Nutritious Home Cooking

Philippine Cooking Contest organized ny Ms. Manami Aono of International Education, Tokoha Gakuen University and supported by Philippine NAKAMA Organization.
This was held in Aicel 21, Aoi District, Shizuoka City on November 9th, Saturday.

Preparation time 

 Organizer

judges ... judging time!  

winning entry-- fresh spring roll with grill lemon chicken and clam ginger soup.

Congrats everyone!!!

Everyone did a great job!!! 

Entries 

appealing time! 

Thanks to each and everyone ... this was a great chance for us to promote the Philippine food to everyone ... maraming salamat po :)

Dang Palima was the over all contest winner!  Omedetou!!! 

asahi newspaper --- Dang during the appeal time interview. 

Experience Sri Lanka Culture in "Spice Cafe Modhaju"

Please come everyone!
A newly opened Sri Lanka Food Cafe and Bar in Aoi District, Shizuoka City --- Spice Cafe Modhaju.
Open every Tuesday to Saturday from 6:00 pm to 12:00 pm.

You can enjoy Sri Lanka's foods and culture here.  

I was not able to drink alcohol that night coz i went there by car but i enjoyed my coffee and ginger ale ... lol :P

shrimp devi with nam ... light meal ... loved this

my colleagues... cheers!

The owner-- my friend Manju ... then with sweet Yuko ... and another friend,  Sajith kun, food manager here ;-) 

my dinner that night ... pork curry

 sushi courtesy of Yamamoto san ;-) 

It's Friday night!  Having fun ... but my oh my ... i still have work next day! 

Ayurveda massage by Sajith kun ... every Friday only in very reasonable prize 

 I also enjoyed this massage ... so refreshing ^_^

Earl Gray!  Earl Gray! 

For more details and access... www.cafe-modhaju.com 

Steady My Heart

Weeee ... my 3 days weekend holidays is over today!
It's nice to be alone sometimes ... not to be lonely but to enjoy some time for myself.

Back to normal life again starting tomorrow ... but my sched will gonna be more hectic this time ... waaaa, lots of work to do ... don't know where to start ... but it's better to be busy than doing nothing ... being busy helps me not to have time for negative thoughts :)

and yup... as part of my busy work and activities ... here's one of those things that keeping me busy ...

Singing is actually one of my passion ... ages ago, i left singing after i got married thinking i must focus to another chapter of my life ... but one day ... someone knocked to my heart to go back singing again ... our Almighty called me back to sing again ... i am so excited heheh ...  i don't think i am good enough anymore but i believe He will bless me to lend me that talent again ... thank u Lord for trusting me and believing me again ...
thanks to Shizuoka JCOB music ministry... i hope i can always give justice to all the songs being assigned to me ...

Here's one of my fav awesome Christian songs assigned to me to study ...
life can be depressing sometimes and this song inspired me ...
Kari Jobe: Steady My Heart (Official Lyric Video)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmaBhMOXXHg
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Even when it hurts, even when it's hard... even when it all just falls apart
I will run to You ... cause i know that You are ...
Lover of my soul... healer of my scars....
You steady my heart <3 nbsp="" p="">


Have a great weekdays everyone ... love and peace to all  (^-^)v


Thanks to everyone who sent lovely and heart warming comments to my "Sometimes ..." post :) 

Sometimes...

Sometimes i need to be alone with my music ... 

Sometimes when i say "i'm ok" ... i want someone to look in my eyes, hug me tight and say "i know u are not" ...

Sometimes i just gonna accept that some people can only be in my heart, but not in my life...  

Sometimes i just need a break ... in a beautiful place ... alone ... to figure everything out... 

Sometimes i am facing difficulties not because i am doing wrong but because i am doing right.

Long Blessed Sunday

I had another blessed day today ... 

Shizuoka JCOB Sunday Service with Pstra Nilda

"We have the power to make our choices ... then our choices will have the power to make us".

After the service ...

Refreshing time in Sumpu Yume Hiroba Spa with my dear family friends 

Everyone is always busy so we seldom get together ... but everytime we have the chance to get along ... we spend our time to the fullest ;-)

peace!!!

 

toinkz!!!

Friends are the family we choose for ourselves (^^)v

Easy Method to Relieve Stress

I usually do this method and it's very effective ...

Anytime, anywhere massage... no need for any devices or equipment... very helpful ;-)

Learn four potent acupressure points and self-acupressure methods for releasing shoulder tension and neck pain for relieving stress. Chronic shoulder and neck tensions from common stress conditions cause circulation and neuro-muscular problems, tension headaches, insomnia, and various pains. Learn to manage your stress using acupressure points located on your shoulders and neck using finger pressure.

Japanese Persimmons Picking Time!

It's autumn ... season of Japanese persimmons or kaki ! 

My friend Neri and kuya Harada have kaki trees in their compound... and every year they're inviting friends to help them harvest the fruits and of course they give them all away to whoever helped them... heheh ...
I guess it's 3 years ago or more since the last time i helped harvesting kaki with friends ... and yesterday... i had this chance again to do kaki picking.  My friend Amie wanted to experience kaki picking and i recommended Neri's place.  Amie phoned Neri that we will go to her place then Ann joined us ... too bad Liza missed this fun coz i know she loves kaki as much as Amie and Ann love it ;-) 

 

↑Juan Tamad (Lazy Juan) version ^^

↑Kaki are sweet <3 p="">

 We shared this to all our family friends :) 

Thanks to Kuya Harada, Neri and family ... we had a great time yesterday and they're inviting us to help harvest their kiwi next time ... looking forward to it ;-) 

Let's see how your brain works ;-)

Right brained? Left brained? Take the test! 

Clicked below link:

http://sommer-sommer.com/braintest/

I got 53/47 :P and says
"Congratulations

You use your brain equally."

hahah ... good it's working! ekkk! 

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Congratulations

You use your brain equally.

According to how your brain works, the dancer will either turn clockwise or counter clockwise. If she turns clockwise, then you use predominantly the right side of your brain and you are more than likely right-handed.

Day Visit Spa in Hakone

Hola ... Last Saturday, Sachan had a surprised visit to us in Shizuoka from Niigata... just on time to spend 3 days weekend holidays with us!  

We went to spa resort in Hakone on Sunday.  Our first time visit to YU NO SATO spa resort.  This place is also popular as higairi onsen or one day spa.    

It is located in the foot of Yuksaka mountain of Hakone.   We enjoyed the open-air bath with mountain view and clear blue skies... perfect for relaxation.  

They said that the view is more gorgeous on autumn leaves season and sakura viewing on spring and at night  ... moon viewing is awesome.  

 

it's on the hill

the onsen lobby hall, 3F 

 pamphlet

We had zaro soba for lunch and it was great too ...満足でした☆

Inside the sauna with Sachan... i spotted an interesting posted phrase and memorized it ... it says,

”ちょっと長めが気持ちいい

ゆっくり汗をかいて

心も、体も、リフレッシュ” 

Last day of holidays today... wonder what to do next aside from finishing my next never ending homeworks ;-)

First for the Tropical Philippines!

Post by Megan Lynne Young.

One of the amazing performance video of 16 years old Michael Christian Martinez, the first Filipino figure skater to qualify in 2014 Winter Olympics in Russia.   

Impressive performance! He is so flexible and have a great balance.  I love his potential ;-)

Even we don't have winter in the Philippines... proud of him to represent the Philippines in the winter games.  Good luck... keep up the good work and Mabuhay!!!