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Bloggers Night At Savor Filipino Cuisine

I usually don’t attend events at night..unless if it is a sponsored event or I really love the agency inviting me to attend the said event..or if the venue is really near.. well in the case of Savor Bloggers Night, I have two reasons to attend: I love the agency and the venue is really near me.. isang kembot lang!

As promised, it was a night of amazing food, fun games, prizes and more..

Let’s start with the food..

“SAVOR Filipino Cuisine was born out of a shared desire amongst its founders to brings classic recipes to a young generation of Pinoy-food-loving diners. Partners Mel Dumlao, Racquel Estrella, Owen Gan and Executive Chef Trina Tiaoqui-Imperial were inspired not just by their love of Filipino food but also their love of making, sharing and celebrating our local cuisine.” -Mr. Owen Gang (one of the owners)

Boneless Chicken Inasal

Smoked Sardine Efuven

Crab and Shrimp Relleno

Cowboy Sisig.. that’s cow + baboy sisig.. this dish really stands out, well for me.. because I love sisig and I never thought that beef and pork would make a good sisig together. This dish alone, makes me want to bring my family to Savor and let them experience Cowboy sisig.

Crispy Binagoongan is also good.. the bagoong is not that salty..Savor makes their own bagoong for this dish. It’s my first time to eat crispy binagoongan and I really like it..feels like eating lechon kawali and binagoongan.

Sa pula sa puti is a combination of chicken meat and pork meat, cooked as adobo without the soy sauce.

For desserts, we had these two treats.. sans rival and miruya with ice cream (not sure with the name)..Miruya with ice cream is really good..I can’t wait to order this when I bring the kids here.

FUN GAMES!

because Savor is a Filipino Cuisine restaurant, our games was all about Pinoy movies… we also got to try some of their specialty dish and we have to list down the ingredients that we tasted..

wagas talaga ang tawa ko no.. at serious sa food tasting test LOL

The bloggers with the owners of Savor.

I really had fun that night.. thank you Savor and Rockwell Ortigas for having us!

Savor Filipino Cuisine is located at G/F Rockwell Business Center, Tower 2, Ortigas Ave San Antonio, Pasig

Photo credits: Myrns of Enjoying Wonderful World and The Grove, by Rockwell.

Party On A Budget With Red Ribbon’s Birthday Budget Planner

Our first time dormer! my little brother who’s reviewing for board, now lives in an apartment.. this is his first time to live in an apartment…not that he’s a baby but it was his personal choice not to live in a dorm or apartment, basta daw ayaw lang niya.. Reviewing for a board is different, he realized that he needs to be surrounded with as many geeks as possible (you know, formulas being post on the bathroom walls..and the likes) and he can’t review when Sati is around, who knows very well how to catch his attention haha

And we, being the most supportive sisters in the whole wide world, would like to cheer for him on this milestone..so we’re planning a small salo-salo for him.. sisters from the province will brave the talahibs and the bundok to be here this sunday! Hurrah!

BUT! we’re kinda tight on budget..maraming gastos ang Oktubre! remember, it’s my first born’s birthday? and 2 school activities this month..so tipid tipid ang peg.. that’s why I am trying out Red Ribbon’s Birthday Budget Planner and see how my party should go, given the budget that I have..

The Red Ribbon Birthday Budget Planner Microsite (which is accessible via http://birthdaybudgetplanner.com/) helps us create the best party possible without breaking the bank.

We will be having our small salo-salo on the 13th with a very minimal budget of 2000 PhP for 10 people (including the kids)

Birthday Budget Planner said our budget allocations should be:

Cake: 299 PhP
Drinks: 600.50 PhP
Food: 1200 PhP

Where to get the food and the drinks? That’s the good thing about the Birthday Budget Planner, trusted suppliers are listed on each allocation.. like for cake:

Red Ribbon branches are listed.. so I opted for the branch nearest us, which is the C5 branch.. The same with the food and drinks:

Since my sisters haven’t tried Amber yet, I think this party is the perfect opportunity to introduce them to Amber.. pichi-pichi.. palabok and bbq! ayayay!

For drinks, Super 8 is nearest to us:

I’m cutting on soda, what drinks can you suggest? Pineapple juice perhaps? or how about Pineapple Orange? Oh well, for sure Super 8 has it all since this is a big supermarket.

Here’s the final details of our party for my little brother:

We’ll be having Red Ribbon Dedication Cake in Chocolate (junior size), that’s the cake with the 299 price tag 🙂 If you’ll be celebrating a simple party in the near future, please do try the Red Ribbon Birthday Budget Planner.

Red Ribbon Dedication cakes also comes in Mocha flavor in 3 sizes (Junior: 250 PhP, Regular: 450Php, Large: 650 PhP), Chocolate flavor also comes in 3 sizes (Junior: 299 PhP, Regular: 499Php, Large: 690 PhP).

You’ll be hearing a lot of Red Ribbon Birthday Budget Planner from me.. you know I love organizing parties, and this is a big help for a busy person like me! 🙂

Most Common Reasons Why Babies Wake Up At Night

Hello October! This month is my birthday month as a mom.. 10 years of motherhood, 10 years of bliss, diaper change and 10 years of learning…sleepless nights included. Four kids in a row and you’ll know what I mean. Well, 10 years after, I can almost say goodbye to sleepless nights (uhm motherhood related but not work related haha). It was the hardest with my new born since he was colic but gets better with every child.

They say I’m a super mom, being able to handle four kids and I would always answer, “sanayan lang yan.” Of course it is not just about getting used to it, it’s more like learning from it.. observing and trying to come up with a better solution..as the qoute above said (which I got from Pampers FB Page), it’s about swimming and learning to swim at the same time. And 10 years of motherhood has taught me a lot of things like how to deal with common reasons why babies wake up at night. I know that sleep is very important to baby’s development and growth so I am bothered when the kids are not having enough sleep. Based on my experience with my four kids, the most common reason why they wake up at night are discomfort, change in routine and over stimulation or too much activity during the day.

When it comes to discomfort, my kids usually wake up because of room temperature. Most of the times, the room is too warm for them to have a good night sleep. Of course, the easiest way to resolve that is to buy a new air conditioning unit, which we did.

my happy sleepers 🙂

Wetness and diaper leakage is another form of discomfort but it was never a problem for us. When I asked a few moms I know, they say that the most common reason why their baby wakes up at night is hunger. Obviously, we all know that to provide the best possible care for our babies, specially at night, is trust a diaper brand that can protect our babies’ complete sleep against wetness.

I also noticed that when we travel or have a change in our daily routine, their sleeping patter changes too. They wake up at night feeling irritated. The same thing happens when they have too much activity during day time. Like when we went to La Union last summer and the two boys tried surfing while Chico and Sati went swimming all day. They had a hard time sleeping and woke up twice during the night.

How about you mommies? Are you keen on the reasons why your baby wakes up at night? And what are you doing to prevent them from waking up at night?