family book

its been awhile. quite busy at work. and its been a hell of a ride what i am going through right now.

you don't know how big deal this is.

while the philippines was having that storm/flooding dilemna , i also had my own storm.

i am picking up my broken pieces and just moving on one day at a time.

my work is my therapy now. i love my work, (yeah right!) quite ironic actually. haha


anyways, my uncle who is a great photographer has been publishing photo books. and i just really have to blog about this because this is a first. and i am proud of it. our own family book. and i am so happy and so so sooooooooo honored to have this book right now in our home.

here is a link http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/638218

OUR SPECIAL COLLECTIONS

-PHOTOGRAPHIC LOOK AT THE TAGAYTAY COLLECTIONS OF THE LAUREANO'S-



i am just amazed how he compiled this book. i kept on browsing it today. it was such fun to see highlights of our house (first ever) at tagaytay city.

i am just too proud.
loving more my family. even if i am going through alot right now, i get to realize how much they love me.

thanks mom, thanks dad.

most important thing now is my son's well-being.
:)

PLEASE HELP ONDOY VICTIMS

i just really need to do this
in my own little way

we have been gathering our clothes that can be donated
especially my son's baby clothes way back
these can really help all those babies

i am so sad about what happend in our country

please help

here is a MAP of where HELP IS NEEDED
you can check this out for more information

thank you
and God bless us all

the seminar

whoa. it's been more than a month i haven't wrote anything in here. and i will be almost three months at work. i am actually having fun torturing students, especially now a new batch of students just came in.

the only thing i am tired of is the food. we always have the same routine of menu every year. and every after short course run, there's going to be another batch of students, and they will just be doing the same course. but some of my chefs add a new recipe, but we never mess up with the school standards.

anyways, last saturday was a day off, and i got an opportunity of attending the food styling seminar by Delores Custer. it was a fun and very informative seminar. i have learned and added so much tips from what i know about food styling.



and this coming august, will be my third time to style food for Ricky Ladia's food lighting workshop.
for all those who are interested, please do call Totally Creative Graphics Studio.



today was pretty easy day, got no work because of the President's station of the nation address.
i made pancakes for breakfast. i made brownies to bring tomorrow at work to share. and i made cream of pumpkin soup for dinner.



will share more foodies soon. and i hope you will still get to check and standby my blog.
:)

oh, here are some pralines at our chocolate room for the school's restaurant
enjoy!

one month passed

its been more than a month that i haven't updated this. my crazy schedule and being preoccupied at my new job has stopped me going online unlike before when i was a stay at home.

its tiring but fulfilling. i mean, being able to gain work experience, sharing all the knowledge i know to the students and generally running the culinary school. doing paperworks like market list, purchase orders, recipes, etc.

being able to refresh my memory and gain more kitchen knowledge. if i got free time, i even go to our pastry kitchen and gather some more tips. as you all know, i am rubbing elbows with famous chefs, namely, Chef Ernie Babaran, Chef Norbert Gandler and Chef Uli Willimann.

these are my bosses and they've been givign me good feedback and i hope it stays that way. i am just doing my part in order to give and help in running the school the way they want it to be. i am just doing my job, that's all that matters. and i just want whatever compensation they're giving me is worth it.

i am not the only faculty assistant at school, we are a team. when i started, both of these guys have been great in assisting me and helping me adjust in all the systems and standards of the school. and i have adjusted well. and i hope i won't disappoint them too.

i haven't really took a lot of food photos at school, but i try.
:)


another thing, today is my son's first day in school. it was fun. as usual, didn't have a hard time on him. i got the day off since its a milestone today. very important day for all of us. he loves it. and ever since we enrolled him, he's been very excited about it.
so far, so good.



i just miss my days of being a stay at home... yet today is much more fulfilling.
i am just worried what will be next for us...

mama day bake day

somebody ordered a cake from me today. it was supposed to be a two layer cake, with fresh strawberries filling and more whipped cream, then again, she ended up getting one layer.

so i made the other layer for my mom.

and it also had whipped cream that i now want to eat when i watch a dvd later. fresh strawberries. and those ladyfingers.

upon writing this, they're munching munching it all away.

since i have a cake "debt" to my mom, her previous birthday, i told her not to eat the cake i made for her, it was only for display, that wasn't a good birthday cake. harharhar
and so now this is the payment.

i also made a few loaves of banana walnut and banana chocochip and chewy cookies with white choco, choco chips, and walnuts too.





happy mama day to all
:)

my last weekend...

...to be a stay at home mom
:(

i will be working starting monday at my previous school.
this assistant job was offered to me three years ago, after i gave birth and it came back.
as i have planned, when my child goes to school, this coming june he will be in nursery, i will go back to work.

and i am going to back to the workforce now.

i'll miss a lot. especially my child. but this is all for him.

i'll miss blogging and being online. but i will surely update here.

thanks to all who has been there for me for the past 3 years, and up to now supporting me and loving me
:) to all the new friendships i got along the way and the mothers i met.

advanced happy mothers day to me and to my mom, to my grandmom, and to all my aunts, to all mothers out there!

the cookies we love and the new chocolate craze

godivaaaaaaaa!!!!! i want godivaaaaaaaa!!!!

hongkong has been the number one place my mom and my dad goes to everytime they got the time. we used to get our supplies for our business there, when it was still under the british government, and now we still do, since we still got contacts there. of course, my mom knows all the good shops and good eats.

throughout the years my mom has been bringing goodies back home. and one of them is millie's cookies. and these bread stuff from this bakery called regina's. and of course royce and this chocolate that my mom and i jokingly quarrel because we don't want to give it back to her. this little can of godiva chocolate pearls. and they're pearls all right. it's like i will finish this little can in no time. hahahaha! but i have to take it one at a time, or else, i will be craving for this every single day. i actually don't know what to do when they're all gone. and my mom only got two little cans.

millie's cookies is so so so so heavenly good! chewy chewy chewy cookies! just how i love cookies! been saving these cookies beside my bed hahahahahaa!

millie's cookies also got the yummiest huge muffins that we love too! you know that you are getting the best of your money from these goodies! my mom dreams that i can do the same cookies from my oven. let me try that soon. and i hope i can achieve it!


love their cookie packaging!


these are the only favorite cookies we got! the 3 favorites!

double chocolate
raspberry & white (these are my fave!!!!)
toffee choco

millie's cookies may be found at the hongkong airport.

Millie’s Cookies

7E161 Level 7

Passenger Terminal Building

HK International Airport

royce chocolates, regina's and a few more other bakeries that got so much goodies can be found at ocean terminal, even bread talk has a big stall there now.



the goodies from regina's

this is the only thing i love about hongkong. shopping and food tripping!!!
i hope we can go back again. and i am craving for jade garden's rice toppings!!!
the suckling pig and that asado! (bbq roasted pork)!
:)