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Here is my version of Alton's Cheese Cake. I was so intrigued how to make baked cheese cake coz, I can't have raw cheese these days (not safe for baby). It's my first attempt to make baked cheese cake, otherwise, the no-bake cheese cake is relatively easy. I learned a lot of tricks from Alton's video, Hat's off on the investigation on "The Trouble With Cheese Cake"

Today, we are given these packages named Mobile Phone Charger from PLDT/SMART. This is for a raffle, and fortunately, i got one of them. SO take a look of that latest (i don't know if it is) GADGET... This can be use for emergency, like you are having a low battery while you are texting along the street, so grab this gadget and plug it to your cellphone and there you go... charging is on progress! weeeeeeeee.. Plus..this is loaded with a single AA battery only....

HOW TO USE:
1. Unscrew bottom cover and load a single AA battery into the charger (use alkaline battery for best result)
2. Connect and adapter which is suitable for your phone to the charger
3. Connect your phone to the adapter and the LED will light.

CAPABILITY:
1. Use a single AA battery
2. Output current 350mA maximum
3. Give you 2 hours stand by time
4. Supply current more than 259mA to the device
5. Current limited for safety
6. When AA battery runs out of power, the LED turns off automatically
7. Typical efficiency: 85%

PIX:

I think it's a great idea to give away something you make yourself during christmas, with the "labor of LOVE". For this season, I gave away some christmas cookies to some friends around and to some staffs of the apartment. The receptionists and staff had been very helpful to us since we moved in, so I guess its time to give something back specially on the light of Christmas.I used the basic

Christmas Honey Glazed Ham Ingredients: 5-6 lb. fully cooked ham 1/4 cup whole cloves 1/4 cup dark corn syrup 1 1/2 cups honey 2/3 cup butter 1/8 tsp. white & Black pepper Preparation: Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Place ham cut side down in a foil-lined roasting pan. Using a sharp knife, score the surface of the ham in a diamong pattern. Insert a clove in each of the scored intersections.

Had a wonderful night-out with a close friend of mine last night. Pam’s been in Cagayan de Oro all these years, so we rarely see each other anymore. So we made sure to spend some quality time together yesterday.

We met up at my favorite coffee shop, Basti’s, then proceeded to Nezz74 Café for dinner. Someone had told me that the food there was good, so we checked it out. It’s a nice enough place… but the food’s nothing fantastic, sad to say. Pam had the lechon kawali, and it wasn’t really all that great. My sweet and sour fish fillet of malasugui was OK though. Their coffee? I’m sticking to Basti’s. (more…)

it was hard taking to heart the Mass last night since it was in deep Cebuano. while I can understand and converse in the language, listening for an entire two hours can be draining. there were a lot of words missed here and there. considering that i have the tendency to get lost in a regular English or Tagalog Mass.

I decided to reflect on my own instead of following the priest sermon. i remember watching "the Nativity" last year and finding myself more touched by it than "The Passion of the Christ." I felt somewhat guilty feeling since it is Holy Week that is the most meaningful Catholic celebration.

However, as I look back at "the Nativity," it was probably the humanity of everyone surrounding Christ that touched me the most. I kept wondering what if Mary said no... what if Mary said yes but Joseph said no... what if the three Magi decided that the star was just another star... what if they did not listen to the angel or if they do not believe in it...

the birth of Christ became possible not merely because God willed it to be, but rather the people he asked let their free will and choice to bring forth the event of the birth of He who is to save us all.

it is and will always be about the YES. it started with Mary's yes and ultimately Jesus's yes to accept his destiny as God to suffer for mankind.

yes, Christmas is all about the giving. while it takes form of gifts for mankind... each gift that is given should be a symbol of a yes being shared with that person. our yeses to the people we love... our yeses that in the end returns to that little child born on the manger.

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL!

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Hi All Blog hoppers and blogmates of mine! I wish you all the best this coming Christmas! Peace, Love, Prosperity and Cooperation will soon take place in our LAND!

I acknowledge REDLAN for this Christmas tree idea.. just wanna borrow bro...

To all my BLOGMATES! Merry, Merry, Merry Christmas!

and more more more from my Christmas loot. there was just so much fun stuff i've received this year. heeeheee.

so looky that sock on the left. let me describe to you what you can already see, just pretend i'm that obnoxious movie-goer that does a commentary on the film you are obviously seeing as well ("ay, o! napatay niya yung kalaban!"). it's a lavender and purple with sheep prints. and ooooh! a ball at the garter. heeeheeee!

but wait.

it's not just a ball.

it's also a sheep head. and see, that's how it looks on my feet (never mind the man-ankles). it even matches my bed sheet. which i did not choose by the way.

anyway, how cool is that, huh? nyehehehe!

thanks to my sister for the cutest pair of socks ever. i feel like i'm five again, getting ready for kinder school. hehehe! i was supposed to wear it today, but my pants won't allow the sheep head to peek, so maybe when i wear capris or a skirt. hehe! it's a saturday sock, i think.

sis didn't only give me this. she also gave me a pair of hoop earrings with bells (so it's like hearing tinkerbell everytime i move my head. i am peter pan!). and a pair of dangling peace sign earrings. wunnerful, wunnerful stuff!

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on the more serious side of things, cheese escudero has filed his certificate of candidacy for the senate today. the first of either opposition or administration candidates to do so. even with all the rumors (or not) going around about who's running and what party, most of the people have pretended to be cryptic by answering, "i'll think about it" or worse, "i'm praying about it." now, let's not drag God in your mess, okay.

anyway, cheese definitely has my vote. it doesn't matter if he is an avid erap supporter. he has more brains that mike defensor, raul gonzales and angie reyes combined! though i may not entirely agree with escudero's beliefs, i could say at the very least that he mulls over his opinions and expresses them with conviction. he makes it sound that he really believes in what he says, or maybe he really does. unlike the crap that comes out from defensor's mouth, who clearly is an arroyo puppet. and flashes of PP1071 moments come into mind. blech.

he speaks well and explains well. at the very least, he knows what he is talking about. we need more people in the senate and congress who actually use their brain.

so, go escudero! one vote here.

it helps too that he's cute. ;p

I wonder what would happen to you if these two people show up and present such beautiful award-winning acts in front of you.

I tell you, this is not your conventional Christmas Carol. At the least, the good thing here is, you will be able to get free -for the mean time- from those carolers' annoying voices (or screeches?). Just be sure these beings won't attack you after their performance.

Good luck.

The gift is wrapped in course paper,
in the color of overheated cinders.
Entwined with a red ribbon,
I opened it and I saw you.
Forcedly closing the lid down,
you escaped with so much ease.

There was nothing I can do,
so I let you.

You went to our dining room
and gluttony encounters our fruitcake and roast turkey.
You ate the crystals, spoons, and forks.

You grinned at every guest
and shredded the letters they brought.
You ate the envelopes.

You played with the children
and tricked them in every game.
You ate all the prizes.

You outran us outside when midnight came
and burned the variety of firecrackers we had.
You ate the falling ashes.

You hunched under the table
and ripped our presents open.
You ate the wrappers.

You shook our well-decorated tree
and broke all the lights.
You ate the glass balls.

You finally approached our house’s highlight
and threw the littlest figure away.
You ate the rest of the nativity scene.

Since there was nothing I can do,
I swallowed our mistletoe
then took a poinsettia for your casket.

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And to add to our list, two new items unexpectedly came into our midst. Yeah, they came. Believe me.

First came this minute creature -and of course white- about half the size of my thumb. Well, considering that this thumb of mine is not normal as what it should be, as other people had stated.

A little rodent appeared before my eyes; thanks to my nephew who brought it close to my face showing it off while I was intently watching a video. Actually, it was all of my nephew’s juvenile acts bringing along with him this creature from school. (I wonder where he got it).

Nope. I did not shriek. I just loved watching it. The thing comfortably slept in my wrinkled shirt when I placed it near my belly. Now that’s what you call confidence.

It played around the living room (got a hard time shooing away our keen trusty cats, remember Cloudy?), had its first pictorials, fed it up with food, and left it in his new home made more comfortable after my brother decided of placing it inside a wide-rimmed flower vase.

Here it is:





Another pearly whitey is (drumroll please, after two dull years of longing for it) our high school yearbook. Don’t get squirmy here but yes, this is the week that I had finally laid my hands on the book.

I conceptualized it from the front cover to its back, I did the lay-outs, and all the necessary things to make it visually arresting, and this is the product:




Now you can truly say that we are not supposed to judge a book by its cover. And I have my affirmation to that.

I wrote the “About the Cover” for this Erudite yearbook:

Erudite.

One who is marked by deep extensive learning.
One who still stands after enduring all the necessities and tests.

Like the flame, it brightens the dark corners of a room,
giving light to those who needed it and surpassing
the depressing blankness—though the flame stands alone.

With this flame that symbolically keeps burning in the spirit of a [GCS] student,
one manages to find the right way along its brilliant guidance,
trekking with uncertain danger and confronting all fears till the end,
to be distinguished as a deserving Erudite.

With this passion that we shall call the Blue Flame.

B L F R G

I personally love it even though the writing is high schoolish (pardon and allow me to use such word) and dumb, set aside that it is white, until I took a peek of its insides. It’s a failure.

Mistakes are all over!

Pictures mismatched, nicknames exchanged, pictures so scarce, and my valuable class prophecy lost its last paragraph! What in the h…What the f...

I don’t know what to say. It has been published and I have nothing to do—unless I go chasing those people who got the book and grab it then burn it at the same time project a loud hollow deep laughter (bwahaha!).

And for approximately two years in the making, the outcome is just a mediocre. Let us call this a lampoon issue.

It just turned out that white is not at all elegant for me this month.

And now that the month of stressful November had finally flipped its page and give way for December on our calendar, let me have a time reviewing certain people and their inimitable character that they brought along in the office.

To avoid any biases, I am going to present everyone in any order. Because if I do it in an Authority Order, meaning who’s the most powerful of the group goes on top of the line, probably I can be found in a trash someday. And I think I’m going to regret that in my whole life, hah!

Oh, the glorious ED BOARD. Obviously, first of the line is Michelle Eve de Guzman. Give her the unnecessary kick when it comes to serious businesses and you’ll receive the necessary punch right at your face.

If that happens, Kimberly Daphne Gari is always there to catch any falling debris. Well, being the trusted back-up, it is not unexpected.

Anthony Gerard Odtohan is the most unique animal of the highest intelligence. Just take a visit in our office if you want some cooling down, for you know, in these days it is really hot outside.

Need a tune up? Micah Stefan Dagaerag is available, a faithful, reverent servant—to the board. Just be careful with his corny jokes, they are all on its literal level: corn.

To complete the inevitable Ed Board, here’s Claudine Lim. Being the Witch (or should I change “W” with “B”?) of Finance who is irate on the smallest trash she could spot on the floor, this girl is smooth on the outside and nutty in the inside.

Yeah, this is the part where I am really excited: THE UNION. Nope, this is not grouped to form an alliance against the Ed Board, we just eventually congregate together after finding out that we have a lot of common perceptions.

Janseven Rodolfo Quijote shakes every corner of the office when the place goes placid.

And there’s Donna Ametyst Bernardo to shut him up. These first two people should have represented the monarchs of the gang but they usually ended up overshadowed by a creature of some sort:

Marianne Catherine Tapales and her whatamouth! No need for lengthy talks here.

Trailing behind the mouth-in-human-outward-appearance is Rodrigo Bolivar ll, passionate in Pinoy literature, more passionate in ice-cold beer.

Joining the drinking bandwagon is the one and only John Boaz Lee. Wait, you should meet Alice by the way.

Also, who would forget the eternally updated Paul Vincent Gatdula? He may be just the person who took a big awful bite on Marianne, but he is truly wonderful!

Going gong gongs? Maybe you have just caught a flu that Joseph Vicente Bañares is responsible for. A friendly warning, he’s sick in mind and body(?) eight days a week. Yup, eight!

Add this guy and we will know what time of the day Kris Aquino is going to let trim her nails or comb her hair. Niño Jose Gonzales is a walking compendium about that lady.

Recently graduated are Jeruel Ian Mondarte and Claro Cagulada. The first person did the overall artistry of the paper and the other did the crisp-and-cool shots for the weekly job. Unfortunately, they go poof!

Well, there are some people of lesser evil and these are THE SUB-UNIONS. Particularly difficult to identify with on which side they are on, if either they’re on the mutants or the mortals, these bunch is still crazy in their own right.

Leading the pack, the ever lost boy wonder of the century and replacing the past title holder Dirgy, is John Steve Lancin. Still the same bitaw.

Outnumbering her lessons memorized with her ballpens that she always carry around, Marie Rochelle Bacay’s only grievance is that she always fall for the Animal Beat.

Freshest of us all are Pearl Angelie Rada, Sesinando Quilao Jr., Marvin Luther Tan, and Aiken Emmanuel Quipot. Though the last guy is geared for treading on the Union Affiliations, the latter have blurred future on encompassing the wills and virtues of The Union. Juowk!

I can't hide the excitement about going home. I haven't been back home for almost a year now. Too bad I need to work a thousand miles away from home. But that's ok. The end of the year always gives me a thrill. I giggle like a child whenever I think about what's in store for me this Christmas. I am not even a teenager anymore but I still look forward to getting presents. I'm just glad I got a