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20 y/o future CPA-slash-pastry chef wannabe who loves traveling as much as she loves Nutella choco spread and Swiss chocolates.
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— Nathan Scott, One Tree Hill
Credits to the maker of this photo. :) Someone from the student council, I guess.
A few days ago, my friend Mae and I skipped a one-hour review class and talked a lot about random stuff until it went to one thing we both love - shoes.
Mae told me some stuff about Tory Burch, YSL, Louboutin and the like until she mentioned about Chie Mihara, a Japanese designer whose creations she totally adores. To be truthful, the name is unfamiliar. I never heard nor read about her while stalking and shoe-lusting over totally gorgeous Jeffrey Campbell Litas and browsing just as lovely pairs all over the web.
While checking out the collection from Chie Mihari’s website, I realized there is one thing common about every shoe she designs - she makes everything classy with a twist. Her creation is a fusion of the then and the now.
Sharing my favorites! :)
“And death is possibly the most important thing. We are all walking towards death, but we never know when death will touch us, and it is our duty, therefore, to look around us, to be grateful for each minute. But we all should be grateful to death, because it makes us think the importance of each decision we take, or fail to take; it makes us stop doing anything that keeps us stuck in the category ;living dead’ and, instead, urges us to risk everything, to bet on those things we always dreamed of doing, because, whether we like it or not, the angel of death is waiting for us.” -Paulo Coelho, Like The Flowing River
I’ve always been a picky eater. As a child I don’t eat veggies and pork, and I’ve always been hesitant to try out food that looks unfamiliar or sounds new to me. You can even give me a serving of giniling and I can sort it out (effortlessly) and leave those with even a little hint of taba in my plate.
If I get to pick foods to eat for the rest of my life, I’ll come up with these:
1) Bread with Duerr’s Strawberry Jam & Chamomile tea
I’ve been to Baguio a lot of times and brought jars of strawberry jam back home as pasalubong but that’s all there is to it. My love for strawberry ends with strawberry-picking. Then it all changed three months ago, the first time I was able to taste Duerr’s strawberry jam - not too fruity, just the way I like it.
My favorite is pairing it up with a french bread. No soft bread, please. The texture of the bread compliments the sweetness of the jam very well.
Of course I tried different supermarket brands, but just like a first love, you can never help going back.
2) Chocolate Cakes
I love chocolates - all of it. Hershey’s, Cadbury, Ferrero/Nutella, and even Milo powder. Lahat pinapatulan ko. There was even a time that I have 2 packs of Lala as my snack everyday. Yes Lala, the six-peso chocolate bar you’ll surely see when strolling along the sidewalks of Manila.
What do I love the most? It’s chocolate cake! Nothing beats Goldilock’s chocolate roll and Red Ribbon’s Chocolate Mouse. They are the sort of stuff you can never really get enough of. Birthdays, holidays, and even lazy days.. I just know I need to eat them. When it comes to these cakes, there is no such thing as too much.
See, even my friends know my undying love for chocolate cakes. This was their 18th birthday surprise a few years ago. :)
3) Pasta and Pizza
At the end of our first year and during our second year in college, my barkada used to frequent Yellow Cab Lacson branch or SM San Lazaro, be it for birthdays and other celebrations.
I love everything from Yellow Cab - their pizza, pasta and not to mention, HUGE meatballs that comes with it.
This is Aimee and I who arrived late during our friends’ birthday treat. Words can’t describe how hungry we were when we arrived so see for yourselves.
I owe it all to my college barkada. They made me realize how fun it is to explore and experience having a taste of everything - old and new. Because of them I am now a certified foodie.
/JAF
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How to go back to the OLD Facebook Chat, wherein you can see all friends online:
Please click the link for the following browsers.
Please note that this disables the new sidebar and from what I’ve read, you won’t be able to video chat when you install the old version. :)
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— To uninstall the old version if you changed your mind and prefer the new one:
Google Chrome: Google Chrome Customize and Control (upper right corner, beside the URL bar) -> Tools -> Extensions -> Uninstall FB Chat Sidebar Disabler.
I’m a Google Chrome user. I do not know how to uninstall the disabler using Firefox so if someone does know, feel free to comment. Thanks!
Hope this helps! :)
Everyone is like a butterfly, they start out ugly and awkward and then morph into beautiful graceful butterflies that everyone loves.
Drew Barrymore
French Macarons from The Cookie Jar. I got mine through purchasing Ensogo vouchers, so I got it really cheap. I texted Rae, The Cookie Jar’s owner, to confirm my order and she is kind enough to accommodate my order the first day of the claiming period.
So far I’ve only tried 3 out of 8 flavors: Red Velvet, Vanilla Buttercream and Chocolate. Red Velvet is my favorite, it’s not too sweet, so hindi nakakaumay. In fact that taste made me crave for more. At first I find the Chocolate flavor sweeter than the usual, but as soon as I ate my second serving I kept eating them over and over. Vanilla is so-so.
Mommy Ro of Animetric’s World told me that Pistacchio flavor is the best. So I’m ordering some next time. :)
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Box of 8: P225.00
Box of 20: P520.00
Second Random Monday post!
I love taking candid shots because I find genuine smiles beautiful. Candid photos capture emotion like no other photoshoot can. Last Saturday was my senior class’ summer outing (never too late!) so I had the chance to take these photos using my zoom lens. :)
They might kill me if they saw this! Haha
More pictures to come soon. Come afternoon my friend Emman took over being the photographer so I have to segregate our photos first. Emman is full of artistic talent including photography, I will also post his shots in a separate entry so see for yourself. :)
“Every graduate in this auditorium, I believe, is still overwhelmed by the fact that he or she has survived the rigorous training given by our dear college. Accountancy is not easy, or better yet accountancy IN UST was NEVER easy,” this is how Janine Sy, one of our batch’s Magna Cum Laude, started with her speech. True. It never was. From the strict admission process, the retention policy, the demanding thesis together with much more demanding major subjects.. enduring two summers studying the whole day while everybody else is having fun basking in the sun - graduating was still a dream even a week before May 31.
Finally the hard-worked paid off, and it paid well. For everyone in my batch, this is a diploma well-deserved.
I’m a Thomasian and I’m proud to be one.
Mommy and me
My Family
My Class
My College Barkada :)
