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It's Wednesday Morning People! :) 

Rise and Grind!

You know how I'm addicted to the internet, that as soon as I wake up I check all my internet stuff. And of course, It's still game on, Candy Crush Saga.

A year ago, I came across a Facebook fan page named: http://www.facebook.com/onlyUsefulinfo (Useful Info) I like this page so much because it shares interesting photos and informations. I'm never going to UN-LIKE this page ever. 

I'm not sure if its legitimate but I really find most of their posts interesting and plausible... even correct and believable.

Today they shared a photo that most of us notice, but ask ourselves why these simple things are printed in our daily usage of some products. In which majority of these box prints are seen mostly in Product tubes, like toothpaste, topical medicines, facial washes, lotions, etc.

Photo Credits to: http://www.facebook.com/onlyUsefulinfo

Seriously, we need to KNOW this! YOU need to KNOW this! 

That's why I opted to do this as my Wednesday-anything-goes-blog-post. I sometimes see YELLOW, but in this information, yellow doesn't have a definition so I might as well continue to research on this later.

I think I have a busy day ahead, full of personal and business errands! :P

All natural,

-Burigs

Mango!

Living in a country with Golden sunsets and Golden MANGOES is just so worth it! Thankful to be Asian! Thankful to be Filipino! Thank you God!

Good food makes me cRazy guys! Haha

I swear everytime I eat a piece of this mango! Putangena ang Sarap!

(Fuck, this is so gooooooooooooood)

My ultimate favorite in the whole world! Next to cakes and chocolates and coffee.

Just seeing mangoes lined-up and stacked in the market makes me drool.

Nevermind the berries, but i love them too.


Crazy,



-Burigs

Sweet-kind-of-Sunday

Looking back years ago, my mother bought me my very first KITCHEN AID mixer! Then all the magic started happening :)

Series of eeewww and yummy recipes then emerged.

I have a sweet tooth (though Diabetes runs in our blood) Chocolates, Cakes, Cookies and all the sweet stuff you could ever find... I love 'em.

Today I decided to bake Nutella Cookies since my Pseudo babies are here in our house and we're watching lots of movies including cartoons :)


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Here's one recipe that's easy to remember and sooo YUMMY to forget:

NUTELLA COOKIES

Second set photos O.o

Ingredients:  

1 cup NUTELLA spread

1/2 cup Sifted Flour

1/2 granulated sugar

1 room temperature Egg

350 degrees farenheit = 177 degrees celsius (Preheat Oven)

Baking Time = 7-8 minutes

Using your electric mixer, mix all the dry ingredients first then the egg, then add the Nutella.

You can also mix them manually using a wooden spoon or a spatula, just make sure you mixed them well.

Using your hands (make sure they're clean) scoop a spoonful and make a ball using your palm. About 1 inch.

drop the balled cookie batter on the baking tray with WAX PAPER (or if you have silicone mats) and press the cookie dough using a cups flat bottom. Put them in the Oven.

Wait for 7-8 minutes (smell the aroma....hmmmmmnnn) and TADAAAAH!!!

Let the cookies cool on a wire rack / or any flat area. and EAT! ( i like mine hot, so I eat it right away!)

They taste really gooood! 

Happy Sweet-kind-of-Sunday Indeed,

-Burigs

P.S. Don't forget to go to Church and hear Mass to thank GOD for making us see the world this day and for all the blessings we've all been receiving may it be big or small. I love you God :)

Random Favorites #1

Hello Saturday!! How you guys been? Me? Same old Just-at-home-doing-anything-kind-of-Saturday :)
I started writing this post early Saturday, hehehe. sorry for the delay :P

I have no specific topic for this blog so anything goes. Today I'm sharing you some of my random favorites. 

Favorites #1: Allan and Barbara Pease ( Self-help category books)

Nobody can teach us about life, but they can give us tips, common informations and experiences. These books I'm sharing are written by a married couple from Australia.

Allan Pease first became known from his best-selling book "Body Language" dated 1981.

 Originally a musician, he became a life insurance salesman, and then started a career as a speaker and trainer in sales, and subsequently in body language and communication skills. (wikipedia)

He wrote a number of books on topics of communication and sex differences. Most of them were co-written with his wife Barbara Pease.

Barbara Pease is one of the most famous/successful female writers. An author and a co-author of 10 number 1 best selling books. She's the CEO of the PEASE COMPANY and controls all the distribution of the books, DVDs, sales, training, body language, Etc.

These books may have written with different perspectives because of the culture difference that I've opened my eyes with, but I find most of its contents informative, reality based, funny, and helpful. They also have SCIENTIFIC reasoning and BIOLOGICAL truths thats why they got me hooked and entertained.

Why men lie and women cry (sorry for the crappy photo)

This is my favorite book! also the very first PEASE book I've read. Why men lie and women cry. This got me pinned down my bed for 3 hours. Made me think, laugh, and say OOoohhh. The thing I like about the most reading their books is the fact that they state both sides. How women see and feel about the situation. How men interpret and reply. Amusing but informative! Heres a snapshot of a funny cartoon inside the book:

Hahahaha. forgive the yellowish tint, this book's pretty old. hehe

The second book I own, Why men don't have a clue and Women always need more shoes, deals with everyday situations of a couple. The authors give their personal experiences as reference and honestly most of them are relatable.

I think I need more shoes. :P

Some topics.. :)

Why men want SEX  and women need L<3VE, added this one to my collection right away. 

As blunt as the title, this book gave direct explanations to the most discreet situations.

Tell me about it!

Oh Women! and Oh... Men.... Hahaha

My last PEASE book is entitled Why men can only do one thing at a time and women never stop talking. This one's special, its only small and is hard bounded. I appreciate this book so much for it shows the differences of both. I can totally relate for I can:

Text or Call, Eat, Sing, Take pictures, Do make-up, while Driving. It sounds bad, but I'm not kidding.

This book answers all the questions both men and women are trying to figure out. I guess. It amuses me how simple and complicated humans are.

Blah.. blah.. blahh.. blahh. blahhhhh T_T hahahhahaha

See the difference?!

Men miss the details.

Books are silent references of all the things needed questioning. Authors write all they know to be able to share different views to different people. We are all unique individuals but at some point we meet in the middle and share the same ground.

Enjoy the rest of your weekend!!! LoveLove!

-Burigs

HOME

I've heard this song playing in many different movies. May it be a happy movie, or a sad one. Stuck in my head and singing in my mind, I realized how the lyrics of this song expresses everything I feel, all my life. 

Everything I feel about myself and everything I feel about You. Though you don't read this blog( he reads but i'm suspecting he doesn't Read. READ. gets? Like reading in between lines. hehe ) and remember everything I write you, but I don't mind repeating them over and over. Until we find forever.

Our story goes way back 2005, I was just starting a new phase of my life enrolling again, shifting to another University and course. I was telling my mind to focus academically, since i'm not much of an "extra-curicular" activities-kind-of-girl. Had my share of books, laughs and friends then one day crossed path with this man.

Honestly, I wasn't feeling anything since I was focusing more on my studies. I was the same I-can-wear-anything-even-if-i-look-like-a-boy kind of girl. A tomboy outside, but a little woman inside. I was 20 and technically inexperienced. haha. 

I've had such "manly" encounters way back, but I haven't had the real thing. Everything was just girly, puppy, fun-ny, fling-y, and "you're-just-a-sister-to-me experience. The last one was kinda heartbreaking and shameful, tell me about it.

A common friend introduced us, thanks to you http://thechainofsweetdestiny.blogspot.com. I could still remember how ugly and sweaty I was that day for i've been running and gasping for air when he said "HI."

No sparks. Series of events came after, one was even shameful to the point by that incident we exchanged numbers.

A lot of men/boys have been texting/sending me messages. Some even wrote handwritten letters, but never have I imagined reading "I LOVE YOU" for a first. I said to myself, how interesting this man could be that of all those that i've crossed paths with, he's the only one who ever said I LOVE YOU to start our very first technically formal conversation.

Well, that's how players (and literally) do it.  I found myself falling for a Basketball player. When I said player, he plays both on the court and the girls. Imagine how scared I was.

I found out I was falling for him after hundreds of messages and numerous calls. It could be the unending meetings and conversations that goes with lists of infinite RISKS. A lot could happen in an hour, how much more in a day, mine was a month.

The very fist time I felt something true, could mean lies if you think it through.

Risks, risks, risks what the hell?! I told myself. When you love, or should I say, when you felt Love  you suddenly see yourself without boundaries. You see the other person through and through. You listen to nobody but yourself. I've decided to give in and give Love a try no matter what it will make me or where it would take me.

It was the HAPPIEST day of my life.

Of course there were A LOT of things that happened after that happiest day. There were the:

- I feel so stupid days
- I am angry days
- Why am I lied at days
- Did you cheat on me days
- Jealous days
- I'm going to kill you days
- I hate you days
- Miss you so much days
- I feel like I've cried a river days
- Our fights are like in the TV shows/telenovela days
- Bothered days
- Near breaking up days
- and all the days you guys experienced, I probably experienced them all too.

But I chose to be happy. I chose to stay the same. I chose to never break up and to believe in whatever he says. Our relationship was, is and will never be perfect but we've seen far more than that. Trials have passed and glory days has ended but at the end of the day, we still tell each other how we don't want this to last.

I now understand that relationships are not always rainbows and butterflies. It could sometimes be compared to something rotten. It is up to you, if you want to have a lasting partnership. You would memorize the value of patience and honesty as well as appreciation. Jealousy will always be there you just need to keep it in box for safe keeping. Trust will wore out, but don't worry it will always grow and come back. Learn how to be contented, because everything will follow.

You will both learn from each other everyday. Up until now there are still things that I get surprised to.
Fight when you need to fight because I believe in a normal relationship. Until you you realize that both of you have matured enough to laugh and not fight.

God will always be number one. I once asked him to give me this kind of man and he gave me a sign through a white rose that was given to me by a friend out of the blue after hearing mass. I prayed hard to be in this relationship because without him, we would be just nobody.

I'm afraid I may not be able to share to all of you everything, but hey, all memories can't be expressed through words. Sometimes I just smile alone, and I realize how many memories flashing back before my eyes.

I found life after life.
Love after being alone for a long time.
I felt HAPPINESS.

Love + Life = Happiness.

I dedicate this song to the man who keeps my heart still and beating.

I LOVE YOU FOREVER.




Home is where the heart is,


-Burigs

Who's Maxi?

Good Morning! Before I sleep tonight, I would like all of you to meet my adorable first born baby girl :)

Maxima "max/maxi" Burigsay Javier

She was born on July 7, 2012

She's a crossbreed of :

A Toy Poodle Father and a Mini Pinscher Mother

Loves to eat vegetables and hates yakult

Happy chewing on almost everything including Mommys iphone earphones

Enjoys chewing her own ears

Loves tummy kisses and of all sorts

Sleeps under blankets and over Mommys pillows

Cariño brutal with Mommy but always gentle and an angel to Daddy.

I didn't know I'd feel great Love until this little ball of fur came along :) Teaching me the value of Patience everyday! I'm thanking God and the one who gave her to us!

To my maxi, I LOVE YOU everyday :)



Mommy,

-Burigs

Post Valentine Post

"Saint Valentine's Day, commonly known as Valentine's Day or the Feast of Saint Valentine, is observed on February 14 each year. It is celebrated in many countries around the world, although it remains a working day in most of them." (Wikipedia)

"St. Valentine's Day began as a liturgical celebration of one or more early Christian saints named Valentinus. The most popular martyrology associated with Saint Valentine was that he was imprisoned for performing weddings for soldiers who were forbidden to marry and for ministering to Christians, who were persecuted under the Roman Empire. During his imprisonment, he is said to have healed the daughter of his jailer, Asterius. Legend states that before his execution he wrote her a letter "from your Valentine" as a farewell." (Wikipedia)

I was having a lesson earlier with one of my Japanese student. As part of the lesson I needed to ask her about her day, how it went and so on. Since I was not able to teach last week because I went out of the country and cancelled my lessons because it's Hearts day, I had the urge to ask her about how she celebrated Valentines day.

She told me that she gave her male co-workers chocolates in mini boxes. The sound of women giving gifts to men is not new to me, but hey! I didn't grow up to that kind of tradition. So I asked her again what did her husband gave her, and she told me that she gave her husband a big box of chocolate and she got nothing in return. Okay, I didn't get anything too so that was okay. So I asked her why is she the one giving away boxes of chocolates to men? She replied " Its our tradition/custom to give chocolates to men every February 14, Valentines day." OKAY, I said and asked WHY? She repeated that it's a Japanese custom that they practice and follow but next month the 14th of March, the women/girls will be the one receiving Chocolates from men. They call it the "WHITE DAY."

"In South Korea, similar to Japan, women give chocolate to men on February 14, and men give non-chocolate candy to women on March 14 (White Day)." (Wikipedia)

So I've researched. The next sentences on my researched freaked me out a bit and made me laugh, here it goes:

"On April 14 (Black Day), those who did not receive anything on 14 February or March go to a Korean restaurant to eat black noodles (자장면 jajangmyeon) and "mourn" their single life." (Wikipedia)

The latter, Japanese people don't practice anymore. I didn't know other cultures take receiving "flowers or chocolates" seriously that they needed to eat black noodles and mourn. Maybe its just for fun. I hope. Hehe

Another student said that it all started because of a Chocolate Company in Japan, where in they promoted their product to consumers to serve as gifts for Valentines day and White day. My student also stated that people are just making the chocolate company richer and richer every year. I could taste something BITTER. He's single. :P

I'm used to not getting anything on Valentines day specifically. I once received a flower, a balloon, and a card by surprise inside my car from the Love of my Life 5 years ago. The feeling was fulfilling and just pure happiness and appreciation. He never did anything like that again on Valentines day for he believed that flowers and other material things are not the basis of ones LOVE. He repeats that everyday should be Valentines day.

I love Flowers, but I see past those things when I look at him. 

" Whatever tradition or custom people follow, still everything revolves around LOVE. All things fall in and out of it. We all lose and find it. All beginnings and never-endings comes with it. " (-burigs-)

Like I always tell my Mother, that LOVE IS FOREVER.

To my Hunny, I LOVE YOU FOREVER.

To the rest of the World, MAKE LOVE NOT WAR.

-Burigs