Blog. Write. Search. Read. Follow+. Cook. Eat :)noreply@blogger.com (umrella)Fri, 1 Nov 2024 00:50:43 -0700Blogger http://www.blogger.com30125http://ofloveandpancakes.blogspot.com/en-usnoBlog. Write. Search. Read. Follow+. Cook. Eat :)noreply@blogger.comhttp://ofloveandpancakes.blogspot.com/2012/05/best-marriage-proposals-ever.htmlbest marriage proposalsLDRloveproposalsnoreply@blogger.com (umrella)Thu, 31 May 2012 05:02:00 -0700tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8987040334955734613.post-5220914801171933046I am a supah fan of marriage proposal videos and I am teary eyed when the guy says his "marry-me" lines. So I just wanna post these videos from Youtube which I think are the best marriage proposals ever, what do you think? MOBBED at The Americana at Brand, Glendale, CA  Isaac Lamb's insanely epic live lip-dub (lip synching) proposal may just be the most epically awesome "she 0http://ofloveandpancakes.blogspot.com/2012/05/mt-pinatubo-trek.htmlmore fun in the philippinespampangapinatubotreknoreply@blogger.com (umrella)Mon, 14 May 2012 06:07:00 -0700tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8987040334955734613.post-2844499905604272100Mt. Pinatubo should be your next destination! It's lots of fun. The experience is superb! I went there with my boyfriend and his cousins. It was my welcome gift for him. I was surprised that everyone wanted to experience Mt. Pinatubo as much as I do. I have planned for the tour for more than a month before his vacation here in the Philippines and it was a roller coaster ride with just the 0http://ofloveandpancakes.blogspot.com/2012/05/me-and-my-sweetie-pie.htmldistanceLDRLDRcanworklovenoreply@blogger.com (umrella)Fri, 11 May 2012 23:37:00 -0700tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8987040334955734613.post-9122773249449547870 This post should have been written weeks and weeks ago but I have been busy with work and also been to places. I have lots of stories to tell you guys but let me first post some pictures of me with my boyfriend during his vacation here in the Philippines from March 12 - April 14, 2012. LDR can work. Distance is not a hindrance but it just makes a relationship stronger. Love is not measured 0http://ofloveandpancakes.blogspot.com/2012/03/its-gonna-be-month-full-of-love.htmlLDRlovenoreply@blogger.com (umrella)Sun, 4 Mar 2012 00:43:00 -0800tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8987040334955734613.post-941704848000040182Someone's coming :) LOVE. LOVE. LOVE. cant wait!0http://ofloveandpancakes.blogspot.com/2012/02/of-love-love-love.htmldistance. lovejason mrazLDRLSSnoreply@blogger.com (umrella)Thu, 23 Feb 2012 20:52:00 -0800tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8987040334955734613.post-5367121107870578602So much in love... and here are two songs which perfectly describes how I feel today :) Hope ft. Jason Mraz - Love Love Love  Love, Love, Love, Love, Love Giving me Love, Love, Love More than I ever need Love, you're so distracting Am I overreacting, For feeling this way And ever, since I met ya, I can't keep my attention And you are to blame Chorus Your love's a permanent distraction, a 0http://ofloveandpancakes.blogspot.com/2012/02/daily-reading-whos-praying.htmlBibleGodprayerprayingreadingnoreply@blogger.com (umrella)Fri, 3 Feb 2012 21:27:00 -0800tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8987040334955734613.post-4485043808296471480 From my Daily Bread I read my Daily Bread before going to sleep but unlike what the title of the book implies, I don't read what's written for the day. Instead, before opening it I whisper to God and say "Lord, what is your message for me today?" .... then there I start reading. Most of the time I feel like what I've read is really related to how I feel or experience during the day - if I need0http://ofloveandpancakes.blogspot.com/2012/02/janfest-moi-birthday.htmlbirthdayfoodfriendspartynoreply@blogger.com (umrella)Wed, 1 Feb 2012 00:28:00 -0800tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8987040334955734613.post-4650468416687114263I turned 20++ :)) last Monday, January 30. Celebrated it with my college classmates / friends last Saturday. We usually do this "--fest" thing during the months of December and January wherein the birthday celebrants for the said months share expenses and celebrate our birthdays with the group. This has been going on from our early college days and still running up to this day. We graduated 2http://ofloveandpancakes.blogspot.com/2012/01/roast-beef-my-favorite.htmlbeefcookingfilipinoreciperoast beefnoreply@blogger.com (umrella)Tue, 31 Jan 2012 22:58:00 -0800tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8987040334955734613.post-3747523466345583870 Celebrated my birthday last Saturday and I cooked Roast Beef. Yummy! This is my family's favorite and my mom's recipe. I read the recipe, kept reading it while cooking just to make sure everything is right, but what I love about this is that it's very simple and uber delicious. Here is the recipe: Ingredients: 2kilos beef, loin 1 bottle Lea Perrins Oyster sauce soy sauce 4 cloves garlic, 0http://ofloveandpancakes.blogspot.com/2012/01/ensogo-discount-vouchers.htmlcouponsdiscountensogoensogophimbestigadormark marangapinatubotrekTulfovouchersnoreply@blogger.com (umrella)Mon, 23 Jan 2012 23:44:00 -0800tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8987040334955734613.post-8303995098343295268Disappointing! Disgusting! All these words are not enough to describe their service. I have purchased 5 vouchers for Mt. Pinatubo Trek, and have been trying to contact ensogo and trekpros for over a week thru their contact numbers and email addresses but no one bothered to reply. With this, I started to feel nervous. The vouchers amounted to almost 5k. See below image... Curious enough, I 14http://ofloveandpancakes.blogspot.com/2012/01/more-fun-in-philippines.htmlboholmark maranga. chocolate hillsmore fun in the philippinesphilippinesquidditchtourtourisnnoreply@blogger.com (umrella)Wed, 18 Jan 2012 20:17:00 -0800tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8987040334955734613.post-3929387224829455990the picture says it all :)0http://ofloveandpancakes.blogspot.com/2012/01/la-vie-en-rose.htmlbossa novadistance. loveedith piafla vie en rosesittinoreply@blogger.com (umrella)Sun, 15 Jan 2012 05:36:00 -0800tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8987040334955734613.post-2286900413996470087 I read the news yesterday @ yahoo.ph about "63-year-old pianist puts up impromptu ‘concert’ for train commuters" and fell in love with his rendition of the song LA VIE EN ROSE. I googled it up and found a bossa nova version of it by non other than Philippines' Queen of Bossa Nova -- Sitti! :) I love Sitti and her music. Watch below.. Inspired by it, I created the above image and made it 0http://ofloveandpancakes.blogspot.com/2012/01/chinese-style-cream-dory-in-light-soy.htmlblogchinesecookingcream dorydoryfilipinorecipenoreply@blogger.com (umrella)Sat, 7 Jan 2012 04:11:00 -0800tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8987040334955734613.post-7878308932451942742My mom cooked Fried Cream Dory last week and I didn't like how it tasted because in my opinion Cream Dory should be steamed! LOL. I told her I'm gonna find a recipe and would teach her how to cook Cream Dory the right way. I found this recipe ---> http://janiscooking.wordpress.com/2011/04/08/steamed-cream-dory-with-light-soy-sauce/#comment-1312 and at first look I knew it is the one! :) The 0http://ofloveandpancakes.blogspot.com/2012/01/tiramisu.htmlcookingdessertfilipinofoodmark maranga. chocolate hillsoreopyrexrecipesweettiramisunoreply@blogger.com (umrella)Tue, 3 Jan 2012 04:27:00 -0800tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8987040334955734613.post-5900025426362049874Dessert! :) When you don't want a complicated dessert recipe and don't have much time to prepare for one, this is what you should do. Go and buy these ingredients: 3 packs Graham Cookies 2 cans Nestle All Purpose Cream 1 can Condensed Milk 10 packs (3 pieces per pack) Cream-O or Oreo cookies, centers removed and crushed 1 cup cheddar cheese, squares 1 can fruit cocktail, drained Directions: 1.0http://ofloveandpancakes.blogspot.com/2012/01/creamy-carbonara.htmlcarbonaracookingcreamyfoodlinguinepastarecipenoreply@blogger.com (umrella)Tue, 3 Jan 2012 03:59:00 -0800tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8987040334955734613.post-5655004396050167639I got tired of cooking the usual red sauce spaghetti, so last Christmas I decided to go for white sauce. Creamy Carbonara it is. Looked for recipes online, read and read, printed some, then took note of the usual ingredients they have. Went to the grocery with my list of ingredients. I must admit that I have over-bought some of the ingredients and was undecided if I were to buy spinach and basil0http://ofloveandpancakes.blogspot.com/2012/01/bulalo.htmlbulalocookcookingfilipinofoodrecipenoreply@blogger.com (umrella)Tue, 3 Jan 2012 03:33:00 -0800tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8987040334955734613.post-436081168732401301I've been busy cooking this Christmas so I have a few recipes here that I wanna share with you. The first one is this -- BULALO. It's another Filipino favorite. A lot of families in different areas in the country have built their life and made a life out of this recipe. In Clark, where I work, there's a place called 'BULALUHAN' that is being managed by an Air Force retiree and yeah, people flock0http://ofloveandpancakes.blogspot.com/2011/12/my-bohol-and-cebu-experience.htmlboholcebuhanging bridgekuya dodongmark maranga. chocolate hillstarsiertournoreply@blogger.com (umrella)Thu, 29 Dec 2011 00:15:00 -0800tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8987040334955734613.post-5729488799867775908I have been searching early this year for a cheap Bohol Tour package and came across Mark Maranga's site: http://www.markmaranga.com/  The transaction with Kuya Dodong is very smooth and recently he has been featured in Rated K. Our Itinerary is as follows: BOHOL: INCLUSIONS:                 > 1 Standrd air-con room,3http://ofloveandpancakes.blogspot.com/2011/12/bulalo-recipe.htmlbulalorecipe. Filipinonoreply@blogger.com (umrella)Tue, 27 Dec 2011 19:02:00 -0800tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8987040334955734613.post-3934472714515514489My family always prepare Bulalo for Christmas and New Year. It's a must on the table, it's perfect served hot along with other dishes. I love the rich taste of beef in this recipe and I'm sharing it with you.   Bulalo Ingredients: 1 kilo Beef, meat 1 kilo special cut beef marrow 2 onions, cut into halves Onion leeks, thinly sliced salt pepper msg (optional) Directions: 1. Boil 0http://ofloveandpancakes.blogspot.com/2011/10/julie-and-julia.htmlblogcookingfoodfrenchjulia childjulie and juliajulie and julie powellpassionnoreply@blogger.com (umrella)Sun, 30 Oct 2011 03:43:00 -0700tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8987040334955734613.post-2945033455531600455At 4pm today while I was trying to figure out what to do with the rest of the day, I switched the channel and landed on HBO. The movie was starting and I had no idea what it was. But I had exactly on the start so I said to myself, maybe this is worth watching. The setting of the movie was in Paris. Oh I love Paris! I wish I could go there. Then the cast of characters rolled on with Meryl Streep2http://ofloveandpancakes.blogspot.com/2011/10/need-corporate-or-personal-website.htmlcorporatedomainpersonalurlwebsitenoreply@blogger.com (umrella)Tue, 18 Oct 2011 06:15:00 -0700tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8987040334955734613.post-2801141124853482856Do you need a website and don't know how or where to begin? My team and I can help. Leave a comment below and I'll get to you as soon as possible. :)0http://ofloveandpancakes.blogspot.com/2011/10/vintage-rose-nail-art.htmlartcutepolishnailrosevintagenoreply@blogger.com (umrella)Sun, 16 Oct 2011 03:48:00 -0700tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8987040334955734613.post-5626850169339498018Loving my nails again! Thanks to cutepolish :) Here's a photo of my nails: Love, love, love all of her tutorials!  2http://ofloveandpancakes.blogspot.com/2011/10/pork-kare-kare.htmlasianfilipinofoodkarekarerecipenoreply@blogger.com (umrella)Fri, 14 Oct 2011 00:57:00 -0700tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8987040334955734613.post-1836532264851852224 Kare Kare :) Ingredients: 1 kilo pork 4 cloves garlic 1 medium onion 1 medium bottle peanut butter 4 medium eggplants 1 string yardlong or string beans 4 tablespoons dried annatto seeds (for coloring) salt Cooking Directions: 1. Boil pork in a pot until tender. 2. Add the vegetables. Simmer for 10 minutes or until slightly tender. 3. In a separate pot, saute garlic till light brown and onion 0http://ofloveandpancakes.blogspot.com/2011/10/rain-bis-temporary-bye-bye.htmldramafullhousekoreanmilitaryrain biseriessong hye-kyotvnoreply@blogger.com (umrella)Thu, 13 Oct 2011 23:26:00 -0700tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8987040334955734613.post-6991548710564784045I read in the news I think three days ago that Rain Bi will start his two-year military service. Here's the link: Rain's military service Of course a lot of fans reacted, that includes me. I am BTW not a really huge fan who goes to his concerts, fly to his destinations and blah blah (but I wish I could LOL). I began to love him when I started to watch FULL HOUSE which happens to be a big hit0http://ofloveandpancakes.blogspot.com/2011/10/my-chicken-caldereta-recipe.htmlasiancalderetafoodrecipe. Filipinonoreply@blogger.com (umrella)Thu, 13 Oct 2011 20:17:00 -0700tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8987040334955734613.post-1057669548831691510Sharing herewith my Chicken Caldereta recipe. I have previously posted a picture of this, find it below. Ingredients: 1 kilo chicken soy sauce calamansi or lime juice 1 medium onion, chopped 1 small can tomato sauce 4 medium carrots, diced 4 potatoes, diced 1 can garbanzos 1 can liver spread 3 medium red chili, sliced sugar salt and pepper Cooking Directions: 1. In a pan, marinate the 0http://ofloveandpancakes.blogspot.com/2011/10/3rd.htmldistance. lovenoreply@blogger.com (umrella)Mon, 10 Oct 2011 01:52:00 -0700tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8987040334955734613.post-412228666074581631love.distance.it's possible.  0http://ofloveandpancakes.blogspot.com/2011/10/my-girl-and-i-korean-movie-of-love.htmlcha tae-hyundistance. lovekoreanmoviemy girl and isong hye kyonoreply@blogger.com (umrella)Mon, 10 Oct 2011 01:06:00 -0700tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8987040334955734613.post-2637708769043449577I watched this movie upon waking up this morning. It features my favorite Korean actress Song Hye-Kyo and the clumsy, silly and funny guy from the movie My Sassy Girl, Cha Tae-Hyun. The story revolves around true love, destiny and tragedy. Even at a young age, amidst their innocence, they fell deeply in love with each other. I don't wanna write a lot about the story, I want you guys to watch 0