March 31, 2011

My husband and I have gone meatless in observation of Lent.  It’s our second year doing so.  For dinner on the eve of Ash Wednesday, we had pan-grilled chicken with brown rice and achara (pickled papaya).  The achara was given to us by one of our dear friends.  During that dinner, it seemed as if we were transported back home, eating chicken barbecue at the Aristocrat. *sigh*  If only a trip back home were as simple as saying “click here“.

How are your Lenten sacrifices coming along?  Easter is just around the corner!  We can do this!

Cheers, y’all!

I very rarely, if at all, get to decorate cakes for no occasion.  So when I found the chance to just play with cake, I took advantage.  And boy did I have a lot of fun!  I ended up making mini purse cakes.  These cakes are no bigger than my hands and each cake is good for 2.  I like each and every one of the mini purse cakes.  My personal favorite is the blue one…a gift bag with tissue.  Next time, I hope to make a mini cake that will appeal to boys/men. Mini laptops perhaps?

I posted more photos of the mini cake purses HERE.

Cheers, y’all!

I made this baptism cake for a baby girl almost three weeks ago.  It’s the first cake I made for a baptism.  Woot woot!  It was also  my first attempt at making gumpaste baby shoes.  I’m very happy with how everything turned out, cake, shoes and all.  This is an 8-inch round Vanilla Chiffon Cake with Custard Filling.  Purple is the motif for the baptism.  I didn’t get any sleep the night I made this cake.  Thankfully,  I was too busy to worry about  how to get rid of dark circles.  Hee hee!  More about this cake HERE.

Blessings on you!

March 18, 2011

I love Japanese food.  Everyone who knows me well knows that.  More than a week ago, I reacquainted myself with my Japanese recipe book and found a simple beef recipe to try, Gyudon (Beef Bowl).  It is one of our favorite Japanese dishes after all.  I didn’t realize how easy it was to make!  To think I’ve already tried my hands at making  Oyakodon.  You can check out the Gyudon recipe HERE.

I would love to someday sample food in Japan.  In the very near future perhaps? You see, I have yet to venture beyond the 4 walls of the Narita Airport.  Anyway, It might be wise to hold off reading travelers insurance review for Japan travel, at least for now.

Cheers, y’all!

March 7, 2011

This is the Arch of the Centuries of the University of Santo Tomas.  To be honest, back in the day when I was a student in UST – 4 years of high school and 5 years of college – I didn’t really pay much attention to this landmark except for the time when we were required to sketch it for  Visual Techniques class.  But when I revisited my alma mater during our Philippine holiday, I couldn’t take enough pictures of the Arch of the Centuries.  After doing a little bit of research, I found out that there’s a new tradition now being observed in UST where freshmen and graduating students walk under the arch – to welcome the freshmen and to send the graduating students (who I’m sure got plenty of career advice) off. I wish we had that tradition back then.  That would have been sweet.

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