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i heart california maki!

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food, simple pleasures, orange tuesdays

Yes, I do! I have been on a roll since December when I tasted these delectable California Maki from the Christmas fair at our town’s capitol. I was so smitten I had to go back to the fair a few times just so I can buy some more of these goodies. I only tried the ones in Tokyo, Tokyo + I must say the ones sold locally is at par with those sold at the famous food chain. They are freshly prepared, in fact, when I bought my very first batch, the owner of the booth has just finished preparing a new batch of makis to sell. She even provided free sampler, which I cannot turn down, of course. A 6-piece pack sells for 50 bucks {about $1.25}, which I guess fits my budget perfectly.

I have been craving for these little orange goodies, that I was glad I found some at the supermarket when we went to the mall on Sunday. I bought a 10-piece pack for Php 90. It was good but I find it a little dry for my taste. I ate the other half for dinner + ate the remaining the next day.

I can eat California Maki everyday + I won’t get tired of it, but, sadly, I can only buy it from the grocers whenever we visit the mall. I hope I can find the seller from the trade fair soon enough. Or maybe, I’d search for recipes online + see if I can make a homemade version of it! ^_^

Sharing the orange Makis in my orange little plate with Orange Tuesdays 🙂

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mum's thoughts

of valentines + leap years

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february,

That time flies is an overly used cliche, it’s as if we’ve just ushered in the New Year + now the first month came + gone with not as much as a puff + it will be Valentine’s in a few days! I bet there are only too few things that come to mind whenever we think of February, right? Leap years + Valentines!

Well, not that I am really that concern. Valentine’s is probably one of those occasions I do not normally celebrate + thoughts of receiving surprises + flowers would have to be suppressed until the little man is big enough to surprise me with them 🙂

I know loads of people out there won’t agree with me. If truth be told, most of them are actually waiting for this single day in the year when excessive PDA is allowed + wearing matching couple’s shirt in public is actually considered cute. While a lot of people will be out on a special-night-for-two, some might have been bitten by the love bug much earlier that they’d probably be planning to tie-the-knot very soon + are busy searching for wedding djs, instead.

As for me, this month is also the month we remember our dear Mama, who passed on five years ago on February 3, which also happens to be my sister Isabel’s birthday. + instead of searching for minneapolis wedding djs or the like, I will be in the memorial park, visiting my parents’ graves or at home cooped up with my little man on Cupid’s day.

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jared's nook, mum's thoughts

my little man is 29 months old today!

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How quickly time flies, I still remember the day when my son would fit into my folded arms perfectly like it was yesterday. The days zoomed by + now I am not sure where have all those times gone? I now have this not-so-little toddler, that when not everyone is presuming he’s 4 years old, they are inquiring rather curiously whether how old he is. A few months from now + I will have a true-blue three-year old + as much as I am thrilled at the possibility of him going to play school soon + mum bringing him there armed with all the accoutrements needed for every toddler activity at play school, I just wish time would run a little slower so I have some more time to baby my little man.

I miss those days when we celebrate his turning a month older, just before he turned one. We’d have a little celebration at home: buy a cake, cook pasta or something + take loads of photos! Nowadays, I make sure to inform him that it is indeed his month-birthday + we’d sometimes do something fun or go to the mall to spend the afternoon there. Much like we did yesterday 🙂 He is needing a hair cut quite badly so that was our main reason for going to the mall.

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