Love Letter

This is it. My continuing love story.

I gave dating a chance in September 2012. It was a heart pitfall. The Lord spared me by grace countless times. Finally surrendered everything to HIM several months of untold tears later.

Little did I know, the Lord is about to unfold a new chapter in my life the following year. HE gave me an undeserved gift--Gift of adventure, tears of joy, faith, hope and love through the life of an amazing (and charming) man, Daniel.

Then this love letter.

September 26, 2013

Dear Love,

About a month ago today, I was with you. I'm glad that today, I'm with you still. Every moment we spend together is a beautiful addition to our trove of milestones. 

The Lord makes things really wonderful. 

Though you are not a big fan of verbally expressing your affections, you have unknowingly supplied me with both joy and laughter (and yes, tears) that can only emanate from love that is so distinct from mere emotions.

I am blessed to be on the receiving end of the abundance of your patience and understanding. I pray that as days go by, I would be able to at least be "extra nice" to you... when I'm having crazy outbursts and tantrums, when I'm indecisive, when my period strikes, when I'm jealous, when I don't like to see you, when I show lack of maturity in the midst of a trying situation or just simply being too much like of a child when I need to grow up. Thank you for praying with and for me every single day.

I cannot promise to be the best Pastor's helpmate. I know that there will come a time that my imperfections will just suddenly spring to the brim of your "patience cup" and will make us pause. One thing is certain though, the Lord will always be there watching over and guiding us on our journey together.

We are definitely up for the greatest and most exciting adventure of our lives! :)

I love you.

"HE has made everything beautiful in its time."

I-yab-u, YABU!

YABU: House of Katsu
Manila, Philippines
@SM North- The Block

YABU with Love
May 31, 2015

Degustation/The Goose Station

August 31, 2015
Quezon City, Philippines

It takes courage to agree with this man.

The Rizal Menu is a narrative you would have to degust so as to appreciate fully (its taste and our culture).

The NOLI ME TANGERE Squab Inasal: Lemongrass and Annatto Glazed Squab smoked in Garlic Skin, Peanut, Pili, Caramelized Coconut Curd, Beetroot and Cane Vinegar Gastrique, Grilled Eggplant

THAT Kid

THAT kid.

She just loved to play all her childhood life. Play was the most important thing she ever had.
School was a menacing chore and nobody understood why she can’t keep up. She used to attend ‘remedial classes’ at age 7 and learned how to read in 2nd grade. And when she did... she never stopped learning. She learned how to learn ever since..
She practically learned math by counting pebbles in the yard and fallen Aratilis fruit, learned subtraction by sharing her paper dolls and ‘gems’, learned sciences by exploring the natural world, learned about relationships and how to communicate, negotiate, give in, give up, resolve conflicts and remain happy by being with her superhuman-playmates.
That kid, she was annoyingly cute and has brought more joy than tears to her parents and brother.
That kid because of her amusing love for quaintness led her to more and more milestones as she navigates through life. She learned to trust strangers, fell in love, made big life-changing decisions, ‘walked on water’, and was spared by grace many times.
Soon That kid will go on the greatest adventure of her life! :)

Daghang Salamat!

Yes, we meet people for a reason.

This time, for a really awesome reason!

Like a sunbeam, their smiles captured my fragile heart.

Sailing through life...

Story ROCKS!

Food is memories. Take a bite!

THE Haribon. Fly with me! 

Story ROCKS!

Recently...

Vigan, Ilocos Sur

@CCP with the Prima Ballerina
It turned out that I can do a turnout! :)

Story Stones-The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle

Heartbeats

Gurgurya

Bangkito

Love

EDFD 201

Educational Perspectives under Philosophical and Psychological Lenses

- My parents, teachers, playmates, and community.

- Socrates and the Pursuit of Truth, and Knowing Virtue

- Confucius: sincerity and cultivation of knowledge; filial piety

- John Locke and the Tabula Rasa

- John Dewey: "Education is the participation of the individual in the social consciousness of the race."

- Piaget and Vygotsky on PLAY


21st Century Educators

- Tony Wagner  and The Global Achievement Gap
- Sir Ken Robinson: How Schools Kill Creativity (2006), Bring On the Learning Revolution (2010), How to Escape Education's Death Valley (2013) - TED TALKS


The Aims of Education by Alfred North Whitehead (1916)

"In training a child to activity of thought, above all things we must beware of what I will call "inert ideas"-- that is to say, ideas that are merely received into the mind without being utilized, or tested, or thrown into fresh combinations."

"What you teach, teach thoroughly."

"Let the main ideas which are introduced into a child's education be few and important, and let them be thrown into every combination possible. The child should make them his own, and should understand their application here and now in the circumstances of his actual life."

"From the very beginning of his education, the child should experience the joy of discovery."


Philosophy and Psychology of Teaching

- Play
- Learning by doing


My One Thing

- "Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old, he will not depart from it."
                                                                                                         -Proverbs 22:6

Manyaman!

Apag Marangle
@ Level 1, Marquee Park, Marquee Mall, Angeles City Pampanga
PHILIPPINES

Heartwork

"...I wanted my childhood to go on forever." - Kenneth Cobonpue

:)

CREATE-PRENEURS with Kenneth Cobonpue
July 19, 2014
Makati City, Philippines

I Choose You

Let the bough break, let it come down crashing
Let the sun fade out to a dark sky
I can't say I'd even notice it was absent
Cause I could live by the light in your eyes

I'll unfold before you
What I've strung together
The very first words
Of a lifelong love letter

Tell the world that we finally got it all right
I choose you
I will become yours and you will become mine
I choose you
I choose you

There was a time when I would have believed them
If they told me you could not come true
Just love's illusion
But then you found me and everything changed
And I believe in something again

My whole heart
Will be yours forever
This is a beautiful start
To a lifelong love letter

Tell the world that we finally got it all right
I choose you
I will become yours and you will become mine
I choose you
I choose you

We are not perfect
We'll learn from our mistakes
And as long as it takes
I will prove my love to you

I am not scared of the elements
I am under-prepared, but I am willing
And even better
I get to be the other half of you

Tell the world that we finally got it all right
I choose you
Yeah
I will become yours and you will become mine
I choose you
I choose you
I choose you

-Sara Bareilles

Fish Tocino Baconized!

Cebu City, Philippines

Prep and Fry

Cut the round pieces of dried fish fillet into strips (use scissors).
Soak in water for 2 minutes (no more, no less).
Baconized! (I mean, fry!)

Best paired with ensalada.

:)

Choco!

happy birthday! :)

Instacooler!

garbanzos (chickpeas)
pineapple
milk
ice, ice, ice!

:)

unlearningme(mostly)

Please come home.

The Perfect Proposal and The Rules of Engagement

- A woman's heart should be so hidden in God that a man has to seek Him just to find her. (3.8.14)
- To love someone means to see them as God intended them. (3.8.14)
- It's not about the rules of engagement; it's about the NATURE of engagement. (3.14.14)
- You don't seek engagement; it's a gift from God. (3.14.14)
- Bring along God in your dates. (3.14.14)

Isang Masarap na Balik Tanaw sa Ating Kasaysayan-- Pinaso, Gurgurya, atbp.

sa Bistro Maloleño, Malolos Bulacan at Mga Kaluto ni Ka Mila.

Hanggang sa muli! :)

Cookreadlove,

Carmela

Ang masigasig na kusinero, ang mananalaysay,
at ang tagapagtangkilik ng lutong Tagalog.

Ang Gurgurya

Pochero ni Plaridel

Ang Pinaso

Bibingka sa Bayan

at kwentong kulinarya...

Penne with Peppered Chicken

Lunch Box Stories

This is Itay's recipe.
He added gulay and came up with the best crab omelette in the world!
Brunchin! :)

Lipa City, Batangas

Sa bayan ay may tindahan ng mainit na lomi.

lechon lomi?? chicken lomi?

at kwento ng mga byahero na dumarayo mula pa sa ibang bayan.

ang ating susunod na tutuklasin ay isang napakatamis

at minsan ay maasim-asim na mumunting hiyas mula sa Laguna.

Abangan!

:)

Chapter 12: YOU Make Beautiful Things Out of the Dust

he came at her most vulnerable.

everything seemed to be at the very far side of "could-happen."

she spent days, weeks, months searching for answers.

until she discovered that the lessons she learned and the people she met 

along the way were the answers.

the rest is still unwritten...

Love 
is 
kind 
and 
constructive.

What Was Once Were

"I miss you, Teacher Carmela." - Yana V.

The Promise

it's happening...

silly

adjective.

having or showing lack of good sense. 

am i missing the point?

here comes the details!

Champorado lang katapat nito.

MegaBITES!

now celebrating last year and the coming years with rainbowfartingunicorn at Johnny Rockets.

my first time here. 

must order:

Bacon Cheddar
Route66

Strawberry Shake-Teaser

:)

Chapter 11: The (Unimaginable) Saga of How They Met

sometimes, you wish you understood things sooner in life.

but life and it's intricacies doesn't operate that way.

things, possessions, job, success, health, wealth, emotions, achievements, expectations,

they all come and go.

and when you learn that all these can never define who you really are,

you start to sail on the placid waters of the greatest adventure ever!

:-)

The Icing Theory, Lemons and Parsley, Lee Kuan Yew and Kwa Geok Choo

- faithhopelove.

- time: befriend it or loose it

and end up with The Parable of Missing the Whole Point.

The Royal Blue Dress and What Media Feeds Us Every Single Day

will tell you soon...

More Than One Reason

"You're so funny teacher!!!"
-Felice

i was led to this,

to a beautiful season i am yet to completely fathom.
there are things that science and even hard-core psychology cannot explain.
i just dont want to 'lose sight of the reason for the journey
or miss a chance to see a rainbow along the way.'

:-)

Cetaphil at Liniment Patches

walang hanggan ang aking pasasalamat! :-)

The Fryer

Home alone.

Lunch at a fast food resto nearby (almost dragging myself).

Still unwell because of the sudden attack of rhinitis and cramps last night.

Salamat sa liniment.

Going back, I can vividly recall most of my experiences during my training days there.

Each station required me to take and pass the company's intensive hands-on training.

I learned to properly bread and fry to perfection the store’s famous chicken, make pancakes with standard roundness, calibrate the soda tanks, clean the sundae machine with preciseness, and of course, I'll never forget the French fries station where I got second degree burns (yes, burns. because it didn’t happen once). I also got to meet people mostly traveling from the city bound up north. Some are nice, some are mean.

It was one episode that taught me volumes. That was the time also when I had to learn how to live away from home for the first time. It was quite an adjustment. I had to also cope with the culture in the place, language and ways of the locals, and more.

In all these, I recall each moment with a smile and sing along with the company's ad tagline
that says, 

“Love ko ‘to!”