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Kraft Eden Cheese aims to target having 5,000 Filipino dishes cooked to set a Guinness World Record on December 14, 2009 at the Araneta Coliseum.

5,000 dishes? Filipino food, a fusion of the many scrumptious concoctions from the different cultural influences we had for several centuries, have evolved and these definitely can mean uniquely extra-ordinary and uber delicious.

Foodies, chefs, people who love to cook, culinary arts students and kusineros and kusineras will be whipping up these 5,000 dishes using Kraft Eden Cheese on December 14, 2009 at Araneta Coliseum.

Be a YUMM (Your Ulam, Mas Masarap) member and contribute your cheese recipes at the Sarap ng Buhay website.

I am contributing this Cheesy Turon recipe, yipee!

Cheese is a must-have item in our home. There are times when we just munch on cheese slices. The children and hubby too love to put heaps of cheese on their pasta.

French toast for breakfast or afternoon snacks have cheese slices in it:

Sandwiches are like meals in itself, with cheese and tomato slices and greens. Easy to prepare and easy to bring when going to the workplace or doing chores outside the home.

If you want to be a part of history, be more creative in whipping up those yummy flavorful recipes and help promote Filipino dishes through this event.

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We have been too focused on the ill-effects and devastation of Typhoon Ondoy/Ketsana effects that the devastation of Pepeng/Parma which pounded Northern Luzon for more than a week was not given due noticed until the devastation was widespread.

Massive flooding in so many places which not just affected crops but homes and businesses as well. There have also been a lot of casualties caused by landslides.

Sigh.

It would have been great if the government can provide mobile homes to our affected countrymen as temporary shelters but as it is, rescue boats, rubber boats are not even available to be used.

I sincerely hope rescue efforts will continue so help those who were affected.

I sincerely hope and pray that relief goods would reach the right people too.

Tags: Parma, pepeng, Philippines, summer, thoughts

The country experienced one of the worst floods. It was so sudden that almost everyone was caught unaware.

We were so close to being affected by flood waters and we are thankful that prayers worked wonders. Now we pray even harder not only for our family but for others as well.

Our neighbors were not spared from the flood waters. As of today we can still see a lot of debris scattered on the streets because garbage trucks haven’t been  where we are the past week. Mattresses, wooden cabinets, books, electrical appliances like television, microwave ovens and even tv stands can be seen on the road.

Now as our country is being battered by yet another (category 5) supertyphoon, we can’t say we are ready for another round of rains.

God bless this country.

Tags: Ketsana, Ondoy, Parma, Philippines, storm, typhoon

With hundreds of lives lost during the typhoon Ondoy or typhoon Ketsana, perhaps some people are now thinking if they were able to get life insurance for their lost loved ones, everything would have been easier to deal with.

Not that I am saying what happened was easy but it could have made dealing with issues easier.

Anyway, if you are interested to find term life insurance go here.

And now  we brace ourselves for another round of last week’s rains. Sigh.

God be with us.

Tags: Parma, pepeng, Philippines, supertyphoon, weather

So many health issues are now being dealt with in the different evacuation centers where the displaced people are staying after typhoon Ondoy (international code name Ketsana) wrecked havoc to this poor country of ours. Yes, disease control should be on top of the list of concerns.

I heard over the radio for the past two days Ted Failon‘s call for donations for portalets and it was a good thing that a lot donated for this particular concern.

Doctors and nurses as well as other health workers are being deployed where they are immediately needed .

I just hope that medical research and development like those concerned with dengue, h1N1, and other concerns (like cancer research will not take a back seat.

As we brace ourselves with Parma, a (category 5) typhoon, we not only arm  ourselves with provisions but with prayers too.

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