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On Typhoons and Canned Goods

Heavy rains and floods brought by typhoons are so common here in the Philippines. These weather disturbances happen almost all-year round and so the best way to deal with them is to be prepared. When we finally moved to Bacoor in March right after our wedding, we made sure to reinforce our roof so it could withstand the typhoons. Haha.

We also made sure to buy lots of canned goods so that during heavy rains when a trip to the wet market or supermarket is impossible, we’d have something to eat. Last Saturday, heavy rains prevented us from going to the neighborhood market to buy fresh produce. The wife in me improvised on our meals with the help of canned goods. You see, it’s so easy to prepare them you don’t need to browse through RapidsWholesale.com for catering equipment. All you need is a can opener, some spices and a set of pans and you have instant meals to warm your chilly body and those of the entire family.

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Lucky Chinatown Mall in Binondo

Last Friday night, the hubby and I braved the heavy rains so I could attend a food event at Lucky Chinatown Mall in Binondo. I would find out later that this newly-opened mall is run by Megaworld Corporation, the one that brought us Eastwood City at Libis, Quezon City and Venice Piazza at McKinley Hill, Taguig City. The mall is a five-storey shopping complex, complete with a supermarket, shops, cinema houses and parking spaces.

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Lucky Chinatown’s atrium

There’s no denying that the mall looks posh and decent, not to mention good-smelling. Personally, I liked the shops there, though most of them looked pricey to me. I think I saw some beauty bars and clothing stores, an SM Appliance Center and even an office supplies shop that sells nice desk grommets. As for restaurants, they have a clean-looking food court dotted with Chinese eateries (and with my fave Chicken Charlie, too!) as well as free-standing restaurants such as Chicken Bonchon, Italliani’s, The Red Crab Alimango House and Tao Yuan, among others.

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Sunday Love

I love Sunday. It’s my second favorite day of the week, with Friday being my top favorite. Though Sundays signify the end of the week and serve as a reminder that a new work week is looming ahead, I still try to make the most of them.

During Sundays, the hubby and I hear mass first thing in the morning. From the church, we make a stop over at the community market to buy meat and other fresh produce for our lunch. Then we go straight home to spend the rest of the day there. Sometimes we hit the mall, but oftentimes we just stay home and do lots of fun and crazy stuff that make our Sunday happy and complete.

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What to Cook for Breakfast?

I dunno with you but breakfast doesn’t really excite me. I prefer sleeping for long hours and waking up late, especially if the next day is a weekend. My first meal of the day is usually brunch or lunch. But when I got married, weekends automatically included preparing breakfast for the hubby. I made a deal request with him, though. I told him his brekky would be ready no earlier than 9:00 .am. Glad he accepted!

So far, my breakfast ideas are limited to these combos:

1. different kinds of silogs (for the non-Pinoys out there, it’s basically a fried meat or sausage, garlic fried rice and sunny side-up egg meal)
2. pancakes + fresh milk or juice (I would have liked to add bacon there but it’s freakin’ expensive in this part of the world!)
3. pasta
4. steamed rice or my special Chinese fried rice + leftover viand
5. sandwiches + hot chocolate
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Our Neighborhood

So far, we have no regrets living in a small townhouse in Bacoor, Cavite. In our four months of stay there, I’ve come to believe that living in a gated community really has its perks. For one, there are enough open spaces to walk on or take some rest at. There is also a limited number of people moving around, people who are already familiar faces to us because they are our neighbors.

I only get to appreciate our small neighborhood during weekends. On weekdays, we leave the house early for work and arrive there late when we come back from Manila. What’s nice about the location of our house is that we’re near the plaza which is complete with playground equipment and almost always filled with cheerful kids. There may be no outdoor water fountains to make the place more alive and pleasant-looking, but the laughter and chatter of the playing kids are enough to give us a sense of joy and yes, community.

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New TV

Last July 17, my brother finally bought a new tv for the apartment where he lives along with my two other siblings and currently, with our visiting parents, too. It’s an LG 32″ LCD TV that came with a free DVD player at P17,000. Their old TV has been broken for several months (that’s how long they were TV-less!).

Well, I’m blogging about this because I’m just so proud of my brother for having acquired a new home appliance out of his own earnings. He’s getting more responsible each day! Actually, he also wanted to get some mounting brackets for tv but decided against it upon realizing it would just be an added cost to an already expensive purchase. Haha.

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