Random Thoughts

I LOVE the reflection from Didache yesterday. Here it is...

I love the part where it says...

It’s OK to mourn and get stunned for a while until you gather back your senses. But this has to have an expiry date. Are you overwhelmed with your problems? Is your marriage tearing apart? Are you buried in a mountain of debt? Have you lost your job? Has the news of your sickness paralyzed you? Seek God’s wisdom and find out what needs to be done. Then take action!

Definitely an eye opener for me.

WOOT!

Artscow never failed to deliver! Not only on time, but they delivered our gift for my Mom early. They also did that last September when I sent my Mom a birthday gift.

Check out a few pages of the PB that we gave my Mom for Christmas.

It's a compilation of our activities last year when she was here on vacation.

Someone is very happy! I'm glad she liked it! (*wink*)

Before we gets very busy with the Christmas holidays, let's all check this out!

Sign up for the 42nd Pedia Talk Live entitled “Christmas Countdown” on December 17, 2011, 8:00 am at Dusit Thani Manila. Find out how pregnant moms can eat healthy during this merry season. Plus, know the secret to celebrating the holidays on a budget ! And, discover the true meaning of the Christmas story from the Bible.

The fun starts at 8 am to 12 noon. Please call 825-6564, 825-7454 and 826-2604 for more details.

I can see that this is going to be so much fun - for Mommies and kids too!

Hubby and I went to Shui Hilot Spa a couple of weeks ago for a much needed massage.

It's been a while since we had our massage and we were so happy we did. What I love about our massage is that it's the ancient art of Filipino massage dating back to the first Philippine civilization 500 years ago. Yes, it was that "old" and traditional which we both loved it so much. It's a must try!

Check out Shuihilotspa.com for more details about "hilot".

We had a lot of free time yesterday and since my little girl is done with her exams, we decided to watch Xmen, First Class in DVD.

It was definitely a nice movie. Surprisingly, the little girls enjoyed watching too. Too bad we didn't watch it in the movie house. Here are more details of the movie:

In 1962, the United States government enlists the help of Mutants with superhuman abilities to stop a malicious dictator who is determined to start world war III.

Director: Matthew Vaughn
Writers: Ashley Miller (screenplay), Zack Stentz (screenplay)
Stars: James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender and Jennifer Lawrence

If you haven't seen it, I highly recommend that you watch it too!

This is going to be a fun activity for the kids!

The 6th Christmas Toy Fair will be at Megatrade Hall 1, SM Megamall, from 10:00am to 9:00pm, December 16 to 18, 2011. They will be giving away raffle prizes too! This is perfect to include in our Holiday activities.

I can't believe it's Wednesday again! Time is flying by so fast these days! I hope you are having fun because I am!

Happiness is...

1. Christmas shopping with Hubby yesterday
2. The best Chicken Tonkatsu and Katsudon at Yabu
3. The Frosting game, I'm hooked!
4. Dinner at Papa John's
5. Get together with College friends
6. Rest day last Sunday
7. Almost done with gift wrapping, 4 more to go!
8. Home cooked meals
9. I had Serenitea twice last week!
10. Had our last videoke for the year last Friday

To know how this started and credits of the header, click here.

I saw this video posted in my friends wall in Facebook.



Nice song, right? Will definitely share it to the little girls later! (*wink*)

I honestly fell in love with Toastbox in Singapore when we were there last year. So I prayed hard that they open here in Manila. Little did I know that they will open early this year. Yebah! Unfortunately, I didn't have time to visit their first branch in Greenbelt. When I saw their branch in The Fort, I noted that I would visit this branch one of these days.

So one holiday, when Hubby and I went to St. Luke's Global, we decided to finally try Toastbox. WE wanted to try everything! You see, we didn't know when we will have an opportunity again so we ordered a LOT!

Coffee...


Kaya Toast...


and rice meals...


Hubby had fried chicken while I had the Hainanese Chicken. We were sooo full after. We didn't have lunch anymore!

How did I find their food? Well, I still miss the thinly sliced kaya toast from Singapore. It wasn't bad though, I would prefer the one in Singapore but, it satisfies your kaya toast craving. Well, for a few days, that is!

How I wish I could re-create the dishes at home though. I better start checking out the Online Colleges that can be found here, and have
culinary classes. This is what you need to check out when you want to learn how to cook great food like this. I will find time and see how it goes.

Toastbox is located at Greenbelt, The Fort and Trinoma!