Because the way to my mom’s heart is to make her something sweet. <3
all the ingredients for a sweet life
heating up the love!
chilled cheesecake without the topping
cheesecake oozing with blueberry goodness
my masterpiece
a slice of blueberry heaven
Made chocolate chip cookies for the first time!
My ingredients:
the essentials: all purpose flour and baking soda
butter, of course.
vanilla essence
chocolate chips
eggs, white and brown sugar, salt
the dough
the dough with chocolate chips
ella hard at work, mixing dough (pic taken by sofie)
used muffin tins instead of cookie sheet because i don’t have a cookie sheet..yet
soft, chewy, gooey, chocolate chip cookies fresh from the oven
a “hmmm…” moment captured by sof
brownies for someone special. :)
“The more you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go.”
- Dr. Seuss, “I Can Read With My Eyes Shut!”
Purchased yesterday! Can’t wait to start reading this. Haven’t seen the movie adaptation starring Emma Watson yet, will read this one first.
Next on my list:
A Man Named Dave by Dave Pelzer (Already read the first two books of this series of his autobiography, saving the last one. I need a break from all the emotional trauma. :)
Wish list:
The Best of Archie Comics: 70th anniversary special!
(I want this http://cineramaetcetera.wordpress.com/2012/02/15/the-best-of-archie-comics-70th-anniversary-special/ for my birthday! pretty please)
The assholes are always trying to tell you what you’re doing wrong. Fuck them. Here are a list of things you already do better than anyone;
1) You write like no-on else
Your voice is unique. Every word, every sentence, every phrase; used and connected in a way that is singular to you and…
I’ve seem to be hitting writer’s block far too often now. My grade in my creative writing class is suffering because i don’t turn in anything because i’m never really satisfied with anything i do. all my good ideas seem to turn into bad ones once i write it down. How do you get pass writers…
Okay, okay. I am a geek and am proud to be one. I so adore books and those closest to me know how excited I can get about places and events that involve a lot of them.
Last night, my friends and I visited a traveling book expo aboard MV Logos Hope, a vessel operated by a charitable Christian organization from Germany.
The crew which is in Manila until March 13, will then sail to Subic for their last stop in the Philippines. It has already traveled across 160 countries and made a stop in Cebu last January.
It would probably take another two years before the ship comes back to our country so I’m really glad not to have missed this opportunity.
MV Logos Hope offers visitors an introduction to the vessel and the organization, a book fair featuring around 7,000 different titles, a visual presentation called the Journey of Life and the International Cafe.
A sanctuary for book lovers like me. :)
Life size visual presentation of The Journey of Life complete with an audio recording of the story in the background
enjoying my ice cream at the International Cafe
Though operated by a Christian organization, the titles on display are not limited to Spiritual selections.
This book costs only a hundred pesos! (1 unit is equivalent to 1 peso)
Classics for 150!
Nursery Rhymes in hardcover
Cookbooks, anyone?
Reference guides for as low as 50 to 100 pesos
Three CDs for 100 pesos and hardbound reference books on just about every subject, Medical, Marketing, Accounting, etc. at three books for only 500.
It seems that there’s a book here for everybody and I’m just excited to come back and bring my daughter along who, by the way, is as much of a geek as I am. :)
For my Sofie
Something for me: for a hundred bucks, this is an awesome find!
The volunteer crew and staff who are all very friendly and accommodating came from around 50 different countries.
I am looking forward to doing this again with my daughter before the ship leaves Manila.
For all of you bookworms out there, this is definitely something you wouldn’t want to miss.
The MV Logos Hope is in Pier 15 of the Manila Port Area until March 13. With an entrance fee of only 20 pesos, bibliophiles can experience the world’s largest floating book fair and buy great books at affordable prices.
MV Logos Hope is open from 10 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. from Tuesday to Saturday and from 1 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. on Sunday.
![Oh Adele, you deserve all the Grammys you can get! :)
tipsytutubi:
thedailywhat:
Grammys: And here’s the real one.
Photo by Lucy Nicholson for Reuters.
[msnbc / @alex_ogle.]
6 for 6!](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzbip1OI551qzpwi0o1_500.jpg)
Oh Adele, you deserve all the Grammys you can get! :)
Grammys: And here’s the real one.
Photo by Lucy Nicholson for Reuters.
[msnbc / @alex_ogle.]
6 for 6!
‘If I don’t write to empty my mind, I go mad.’ - Lord Byron
I’m a writer. I’m not trying, I’m not hoping, I’m not aspiring. I write. I’m a writer.
You are too, you just need to cut the bullshit and believe it.
The mind is a powerful thing. Perception equally so. Be a writer, and the world will see a writer. Tell the world you’re a trier, and people will walk right through you.
How are you supposed to convince other people if you can’t convince yourself?
Do you blog? You’re a writer. Do you scribble? Write poetry? Lyrics? You’re a writer. Do you slave over unpublished manuscripts written in the blood of your failed relationships? Congratulations. You’re a fucking writer.
“But wait!” You say. “Don’t I need to be published to be a writer?”
“Fuck you.” I reply.
Welcome to the internet. Get yourself a blog, upload some words and you’re a published writer. Congratulations.
Just because you don’t publish books or earn your living through writing doesn’t mean shit. I don’t. 9-5 me is a strategist in a social media agency. I earn a good salary, but ask me what I do? I’m a writer. I tell stories for a living.
Whether I’m writing ad copy or prose, strategies or novels, I’m just telling stories. That’s what I do. I’m a writer.
If you do this solely because you want to try and make some money, then you’re an asshole, and fuck you. If you do this because you’re compelled to, then you’re a writer, and you’re awesome.
Hopefully you can make some money along the way to pay for groceries and lapdances.
How you carry yourself affects how people percieve you. Cut the bullshit, the ‘trying to be’, the ‘aspiring’, the ‘hope one day’ and stand up for yourself. Tell the world you’re a writer.
It works for hacks (insert name of terrible popular fiction author here), who manage to convince the world to read their godawful fiction en masse. It’ll work for you, John Q. Bumblefuck, writing fiction out of a basement flat in the middle of Who-Gives-A-Shit.
The greatest trick any writer ever pulled was convincing the world he knew what he was doing.
First step; cut the bullshit and be a fucking writer.
(via toliveanddieinsydney)
