Trying To Get Back

I know that it has been so long since i last updated this blog. I am more active offline life than here. Plus i have a very active son that is always seeking my attention lately. He wants to enjoy every second of the day with us his parents outside especially now that the weather is getting nicer. I was totally exhausted for the past days, i had so much things going on. Last week i prepared everything for my dear son's big day party. He just turned four and i am really happy that he had a big blast on his big day. His daddy had a very nice presents for him which is a new big bike. He used to have small trike and that was his birthday presents from daddy too two years ago.

Sure time flies so fast indeed. A lot of things happened to me and to my family bad or good. But here we are, still together and being happy to have each other. I love my family so much and i felt so blessed all the time. GOD must really love me so much because HE gave me everything, more than what i expecting to have. I have nothing to complain about my life, i have everything to be grateful for and to be thankful for everyday.

But anyway, i am trying to get back here in blogging as possible as i can. I know i am too much left behind of what's going on here in blogosphere but i will try my best to catch up. I miss all my net friends here too and i am sure you all miss me (i hope). From now on, i will try to update this blog once in while, i'll try my best not to take ages before i have another update, lol.

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Been ages since i last updated this website, isn't it so obvious? Well, it's alright though because even though i have not updated this lately, still i am checking this everyday to see who dropped by and misses me lols! I was just too occupied with my son these past couple of months since he is getting so big and wanting more attention from me. He is more demanding unlike when he was a little younger. So that is why i cannot even think what to write here in my blog. Plus the fact that we have been out too lately. We always go to my friend's house and hang out with her while my son loves to play in her place because her house is close to where there is water stream and there's big bullfrog living there that he likes to see.

Anyway, talking about blogging, i just realized that i have been blogging for over two years now and i am still loving it. Though i am not as active like i was before but still i cannot leave blogging for so many reasons. Number one is, i can rant the things i like to express about my daily life with my family, second is i am gaining more friends through the net and the third is i have journal that i can look back whenever i am feeling down and i just have to read all the things i wrote here will make me feel ease and calm.

Blogging is one of my hobby and i make sure that my website is secure and i own it. That is why i chose the best web hosting site that can provide all the service i need. And if you are just beginner and wants to own your website by buying it from free hosting site, i would recommend the web hosting i knew that has the best service that you need. No worries for it is cheaper compare to the other websites and it is secure. So why don't you spend a little time to read their blog so you will learn more about the hosting site that i am referring to.

Spring Is For Gardening

Actually i was just lazy these past months that i was not able to update my blogs. To keep you update from that little girl down below, she is well and active again. And if you are wondering about this blog if it is still active and working, yes it's still is. It is just the author who is not active and didn't find time to write about things what is going on lately. I am too occupied outside with my son. We always do some activities outside since spring time is here now and we are excited about it. He is getting so big and more curious to learn more things outside than being stuck inside the house. He wants me to take him to go to my friend's house because it is more fun in her place for him. He finds it fun because my friend's house is by the country side, she's got big garden in the back of their house and there's ditch in their front yard where there's bull frog living there. He likes to throw rocks at it and watching it hops and hops.

Kids likes to do things that can amuse them. And because it is safer to have him play out there, i just let him burn his energy while i am helping my friend do her garden. She's got green house where she plants all the seeds that she wants to put in her garden, such as tomatoes, bell peppers and egg plants, and etc. Before i always stay in the house because blogging made me stay. But now that paid blogging is not doing good, i find more time to bond with my son outside rather than stay here in front of my laptop doing nothing.

One Jolly Little Girl

This is my niece, my sister's youngest daughter. We call her bajek, or jekjek. I called my sister the other day and she was really worried about her daughter because she is very ill right now. She was confined at the hospital because the doctor told my sister that her daughter had all the symptoms of having a DENGUE. Her eldest daughter had this scary illness too before when she was younger. She reached into what the doctor called, stage 5 which is very dangerous stage for a sick little girl. Right now my sister is worried, i haven't heard from her since we last talked. I sent some message to my mother asking her about my niece's condition and she said my sister hasn't answered all her messages either.

She is one cute little girl. She is about the same age as my son but she is a little younger. She is one jolly and very entertaining kid that everyone would love soon as you see her. She's got the smile that no one can't resist. She loves to dance and sing a lot that makes people around her would adore her. I hope she will get well so soon. I am worried about her too, i am praying that everything will be alright....

Puto Espesyal Recipe

Alright, i received a lot of comments to my post below about my success Puto Espesyal. And i can tell that i am not the only one living abroad who is craving for it. It is indeed sometimes hard to live here abroad because you will miss all the food that you been eating back home. Good thing that my family loves to cook and so am i. So we were able to share the recipes, tips and secret on how to cook the food even more delicious.

Well, anyway, since a lot of my co-blogger friends who wanna know the recipe of my Puto Espesyal, i will share here now the recipe of it. I just want to thank you to all my loyal readers here who commented on my previous post, thank you so much and if you want to learn on how to make the Puto Espesyal, here's how:

INGREDIENTS:
1 lb. sifted cake flour
6 egg whites (separate the egg whites from the yolk)
3 teaspoon baking powder
4 cups white sugar
1 and half cup of milk
1 cup of water
Vanilla essence
1 teaspoon cream of tartar
Cheese cut into strips


PROCEDURES:
Mix the sifted flour, 2 cups of white sugar, and 3 teaspoon of baking powder. Mix it thoroughly and then mix the liquids, the 1 and half cup milk and the 1 cup of water. Stir it in one direction and set aside when it's totally mixed.

Mix the 1 teaspoon cream of tartar into the egg whites. Prepare the 2 cups white sugar. Beat the egg white until it starts to bubble then slowly pour the 2 cups white sugar into it. Keep beating it until it becomes fluffy. When it's done, slowly pour the mixed flour into the beaten egg whites and stir it until it will totally mixed. You can choose whatever muffin molds you like for your puto espesyal. Then put the cheese strips on top of the muffin molds with uncooked puto espesyal, then load it into the steamer for 15 minutes or so and taste it to see if it is done.

So that's it! Not very complicated and very easy to do! I hope you will enjoy cooking and let me know if you cook some so i can take a look at it how delicious your cooking is!

And oh by the way, you can cook the egg yolk whatever you like, maybe you want to make some omelet or scramble eggs, that will be best. You cannot mix the egg yolk in the the Puto Espesyal.

Success!!! I Did It!!!

I have been craving the puto espesyal of my brother back in Philippines. He makes puto espesyal so delicious and no one can't just simply resist to grab one, two, three or even more! In fact, every time we have an occasion back home, Puto espesyal of his is always present as a dessert. And now that i craved for it, i decided to make some. Actually, i made some long time ago when i just barely got here in America, but it didn't turned out so good like what i expected it because i used wrong ingredients to it. I had no cream of tartar to mix it with the egg white and also the flour i used was just an all purpose flour. The result, gewy, and wet! I so hated it and ate some, hubby ate some of it too but i threw the rest because i was so disappointed about my cooking, it's failed!

So, when i was able to chat with my sister who is the master of the Puto Espesyal, who also taught our younger brother on how to make it, she told me not to use the all purpose flour. I've got to use the cake flour and i've got to have the cream of tartar for the egg white. So i did! Hubby bought all the ingredients i need and couldn't wait until tomorrow to cook it to see if it will turn out good this second time around, and of course i am bragging about it now because it is indeed a success! Just take a look at this photo i shared below! I had different kinds of shapes because i used different muffin molds for it. Actually, since i really don't have muffin molds that are meant for Puto Espesyal, i was so clever to use the ice tray, isn't that sounds funny? But it turned out so good though! Take a look at it! Yummy yum yum!!!

Summertime Plan

Have you heard the game world of paintball? Actually, that is what exactly we are planning to do this coming summertime. I am sure that it would be fun for me and for my family as well. Aside from going out in our backyard, we are going to do some activities that will make our bonding even stronger as well. Hubby just barely purchased the paintball gear and the kingman paintball. We are so ready to use it and have fun under the sun!

Chikka Alternative

If you are a Filipina living abroad like me, then you should know what i am talking about the title of my post. I have been having trouble with the Chikka to connect from my computer to my mother's cellphone so we can communicate to each other as much as we can, in fact almost everyday to check her status and check what's going on there everyday. Her health is not good so i must communicate with her everyday for me to keep informed if she need something so i can also communicate to my siblings if ever there will be a problem. And thankfully, as for now her health is not so bad, she may not be totally well but she is better.

I am talking about this because sometimes it makes me upset that when i try to log in to this website, it won't let me go through. I try not to call her as much as i can because it is so expensive if i will keep on doing that and besides, i only phone her if i have really important matter to tell her. So, right now i am asking you all co-filipina bloggers if you do know some alternative on how can i contact my mother aside from Chikka website. If you do know some websites, please don't hesitate to leave your comments here and rest assured that it will be greatly appreciated. Thank you so much in advance and i am looking forward to read some comments here that can help me.

Hair Cut Techniques

It sure is not easy to have a son. I am a woman and he is my first child so definitely i have no idea how to cut his hair with styles, unless i will take him to the barber shop which he hated it so much because he thought that the barber will do something bad to him. So i bought some cutting tools so i will just cut his hair myself. I keep on browsing some help tips i could find here in the internet so i will learn some more ideas on how to maintain his hair looking so neat and clean. Good thing i found this how to cut men's hair dvd. It is indeed a very helpful idea for me , in fact i showed it to my son that he won't be scared anymore and he will realize that Mommy can cut his hair nicely.
Also, paying the barber is a little more money so if i can do it, why do i have to pay for them, right? I need to purchase this mens hair cutting dvd so i will learn some more ideas and more styles about hair cutting. Who knows, if i am good enough at it already, people will start to hire me to cut their hair. And not only that, i can also cut my husband's and my son's hair for free and with love and care of course. If you are interested on how to be a professional in cutting men's hair, don't dare to miss getting one copy of professional hair cutting dvd. I am sure you will be more interested once you see how well and how they just simply do it.

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I'm Not That Desperate Yet

I was really surprised this afternoon when i opened the triple P. They have so many offers but more on fifty cents or a dollar and it's telling the postie that it doesn't require so much words to post. I was really shocked you know, i thought their lowest offers is five bucks and it is even getting worse because they have now two hundred words for each five bucks offers they have. I don't understand it really, even those offers that are meant for posties that has page ranks on their websites, still they get five bucks with two hundred words. Why is that? They are giving the posties hard time i think. I don't really care if i post two hundred words if the price is right, don't you agree with me guys?

Well, i would say that even though i am needing money so bad today but i am not that desperate yet to grab this crazy offers they are having. Is this some kinda trick or what? I don't just simply get it. It makes me laugh and think like blogging world is getting crazy. I hope that paid blogging will be better soon, not like this that all they have for us is fifty cents, goodness sakes!!!