Airline Makes Passenger's Christmas Wishes Come True!

This Christmas marketing from an airline company WestJet is so brilliant! 

It made me cry along with the other thousand if not million viewers =)

Do you still believe in Santa Clause?

A HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO ALL! 

Gratitude

Dumaguete City: Pastries

My husband bought us a big log of this buttery, chewy, nutty, crunchy layered meringue called Sans Rival on his recent trip to Dumaguete City.This one is definitely without rival. So to counter its overly rich and sweet taste I paired it with banana and that's how I eat my Sans Rival. Yum!

This is Chocolate Silvanas - a crunchy. creamy, frozen cookie made up of a layered of buttercream sandwich between two cashew-meringue wafers, and coated with cookie crumbs. (wikipedia)

Best eaten when frozen.

Cronut

This hybrid between croissant and doughnut created by Chef Dominique Ansel of Ansel's Bakery in New york has tootled the pastry world. Manila follow through with the Cronut trend. I had my first bite   at Manila Peninsula's Cafe. 

Almond Cronut

Chocolate Cronut

A lot of bakeries has their own version of cronut and the race for the best cronut begins. I wonder what it really taste like eating the original cronut. hehe! Oh well, New York is a continent away so makuntento nalang muna with our own copycats! For sure, I will be adding more cronut pictures on this posts. 

Shabby Chic Baptism

What are little girls made of...

I opt for a casual dress for my little girl for sensible reasons  and I fell inlove with this Mothercare dress
 the moment I saw it and it fits  my shabby chic theme

Allergy : Indoor Plants Remedy

It's the time of the year when we experience unpredictable weather. And it's the time of the year when common allergies triggers. As a mom, it's difficult for me to see my little boy covered with skin rashes and we don't get enough sleep at night because that's when the allergy triggers. Though his pediatrician assured us that it's not something very dangerous to the extent... but I still can't stop worrying and praying for the ordeal to go away. 

Magnum Ice Cream

This Magnum Ice Cream has get all the hype online and on traditional media and as usual, a late bloomer, I just had my first Magnum experience 2 weekends ago on our usual grocery shopping day. 

Magnum on cupcake, hehe

It currently has three delicious variants and my favorite is the magnum ice cream with almonds. I agree with someone who said it's the poor man's Haagen Daz. ☺ For 50 pesos you'll get a generous filling of creamy vanilla and yummy belgian chocolate... and a bit of almond crunch. Now, that's heavenly! This is totally a luxury indulgence for people on the budget.

Cupcake Loops - The beginning

Baking cupcakes is more than a hobby for me now... I'm actually earning something from it and by that I mean no more over budget on our weekly grocery, hehe. I don't have formal education in pastry arts though I have a baking for beginners certificate on my sleeve but I'm really just one of the online-kitchen warrior-food network student. But making and decorating cupcakes are my passion! I think that'll be enough to make this hobby into something fruitful. Anyhow, recently I launch my  online cupcake shop and lucky enough I receive orders of five dozens cupcakes for a baptism. It's a great start!

My ever supportive husband was really the one who came up with the name Cupcake Loops. It is because obviously I love cupcakes, pastel colors and fruit toppings and coincidentally my son's favorite cereal is fruit loops! That's how the name was born. 

I will be baking and whipping more flavors and post them here soon and my kitchen will be my partner in my all my cupcake adventures! 

I bake and clean up my mess but I can't complain... I so love what I'm doing. ☺

Bake Sale

Sharing my love and passion. ☺ 

Life is uncertain, Eat your cupcakes first!

G7 Trung Nguyen Vietnam's #1 Coffee

Dear Coffee, I love you! ahhh, that's for a good cup of coffee in the morning. I usually brew our own coffee but a few weeks ago a friend of mine gave us a box of G7 Trung Nguyen Instant Coffee from her recent travel with her husband to Vietnam. According to my research this particular company produce Vietnam's #1 coffee known as Ca Phe Chon, a name has the rough translation of "Weasel Coffee." This is the counterpart of our very own Civet Coffee or better known as Tagalog Cafe Alamid (Alamid Cafe). The G7 so far after sampling a packet is quite good. The taste is indeed richer and has full-bodied flavor that is missing from most instant coffee.

While not tasting quite like brewed coffee, this is a great cup of coffee to enjoy when you're too lazy to brew or to bring with you when traveling. Just add hot water and you can have a gourmet coffee anywhere...

Message Board

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20 Ways to Get Good Karma

What a world would it be if everyone were to take these words into account while living our everyday lives. I wish everyone good karma. Let's start living!
                 

Instructions for Life by The Dalai Lama 

1. Take into account that great love and great achievements involve great risk.
2. When you lose, don’t lose the lesson.
3. Follow the three R’s:
   -  Respect for self,
   -  Respect for others and
   -  Responsibility for all your actions.
4. Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck.
5. Learn the rules so you know how to break them properly.
6. Don’t let a little dispute injure a great relationship.
7. When you realize you’ve made a mistake, take immediate steps to correct it.
8. Spend some time alone every day.
9. Open your arms to change, but don’t let go of your values.
10. Remember that silence is sometimes the best answer.
11. Live a good, honorable life. Then when you get older and
    think back, you’ll be able to enjoy it a second time.
12. A loving atmosphere in your home is the foundation for your life.
13. In disagreements with loved ones, deal only with the current situation. Don’t bring up the past.
14. Share your knowledge. It is a way to achieve immortality.
15. Be gentle with the earth.
16. Once a year, go someplace you’ve never been before.
17. Remember that the best relationship is one in which your love for each other exceeds your need for each other.
18. Judge your success by what you had to give up in order to get it.
19. If you want others to be happy, practice compassion.
20. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.

Love Simplicity at MUJI

Have you guys done with your gift shopping yet? check out  MUJI Holiday Promo natural and simple design that proposes rational lifestyle for todays world.  There are a lot of stuffs to choose from but whichever it is the receiver will surely appreciate. Here are some of the items available that are on my wishlist (calling the husband, hehe) :

Bonechina Set, for your mom's kitchen. 

For the writer 

A MUJI apron and and cookie cutter set or a silicone tray 

MUJI x LEGO toys for the kiddos or godchildren

What Do We Love About Christmas?

  

What do we love about Christmas;

Does our delight reside in things?

Or are the feelings in our hearts

The real gift that Christmas brings.

It’s seeing those we love,

And sending Christmas cards, too,

Appreciating people who bring us joy

Special people just like you.

By Joanna Fuchs

iPhone and iPad Wallpapers

For my iPhone and iPad friends have you heard of the poolga site yet? This site is great! They share with the users lots of pretty wallpapers.

Here are some of Poolga finds, check it out!