A Date with my Parents

It's Holy Week! Most vacations usually start by this time but mine's over... :(

Anyway, it's a Tuesday and I usually go with my parents for our Bible Study as we do every Tuesday. I didn't want to go at first because my boyfriend asked me to come with them for his sister's graduation. She's graduating today from Medicine. I ended up attending the bible study then I also went to the graduation. The program was over when I arrived. Boo me. But that would be a different post. ;)

After we had our bible study, my parents and I went to the mall to have our merienda at Green Mango. And here are the pictures of my date with my parents:

GM Spaghetti

1Meal One opportunity

Project for the children of Iloilo City

Mom

Arte I

Arte II

Heaven's Torte

Chocolate Turon

Arte III

Doing what I love: Make-Up

This is a very late post about my venture last February 26. My sister had their College Night and she asked me if I could do her make up, as well as her three friends. I gamely took on the challenge and I realized that it's tiring to do the make-up of four girls, alone! I have since then acquired a new respect for Make-Up artists. I remember I had to fill in as MUA for a photoshoot because they had no MUA that day. I only had to do the make up of 1 model and I was sweating! Since I'm building my portfolio, I do the make-up of my own models at the same time photograph them- a very loooooonnngggggg process! You get lower back pains, as well as pain on the wrist, stiff necks, sweat, etc! But in the end, once you see the final output, you know all of the sweat and pain's worth it- the financial compensation is just a bonus! :)

So here are the photos on that night:

Tinz: Subtle and Smokey

Jenny: brought her own falsies! 

She looks Amazing!

Janice: Earthy

My sis, Dordz: electric and edgy

Four Marias. 

So, there! I will post the picture of the photoshoot I did for a friend and then my own photoshoot from my portfolio soon! :)

Pork Cubes Experiment

Hi there! :)

I haven't updated this blog in a long while but now I'm back! :D First, I'd like to write about what I did tonight. Lately I have been very interested in "cooking". I don't really cook when I do, it's always prito (fried). Though I love watching Giada De Laurentiis, I was never motivated to really cook. My mom is a great cook and she bakes really good cakes and cookies too! Despite that, I have never envisioned myself seriously trying to cook. I'm turning 24 this year and I've been thinking of living separately from my parents and I thought to myself, "I really need to learn how to cook". That didn't motivate me though, until I came across a blog. I thought it was all about fashion, since she's a well-known stylist. Apparently, her blog cover fashion and her life as a busy mom. She also puts up her own recipes and gives a step-by-step direction of how she makes/ cooks a certain food. (BTW she is Jenni Epperson. Follow her blog HERE)

I never thought I'd get hook on her blog and anticipate the next recipe she'd make or cook. That was the time I started to concoct recipes in my mind. I started making easy recipes first- just trying to be safe. I experimented with breaded chicken fillets- I'm heavy on seasoning the food and it tasted really GOOD. My boyfriend always asks me to cook it for him whenever he visits me. He never gets tired of it! Haha.  Next thing I know I'm making pork cubes! :)

I made pork cubes tonight. It's not the same pork cubes recipe I saw on a blog, though. I didn't measure the seasoning because I don't like to do that- that's why baking and I don't really mix well. LOL  I had my mom taste the food after I cooked it. I was scared she was gonna say "it's too salty or too sweet" or "it's bland"! My mom, for me  (and for my boyfriend as well) is the best cook! The food is extra delicious when she cooks- so that makes her a very intimidating judge on how well I made my dish. :) Getting her approval means I've done a great job! Yahoo!

So here's what I had:

1pc pork (porkchop cut) cubed
3 cloves of garlic
2-3 tsp of barbecue marinade
2tsp of sugar
1 and a half tsp of EVOO
garlic powder
salt
black pepper
oregano

I had to marinate the pork so it would be soft and tender. So in a bowl, i mixed all the ingredients and have it sit for about 20 minutes, more or less. After that, I just put it straight into a hot pan. :)

Here's the photo vomit:

McCormick for seasoning

EVOO

marinating pork cubes 

hot pan! 

Ta-dah! (It's not burnt okay? It's the barbecue marinade)

I loved how it tasted. Of course, you can say I'm biased but whatever! LOL For a beginner, I give myself a two- thumbs up! :)