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Tsokolate-e

Tsokolate-e is one of the best beverages to have during the months when the cool Northern winds are working its chill to our bones.

These found its way on our breakfast menu one cool morning after Christmas.

Have you tried this with suman and ripe mangoes?

If you haven’t, well, do try it as soon as possible 🙂

If you have, well, what do you think?

The suman (PhP 12/5 pieces) and mangoes (Php60.00/kilo) were bought from the nearby wet market while the tablea was given by MIL and bought in Bohol. Get this in a resto and you will pay a lot more than the kilo of mango for a few slices of the suman and mango cubes 🙂

Anti-Slip Treatment from GlobalSafe Philippines

Ever wonder how restaurants and public places treat their floors especally when its wet?

They use anti-slip treatment on the floor so that those who walk on it will not slip and cause accidents.

Here in the Philippines, GlobalSafe Philippines provides these services. They not only will treat the floors to make these anti-slip, the company also sells multi-purpose cleaner that will do wonders on your floors, especially in the kitchen where the utmost care is given to sanitation.

Posted by Treasure Jar on Jan 15th 2009 | Filed in FYI,Kitchen Needs,Trivia | Comments (0)

Coffee Talk

Almost everyone I know loves coffee.

Why, even my 7 year old son would declare that “coffee is his favorite smell”. Really.

I love coffee too though I can survive the day without drinking a cup. My hubby makes a wonderful cup which I love to drink.

We rarely use coffee makers since we use instant coffee drink. In fact our coffee maker has been unused since we got it five or so years ago.

Coffee shops have grown exponentially for the past year.

These are sprouting like mushrooms, they are almost everywhere! Proof that this country loves to drink this beverage or just want to hang out with friends holding on and drinking a cup of coffee for two hours. Ugh.

UPDATE (Feb07,2013)

Since this blog post, we started on drinking brewed coffee and has not gone back to drinking instant coffee.

Posted by Treasure Jar on Dec 31st 2008 | Filed in FYI,Kitchen Needs,Trivia | Comments (0)

Vinegar for Cleaning

I have read about the wonders of vinegar as a cleaning agent. In fact, a good friend even blogged about it in our group blog.

Of course, this being an environmental friendly cleaning agent, I had to give it a try.

A few weeks ago, I tried it for the first time. I used the vinegar in cleaning the bathrooms and kitchen. What I did was spray on the tiles and leave the vinegar for a while. Then I brushed using a tile grout brush. It worked! Even the bathroom faucets got shiny after the cleaning was done.

I smelled like vinegar after the cleaning was done but I didn’t mind at all because I can wash up and have the smell removed.

What made me appreciate using vinegar were the benefits: environment friendly, affordable and not chemical-based.

Posted by Treasure Jar on Dec 31st 2008 | Filed in FYI,Kitchen Needs,Purse Strings,Trivia | Comments (0)

Shopping

Almost everyone loves to go shopping, whether to find good buys and bargains, to just window shop or to really buy what they want need for whatever reason. Perhaps husbands are the ones who don’t enjoy shopping especially when they just tag along with their wives holding heavy bags.

So what part of the mall or department store do you like to explore?

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Posted by Treasure Jar on Dec 26th 2008 | Filed in FYI,Purse Strings,Trivia | Comments (0)

Co-Sleeping on the Family Bed

Co-sleeping is one of the practices parents have when they have newborns. This is also being called as attachment parenting.

Here in the Philippines, it is a given to some families that children co-sleep with their parents even if they are way past being infants.

We co-sleep with our children till now when they do not feel well. Sometimes they just fall asleep on our bed and we don’t bring them to their own beds in the other bedroom. Sure, sometimes, its cramped but it just feels right for me.

Co-sleeping has its own pros and cons.

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Posted by Treasure Jar on Dec 24th 2008 | Filed in Bonding Time,FYI,introspection,Trivia | Comments (0)

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