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Our Little Garden

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We are a family of farmer’s.  That is a reply I would always get whenever I ask my Lola about our family. One of the gifts that she treasured the most is plants. Lola would show off each tree we planted to guests along with some stories about us her apo’s (grandchildren). Oh how I miss her so much.  My mama also has a green thumb, she would change plants in our little garden almost every 3 months and neighbors would admire how she managed to grow beautiful flowers. Some friends would give her a sad orchid (no flowers) and somehow after a few months she would manage to make them grow happy blooming with colorful flowers.  And so secretly I’m hoping to have a farmer’s heart from my Papa’s side and a green thumb from my Mama. I started with a bunch of bamboo house plant which sadly only stayed with us for a year. My husband encouraged me to grow some herbs and bought me a pack of basil and chili seeds that …

a short trip to outerspace

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Went to MICC this afternoon to watch a sneak preview of Barney’s OuterSpace adventure show to be held this weekend here in Dubai. I’ve been joining competition to hopefully win us tickets and surprise little V.  We arrived around 5 in the afternoon and the floor was packed with moms and kids waiting for every little one’s purple friend. Luckily V and I found a good spot and took our place (sitting on the floor) singing along to familiar Barney songs. After 10 minutes V started asking where Barney is now and how long does he need to wait. 20 minutes…30 minutes…still no purple dinosaur in sight.  Some parents have been finding ways to squeeze their little one in the crowd, giving instructions (well more of shouting) to go walk till they reach the front. Which I think is just st***d! The little girl politely saying “excuse me” and looking back to her mom asking “it’s ok here?”, mom replies “Go to the front” (another mom beside me translated for us). Why would you ask …

My first #BakeFestDXB

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Friday 11am with cupcake caddies on hand we headed to Wild Peeta at World Trade Center for  #BakeFestDXB organized by @theregos.  Our kitchen was able to produce three kinds of cup cake: Lemon Meringue, Ube Haleya (Purple Yam), and Coconut Pandan.  I was calm two weeks before the event after a few sleep it was the #BakeFestDXB week! Sleep was not my friend, I was overly excited and scared. It’s my first time to bake something to be displayed.  Half of Wild Peeta was filled with sweet goodies from a community of bakers who blogs and tweets as well.  Our day was filled with sweet goodness from talented bakers – cakes, cookies, truffles, cup cakes, and pies. It was not only us adults who enjoyed the day the kids too. Little V found a new friend in Wee Scotch (Ginger’s little one). He was so proud of himself telling his dad and I that he took good care of the baby and that wee scotch was his new friend.  I think selling our sweets was …

Farmers Market and Cucumber Salad

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First of all I’d like to say a big Thank You to Rajani of EatWriteThink for my new kitchen toy a Braun MultiQuick Cordless. If you want a chance to win one go visit MyCustardPie she’ll pick a winner on April 26. Rajani was also the one who invited me to be part of Famished Arabia, a group of food bloggers here in GCC. Such an angel! You can find links of fellow famished bloggers on my links. I attended my first activity last Friday a Group Photo share and learn session at Bakers and Spice which also was a host to a weekly Farmers Market which sells organic produce.  When I told C about the session he was happy for me and I was too. Being a stay at home sometimes give me an overwhelming feeling of being stuck to just cleaning and cooking which leads to bad days that makes my hormones and emotions go wild. That’s why we are both happy that I have this new thing to keep my mind busy beside household …

Blogging in Dubai

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I’m craving for soup and my son requested for some crispy chicken. I’m lazy when it comes to making just soup that’s why we buy those packed soup mix that you just add on boiling water. Both my boys love soup. I searched the net for some recipes (Asian Soup) found lots but then most of the ingredients are not readily available and I don’t drive. Googled again but this time within Dubai pages only. And viola! I found the following Dubai base bloggers Miso Soup by Sandier PasturesKimchi Udon Chicken Soup by OutandAboutFried Chicken of Chef and Steward I still have 1 packet left of ready mix soup and would finish that today for dinner with some fried chicken and left over mashed potato.

School Hunt pt2

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We continue the search and visited the following schools and a brief review… The Oxford SchoolCurriculum – English National CurriculumKG1-Grade 12 We have a friend who sends their kids here and they are very happy with the school and the kids are too. That itself is a plus already, we only don’t want our kids to learn but to be happy as well. The guy who toured us around the KG department was not a member of the faculty so he was not really able to explain well the activities that the school offer for KG students he just mainly just showed us around and pointed out the Star International – Al Twar Curriculum – National Curriculum for England and WalesKG1-Year 8 Star has a homey feel to it and the assistant principal who toured us was very pleasant lady. We don’t have any friends who has children in this school but base on the comments we read on the forum’s majority says that they love the school. Unfortunately the fee is just way beyond our …