Chop, Chat and Chomp

    On May 1, 2015 Labor Day, Tommy and me with Cham, Mike and Gael went to an interactive art museum in Cubao, Art in Island.  We brought along my assistant, Ronalyn. We divided ourselves into 2 groups, Tommy, Ronalyn and I went together while Cham, Mike and Gael formed themselves in one group.     To know more about Art in Island, Cham described well about this in her blog  here . These are the photos I took:

    I started again reading the Bible verses I wrote several years ago on index cards which I read everyday while walking around our compound. I wrote about this here .     And this verse I read was on top of those index cards I was talking about. Matthew 12:34-37    For out of the overflow of the heart the mouth speaks. The good man brings good things out of the good stored up in him, and the evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in him. But I tell you that men will have to give account on the day of judgment for every careless word they have spoken. For by your words you will be acquitted and by your words you will be condemned.     This led me to think of what's in my heart. I would like to think that my heart is full of love and joy and peace and sympathy. But is it, really? Analyzing myself and looking into the innermost part of my heart, this I became aware of, in my heart is pride, bitterness, haughtiness, apa...

    I wanted to be a nutritionist when I was growing up. Food excites me. It all started when I was in Grade V. We had this subject, Home Economics, wherein I was a leader of one of the 4 groups in my class. This subject was about home management and caring for your home and family. We were taught how to run a family properly, handicrafts, sewing, cleaning a house, cooking, baking, nutrition, even how to plan a balanced meal. I was always excited to learn anything about this subject but what really sparked my interest  was food and nutrition. Hence, I started to read about food, what it does to our body, what the nutrition value of a certain food is, and recipes!     I baked my first cookie when I was 12 and have been baking since then. It gives me a certain high every time I see my baked products. But after all the butter, gluten from flour, sugar that I consumed for the past 40+ years, I acquired this problem in my stomach. I had hyperacidity or ac...

   It was in 2008 when I went to Hongkong with my daughter, Cham, my first ever trip out of the country and (please don't laugh at me) my first time to ride an airplane. The whole trip was a gift from my loving sister and because Tommy was not so keen yet on traveling, my daughter volunteered to accompany me. Her savings from her salaries proved very useful. It was also her first time to travel abroad. You can just imagine how fun it was for the two of us. This is Cham, while waiting aboard at NAIA2 and me with my newly-bought suitcase and Cham's    Unlike my children, I am not an adventurous person but I have my dreams. Just like everybody, I also want to travel but the reason why it took me this long to finally get to ride an airplane is simply because I just didn't have this in mind - to travel at a young age. My mind was occupied with first working my way to success. The early years of my married life was dedicated to work, work, and work. ...