
I'm in Qatar and I am so happy to be with my husband finally. It's cold here at the moment, this is what they call mild winter. The temperature outside is at 18 degrees celsius with a constant chilly wind that makes it even colder BUT the...
I have a few days left in the Philippines and as I think about it, all the more that I miss the little ones. Being with them for the past few months made me more eager to become a mother, most specially to have our own child. I now...
Mammy cooked ginataang bayabas for merrienda and it brought back fun memories of our Lola Paring (Mammy's mother). When we are kids, we have a few guava trees around our yard and during summer time when they are in season, our Lola Paring will make g...
I am often asked by relatives, friends, and people we know, how many kids we already have, and most of the time answer them with "none yet" with a smile. But when they ask me "why?" followed by "what are you still doing (you're old!)"?&...

This is it. This is the very kakanin that I have been craving and looking for for so long - the square or rectangular sticky cake that comes with a sweet syrup with latik in it. This is the same kakanin that our Lola Paring used to cook e...