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Minion Prequel

noreply@blogger.com (jenskie) — Thu, 06 Nov 2014 01:57:00 +0000

Just as I thought, they're back! Because the year is not complete without minions 😊

http://youtu.be/eisKxhjBnZ0

I'm back!!

noreply@blogger.com (jenskie) — Wed, 05 Nov 2014 12:17:00 +0000

Finally, after more than a year with no blog update.

Last year was crazy and busy with work at the same time. With less traveling and photo walks.

So now, I am definitely catchin up!!

noreply@blogger.com (jenskie) — Fri, 21 Sep 2012 15:53:00 +0000

Received something to munch on from my two cousins(one from Singapore and the other came from Dubai). This is the first time I tasted sweetened dates fruit and it's yummy! The coffee is pretty strong but its sugar free and it is perfect when I'm working at night. Ahh yes, chocolates is definitely a "must have"...

Blue Moon

noreply@blogger.com (jenskie) — Sat, 01 Sep 2012 13:28:00 +0000

The photo is not that good because I don't have a tripod and a telephoto lens.

I took this blue moon photo last night, a couple minutes before magnitude 7.7 earthquake happened near our area. The moon looks so beautiful, so calm and mysterious.

Wordless Wednesday - Flowers are Blooming!

noreply@blogger.com (jenskie) — Wed, 15 Aug 2012 06:32:00 +0000

After the rainy days, flowers are blooming again in our front yard! :)

Rodney On Rainy Days

noreply@blogger.com (jenskie) — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 14:14:00 +0000

This guy is feelin' blue. It's been raining for days and it means Dad can't go to the beach with him for an early morning jog, again.... and he's not allowed to go out alone.

Poor Rodney!

Hmmm, better take a nap, then... and dream about sunny days and good times!

Just verifying a token MM75V8D56CVU

Siomai Dumplings

noreply@blogger.com (jenskie) — Thu, 09 Aug 2012 14:58:00 +0000

I've been craving for dumplings. So, as I requested, me and Mom cooked steamed siomai dumplings yesterday.

Here are the Ingredients:

1 kg ground pork
3/4 cup chopped carrots
2 tbsp or 4 cloves minced garlic
2 medium/1 large minced onion(s)
spring onions
1 egg
1 teaspoon freshly ground pepper
1 teaspoon salt
seasonings
siomai wrapper

Instructions:

1. Combine all the ingredients for the filling in a bowl.

2. Wrap about 1 tsp of meat in each wrapper until nothing is left unfilled.

4. Boil water and brush steamer with oil and when the water gets to boil, arrange the siomai in the steamer and let stand for 15-20 minutes, longer for larger pieces.

For the Chilli Sauce:

Chillies (Siling Labuyo)
3 tablespoons cooking oil
2 cloves garlic, peeled and minced

***Sautee garlic and chopped chillies

Voila!!!!

I prefer fried siomai with soy sauce, calamansi and chilli sauce.

Google Drive

noreply@blogger.com (jenskie) — Sat, 04 Aug 2012 15:05:00 +0000

Since I started working online jobs, I've been using Dropbox for years. I even installed it in my blackberry. It is very useful, secured and still using it until now.Recently, Google launched the Google Drive. Like dropbox, Google Drive is a place where you can create, share, collaborate, and keep all of your stuff. You can upload and access all of your files, such as videos, photos, Google Docs, PDFs and etc.

I decided to try this one because I love google apps and it offers a capacity of 5 gb for free while dropbox offers 2gb. It also allows the user to attach photos from Drive to posts in Google+, and also let's you attach stuff from Drive directly to emails in Gmail.

Google Drive is available for:

PC and Mac
Chrome OS
iPhone and iPad
Android devices

Download Google Drive here.

Wordless Wednesday - Obsessions while working overnight

noreply@blogger.com (jenskie) — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 07:10:00 +0000

WW - Feelin' lazy on rainy Wednesday morning

noreply@blogger.com (jenskie) — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 04:25:00 +0000

Blackberry Bold 9700 Photos

noreply@blogger.com (jenskie) — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 16:09:00 +0000

I mentioned before about posting test shots of my new Blackberry Bold 9700 phone.

Without flash

With flash

This is one of my favorite chocolates

My midnight snack -- Macaroni Salad

Chicken Adobo

With 3.15 MP, 2048x1536 pixels, autofocus, LED flash and Image stabilization, I was so impressed with its quality.

Graham Cake with Mango

noreply@blogger.com (jenskie) — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 16:00:00 +0000

My all time favorite dessert is this Graham cake with Mango. I always make this when I'm home because this is a good substitute for ice cream and cake. This is so easy to prepare and all the ingredients are all available in stores.

Here is the recipe:

Ingredients:

2 packs of graham crackers.(reserve 3 crackers and crush it in a bowl with a glass)
4 large mangoes, seeds and skin removed.
1 can condensed milk
2 packs all purpose cream.

Procedures:

1. Place a layer of graham crackers at the bottom of your container (preferably plasticware with cover).
2. Mix the condensed milk and cream together and add a layer on top of the graham crackers.
3. Place your sliced mangoes on top, make sure that the cream covers all of the graham.
4. Repeat procedure until the container is full. Top with crushed grahams.
5. Serve cold.

WW - Spider on my comb

noreply@blogger.com (jenskie) — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 16:00:00 +0000

Took me an hour to "shoo" this creepy visitor. I have phobia on spiders especially big spiders!

noreply@blogger.com (jenskie) — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 15:04:00 +0000

Last Christmas was a special one for me. After 6 years, I was able to spent the holidays here in my hometown with my family. From Manila to my hometown was an annoying and uncomfortable trip. I was restless for the whole 16 hour cutting trip. I arrived home on the 21th of December and we immediately plan for our noche buena and medya noche.

We prepared a simple and easy to prepare food for the holidays. Wine and macaroni salad is always on our list. We don't cooked spaghetti, we had sotanghon noodles instead.

My parents avoid lots of foods especially those that are high in cholesterol. My Mom is really good in baking. I requested for a rice cake but she decided to bake this marble chiffon cake. It is so good!

I think noche buena won't be complete without a ham on the table together with a red wine.

Symphony of Lights

noreply@blogger.com (jenskie) — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 17:13:00 +0000

I wasn't feeling well this December. I got a bad colds and flu, added to that a severe tonsillitis for more than 2 weeks. So, I was glued to my bed most of the time. I wasn't even able to attend two Christmas parties. I missed a lot of activities this Christmas time. So I decided to go to my hometown to have some break and celebrate the holidays with my parents.

A day before living the city, I invited my friends to watch the dancing lights in Ayala Triangle Park in Makati. It is just across my office building in Paseo de Roxas street.

360,000 LED Christmas light bulbs dances while the music play. It is called "Symphony of Lights" that runs every 30 minutes from 6pm to 9pm every day. I love watching as the lights changes into different colors while the music play. I forgot that I have fever and colds that night.

This show really brings out the spirit of Christmas.

WW - Tasier

noreply@blogger.com (jenskie) — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 02:34:00 +0000

Bohol, Philippines
I finally met one of the smallest primate on earth.

My new "BB"

noreply@blogger.com (jenskie) — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 17:38:00 +0000

I finally got my new Blackberry phone, it's a Blackberry Bold 9700.

Before, I am just wanting the Blackberry Curve 9300, but after reading some reviews in the internet, I choose to buy this one. It's thin, feels good in my hand, and looks so elegant. This is my first time having a blackberry phone. I enjoy surfing the net, I can check my emails, post facebook and twitter shoutouts anywhere, any time. It's fast and the screen display is impressive!

It's just 2 days since I had this phone, so I have lots of exploring thing to do with my new phone, I will try taking some photos, too and will post them soon.

Must go somewhere else...

noreply@blogger.com (jenskie) — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 17:06:00 +0000

Whites and Greens Beach Resort; Panglao Island, Philippines

The weather got so weird and unpredictable these past weeks. Yesterday, it's so hot and humid and then suddenly its been raining the whole day. We've been planning for another hiking activities and we cancelled it 4 times because of this weird weather. And every time I see this picture, I am so longing for a long sunny weekend so that we can go to the beach or we can hike the nearby mountain.

By the way I took this picture early in the morning, last August this year, minutes before we went for dolphin watching. I love this place, I miss the white sand, the morning breeze and the sound of the waves. And oh, I miss watching the sunshine.

Its Christmas season already and there is no way that we can go for another outdoor activities because everybody is busy making their Christmas shopping lists. I myself is done making a list of gifts to buy.

But anyhow, I am looking forward to a summer weather so that we can go anywhere we want.

Goodbye Body Pain

noreply@blogger.com (jenskie) — Sun, 10 Jul 2011 07:30:00 +0000

Most people will agree with me when I say that after a day’s work, your energy is drained, what’s left is body pain particularly in the neck, shoulder, arms and legs. It’s becoming a routine and while some of us ignore it, some resorts to the obvious solution - pain relievers across the counter. But the problem is, its affectivity doesn’t last long.

I’ve been suffering this shoulder pain for as long as I can remember. I’ve tried many products, even medical gadgets that promises ease of pain but didn’t work for me. A friend of mine told me about this product, it is called LG-TEC Dual Combo TENS Unit and Muscle Stimulator from LGMedSupply. She just bought and told me that it’s very effective. I doubted at first because I thought, that’s just one of those products. But then I said, "okay fine, let’s try". It really worked! I’ve never felt more relaxed and replenished. I feel like I’m in a spa. I’m using it every night and had a great sleep since then.

So to all of you who have the same dilemma like mine, try these Muscle Stimulators and Tens Units for pain relief. I guarantee it’s effective. Many have given their testimonials too. Proofs how they get the best out of their life, the balance of work and leisure they now enjoy, less travel to see the Doctor and less medical bills.

Cost effective and safe, you got nothing to lose. Your money will not put to waste.. it’s small and portable, you can forgot you have it in your body.

Visit LGMedSupply Online, choose the combo that you need, order now and live a good and balanced life!

WW - Yogurt!

noreply@blogger.com (jenskie) — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 15:32:00 +0000

This is one of the best menu at Yogurt House in Sagada, Mountain Province.

Sagada Trip - Day 2

noreply@blogger.com (jenskie) — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 16:33:00 +0000

I haven't updated my blog for a while. Still, I got busy at work. But anyway, here are the rest of the photos I had on our Sagada Trip last summer.

Lumiang Cave
There are more burial caves here in Sagada but these are the only two caves that we visited. Lumiang Cave "The Small Cave" is a sacred burial cave for ancient Sagadians. Coffins are placed in the entrance of the cave.

Sumaguing Cave
This is of the most popular cave here in Sagada. Sumaguing Cave "The Big Cave" has the largest chamber of all connection caves in this town. We had the best adventure here.

3 days is not enough, we haven't visited the Sagada's Marlboro Country, The blue Soil, Underground River, more caves and other serene places here. I hope I can go back to this town again soon.

WW - It's a Blue Wednesday

noreply@blogger.com (jenskie) — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 11:00:00 +0000

I feel blue... I think the sky is telling how I feel. Decided to go to the bay area to take a good shot of a beautiful sunset.

I saw a beautiful blue sky when I arrived there...

It gets "bluer than blue" after a few hour.

It's a beautiful day after all!

Sagada Adventure - Day 1

noreply@blogger.com (jenskie) — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 10:29:00 +0000

We went to Sagada last first week of this month. Sagada is in the northern part of the country, in the Mountain Province. This place is famous for trekking, spelunking, and other outdoor activities. Although I suffered severe body pain because I am not used to walk for a long hours, climb up and down the cliff, hills, and including exploring the caves, I enjoyed my whole time while I was there.

One thing I love this place is the weather and the Pine Trees! When we are there, the weather reached as low as 9degrees early in the morning and about 14-15degrees at night. I love cold weather!

It was a 6hrs bus ride from manila to Baguio and another 6 hrs bus ride from Baguio to Sagada Province. We arrived the town proper at past noon and as soon as we reached our Inn, we hurriedly ate our lunch and get ready for the first day adventure. It was quite a cold and drizzly noon when we got there. The first place in our itinerary is the Hanging Coffins.

The sign going to Echo Valley and Hanging Coffins.

We passed by a Cemetery on our way.

One thing I noticed is that, people in Sagada use pith wood instead of candles when they visit their dead relatives.

Going to Echo Valley.

We walked for about an hour. Echo Valley is the home of Hanging Coffins. The name Echo Valley is literally means the "bouncing of sounds unto the walls of the Limestone Valley".

Echo Valley. Hanging Coffins below...

Enjoying the view of the valley before we stepped down to see the Hanging Coffins.

The Hanging Coffins

After going to Echo Valley and Hanging Coffins, we visited The Episcopal Church of Saint Mary the Virgin. Sagada has only Philippine town that is predominantly Protestant with almost 95% baptized into the Episcopal Church. They celebrated 100th anniversary last 2001.

It was raining when we reached St. Mary's Church. We decided to go back to our Inn, take a good rest and regained our strength for the next day adventure.

Earth Hour 2011

noreply@blogger.com (jenskie) — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 03:26:00 +0000

On Saturday, March 26, 2011 at 8:30PM, switch off our lights for an hour. Let's support this worldwide event. By doing this, we can show the world that are aware of what we can do to save energy.

Global warming seems to be an inevitable thing that's happening now, but somehow we can still do and commit to this kind of event to save our world.

Check Earth Hour website for more info.

Super Full Moon

noreply@blogger.com (jenskie) — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 05:12:00 +0000

I hope I could have some time tomorrow night to take a look at the beautiful moon. Tomorrow, we will see the super full moon, the moon is going to be 14% bigger than usual and it will bring extra-high "perigean tides" but there is nothing to worry about. The moon will be 356,575km from the earth, making it 7% closer than average. This phenomenon takes place once every 18 years or so, according to the scientists.

I think this will be a perfect time to grab your camera and take a great shot with this beautiful super full moon!