My Dad is celebrating his 51th birthday today!!
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After getting out of bed, although still sleepy, I checked my site and logged on to my Facebook. The updates of my facebook friends expressing relief they finished voting did not surprise me. It’s election day after all.
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Who fed me from her gentle breast
And hushed me in her arms to rest,
And on my cheek sweet kisses prest?
My Mother.

Who ran to help me when I fell,
And would some pretty story tell,
Or kiss the place to make it well?
My mother.
~Ann Taylor

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My brother just got married and he’s living with his wife next door. And I guess I’m still not used with the thought that after the day he got married, hell be going home to his wife.. not to us like it used to be.
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I’ve been busy for the past few weeks. I’m updating my magazine blog, writing for a blogger friend, and I have a huge project that is the major contributor to my aching head. Anyway, the last time I touched Marcus, my violin and yes my violin has a name , was last March 26 when we played for our company anniversary.

Before I go to the ‘raining’ part of this post, let me tell you first about our actual performance during the company anniversary. Read the rest of this entry »

Here’s the final draft of the invitation that I’ve been designing. I don’t know Photoshop that much that is why I just made a simple design.

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April 30 is the date. My brother is getting married. I volunteered to do the designing of their wedding invitation to help minimize the expenses since this wedding is not planned.
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missing moments like these:

Retreat

Last Friday, we accompanied Ma’am Jane and Beth in Nine West Megamall to look for a wallet. I was checking the shoes and thinking if I should buy the one I’ve been eying for a few weeks now. Suddenly the sales lady went to our side and blurted out that the shoes on the rack we’re currently inspecting are on sale. I immediately spotted the platform wedge at the top and asked the if it was included. She said that it was and then I asked for a size 6 1/2 of the brown one.
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For our New Year’s eve, I’ve decided to bake a cake. A friend bought me baking book as Christmas gift and I love everything on it. As in totally everything! And I’m planning to bake them all.

I chose ‘Manhattan Cheesecake’ from the mouth-watering treats in the book. Yesterday, my brother and I went to the local supermarket to get stuff I’ll be needing to bake the yummy cake. Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to get hold of sour cream. So that’s a big problem for me.

I don’t have time anymore to look for sour cream in other supermarkets so I decided to use all purpose cream as an alternative. I have this habit of not following recipes. I guess I just really want to call them (anything I bake) my own.

I don’t know what will be the effect of using all purpose cream instead of sour cream but I gave it a shot since I have no other choice. Making the cheesecake is very exhausting. After baking it for several minutes I noticed the cake from the oven rising and it bothers me. A couple of more minutes gone and I started to smell something really nice. It was really good! And I became excited.

So that was my adventure on my first cheesecake. Below are the photos of my cake. They’re not that good but I like them. ^_^

the cake minus the toppings ^_^

cake with toppings poured on it..

A slice of the cake.. ^_^

I’m gonna bake a cheesecake again and I’ll make sure to have sour cream!!