Today is Monday 29th of April,2012

Today marks the end of the April Fair in Sevilla.  Lots of hoos and aahs but nothing has changed since the inaugaration of the April Fair many, many years ago.  The origin of the April Fair was a get together to show  off their livestock.  For more information about the history and its origins of the April Fair, please go to Wikipedia. Personally, I am not a big fan of the fair.  The objective is to visit the fair get drunk and pay for the rides on the amusement park type rides.  

For me, I used Friday to prepare the marinate for the char siew and on Saturday I fixed Won Ton noodles for my children.  The wonton and charsiew were successful except for the sauce that goes with the noodles.  On Sunday, I baked chocolate chip cookies and used chocolate chips made and sold by a local supermarket called Mercadona.  Since I didn´t have enough chocolate chips, I managed to use old easter eggs and the chips turned out brown in color.  All in all, I had a productive weekend.  I saved some chocolate chips to give to a colleague who is having her birthday this week.

Will include pictures of my cooking adventure soon!

Spring is here

The seeds are budding and the flowers are blossoming.  Birds are chirping merrily and the air is fresh with the smell of Spring.  As we kiss winter goodbye, we embrace spring with a gladsome heart and a joyful smile.  Winter was a tough one for a lot of us, some go through a depression others are still looking for work.  My advice is look to spring and clean out the cobwebs and renew ourselves for a better tomorrow.  First, we thank God for his gentle hand in guiding us and protecting us.  In providing us with food and a place to sleep.  For that we are grateful.
Saturday, spent some time with Gabriel, my number two son and made some chocolate chip cookies.  Not that it came out straight from the box, I prefer to bake things from scratch.  Hard to find chocolate chips here in Sevilla. The ones for baking I mean. They have it in Madrid. People here I guess  tend to eat  chips ahoy, etc. Even the big supermarkets like El Corté Ingles don´t have it on their shelves.  I mean the semi sweet one like Hersheys, etc. The cookies was a small batch.  It turned out okay not burnt!! It was gone the next morning.  Not bad but prefer Mrs Fields´recipe. Will have to make more this week.

We had a tough week.

Just got word that one of our close friend´s son-in-law has Hodgkin´s Lympoma at 2nd stage.  We were stunned.  We hope and pray that with chemo and radiation treatment this yound man will see full recovery.

Our second son, Gabriel who turned twelve last November, received the Aaronic Priesthood and is set apart as Deacon´s Quorum President.  We are proud of him.

Carolina our oldest girl went on a weekend trip to Granada and brought us back some delicious pastry called "pioninos"!  Very sweet.

Daniel,our number one son is occupied with lots of exams, this year he attempts the entrance exams.  Hope he gets in the university and major in something that he has a passion for, physics and computers (informatics).

I have been busy clearing the storehouse at work to make way hopefully for a yoga room.  Meanwhile, at work I have been busy fixing soups and soups for the clients, to keep them warm for the freezing winter.

Looking Forward to Spring.

We are approximately two months shy of Spring.  Hope everyone had a great Chinese New Year feast.
This year we welcome in the Year of the Dragon, the year of the Water Dragon.  Hope it brings in more liquid, the kind that fills our pockets and not make us feel damp!
Have a great year ahead, will be back with more recipes.  In the meantime, eat lots of soup!

Back from Singapore

We visited Singapore in the month of August for three wonderful weeks.  This time our whole family and three nephews were able to make the trip.  The miraculous part was the funding of two extra air tickets coming from my mom and the rest of my family in Singapore.  This is just a teaser photo to whet your taste buds.  From now onwards, I will be adding pictures of our trip and will be describing some of the fabulous meals we had had in Singapore.  We even brought back a wok for my cooking in Sevilla.

Bad quality T-shirts

Be careful of bad quality T-shirts.  Be careful how you wash them.  Most of the time when we get free merchandise, we are the first to try it on without reading the washing instructions.  Have you received a T-shirt, wore it proudly and then after your first few washes, you find that the quality of the T-shirt has diminished?

What if you had paid good price for the T-shirt?  It would be heartbreaking, right?

Funny thing is I have bought some T-shirts from a country known for making imitations  and the quality of the T-shirt has left me dumbfounded.  It still maintained its quality and shape especially around the neck.  Now can someone please explain to me how this can be?

Thanks to all my dear friends.

To all the people I meet at work.  To all my dear friends who are so sweet to me.  Your warm greetings bring a song to my heart.  Thanks to Silvia O, Ana, Teresa, Ruth and many, many more.
The days go by faster and the cheery smiles make my work light.  
I want to take this opportunity to thank Silvia O for her encouraging words.  Her kind words of motivation nearly brought tears to my eyes.  I am deeply touched by your constant encouragements and kind words.
You all make me happy!!!