be spent with love and gratitude.
Music from the 1900′s (early blues, jazz, swing) are on my playlist lately. I find that I work better listening to instrumental music and songs with less distracting lyrics. The more unfamiliar I am with the songs and the lyrics, the better. I mostly listen to Frank Sinatra, Matt Monroe, Louis Armstrong (Satchmo) and Jack Teargarden (Big T).
Louis Armstrong (pictured above) was a trumpeteer and Jack Teargarden was a trombonist (regarded as the Father of Jazz Trombone). They’re both singers, too and performed a lot together. I love listening to their voices. Very soothing. Very distinct. Armstrong had the raspy voice and Teargarden had the lazy sounding voice. Continue Reading…
Chicken curry is one of the first dishes I learned to cook when I was a kid and this is a simplified version I made last week for dinner.
I used chicken breast instead of the usual chicken thighs, legs and wings (which my dad and I love!) because we’re disciplining our household to consume more of the healthier white meat.
Some last thoughts about this dish:
I’m in need of a new mattress. What I am using now is a spring mattress that’s already more than 5 years old. It’s not good for my back.
One reason we suffer from back problems (or it’s worsened) is the kind of mattress we sleep on. Quality bed mattresses don’t come cheap but it’s one of those things that are worth spending more on, especially if one suffers from any kind of back problems or if we’re in our senior years. Continue Reading…
One of the many benefits of growing your own veggies, is having them on-hand. No need to take a trip to the grocery store or to the local market. Just pick them yourself from your yard or balcony or wherever your garden is.
Spinach is one of the plants we have in our garden and though the bugs also love them (see the photo below), we don’t mind sharing it with them. Holes on leaves are fine as long as the bugs aren’t on my plate. Continue Reading…
The Philippines is in the Tropics so we only have two seasons: dry and wet.
It’s still summer here but I’ve never been a summer girl. I don’t share other people’s excitement going to the beach or just being under the sun because I associate summer and the sun with heat, sweat and discomfort. But, I’d like to think that I’m less of a Sun Snob now. Continue Reading…
Another one of my favorite dishes. It can be eaten with rice, used as filling for tortilla wrap or lettuce (or any other fresh greens) wrap or even on a bun.
If you want to cook a real taco meat filling, I added links from reputable sites at the end of this post. Maybe one day I’ll feel like cooking a proper taco meat filling and use those recipes.
In the mean time, here’s how I cook it, the no-fuss way.
Here are the links to proper Taco Meat Filling recipes:
My Mad Fat Diary is a 2013 British drama based on Rae Earl’s real-life diary, which Rae kept during her teenage years. The protagonist in the drama is Rae Earl (played by Sharon Rooney) and it’s set in the ’90s (1996 to be precise).
So what’s the story about? Rae is a 16-year-old girl who suffers from depression and spent 4 months in inpatient rehab centers. Wait, she stayed at a psychiatric hospital. The drama is about Rae’s life after she left the hospital and how she tries her best to live a “normal teenage life”. It’s mostly the things inside her head that’s revealed in the drama. It’s based on her diary, after all. Continue Reading…
Something easy and quick to prepare. These are the types of dishes I love to cook.
Here’s one I recently prepared because I wanted to try eating radish greens (they’re edible!). It’s not usually eaten in the Philippines so I wanted to taste them. ^_______^ Continue Reading…
