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Hot and Humid

Everyone is saying how hot and humid the weather has gotten this days and to think that its just the fifth day of March! Ugh! I dread to think what late March and April and May weather will bring, another ugh!

It would be nice to have a vacation at the beach, sipping a fruit shake while lulling myself to oblivion on a hammock under tall trees where the cool sea breeze cools me, wow! 😀

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Posted by Treasure Jar on Mar 5th 2009 | Filed in From the Admin's Desk,introspection,Through the Lens,Visual Delights | Comments (7)

The Ring

Last night I bumped into a fellow blogger and her fiance in a media event

Now this blogger recently announced getting engaged to her boyfriend of five years and naturally, we were all very happy for her 🙂

I noticed that she and another blogger friend I was with were talking about churches, among other things. Of course, I had to peek at her hand and see her ring.

If you ask me, engagement rings are one of the most exciting things given to women 🙂

Posted by Treasure Jar on Mar 5th 2009 | Filed in Socials | Comments (0)

Cafe Munchkin’s Birthday Blowout!

Yes, Weng’s Cafe Munchkin had its first birthday last February 12! To celebrate this one-year blog anniversary, Cafe Munchkin’s resident chef is having a birthday blowout! Woohoo!

Here are the mechanics:

All you have to do  is post an entry on your blog about who or what you consider to be the greatest influence/s on your cooking, food preferences or views on food  (that is, if you yourself don’t cook) and how that influence comes through.   Don’t forget to link to this entry so I can get a pingback from you.  Then, come back to this post and leave a comment informing me that you have already posted an entry.  You have until 11:59pm (CST) of March 9th, that’s two weeks from today, to post your entries.

Ok, now here are my answers:

  1. Who do you consider the greatest influence on your cooking? I must say that both my parents are my influences in my cooking. Both can cook although they have different preferences. My father likes cooking with meat whereas my mother likes food with fish and vegetables. Their meals are simple but are very delicious, more like soul food or comfort food for me.
  2. My food preferences. I do not have food preferences but what I cook for my family mostly stems from inspiration and what I think they will appreciate more. Simple home-cooked meals do well for me because I am a working mom. We have not been having pork though for a long time now and if we do, these are far and in between. I mostly serve lean chicken and fish plus more vegetables and fruits.
  3. How do those influences come through? As I have mentioned, my parents cook simple home-cooked meals and that is what I do too.

Happy blog anniversary Weng! More food posts with wonderful photos 🙂

Posted by Treasure Jar on Mar 1st 2009 | Filed in Kitchen Needs,Plateful of Fun,Socials | Comments (4)

Fun Movies for Children

We recently got a few DVD movies for the children to watch.

One was Space Buddies which they have watched two or three times already which has dogs as stars in the movie. This is a sign that they love it because of the number of times it has been watched to think it was just Friday night that we got these movies.

The other movie we got was Bedtime Stories starring Adam Sandler a hotel handyman which was also funny and they understood early on that the stories told by the children were magically and coincidentally coming true. I just think they enjoyed the Jumanji (from the same director) better.

Still another movie they enjoyed was “The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian“. They have almost forgotten about the first movie “The Lion, the Witch and the Wardobe“and I am sure they will watch that to refresh their memories.

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Posted by Treasure Jar on Mar 1st 2009 | Filed in Bonding Time,From the Admin's Desk,FYI,Trivia,Visual Delights | Comments (0)

Sago’t Gulaman for TriColore

I was a bit challenged with this one and since I can not find any tricolore food photo in my files that I have cooked/made, I decided to put this hastily-taken photo of a glass of Sago’t Gulaman. Gutom na kasi at that time kaya hastily taken, more like an after-thought, 😀

Sago’t gulaman. One of the Pinoy thirst-quenchers that seems to have taken a back seat because of the influx of sugar-laden soda drinks, tea-based drinks and other drinks called shakes with chemically enhanced flavors. This is perfect for summer, isn’t it? If not, a halo-halo will do just fine 😀

Gotta.have.one.like.this.today ->note to self.

Yeah and not think that I need some weight loss pills to get ready for the beach this summer 😀

Posted by Treasure Jar on Mar 1st 2009 | Filed in FYI,Plateful of Fun,Through the Lens,Trivia | Comments (25)

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