ufo banana chips.

there is an abundance of saba in our house thanks to our friends at montalban! yesterday we decided to make banana chips since the saba is still very raw. making banana chips is very easy! all you need are the following items: good quality bananas (raw ones), a sharp knife, a pan and a lot of oil. a strainer would also come in handy so you can let the oil drip as you wait for the chips to cool :) sugar or salt optional.

we placed the chips in a nice retro strainer...

... that folds up into a UFO shaped container! saba chips ready for lift off!

going bananas over saba

my cat has been acting really weird lately! first with the boots and now with the saba. as soon as i placed the bananas on the table he immediately he jumped on the chair to get a closer look. he then started sniffing and rubbing against the bunch. and after a few minutes i found him licking and biting them! it was soo strange!nugget looking at the sabathe possessed lookcan i eat this?hmm... yummy!

* thanks to our friends at montalban for the yummy saba!

still loving the boots!

i went out this afternoon to take photos of the boots for Montalban :) as expected, nugget was there again! there must be something in these shoes! he seems to love them so much. haha!all snug!please don't leave me!

my cocoon collection.

i found an old photo of my cocoon/chrysalis collection way back when i was in high school. the cocoons are obviously long gone by now... they have probably turned to dust or something! anyway, i'm just really glad that i was able to document them :)the newer cocoons or chrysalis and the caterpillar in the photos above were taken last year at a butterfly farm in Bohol. i love their smooth glassy appearance :) pretty amazing, huh?

burger king toys rule.

i chanced upon the secret robotzz collection at burger king today! wow!!! for P99 i got a cute yellow tin bot plus a meal. actually, i bought the kiddie meal for the robot ONLY! i almost forgot to take the food too! good thing the waitress called my attention before i left the counter.
the collection comes in 6 designs, but i only got one because the other designs are NOT robots! now i wonder why the toys are called secret robotzz... maybe its because of the shape. hmm.
the bot comes with a cute box too! i love it :)

a red dragon fly, a shiny bug and some ants.

my little sister got so excited when she saw a red dragonfly outside our balcony this afternoon. it's not often that we see dragonflies nowadays... which i find really sad and disturbing. i remember catching dragonflies when i was younger. i liked looking at their wings and the patterns on it. but i would always set them free (unlike some sadist kids who would tear them apart or set up insect fights). the same goes for bugs such as beetles, lady bugs etc. (except roaches of course!) speaking of bugs, i rescued a shiny bug from the escalator last week. it was on the corner and very close to getting crushed or stepped on. so i picked it up and brought it home :) i haven't seen it in days though. i'm hoping that it was able to recover or die in peace (and sana hindi kinain ni nugget!)

on a high!

i cried last night... not because i was sad but because i got a very positive e-mail from my online employer. this is what he wrote:

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Hi Katrina,

Wow - I have to tell you, you are an excellent graphic designer. I am very impressed with your work and hope that you can produce many more cards that look as good as these. Once again I am VERY HAPPY with your work - you will go far in your field and I am lucky to have you working on my team. The cards that you have made are exactly what I'm looking for, you've done an excellent job!
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i have been questioning my decision about leaving the security of my office these past few days but after getting this message in the mail-- i felt reassured that i did the right thing :) i woke up this morning feeling giddy and excited! but i don't do that often (kasi baka mapagkamalan ako na baliw or something!)


anyway, when i went online i saw more good news! i won in a contest and i did not even know that there was a contest to begin with! all i did was send a few photos to anton (one of my fave blogs) just to say thank you for the free genki umbrella a few weeks back and there... i won something! hahaha. what a great way to start the day :) btw, more umbrella pics here.