Ginataang Alimasag with Kalabasa and Sitaw

I've been craving for some healthy food lately. Fast food had been present in our table for a couple of times this week because I didn’t have the energy to cook and whatever our househelp prepares doesn’t just seem too appealing to me.

Today my “cook mode” is on again and I whipped up Ginataang Alimasag with Kalabasa and Sitaw for lunch. This is a pretty simple fare, very easy to prepare but is really tasty and healthy. 

Ingredients:

4 pcs. female crabs

Squash (kalabasa) cut in 1-in. thick cube

String beans (sitaw) cut 1 ½-in. long

1 whole onion

3 cloves Garlic

1 tbsp. cooking oil

Coconut milk or coconut powder dissolved in 1 cup water

Salt and pepper to taste

Heat oil and sauté garlic and onion. Add squash then string beans. Wait for at least 5 minutes before adding coconut milk. Let it simmer for about 5 minutes then add crabs. Cook for another 10-15 minutes. Add salt and pepper to taste. Enjoy with freshly cooked rice J

Nursery - my work in progress

I spent the whole day yesterday organizing and decorating baby’s room. I only have a few items on hand as of now so the room doesn’t look complete yet. Only a few baby clothes and some decors. It's still 3 months before baby comes out but I’m just too excited to get started! So here’s how it looks so far... 

It's a Beautiful Day!

Good morning!

It always feels great to wake up to a new morning. Even if one had a troubled sleep and a tiring yesterday it all doesn't matter anymore because today is a new day.

It has been a habit of me lately to look out the window after getting up, take in the view from where I stand and fill my eyes with the beauty of everything - The sunshine that's just starting to spread its warmth, the cloudless skies that make me feel that summer is approaching super fast (beaches/swimming, road and food trips and juicy watermelons), the smell of almusal being prepared and thoughts of fresh coffee (Yes, just thoughts ‘coz all I can do now is think and dream about it. My reality is still pre-natal milk). And what’s more, today is Friday! A fact that I'd always cherish when I was still in the corporate world. It meant just a few more hours of slaving over office works and that I am just a day away from a promising weekend.

It is a glorious day and it is just starting! Go ahead and enjoy!

Can't wait to make the most out of this day! So how do you plan to spend yours? :-)

What Do You Do?

When you're sitting beside someone who seems to have left her manners somewhere, what do you do? When that person is so oblivious to everyone around and just doesn't care whether she is already disturbing those nearby with her endless yawning, stretching, removing of shoes to check her nail polish, burping like she's just finished a hearty meal when in fact it’s already 4 hours past noon (and then you catch the smell of her coffee-laden breath), and then back to square 1 - what do you do?

Yes, I just happened to sit beside her, and no, I am not just being "maarte" or "maselan". My building irritation didn't stem from my pregnancy hormones either. It is just that this person seems to not honor the place she's in. If this happened in a mall or anywhere else there will be no problem because I can just walk away. But that moment and place was too sacred and special for anyone to act like that.

My annoyance was short-lived though for I realized that rudeness reciprocated with rudeness only results in...You guessed it right! Rudeness! So in my mind I was silently trying to understand why she acts like that. Maybe she's bored? She's too young to mind her manners? Or she just simply didn't realize that what she was doing, or what was natural to her isn't very acceptable to everyone. We admire those who act prim and proper and can hold themselves gracefully in any given situation. But I guess we should not hate those who don't.

I am just wondering in cases like these, what should we do?  Do we point it out right then and there or just ignore every movement they do?

This is Day 1!

Sweet day to everyone! Today I finally made the decision to create a blog. I love writing and expressing the highlights of my day, sharing something new that I discovered or just simply putting into words thoughts that inspire me or otherwise.

I laugh, I cry, I marvel at things I encounter. I am like a child hungry for knowledge and like a teacher who loves to share what I learned.  

Now that I have officially started blogging expect to have a glimpse of my world! ☺

♥ Each day is a journey. A new story. An opportunity to learn, to grow, to share, to love, to forgive, to create…Let us make the most of every single moment that we have. It is a gift, a most precious one. ♥