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Filipinos know this food just by its scent alone.

When I was cropping the photo, I asked my son if he knew what this food is. He said the name of a mall near where we live where I had this as well as the name of the dish, and he was right on both counts. Bangus Belly from Reyes Barbecue.

I like this better than other food eaten with rice, even before I had to lay off on meats, especially with the fat attached.

What would you put in the soy sauce? Calamansi juice? Chili?

I prefer this eaten with fresh raw tomatoes 😉

Nakakamay pa.

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Yes, there is no stopping Christmas. Even the moms over at FilipinoMomBlog.com are excited about Christmas. Why? Click here to know.

At this time, everywhere one goes, one is reminded about the commercialism spirit of giving. Traffic has become worse in our little part of this world, even before the month ushered in. Shoppers have come to invade the malls, bargain shops and sales, like troops ready for battle.

This time of the year too is a good time to reap profits, especially for those engage in the merchandising business. Yes, business has seen better years and this is not one of those.

Incidentally, there are a lot of jobs in retail available in the market at this time, perfect opportunities for those who want to earn shopping money for the holidays.

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It has been ten years since we moved in this house where we are living. We moved before a Penumbral Lunar Eclipse happened on a Green Corn Moon or Grain Moon, and finished everything on a triple 8 date, August 08, 1998.

We also had the usual custom of bringing in salt, rice, cotton, monggo seeds and water with us when we moved in.

We even had a dog with us when we moved.

We did not have moving trucks though these would have been helpful to help us bring whatever we had, though these were very few. We just used the car and an aunt’s AUV/pick-up to bring our things and we had to travel a few times to be able to complete the moving tasks.

The adjustments were very difficult at first because my work was only a few steps away from our place before (in fact I just had to climb two sets of stairs) but we managed to adjust. I am still adjusting, especially during times when I get irritated by neighbors.

So many things have changed since we moved, all for the better, I guess. Our family have grown bigger. My eldest daughter who turned three a few days after we moved is now 13 years old and we now have a 7 year old boy and a 5 year old girl.

The dog has been long gone and we have two other dogs now.

All in all, ten years had been blessed, despite glitches and small inconveniences.

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Yesterday as I was waiting for my daughter’s school program to start, I saw her classmate wearing a shirt that said something like this:

“I look like 20, I act like 30, I think like 60, I must be 40”

I chuckled when I read this and realized that messages can come across strongly on funny t shirts with messages that were written for fun or for getting a strong message across.

Some of the funny shirt one-liners that I have seen are:

“Beer Factor” for “Fear Factor”

“Inutil (Filipino word for stupid) Inside” for “Intel Inside”

“Goat Milk” for “Got Milk”

What is your favorite funny one-liners on shirts?

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With Christmas around the corner, people prepare so many things to welcome the season.

Shopping for gifts, preparing food to be shared by family and friends at gatherings, decorating the house with holiday trimmings, we definitely do not scrimp when this time of the year is here.

After the season is over, what then?

Would people look back and spend time mulling what went right and what did not?

Can people think that perhaps they shouldn’t have eaten that much so they look much better in greeting the new year?

Would Trimspa help them in getting their shapes back?

We promise ourselves to do better next year.

I remember a favorite childhood song, “When Christmas time is over and presents are away, don’t be sad. There’ll be so much to treasure about this Christmas Eve and the fun we had…”

Whatever will transpire during this coming special holiday, it is important that people recognize the reason for the season: the birth of our Savior, Jesus Christ.

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Greenwich Overloadeded Pizza.

Tastes good though it feels weird buying that kind of pizza and paying more OR buying this kind of pizza and paying less than its competition. And I am talking about just for a slice.

On the other hand, I am used to paying less with their food offerings but less the taste and toppings 😀

I’m rambling. Ok,  its yummy but lacks that certain smell from other pizza offerings from other stores.

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