One more week and I’ll be traveling to the Philippines. It’s been ten years since I last spent Christmas in the Philippines with my family and friends. I look forward to once again experience the Filipino Christmas traditions like Simbang Gabi (Night Mass), Christmas Parties, Caroling and Noche Buena (Night of Christmas Eve Feast). Christmas … More Philippines
A friend of ours gave us a bunch of apples last week and T ‘challenged’ me in baking an apple pie. I have never baked an apple pie before. I am not a huge fan of pies. Nevertheless, I accepted the challenge. This is not the first time T has challenged me. The first time … More Apple Pie
It’s a beautiful day! Today, Tashi and I celebrate our 10th wedding anniversary. The first thing I did this morning was browse at my wedding photos and reminisce the day I married my friend. Below are some of my wedding photos. It has been a great ten years and I look forward to the next! … More Wedding Anniversary
INGREDIENTS: 1 head of cauliflower 3 tbsp half and half (recipe calls for milk) 1 tbsp butter 2 tbsp sour cream 1/4 tbsp garlic powder freshly ground black pepper 1 tbsp snipped chives salt to taste DIRECTION: Separate the cauliflower into florets and chop the core finely. Bring about 1 cup of water to a … More Mashed Cauliflower
My co-worker, Chris gave me this simple and healthy salad recipe. Very easy to make and definitely a hit to everyone. INGREDIENTS: 2 cups ripe cherry tomatoes, halved 4 pcs baby cucumbers, peeled and diced (or 1 small English cucumber) 2 cloves garlic, minced or pressed (or 1 tsp. garlic powder) 1/2 medium red onion, … More Cherry Tomato Salad
My friends Chona and Bolko tied the knot last Saturday. It was an intimate, lovely, fun and multicultural wedding. One of the groom’s relatives very aptly called it “Polish-American-Philippine Wedding”. Chona and I have been friends since 2007. She was my lunch buddy at work. Sometimes, we’d share food or bring lunch for each other. She introduced … More Bolko and Chona’s Wedding
I’ve been enjoying garden fresh tomatoes for two weeks now. Today I was happy to see that two of my four eggplants are now ready too. I started growing herbs last year mainly for my bunnies. I wanted them to have a fresh supply of herbs for their daily (greens) diet. This year, I thought … More Harvest Time
Everytime Tashi and I talk about our plans to visit the Philippines (hopefully this year), Baguio City is always included in our list of places to visit. I’ve been to Baguio City quite a few times but I never get tired of it and I don’t think I ever will. It’s a beautiful place and … More Baguio City
For my birthday this year, Tashi took me to the Discovery of King Tut Exhibit at the Union Station. He originally planned in giving me a surprise trip to the Omaha Zoo but due to the bad weather forecast we decided to stay and went to the exhibit instead. It was great! I was in … More Discovery of King Tut Exhibit
It’s been crazy busy at work this past week so I was glad to explore the Cave Springs Nature Center with Tashi today. It wasn’t really a perfect weather to explore the place as it was raining and the mud made it a little bit more difficult to walk but it was fun and definitely … More Cave Springs Nature Center
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