THE UNIVERSE WILL GIVE ME

WHAT I NEED

Fusion of two of the best cameras in the world…

Cakon….Ninon!

…nang minsang mapaglaruang idugtong ang Nikon flash sa Canon body.

Now that Chris and I are together again, we are now able to celebrate events we used to celebrate when we were still steadies, one of which is the Mooncake Festival. I had onced mentioned a long time ago that we love celebrating Chinese Celebrations, one is the Chinese New Year and the other is the Mooncake Festival. We are not Chinese and we don’t celebrate the way Chinese people do…but we see nothing wrong with celebrating other culture’s traditions. When it comes to Chinese celebrations, it’s all in the spirit of good luck, good will and good food..so why not??? I’d say take it, take it…eat it, eat it! 🙂

We started celebrating Mooncake Festival well into our 3rd year of being steadies methinks. The husband belonged to the ad team of the bank where we used to work in Makati and were in-charge of sending Mooncakes to Chinese clients. Being part of the ad team, of course they got free Mooncakes too. Until the time we left the Phils, we celebrated Mooncake Festival in our own little way. On the eve or on the day of Mooncake Festival, we’d hang out at Starbucks and eat Mooncakes with our cup of coffee.

According to Wikipedia, Mooncake Festival, also known as the Mid-Autumn Festival, is a celebration of abundance and togetherness, it is for this fact why I love celebrating this festival.

There were no plans to celebrate this year. I even had the thought we wouldn’t celebrate anymore because we didn’t have free Mooncake, but two weeks ago, I went shopping at Chinatown and got myself free Mooncake.

So after Chris’ advanced birthday party at the Rendon’s place, we dropped by a cafe in Blacktown called Dolce and celebrated Mooncake Festival.

The Mooncake I got was tiny compared to the Mooncakes we get before but it’s the thought that we are celebrating abundance and togetherness is what matters most. However small, the important thing is that we get to share it with each other…the way we share everything else in our lives.

To those who celebrated Mooncake Festival, hope you had a good one .

To Siomai Love For The Husband

I went on half-day and had lunch with him at Blackbird Cafe in Darling Harbour. We had my favorite Penne Arrabiata and Supreme Pizza.

The reason why I love eating at Blackbird Cafe is that even if they’re not an Italian Restaurant, they serve really good pasta and pizza.

The Penne Arrabiata wass really spicy (some restos claim their Arrabiata’s spicy but they’re actually not) and full of flavor with lots of red capsicum. I love it!

Their Supreme Pizza was one of the most delicious pizzas I’ve ever tasted. It’s thin crust with a dash of tomato sauce and cheese (just right, not overflowing) the way Italians make their pizzas. It has lots of toppings, the crust can’t almost handle it. The best part was they used whole olives (other restos chop them which I really don’t like) so when I saw the pizza, I just had to say, “Shushality! Buo ang Olives!”. Oh and another thing, it’s not oily compared to the ones we buy from the foodcourt or order from delivery.

It was a beautiful day today, the sun was out and it felt like summer. We dined by the Blackbird Cafe’s balcony and enjoy the refreshing warm weather. This was our view while we ate lunch.

After lunch, I went off to do my scouting for an authentic Korean BBQ Restaurant. I found authentic ones but not those ones who will let you cook the meat. So it seems like we won’t be having Korean BBQ in the city. I’ll take him to a suburb near the city, one that will have that authentic BBQ that I have in mind. It will be further away from the city but what the heck, it’s worth going there.

To Siomai Love For Me

First time to enter Kinokuniya (Japanese bookstore) and I was overwhelmed to see the biggest bookstore I’ve ever been to. When I entered the shop, I literally froze in the middle of where I was standing and just didn’t know where to start. My first reaction was “This bookstore should have a map!”. They have computers where you can search for the books you’re looking for but I didn’t have the patience to wait for the guy (who was before me) to finish. And being that it’s a bookstore, I’m not impressed with the lighting, it’s a bit dark for me. Although the place was divided into different sections, there’s just so many books and it’s just too big. Believe it or not, with all my complaints about the bookstore, I still love it and it’s now one of my favorite bookstores in the world and I’ll probably get used to it sooner or later.

However big it was, I found a book that I’m NOT looking for…

And yes, by the looks of the photo above, I bought it and made my way to the nearest, quietest Starbucks I could find (it’s in Hyde Park). Ordered a Grande Caffe Latte and a Lemon Lime Tart. The Lemon Lime Tart is the first and last that I will order in any cafe, it’s yuck pala! Too sour, too bitter, ewan.

After two chapters, I went off and met up with my relatives in Blacktown. Instead of going to the salon, I went straight to the supermarket and did grocery shopping for tomorrow’s lunch (I’m cooking Adobo again haha!).

To Siomai Love For the Wifey

Here’s the real Siomai story 🙂 Husband arrived home and said “I have a surprise for you”, then he brought out Siomai. Weeee! 🙂

September is officially my busiest month at work that even if I’m entitled to two days off, the best I can do is take a half-day off today and a whole day off on Wednesday. The only reason why I’m taking some time off is because it’s for the Husband’s birthday.

Today, I’ll be walking the streets of the City in the hopes of finding a Korean Barbeque Resto. I’ve got leads and recos from friends already so I just need to check some of them out. I need to know if it is authentic Korean BBQ where you can cook the meat yourselves. The Husband told me that’s what he wanted to eat on his birthday.

Wednesday is his birthday, so busy or not, I want to take him out on his day.

And while I’m a quest for a Korean BBQ Resto, I will also spend some Me time . I’m thinking Starbucks??? It’s been so long since I’ve had Starbucks. Can’t wait!

Have a great weekend everyone!