Kitchen Princess

Trying to avoid the Christmas crowd, I was finally able to go shopping for gifts for my godkids today, Christmas day. Yes, admittedly I am one of those who procrastinate when it comes to shopping for Christmas. I couldn't resist buying this Disney Talking Kitchen for one of my godkids Andrea. As you can see from this image taken a few hours after I dropped off the gift at her place, Andy has fallen in love with her new toy.

And the winner is . . .

Here I am accepting the gigantic check from Discovery channel & Nokia representatives for winning the First Time Mobile Film Makers Award last Dec. 15, 2005. It was truly a proud moment, the 2 months of hard work really paid off. Please check out the mobifilms website to see my award winning entry. THANK YOU to all who supported me all through out, especially to Jackie, Lesley, Ica, Christiane, Melissa, Amy, Mama Loy, Sockie, Jigs, Louie & Carina.

Beeline for Bibingka

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One of life's simple pleasures for me is eating a freshly baked/cooked (over charcoal) bibingka. Despite my no-carb diet, I just could not stop myself from ordering one while we were at Tiendesitas. Bibingka is a mixture made from eggs, flour, coconut milk, sugar & topped with grated coconut, slices of salted duck egg & butter.

Every Tom, Dick & Harry

Couldn't resist taking this shot while we were doing some shopping at Tiendesitas. They were just the cutest little . . .

Discovertree

Saw another beautifully decorated Christmas tree at the lobby of Intercon hotel.

Not so little chicken

I usually hate movies about animals and avoid them like the plague, no Benjie or Lassie's for me!! So guess how shocked I was that I really really liked the new Disney animation Chicken Little. I had an appointment at the Intercon at 2:30 which was pushed to 3:30 at the last minute, so I decided to take in a movie since the weather was icky with rain, didn't feel like much shopping at all. I had wanted to see Reese Witherspoons new movie but unfortunately it was gonna end past 4pm, so I had no choice but to watch Chicken Little. Oh my goodness, the movie was hilarious, so funny, editing was very tight, didn't have too many dragging scenes like singing and stuff which I really really hate! This is really a MUST SEE movie!!!

Hamming it Up

This was the sight that greeted me when I decided to drop by Excelente on Palanca street, as you can see it is very famous for it's cured hams. With only 3 people at home, I usually just buy a fourth of a kilo.

To Pho or not to pho

I have been cutting back on my carb intake for the past 2 weeks to try to bring down my triglyceride levels so says my doctor. But I guess with a ton load of projects that I've been working on at the same time, I kinda went ballistic when I saw this new restaurant "Pho Saigon" on Banawe st., I love Vietnamese noodles and haven't had one in a long long time, so I was pretty excited to try out their Pho. I don't know if I was just hungry or what but everything was so good, the noodles, the coffee, the spring rolls, it was all so heavenly!!!

A Visit to the Big House

This is probably the most famous house in the entire archipelago, the house of BIG BROTHER. Despite not having watched a single episode, I still couldn't resist seeing it when I went to pick up my paycheck at FOOD magazine.