“Mabuhay!” means “Live long and prosper” which is what Filipinos greet their visitors. To you, I present the country’s flag.
The Philippine flag underwent several transformations through the years. A brief history of the present flag can be found here.
The blue stands for peace, truth and justice. The red for patriotism, valor and courage. The white for purity and equality.
The three stars symbolize the three big island groups namely Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao.
The sun with eight rays represents the first eight provinces who fought in the revolution against Spain which has ruled the country for more than 300 years.
The country went through many challenges and at present, we still are undergoing a lot of political turmoil from leaders who do not represent the symbolism of the flag and it seems that what our forefathers have fought and died for is still not clear amongst self-serving people.
By the way, fun hand-made Oceania flags are in an entry here.
Tags: colors, flags, Philippine flag
Happy Anniversary Lasang Pinoy Sundays! 🙂 Congratulations!
Here is a slice of Cookies and Cream with Oreo cake from Red Ribbon for you 🙂
Tags: cake, cookies and cream, food, oreo, Red Ribbon
I have not tried cooking food with anything that has sherry or white wine or whatever it is they put that has some alcoholic content. Maybe soon, I will.
We are not wine drinkers, hubby and I.
Here is a photo taken by my eldest daughter during a brownout while they were on vacation with my MIL:
That blue liquid in the glass is Gatorade by the way 🙂
I remember this super-asim pickled green mango that I tasted, Super yummy! The one who made it used beer pala. Hmmm…. I didn’t know that, haha.
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Tags: alcohol, food, food photos, Lasang Pinoy Sundays
Bottomless iced tea. Our children love to drink this beverage, bottomless or not.
One of the more popular “resto-rant” would be about iced tea not getting filled fast enough especially when there are a lot of customers.
We have encountered those too but more often, we don’t. So what’s the secret?
Sit near where the pitchers are kept 😉
One more thing, we ask if it is ok for two young children to share the bottomless iced tea. They usually say yes. If only they know these two children drink more than I can drink, so “shhhhh…” 😉
Tags: bottomless iced tea, food photo, iced tea, Lasang Pinoy Sundays
Whenever my mother-in-law take vacations in the US, she brings home boxes upon boxes of thingamajigs that she buys during yard sale.
Her boxes has, among other things, a small chain saw (I wonder how this passed customs, lol!), candelabras, books, bags, toys for the grandchildren, area rugs, crystal bottles, condiments containers, silverware baskets, and other knick-knacks that catches her fancy.
She has sent several boxes while she was there. She brought one or two when she came home. And still, the boxes keep coming.
Most of the things in it are for her home down south which I am featuring below:
Pardon the clutter, the grandchildren were staying with her when this photo was taken by my eldest daughter.
Tags: flea markets, yard sales
Last March, my children and I got an invitation to go to the launching of Krispy Kreme Chocolate Glazed Doughnuts along with blogger friends and media personalities. We had fun being with friends. Our children had fun too playing the games in the venue.
This is a good way to advertisement for a new product, don’t you think so? I had to blur my children’s faces because I don’t want them posted in this blog. Hope you understand.
here is a more detailed post about the event.
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Tags: advertisement, Krispy Kreme, Photo Hunter
