16 years today

We miss you, dad!

We love yogurt!

Kumo enjoying his share :D  Happy weekends folks!

Symphony of Parols

I love how magical the Ayala Triangle park looks this Christmas season.

If you have time, you should definitely check out the The Symphony of Parols light and sound show by light designer Voltaire De Jesus and sound designer Jethro Joaquin.  The show starts every 30 minutes from 6 to 8pm.  Click on the videos to get a preview :)

Fancy Fruit

I was in the mall the other day and chanced upon this really cool fruit exhibit.  Have you ever seen a fruitiquet? 

A fruitiquet is a bouquet made from fresh fruits.  Quite clever, huh?  I'm sure this will be a big hit in parties :D

This is John Jusay, the fruit carver who made all these fancy carvings.

Isn't this paisley melon the cutest? 

 

He told me that it took him around 30 minutes to carve this watermelon.

Choco-Late' de Batirol, Baguio

Baguio weather is perfect for hot chocolate!  To get our hot choco fix, we headed to a quaint little restaurant called "Choco-Late' de Batirol" in Camp John Hay.  Chocolate de batirol is hot chocolate made from local cocoa tablets mixed by hand using a wooden whisk/mixer.

Aside from hot chocolate, they also serve breakfast and rice meals.

Cozy nook

Traditional way of making hot chocolate.  We have the same kind of pot at home which my mom uses when she is in the mood to make native hot chocolate.

hmm, frothy!  I got the Baguio blend - chocolate with strawberry syrup (p90) and Bibingka (p95).  Nothing special about the Bibingka but the hot choco was really good.

Bottled Cacao to take home :)

Choco-Late' de Batirol

Scout Hill, Camp John Hay

Baguio

(074) 466-7006

Flat cat is flat!

Oh, Kumo! 

Why so flat?

Oh, Nuggie!

Why so fat? :D

Sick days

I've been sick this past week.  I'm not sure where I got the bug but I guess it's expected after many sleepless nights rushing work.  My food choices haven't been very good either...  when there is too much work I usually just order in.  Fast food and no rest equals fat sick meow :(

The cats have been doing a good job in keeping me entertained though.  Kumo has taken over my tissue box!

Orange cat is not impressed!

But I know he tried to go inside the box too but failed :D

To soothe my itchy throat, I squeezed about 20 pieces of calamansi to make juice.  Look at those seeds :D

also boiled some ginger and added it to the juice to make it more potent.  How about you?  What do you usually take when your throat is sore?