dunkin donuts

a new branch opened near our office

i love their bacon, tomato and lettuce croissant and their hot choco.

i love dunkin donuts, period. (^_^)

ps. love the box for the croissant. (^_~)

snack

usually, the Pocky that me and my sister buys is the chocolate flavor.

just for a change,

i bought strawberry flavor.

first thing that came to mind.

Gravitation anime. (-_-;)

rei's 19th birthday

rei celebrated her 19th birthday last october.

for the family celebration,

we had dinner at burgoo.

we ordered dessert,

lo and behold!

the bloody strawberry cheesecake!

seriously! this was very disturbing!

i guess they were into the halloween season? (-_-;)

super update

hi everyone! how are you? (^_^)

it's been almost a month since my last entry.

there have been so many things that has happened but to tell you all the truth,

i cant remember most of them anymore.

hat i can assure you though is that i feel always tired.

if you have been following my entries,

you'll know very well why i have been so tired and busy to the point of not being able to update my blog. (^_~)

moving forward, i will now post an update of what has been happening in my life.

since i am hungry at the moment, i will start with food.

carbohydrates and brewed coffee.

my lifeline at work at the moment.

i have a bigger appetite now because my body really needs the extra energy and the caffeine to make me feel like i am always in a hurry.

i am careful not to over do it with the coffee because i can get too hyper that it won't really help me finish my work.

next, the "poison" at work.

those commercially, over coated chocolate thingies!

yes, there are lots of those at office.

so dangerous i'm telling you.

the manifestation that i have not been taking care of myself well lately?

severe lower back pain!

i'll let you all research what that means (^_^)

moving on...

every sunday is family day.

12:01am, sunday, we ate donuts and ice cream while watching tv.

hey, isn't this dangerous for family ho has history of diabetes? (^_~)

anyways, so, sunday is family day.

we go out, we eat, we window shopping...

anything, as long as we are together.

oh, did i mention we sometimes fool around? (^_^)

my parents took the picture.

thanks parents. (^_^)

as for my sfc household,

were have been meeting quite regularly.

in one of the sessions, we had this activity where we share a food/milk that represents us.

the sharing was great and what did i share?

milk! i'll leave it up to you the reason behind that. (^_~)

oh, before i forget.

i was able to watch the Phantom of the Opera with my siblings!

it has its greats and disappointments, but overall it was a chance of a lifetime. (^_^)

now on we go albums.

on the first day of september mama and kuya benjie had a big party to celebrate their birthday.

i'll let the pictures do the talking. (^_^)

also, rei attended the asian pop convention a few weeks back.

the whole family was there to support her because she sang.

our parents felt awkward but my brother enjoyed it at some point. (^_^)

let pictures do the talking once more. (^_~)

and lastly, to finish it off before i go to sleep.

i would like to share a picture of the Quest team (not everyone though)

colleagues out for a sweet evening treat.

scoops of ice cream, tacos, cake and more!

despite the stress of work, i'm still happy and surviving with where i am now. (^_^)

i am blessed!

chaio~

work is a killer but hey, i'm still alive

minna-san!

how are you?

sorry i have been super behind with updating my blog. m(_ _)m

busy. tired.

thats all i can say.

due to the obvious lack of time in blogging,

i decided to cram everything in one blog or two.

depending on how far i can go.

rather rare but this may be the only time i would be able to blog.

work has been unbelievably stressful.

nobody in our team was expecting this.

i remember i tried to have a tea break during one of the stressful days,

but it was only effective for a short time.

remember the sweets used to eat/drink just to have that sugar rush to boost myself for the day?

doesn't work anymore. (TwT)

so how do we survive?

carbo loading is our temporary solution.

when we are given that CHANCE,

rizell and i would go out to eat food that has HEAVY CARBOHYDRATE just to fulfill that hungry, tired feeling.

all the work these past few weeks are definitely a killer.

if we did not have a sense of humour left in us,

we wouldn't survive.

so how do we amuse ourselves, other than the usual jokes and all?

we notice the things around us that we rarely appreciate. (^_~)

an example is the old, dilapidated, looks-like-does-not-work-anymore-but-it actually-works-well vendo machine.

proof is the coooooolllllddd mango juice i ordered from it.

plus, what made me notice it is the face that it was the type of vendo machine you see in japan.

yes, it was obviously made in japan and no part of the machine was in english!

what else amused me recently?

oh yeah, that time when our company phones were all waiting to be charged.

yup. all our phones look the same, but rarely are they all in one place like this one time.

oh! what really amused me this week was when i was trying to get my phone from my bag then...

click!

i accidentally clicked the capture button of the camera phone.

and here everyone, is the outcome. (^_^)

my oh my!

work is definitely a killer,

but hey!

i'm still alive and surviving!

sugar rush/ work demands

hello everyone!

i'm sorry for the lack in updates this month. m(_ _)m

as i have mentioned in my previous posts,

been very busy and tired, specially this last weekend.

i know it's not healthy but recently,

my lifeline at work are sweets.

that ain't a joke.

it's not really that we get tired.

it's more of needing the boost to speed things up since we need to be fast-paced in what we are doing right now.

for this week,

i was given a new task.

i hope i can do this well,

and i would be able to balance my old and new tasks.

yoroshiku~ m(_ _)m

date with rei

text message conversation between my and my sister rei...

me: coffee/dinner at figaro gateway at 7pm? jsut the two of us if you are available?

rei: sure 7pm. date desu (^w^)

me: d☆date desu

rei: ♥ 
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to tell you all the truth,

we have been planning this date for almost 3 years now.

sounds weird but it is true. (^_^)

updates

so many updates to post... where do i start?

hmmm... let's start with work since that's sort of the reason why i haven't been able to update. (^_~)

during my first few weeks at work,

we were staying at the pb comm building

this was what my table and cabinet looked like.

hehehehe~ just kidding.

i would say these were my boosters when i'm already out of juice. (^_~)

now, we transferred to a different building.

well, more of, we are now part of the internal of our client.

here, it's rather strict so i can't open social network sites or update blog entries.

one of the perks that i like about my current work place?

this is free! (^_^)

for those who have been following me, they would most probably know my history about this drink. (^_^)

so yeah, work has been manageable at a certain point.

we encounter problems but we are able to resolve them in good time.

i hope and pray that we would be able to reach the expectations of our client. (^_^)

almond joy

for some reason, papa brings home chocolates from work.

this morning he had almond joy chocolates.

i immediately got the chocolates because,

one, i rarely find this brand,

two, i like the mix, chocolate and coconut flakes,

three, because it's chocolate! (^w^)

peruvian cream

another addition to my dessert list!

peruvian cream!

this was the first time i made it and it was really an experiment.

i had one mistake with the adding of the chocolate,

but over-all, the result was very good. (^_^)

i was really satisfied with the results.

a good job for a first time. (^_^)

just complimenting myself, sorry about that.

if you think about it, you ought to compliment yourself first for a job well done right?

however small or big that tasks is,

it's still an accomplishment right? (^_~)

meet up

yesterday, my inui-senpai wanted to meet with us and talk up her current situation in life.

we all have problems as we go through life,

there are people who easily solve their problems on their own,

while there are those who reach out to others to solve their problems.

our group, is a mixture of both. (^_~)

i was glad that we had a short catch up about what we have been doing with our lives.

it was a good opportunity for us to reflect about each other and also support each other. (^_^)

add to that, rarely does my inui-senpai initiate the meet ups.

so i couldn't turn down the opportunity.

she sounded troubled though, so i believe that was another reason why i wanted to see her, talk to her.

while out, we went to this ice cream shop (couldn't remember the name of the place).

i had strawberry parfait because of three reasons.

one, it reminded me of the golden pair (tuti + nagayan) in dream live 1st. (^_~)

second, i love strawberries.

third, i wanted to know how to make parfait so i can add it to my list of desserts. (^_^)

my reasons sound legit right? (^_~)

pancakes

rei and i made perfect pancakes yesterday good for 10 people. (^_^)V

i haven't made pancakes recently.

so creating "perfect" pancakes was just a bog deal for me. (^_^)

please forgive me for i am a type of person who is easily satisfied and small victories makes me feel really happy. (^_^)V

french toast pandesal

i prepared a big breakfast this morning that is good for 10 people.

of all the food that i prepared,

my favorite was the french toast pandesal. (^_^)

mango and banana gello

my father has diabetes and he has been trying to control his sugar intake these past few days.

he has been looking for something sweet after eating lunch, but couldn't eat anything because everything he wanted had too much sugar content.

because of this, i searched for a dessert that was not high in sugar but still would satisfy his craving.

the result was the mango and banana jello.

it was the very first time i made it and i was happy that it was a success. (^_^)

more desserts to come in the future. (~_^)

ps. i downloaded the recipe book of col. sanders (kfc), maybe i could find a good recipe i can easily follow? (^_^)

pastillas de leche

this was the first time i made pastillas de leche. (^_^)

i actually needed more powdered milk to make it less sticky,

but the end result was satisfactory.

here i am again learning another sweet surprise! (^_^)

post birthday party celebration

last may 1, i had a post birthday party celebration. (^_^)

this was actually the celebration i have been preparing for. (^_^)

my guests were my med school friends, maricia, cel and david.

the other guests were our neighbors from the condominium.

it actually looked like a kid's party because there were a lot of kids and my height is like a kid's (^_~)

anyways, we prepared all the food just in time before my guests arrived.

this includes the ingredients for the pizza we were planning to make.

everything seemed to go well and everyone seems to like the food. (^_^)

oh! i almost forgot, i made my own birthday cake. (^_~)

i wasn't sure if the cake would be a success since i had some problems along the way.

but according to me guests, they liked it, so i think that means the cake was a success. (^_^)

my med school friends and i had wine when the other guests left.

we just stayed at the house a little longer just talking and laughing.

when everyone already left, my sister and i were left to fix up everything.

we were just supposed to put all the dishes in the sink and we could wash it all the next day.

i guess i was just not comfortable leaving the dishes there,

so out if whim, i decided to wash ALL the dishes and out them all in their proper places.

i asked my sister to help me. (^_^)

when everything was cleaned, that's when we decided to go home to the condo unit. (^_^)

and that everyone was my may 1 post birthday celebration. (^_^)

desserts

for these past two days, i have been making desserts for my family.

the first one is leche flan.

i make them in the afternoon, then come evening, all 3 leche flans are already digested. (^_~)

the second dessert that i made is strawberry cream cake. (^_^)

still need more polishing with this desert though because the crust was rather hard. (>_<)

the third and the feature dessert is the chocolate cake. (^_^)

it as my first time to make a cake-cake (not a cream cake) and it was definitely a success. (^_^)

thanks for my family for helping me prepare and most of all helping with the eating! (^_~)

mango cream dessert

i made this dessert yesterday, i mixed light cream, condensed milk and mangoes, then i chilled it.

to tell you all the truth, i wasn't following any recipe list and i don't even know what this dessert is called.

but hey it was delicious and it was a success. (^_^)

i made another batch today because my dad was not able to eat some last night.

my mom and my brother suggested that i put graham crackers next time or even milo. (^_^)

dessert

mango sago. (^_^)

because i love desserts!

this was our dessert when mikey treated us to lunch because it's his birthday. (^_^)

sweet and delicious~

i love it!

fruity delight

fruity delight for today while studying for the exams tomorrow.

for some reason it reminds me of the golden pair. (^w^)

pear and strawberry...

truth be revealed at the end of the week.