Funny No. 1 - Broken Broken Sleep

Last Saturday, I was trying to make the kids sleep early to get them used to sleeping early and waking up early in preparation for the 1st day of school for the 2nd term on Monday. But my son slept during the 530pm mass,woke up at around 8pm and was having a hard time to sleep. My daughter and I fell asleep at 9pm, and I was surprised to find out that my son was still not asleep and it was around 130 already. So I told him " Ben ha, sirang-sira na ang tulog mo". Then he said" what did you say Mum?" I said "Never mind Ben, just sleep". He said" No Mum I heard you, you said BROKEN BROKEN SLEEP. My mind was saying "Huwat? Tama nga naman ang translation sa English". And we both laugh really hard.

A Lot of Firsts

Happy First School Day to Ben and Ann... especially to Ann which is her first day in primary school today.
It is also my first time to drive them to school. The kids were telling me that I was going the wrong way... Hahaha... I was actually taking a longer route going to their school because I am still not comfortable with changing lanes. The "shorter way" going to school means that I need to change lanes 2 times going to the left, straight away, when I turn right at the main road. The traffic on the main road doesn't stop when my traffic light turning right turns green. I wouldn't want to risk our safety especially when I know I cannot do it. I have only been driving for 3 months, and atleast once a week..... :-)
Maybe I will take the "shorter route" soon... when I'm ready... :-)

Ann's Birthday continued....

As promised, I will post Ann's birthday photos. We have used magic birthday candles, kids were amazed, everytime Ann blows the candle, it lights back. :-)

Benedict's Birthday

This is a so so late post of Benedict's Birthday which was on the 21st of February. He is 6 years old now. My wish for him is to grow up being a good boy and may he have good health.

We've got several family friends that attended. I prepared Filipino Pork Barbeque, Sushi, Pancit Guisado, Baked Macaroni, two cakes- a vanilla and an almond one. My friends brought Fried Chicken and Baked Tahong... Yum.... Thanks to all of you...

Filipino Sweet Style Spaghetti

Thought that I needed to share my Filipino Spaghetti that my friends really like. Here it goes:
Sauce:
2 tbsps canola oil
5 cloves garlic chopped
1 medium sized onion chopped
1/2 green capsicum chopped
500 grams beef mince
1 tsp. salt, some extra at the end to suit your taste
ground black pepper
750 gram pack Del Monte Sweet Style Spaghetti Sauce
250 gram pack Del Monte original style tomato sauce
4 pcs. Helliers Cheese Kransky, slice
1 can Phoenix Mushroom whole, cut in small pieces
75 grams butter
5 tsps sugar
grated cheese

Heat oil, saute garlic, onions and capsicum. Add beef mince, 1 tsp. salt, a little bit of ground pepper. Cook until beef is a bit brown and renders a bit of its fat. Add the spaghetti sauce and tomato sauce. Put the kransky and mushrooms. Let simmer for 5 mins, with occasional stirring. Add butter, when its melted put in sugar, add salt and pepper to suit your taste.

This sauce would be enough for 750-1000 grams spaghetti( follow packet instructions for cooking spaghetti.)

Mix sauce and cooked spaghetti and top with a lot of grated cheese... Yum.... :-)

Ann's Birthday

Happy Birthday Ann! That was already 5 years ago, since you were born...

My daughter is celebrating her birthday tomorrow, although her birthday is 16th of April. I'm preparing a simple dinner for our friends. I have already made my potato and apple salad today, iced black tea lemonade and the cake which I would just put the icing tomorrow. The main courses would be the most requested spaghetti in Filipino sweet style tomato sauce, roasted pork shoulder (a recipe of Jamie Oliver), homemade pizza (wherein the base is a naan recipe), and would just be baking some chicken chipees and fish fingers....

Hope everything turns out well, I am the sole cook again... :-) And while doing all these stuff I hope my children decide to watch movies instead of talking to me and asking me all sorts of questions. Because they always pick the perfect day :-) to chat to me all day, when you want them playing and watching movies. They've done this as well when I was preparing for Benedict's birthday... Hindi lang katawan ko ang sumakit pati ulo ko.hehehe.... But I'm happy they like talking to me a lot. Benedict even told me today, that I look really nice and cool when I'm cooking... And Ann says I'm a good "cooker" :-)

I'm glad I have spent this day with alot of hugs and kisses and I love you's from Ben and Ann....
Nakakatanggal ng pagod.....

Photos of the birthday coming soon....

Driver's License Test

Sa wakas, nakapasa na rin ako sa restricted driver's license exam ko. It has been a long journey since I started to learn how to drive, not really long pero for me it was the most stressful part of my life.
I've started my lessons 5 January of this year till it ended today 15 April, kasi nakapasa na ako. My teacher is a very good one,very patient, ako lang talaga ang may problema. He has taught me all the right things that I should do. Kaso lang hindi ko magawa. Not only that my mind is so slow, my reactions and movements are so slow as well. Masyado kasi akong kinakabahan, lalo pang lumalala dahil sa high blood pressure ko. After every lesson, mangangapal ang batok ko, masakit talaga ang ulo ko.
I think passing the test, is even much harder than applying to go to New Zealand. But that's just me. Kung sino man ang nagbabalak na matuto magdrive, wag nyo akong gayahin, nerbyosa. Kung magawa ninyong maging relaxed, saludo ako sa inyo.
I am just so relieved today, nabunutan talaga ako ng tinik, malaking tinik.... :-)
To all my friends, thank you so much for your support, kahit madalas ko kayong kulitin sa mga kwentong driving ko. To my husband who has supported me financially in taking my driving lessons(hehehe:-). I am so glad you didn't insist that I get taught by you and for saying that even if I didn't pass my first take, it is still alright with you. To my teacher, P, thank you so so much. And to the Lord, thank you for being there every step of the way. I love you....