Chicharon Bulaklak Surprise!

Ingredients:

• 633g isaw (Pig intestine)
  
• 1tbsp asin (table salt)
• Oregano, basil, whole pepper corn (any herbs yah like)
• Lara (Chilies)
• Taba (Cooking oil)
• Dipping: vinegar, lara and crushed bawang (garlic)

Procedure:

1. Prepare the ingredients.
2. Snip parts of the intestines so you can insert the herbs inside.
3. Boil the intestines with 1 tbsp of salt for 10min.
4. Prepare the intestine for the microwave. The idea here is to render the fat from the intestines and the drippings should stay on the bottom of the dish.
5. Cover the dish with a cling wrap to seal the heat pressure.
6. Set the microwave for 10min.
7. Set aside the intestine (dry it out) while you prepare for deep frying.
8. Make sure the oil is hot enough (250ºC).
9. Fry the intestines until they puff up (3-5 minutes).
10. Cut the intestines in serving size. I remove the middle part of the intestine.
11. Drain on paper towels to remove excess oil.
12. Serve with vinegar with lara and bawang.

The surprise there are the hidden chilies and pepper corns. While making “Toma” with your friends it adds thrill because you can never tell if the piece you’ll be eating has lara inside unless you open up the piece before you eat. My dad always gets the “hot pieces” and starts throwing “P !nas” around. But that didn’t stop him from taking another bite. Hehe they are like box of chocolates you’ll never know what you’re gonna get.

You can put any herbs yah like. It just so happens that I have more than enough oreganos and basil in my garden. The herbs in a little way counteracts the cholesterol.

Aside from the antiseptic properties of oregano it is also a good source of fiber. A diet high in fiber helps manage weight, reduces risk of colon cancer and increases breakdown of cholesterol in the body and it helps in indigestion. “Basil helps prevent free radicals from oxidizing cholesterol in the blood stream. Only after it has been oxidized does cholesterol build up in blood vessel walls, initiating the development of atherosclerosis, whose end result can be a heart attack or stroke.” http://www.whfoods.com. “Chilies have antioxidants that can destroy cholesterol which could cause major disease like atherosclerosis and other heart diseases.” - http://www.chilly.in/chilli_benefits.htm

I removed the middle part of the intestine because that is where the evil cholesterol lurks. My dad insisted on eating it. I can’t argue that it is the best tasting part so we both compromise.  I will let him eat it after I render more fat from it. It wasn’t a shock to see the result. Just look at the picture I got 38g of cholesterol from the 71g of the intestine’s middle part. I got 229g of cholesterol from the whole 633g of isaw!!! That’s Eiw! But you know you have to enjoy life sometimes. By the way everything is worth 1475 calories.

            If you want shortcut just omit the boiling and go straight with the microwave.

1. Season with garlic seasoning, snip, stuff in the herbs.
2. Microwave.
3. Deep-fry.
4. Paper towel dry and serve with vinegar.

These health contious pigges are wasted!

To make approximately:

    >  20 shots 30g (33 calories each)

    >  6 shots 45g (50 calories each)

Ingredients:

1 teabag Green tea

2 cups bubukal danum (boiling water)

1 pack powdered gulaman (jello-mix)

1 litro pack powdered drink (1 litro=4 cups)

1 cup marimlang danum (cold water)

1 cup chilled whiskey or any alcohol like gin bulag

Materials:

30ml plastic cups

45ml pig molds (optional)

Procedure:

1.   Chill the whiskey and prepare the piggies molds and plastic cups.

2.   Boil 2 cups of water and put the tea bag.

3.   After boiling, remove the tea bag and sprinkle the gulaman while stirring.

4.   Once the gulaman mix is fully dissolved, pour into the container with the powdered drink.

5.   Dump in the 1 cup cold water while stirring.

       > If you want the piggies really "wasted", put 2 cups of whiskey and remove 1 cup of water from the ingredients.

6.   Dump in the whiskey while stirring.

       > the jello mixture should NOT be more than 60 °C because the alcohol will evaporate.

7.   Pour the gulaman mixture into the molds.

8.   Chill.

Plastic cups have lids convenient for gimik at the SM parking lot para hindi masita ng mga guards dahil bawal DAW ang liquor don or trip sa Pagudpod pang palit sa mojitos or after a grueling nightshift tuloy ang kwentuhan sa apartment. SOLVE!

Funny Ninja kitty evah!!!

How to make Turon

Ingredients:

• Saging Saba
• Langka (with syrup kung meron kayo)
• Mayumu (Sugar)
• Pabalat (Lumpia wrapper)
• Taba (cooking oil)

Procedure:

1. Prepare everything. Balatan ang dapat balatan.
2. Iroll ang banana sa  langka syrup and then mayumo para dumikit. Ilagay sa pabalat at patungan ng langka.
3. Irolyo.
4. Ipainit ang taba hanggang maging 150° F. I-fry hanggang maging golden brown.
5. Ilagay sa strainer para matiktik ang sobrang taba.
6. Ishare sa kapitbahay para magshare din sila sayo pag may niluto silang Turon.

Citibank Promo

July  28, 2010 > The stories endings were totally unexpected especially SALT!!! Awesome!

Poncho my own LOLCAt

Pansit-pansitan Salad

I tried eating pansit-pansitan last night with balsamic vinegar and salt n' pepper. I didn't like the taste so to mask the icky taste I put on some crush peanuts, roasted garlic, olive oil and chili powder and it tasted great. According to this site www.stuartxchange.org it is a great remedy for rheumatic and arthritic pains among other things. So if you can bear with the "taste" and suffering from rayuma then go ahead and eat this crunchy succulent greens.

Inauguration of P-Noy anf VP

"The first step is to have leaders who are ethical, honest, and true public servants. I will set the example.

"I do not believe that all of those who serve in our government are corrupt. In truth, the majority of them are honest. They joined government to serve and do good. Starting today, they will have the opportunity to show that they have what it takes. I am counting on them to help fight corruption within the bureaucracy.

"From now on, mediocre work will not be good enough when it comes to roads, bridges, and buildings because we will hold contractors responsible for maintaining their projects in good condition.

"We will level the playing field for investors and make government an enabler, not a hindrance to business. This is the only means by which we can provide jobs for our people.

"I can forgive those who did me wrong but I have no right to forgive those who abused our people.
To those who talk about reconciliation, if they mean that they would like us to simply forget about the wrongs that they have committed in the past, we have this to say: there can be no reconciliation without justice. When we allow crimes to go unpunished, we give consent to their occurring over and over again.  

"If I have all of you by my side, we will be able to build a nation in which there will be equality of opportunity, because each of us fulfilled our duties and responsibilities equally.


"Today, I am inviting you to pledge to yourselves and to our people. No one shall be left behind.
No more junkets, no more senseless spending. No more turning back on pledges made during the campaign, whether today or in the coming challenges that will confront us over the next six years. No more influence-peddling, no more patronage politics, no more stealing. No more sirens, no more short cuts, no more bribes. It is time for us to work together once more.

"You are the boss so I cannot ignore your orders. We will design and implement an interaction and feedback mechanism that can effectively respond to your needs and aspirations.

"You are the ones who brought me here—our volunteers—old, young, celebrity, ordinary folks who went around the country to campaign for change; my household help who provided for all my personal needs; my family, friends, colleagues at work, who shared, cared, and gave their support; my lawyers who stayed all hours to guard my votes and make sure they were counted; and the millions of Filipinos who prevailed, kept faith, and never lost hope – I offer my heartfelt gratitude.

"I will not be able to face my parents and you who have brought me here if do not fulfill the promises I made.

Prosecutor Princes

*Human's can adopt to anything 

                    - Ma Sang Tae 

Sources:
http://www.koreandrama.com


Watch movie online:

 www.dramacrazy.net by: DarkUmagon

Movie Trailer from bakagunify

Who wants to be a millionaire?

Parkour!!!

Who is Juana Change?

Sources:
http://artistsrevolution.ph/

Mulan (Chinese Movie)

Once you put on a General's armor your life is no longer yours. This is what war is about.

Movie Trailer from 5akuraD1va

Luyang Dilaw and Neem 1 month challenge

(Turmeric and Neem leaves Diet)

Yesterday I started my medication on Turmeric and Neem leaves. I take 1/4 teaspoon of each before meal. Let's see what will happened.I should see some improvements with my health within a month.

Florentino Floro

youtuve video by http://www.youtube.com/user/misteryolohika


See this for his bio "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florentino_Floro".
This is his own blog http://jfloro2.blogspot.com/2010/02/philippine-chief-justice-florentino.html

Painter of the Wind

Sources:
http://www.koreandrama.com
http://allkoreandrama.com

Watch movie online:

youtube : 2708bobocel 

 www.dramacrazy.net by: KcBleach  and mgkwt

Movie Trailer from oxkimzx

While I was watching the series I thought the singer of this song (The Song of the wind) was a woman... I was so wrong. It could have fooled anyone. his (Jo Sung Mo) voice is so effeminate. The song was really great though I didn't understand what it means at first.

While watching, I can't help but picture or see filipino actors that look (slightly) of Moon Geun Young (Shin Yoon Bo) as Sarah Geronimo and Lee Joon (Shin Young Bok) as Allan Paule.

Just look

Shin Yoon Bo = Sarah Geronimo

The shape of the face is a like and I think the eyes are the biggest difference.

Shin Young Bok = Allan Paule

It's clear here that the only thing that make them slightly look-a-like is the mustache and the chubby cheeks.

Instant Noodles with Celery

I like putting celery on my noodles. It gives a refreshing feels to it. it has a lot of benefits just see "juicing for health". But what I'm really after is its anti acidity properties since I eat a lot of acidic fruits and spicy foods I need it to balance my body pH.

SOAPS

5-10-2010 This is the moment!!!

  Automated Election
 




Now this part I didn't do. I was fortunate to have access to the internet and used the Precinct Finder of COMELEC.

 

Now that voting is automated, the biggest problem we've encountered is not on the voting itself but on the crowd control and the queuing system. Here, the voters are experiencing slight confusion on where line to fall in. The voters are sorted into 9 precincts per room which they termed as Clustered precinct. I think there are almost 1000 voters per room.No authorities are informing or assisting the voters on what to do. I think they (authorities) just assumed that voters know what to do because of the voter's education drives being broadcast or posted on various forms of media. The voters just took it upon themselves to organized the line. Although there are some run of the mill "balahuras and balasubas" (shameless people) who cut in the line, people posing as senior citizens and others. I even encountered a kapal muks (nervy) woman who stole a mineral water (intended only for the election officers). She brought her son with her. The kid asked her mother to give him water near the doorway. At first the mother asked an election officer if she can give a bottle of mineral water to her son. The officer politely said that she's sorry because the bottles are all accounted for the personnel (and besides there are refreshments stands outside of the precinct she can easily asked us to save her spot on the line.) The woman responded sheepishly with a smile but when the officer turns her back the woman took a bottle of mineral water. People saw what she did. She just responded with "hindi naman mahahalata" (I'm sure she won't notice) with a smug face as she handed the mineral water to her kid. Kapal muks talaga!!! The woman doesn't even look naghihikahos (poor) in fact based from what she's telling her friends (also in the line) she has a car and air-conditioned house. The kid at his age , he already understood what her mother has done. He'll grow up thinking  that taking advantage of other people is ok as long as they won't notice it. Now if these are our new generation, I can clearly see how our future will end up. I can't help but wonder if our corrupt politicians grew up with the same kind of parent's or guardians.

 

 There are only 4 personnel.The man on the white shirt and the woman in pink shirt verifies the identity of the voter. The problem here is they are not organized.The voter's list are not arranged and because the verifiers are having a hard time looking for the name of the voter the list was unstapled so the voter's can help out in finding their names. Is this even allowed?

Then on the next table the woman in red shirt got confused with the voter's nagging and she because she can't handle the crown she allowed other voters to get their own precinct form to sign. There is no clear line. Both the in and out voters are mixed and the officers are having a hard time in controlling them.

The officer in charge of the voting area was having problems with disorderly voter's they don't surrender their folders to her. Instead they give it to people they know so they will be next to receive ballots even though there were already voters waiting in line. Markers were also pocketed. The officer was pleading to the voters to surrender the markers because they only have limited supplies and those are the only markers that will work on the ballots. Absolutely no consideration for other's properties.Witnessing these flares me up! In a perfect world, people are looking out for each other. But this world is not perfect so it is people looking out for themselves. How sad... Makarma sana kayo mga balahura. (Hope karma will bite you in the ass!)

Step 4 have to wait because in this picture the woman in white nervously laughing saying "hehe makulong naku po kanyan" (harhar I might get imprisoned now). She's the Tech Support from smartmatic. As she enters the room, she was on the phone describing to her supervisor what  went wrong with the PCOS machine. Actually, before the Tech Support arrived the machine only encountered paper jam after "nomnoming" (being fed with) 101 ballots. That is easy to fix says the IT specialist (just a voter) who is now reading the manual of the PCOS machine.We are both willing to help the officer to fix it but the Officer was reluctant because I think they are not allowed to troubleshoot the machine without the SmartMatic Tech Support which is totally understandable.As for the Tech Support it is not totally her fault. Base from media reports, almost all Tech support don't know how to troubleshoot the machines. That only means that the fault is on their supervisor or whoever is training them.

After they removed the back-up flash card and fix other stuff including shaking the ballot box (oh and by the way, we're told before that the ballot box should be translucent so that we can see the shadow silhouette of the ballot being fed... so what happened?).

After a few minutes, tuloy ang ligay (to be continued...) on with step 4.

Same with step 2-3 unorganized.

 

We started at 7:00 am finished at 10:47am. 3 hours and 47 minutes of patience in exchange for 6 years of (hopefully) worthwhile administration. 

Despite all the can of worms we've took from our first ever automated election, over all it was not that bad. It's just natural to encounter problems from first time events. The next election, we will be more prepared and equip to handle problems that will arise. And also let's not forget that the "evil doers" also now know how the automation works; they can now create a new automated cheat system. We should not be complacent with the existing security features. After this election, COMELEC and Smartmatic should work on the disabled features of the machines and device a queuing system that will work.

Now that campaigning is over.

 

Who's gonna clean up this shit ?

Pampanga Election 2010

 

The  picture say's it all. It may help you choose your bet for the Gubernatorial Slot. 

Fist on the list is Apung Carding...Umm who? Exactly!!! Next?!

Next we have a former Priest now Re-electionist Among Ed who wants to continue the crusade (isadsad ing Crusada) for Good Governance and transparency.

And lastly but definitely cannot be considered as the least is our  self- proclaimed Mother of Pampanga, wife of husband suspected Jueteng Lord, Kumare of President Gloria Magtatagal Arroyo, Former SP Board Member Lilia "Nanay Baby" Pineda who is offering compassionate and honest service to the Kapampangans.

Hmmm... try to decide try to decide if  I really want to go out and Vote...

 Read also these articles so you'll know what the Kapampangans dealt with last administration.

In Pampanga, local elections heat up in yet another Panlilio-Pineda face-off 

Mapiles: Challenge

Mapiles: Caretaker? (Part 2) 

Sapnu: Mga kontrobersyal na isyu sa Capitol?

Before the beginning

Pro-Panlilio village chief shot dead in Pampanga
Political candidates in Pampanga launch their campaign

After voting at our local school here I ended up voting no one for the

Gubernatorial slot. Last election I voted for Among Ed I swayed my 

family and relatives to vote for him for good governance and 

transparency but I didn't know we were also voting for his Provincial 

Administrator Vivian Dabu. 

My family said, "last election we tried your bet now lets try the other

one. Regardless if they do illegal business at least they are helping 

the less fortunate with their money.
 

WoW! CAn you believe this???!!! Oh well we'll see. Based from experience life is not on black and white pictures like the silent movies before. Life is full of colors it add vibrancy and movement to our life especially if you view it in High Def.

Happy Mudrax's Day

Mother's Day Blessing with a friendly reminder from our local Gubernatorial Candidate (take note "reminder" not campaigning)

 Fr. Mar of Good Shepherd Church bless all the mother's attending the mass.

It is the practice of our parish priest to invite local candidates to let us know about their campaign platforms after the mass. Each were given 5 minutes to give their speech. Last Sunday mass we have the Bacolor Mayoralty Candidates. One of them,
Jose Maria “Jomar” Hizon brought us a pasalubong (donation) a fire truck. Thanks Man! That coming out of your pocket really appreciated. Though appreciation won't mean it will equate to a vote.

Gubernatorial Re-electionist Among Ed Panlilio reminding us to vote wisely for tomorrow's election. He said we should not be swayed by our religious leaders in choosing our candidates. Hmmm... OK sure... Y not. haha.

While on our way home, we overheard people's reaction and comments as they received and read the flyers of Among Ed. One of them said "Sabi da ing paring ini potang ating manyad saup kaya sasabyan namu pangadi dana kayu mu pu. (They said this priest will only say "I will pray for you" if you ask for help)"
 Wooh! Though crowd huh?! I've been hearing this a lot too. For me if the issue is going around for too long and in great numbers, then there must be a truth in it even just a speck.

By the way, Lilia "Nanay Baby" Pineda (Pampanga’s self-declared mother), should've been there so she can receive God's blessings. hehe ;)

Atashinchi no Danshi

Looking for Atashin’chi(我們這一家)

But ended watching Atashinchi no Danshi  instead

Sources:
http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Atashinchi_no_Danshi 

Instant Gulaman

How to make instant Gulaman (Jelly)

Just follow the instruction in the packet of the Instant Gulaman you are using. ;P

I make this in 3 liters and store it in the fridge so I can have gulaman anytime I want. It is great for samalamig, halo halo, and buko pandan especially this hot summer days.

When I eat this it takes me back to my high school days when I eat a block of gulaman drizzled with condense milk served at the school canteen. I just can't remember if it is in Sacre or Chevalier. I guess both served this dessert.

In this batch I added green tea for added benefits (detoxifying). I usually eat this when I'm on a diet (It is 100% seaweeds called agar agar). I don't put sugar in it so there is no added calories. Every liter is only 73 calories that. I prefer this recipe as plain (no sugar) so that I can control the taste of the recipes that I will be using the gulaman. It has no calories, no carbohydrates, no sugar and no fat, and is 80-percent fiber. It absorbs glucose in the stomach, passes through the digestive system quickly and inhibits the body from retaining and storing excess fat. Its water absorbing properties also aids in waste elimination.

1. Agar agar absorbs bile, and by doing so, causes the body to dissolve more cholesterol.
2. Improves digestion and waste elimination.
3. Reduce cholesterol and help you feel full, which will help you lose unwanted weight.
   
4. Helps in controlling arthritis.
   

Sources:

http://www.ehow.com/way_5655544_agar-agar-diet.html

Instant Noodles with talbos kamote and chili paste

Instant Noodles with purple Cabbge

This one has lots of siling labuyo and Onion!!! Manyaman!!!:P

Kuro will always be in our memories.

Langka (aka Jack fruit)

ARTOCARPUS HETEROPHYLLUS Lam.

Local names:
Langka (Ilk., Bis., Tag.);
lanka (Tag., Bis.);
nangka (Tag., Ibn., Bis., Sul.);
nanka (Tag., Bis.);
jack fruit (Engl.).

Origin:

The jackfruit or Langka, is cultivated throughout the Philippines at low and medium altitudes, and some regions is spontaneous. It is not a native of the archipelago but is of prehistoric introduction from Malaya or tropical Asia. It also occurs in India to Malaya, and is now cultivated in most tropical countries.

Uses:

• The young fruits are eaten as vegetables (ginataang-langka-with-turmeric)
  
• The pulp or flesh (lamukot) surrounding the seeds, is rich yellow sweet and aromatic, and when ripe, is eaten straight or cooked and preserved. It makes good preserves or other sweets.
  
• The seeds are eaten boiled or roasted.
  
• The latex of the tree is used as birdlime, and if heated makes an excellent cement for broken China.
  
• The bark is sometimes made into rope and cloth. The wood is used locally to a limited extent as a yellow dye. The unripe fruit, according to Nadkarni, is generally used in the preparation of pickles in India.

Health Benefits:

• High carbohydrate content, and indicate that it is nutritious. It is, however, deficient in calcium and iron.
  
• The seeds are very rich in starch, but for us sources of calcium and iron.
• In the Philippines the ash of the leaves, after burning, is applied on wounds and ulcers as a dried or cicatrizant. It is sometimes mixed with coconut oil as an ointment for the same purpose. Kirtikar and Basu, Chopra, Nadkarni, and Dey reports that the leaves are used in skin disease.
• The decoction of the root is used in diarrhea and for fever. The root is also useful in skin diseases. Daruty say that the roots are antiasthmatic.
• The milky juice of the tree is used in glandular swelling, and in snakebite. Mixed with vinegar and applied to these swellings and to abscesses, it promotes absorption or suppuration.
• the ripe fruit is demulcent, nutritive, and laxative.
  
• unripe fruit is astringent.
  
• Stuart reports that the pulp envelops or arils of the seeds are considered by the Chinese to be cooling, tonic, and nutritious.
  
• The starch of the seeds is given in billions colic
• The roasted seeds have an aphrodisiac action.
• Jack-fruit is rich in dietary fiber, which makes it a good bulk laxative. The fiber content helps to protect the colon mucous membrane by decreasing exposure time and as well as binding to cancer causing chemicals in the colon.
• Fresh fruit is an excellent source of Vitamin-A, which has powerful antioxidant properties and is essential for vision. Vitamin A is also required for maintaining integrity of mucus membranes and skin and to boost immunity. Consumption of natural fruits rich in vitamin-A known to protect from lung and oral cavity cancers.

Tip:
If you're going to cook the seeds in the microwave oven poke them with a knife first else they will explode like a popcorn... See for yourself ;)

The seeds taste like castañas or chestnuts.










Sources:

http://www.nutrition-and-you.com/jack_fruit.html

http://www.bpi.da.gov.ph/Publications/mp/html/l/langka.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Langka

Video thanks to marshman

Antique Bakery

Official Website


Watch movie

Movie Trailer from michibangs

You're Beautiful

Just finish watching the series yesterday. I came across this on April 27, 2009. At first I was goggling for a summary story of Daisy Siete's Adam or Eve. After I've seen a commercial of their new series, I thought that the story was interesting. It's great that for a change they're delivering new and original stories and not a remake of some asian-novela or old tagalog movies (that they turned into series)... boy was I disappointed after reading this page.

So why will I settle for a copycat if I can enjoy the original. Thanks to "TheLunaticGirl" for the article.


Sources:

wiki.d-addicts.com
AN Jell Official Website
http://www.itsakpopthing.com

Watch Online

Soundtrack from Shae

Pork Asado with Singkamas

I got this recipe from Lutong Pinoy

Ingredients:

• 1 kilo pork, cubed
• 2 tbsps. soy sauce
• 1 tbsp. minced garlic
• 1 tsp. minced ginger
• 2 tbsps. oyster sauce
• 1 singkamas, cut into strips
• bell pepper (optional)

Procedures

1. Marinate the pork in soy sauce, garlic, ginger and oyster sauce for a few minutes.
2. Put the marinated pork in a pressure cooker add 1/4 cup water and cook for 10 minutes
3. After 10 minutes turn off heat and let the pressure out. Add the singkamas and bellpepper. Cover the pressure cooker and let the vegetable cook with the pressured air.

After another 10mins. Mangan tanah!!!! (let's eat) :)

My First Recycled paper

During my free time I tried making recycled paper. I learned it from watching youtube.

GreenParent and Paper Alice

For the reason of sentimentality and owe to mother nature to Reuse-Reduce-Recycle .

Here are the things that went to this blender and reduced into pulp.

• receipts
• correspondence
• billing statements
• used envelopes
• onion dry skin (not the fleshy part)
• garlic skin (not the fleshy part)
• peanut skin
• cashew skin
• palaspas (palm leaves we used last palm Sunday)
• brown paper bags
• dried flowers and leaves from out garden
  

I think from 1/8 kilos of paper I've made 50 sheets of 8 x 11 sized papers

I used them as wrapping papers and stationery.

The end product... you can see it as my blog background... pretty huh? ;)

Good Shepherd's First Day of Novena Procession

GOOD SHEPHERD PARISH (F-1995),
Mt. Pinatubo Ministry, Bulaon, City of San Fernando, Pampanga 2000
Parish Priest: Rev. Marcelino M. Miranda

Fiesta happens every first Sunday the month of May. This year it will be on May 2, 2010.



Click Me!

Not-So Happy Cat in a box :'(

My cat is been sick for a days now. She starter loosing tremendous amount of weight and you can easily see her bones. Though she eats and drinks a lot, she continuous to loose muscle mass. At first I gave her de-worming medicine nothing really happened. Didn't see any worms from her poop.

Today, she still eats and drinks but not like 3 days ago. She's loosing her balance and looks like she is having difficulty walking even standing. She usually stayed or sleeps in my bed but this past few days she starts "hanging-out" in cool dark places like closets and under my parent's bed. She was missing for 3 hours now. I've seen this symptoms before from my previous cats who eventually died. I know I have to accept the inevitable.

Part of grieving is accepting. Understanding things makes it easier to accept things that are out of my control. I've been reading articles about cats+dying from these links:

http://www.kryogenix.org/days/2003/07/23/interactive

http://www.xmission.com/~emailbox/folklore.htm

http://www.vetinfo.com/grief.html

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20060630163403AAEXdBE

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20070723130437AAKnwls

http://tourism-philippines.com/pets-stores-and-vets-in-manila-%E2%80%93-the-good-and-the-bad/

http://www.caraphil.org/

http://philippinedogfinder.com/2009/01/06/list-of-veterinarians-in-the-philippines/

http://www.vetworld.com/vetworld/philippines.html


:'(

Instant Moodles

There is just no other instant food that can ever compare to noodles. I can eat instant noodles everyday... In hot or cold days noodles for me!

Too bad this one doesn't have my favorite siling labuyo (Bird's eye chili) the spicier the better.

Averrhoa bilimbi Shake

Popularly known as Kamias shake. Its too hot and I need something ice cold and slushy. We have leftover kamias in the fridge and they are perfectly ripe.

Here's the ingredients:

• kamias
• crushed ice
• sugar

put all in the blender and VOILA!

Here, we usually use kamias when cooking Sinigang when we don't have tamarind at hand.

According to Mr. Wikipedia:

"In the Philippines, the leaves serve as a paste on itches, swelling, rheumatism, mumps or skin eruptions. Elsewhere, they are used for bites of poisonous creatures. A leaf infusion is efficient against or as an after-birth tonic, while the flower infusion is used for thrush, cold, and cough. Malaysians use fermented or fresh bilimbi leaves to cure venereal diseases."

Well, I don't know about venereal disease but I know it will do wonders on my cold and phlegm since it is pack with Vitamin C.