Meringue everyone!

November 10, 2011 by feyma Leave a Comment

Meringue everyone!

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 that it looked like a small cupcake that swirl inside. Honestly it is not a difficult recipe to make. Maybe the hard part was just separating the egg whites and the yolks. It should be that no yellow mix in on the egg whites. The good thing the ingredients is easy to find in the pantry and fridge. It’s really a common ingredients even the sari-sari store has it always.

Ingredients:

6 eggs (white only)
1 teaspoon cornstarch
1 1/2 cups sugar
a dash of salt

Procedure:

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit.

Beat the egg white with the blender, put the cornstarch and the salt. Slowly pour the sugar, keep beating until it is smooth. Really until the all sugar dissolve. When its ready, put in the grease cookie sheet and cook for about 25-30 minutes. Until the top of the meringue turn brown.

Have fun eating you guys!

October 18, 2011 by feyma Leave a Comment

Home cook hotdog spaghetti!

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 gathering the other ingredients. I got the hotdog cut into 4 slices. After cutting the hotdog get the pasta and start to poke on the hotdog. Put maybe like 6-8 pasta in each hotdog slice. Drop it in the boiling water until the pasta became aldente. Drain and put aside.

Meanwhile prepare a pot with like 2 tablespoon of butter in the medium heat stove. Drop the pasta with hotdog, put some salt & pepper, and some of your favorite herbs. Mix it well and put in a plate and serve.

March 3, 2010 by feyma Leave a Comment

Please vote wisely!

Wow its been awhile since I wrote something here. I was thinking of doing some other stuff on this site. As the saying always goes that we woman really changed our mind more often than we ever think of. But I really am wanting to write more often now. I am going to write anything that comes up to mind.

It’s almost election time here in the Philippines. It’s going to be in May this year. Right now I could already hear a lot of the cars or tricycle having the advertisement over the microphone for the candidate they want to endorse. A lot of the candidate not just the one running for the presidents made a song for their slogan. The kids even memorize it. I know of it because my youngest son was really singing one of the song of the presidential candidate. I didn’t even know at first. I asked him what song was that? he said its for the presidential candidate. I mean he really know every lyrics of it. He believes with this candidate at first. He said he will vote for him because he can really help with the less fortunate people here in the Philippines. Wow I can’t believe my son was really so in with the politics here in the Philippines. The only thing he could not vote right now. We told him how can you vote you are not old enough to vote plus you are not a citizen yet of this country. Hopefully soon.

Now my son said he will believe with this candidate if all the poverty in the Philippines will be wipe out. We told him keep dreaming. That ain’t gonna happen my dear. But try to keep on wishing and praying though. Honestly I have some candidates in mind but I know they just don’t have no chance of winning. Really I just want somebody that can help improved how the government works for the people here. I hope they will not put the money to their own pockets, instead make more projects for the benefits of the poor people. I saw too many people suffered. Its unbearable sometimes to see.

To all Filipino citizen that lives abroad I know you can vote. I am sure you can inquire in the embassy or the consulate in the country you are residing in. Please try to vote wisely and think of a candidate that really makes the Philippines better. I know its not easy to choose but try to know the candidates now. I am not telling you guys who to vote but I am just saying don’t be bought out by a nice talk. Make sure you vote whats really in your heart.

HERE ARE THE NAMES OF CANDIDATES THAT’S RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT AND THE PARTY:

Vetallano Acosta (KBL) VP: Jay Sonza, Benigno ” Noynoy” Aquino 111 ( Liberal Party) VP: Mar Roxas, JC de los Reyes (Ang Kapatiran) VP: Dominador Chipeco, Joseph “Erap” Estrada (PMP) VP: Jejomar Binay, Richard “Dick” Gordon (Bagumbayan) VP: Bayani Fernando, Jamby Madrigal (Independent) VP: none, Nicanor “Nicky” Perlas (Independent) VP: none, Gilbert “Gibo” Teodoro (LAKAS-KAMPI-CMD) VP: Edu Manzano, Eduardo “Eddie” Villanueva (Bangon Pilipinas) VP: Perfecto Yasay, Manuel “Manny” Villar (Nacionalista) VP: Loren Legarda.

To all Filipinos keep an eye on election day and stay safe! Good luck and God bless this nice and beautiful country of ours!

September 29, 2009 by feyma 2 Comments

I did it!

Well, from my previous post I was talking about somebody wanting to move here in the city from North America. He did arrive and I did help him out here in Davao.

I was talking before of finding a place for him to stay here that’s near the water. I found a few houses that were near to the water. One house in particular that I saw was just a few meters away from the water. Of course I showed him that house first and instantly he wanted to rent it. I didn’t even take him to see the other houses that I was intending for him to see. He told me no need for him to see the other places. But I let him see some neighborhood that would be good for him in mind too in case he doesn’t want the one near the beach. When we went the other places he said he was happy with the one he had chosen near the beach.

The house that I found really was perfect for him. It’s quiet and the internet connection was good there too. He told me that internet connectivity was the most important thing for him. I really gave everything he wanted (what he told me to look before coming over) and he really is happy that I did all the stuff he wanted. On top of that I also helped him negotiate for a lower rent in his place and lower increase in rent for subsequent years. I also helped him find some people to clean and paint inside the house. To be honest the house was so filthy when we look the first time. The previous renter didn’t clean up before and the owner just didn’t have time to go and have somebody clean for them. The owners just were so busy with the business they have. The owner asked me if I know of somebody that will do everything what the new renter wanted and they will just reimbursed the new renter for it. I know people here so I had them work overtime because the new renter wanted to moved in as soon as possible. When my people started working I really asked them if they can finished right away. They said they will and they did it really. The new renter was really happy with the result. The house really looks good.

To be honest I did enjoyed helping out somebody wanting to move here. I’m having a blast introducing them to a lot of places here in Davao that I am familiar with. I also enjoyed shopping with them, spending the money of other people. 😉 Really it was fun teaching people too our cultures and way of life here. It’s really new to a lot of the foreigner. It’s fun watching them learned too. I think being lived abroad for 10 years really helped me lot. I understand how they felt being the foreigner there too in the States for 10 years.

Thank you, Ned for the opportunity to work with you. I really enjoyed teaching you. Hope you will stay here in the Philippines for a long time.

Cheers!

September 1, 2009 by feyma Leave a Comment

A Job to do

I got an email a couple of weeks ago from somebody. He was asking about places to live here in Davao. He really wants to live near the water. He already had an idea about living in Samal Island. His drawback was that he really needed good high speed internet access. He was worried that Samal is not equipped yet for that. Maybe the SmartBro will work, but its not for sure. I really helped do some research for him. He told me that he would compensate me for my time. So, he hired me to get things going for him.

I started by searching for a place for him to live here. He already gave me some details of what kind of place he wants. I also checked the internet access in the placse that I was looking at. I already had an idea where to look for a place for him. He told me how many rooms he wanted.

I was really eying for Samal because the whole Island is surrounded by water, and that is one of the things that he wanted. A few months ago a fellow from Samal contacted me asking if I could help him find people to rent his apartments, and I said sure. He knows that I know a lot of people in the internet. When he informed me of his apartment I didn’t check out the place right away because most of the people that made an inquiries are all wanting to live here in Davao City. Well, since this inquiry wanted to be near the water so I emailed the owner of the said apartment if I could see it as soon as possible. Well, as I keep on bugging the owner for them to show me the apartment it turn out that the apartment is not yet constructed. The owner told me that the construction will start next year. Wow, all along I really thought the apartment was waiting to be rented out. Oh well, I decided to search somewhere else then.

I already had some other places in mind too that are just here in the city. So off we went, me and my nephew to see if there were any available houses for rent there. I immediately told my nephew to drive down near the water like somewhere in Matina, Toril and Dumoy since that was this fellow wanted. As we drove near there I saw few houses that were for rent I called up the owner and asked them how much it will be rented for? I saw one house its just one street down the water and just looking outside its really nice. I called up the owner and she sent somebody to show me the house I was impressed. So I had my eye on that house to show the person that was inquiring. The owner just told me that they had that house vacated just few days before I saw it. So I told her that I was interested to show it to somebody who is arriving in Davao in a few days, she said no problem.

When I called back the owner the day the person inquiring arrived in Davao the owner informed me that it was already rented out just the day before I called her. I was really disappointed. Well, lucky for me there’s one house that’s just a few meters away from the beach that I found for rent. When my niece called them first they said its not for rent at the moment because they are thinking of renovating and doing some work outside and inside. I wanted it so bad I called them up I told them I want to rent their house that was near the water. They said that its okay and if its okay if while I am renting they can have their people work in the house? I said sure no problem. I told them I want to see the house first though, can I see it today? They showed me and its really nice and perfect for the guy that making the inquiry. All the stuff he mentioned to me he wanted for a house was there. I don’t even have to mention the internet if they have because I saw a bill on top of the kitchen counter while there. I was happy and pretty confident that the guy that inquiring would like the house I was hunting for him.

Really there were lots of houses that I looked at here in the city. I am just not sure if he likes living in the city. I am excited to show him all the houses I found for him. I am intending to show him first the house that I found near the water since that was his first preference. Not sure if he likes traveling a bit further in the city. Oh well, we will see what happens then. Watch out for my next entry to see if the guy was happy with the house hunting that I did and the orientation that I did for him since this is his first time in Mindanao.

Cheers!