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I grew up in a place where you can always eat fresh foods from vegetables, fishes, meats and fruits. I remember my grandmother would buy my favorite Tuna fish, crabs, shrimp and shells food. Those are the things I really miss a lot because it's hard to get fresh food here in the U.S. Almost everything if frozen or refrigerated even in the groceries. Why do seafoods is my favorite? Well aside from the fact that it's healthy, it is very delicious. Oh grilled fish, sauteed shrimp in sprite, fried Tuna... hum those are just few among so many seafoods that I love. I also love different recipes such as fried, bake, steam and other way of cooking fish, shrimp, crabs and other seafoods. I also love to eat salads seafood yuummy!


I got excited upon reading the Cook off contest online at
greatamericanseafoodcookoff.com. They have a yearly contest and now is the Fifth Annual Great American Seafood Cook-Off. I can't wait to know who will be the next King of American Seafoods. This Annual Great American Seafood Cook-Off will be started on Aug 2-3 at the New Orleans Morial Convention Center within the Louisiana Foodservice EXPO and the Gulf Coast Seafood Pavilion.

Visit the Cook off website to learn more. You are also free to give suggestions or share your own recipes and give some message on why and how that certain dish would be a great contender for a cook off.

Always remember about the “positiveness of domestic seafood sustainability”.

I'm going back and doing my tags. A lot of them has been slowly piling up and I feel swamped! Thanks Mommy Mitch for this tag. Here are the Rules: 1. List 6 things that describe yourself today or...

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One of the snags about starting a business is that however you do it, you have to consume money first, then get it back later.
Right now, my business is at the point where I have been working for a few months now, and have done long hours, but the total income received so far is slightly less than I would have had working for my previous employer. And the money owed me is twice that amount.
So, it is frustrating. I have things to buy, power-spending in clothing stores to do, as well as giving Hubby the chance to get goodies like new tires for my Jeep etc.
Now, notice that? - I get the clothes, and I get the new tires. On the other hand, I have had the work to do!
But Hubby was intending building a small sailing dinghy this summer, and the summer has nearly gone, so he will have to wait for next year. By that time I may have enough to just buy him one. But, knowing him, he will prefer to build one. Guys are like that. At least he is. It is worrying, I prefer to trust one made by someone else - after all, Hubby can't even fix a bath-tap without it leaking, what will he do with a boat?

My Hubby is very old-fashioned in how he does things. They say that as we get older we get more resistant to changes, but at the same time he occasionally will astound me by wanting to do a major thing in life that is really bizarre. Now, for instance, I will grab the calculator and punch in the figures before he has had time to even figure out where the calculator is, and it is the same with the calendar.
He insists upon having a paper calender so he can list things in it so as not to forget them. Not just any calendar, he has to have one with a good space for each day, so he can do his writing in there. I irritate him sometimes as I write something in, and he cannot read what it is, and tells me that the purpose of writing is to communicate, and so bad writing is useless writing. I just smile and tell him that I can read it, and that is all that matters.
Vistaprint.ca have a great selection of desk calendars, which might be a great idea, as it will stop the desk getting cluttered, as there will always be a need to have convenient access to the calendar!
Now here is a tip for those of you wanting to use a custom calendar as a medium for advertising your business. Get the calendar out nice and early, so it will be the one that is used rather than passed on, or even worse, lost into a drawer somewhere. Once the user has placed a reminder in a date for sometime in the coming year, they are really committed to having your business looking at them every day they are at work.

Well, Litzie said so! That’s coolness,girlie! Thanks so much;) Makes me smile!

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3. If you have more than one blog, please post this to all of your blogs so your other blogs can be listed to the master list too.
4. You need to pass the button to at least 4 people that you think are also divas in any way.
5. Come back here and leave your post url so you can be added to the master list and help increase our rankings.
6. Please add to the list below a reason why you love being online all the time.

Online Divas:
1. All Merging in the Path of My Life
2. My Big Picture
3. Walk on Red with Me
4. Supah MaMa Wannabe
5. The Stories of a Now SAHM
6. When Mom Speaks
7. Kathycot Cooking With a Twist
8. Me and Mine
9. Little Peanut
10. Pea in a Pod

Reasons why I am an Online Diva:
1. Litzie - It helps me pass time when I’m at work and don’t have any patient to attend to.
2. Yen- It helps me do what I like and love after a long day.

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I’m passing this to Arlene, Chikai, Mai and Francine.

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I have tons of photos from our over 3 months vacations back in the Philippines! It’s where I grew up and my siblings are still there so we had a fabulous time. And can you imagine how much photos I had? I got thousands..hehe Seriously. I toured around the country because we went away with the husband in the northern part and had a beach getaway. The little boy had his birthday party at my parents house. then the christening of my little peanut:) And there are more haps that we had! So now, I am printing myself the photos here at home. Not all of them though but my Mom wants a copy then there’s my Mom in-law wants copies too! So now, I am left with a lot of things to do:) Good thing my 5 in 1 copier/printer/scanner is a good use for me! It’s an HP that I bought a few years ago. I only have to buy a few Printer Ink and I am good to go! Good thing, there is online shopping that I can just click and someone will deliver it for me;) Less hassle and great deal too! and do you know that this ink cartridge right now are free shipping? Check it out!

Now, I need to start doing what I need to be doing;)

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This was taken when we had a getaway to Garden City of Samal Island in the Philippines a few weeks ago:) The water is so blue as well as the sky with white clouds! It was a perfect summer getaway if you ask me;)

Heave and Earth;-)

Happy Sky Watching everyone;-)

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When I went home for a vacation last month, I met some of my old friends again. It was so nice seeing some of them. Although I don’t have many but those I treasured friends that we have tested the time and distance! So we were chatting about our life, family and our plans. One friend shared how she wants to have her new house early next year. And since they are still applying for a home loan, I think the said plan will be push through earlier next year. I told her that they should check the best home loans provider in the city. Because they wouldn’t want to pay so much fees in the long run. I wish only the best for her and her new house! D, when I come home next year, I hope to visit the house:)

Anyhow, there are different kinds of home loans now a days. Depending on what you want in your plan. If you want a renovation or you want to get a new house. I don’t have much idea on this matter though but try to check the links I have posted because I’ve read that they offer great plans for housing plans if you are getting a home loan. Or anything you want for the said amount.

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It was few months ago when I first joined Entrecard. I remember I was blog hopping that day at ate Juliana's blog when I first saw an interesting image on her blog with a DROP sign on the bottom. Out of my curiosity, I clicked it and as I was redirected to the main site, I joined the site without even knowing what is it for. Actually I first thought it was a money generator website like triple p and other company that paid bloggers to post about certain product. After registration and copying codes, I have never visited the site again until few weeks ago when I saw more bloggers are using it especially my friends.

I then took time to read the site and how it really works as I heard it would really helps the traffic of your site or blog. And sure enough as I've learned dropping from one site to another, my traffic is getting better.

What I love about entry card, you will be able to visit different blogs and website with out leaving any messages on the tag board.

"The Luwak (Paradoxurus hermaphroditus) denizen of the coffee (kopi) plantations of Java, Sumatra, and Sulawesi, eats only the ripest coffee cherries.

Unable to digest the coffee beans, the Luwak graciously deposits them on the jungle floor where they are eagerly collected by the locals.

The stomach acids and enzymatic action involved in this unique fermentation process produces the beans for the world’s rarest coffee beverage." - Raven's Brew Coffee, Inc.

Wohooo! we didn't have to pay a premium price to sample this rare coffee, we actually had it for FREE! Turns out, the relatives we visited in Don Salvador Benedicto grow coffee and had sightings of the musang (which they locally refer to as a wild cat but is actually a civet). When they learned about Kopi Luwak and Kape Alamid (the Philippine version), they knew they were in for a treat! They call their local brew Kape Tae, which really, isn't all that appealing. I hope they change their mind about it and call it Kape Musang when they start selling their brew commercially.

Our host didn't think we were up to the challenge so they just brewed enough for six cups. The hubby and I had to wait a little while for our coffee to be served. When it came, it was simmering hot hot hot! They ran out of non-dairy creamer so we had to take it black just as it should be.

By occular inspection, I noticed a thin sebo-like layer on my cup of coffee. Must be natural oils or something (or so I hope LOL!). I'm no coffee connoiseur so I'm trying to explain this based on my personal, non-professional opinion. The taste? indescribable but the coffee experience was heavenly, according to the hubby. What with the cold weather and the sumptuous buffet of lutong-bahay we feasted just a few minutes passed. Me, I found it rather interesting! The coffee was so dark you'd think it would either have a burnt flavor or bitter taste. Surprisingly, it tasted just... I guess I'd have to agree with the hubby - indescribable but the coffee experience was indeed heavenly.

I would have wanted to ask if I could have some beans to take home with me but I chickened out right after I thought about it. Baka masanay tayo, eh, mahirap na, LOL!

I heard about the same occuring in Los Banos, Laguna but I haven't experienced it until this. We parked our car beside the KM34 SB13 road marker, put in on neutral and then voila! our car moved backward on the downhill slope.

They call this occurence the gravity hill or magnetic hill. We were awed by what we saw and talked much about it after the trip. Fascinating as it is, though, science (or is it?) explains it as a mere optical illusion. According to Wikipedia, "...Objects one would normally assume to be more-or-less perpendicular to the ground (such as trees) may actually be leaning, offsetting the visual reference."

Down goes my excitement....Oh well, whatever it is, it still makes for a good tourist attraction. Check it out for yourself!

Here's a list of other gravity hills around the world.

Related Posts on Don Salvador Benedicto:

• Don Salvador Benedicto, Neg. Occ.

• Kape Musang is to DSB as Kopi Luwak is to Indonesia

• The Stone House in Don Salvador Benedicto

MANILA, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / July 31, 2008) – Some P20 million worth of Chinese marine pollution control equipment were handed over Thursday to the Coast Guard and Filipino officials said it would be sent immediately to central Philippines where a ferry capsized in June during a typhoon.

The Chinese government donated the equipment last year to the Department of Social Welfare and Development and it was only on Thursday that they had been formally transferred to the Coast Guard.

The equipment include 10,800-meter oil spill boom, 500 pairs of protective overalls, 200 units of high pressure sprayers, among others, according to Coast Guard spokesman Armand Balilo.

He said it would be sent to Sibuyan Island where the 23,800-ton Princess of the Star which was carrying more than 800 passengers and crew capsized. About 5 dozen people had survived the tragedy. The ship was also carrying cargoes of pesticides and poisonous chemicals. (Chris Navara)

Before we went back here in Tokyo we had a week blast of fun. From the Christening of my little Axel, spending time at hotel pools in Royal Mandaya Hotel and Grand Regal Hotel & Casino for 3 nights then the celebration of my Mom in-laws retirement party. She had 3 times celebrations and one of that one was her birthday party. I posted photos in my flicker already. If you fancy you can check it out here. Then the overnight stay at Blue Waters Resort was a great time away from the hustle and bustle! I was with my 3 boys, my brother then our 2 yaya’s! It’s located in Garden City of Samal. A little off coast to Davao City. We paid 200 pesos for the boat ride. It’s around 10 minutes or 15. The perks of going there at weekdays? Is that we were the only guests in the resort! It’s a nice place if you really like to just relax.

Here are some photos. Click to view them bigger.

We rented 2 family bungalows. And can you imagine that it’s only 1,800/night? It’s not with breakfast though but it’s very cheap already. Don’t expect too much from the room but it’s clean,with aircon, huge beds, toilet is clean,cable tv and a terrace to view the beach! The bungalow where my bro and the yaya’s stayed has a little kitchen. With 2 rooms plus each rooms has 2 beds! With toilet as well. Friendly service and the resort is very clean! they have beautiful flowers, sandy white beach, they got a pool and you can go up the hill to view Davao City!

I have a lot of flower shots there because they have a garden that has abundant of flowers:)

The boys had fun swimming plus the yaya’s too..hehe I was the photographer so, I was in the side always. lol But I took a swim in the pool later that night! I only have that one photo in this trip though that’s why I posted it above..haha Oh no, I just saw another pic of me..but I look so fat in that shot so, I will not post that! hehe You think diet pills is good?

Anyhow, it was a nice getaway..Hope we can do it again next years summer vacation;)

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About 50 NPA rebels stormed the house of a banana grower and seized weapons from security guards after overpowering them late Wednesday in Buhangin district in the outskirts of Davao City. The rebels also raided the Lapanday banana plantation and RTQ construction firm in Buhangin and torched equipment and trucks.

Police and military said there were no reports of casualties or injuries and that security forces were pursuing the raiders. “We have dispatched additional police forces in the area to protect civilians from future attacks by rebels,” said a regional police spokesman, Chief Inspector Querubin Manalang.

Government troops were also deployed to track down the attackers, led by Leonardo Pitao, said Lieutenant Colonel Roland Joselito Bautista, spokesman of the Army’s 10th Infantry Division.

“We have deployed more troops to hunt down the NPA terrorists headed by Leonardo Pitao who were responsible for the attacks,” he told the Mindanao Examiner.

Last week, the rebels also raided a banana plantation owned by Dole Makilala town in North Cotabato province. Rebels also raided a drilling site of the Sagittarius Mines in Davao del Sur's Kiblawan town on July 19 and carted away a dozen firearms from the firm's arsenal.

The NPA said the attack was a punitive action against the banana plantation’s alleged encroachment into the cultivated farmlands of small farmers and indigenous tribes and for the injustices inflicted on its workers by militarizing their legitimate mass protests, and suppressing their leaders.

Rebels have vowed to launch more attacks against government and military targets in the southern Philippines where thousands of troops are battling the NPA, which is fighting for a separate Maoist state the past four decades.

Communist leaders broke off peace talks with the Arroyo government in 2004 after accusing Manila of reneging on its commitments to free all political prisoners and to put a stop to political killings, among others.

The United States and the European Union on Manila’s prodding listed the Communist Party of the Philippines and the NPA, including its political arm, the National Democratic Front, as foreign terrorist organizations and froze their assets abroad. (Romy Bwaga)

Paumanhin po at late na naman ako ngayong Huwebes. Nag-i-inarte na naman kaya ang internet connection dito sa amin.

Noong 2006, ako po ay tumira sa bayan ng Kep, 178kms ang layo mula sa syudad ng Phnom Penh. Dito, kasama ng aking asawa at alagang aso, kami ay nanirahan ng mahigit sa apat na buwan.

Ang mga sumusunod ay kuha sa dalampasigan ng Kep. Para sa akin, dito na yata matatagpuan ang pinaka-magandang takip-silim sa buong Cambodia.


Ito ang matatanaw mula sa kwartong inuupahan namin noon. Ang islang nasa background ay tinatawag na Phu Quoc at pag-aari na ng bansang Vietnam. Subalit ang mumunting isla sa gawing kaliwa ay pag-aari pa ng Cambodia at ito ay binansagan naming population one island dahil sa iisa lang po ang nakatira diyan at ito ay ang pulis na nagbabantay dito.


Kapag kami ay bababa patungong Psah Khdam (crab market), ito naman ang aming nakikita. Mga bangkang naghahanda sa muling pagpunta sa laot upang manghuli ng isda, alimango, pusit, atbp.


Ang mga nakausling kahoy na ito ay palatandaan na dito nakalagak ang lumang pier. Dahil sa kalumaan, nasira ito ng magkaroon ng masungit na panahon sa Kep. Dahil sa kakulangan (o kawalan) ng pondo ng pamahalaang lokal, hindi na ito nakumpuni pa.


Ang mga babae namang ito ang siyang naglilinis ng mga lalagyan ng kanilang huli. Ang iba riyan ay puno pa ng mga alimango at pusit na naghihintay na ibenta kinabukasan.


Ito naman ang mga sariwang pusit na galing sa itaas na larawan, niluto at naging masarap na pananghalian.

Blogathon Vancouver 2008 came, blogged and conquered! Thank you very much to everyone who passed by and donated for all the bloggers charities of choice. Much appreciation to Rebbecca, Miss604 for organizing, planning and making this years Blogathon Vancouver happened. And to my fellow participants: Tania Morrison (Ottawa), Raul, Shane Gibson, Karen Hamilton, Isabella Mori, Danny [...]

Because of my posts about diet pills, I was surprised to receive an email from a friend whom I haven’t seen for a long time. This friend of mine is also horizontally-challenged like me. Besides the usual formalities, she asked me two things: 1) why I didn’t post a picture of me in my sweet bikini, and 2) where to get the best diet pills?

So yeah, why is there no bikini photo?
My dear friend, the answer to that is very simple. I do not want Blogger to shut down the site. *lol* Yes, I mentioned about the results I am getting from exercising and yoga but my dear, losing weight is such a slow process that whatever results I am noticing, still it doesn’t show much! And believe me, it is even more difficult to lose weight when you are on holiday and there are temptations (read: food!) all around. I think, showing you the bikini is enough – you just let your imagination go wild!

As to best diet pills, it's difficult to say as I am not a user, but fret not, it’s very easy to find out, thanks to the Internet. You just have to type the magic words into your favorite search engine – and voila! You get all the information you need plus, some sites include where to get them. But as I always say, seek first the advice of your doctor and together work out on which one is best suited to you.

Ang una kung sumali sa Meme na ito.

Ito ay kuha ko nung nagbakasyon kami sa Boracay, Phillipines. Matagal na akong hindi nakabalik don kaya isang magandang ala-ala ang pagbalik namin dun kasama ko ang aking kabiyak;)

Ang sarap talaga sa Boracay. Sana sa susunod namin na bakasyon pag uwi namin makapunta na naman kami kasama ang dalawa kong anak:)

Maligayang Huwebes!

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Thank to Mai for considering me a friend online;) Means a lot!

Awarded: Mai | Yen | Your blog where you posted this.

I just got back from a long vacation and I missed being so much pampered with housework..lol So, my friends online makes it a relief for me.. Knowing that someone in another end reads my blahs and checks out what’s going on me and my haps..Thanks to all of you friends and visitors! And to those lurkers..hehe

I’m passing this to Arlene, Suzanne, Alpha, Faye, C. A., Nona, Chikai, Mitch, Carol, Caryl, Litzie, Diane, Buge, Wanda, Rachel, Francine, Vannie, Eds, Jhona, Kahty, Joy, JennyL, Peachy, Jody, Tere, ECl, Napaboanya, Charina, Sasha, Mich, Bless, Emmyrose, Kitty, MV, Amore, Teys, Kaje, Nita and to all the other friends I have online;) You know who you are!

Have fun friends!

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I know someone who used to sell stuff in online bidding community store But it was a little risky because of her products that is coming from Singapore and Hongkong. She was selling silver wares and silver jewelries. And since she’s based in the UK. It can be a little risky doing with international seller for her products. She told me something about merchant account that way she can just pay her supplier through that payment option. Or a bit hassle free for frozen payments if it’s payments are over $1K or more. she even said she got frozen accounts from a third party because of something to deal with the address. So when I saw this High Risk Merchant company that will help her facilitate her merchant account or third party processing to a better business dealings. It’s like this, you have your own business- a customer will pay you a credit card and this Virtual Terminal will be the one to arrange the money/payment. They accept any kinds of banks from around the country. And by that they are an expert to doing this. Through this Processing Equipment you will not be having problems dealing with frozen accounts as usually it’s the problem with high risk business. They specilaizes with pawn services, bail bonds, discounted meds, non branded items, replicas, brand new or reconditioned items. And even if it’s a dating services!

I’ll let my friend know about this company. that way, she can finally set up a merchant account that accepts credit cards that won’t be a problem with risky items specially items coming from China, Hongkong or Taiwan. Check it out too if you’re into selling items online! It does magic to your merchant accounts!

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I've read the book. Now I'm looking forward to see it on the big screen! We'll be seeing the young Tom Riddle in this new and upcoming film. Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince will surely be exciting!

Mathew 13: 47-53 Jer 18: 1-6 / Ps 146: 1-6 The kingdom of Heaven is like a dragnet that is cast in the sea and brings in a haul of all kinds of fish. (Matthew 13:47) Help us not to fear, Lord Jesus If we must lead a life of pain, In working to spread Your Good News We have hope of [...]

I have often wondered what the big attraction is that some people have for chocolate. My hubby can eat bar after bar of the stuff, and never really seems to tire of it, although occasionally he will complain of feeling too full of chocolate to eat any more!
I lie it as a little treat just once in a while, not all the time. I also like to vary it, sometimes having dark chocolate, and at other times milk.
But hubby is funny when he has chocolate - after he has eaten some, he sits back, and reminds me of one of those fat house cats that has just had a saucer of cream!

Does equality really exist between both men and women? Men and women do not share the same amount of strengths and weaknesses. However, the differences from simply being male or female are also a part of the equation. They have a tendency to perceive their world as “a challenge, a great effort to safeguard self-determination [...]

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Matthew 13: 44-46 Jer. 15: 10. 16-21 / Ps 59: 2-3. 4, 10-11, 17, 18 The kingdom of heaven is like a treasure hidden in the field. . . (Matthew 13: 44) Thank God for this greatest treasure: The gift of His Son by Whom we’re saved; It was His love beyond measure That freed us from what had us enslaved. “The [...]