For the past two weeks, my cooking has been hectic and erratic due to the consecutive two weeks that I had Saturday parties eating out after work on some days due to Christmas/Home Shopping. Of course, there were leftovers to finish off too.
For this week, these are the only ones I remember cooking:
Tuesday (2/12/08): Baked Fish
Saturday (6/12/08): Egg, Spam and Fried Rice for breakfast and Menudo as ulam for the day.
Ito ang aking lahok sa Litratong Pinoy na may temang Eksayted!
This is my entry to Litratong Pinoy’s Theme Excited!
Marami sa atin ang eksayted na sa panahong ito dahil malapit na ang Pasko, pero ako, mas eksayted akong salubungin ang Bagong Taon.
At sa sobrang pagka-eksayted ko, Oktubre palang bumili na ako ng 2009 Planner. Kasi ang daming kong hinahangad na mangyari sa susunod na taon, ang ilan sa mga ito ay:
(1) ang pagsalubong sa Bagong Taon na kapiling ang aking asawa at gusto ko ay ma-experience din niya kung paano mag-celebrate ng bagong taon dito sa Australia.
(2) ang pag-celebrate namin ng aking asawa ng 2nd wedding anniversary NA MAGKASAMA (nasa Dubai pa kasi siya nung mag-1st year anniversary kami).
(3) ang pag-celebrate ng aking kaarawan na kasama ang asawa ko (ulit!).
(4) ang katuparan ng mas marami pa naming pangarap para sa munti naming pamilya.
(5) ang makapiling ang aking mga magulang dahil SANA ay matuloy ang kanilang pagbabakasyon dito (ito ay mataimtim kong pinagdarasal ngayon).
Maligayang Huwebes!
English Translation:
A lot of us are looking forward to Christmas, but me, I’m more excited to celebrate the New Year.
And because I’m so excited for 2009 to come, I already bought a planner in October. Because I’m wishing for a lot of things to happen in 2009 like:
(1) Welcoming 2009 with my Husband and showing him how Australia celebrates the New Year.
(2) Celebration of our 2nd Wedding Anniversary TOGETHER (because he was in Dubai when we had our 1st Wedding Anniversary).
(3) Celebration of my birthday with my husband (again!)
(4) Realization of more dreams of our little family.
(5) Spend time with my parents, hoping they will come here for a vacation (this one I’m really praying so fervently).
Happy Thursday!
Christmas Floor Mat
We don’t have much Christmas decors in the home and we don’t have plans of putting up so much Christmas decors due to the fact that we only moved in and still getting settled in our home. But as early as November, I put out our Christmas Floor Mat so we can have a feel of Christmas inside the home.
Christmas Floor Mats are available in department stores here in Australia, prices range from AUD$10.00-20.00 (today’s exchange rate is AUD$1.00 = Php31.95).
For other Fab Holiday Finds, click here.
America has declared recession.
“WASHINGTON – The United States is in a recession and it’s getting worse. Wall Street convulsed at the news — and a fresh batch of bad economic reports — tanking nearly 680 points.”
Read more here.
If you have received your Christmas bonuses already, be sure to save a substantial amount from what you have received. The world will survive this financial crisis but there will be a tough road ahead for us all next year. It won’t hurt if we all practice the value of Prudence nowadays. Let’s all spend wisely.
And for those who received or will be receiving bonuses this Christmas, be grateful (because here in Australia, there are no such things).
That’s it for now!
…literally and figuratively speaking.
We had a sunny weather today, as if to make the first day of Summer here in Australia. And everytime the sun shines brightly throughout the day, we will surely be watching a beautiful show of colors during sunset, just like today. Husband and I were in awe of the spectacle infront of us after dinner.
This was the view from our balcony a few minutes before 8 o’clock tonight.
The sunset in focus…
Almost twilight…
To the one above who makes all things possible and spectacular, thank you for a beautiful day…and thank you for the wonderful surprise you blessed us with today.