The Geisha

The Geisha. 

Little Mui Mui

I saw this pretty Japanese girl over the net and gave me the idea to create Mui Mui.

windblown

 

Made her using black ballpen and paper only.  I imagined her hair was blown by a soft wind and she was really enjoying every moment of it.

The Beauty of Nature

I love sunrises and sunsets.  The beauty of blending colors takes me in reverie. Sunrise always reminds me of how to start a brand new day as I watched it appear over the horizon, rays of light shining down upon me and reminding me of what life will offer me for that day.  As I wait for the sunset to come, which for me is the colorful time of the day, the beauty of colors and the mood that it embraces me while watching the dramatic changes in lighting really makes me appreciate the art of nature.

Took this impromptu shot while passing CAVITEX using my mobile phone... I just love the blending of colors.

SWEET RIDE: HERBY: The People's Car

http://cars.sulit.com.ph.

Here is my Volkswagen Beetle 1975 named Herby. 

I have been using this for almost seven years after I acquired it in 2004.  This car has been very useful to me as well as to my family and friends.  Although it is already 36 years old, it still drives as if it is still in its prime.  It can still go along with those brand new cars in EDSA with no sweat.   

 

I use this car to do errands like groceries and bringing my kid to school, out of town gimmicks, etc.  It also played a big part during my son’s 1^st birthday as the mascot Herbie and will be using it again this coming July for my second son's 1st birthday but with a different theme.

Lastly, the most important use of this car to me right now is being my delivery transportation for my cakes and cupcakes business and really, this precious doesn’t let me down.

And that is so"SULIT" for me.

Good Food: Pork Sisig

When I was doing the grocery last week, I bought two cans of ready to eat sisig from the canned goods shelves.  I was really having the moment of craving for that food but I don’t have time to go out to buy one and my taste was looking for the unusual tang of the in house sisig of my cousin.  I would barge inside their house every time I would know he was cooking some.  Just the thought of it makes my mouth drool.  I wonder when will he cook that food again?

But tonight, I decided to do some improvised sisig of my own.  I took one can of that ready to eat sisig and sliced some onions.  I was about to cook it when my husband surprised me a plastic full of that foodie.  He told me it was given by one of his friends and that I should re-heat it instead of cooking some canned food.  I added one whole onion and put some pepper and salt to it to taste.

I would not discuss the health benefits of sisig as I know there is none.  The cholesterol overload food has no valuable nutrients as other people were telling but really this one is satisfying my mouth's craving.  Well, eating this dish in moderation will not harm you at all.

Its Friday night but my husband and I chose to stay at home.  We grabbed some beer and made the re-heated pork sisig our "pulutan".  I don't have much time to go out since I become a mother of two.  Well I thought, we don't need fancy restaurants, waiters to attend our needs and bright lights just to feel the ambiance of a cool dining place.  As long as we have each other and a plenty of nice conversation, even without the sisig would be fine. 

I don't have my own recipe for this.  I need to ask my cousin if he will share his special recipe which makes the whole Barangay hungry for it.

Event: 25th Year Anniversary of People Power EDSA Revolution

I don’t have knowledge about the coup that happened last 1986 which started the popular People Power Revolution.  I was seven years old and was in first grade when it happened and don’t know what was going on around me.  I don’t have the knowledge about Martial law and coup d’ etat, too.  All I can remember, there were lots of helicopters on air, the people that was beginning to build up in EDSA and my parents told me to stay indoors because of what might happen outside.  I don’t have much to do since the classes were suspended.  I was frustrated then because my favorite cartoon show on tv was replaced by news all day.  I remembered seeing tanks on the streets, lots of army people wearing camouflage and nuns walking hand in hand holding rosaries.   I don’t know the meaning of what was happening back then.

Twenty five years later, I am watching the news and saw lots of people in EDSA.  But this time, to celebrate the successful People Power Revolution for its twenty fifth year anniversary.  This time, the tanks are for reenactment of what was happened in 1986.  Lots of people are wearing yellow which is the themed color of the event, lots of people reminisce what took place.  Familiar faces attended the grand affair and even the kids that were born after the revolution are also present to participate.  This time, the people are not fighting for democracy but celebrating the freedom that they got after risking their lives in front of the tanks and army people.  

I was seven years old then and now, I already have two kids.  The true meaning of EDSA Revolution is clear with me now.  I understand how we got our independence and the people who were willing to risk their lives just to end the regime of the dictator.   EDSA Revolution gave new hope for the Filipino people.  It was twenty five years ago but the celebration that is happening right now in EDSA keeps the memory of the peaceful revolution alive.  

 

Every year, celebration has been done to commemorate the People Power.  And every year, I keep on seeing the faces that they said made the peaceful revolution possible.  But for me the unsung heroes of the revolution were those cigarette vendors, the nuns whose only arsenal was rosary, the journalists and other ordinary people who made extra ordinary efforts.

* Photos taken from google images