Sponge Cake (Spongebob cake) on Dylan's 2nd bday

I can't help it to put a lot of effort for Dylan's party- my 2nd year old baby last May 15, 2010. He loves spongebob and wants it to be his cake's theme. Unfortunately, mom is so busy with other things for the party. It is a good thing that Mamu is here to make the pinata and cooked the chicken balls aka chicken nuggets. Tita Lyn (my brother's ex gf) is also helpful for putting hotdog and mallows on the toothpicks. And also Ate as the ice tea master. So, I got some time to buy a smal cake at Goldilocks at around 300+ pesos and some for decorations. I found this embossed spongebob sticker at my Abubot's box. So I grab my spatula and liquid food color (blue) and started to crumpled the icing and make it look likes an ocean. I also got inspired with the chocolate blocks and pearl candies so I make it look likes a treasure chest. And of course, aquatic jelly candies and chocolate coins are a must. And add some really cute flowers brought from a local market. And the stickers look like a 3D object in there plus the cute factor of a stationery fish saying "Happy 2nd birthday Dylan"- a handwritten of mine. Also, don't forget spongebob's trademark- burgers! Dylan was so amazed with his Spongebob cake and very overwhelmed with his simple party, lots of kids and play and yummy treats from mom's kitchen!

Benefits of a kiss

Our little ones need more attention than what we knew. We often take them for granted whenever they want something and cry for it. It is very important that even though we didn't give them what they want-we always make something to make them feel good. The power of kissing is beyond what we thought of it, it is one of the most precious thing to give to our love ones to show our affection and their significance. A simple kiss can say a lot of thing like, "I love you", "I miss you", "It's gonna be ok", "I'm here"- its show different positive things and yet the simplest way to show our love. There's a lot of benefits from kissing, such as- comfort, encouragement, trust, amazement, humility, respect and both of the person involve gets the benefits. Like our little ones, whenever they feel upset they need our little lips to ease their pain. Of course, no more greatness than a mother's love. Happy Mother's day everyone!

Dylan's first edition of pictorial

There is no perfect picture but capturing a most blessed moments turned out to be perfect! Our baby's growing stages were really captive and we always want to put in on a better memories like pictures and videos. Although we want that to happen but sometimes we can't so just take cute moments whenever our cameras are at hand. I have a lot of cute pictures of Dylan that turned out to be perfect for me! This is is really cute, he looks like a handsome model posting for a billboard! Just some random pictures that we got, he is so in love with taking pictures and posting on camera especially when his mommy ninang took her professional digicam. He really post a lot and projects perfectly, also photogenic at most times!

"Kofiholic Cheezy Overload Pizza" Product of the Month

Pizza is a famous Italian food that becomes a favorite of Filipinos. You can find many pizza store in the Philippines, there are some famous signature and some are local. Here at Kofiholic, we make sure that every food we serve will give satisfaction and gives value to your money. We don't get into this business just to earn money but of course to put a unique touch in every food you eat. Only premium and quality materials used in every product that we serve. Just like our Cheezy Overload Pizza that is full of more than 10 toppings and topped with mouth watering premium Mozzarella and Parmesan cheese. The serving is good for 3-4 persons just for 250 pesos plus one pitcher size ice cold tea. Taste is very competent and not the typical local pizza but most likely comparable to Yellow cab but a little less oil and salt. At Kofiholic, we make sure that your money were worth spending at our shop! By the way, all our recipes are Kofiholic originals and I make sure to cook it in every single perfect way. So hubby and I were busy managing the shop- hubby takes care of the dining area and I at the kitchen.

Looking back at the days...

It's seems that being a mom needs a lot of effort to transform your life to a busy one. I can't imagine that life can be as busy as now compare to the college days I had. During college days, there's a lot of things that I missed- my friends, the bonding, the closeness, the school days, the fun. When I came to remember those things, I realized that life now is more complicated and needs more responsibilities for the family. Level-up to the next level, more chores to do when there is a child, more dinner to prepare when there is an in-laws visit and more argue to have with my hubby. But then, these things made me whole now and if I am going to choose to- I will always choose to have my family at this age. No matter what adjustments needed, I still make it because looking back at the days...now I have my own precious family to live with.

Kofiholic in the making

Hubby and I are planing to put a small business here in our town- Cabanatuan Nueva Ecija. At first, we were thinking about having an Internet cafe with snack bar named as "Wireless bites". So after the feasibility studies that we have, we came by putting up a snack and coffee shop. Well at this moment-it is so difficult to budget our start up money and seeking for trusted suppliers and wares for our store. But first, we have to make a lot of renovation at the place, starting from the paints, flooring, lights, furniture and a lot more! The place that we rented is a former Internet cafe that is within 100 kms from a school, a hospital and a specialists clinic here in Maharlika highway Cabanatuan City Nueva Ecija. The place is so promising, so as the food we offer is very reasonable at its price and really a delicious treat for every one. Also, we have an array of choices of specialty frappe that was studied and used only premium and world class materials. And while you are relaxing but then your children wants to come with you, we have XBOX 360 units and PS2 units that they can play using headsets and wireless controllers. Kofiholic is very very family oriented snack and coffee shop that will truly deserves you to be our loyal customers. Here is the before and after- Kofiholic in the making! Kofiholic is located at Unit2 Casman Building, Maharlika Highway Daan Sarile, Cabantuan City Nueva Ecija and you can reach us thru (044) 329-08-10. See you!

Java Rice or hunger?

Cooking is one of my passion. Whenever we get on a family vacation, you can always find me around the kitchen. It seems that I can't get enough of cooking rather experimenting a lot with different dishes. Rice is one of the easiest to cook yet boring, but there's a lot of innovation to get that plain rice on a rock and roll rice. So this is my first recipe for Rice rock and roll edition, Java rice! I'm not sure where does Java Rice originated, either India or Indonesia but still it is one of the most popular rice mix in the Philippines. This rice mix is so tasty and so delicious, yu can find yourself hook into it. It's been 3 days straight that I've been cooking it here at my sister's house and it seems that everyone got hooked up on it. So, here's it:

Java Rice Ingredients
3 tsp. MARGARINE
2 tsp. minced ONION
3 tsp. minced RED BELL PEPPER
1 tsp. SALT
1 tsp. CURRY POWDER
1/2 cup BANANA CATSUP
1/3 cup SOY SAUCE
8 cups RICE
1 pc medium EGG

Java Rice Cooking Procedure
1. Put margarine on a pan and heat
2. Saute onion and bell pepper
3. Put catsup, soy sauce and curry powder
4. Put rice and mix until golden yellow in color
5. Mix egg with rice and serve hot
Best topped with fried foods and with chili garlic sauce

Enjoy this recipe and for sure the whole family will get hooked to it! It's so easy to prepare and of course so easy to empty the Rice Serving Plate..lol!