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Summer And Food

Summer.Heat.Beach. FOOD

If there is one thing in summer that I really like, that is the FOOD. I just can’t get enough of summer foods. Tropical fruits are abundant during this seasons, The fruit is on their cheapest and sweetest state. How can you maintain a bathing suit friendly figure with all the foods available during this time? LOL

Mangoes. Mangoes is at its sweetest during summer. It is cheaper too. Ripe Mangoes paired with grilled fish and steaming hot rice, somewhere along the beach.. ahh that is just perfect no. Or how about green mangoes and shrimp paste? Just thinking about it now, I am salivating.. I want some now.. LOL

I also like watermelon, love it specially when eaten with soup based foods. Love the redness of it yay! But hey, have you seen yellow watermelon? I have tasted some, but I still prefer the red one. There’s a vendor somewhere in Tarlac that sells yellow watermelon, I will post a pic next week.

Then there’s melon, I specially like it in juice. Whenever I bought melon, I always make a juice out of it. One of the best drink during summer. Are hungry now?LOL

Hey I am not even half of it.. LOL How about Halo Halo? For my English readers, Halo Halo is a dessert here in the Philippines. It is composed of different sweets. Sweetened banana, sweetened jack fruit, taro jam, filled with ice and milk. It is a must eat during summer time. Almost every block here, there is a halo halo vendor you can find. Guys, where is your favorite halo halo? As for me, I will post it next time.

OK I will stop here, I am just teasing, and hoping I could ruin your diet, because mine is so ruined.

Palm Sunday

Today is Palm Sunday or in Filipino, and in my childhood we simply call it Palaspas. This event is very dramatic and well celebrated in our country. Palm Sunday marks the start of the Holy Week. A mass is held as they re enacts the entry of Jesus at Jerusalem. Young coconut leaves are used and made into figures with intricate details and waved as the priest passes by. I have attended several Palm Sunday ceremonies and every year I am still awed by the drama of leaves, hundreds of it, waving as the priest enters.

I can’t help but hum..

Hosanna
Hey Sanna Sanna Sanna Hosanna
Hey Sanna Hosanna
Hey JC, JC won’t you smile at me?
Sanna Hosanna
Hey Superstar

Holy Week is a real fascination for me, not only because it is one of the most dramatic and celebrated religious event but also a lot of my childhood (good) memories are with it. Since I grew up in the province, young coconut leaves are very abundant at my grand mother’s house. The Palaspas that were blessed will be used on Ash Wednesday the following year.. you did not know that no..And since my grandmother’s house is just a whisper away from the town’s church, it was understood that we are the supplier of dried up Palaspas every Ash Wednesday. So it is our task to make lots and lots of it, on Saturday afternoon. I really love this activity, I learned the art of making Palaspas at a very young age. My mom can make a grasshopper out of it. I can make ten or even twenty Palaspas with my eyes closed. I really wish I could share this activity to my kids..

My kids shares the same fascination with me, you know Jesus Christ Superstar? Oh well they really enjoyed watching that rock musical. They love the part where people waved Palm leaves to Jesus, and re enact it always. So for them to experience the real deal, we once attended a Palaspas ceremony. They enjoyed it so much! The dried leaves are still with us, hanging on the wall.

I’ll post some pics later..

Packing For Five

We’re going to Baguio tomorrow! yay! Nothing can stop us now, car’s been to casa, battery is new, brake something is new, we’re all set. It is kinda hard going up there, driving your own car. The lesser the baggage, the better. Oh I remember the first time we went there using our own car. We have the car sometimes in June, hubby did not went to some driving lessons, he learned it driving by himself (it’s a matic no hehe). In December the same year, we went up to Baguio. Jeez, I was really, really nervous then. OK it’s an understatement, I can’t breathe! I am on grip. To make things worse, it was almost dark and we’re still on the road, scary! We traveled through Marcos highway, if in Kennon Road, I am pretty sure I would have given birth that time. OK back to me being a considerate wife, yes I need to pack light! Oh come on, how can it be possible with three kids in tow? Even if we just re use our undies and don’t include it in the list, there is much more to put in our ever reliable bag. There’s the diaper, the matching sleep wear (promise to post a pic hehe), the toiletries etc. Then there’s the shoes, the kids does not like travelling with shoes, only slippers, because they like their ~~smelly~~ feet free. It is stressing for me too, to put back their shoes every time we have to stop, so for ease and comfort, slippers. Then there’s our blanket, part of me having OCD is I can’t use any other blanket but mine, wherever we go, blanket goes with us. It’s an endless list and I had to trim it down. Packing is a bit tasking for and I just can’t let anyone else do it for me. I am a very organized Mommy. I pack our clothes depending on the day we are going to wear them. So the clothes for Tuesday are somewhere underneath, our sleepwear is on the top. Then we have a separate small bags for emergency needs, like small towels and sando for the kids, baby wipes, wallet etc. Oh my why are mommies being stressed this way?

This happens all the way, as in, all the time. Whenever we are going somewhere, I have to pack the days before. The day of our getaway, I need to wake up early to put our bags in the car. The bags are inside, on the backseat, I always make a comfy bed like setting at the back. So before the king woke up and catch me doing something, I had to finish everything. Then I’d do the kids, prepare them and all. the king would wake up after waiting for him for an hour or two. He would sip coffee, take a bath and leave (with us of course). And if there is an instance that I was delayed because I can’t find my slippers, the king would jerk out and have the decency to say we are taking a lot of time. Huh? Anyways, I enjoy the challenge of beating him up, of hurrying before he wakes up. That’s why we worked so well.. Me on the works, he on the easy life.. just kidding guys. I know that when the engine starts, it’s his turn and me on the back seat can have a peaceful sleep.

I won’t be around that much starting tomorrow but there would still be some posts from me, stop by and comment. I will get back to you soon..for now I have to go back to pack 😉