Saturday, December 21, 2024

HAPPY WINTER SOLSTICE!

 

From this tree to this Christmas tree...then our present Christmas tree 2024.

It's our fresh bougainvillea & banana tree (plant - the 3rd regeneration) with Christmas decors. That will do for such frugal, being thrifty, innovative way to celebrate the spirit of Christmas.

Adorn the curtains too with Christmas balls, beads and snowflakes. Then realized that's so simple and boring.

Eureka!! It is what it is.
 

No chimney to hang the Christmas stockings but we have a curtain to hang them with.

I know everybody's too busy nowadays some of you are busy preparing sumptous pastries and delicacies and the others are busy shopping for gifts, foods to prepare and cook for the Holidays.

WISHING EVERYONE THE VERY BEST:

HAPPY WINTER SOLSTICE!

The shortest day the longest night.

Hey it's always been 24 hours per day! 

MERRY CHRISTMAS in advance!!πŸ‘Ό

Sunday, December 1, 2024

CALENDAR OF EVENTS - December 2024

 'Tis the season to be jolly, fa la la la )))))))

DECEMBER the 12th month of the year. The most remarkable, precious and the most important month of the calendar years because JESUS the Son of God was born on this very special month, JESUS the Saviour, the Redeemer, the Evangelist, the TRUTH & THE LIFE.

DECEMBER 2024 - Calendar Of Events:

December 1   First Sunday Advent

December  1  Rosa Parks Day

December  2  Cyber Monday - online shopping deals

December  3  Giving Tuesday - generosity at play

December  6  Saint Nicholas Day

December  7  Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day

December  8  Happy Birthday Cathie!

December  9  Feast of the Immaculate Conception

December 12 Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe

December  21 Winter Solstice

December  24  Christmas Eve

December  25  HAPPY BIRTHDAY JESUS!πŸ‘ΆπŸ’“πŸ™Œ

 


December  26  HANUKKAH Festival of Lights

December  26  Boxing Day

December  31  New Year's Eve

Friday, November 29, 2024

Whatever!

 It was after Thanksgiving Day in Canada when all of a sudden almost every homes in Canada had Christmas decor outside. Christmas lights and all the bling bling, inflatables of Snowmen, Santa, elves, sleigh, reindeers including the famous Grinch.

Other homes had their Christmas trees the artificial ones adorned and lighted, visible through their glass windows. That's one thing to be happy about with artificial trees instead of buying fresh douglas fir. It could take only 3 weeks for a real tree looking fresh inside the house even if you have the tree soaked on watered base. 

For us here... we haven't adorn our home yet of any Christmas decorations whatsoever. We're Christian, we are Catholics, but that's who we are. It's not that we have a festive demeanor or the spirit of Christmas when it comes to decor but because my family believe in good food at the table on Christmas Day and family togetherness. Of course its different with every family. So many families have their own drama, full of entertainment happenings and some families are so boring. Love your own family in whatever they can contribute to the special holidays of December whether in material gifts, emotional cheers and or emotional intelligence. For the dramatic and war-like "politicians" in your family or clan better stay away from them. lol

What Christmas  decorations for when you don't have food on the table? I know had seen some before and I wonder what's the secret? Are they hoarding? Ha ha! J/K

Besides, those Christmas lights would be high hydro bills in January. Anyway, so many of them can afford and no worries whatsoever. Maybe they are friends with the HYDRO.

Anyway, everyone has their own opinion and they have their own way of celebrating Christmas. 

Be happy with what you have! GOD BLESS EVERYBODY!! Cheers!

Maybe I'll just hang Christmas ornaments on the bougainvillea plant and banana plant. LOL.

The bougainvillea has grown fast and looking more like an octopus with tentacles.



Friday, November 1, 2024

CALENDAR OF EVENTS 2024 - November

 NOVEMBER...November where abundance of chrysanthemums abound, persimmons, citrus and mandarin oranges.

NOVEMBER the 11th month of the year.

Our CALENDAR OF EVENTS FOR NOVEMBER:

November 1    - All Saints Day

November 2    - All Souls Day

November 5    - World Tsunami Awareness Day

November 5    - 2024 US PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION and the winner is... 

Congratulations PRESIDENT Elect Donald J. Trump, 47th US President

November 8    - National Aboriginal Vet Day

November 9    - HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOTHER!

November 10  - World Science Day for Peace & Development

November 11  - Remembrance Day


 

November 13 - World Kindness Day

November 14 - World Diabetes Day

November 15 - National Philanthropy Day

November 16 - International Day for Tolerance

November 19 - National Men's Day

November 20 - Universal Children's Day

November 21 - World Philosophy Day

November 23 - HAPPY BIRTHDAY ADELE!

November 25 - World TV Day

November 25 - International Day for Elimination of Violence Against Women

November 28 - HAPPY THANKSGIVING DAY USA!!

November 30 - St. Andrew's Day

HAPPY FEAST OF SAINTS!πŸ™πŸ™Œ

HAPPY BIRTHDAYS & HAPPY ANNIVERSARIES TO ALL NOVEMBER CELEBRANTS!

For the Americans: VOTE WISELY!! Vote for those candidates that will help you through economic crisis. Vote for the best leader that will secure and  protect your country from terrorism and invasion & hopefully will STOP THE WARS.

Friday, October 25, 2024

Pollen Everywhere

 It's already FALL why there's pollen in the air? 

Truth is there's more pollen during autumn season because it gets windy and leaves are falling one by one and airborne mites and other unknown origins tiny microscopic comes floating in the air through the winds. 

There are storms, typhoons and hurricanes during autumn season.

You don't know what is being carried away and swept away through the streams of water.

Maybe it is during winter when the snow is on the ground and snow covered forest and vegetation... that's the only chance that pollen is out of sight.

So, be very aware.

Friday, October 18, 2024

Do The Right Thing

 What happened two days ago between Israel and the death of the leader of Hamas... would it changed the course of the war? I hope so.

Let there be PEACE. Stop all the wars now.

 Release all the Israelite hostages!! It's about time. What are they waiting for?

LET'S CONQUER EVIL ONCE AND FOR ALL.

Monday, October 7, 2024

One Year Anniversary!

 TODAY, marks the one year anniversary of the tragic event, the bloody massacre of innocent civilians and young female guards/gatekeepers in Israel. Young and old people of all ages... what have they done to deserve horrendous, horrible death from the bloody evil hands of the terrorist group Hamas? What on Earth they had done and committed evil acts of unspeakable murders of children, families and some were brutally assaulted and raped. Not enough? Hundreds of them were abducted and taken hostage. 

The terrorists haven't return the rest of the Jewish people whom they abducted. It's one year! 

How long the war will go on? 

The world in turmoil, the world in peril. 

The continuous war might lead to WORLD WAR III.

May the LORD OUR GOD BLESS ALL OF US. πŸ™

Saturday, October 5, 2024

Thursday, October 3, 2024

October 2024 - Calendar of Events

 Would you believe it's already October? How time flies and it's almost at the speed of light. I just couldn't believe it. How many more days to Christmas? 83 more days?

 How are we to celebrate so many of the Holidays with a big bang? I know it's hard, too difficult with all the conflict of what had happened in the past that resulted with the on-going wars after wars.

Too many special Holidays and too many festivities around the world. 

OCTOBER 2024

3  October    - ROSH HASHANAH Jewish New Year. Time of Reflection & Renewal

4  October    - St. Francis of Assisi - Feast of St. Francis the Patron Saint of animals & environment

5  October    - HAPPY WEDDING ANNIVERSARY to my IN-LAWS IN HEAVENπŸ’πŸ™

5  October    - HAPPY WEDDING ANNIVERSARY  L&VπŸ’‹πŸ’“

7  October    - Child Health Day

7 October     - One Year Anniversary of the Unspeakable Tragedy in Israel - October 7, 2023

9  October    - Leif Erikson "The Viking" - his expedition led to the discovery of North America

12 October  - YOM KIPPUR Day of Atonement

14 October  -  Columbus Day

14 October  -  THANKSGIVING DAY

16 October  -  Boss's Day

17 October  -  First day of Sukkot

19 October  -  Sweetest Day

19 October  -  Federal Election in Canada

23 October  -  Last Day of Atonement

31 October  -  Halloween

Wishing everybody the best of health. PEACE & KINDNESS to each and everyone. It's time to count your blessings. You are alive and what you can do today and the next day is to achieve what you cannot do the other day. As usual, DESIDERATA is the moral code that each one of us should be the guiding force that makes us humans. 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY Birthday Celebrants!

HAPPY ANNIVERSARIES to all wonderful, lovely couples.πŸ‘«πŸ’“πŸ‘«

WELCOME NEWBORNS!!πŸ’“πŸ‘Ά

May the LORD OUR GOD bless all of us. πŸ™ŒπŸ™πŸ™Œ

Sunday, September 22, 2024

Life Goes On

 O-M-G !! AUTUMN HERE WE COME! It's FALL ... some had fallen.

How time flies so fast and so cheery wonderful Autumn is now here officially to stay until December 21, 2024. The good thing is big bears and other wild animals will soon hibernate. There is no hibernation for the humans though. 

Yes, it is much cooler for Canada and United States of America. It is time for hot heads to cool off. lol Reason for why there's always war in those hot regions of the Earth? Simply they cannot stand the heat.

Hey wildfires are no longer in the news on TV. Thank God! Enough is enough.

Those suspicious, very suspicious wildfires? Hmm... Lightning's not the cause of those wildfires. 

Remember what Carl Sagan of SETI has said long time ago about "aliens?" 

Well the signals usually in the form of fires within that area of suspicion. While the native Indians could only send smoke signals.

Maybe they got tired of smoke and fire signals and it's over for them, as in too tiring when nobody can really decipher their signals. Lost cause like a locust.

Aliens are in the form of human form. Ha ha ha! J/K

Anyway Life is an art. Art is life.

Sunday, September 1, 2024

September 2024 - Calendar of Events

 Looks like Autumn is quite early for this year 2024. 

Almost everyone likes Autumn as the sign of the foliage -dramatic changing  colors of the leaves the trees,  as its best the nicest  picturesque panoramic view of nature is immense and  magnified. 

We all love the Season of Fall not only for its beautiful gorgeous colors of the forest but of the changing tide. The crisp, fresh scent of the cooler air and breeze.

The smell of ripe peaches and ripe apples fills the air. Hmm...harvest time.

The hunting season is always the right time during September. 

You still can go fishing at the river though before the spawning. 

Anyway, what to celebrate on this 9th Month of September.

SEPTEMBER 2   - Labour Day in Canada

SEPTEMBER 2   - PNE Closing Day

SEPTEMBER 3   - Back To School - Start of School Year 2024

SEPTEMBER 5   - πŸ’“πŸ’‹HAPPY WEDDING ANNIVERSARY TO MYπŸ‘΄πŸ‘΅ PARENTSπŸ’

SEPTEMBER 8   - Grandparents Day

SEPTEMBER 8   - International Literacy Day

SEPTEMBER 22 - AUTUMN EQUINOX - First start of Fall

 

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SEPTEMBER 30 - National day For Trust & Reconciliation Day

SEPTEMBER 30 - World Maritime Day

To All Birthday Celebrants on this month of September: HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

Of course HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY DEAR FRIENDS: πŸ’“πŸ‘»Cynthia & Isoy. 

To All the NEWBORNS: WELCOME TO EARTH!



Thursday, August 15, 2024

Wednesday, August 14, 2024

Beautiful Dahlia

 Because Summer is still here up to the 21st of September, I might as well post summer flowers from my little garden. 

What's left are just from the dahlia variety. Remember I had given all the bulbs of dahlias to my sister Emmy when we moved out from the house in Colorado. Then suddenly had the urge to plant again and she gave me some of those bulbs this season.











Thursday, August 1, 2024

AUGUST 2024 - Calendar of Events

 The 8th Month of the Year 2024: Calendar of Events

AUGUST 1    - Emancipation Day

AUGUST 2    - International Beer Day

AUGUST 3    - HAPPY BIRTHDAY TYREL!πŸ’“πŸ™Œ

AUGUST 4    - Food Day & Watermelon Day

AUGUST 4    - National Sister Day

AUGUST 5    - Civic Holiday

AUGUST 5    - Terry Fox Day

AUGUST 7    - National Lighthouse Day

AUGUST 8    - International Cat Day

AUGUST 8    - Happy Birthday Tina!

AUGUST 9    - Book Lovers Day

AUGUST 10  - Happy Birthday Loretta!πŸ’“

AUGUST 11  - Summer Olympic Games ( Ends ) Closing Ceremony



AUGUST 12  - International Youth Day

AUGUST 12  - World Elephant Day

AUGUST 15  - Assumption of the Virgin Mary

AUGUST 16  - National Tell A Joke Day

AUGUST 17 -  PNE or Pacific National Exhibition Fair Aug 17 - Sept 2, 2024 in Vancouver

AUGUST 19  - Discovery Day

AUGUST 21  - International Day of Remembrance

AUGUST 24  - St. Bartholomew's Day - Saint Bartholomew was one of the 12 Apostles of Christ.

AUGUST 26  - National Dog Day

AUGUST 29  - International Day Against Nuclear Test

 

 The Wonderful Eight Month of the Year fascinating as it is  and more happenings here and there. The last month for students to make use of their vacation time and be prepared for September start of school year. Taking advantage of summer heat days... could it be that Autumn is soon to come early? 

Wishing all the birthday celebrants with all the joys, happiness and good health. LIVE & PROSPER!!

Happy Anniversaries to all the people celebrating their wedding anniversaries and in whatever special occasion that is worthy of remembrance: Baptismal, Feast of the Saints, Fiesta, Gender Reveal, etc.

WELCOME NEWBORNS!

Memories...memories.








Saturday, July 27, 2024

Captivating & Spectacular Ceremony

 So many multiple happenings going on TV & the internet. lol. OMG! Do I have happenings here at home other than housework? There are no gossiping or rumor-mongering here in my community. To each of his or her own. It's more like people here are busy with their work outside their own comfort zone. The retirees mind their own business. High cost of living still a problematic issue.

It's only through the TV that we heard of what's happening in other cities and provinces of Canada. As usual, wildfires are becoming very common now in Canada as if no more surprises and the latest victims of wildfires are from Jasper, Alberta. Loss of livelihood causing so many Canadians to seek help and support from the government. 

To tell you the truth, I don't know how those wildfires can be controlled when in the news recently... wildfires can last up to 3 days! Unbelievable right? What is unbelievable was the wildfires in Ft. McMurray that lasted more than a month. Horrible as in que horror as in inferno on Earth!

While those Canadians battling wildfires, floods had its fury in the Philippines. Manila the site of the flash flood turning highways and city streets with filthy flood waters from sewer, drainage and Pasig River and where water flows had those people swimming? Hey, look at those French swimming on River Seine. 

Despite of the many hindrances such as the soccer scandal and the railway train attack ? There's no stopping this Olympic Games that was planned for about 4 years where Olympic athletes had been morally upright, disciplined to practice with much effort to bring perfection to the game of their choice.

Denying them to play their sports... is just plain cruel and wicked.

Yesterday was the Opening Ceremony of the 2024 OLYMPIC GAMES in PARIS, FRANCE. It's been hundred years since then that they had the Olympic Games and the expectation was grandiose, magical, splendid, spectacular. CITY OF LIGHTS!

Photo courtesy: Canadian Olympics Committee
 

What billions of dollars can do eh? It was an incorporation of greatest athletes, artists, performers, highly skilled stuntmen and the highlights are undeniably big surprise, mesmerizing drama, suspense and mystery. Big stars such as Lady Gaga & Celine Dion has added sophistication and elegance to the magically inspired knight in shining armour riding a horse to represent the official flag of the IOC or International Olympic Committee.


 

 

 Ostentatious opulent ceremony that opens a great array of the lavish lifestyle of the French with their flair for drama and passion and fashion. The passing of torch from different Olympic athletes from different countries... hmm... supposedly for the French only because the host country is France but they include International athletes to pass the torch... so this is based on inclusion as a theme, including solidarity, peace, unity and gender equality. 


2024 Olympic torch on Hot Air Balloon!


HOT AIR BALLOON? What else could I say that there must be a great plan for such in the next ceremony. For now, let us watch and see the GAMES unfold.

Note: Click image to enlarge.

Thursday, July 25, 2024

ISRAEL & PM BENJAMIN NETANYAHU

 Let's have politics. Although don't like politics as the subject of my blog have to support what Israel stands for against terrorism. 

Yesterday, the Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu was a special guest speaker in Washington's. Did you listen to PM Netanyahu's speech? He is as fluent in English just like most Americans. Why not eh? He is a highly intellectual man, graduate of MIT & Harvard University. He is smart, knowledgeable in every aspect, in every subject: politics, economics, philosophy and theology. He is almost American in the way he speaks, moves and his intelligence is something you cannot deny him that he knows what he is talking about. He knows more than what you know. He should be the President of the United States of America. 



 

Being an Israeli leader for so many years... he is still sharp in his prime age. He seems not aging while his colleagues had aged such as former Pres. Bush of USA, former PM Harper of Canada, Pres. Putin, and the rest of them had been out in circulation,  PM Netanyahu still strong and looked healthy.

That's right, ISRAEL is the LAND THAT BELONGS TO ABRAHAM, JACOB & ISAAC.. their ancestors. Would you like to include MOSES & JESUS?  They have proof and evidence, THE HOLY BIBLE. Israel belongs to the Jewish people. Blood will flow if the Holy land will be taken away by the terrorists. Armageddon the last and final battle of Good & Evil.

Anybody who opposed to them are anti-semitic and terrorists. 

For those who are still in denial should study HISTORY, THEOLOGY & maybe they should read THE HOLY BIBLE.


Sunday, July 21, 2024

LUMPIANG SHANGHAI

 Getting cooler? From 33 Celsius yesterday, to 29 C today and this afternoon is only 21 Celsius. Wow! Truly, truly springtime? Ha ha ha! It is back to Spring-er!!!!!!!!!!

Let's have SPRINGROLLS then. What is so great about springrolls? It is not only the best snacks but it is the best appetizer! Springrolls are actually originally named LUMPIANG SHANGHAI.

The spring rolls originated in Shanghai, China and then brought to Philippines through their ancient Chinese-Filipino families to share with and served in their Filipino-Chinese cuisines. As you probably know that the Filipinos kind of foods are mostly Chinese foods enhanced and mixed with Spanish foods because of the mixed racial marriages. It is customary to mix foods as in customary to bind two  races in this mixed culture and heritage. 

INGREDIENTS:  chopped garlic and onions, ground pork, chopped shrimps, salt & ground black pepper, shredded carrots, chopped celery, chopped cilantro, 2  eggs.

 

 Double Happiness wrappers.




Mix all ingredients in a big bowl. Add the beaten eggs and mix it into the ingredients.  

Place 2 tbsp of mixed ingredients as stuffing into one wrapper and roll it. Fasten the edge with flour paste.

READY your big wok on hot stove with Canola oil ( about 2 cups of oil) for deep frying. 

When springrolls turned golden brown it's ready and it's cooked.

SERVE HOT with chili garlic sauce.

Catsup is great too as dipping sauce.




Thursday, July 18, 2024

EGGROLLS Hot & Delicious!

 

Craving for eggrolls? Eggrolls the most delicious snacks in the Philippines especially if you have the most important stuffing in them.

INGREDIENTS: Garlic, onions, ground pork, ground shrimps, ground black pepper, salt, soy, fresh beansprout, sliced thin carrots, shredded cabbage, sliced thin spring onions and cilantro. 

Saute' and stir all the above ingredients on cooking oil until its cooked in your big wok.  Drain it once its cooked. Cool down the cooked ingredients or stuffing in a bowl. 

Paste - mixture of one cup flour and water to be used as flour paste to keep the eggroll in good shape.

Ready your eggroll wrappers (Double Happiness package- 50 pcs/pkg). Make sure the stuffing is already cold enough to wrap. Fasten the end wrap with paste.

Deep fried eggrolls in your clean big wok on hot boiling cooking oil on your hot stove of course.

 Canola oil is the best cooking oil to use for deep frying.

Best serve hot or warm with chili garlic sauce.

Enjoy!

WOW for Why Oh Why?

 The answer was so fast and so quick and honest! The Ministry of Defense Min. Bill Blair was heard last night's news about the present situation of Canada's Defence Force. They will have to "resign" the Snowbird jets because they are too old and its impossible for them to find spare parts if they all need repairs. Military aviation and military boats are also getting old, actually so old and need to be replaced. Canada needs new submarines.

Hmm... where I read all those information? LEGION Magazine. Canada's Military History being unfold and revealed.

Right! It was also been tackled under former Defence Minister Anita Anand. It will take some time. The budget too large to comprehend. They were busy with something else about internal affairs and issues.

Anyway, all these burgeoning conflict can be resolved by focusing on the Military at HOME in Canada not the military and structural defense of other countries. That's the FOCUS. Why strengthen the military of other countries when your own country don't have the strength?  

Anyway, sometimes the MANPOWER or Human Resources and its intelligence is the greatest strength a Defense should have.



Wednesday, July 17, 2024

How To Cool Down Mother Earth

 MERCURY RISING once again and again. How you wished it's already Autumn. Hmm.. how to change the weather? Hello ISS...

Look at what happened in Toronto. How a storm had flooded the city of Toronto is almost abysmal created chaos worth of billions of dollars in damages. Do we need a chaotic storms just to lower heatwave? OMG! 

How we can lower the heat from the sun? Provide clouds in the sky. Or a scientific solar umbrella those satellites have to open up in the sky to protect one province from sunlight and heat. 

Is that how simple solution but how much? Is that possible?

I remember way back in Philippines, the cloud seeding was used time and again whenever possible. Silver iodides used for such to be dropped on clouds. The positive and negative effects could create rainfall and beneficial to cool down Earth. Is that still applicable in our generation?

But you know what? The ISS could just open its huge umbrella to cover sunlight and or sunrays. It is easier, simple and convenient.

Tuesday, July 16, 2024

The Law Of Attraction

 Well, what's new here . Me asking WHAT'S NEW. It's a matter of ZERO TO ONE. What do you like as a reader? ONE (1) or ZERO (0)? Or let's have the MATRIX.

Remember the MATRIX? You have the choice of choosing colors instead. It has something to do with the colors of the pill given to Neo. RED PILL VS BLUE PILL.

BLUE PILL. What's with Blue Pill? You take the blue pill and when you wake up you are still on your bedroom. Nothing happens. You are living an ordinary boring life. You have a control of your life.

RED PILL. When you take the Red Pill you are to discover what life is all about and find out for yourself how deep is the rabbit hole. You can have an entrance and exit through the filth of that old rotten toilet. You are to live like a rat. You become a sacrificial lamb. You are the "one" who will suffer and be played upon by those who are superior than you are.

How to change the life of a Matrix?

WAKE UP. It is not about colors and it's not about numbers.

IT IS ABOUT MAGNET and the power of magnetism.  

And you think that's BS.



Friday, July 12, 2024

Best Soup Ever!

 Craving for SINIGANG? The best Filipino soup with the most incredible tamarind sour broth to life and the most favourite soup in the Philippines. Hmm.. so yummy!

INGREDIENTS: 1 Kilo of lean ground pork, sliced onions, sliced tomatoes, potatoes, string beans, bokchoy, eggplant, bittermelon, ground black pepper, salt, Knorr tamarind soup base.

Potatoes, eggplant and bittermelon optional. Prawns can also be added but that too is optional.

Ready your big stainless pot on high heat hot stove with at least 8 cups of water in the pot and boil the cut lean pork until its cooked and soft. Add the cut onions and sliced tomatoes. Sprinkle salt and ground black peppers.  Add 6 pcs of cut in half potatoes first let the potatoes cooked first then add cut vegetables next. Once all the veggies are cooked, then pour in the 1 pkg Knorr tamarind soup base,  stir well for a minute until the broth has mixed entirely with the soup. SERVE HOT!

KNORR TAMARIND SOUP BASE is available in every Supermarket in Canada: Superstore, Walmart, and Filipino-Asian Stores.


Friday, July 5, 2024

My Favourite Viand - Pancit

 PANCIT - The Philippine's most sought after viand in every special occasion such as birthdays, fiesta, nuptial, baptism, anniversaries, on engagement, parties, but for me I just love pancit that's why I love to cook pancit most of the time. Walang kasawa- sawa! lol

Then somehow there are friends from other countries who love pancit the first time they tasted it and they asked me for a recipe. I told them it's easy to cook it without recipe. I mean just saute' the ingredients and stir fry the noodles with all the meat and veggies ingredients. I think somehow they want a complete, comprehensive direction of such because they tried to cook chow mein but it is not equal to what they tasted. 

Do I really have to tell them the secret of what Pancit or Filipino chow mein should be? 

Preparation: All meat and shrimps should be washed and cleaned including cabbage and carrots

INGREDIENTS:

Canola cooking oil - 1/4 cup 

Crushed or minced garlic - 2 tbsp

Sliced thin whole onion

Sliced thin pork - 3 cups 

Sliced thin chicken strips - 3 cups

Small shrimps - 16 -20 pcs

Salt, soy sauce, ground black pepper

Chicken broth 4 tbsp mixed in 3-4 cups of lukewarm water

Cabbage - cut in 1"x 1" size

Carrots cut thinly in strips

Chopped cilantro or spring onions 

Farkay noodles Or Rice Vermicelli (soak them first on hot boiling water and then drain)

DIRECTION:

1. Get ready with your big stainless wok on hot, hot stove. Pour the cooking oil.

2. Once the oil  is sizzling hot, drop the garlic, onions and stir, add the meat and saute' cooked them until golden brown, add shrimps, salt, ground pepper, then soy sauce to taste.

3. Pour the chicken broth and let it boil then have the carrots and cabbage. Do not over cook the veggies. Just for five minutes and set aside all the ingredients to a big bowl.

4. The broth still boiling in the wok... drop the Farkay noodles or rice vermicelli on the wok on that chicken broth. Mix and stir until cooked then mix all the ingredients. Garnish with cilantro and spring onions. SERVE HOT.


 

NOTE: There are many ways, method and technique in cooking pancit. You can have alternatives in using different kinds of noodles: Farkay, Bihon, Thai Rice Vermicelli, Pancit Canton, Ramen Noodles. You can use different types of Meat: Pork, Chicken, Beef or Seafood: Shrimps, Crabs, Scallops, Squids, and choice of Veggies: Cabbage, Carrots, Green Peas, Brocolli, Green Beans, Bokchoy.


NOTE: Can be costly of a viand because of numerous amounts of ingredients from meat, seafoods and vegetables. RESULT: Absolutely delicious!



BON APPETIT.

Thursday, July 4, 2024

Munggo With Much Gusto

 

MUNGGO is one of the most sought-after viand here at home. My family loves munggo it makes them eat more with steamed rice. 

As usual, the best original guinisang munggo viand is with slices of bittermelon. 

and ginger.
 

It would be nice if there are ampalaya leaves and its tendrils but the supermarket don't sell bittermelon leaves.

Medicinal effects of Bittermelon & Ginger: Lowers blood pressure and anti-inflammation.

Ingredients for munggo: Canola cooking oil, garlic, onions, slices of pork, shrimps,slices of ginger, salt & ground black pepper, soy sauce, munggo beans (2 cups )(boiled on hot, hot water first until cooked), 2 cups of lukewarm water with chicken broth, sliced bittermelons, or you can use spinach and cilantro if there's no bittermelon available. 

Direction for cooking: Saute' all ingredients in your wok until cooked and then add broth to a boil and add the munggo and bittermelon. Watch what you are cooking not to dry up the munggo soup.

Serve hot with steamed rice. Yum!

Monday, July 1, 2024

Calendar Of Events JULY 2024

 WHAT'S UP JULY?

Oh M-G!! JULY is the best month of too many celebrations out of ying yang. 

July is when your floral garden and vegetable garden in abundance of its buds, flowers, and veggies. 

July is the beginning of Summer! No doubt it's gonna be hot, hot, hot!

JULY CALENDAR OF EVENTS:

JULY 1      - CANADA DAY

HAPPY 157th BIRTHDAY CANADA!!πŸ’“πŸ™ŒπŸ™
 

JULY 1     -  Wimbledon Tennis Tournament in UK

JULY 3      -  St. Thomas Day

JULY 4      - INDEPENDENCE DAY USA

JULY 4      - HAPPY BIRTHDAY MAXINE!πŸ’“

JULY 5      - Calgary Stampede

JULY 6      - National Fried Chicken Day

JULY 6      - HAPPY WEDDING ANNIVERSARY CLARIZZE & DAVID

JULY 9      - Nunavut Day

JULY 14    - Bastille Day - National Day of Unity for France. On this day, Olympic torch will arrive in Paris, France and be held aloft down Champs Elysees past Grand Palais and Petit Palais before traversing through Jarden e Luxembuorg on 25 hectare green oasis in the heart of the city of Paris.

JULY 15    - World Skills Day For The Youth

JULY 15    - HAPPY BIRTHDAY TWINS CADEπŸ‘¦πŸ’“πŸ’‹ & TAMARAπŸ‘§πŸ’“πŸ’‹


 

JULY 17    - World Emoji DayπŸ˜ŽπŸ˜πŸ˜‡πŸ˜›πŸ˜…πŸ˜πŸ˜²πŸ˜‹πŸ˜ŠπŸ˜ƒπŸ˜„

JULY 20    - World Parks Day

JULY 21    - Ice Cream Day

JULY 24    - International Self-Care Day

JULY 25    - Miracle Treat Day

JULY 26    - SUMMER OLYMPIC GAMES - Paris, France 2024


 

JULY 28    - World Day for Grandparents

JULY 30    - Friendship Day 

JULY 31    - Avocado Day

πŸ™ŒπŸ™ŒπŸ™ŒπŸ™ŒπŸ™ŒπŸ™ŒπŸ™ŒπŸ™ŒπŸ™ŒπŸ™ŒπŸ™ŒπŸ™ŒπŸ’“πŸ’“πŸ’“πŸ’“πŸ’“πŸ’“πŸ’“

Let it shine, let it shine...

Let your flames shine and burn brighter than stars!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY & HAPPY ANNIVERSARIES to all JULY CELEBRANTS!!

Sunday, June 30, 2024

Check Your Own Pulse

 We are living in the brave new world where radioactivity is almost the norm.

We are living in this new generation where radioactivity and RFI abound or in multitudes. You have cellphones, microwaves, computers, laptops, machines and gadgets with waves.

We are somehow cooking and eating foods with radio active because the raw foods although edible where farmed and cultivated in certain demographic area or agricultural lands with "radioactivity?" Who knows where your potatoes and wheat came from? is it from war torn countries??????? WORSE is you are using cellphones and there are more radiation in using cellphones. Hey you can laugh at this you know. (( Did you know that after World War II, after the bombing in Japan? The Japanese IQ had increased. Wow!! That's what "atomic matters" can do to you!!)) I had just read that from the book. Find that book to make sure when you're in doubt. Weird right?

Raw foods (plants in veggies form) that were cultivated in highly maintenance fertilizer infused inorganic foods. Look at those giant pumpkins... you know that they are highly fertilized pumpkins that you should not eat them. It can cause inflammation. Beverages advertised as high energy drinks are bad for you. I know "organic foods" are costly.

Too many radio active carbons in the air, water, in the environment where we live.

Wonder why young kids have cancer and young kids whose blood pressure are higher than older people.

The stress and pressure are higher in younger adults than most seniors.

It is not about paranoia but because all of these messages were actually been warned to us by GREENPEACE before the Millennium and nobody's listening. 

Always check your blood pressure at home. Always have your Blood Pressure (battery operated) monitoring device handy. BP monitor - electric device with RFI is not accurate because of the fluctuating current from AC to DC. 

CIAO. Have fun at summer time.


Friday, June 21, 2024

Summer Here We Come!!

 SECOND DAY of Summer Equinox or Solstice. Of course it is hotter than Spring and heatwave are being felt in the Atlantic parts of Canada: Nova Scotia, Newfoundland and Prince Edward including Ontario and Quebec.

It is 28 Celsius now in British Columbia. Time to do the lawn-mowing at the front and backyard

What's new? Wildfires just happened and engulfed an old rails in Vancouver, BC.

As you probably know that wildfires are common during summer days (season) not that Canadians must avoid campfires unattended nor barbecuing outside should be watched carefully. 

Maybe campfire and barbecuing is safer along the beach, river and lakes or where the place is surrounded by water.

Now wonder about fireworks for the First of July 2024.

Fluvial fireworks the safest. Fireworks on land is not.

Keep safe and don't get dehydrated. 


Saturday, June 1, 2024

June 2024 Calendar of Events

 JUNE 2024. What's in store for June? Would it be the best month of the year climate wise? Or June is the beginning of a wonderful Summer?

 

JUNE 1, 2024 - World Reef Awareness Day

JUNE 2, 2024 - National Cancer Survivor Day

JUNE 2, 2024 - Canadian Armed Forces Day


 

JUNE 5, 2024 - World Environment Day


 

JUNE 6, 2024 - D-Day Anniversary - 80th Anniversary

EPIC MOVIES to remember their honor, service & sacrifices: SAVING PRIVATE RYAN, OVERLORD, THE LONGEST DAY, BAND OF BROTHERS, BATTLE OF NORMANDY, THE BIG RED ONE, THE GREAT ESCAPE, D DAY 6th OF JUNE,  FURY, DUNKIRK, etc.


 

JUNE 7, 2024 - World Food Safety Day - The safest food in the world are properly COOKED FOODS!! ON HOT, HOT FIRE!! The safest soup is the 3 hour boiled soup. Fish deep fried on hot boiling cooking oil is the safest.

JUNE 8, 2024 - National Best Friends Day

JUNE 8, 2024 - World's Oceans Day

JUNE 11, 2024 - Shavuot - Ten Commandments given To Moses on Mt. Sinai


 

JUNE 12, 2024 - Philippine Independence Day 




JUNE 13, 2024 - National Sewing Machine Day



 

JUNE 14, 2024 - World Blood Donor Day

JUNE 15, 2024 - Nature Photography Day

JUNE 16, 2024 - Father's Day. HAPPY FATHER'S DAY to dearest TATAY, to my loving and caring HUSBAND- Father of My Children, to my BROTHERS!! Wishing you all the best! πŸ™ŒπŸ™ŒπŸ™πŸ’“πŸ’πŸ’πŸ‘πŸ‘ŒπŸ‘Œ

JUNE 19, 2024 - Birth Anniversary of Dr. Jose P. Rizal

PHILIPPINE'S NATIONAL HERO. DR. JOSE P. RIZAL born in Calamba, Laguna on June 19, 1861. He died on December 30, 1896 in Bagumbayan Rizal Park, Manila.

JUNE 20, 2024 - SUMMER SOLSTICE

JUNE 22, 2024 - Happy Birthday Dave!
 

JUNE 24, 2024 - Saint John the Baptist Day - Saint John, the cousin of Jesus Christ, the one who initiated baptismal of Jesus through the Jordan River.

JUNE 24, 2024 - Happy Wedding Anniversary Rob & Cathie! 


JUNE 27, 2024 - International Pineapple Day


JUNE 27, 2024 - National PTSD Awareness Day

 

JUNE 29, 2024 - National Camera Day 


 

NOTE: HAPPY BIRTHDAYS & HAPPY ANNIVERSARY to all June Celebrants!