Grilled Tilapia

This is the entry that was only saved.I just started it but failed to finish but now I decided to post it though.When you're not fine,it's really hard to think what to write.

It's about my cravings for Tilapia.Good thing that we're close to asian store so we can just go there and buy some asian veges,fruits and fishes but expect that the prices are too high :( This Tilapia cost 3.65 euros it's a big one though with scaleless and already cleaned inside, but to think that it's about 230 pesos just a piece of this fish.I just put some spices inside,like fried garlic,some herbes,pepper and salt.Simple as that!I really love this dish so much!especially eating with my fingers,sarap to the max!hehehe.

Not feeling well

If you noticed guys,I haven't updated my blog for a while now and I haven't visited some of you guys,it's all because until now I'm not feeling well due to lack of sleeps since I started blogging.

It's really hard coz after work I'm tired already and then at night when I arrived I have to prepare our dinner and after that I do bloghopping and wrote some articles for my blog.Tha'ts why I am sick and have some headaches until now.

Now,my husband doesn't want me to stay up late till wee hours,he make sure that I'm not infront of the computer after midnight:(

But I'll make it up to you guys,I'll visit you soon,need to regain my energy first :)

Be back soon!

Chocolate: Good or Bad

Do you love chocolates?who doesn't love chocolates anyway.I do love chocos but I eat it moderately right now,especially that I gain some kilos again :( I have to watch my sugar intake too as we have a history of diabetes in the family.I always have a small pack of it in my bag incase if my cravings arrive :)

For me chocolates equate gaining weight and eventually leads to being diabetic if you take it excessively because of the high sugar,calorie and fat content.But do you know that chocolates are also good for health? yeah,I read it from a health forum,pure chocolates lower the blood pressure that reduce the chance of developing heart disease.Cocoa contains antioxidant called bioflavonoids which reduce the risk of cancer and heart disease.It also give a good source of vitamins and minerals such as iron,copper and magnesium.Not only that,it reduce stress.The feeling of enjoyment as we eat it makes us relax.What a good news for the chocolate lovers huh!

Just reminding you,anything that is too much is not good, so consume it moderately.Have fun eating!

Photohunt: I Spy!

This photo was taken at the Notre Dame de Paris (Our Lady of Paris),one of the known landmarks and cathedrals here in France.I'm spying those cutie little pigeons,
was taking some photos of them and making no noise for them not to fly away.I see you little girl in red :)

But if you have some food especially grains or breads,oh lalala,they will flock on you,all of them and they will chase you hahaha!

Have a nice weekend everyone!

The Letter "I"

I was tagged by Barb and Elizabeth about the "I" in my life :)

I AM...a wife,a mother,a naturalized french citizen
I WANT…to have a good health and a baby girl
I HAVE…a loving family
I WISH…my grandmother will live longer
I HATE…judgemental people
I FEAR…driving and heights
I SEARCH…products that are cheap but good quality
I WONDER…why there are many rich people, why can’t we be equal.
I REGRET…not serving more and show my deepest love to my mother
I LOVE…my family!
I ALWAYS…kiss my husband and son
I AM NOT…greedy
I DANCE…occasionally
I SING…a lot!
I CRY…when I watch a sad movie
I WRITE…things that I love and interest me on my blog
I WON…100 euros on the scratch game
I AM CONFUSED…why there’s no improvement in my country Philippines,while the peso is soaring and the economy is booming as they said.
I NEED…some cash hehehe
I SHOULD…change my bad habit
THE LAST THOUGHT I GO TO SLEEP WITH IS to hope that the next day will be a better day.

I'll be passing this tag to these ladies:Gina , Ana ,Haydee ,Agring Thanks girls!

Controversial winner

I've seen Ruffa Gutierez on TV Patrol stating her opinion about the winner in the 45th Binibining Pilipinas Pageant.She commented about how Binibining Pilipinas winners should be.For me, the winners represent our country in the international pageants so,we don't only base how beautiful the candidate but how intelligent,witty,and confident she is.

I searched on You Tube,if I can find some related videos about the newly ended pageant and saw this video:What is your verdict?



Is she deserving to win?

Based on her answers,I have a doubt why she was emmerged as one of the big winners.Maybe she was nervous at that time and she was a first timer in the arena of beauty pageant that made her blackout.

But she still have time to improve her speech,so let's just see 7 months from now if she can prove to all people that she deserves being the winner of Binibining Pilipinas World.

I hope she will do better on Miss World pageant and answers the question well.

After all we're not perfect,we're subjected to commit mistakes/errors but what is nice,we learned from our mistakes.

I was featured!

My new friend Loannah in this blogging world featured me as one of her 5 picks of the week.So in return,I have to do the same,not only that, we can gain more friends through this.

She found a link on how to "pass Google Pagerank goodness on to the blogs you link to". Click here if you want to help friends.

To keep the ball rolling, make your own 5 featured friends and keep them for 1 week. To return the favor, include the link or name of the person who has featured you.

Example:
1. Lucille is one of my featured friends.
2. So when Lucille will make her featured friends for the week, she has to include my name and she will pick 4 more from her own list of friends.
3.Lucille will inform ALL her featured friends to keep the ball rolling.

***Make sure to update your featured friends every week.

It's really a nice idea to meet different people and making friends.

Have a nice day everyone!

What a day!

It's been a quite sometime now that I don't have enough sleep.Blogging is so addicting that I couldn't resist staying late up to wee hours.Now,when you see me,you will immediately notice my big eye bags :(

When I woke up this morning,I felt so tired and wanted to sleep again,felt the warm of our bed and stayed their for the whole day.But I couldn't,have to go to work.Oh,I forgot to tell, that it's still raining now as of this writing,it really sucks!If only I could absent from work just like that,hay!

Ok,have to be quick now,have to prepare the things for my baby and head to work.

Have a nice day everyone!

Acropolis,Athens Greece

Acropolis is located in Athens Greece and it is one of the well known monuments in the world and one of the archaeological sites in the country.Here,you can see the Parthenon, a temple built for the Greek goddess Athena,the Propylaea that serves as the entrance going to Acropolis and the Erechtheum with the famous Porch of the Maidens.

It is on the top of the hill,so going there you must climb the hill or take a taxi if you want.It’s really a breathtaking view to see the whole Athens .When we went there last October 2007,they still reconstructing the place,I don’t know how long it will take but I guess it will take many years to bring it the way it was before.

Do the videoke thing!

Videoke is the short word for video karaoke.It is widely known in every household in the Philippines.From older ones to kids,anybody can do it.It's our favorite past time,singing to our hearts content!

I remember when I was still there in the Philippines,we sing together almost everyday even in the morning my brother or sister on the karaoke and they sing,they don't care if the neighbours will be disturbed :)Every Sunday or any family gathering expect our house filled with music and songs from my immediate family,relatives and friends.

I grew up singing the songs of Abba,Carpenters,other songs of 70's,80's and 90's and even the song of 60's and some songs of men through my father.I really miss doing it,that's why sometimes I do videoke here but not too loud.

My family said through singing,the hardship that they experience in life lessens and they forget the problems for a while.I miss the times like this.I really miss my family.

Six Quirky Things About Me

I was tagged by April and Amy thanks girls!

The rules: Link to the person that tagged you. Post the rules on your blog. Share six unimportant things/habits/quirks about your self.
Tag 6 random people at the end of your post by linking to their blogs.
Let these random people know that they are tagged by leaving comments in their blog.Let your tagger know when your entry is up.

Six Unimportant things/habits/quirks about my self:

1. I talk to myself.Yes,it’s bizarre to other’s but it’s me.That way I can burst out what I have inside especially when I’m angry.

2.When shopping I tend to turn and turn,I spend hours in the store just looking for few items.That’s why my mother before didn’t want to bring me with her and even Rene sometimes said that to me too 

3.I talk when I sleep.My family and Rene can attest to that.But I always said to them,it’s impossible! but I believed them now hehehe.

4.I eat medium done meat.I was influenced by my husband but not to the extent the same with him coz I’ll never eat a meat with lots of blood.

5.When I have something to do,I tend to take my time,that’s why,I’m always late.

6.I tend to promise but usually failed to do it right away.As I said,I take my time but forgot that the time passed by already.

Now,I'm tagging these ladies,its good to know their strange habits too hehhee.

-Gina
-Lucille
-Chubby
-Agring
-Shela
-Flip My Blog

Thanks a lot girls!

Kind Fives

I was tagged by Cora ,thanks a lot girl!

Kind Fives Tag

1) List Five things.

List five kind things you do for yourself.
List five kind things you for your closest friend, partner or child.
List five kind things you have done for a stranger.

2) Tag five people.

5 kind things I do for myself
-travelling to different places
-saving
-eating at the chinese restaurant(babaw lng ng kaligayahan ko)
-I bought some winter clothes
-bought some valuable things


5 kind things I do for my closest friend
-being with her through good times and bad times
-being so understanding
-being nice
-being supportive
-being thoughtful


5 kind things you have done for a stranger
-helping older people packing their goods at the store
-giving alms to beggars
-returning valuable things left at my counter
-being nice
-giving a piece of advice


5 people I'm going to tag

-Fe
-Byotipol
-Bernadeth
-Lilla
-lynn

Thanks Girls!

Smoked Salmon

Here in France,you will see many products prepared through smoked process,either it's a meat or fillet of any fish.What I like the most is the saumon fumée or the smoked salmon.Mind you,I could eat a pack or two,that's how I love this food,j'adore ça!

But you know,in my first 2 years here in France,I would never eat any smoked food because I thought it's not cooked,I was brought up that any meat or fillet of fish should be cooked unless if you will prepare a Kinilaw(raw fish with vinegar).As the time went by,I gradually like it.When you taste it,seems it melts in your mouth.C'est bon!

By the way, if you want to make a Kinilaw and can't find any fresh tuna,I suggest you use smoked salmon as a substitute,ang sarap talaga!

Amazing fancy cars!

I was searching again in you tube and found this interesting video about fancy cars.My husband loves to watch any programs about cars so I showed it to him.I'm sure only rich people can buy those luxurious vehicles.How amazing that auto designers came up those kind of cars.
How I wish we owned one of those.Definitely only in my dreams( sigh!)Enjoy watching!

My homemade Siopao (steamed pork buns)

I called home and was talking with my sister till our topic went to siopao.You know what,just uttering that word or just by thinking of it,it made hungry!!!I really miss those siopaos in Davao.I'm really craving...hmmmm..

I want to make on my own,I don't want to buy it eventhough there are lots of it in the store.So what I did the next weekend,we went to the asian store and bought the bun mix for the dough and then I searched the recipe on the net and found the Siopao asado recipe which is my favorite.

I was so excited,I couldn't wait anymore.I started immediately making the dough.After that I cooked the filling.If you want to make it also at home,I suggest you buy a bun mix,it has instruction how to make the dough and it's easy coz you just add only water,that's it.

For the filling,you just need 400 grms ground pork, 1 tsp minced garlic,1 halved onion,4 tsp soy sauce,1 star anise,1 bay leaf,3 tsp sugar, 1 tsp cooking oil, 1/4 cup water and 1 tsp cornstarch.Just add brown the ground pork ,add the rest of the ingredients except the water and cornstarch.When it's cook add the mixture of water and conrnstarch,stir until it's thick and almost dry.





If you noticed,my buns are not perfectly molded,I don't know how to form it well,what matters most is that it taste good!