Jakie and the Beadstalk

I wanted to let my baby play at the Jollibee playland the other morning so we went there.  My baby craved for chicken and rice and gravy so we decided to have breakfast there too. I tried its baked hash brown to see if it's as tasty as the fried hash brown of Mc Donald's.  Sadly, I felt that it was too bland, and I missed the fatty oil that goes with frying the thing.  But, picture-wise, it looked so good that I decided to post this here.  The palabok also looked good to eat.  Actually, it's the only palabok that I really like (though I can't finish off one serving of it). The funny thing about the little boy was that, at the time we ordered, the lines were really long, considering it's a big branch and there were many counters, my baby skipped the line, went to the cashier and he said, "pabili po ng chicken and rice and gravy." Hahahahah! The crew was too busy too notice his cuteness though, as my baby was ignored. Kawawa naman. at P23.00, this i...

Sorry, I've been dormant for quite a while.  December has been a really, really busy month and I had no time to update my blog.  Also, I changed my internet provider.  Sun internet was pitiful in my place, so I switched to Smart Wimax.  So far, it has given me good internet service, except for the occasional pathetic signal.  (And I have yet to get my free phone even if they told that I should expect it last week.) So now, I wish to thank all my family, friends and loved ones for showering us with their love, concern and gifts- lots and lots of them. I decided to take pictures of some of the gifts, because I have this knack of forgetting who gave what during Christmas. Here are some of them: My baby received these gifts from the office - Thanks officemates/friends !!! Thanks Papa and Mama and Mommy G Thanks Mama and Papa  One- year supply of clothes! Bag  and something naughty from Kris Kringle - Thanks Dennis, tinupad mo ang...

Starlight, starbright, first star I see tonight.  I wish I may, I wish I might, have the wish I wish tonight... Last Tuesday night, while riding a motorcycle on my way home, I was gazing at the night sky and to my surprise, a falling star appeared out of nowhere, and in a heartbeat, was out of my sight. I rarely see a falling star in a year so I wished a wish right away, wishing of the first thing that came to my mind- money.  Hahahaha. How mundane, how materialistic, how human. And I changed my wish, even if the falling star was long gone. And then I thought of aliens in the outer space, and the planet Jupiter, and that special moment that I see that star with the love of my life. And my thoughts of the little boy, sleeping in our bed, waiting for our arms to hold him tight when we finally arrive home. It was a five-minute ride; short yet special. Ah, life! Just like a falling star, its arms captivate us into a long embrace. photo courtesy of  http://sleeples...

It's Christmas Season and it's the season of parties and merry making!    Endless buffets, parties and gift-giving await each fortunate individual this season.  I am lucky to belong to an office that will be having a party with a theme of "White Christmas with cartoon characters/super heroes/anime/super villains." During the party, there will be a prize for the best in costume.  I decided to be dressed as Wall-E, since our wing luckily drew from  the ballot "the disney cartoon character theme."   I just don't know if I will be able to do my own Wall- E costume as this one: cute wall-E wannabe, right? I just have this one teeny weeny concern: How am I supposed to eat, or sit down while wearing this costume?   I'll let you know after December 21.   I'll post pics too of me and my Wall-E. Wish me luck!  photo courtesy of: http://www.google.com.ph/url?source=imglanding&ct=img&q=http://www.alyssaarmstrong.com/wp-content/upload...

the food for those on the go     For many years I got by with little or no breakfast at all. It was only when I got married that I learned the habit of having a hearty breakfast to start my day right.   This year, I started with my new office and I had to leave as early as 5 am most of the time. By the time I got to the office, my stomach is already hurling expletives at me for being terribly hungry.   Sometimes, it's a bit of an effort to search for food in the nearby canteens or carinderias, so sometimes I would bring my own breakfast from home. Lately, I have been longing to sleep longer than I should that when I wake up, I know that I will be terribly late for the office and I won't have time to prepare for my breakfast "baon" anymore.  Then one day, I decided to just "steal" from our own store, a pack of cereal thing that my neighbors keep on buying but I was so ashamed to ask them if it's any good because it is one of the most easily sold-...

my receipt-P89.00 for shipping to Zamboanga City and I did not leave my seat! I'm a believer in online shopping! At first, I thought online  shopping seemed like a dubious way to purchase goods.  How could one be assured that he would get what he paid for if one doesn't first get to meet the buyer personally and see for himself the product he is buying?  But I knew technology and more modern means of purchasing are at hand, so I tried to shop online. I started shopping online in December 2006. Filipinos were not yet crazy about online shopping at that time.  I bought a cellphone for my mom.  To be sure that I wouldn't be swindled, I agreed to do a meet-up with the seller, brought a witness with me and only paid when I was fully sure that the item was brand -new, in mint condition and was everything that I expected it to be. These online transactions were soon followed by purchases of various toys for my nephews that were sold at really good prices sinc...

http://sports.yahoo.com/photos/manny-pacquiao-v-juan-manuel-marquez-1320812924-slideshow/manny-pacquiao-philippines-hits-mexicos-juan-manuel-marquez-photo-054833190.html Nov. 12 (Nov. 13 in Manila): The much-awaited fight between Manny Pacquiao and Juan Miguel Marquez was to be held that day.  As early as 9 am, my parents were already in front of the tv, watching but not really watching the undercards trying to win their matches.  What people wanted to watch the Pacquiao-Marquez fight. Good thing, we have cable, so we didn't have to wait for the extra-delayed coverage of the fight by GMA-7. Finally, the two boxing champs face off.  My mother and brother swear that if at that time, their blood pressures were taken, they surely would have failed as their BPs were probably off the charts. After Round 6, I decided that I couldn't take the beating the Pacman was enduring from Marquez. I resumed watching during the last two minutes of Round 12. The whole fight, I was ...

Thesa gave me these elephant chocolates My officemate/friend gave me these chocolates this afternoon.  I think she saw my status in my FB that says : terrible headache." I read somewhere that chocolates can help ease a headache.  And then I read somewhere that chocolates trigger headaches as there's a toxin found in fermented products like cheese and chocolates that causes headaches.   So, which is correct and what should I believe?  There's this long-standing joke that goes like this: Chocolate is one the healthiest food in the planet.  Because chocolate came from cacao, and cacao is a fruit, and fruits are healthy, and eating lots of fruit is good for one's health, therefore, eating lots of chocolates is good for us!!! Because of this joke, I'd rather believe that chocolates are generally good for us.  My headache's still here and I still am not touching those cute chocolates.  Who knows, chocolate may really cause headaches so, my suffering...

Happy birthday cookies for all you celebrators out there! I'm having terrible MG (memory gap) that I seem to lose track of time. Classic example, I almost forgot about my wedding anniversary and  my baby's 3rd bday.  I totally forgot about my friend's son's bday and realized that it had already passed about three weeks after the date and when I noticed that my friend wasn't talking to me. To my friends and family: You see, I know you will be celebrating your birthdays on a particular day and month.  But the thing is, I don't really keep track of the days that go by.  Like for now, I realized this morning that it was already September 28 and I have two friends whose birthday is September 27.  I reminded myself countless times, since September came, to greet those friends on their birthday but it seemed as if the days were fast-forwarded and whhhooooosh, their birthdays came and went without me noticing the dates.  So if I greet you a week or so early...

Sometime earlier this month, I won free movie tickets for four (4) from Fotoloco's Fun O'clock Promo.  I previously blogged about it in another blog (see here:  http://jcajote.blogspot.com/2011/08/free-tickets.html ). When I attempted to use the tickets at Ayala Town Center, I was told by the cashier that I cannot use the tickets since complimentary tickets may only be availed of for movies showing in their cinemas for at least seven days.  At that time, all their movies were being shown for only three days.  I even asked if the tickets can be used to watch a 3-D movie (at that time, Smurfs was showing in 3-D) and I was willing to pay a fee on top of the value of the complimentary tickets because  I didn't want to go back to ATC all the way from Cavite. Unfortunately, the lady said, it cannot be done.   So, sadly, after having some snacks, we went home, and I later informed Fotoloco about it.  I told them I wasn't blaming them, but it mi...

The Church of Liliw, Laguna One Saturday, several months ago, my friends and I went to Liliw, Laguna, to check out their products -SHOES and SLIPPERS!   On our way there, we were chatting a lot and did not notice that the sign that pointed the way to Liliw.  We  have gone straight for about 3 kilometers, before realizing that we were already lost!  Now, that's an experience! After going through the products of each of the stores there, we decided to have lunch at Arabela's. A friend googled it in the net and found good reviews about the restaurant. My ever ready husband, brought "baon" with us - rice with scrambled eggs, tomatoes and adobo and a big jug of iced tea!  But as soon as he saw the others' orders, he, too, ordered steak for himself. My baby ordered fish fillet in cream sauce or whatever with a side salad.  He enjoyed it so much, and the baby corn, that he begged his ninangs for some spare baby corn. So pardon me for posting pics of the f...

I was browsing through one of my friends' pictures online and saw a really old-looking photo of hers. I checked out the source of the photo and discovered www.yearbookyourself.com .  It allows the user to view his/her face on different hair-dos of different eras (with matching skin color).   It is really amusing and allows the user to imagine how he/she must have looked in the old and not-so old days, especially when one is not so daring as to follow whatever the trend is/was. It allows the user to take a picture of himself/herself and use that for the hair-types, or use any pic available from one's computer.  Cool huh! So, at the risk of being laughed (anyway, it's better to make you laugh than to make you cry), here are my jurassic (and not-so-jurassic) looks. the librarian look friend of scooby doo's friends? the discoverer of penicillin                          ...