Happy New Year!!

Here's to a great 2012!

Merry Christmas!

Sharing our family's Christmas portrait :)

Trying to Get Back to Life

Can I really?

I hope so. I just have to get a really good iPhone app for blogging. I have Posterous and I'm liking it but I would like to make it my personal journal (meaning not for public sharing).

So, what topic do I write first?

Filipino Balut Egg Tutorial by Mikey Bustos

This guy is a big hit now on youtube among Filipinos. If you still haven't seen any of his tutorials (and you are Filipino), man, you are missing a lot! He already have 3 videos about our rich and funny culture. And we love each and every one of them.

Can't wait for the next installment.

Project 365 v2011: 25-Jan

Ela's mini art project - the butterfly




And this is how Singapore looks like at 7:30pm. The sun is still peeking through that horizon.

Project 365 v2011: 24-Jan

Remember the ballerina yesterday? Well, she wore the ballerina outfit until sleep time...

 


And for lunch, I gave in to my craving

I'm addicted to hokkien prawn mee

Project 365 v2011: 23-Jan

It is another lazy Sunday for us - we just stayed home. In the afternoon, the little girl just asked for her ballet clothes and wore them. :)

 

Project 365 v2011: 22-Jan

Today is a very busy day for us. We are meeting Ela's old friend from Pinas for lunch, Jaden (and her family). She is just a year younger than Ela. We used to live in the same condo in QC. They are from Cebu but they are mostly in Australia for Jaden's treatment/therapy. I think what she has is similar to Arthrogryposis multiplex congenita.
We went there early but without hubby because he is feeling under the weather. We met Jaden and her family at ION Orchard. They are here in SG on a vacation. Today is their flight and we met them to have lunch.
The girls were so happy playing together. I think they forgot about each other already but when they met again and played, they got along really fast. :) And when we went home, they gave us a carton of yummy bagoong. :)

Project 365 v2011: 21-Jan

Hubby took a leave today. And for breakfast, we had this:

Project 365 v2011: 20-Jan

Ela goes to school early on Thursdays for her gym class so that means it's Mommy-Me time!! There were a lot of time to kill. I didn't have that much chores to do as I have done them the past days. I just decided to make leche flan.

Here's my recipe:
1 can of condensed milk
1 can of evaporated milk
10 egg yolks
vanilla or lime extract
1c brown sugar

- Mix all the ingredients together (except the brown sugar). try not to make it frothy.
- Put around 3tbsp of water in the brown sugar and cook in low heat until it caramelizes
- Cover the bottom of the aluminum pan with caramelized sugar
- Pour in the milk-yolk mix. Cover with aluminum foil
- Steam for 25mins

This is the recipe my aunts taught me. It was also my Lola Onor's. We also have a secret ingredient (sorry cannot share) but I forgot to buy it.


While separating the egg yolks from white, I cracked an egg with 2 yolks inside.


The finished product - mini size