My First Race to the Finish!

Friday, July 11, 2014

Yes! You definitely heard that right. I was in a triathlon event just this May 25 in the very picturesque The Bellevue Resort. 

Not knowing how to run a real triathlon, it's very surprising to know that it's similar to just organizing a party. The only difference is the supplies needed and how long it runs. Literally, this event ran for days from registration to awarding night.

DEFY 123 Triathlon, I guess, is one famous triathlon in the Philippines. It's not one of those hard core racing activities that you see in TV. Like what the participants said, it's more of a friendly competition among them.


Did I also tell you that this was my first time to go to Bohol? And to visit the resort my company is managing? Hitting two birds with one stone it is.


If you see it from the Presidential Suite, you'll definitely appreciate more what this resort offers!


Pardon my outfit above but I really just have to take a photo of me in the middle of a Koi pond.
I needed some photo with the athletes and at the race proper! :">











  

With our boss :)



We even met Matteo Guidicelli before heading back home! What a real surprise! :)












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Dashi-maki Tamago Recipe

Thursday, July 3, 2014

Do you have a rectangular egg pan/broiler which you aren't sure how to use? Well, yes you could make a rectangular pancake or omelet, but I'm sure you'll find it more fun and useful if you make this! :)

Here's what you need:
3-4 tbsp of shiro-dashi/combu tsuyu plus same amount of water (or I think any soup broth would work too)
1 tbsp mayonnaise
A little dash of salt and sugar
3 eggs


Mix all the ingredients aside from eggs.


Add eggs, and mix well. 


Pour 3/4 of the mixture on heated pan.


Then fold it thrice, like this before the egg becomes cooked.
This would make our Dashi-maki juicer.


Repeat the steps.


Until it becomes likes this.
This turned out to be not that perfect, but yeah, the shape should be something like this. :p


You may add it as an additional viand to an obento to add color!
Make it into a heart shape like this too! :)


A little advice in making obentos:
That in Japanese Obentos, colors and textures are important. There should preferably be Yellow - thus it is a basic option to have eggs on an obento, Green - for veggies, Brown - meat that is most probably the main viand, and Red -tomatoes, sweet peppers, etc. Also make or cut them into different shapes to make it look more fun and eye-catchy. Remember to fill in the spaces as much as possible so the viands would stay put on their places too. Try making a Japanese-y Obento the next time you're making your lunch box! 



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Easy Flourless Gateau Chocolat Recipe

Saturday, June 28, 2014


Today I am sharing a VERY easy recipe.
This recipe is so perfect for those when you're craving for something rich and chocolatey yummy but is too lazy to go out to buy, and too lazy to make something authentic either.

Plus, it's flour-less and uses only 4 ingredients!

Here's what you need:
1 bar (100g) dark chocolate
1 bar (100g) milk chocolate
30g sugar
100g cake margarine or unsalted butter
2 eggs



Melt chocolate and butter, then add sugar
(do not melt butter too much because you want the mixture to be creamy)


Add eggs one at time and mix carefully


Pour in a mold


Bake on preheated 180℃ oven for 20 minutes, and refrigerate overnight or put on freezer for a few hours.


The outcome is something gooey like this.
You can refrigerate or freeze it depending on how hard or soft you want it. :)
I personally loved it more when refrigerated overnight.



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Japanese Omelet Rice Recipe

Monday, June 23, 2014


Who want to learn another simple Japanese-y recipe??
You? 

Then here's what you need:
Cooking Oil
Sausage, Bacon or Pork
(we didn't had a sausage or bacon this time so I marinated pork with salt and All-spice, and I loved it!)
Rice
Tomato Catsup
Salt
Soy Sauce
Cheese
Fresh Eggs
Butter



Saute marinated pork in cooking oil.


Add rice and fry them all together


Add catsup and soy sauce to taste


Put in a plate and top with cheese


Melt butter in pan then add cooking oil


Fry eggs while mixing and leave the top of it half raw for a fluffy texture

This was my daughter's plate. :)

Top it on the catsup rice and decorate with catsup!



This is another of my daughter's favourite. Try it! :)



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Books I'd Like to Read

Wednesday, June 18, 2014

I love to read books, but I seem to not have the time to hold a real book and read it. 
It is a challenge for me to just sit back and relax and let the book take over my reality since my daughter likes to copy almost all the things I do, so she'd probably want to hold one of my books too and sit beside me while laughing, and that would be too cute for me to concentrate. ;)

Anyways, I still really hope to read a few books some time soon and these are the ones that I'm intrigued about (in no particular order).








Do you have any more book recommendations? Have you read any of these on my list? Any feedbacks? 
I actually made this post before Maya Angelou passed away, and it makes me want to read her book more!




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My Sushi Recipe for World Cup Cookbook

Friday, June 13, 2014

The World Cup has finally started!

And my Salad Maki Sushi recipe is on World Cup Cookbook ebook! :)

The World Cup Cookbook has 32 authentic recipes made by everyday people (including me) with simple recipes, from each nation competing for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. Aside from the food recipes, there are also 8 dessert recipes AND 32 drink recipes from each country!

This ebook is also for a cause. With the help of Unicef, for every 5 books sold, the World Cup Cookbook will donate a leather soccer ball to refugee camps and other neglected areas around the world to help children kick out of poverty!

Click on the link below and be a part of a food carnival and let's celebrate!
http://worldcupcookbook.com/


You can check out the sample recipes from South Korea, Mexico, Italy and Ghana from the website!




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Donburi Series: Chicken Teriyaki Donburi Recipe

Friday, May 30, 2014

Don't we all love Teriyaki?
I am always asked by friends on how to make this, so here it is!

What you need:
Chicken thighs
salt
1/4 cup soy sauce
1/4 cup Japanese wine
1/4 cup water
1/4 cup mirin 
2 tbsp sugar


Cut into preferred size and add just a little bit of salt then set aside


Skin first, put in a pan and wait until skin has become slightly brown, then pour in everything except for mirin and boil for about 15 minutes.


Now add the miring and simmer for 10 minutes.


Add sugar and boil until the sauce becomes sticky.


Serve with chopped lettuce and garnish with Japanese mayonnaise and pepper!


A sure hit that everyone will enjoy!




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Fun With Trolls No More!

I hate you.
I do not want to hear you anymore.
People who do not know how to listen should be sentenced to die.
Please shut up.
Did I just frustrate you? Or disrupt with what you are doing? I hope not because that was not really the plan. I stumbled upon “trolling” and I was wondering if I will be an effective one.
Initially, I thought trolling is all about those trolls we have when we were still young. Frankly speaking, i do not like how the dolls look. It partly scares me and triggers an idea that it will do something bad to me at midnight. Relating how trolls look like to me, trolling means subjecting someone to frustration or a negative feeling. Since it aims to raise negative feelings, the idea of it is not really good.
Checking on your Facebook newsfeed, you may see some of your friends’ posts showing hatred to someone you do not know (or maybe yes). Sometimes you may also see words of insult which look inappropriate. Indeed, these posts are inappropriate. (I hope you can see some because I see a lot of it from my friends.)
These posts may be considered a form of cyberbullying since it aims to disrupt any online environment. Even if you are not the target of these posts, people who see these words will be disrupted and will be subjected to react in no time.
When I experienced this from some of my friends, I realized how powerful social networking sites can be not just for the good, old times with your friends but for the badass days with your frenemies as well. It may be an avenue for ranting but this should not be the case in the long run. Those rants should not be posted for the world to see, if I may say.
Trolling, as I have mentioned, just not aims to disrupt online discussions but to elicit response from the people involved as well. Since people are vulnerable to reacting to posts especially those which seem a bit off, the troller will take its role as a reacting machine constantly sending offensive posts or messages.
This undermines the role of the online environment as an avenue for strengthening ties among people. However, because we have the freedom to do what we want to and because anonymity in the Internet offers so much, we could just do nothing much about it.
All we can do is to be the most responsible users we can be of the technology we have. Weakening trolling entails patience since we are vulnerable to reacting to something in an instant. Reacting just for the sake of reacting should be minimized to avoid eliciting unnecessary and irrelevant responses from people we know and people we do not know.
Although playing with a person posting non-sense things online may be fun, it will eventually be no fun because it will be all non-sense. Entertaining trolling is another. These people will keep on posting such things when they know that people will be disrupted by their posts and these will further reinforce their actions.
Playing with trolls may be fun when we were still young. But playing with trolls (or trolling) is no fun. It reflects how we are as a person and our thinking towards other people. Eventually, it will also lead us to how we will be in the future.



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