Sinulog 2012 -minus the mardi gra

*Warning: This post would document my 'lil' Sinulog 2012 experience. :)

Ohh no, I can't say it was an unfortunate thing that our Sinulog experience was so little. Having less Sinulog 2012 activities was a better and very much welcome consequence of something more important.. and maybe when I would find the right words to say (or write) I would post it here. In the meantime, I am happy to say that despite the turn of events for January (and he is not even through :( ), we did find time and physical strength to still enjoy as a family.

Going back, I know its quite late for this Sinulog post (even for the post prior to this). This, together with the Fish Kebab post were backlogs that have been sitting in my drafts for days and its only now that I found a longer time to sit down and post them.

Saying 'lil' maybe an overstatement. This Sinulog experience post won't talk about the mardi gra or the different religious traditions done during this festivity. I know those were the very essence of Sinulog but (again) I choose not to take part of them for a bigger and more important reason. My lil Sinulog experience all revolved on this recently added but equally anticipated activity -the Fireworks display. I'm not sure if I have mentioned it before but I am an Ayala loyalist, and that fact would at least (hihihi) explain why it was my first time see the Fireworks Contest hosted by SM City Cebu. I knew from my Ayala-Fireworks-Display experience before that people literally overflow in activities like this that is why the spectators that came to SM didn't surprise me. What surprised me though, was the 'condition' of the crowd. The whole Kaohsiung St. (a block away from SM Northwing) was full with parked cars and people watching the fireworks from afar. (Pardon my ignorance, didn't I just mention it was my first time? hehehe) Just see it for yourself.. :)

The crowd was so overwhelmingly excited. You can even hear them counting down as we wait for the next contestant's display. What's funny too was that right after the 8th contestant's display was over, the street became a street again, instantaneously, the vehicles started moving, as if they just stopped because it was Red light -a very long stop for that matter.

So much of the crowd. The Fireworks display was also a cool picnic experience also for our big fam (my parents and siblings were with us too). We decided to buy BBQ and Puso from Mattias, parked Papa's oldie pick-up @ a spot (3rd lane) we luckily found and had our dinner while spectating the Fireworks display. We'll, it was past 8pm already so deadma na sa crowd and off we ate and spectated.

Puso and Chorizo

the 'kalat' (including a shoe, hahaha)

Opps, don't be disappointed, I intentionally drafted this post so the photos of the fireworks would be at the end part as it would surely be a photo-flood. Enjoy!

Photos of the Fireworks display, in no particular order..

xoxo

Copy That!: Fish Kebab

At my old blog's home, I used to have categorize for my food porns and food blogs. I am not sure why it took me this long to revive that here. Categorize (also reads as organizing ;) ) -definitely makes our lives easier.

Anyways, one of my categories was Copy That! .. from the phrase itself, these are recipes i saw on TV or online or food i've tasted at some resto or home that I am giving my own try and touch.

So for today's feature for Copy That! .. ta da.. hubby's Fish Kebab.

Yes, you saw this @ my Paskong Pinoy post

Yes, you read it right. This is not my touch to the recipe but my Sous Chef's (also known as hubby) touch to the Fish Kebab that we tasted at Tambuli last November. After tasting it, we had several talks on how we could replicate the dish and finally, Christmas Eve came, the perfect time to cook the dish 'his' own way. Yes again, you read it right. It was his own recipe and prep (with only my supervision as the Executive Chef hihihih shhhhh, don't let the Sous Chef read this!). I had no intention of posting this recipe since it wasn't mine share, but while he was preparing this dish, he had been proudly saying how sumptuous the dish would turn out and was teasing me na keso, the recipe would be one of my future posts and that I should be taking pictures.. blah blah blah! :) Yeah, I regretted not taking pics of the prep as it would do this post better justification sana (not that it lack it din). So here it is..

You'll Need:
Fish Cubes, preferably white meat (your choice of fish, we used Blue Marlin)
Green and Yellow Tomatoes, cubed
Red and Green Bell Pepper, cubed
White Onions, cubed
Skewers

For the marinade:
EVOO
Lemon Juice
Salt and Pepper

You'll Do:
This is a fairly simple dish to make and with only a few ingredients to prepare.
Start with marinading the fish cubes with lemon juice, olive oil and S&P for minimum of 1 hour. I suggest to marinade the fish first before stacking them on the skewers as its a whole lot easier to marinade them.
After at least an hour, you may stack the fish, together with the cubed tomatoes, bell peppers and onions. Your choice of order too.
Season the tomatoes, bell peppers and onions with EVOO, S&T before grilling them. Grill each side for 2 minutes.

Enjoy!

Also, expect more recipes for this category and the rest of the food categories that I would be bringing in here: Invention and Healthy Eating

Goodbye 2011 and Hello Love!

I went on leave on the first 2 days of the work-year due to reunions and prior commitments so today is officially first day of work for 2012. What a better way to kick-off my working year than be prepared and planned with my Starbucks 2012 Planner. Yes!~ I finally have laid my hands on my 2012 Planner. Weeeee

It's time to say goodbye to my 2011 Planner..

and say Hello Love!

It came as a surprise, as yesterday when I went to get my second to the last sticker, I learn that they have a "buy-one-get-two-sticker" promo. And as mentioned on my previous post, I won Php 300 worth of Starbucks GC.. counting it, I actually got 4 stickers for free. I was lucky!

I got the Spruce one. Now I can say, I am ready for you 2012! :)

You & Starbucks
It's bigger than coffee.


The "buy-one-get-two-sticker" promo is from January 3-5 only, so for those who are a few sticker short from their planners, rush now..

Also, they extended this collection to January 20, 2012. Siguro, less lang ang kumuha, I have a great feeling its due to the design of the planner. hihihi Am still not a fan of it, but I got one and would be using it still. (ironic, I know!)

xoxo

Cheers 2012!

"Fear less, HOPE more; 

Eat less, CHEW more; 

Whine less, BREATHE more; 

Talk less, SAY more; 

LOVE more and all good things would be yours."

The best way to start the year is to be positive! Cheers to 2012!

I am not a believer of New Year's resolution.. anyone can change anytime and period of the year if he aspires to. So warnning, you won't see any New Year Resolutions post in here.

However, as I have said on a few FB status, 2011 has been an unhealthy year for me and my family. So, I Hope and PRAY that 2012 would be healthier for us. It would be my day to day challenge to see to it that it would be!

Happy New Year and may it would be a healthy (in all aspects) year for all of us!

xoxo