my life's journey

Couldn't pass up the sale time

2012-01-28T19:22:00.001+01:00

It's been two weeks since the nationwide and whole month sale started here in France.Just like what I have written before,we usually shop around the sale time coz we save a lot of money.We went to different stores as early as the first day to take advantage of the sale items.We bought some winter clothes,shoes and kitchen wares that are mostly 50 percent off.

As usual my husband didn't pass the opportunity to look for the discounted laptop computers and some other electronic items.He ended up buying a new 23.6 inches wide LCD monitor.When we went out of the store,we were all happy coz we bought the things we like.

Working on the net

2012-01-28T18:07:00.005+01:00

Normally we will live in the Philippines when my husband retires from his work.But unfortunately it didn't happen.My husband changed his mind due to many reasons.Though I really wanted to go back and live in my homeland,I have to understand my husband's concern especially his health.

I am so envied to many retired and not so old expat people who are enjoying their lives in Asia especially in Philippines.Some are even young with no pensions or no fix income.They are just working on the net.They said that they just need a good internet connection so that they can web video conferencing with thier clients in some parts of the world.Video conferencing really made the communication with their clients so easy.

They are so lucky coz they live a good life in asia as an expat and a work on the net that is not so demanding.

Upside down pineapple cake

2012-01-20T08:45:00.009+01:00

It's been so long I have been wanted to make an upside down pineapple cake but don't know what recipe to use.On the net there are many recipes but you have to choose the right one coz there are lots that are not good.Fortunately I found a pinoy cooking site that has the recipe and tried it.Thanks to Panlasang Pinoy site.I was very happy with the result and my family loves it a lot!!!

Funny thing was that I baked it in a large pan and doubled the amount of the ingredients.It was so big that I had difficulty flipping it coz I don't have a big plate or a rectangular tray.

Birthday gift ideas for husband

2012-01-19T19:13:00.006+01:00

A friend of mine still couldn't decide on what gifts she will give to his husband though there are many nice husband birthday gift ideas she have found on the net.Her husband will be celebrating his birthday soon and she wanted to surprise him.Normally they don't hold a party but instead they just go to fine dining restaurant every year.Now she wanted it different for a change.She wanted to invite their families and friends to celebrate his special day.

Me too,I always had a hard time everytime my husband's birthday is coming.I don't know what to give anymore coz he has all the things he needed anyway.

Mobile phone signal booster

2012-01-14T23:48:00.004+01:00

I noticed in the Philippines,most of the people have cellphones even the less fortunate ones.Cellphones are very accessible.There are many choices from cheap to expensive ones.Of course they use it as means of communication especially to those places that have no telephone lines.

Some of our relatives live in the province.They are quite far from the city proper.As you know,rural areas have many dead zones.It's difficult for them to call my family or to our other relatives using their cellphones and vice versa.Until now they still don't have telephone lines so they don't have a choice but to use only cellphones.But the problem is that their signal is very weak.They always have to go to a place where the signal is stonger to have a clear phone reception.If only they have a signal booster,I am sure it will be easy for them to receive calls and vice versa.

Happy New Year!

2012-01-01T18:25:00.003+01:00

Happy New year everyone!!!Hope 2012 will be a year of happiness,good health and peace for all of us.A year that will give us more blessings.

Have a prosperous new year everyone!!!!

Heated clothing

2012-01-01T18:11:00.004+01:00

It's really cold now here.Every time we go out,we have layers of clothes.I really hate it.I am not comfortable wearing thick layered clothes eventhough I have been doing this for 10 winter years here in France.That is why every winter season we seldom go out.

I asked my husband why our neighbour who rides motorcycle everyday to go to work only wears not so thick and layered clothing to think that it's so cold outside.He said that maybe he is wearing a heated motorcycle clothing.I immediately told my husband that we have to buy those kind of clothing so that we will not wear tons of clothes whenever we go out :)

I made some steam buns (siopao) again!

2011-12-27T11:11:00.012+01:00

I have several packs of steam buns flour in our pantry.We like eating it so I have to stock some packs and also we don't have an asian store here in our place.This time,I made some barbecue and ground pork siopaos.It's so easy to do and so yummy!

When I make steam buns,I make a lot so that every I crave for it,I just take it out of the freezer and steam.Voila!I have my delicious steam buns.Me and my husband love eating it with ketchup.

Alex with Santa Claus and friends :)

2011-12-24T20:13:00.013+01:00

When we went to the department store the other day,we were fortunate to see Mr.Santa Claus,Mrs.Santa Claus and his friends :)Santa Claus was giving candies to children.When my son saw him,he run fast and was asking some candies immediately hahaha.

Alex was so happy to see Pere Noel and the three mascots especially Sponge Bob.Luckily,I brought my camera and we had some photos with them.They were so nice to accomodate us eventhough there were so many people wanted to take photos with them.

Merry Christmas to all!!!!

Made some hedgehog slices

2011-12-20T21:24:00.004+01:00

When I was looking for new chocolate recipes in Youtube,I found a simple chocolate recipe,it's hedgehog slices.It's so easy to do coz I just mixed all the ingredients and no need to bake it.Too bad I didn't put some peanuts coz my son has an allergy of it,instead I put some marshmallows.

It's so delicious that my son and my husband love it so much!

Thanks to Nicko's kitchen in Youtube for this wonderful recipe.If you want to watch the video just click here.

He wanted to puff a cigar

2011-12-17T06:50:00.002+01:00

I noticed that many people are smoking more cigarettes or cigars when it's very cold.I noticed that too with my husband.He puffs more cigarettes on autumn and winter seasons.Though I don't like him to smoke a lot,I couldn't stop him :( The other day after going to the department store,we dropped by at the café bar,my husband likes to drink his espresso there.When we were there,I saw some older men smoking some cigars.I am wondering if they using thearturo fuente cigars that my husband would like to try.My husband envied them coz he wanted to puff a cigar too.I know it's been so long since he had one.

My son's love for numbers

2011-12-14T20:14:00.005+01:00

I have written here before that my son has a great fascination with numbers.Some people here who knew my son were very surprised that in his early age of 5 can read and write 1 upto million.Not only that, he can do some additions,subtractions and multiplications and can write and read roman numerals.He is only 5 years old!

Even his teacher was very impressed on how good he is with mathematics.She was astonished when she mentioned 15 minutes and my son converted it to second which is 900 seconds.

He also finished 2 nintendo games;Mario Galaxy 2 and Monster and Alien and almost finish the Mario Galaxy 1.

He continues to amaze us and we are very proud of him!

Christmas gift ideas

2011-12-04T19:03:00.006+01:00

Christmas is fast approaching and it's just 21 days away.I am sure many of you are already shopping for christmas gifts.Speaking of christmas gifts,I haven't bought any gifts yet.Though there are many gift ideas playing in my mind,I still couldn't decide what to give to my husband and to my son.But I know for sure that I will give an electronic stuff to my husband and a toy for my son.

As of now,I am still looking for some stuffs on the net.How about you,what are your christmas gift ideas??

Thanks to air compressor!

2011-12-04T18:51:00.002+01:00

The other day when we were about to go out,we noticed that the two tires of our car didn't have enough air.Good thing that our neighbour has an air compressor and he let us used it again.I remember,we also borrowed it when we need to fill air to our son's plastic swimming pool.Our neighbour told us that if ever we want to buy an air compressor in the future,look for the Ingersoll rand air compressors.

It is good to have one at home but as of now we don't see the urgent to buy one coz there are some other things more important for us to buy.Maybe if we have some spare money,we could buy one in the future.

I want to celebrate new year in the Philippines

2011-12-04T18:36:00.003+01:00

Yes,I want to celebrate new year in the Philippines.It's been almost 11 years that I haven't celebrated new year with my family.If only I have a chance to go there and be with them,I will really pack fast and hop to the plane.I want my son to experience how festive Filipinos celebrate christmas and new year.

Christmas and New Year are fast approaching and just by thinking of these special days make me miss my family so bad.How I really wish to be with them.

My friend's dream house

2011-11-20T18:36:00.003+01:00

Yesterday,we were invited by our our friend to have lunch at their home.They just moved to their new house.I am so happy for them.They are now living in their dream house.Before,they lived in a small apartment and didn't have much things.Now that they are living in a bigger place,they need to buy some furnitures and fixtures as well as some interior decorations.They started looking at some online stores hoping to find some great deals.They even found some nice designs of address plaques online.

I really like their new house.It's very spacious.It has a large attic that they converted into rooms.It's nice to have a big house but on the other hand,it comes with big responsibilities.The bigger the house is,the bigger the household chores are and also the electricity bill.

Wish to have long eyelashes

2011-11-20T18:26:00.006+01:00

As what I have written in my previous post,we were invited by a friend to their house.Once again,I saw her beautiful daughter.She's really a darling!And once again,I envy her for having a pretty girl.Same as my son,her daughter also has long eyelashes.I must say,it makes her more prettier.How I really wish my eyelash grow long as same as them.

By the way my son and her daughter are playmates,they get along very well together.Both of them are mixed.For me,mixed children are awesome and beautiful!

Having a riding land mower

2011-10-22T19:51:00.006+02:00

My husband has been wanting to buy a riding lawn mower and finally he had his wish :)I know how hard to mow a yard that is quite big and just used a simple land mower.It was really tiring.My husband wanted to buy it for so long but it was me who didn't want.For me,the little one was enough but my husband had enough using it.So we decided to finally bought a bigger mower and easy to use.

We ordered it at one of the big stores here but it took sometime to deliver since it will come from the manufacturer in Italy.Good thing that the delivery man has a gps for truckers,he found our place so easily.Our place is kind'a hard to find if the person is not very familiar with our city.

It's really a big help for us having a riding land mower.Now my husband will not have a hard time mowing our yard.Our other land mower is still usable coz some parts of our front yard is an upper area that needs to be mow too.

Me,I really have to learn how to drive and use the riding land mower.

I miss puto bumbong!

2011-10-16T11:13:00.001+02:00

I miss puto bumbong.It's one of my favorite pinoy delicacies.I am really craving for it for so many days now.If only it's easy to make I already have done it at home :( Looking the photos that I have taken last year made me salivate...I am really drooling to eat it soon.Too bad,I can only eat in Philippines :(

Be protected while travelling abroad

2011-10-15T21:26:00.007+02:00

People who love to travel especially if it's out of the country,see to it that you are covered.Have at least a good health and travel insurance.It's really important to be protected incase of something happens so serious like accident or illness.It's much better if the coverage has an air ambulance service.It's really a big help if someone is seriously needed a better medical attention and be transferred to a better hospital.

Whenever we travel abroad,my husband makes sure that we are covered.Being sick or be hospitalized in other countries is so expensive.If you don't have any insurance to shoulder the expenses,it's very hard.It will drain you upto your last centavo.

Don't take risk,be safe.Be protected while travelling abroad.

Trouble in sleeping at night

2011-10-15T21:09:00.002+02:00

A friend of mine who is living in an apartment is having trouble in sleeping at night.She kept on complaining about the noise of her neighbours.Like the barking of dogs,the loud sounds and some other inevitable noises.She works the whole day so she wanted to have a good sleep at night but couldn't have it.If things will not get better,she might buy a white noise machine.She already talked to her neighbours about it and hopefully they will make some efforts to not make some noises especially at night.

I remember when we were still living in an apartment,we also dealt the same problem.It's really difficult to hear sounds of steps,people talking so loud and loud music in the middle of the night.We didn't have much good night sleep then.Thank God,we are now living in our own house and we are done dealing with it.

Wedding lingerie

2011-10-15T12:04:00.004+02:00

One of my childhood friends will be getting married soon.She is so excited for her big special day.Finally she will be settling down with the man she really loves.I tell you,she is so conservative inspite of her age.She is very lucky that her boyfriend is so understanding and doesn't take it againts from her.

Being conservative,she is always teased by her other friends.Some of them asked her if she will be wearing sexy wedding lingerie to seduce more her future husband on their wedding night.They even told her that she should watch out the sexy lingeries that they gonna give as a wedding gift and she must really use it after.

She told me she blushed and kind'a excited and at the same time hesitant if she gonna do it.I told her that she must try it,I am sure it will lit fire on their wedding night :)

Drooling over pork chicharon

2011-10-15T11:45:00.009+02:00

Though now I know how to make a chicharon,I still miss the chicharons at the public market where we usually bought in the Philippines.It was so crunchy and crispy when we dip it in vinegar with chillies.

I remember when we were in Spain,I bought lots of chicharons and ate to my much gusto.There,in every supermarket,you can find many chicharons.I guess,we Filipinos got the love of chicharons from Spaniards.

Hmmm.. sigh....if only I can buy the same chicharons here in France,I'll be so happy.It makes me drool just looking the photos :(

Talking about having a playstation

2011-10-14T18:53:00.002+02:00

While at the store yesterday with my husband,we passed by the games and console section to just look around.We have color red wii console and it's games at home but sometimes my son would talk about having a playstation.While we were there,some of the guys are checking some of the PS3 games,ps3 hdmi cables and also the available consoles.

My husband promised my son that when he becomes a lot bigger,probably when he will be around 10 years old,we will buy him a playstation.For now,he must content with his wii and Mario games :)

Hair products

2011-10-09T11:09:00.008+02:00

Yesterday,we went to the supermarket to buy some groceries.We didn't stayed longer coz the weather was so bad,it rained a lot.We just bought some important things and didn't have time to look around.While there,I asked my husband if he saw some agadir hair products coz I wanna try it.I have hair problem.I have been reading on the net on some of the hair treatments and products that I think could help me with my hair problem.Unfortunately,the stores here don't sell those agadir hair products.Maybe I'll just buy it online and try it if it's really effective.