2 kilos ground beef
1 kilo potatoes
2 tablespoons chopped garlic
2 cups cheese

I also planned to make a cheesecake. But cream cheese is expensive so i bought one that i can make just for me and mom. I brought ingredients for a Fiesta Float¹ instead.

1 200g graham crackers; i got the crushed graham instead
1 can fiesta fruit cocktail
2 250ml all purpose cream
1 can condensed milk

Sorry, i can’t remember the exact net content of each ingredient.

I made the Fiesta Float when i got home because i wanted to chill it over night. I also wanted to prepare the ingredients for the Shepherd’s pie, but we had no space in our fridge, so i just prepared the potatoes.

Dec. 31: I woke up around noon and went to church to get my car. With all the people playing with firecrackers, i didn’t want to walk around the neighborhood. This was a fun day because i got to practice driving around the neighborhood and even had some of my cousins as my passengers.

Around 3pm, with Sarah in the house, we started making the Shepherd’s pie. It was nice to have an “assistant” around because i had some help, and didn’t panic when things got a little out of hand. She helped with cooking the beef, and she grated the cheese and spread it. I washed the dishes. x.x

We successfully finished making the pie and told mom to bake it. LOL. Then we left and brought stuff to church and went back home, and just literally went around.

Here’s the thumbnail of the finished product. Click it for larger view.

At around 6pm, we were in church and they prepared the tables and chairs. Then at around 7pm, we had dinner.

Everyone was hungry, and they all liked my Shepherd’s pie even if some sides were kind of burnt. Of course the other food were delicious too! My aunt’s tetrazinni was good, and so was the caldereta Ate Ching made. The chicken were brought by my cousin, and the biggest chicken of them all was imported by my mom from the States.

After wards, we just hanged out, watched DVD², then went up the church to see all the fireworks at 12 midnight.

Jan. 1: Mom and i planned to go to Quiapo and bring the dogs with us. Since it was a Holiday, we thought that there would be less people out. We were kind of right, but the stores in Quiapo were closed, so we headed to Mall of Asia instead. Boy, all the people were there! But it was fun, people were happy to see our pugs walking around. And Kendo was unleashed which made it uber cute and funny.

What sucks is that i didn’t bring my camera with me. So i tried to take pictures via my cellphone. I should never leave the house without my camera again.

1. ref cake with fiesta fruit cocktail
2. we didn’t finish anything because we can’t decide what to watch

I deleted my old facebook account and made a new one. Why? Because the old one is so messy and I’d rather not waste my time fixing it and getting rid of everything. Plus it’s always better to start all over again.

My time is wasted playing Playfish games like Pet Society, GEO challenge, and Who has the biggest brain? They’re so much fun!

Anyway, as the title says, New Year is 2 days away. I hope i could write a year end entry. But we’ll be having a new years party. Just mom and I, her older brother’s family, and the Evia family, since we’re holding it near the church. I guess my ninang is invited too. I plan to make something, like a dessert maybe.

Wish me luck!

Yesterday was the Church Christmas party, which was short but still fun. I took videos of the presentations and i’ll be posting them in my multiply account, and maybe blog about it when i remember.

Anyway, i have to go, just did a quick update and so excited in editing/uploading pictures.

Ciao!

My mom is a flight attendant and has had local and foreign celebrities as her passengers. She told me about Manny the first time he was on the same plane with her. She said she felt like this man is going to be big someday and so she took the opportunity to have her picture taken with him. If I’m right, that was 2003(?)

Anyway, over the years, mom communicates with Manny or Jinky from time to time. She is considered a friend because she has been nothing but. Not because he’s rich and famous but mom has befriended them even before Manny was famous.

It wasn’t only till July 2008 that I met him face to face. It was on his victory party at Gov. Chavit’s house. Manny is really nice, just as what my mom has told me. He’s also a joker. He likes to joke a lot which people mistake as being arrogant. He tries to speak in English because he wants to speak better. Practice makes perfect. And yet, people still see that as being a trying hard, arrogant bastard.

Everyone is arrogant from time to time. And with Manny’s achievements, I think he has the right to be arrogant. He has brought a lot of glory for the country and I think it’s fair enough to let him be proud of it.

He’s just a person like everyone else. He’s just good at what he does and he deserves all that he has today. If you hate him because he’s arrogant, hate the people around him who are just using him. One thing I’ve learned from my experiences is that we shouldn’t hate people just because we want to or we think they’re not worth the praises. We should try and understand, put ourselves in their place so that we can realize what they’re going through.

Hate me all you want, but at the end of the day, you’re just jealous that he’s Manny Pacquiao and you’re… who again?

And then i found out that my domain registrar has hosting packages. For $2/month, i can have 500mb disk space, 25gb bandwidth, and unlimited features. It’s more than enough for what i needed. I can’t advertise the hosting because right now he is busy and he can’t accomodate everyone. But then after i purchased the $2 package, i found a host that offers $5/year package that has 5gb disk space and unmetered bandwidth! That is one hellovah deal, but at the moment that is too much for me. I don’t wanna go buying hosts again and not having the time working on it. So.. the $2/month package will do. For now.

Since i just switched homes again, i haven’t fixed everything yet. I’m not sure if everything is where they should be and i can’t lookattend to them right now because i have tons of things to do. So..

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So i spent Sunday and Monday nights working on my part. And last night i finished doing “I’m A Little Teapot”, which was a short song even if it was repeated twice. I did the animation which my mom found cute¹ , i just hope my partner will like it, or more like, her son would like it. He’s our tester, if he likes what we did, we’ll be more confident, because he’s hard to please.

Yesterday morning i headed to the Municipality to finish the requirements for my shop’s wiring permit. I got a little frustrated because it took me one-and-a-half hour at the cashier. To make the long story short, i was supposed to get the wiring permit today, but thanks to Mr. Ramos² , he delivered it to me last night because he said he won’t be in the office today. So now, i have to head to MERALCO to get electricity for the shop.

I’m really hopeful to get the shop opened by November.

1. and she’s a tough judge
2. he’s the guy who handles the wiring permit

On the other room was Aljur Abrenica, Paolo Ballesteros, Luis Alandy, and Marco Alcaraz. They were there representing “Dyesebel”, the local version of “The Little Mermaid”, the show was ending and they were there to invite the viewers to watch out for their last episode which was to air on the next night, Friday.

I had a little chat with Aljur because he met my mom previously and they found out that his uncle and my mom were colleagues. Small world. Anyway, i introduced myself and asked if i could have my picture taken with him, he obliged. He’s so good looking in person. No wonder the girls are all screaming for him. He’s not that telegenic, he photographs pretty good, but he’s best in person. He’s a nice guy too. He even asked my name. I told him to remember who i am because this wasn’t the first and last time we’d meet. LOL.

Then i had my picture taken with the other 3 guys who were pretty nice too. I think i like Marco Alcaraz.

Gawd! I’m so ugly in the photos. Ew.

On Friday i met Jasmine V. She’s not really a local, but she’s half-Filipina, so…

She’s the girl who sang the “Star Spangled Banner” on Manny Pacquiao’s latest fight. She’s so cute, charming, and pleasant! She’s only 14, so young! Her mom was nice too, she gave me a picture card which has Jasmine’s website and myspace. I’m checking them out now.

As usual, i’m ugleeeh!

1. The #1 local TV network, no matter what the envious rivals say
2. the make-up artist

Since i have my name as my domain, i will treat this blog as my personal diary. It doesn’t matter if the contents are read, as long as i could express myself. And maybe one day, people will be interested in what i think, and pay attention to what i have to say.

As for now, I am using K2 theme, a theme that i love but have yet to learn how to customize. It is used because of it’s accessibility.