Christmas 2010

Merry Christmas

Preparing for noche buena for our Christmas family gathering is quite tiring but our happiness makes all so perfect. Thank God for giving us another year to celebrate Christmas in our house with abundant blessings and good health all through the year.

Machang at Mandarin Restaurant

Another day to have time together with family to go out for fun strolling at the mall during these busy days of holiday season. Many spend time to shop and to buy presents for their love ones . This time we went out to window shop and buy some stuff for Paolo's Christmas party.

After a long day of strolling around the mall, we gave ourselve a nice dinner. I have taken picture of my favorite "Machang". Machang is made up of sticky rice, chicken, pork, egg, dried shrimp and other stuff which I don't know how to discribe. Machang is like Spanish Paella but in Chinese version of preparation.

Shrimp, Flour in Egg Recipe

Another menu for breakfast. Shrimp with Egg and flour is one of our recipe for breakfast. This is one of my favorite dish and I would like to share it with you.

Small shrimp (washed and drained)
egg
minced garlic
flour

Nursing Course

One of the most in demand courses here in the Philippines nowadays is nursing. There are lots of people I have known who have taken nursing and who dreamed to have the best for living after graduation. Most of them are taking their studies too serious for they know how expensive this course is. It is really my dream to become a nurse before but because of our financial instability my parents cannot afford to send me to school taking up nursing. So then I decided to shift for another course which has leaser in expenses.

I really like to see nurses wearing in white uniforms for they represent themselves neat, clean and pure. I have been to hospital this recent month and I felt a bit happy to see nurses who have taking care of me at their complete uniforms, nursing scrubs and scrubs clothing. I was too weak when hubby confined me to the hospital that time but when I saw nurses who greeted and smiled, the whole thing they did helped paved the pain I suffered.

This second semester some of my friends celebrated their graduation. There are some of them would prefer to take the nursing board exam the soonest possible but some would prefer to have nursing review before taking the board. Nursing course is not just those snappy scrubs clothing and neat uniform but it also requires brain in order to pass.

Philippine First Celebrity Sole Survivor

Congratulations to "Mr Nice Guy" Akihiro Sato for winning the first Philippine celebrity sole survivor.

For the past months me and hubby are avidly watching the Survivor Reality TV Series of GMA7 every Mondays to Fridays and last night was the final voting for the sole winner. There were 18 celebrity castaways who stayed in an Island fighting for the price for 39 days.

Christmas Season of 2010

SM CDO


SM CDO


SM Christmas Tree


SM CDO


LKKS Christmas Tree


LKKS CDO


PSC Christmas Tree

Anywhere I go, Christmas season is all over the place. My friends, family and relatives are all busy preparing for parties and even family gatherings for Christmas. It is a tradition of the Filipinos to gather during Christmas or even new year's eve. This is the only time when families are complete during the gathering. I have taken some pictures.

Philippine Sinter Corporation tour

Philippine Sinter Corporation is the world's largest steel makers. My brother happens to have their field trip inside PSC and I served as the chaperon. It is my great privilege to see by myself how the company operates and they had us the chance to watch videos about the company. From Cagayan de Oro City we travelled for more than an hour by jeepney the school rented.

The Month of Thanksgiving

Eagerness for others to share in something speaks volumes of one's appreciation. Our gifts serve much the same way. When we give money, time or any material possession we are sharing with others what we are thankful for. And so our act of generosity is an offering of thanks in and of itself.

As we, the follower of Christ, we were commanded to give thanks. That command of giving thanks is on the same level as the command breath. Our gift of thanks has the potential to produce thanks also in someone else.

On the one hand, our gift itself is an expression of thanks. One of the clearest ways to express gratitude and admiration is by sharing with others. When we find a new song, a new book, or a new food that we enjoy, and are thus thankful for, we aim to share it with others.

When you are compelled to give thanks do not pass over generosity. If God blesses you with a job, an unexpected gift, or a good return on an investment, give and be generous. Your generosity has the potential to double the thanks given to God.

Manny "Pacman" Pacquiao

The Best Boxer in the World

Manny Pacquiao is definitely one of the best boxers in the whole wide world. After beating and ruining the face of his much bigger and heavier opponent, he really showed that he is the best fighter in todays generation. Receiving his 8th title in the boxing world, what more he has to prove to show the world he is the best. Many boxing fans wish Pacquiao to face Floyd Maywether jr. in the ring but the fight depends on Floyd's decision. Pacquiao is open now for fight to anyone in the ring. Manny is not just the best boxer but he has the humble heart in which the Filipinos are very proud of. A real fighter who gives great honor to all Filipino people around the world. He made people in the Philippines very happy and proud to be a Filipino.

Christmas Season

Christmas season is fast approaching and people are busy buying Christmas decorations and presents for their love ones. In our house, I decided to buy early to avoid rush and I wanted to feel the Christmas season as early as this moment. I have taken some of the pictures of my decors.

My Birthday Celebration 2010

Today I celebrate my 32nd birthday and I am very thankful to God for given me another year. I am glad that my hubby organize a party for me.

United Nation Day

Today the world is celebrating United Nation Day. Last Friday most schools were celebrated UN day and during the celebration all pupils were dressed with different nations they were representing with. I am some photos taken during my brother's UN day celebration in his school.

Privacy Online

One of the most popular habits of the people nowadays is online browsing and social media. A huge percentage of people that really want to learn adopt new ways of technology. Even the third world country is starting to be part in this kind of craze. A big percentage of teenagers in Asia are focus more on online gaming. Some of these games are World of Warcraft, Counter Strike, and some are found in Facebook games such as Farmtown, Mafia, Farmville, Café World and many more.

The more cyber world becomes famous to all walks of life. And to some busy people, this is a great advantage to shop online. This is the easy way to buy something without going out to shopping malls but this is also not 100 percent safe. There are some that are using online shopping that were asked their some personal details or may even reveal some bank account information in which some bad people will hack and get money from that person. You privacy online is unpredictable and you will never know if you are still keylogger free or free from any hacking device that can be use to gather your private information.

I had friends that experience being hacked by the used of key logger and because their online game account character was being hacked. I had one friend who has been hacked and this time her facebook account. We can never be sure to have a 100 percent secure online but lucky enough to have some devices that may protect your privacy from keylogger.

1st SANUK Sandcastle Competition in Cagayan de Oro City

October 16, 2010 is the CDO’s 1st SANUKsandcastle competition at Limketkai Mall, Cagayan de Oro City. The City is the 3rd city to host for the SANUK 4-city stop of sandcastle competition. The last cities hosted the competition was done the competition successfully in Manila, Davao and the last city they will visit is Cebu City which will be held on November 27, 2010 at Ayala Terraces.

This sandcastle competition is a great opportunity for locals of The City of Friendship to show off their talents in different sand-sculpt at their most impressive creations. Summer season is over, yet building sandcastles anywhere and out of season is fun. The SANUK Sandcastle Building Competition is open to all.

The Champion - Orange Team (Adcashemanic)

1st runner up - Lightgreen ( Debuho Fliganon )

2nd runner up - Dark green ( Sand Nuke )

The event was participated with eight groups:

Dark Green Team - Sand Nuke
Orange team - Adcashemanic
Red Team - Noah
Yellow Team - Champoppers
Lightblue Team - Tagaca
Dark Blue - Smileys
Beige Team - Fungee
Lightgreen - Debuho Fliganon

Egg salad with Lettuce

This morning I prepared egg salad with lettuce for breakfast. This is one of our favorite for breakfast which is also good combination for hot coffee and bread. Hmmm.. Another prefect breakfast for me today.

Boiled eggs
Onion
Tomato
Lettuce
Mayonnaise
Vinegar
Salt
And the SECRET ingredient is LOVE