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Meringue everyone!

November 10, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Egg whites in the mixer

For the past month I have been making meringue here in my house. Bob saw the recipe on TV and he let me see it when they showed the segment again. I just memorized what the chef said and made a few changes. It's really an easy recipe to make. I am lucky because I had my nieces and my kids who are into cooking also. So now, I will just tell them to make it, and in less than 20 minutes of preparation then its in the oven for about 25-30 minutes, really until the top of the meringue turned color brown. Bob likes meringue a lot and so does our youngest son Jared. I made this meringue like a pie. Unlike the other meringue that we've made before … [Read more...]

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A good chat with a friend

November 9, 2011 By
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A few days ago Bob, myself and a friend were sitting on our porch watching the kids play basketball. We were talking about the party that we just attended a few days back. With that chat we touched on a topic about our kids behavior now compared to when we were kids. Like we always said our kids growing up now have an easier life compared to the life we had back then. Our conversation then went on to the girls before and now. I’m meaning to say about the girls that was brought up way before the internet came. We both made ourselves and our families as a sample. Like me and that friend were both brought up in the farm. We are happy and … [Read more...]

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Dear Feyma: “First imppression”

November 2, 2011 By
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I got an email from somebody asking for an advice on how to handle meeting the family of the girl he was corresponding with for some time. “Hi Feyma, I will shortly be visiting the Philippines and meeting a lady who I have been in contact for some time. She is a widow, both her parents are now deceased and has children living at home. My question is in regard to Filipino culture… who takes the role of her parents? She has a son (21) but he is not the eldest she has a brother also. I understand first impressions are important so I am keen to get off on the right foot. Hope you can help, have searched extensively but no avail. Enjoy … [Read more...]

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A $1000 to live in the Philippines?

October 19, 2011 By
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“Feyma can I make it to live in the Philippines for just a $1000?” I’ve been asked this questions through emails more than a dozen times. Questions from a foreigner that wanting to retire here. Before answering the questions, I have to ask some questions first. Are you single? No family here to support, I mean a lady or a lady with kid?  You have to tell me where do you want to live. Expenses here really varies from place to place. I answered the question not on how he should spend the money, but what can he spend on the basic needs here in the Philippines particularly here in Davao City. A single guy: A 1000 bucks in … [Read more...]

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Home cook hotdog spaghetti!

October 18, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Pasta with hotdog & herbs & sauce

Bob and the kids asked me to cooked something for them for lunch one day a few months ago. Bob just told me what they saw on the internet. The kids were so excited and really beg for me to cooked it for them. I am really a softy when it comes to my family, so I told them okay I will cooked it for them. Luckily I have my sous chef at the house at that time. Really my niece Glenda almost always my right hand in cooking. So I explained to Glenda what we are going to cook and she understood what I'm talking about and she started to boil some water for the pasta. Prepare water on the pot to boil. While waiting for the water to boil, I started … [Read more...]

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Death Anniversary in the Philippines

October 12, 2011 By
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I was thinking of death lately because a few close  family of mine died in April and one in July. Some were my cousins that I just met a few times in my life. But 2 that were close to my family were my cousins who died last April and a dear person to me died last week of July. He was my brother-in-law. He was the husband of my oldest sister. He is a brother-in-law to me for over 35 years. We had our ups and down as a family. But over all we love each other no matter what. He died of a heat stroke. It really shocked the rest of the family. But we are happy that he did not suffer much. Why was I talking about death anniversary since my … [Read more...]

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Believe it or Not! A toddler starts smoking!

October 6, 2011 By
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I was watching TV and they showed this 2 year old kid from Indonesia who’s smoking 4o cigarettes a day. I just could not believe it. But when I searched on YouTube it’s there. It really struck me that it’s been going on here in the Philippines too. Only thing I never saw as young as 2 years old smoked cigarettes here. But I’ve seen as young as 8 years old smoking here. How could a kid starts smoking at that age? Imagined that kid from Indonesia really started smoking when he was 18 months old, it shows on some of the videos on Youtube. As a parent I know that when my sons was at that aged of 18 months old, they … [Read more...]

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Please try not to be naive!

September 29, 2011 By
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I’ve been hearing through some friends about the racket now of the ladies here in the Philippines, to get money from the foreigners. They will just tell some outrageous stories to the guy, and the guy fell into the hook of the ladies. They will send money that they will end up working so many odd jobs just to send the money to the lady love in the Philippines. I’ve been writing similar stories regarding guys that were scammed here. I’m not going to stop writing until I know that the guys will open their eyes not their wallets. Been hearing again of guys being scammed for big money by the ladies here. The lady will tell the … [Read more...]

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Dear Feyma: “I want to retire there in the RP”

September 13, 2011 By
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I will share with you an email from somebody who is wanting to retire here but because of the bad economy all over the world she has to put the thinking of retirement on hold and try to work harder and longer. I’m pretty sure a lot of our readers can relate to this. “Dear Feyma, how are you? I am an avid reader of your site for quite sometime now. I am a Filipina living in North America for over 15 years now. We have a few things in common. I am a little older than you. My husband will be turning 53 next year. I wanted to retire there, but my husband wants to wait until he is retiring from work and wants to saved ore money for us … [Read more...]

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Chicken pot pies, recipe according to what we have!

September 6, 2011 By
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I made chicken pot pies last night. As always it’s a big hit here in my household. But the main people that will eat it, would be Bob, Chris and AJ. We like it a lot too but making the dough sometimes takes time so we will just eat the pot pies filling. Our new helper tasted the pie for the first time and she’s hooked to it already. Really to make the pie its just simple. But for the newbie thinking about it would be complicated. But really it is not. So, below is my recipe for chicken pot pies.  These use only ingredients readily available in the Philippines. Cook up, and enjoy! Ingredients Pot Pies for Chris AJ and Bob 4-5 … [Read more...]

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