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We are almost halfway through summer vacation and I’m sure a lot of children, especially those who did not enroll in nay enrichment programs are bored. There are so many different things to get busy with during summer. Some go to dance classes, while others enhance their artistic inclinations or culinary skills and some delve into sports. I’m sure there are a lot of art supplies, baking supplies, shoes, sports clothes, and even equestrian helmets that got sold.

What have your kids been up to?

There’s no need to enroll them in all the summer fun programs available, just choose the one that one that interests them the most and try to have enriching activities at home like arts and crafts, baking and even sewing! I could benefit from the latter, LOL.

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I bought food supplies today because the next two days are Maundy Thursday and Good Friday and stores, except maybe the convenient stores, will be closed.

I didn’t go to the usual supermarket I like because I know the lines going to the barcode scanner-wielding cashiers would be loooong. Customers in that supermarket tend to be OA before holidays, hoarding food as if there’s no tomorrow. I’m not kidding.

I went to the smaller supermarket which has higher prices for the grocery items. I don’t have to buy a lot so I guess it’s ok to pay for a little more than get stuck in a long line.

I hope our stash (of chips!) will last till Saturday since it’s just me and the hubby at home because the children are not with us.

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I can’t wait to go to hubby’s family home down South to visit my MIL, hubby’s grandma and aunt.

When the kids had their month-long summer vacation there, they loved spending time in the garden and rooftop room where the air is cool.

Their house is a bit new, with wooden cabin furniture and white walls. The windows are always open to let the cool breeze in the house, something we don’t do here where we live. Here’s why.

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I heard strange noises, like something going round and round.

I peeped through the windows to see where the sound was coming from but I don’t see anything. Unsatisfied, I went out the front door squinting in the dark since the front door light was busted.

Hmmm… nothing still.

I turned on the living room light and saw the source of the sound. The hamster my son brought home from school. He was in school for the dramatics club rehearsal and he brought home this hamster because it was left in school by a classmate. He thought it would go hungry if the little pet is left in school without food till Monday.

Awww… I know, right?

Kindness in children more often than not is something we really directly teach them. Kindness even when discussed and role played in the best schools, whether a religious school or an online university, is still a value children learned first at home.

For now, the nocturnal hamster is resting. We didn’t find any hamster food at the supermarket earlier but we gave him an apple slice to nomnom while he stays with us till Monday.

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We opted to use soaps from the (DOH) Department of Health‘s Philippine Institute of Traditional and Alternative Health Care (PITAHC) that have natural ingredients in it.

With a teenage daughter, we have to be careful what we use for acne remedy because facial skin is sensitive.

At first, using the soaps on my face gave me a bit of discomfort because my skin felt itchy. I asked my SIL about it because she was the one who gave me the soaps. She said I have to read the ingredients and sure enough, ingredients just listed the fruit or vegetable extract and vegetable oil. None of those 20+ lettered hard-to-pronounce words. So, yey! Must be those extracts doing what they are supposed to do on the skin.

So far I’ve used papaya, cucumber and carrot soaps for skin moisturizing. I forgot to take photos of these.

My daughter is using calamansi soap for whitening (rolls eyes) while we still have bayabas [guava] (skin protection against bacteria), akapulko (skin defense against fungus) and labanos [radish] (skin whitening and astringent).

We are almost out of soap so we need to order more soon.

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Cream dory fillet is one of the most versatile fish fillet there is, in terms cooking. Fried cream dory fish fillet, almond crusted cream dory pasta and cream dory fish fillet and mushrooms in oriental sauce in these entries.

Here is a crispy deep fried cream dory fish fillet. For me, this is best dipped in mayo-garlic dip. For my kids, tomato ketchup is good enough. Continue Reading »

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