Mango Papaya Vinaigrette

Since I am planning to go on a diet, I made a salad dressing. After eating at Mary Grace Cafe kasi, I said to myself, Im'ma try the dressing they have for their Prawn Salad. It is the Mango-Papaya Dressing. It's good huh!

Here's the ingredients:

1 Large Ripe Papaya
1 Large Ripe Mango
1/4 cup of Olive Oil
1/3 cup of Apple Cider Vinegar 
1 Tbsp Honey
Salt and Pepper. 

1. Peel and put Papaya and Mango meat in a blender. 
2. Add the remaining ingredients except salt and pepper.
3. Blend well.
4. Season with salt and pepper to taste.

It's kinda tangy because of the Apple Cider Vinegar, but it's okay, it'll blend well in the salad.

Will share to you later my dinner. Will try it with salad.

Truth About My Weight

Hello! Today's Sunday. My mag-ama went out for a basketball game. John kasi would always play basketball kapag Sunday, sinama nya si Johann. Perfect time for me to blog! :)

I just want to share to you (if I have readers. lol.) some things about me and my weight.

When I was dalaga, I was thinner. Chubby, but thinner, compared now. My height is 5"1" and my weight before is from 115lbs to 118lbs. It even went down to 108lbs to 110lbs but average would be the first weight I mentioned. I fit a size Medium in most of the clothes. Large kapag masikip sa arms. Sa arms kasi talaga nagkakatalo. I have brusko arms so if Medium ang damit pero masikip sa arms, I change it to Large. So yeah, Medium to Large ako. Get the picture?

I really looked young, pretty and blooming then. Kasi comfortable ako sa everything. Clothes, face, tummy not showing etc. Now kasi, I feel bloated, fat, parang my clothes kept on shrinking on me na hindi na ako kasya sakanila. Haha!

When I got pregnant, I was not that fat. I gained weight but not too much, so I figured, mabilis babalik ang katawan ko. Johann was not that big din when I had him. First few months, I was a typical na nanganak. Still the same weight when I was pregnant. But as months passed, I gained and gained.

Preggy. 6-7 months na yata ako nyan. 

I am a stay-at-home mommy. Johann's malikot but I make it bawi sa food intake lagi. When I am depressed or stressed, I eat. When I am pagod, I eat. When I am happy, I still eat! Haha. No exercise.

Honestly, that is may be one reason why I seldom go out. I am so conscious of how I look and how I weigh. I get ill-tempered that I can't wear any nice clothes anymore 'coz hindi na kasya yung mga luma kong damit. I also seldom buy clothes that's why I have only a number to choose from. I am not kasi a type of person na would wear sexy clothes or fitted clothes kahit mataba. May iba kasi, mukhang suman sa damit if they wear uber fitted eh. No offense meant to those who wear clothes like that. It's just that it is not me. I am not comfortable with that eh.

I enrolled back to boxing and even gym. (Dati pala, kaya ako payat kasi, nagboboxing ako sa Elorde and nagggym ako sa Fitness First. Sarado na kasi Elorde sa SM Southmall kaya nakakatamad na sa malayo magboxing.) Anyway, I enrolled in a boxing gym located in Madrigal Business Park, Alabang. 4 months ako naka-enroll. Come 4th month, medyo tinatamad nako. Lost few pounds. But ever since I stopped, I gained again. I have been telling John, if I really want to lose weight, dapat consistent ang gym ko. Since I am not enrolled anymore, pano ako magwowork out? Sis in law ko kasi, payat na. Pero it took her more than 2 years din, bago na maintain yung figure. Kasi, hindi natatanggal gym nya. There would be times na she's lazy to go but atleast, anytime, she can come back. That's what I want. Pero siyempre, we're not that mayaman naman. So dapat, once enrolled, sulitin. Which I didn't.

Why am I gaining? It is because I am a rice person. Take note. I eat lunch and dinner. Twice lang ha? Pero since I eat rice, I keep on gaining weight. Usually pa kasi, 1 and half cup rice ako. Haha! If masarap ulam, hanggang 2 cups. lol. In between meals, I seldom eat. Pero if eat usually fatty food. Ice cream, chocolate, sweets, or junk food. Diba? Sino ba naman di tataba non?

However, there are people who I really idolize for their dedication in losing weight. They are Mommy Fleur, Mommy Cheryll, Tina de Guzman and Joanne Avila (friends of mine) and Marie Flores (also a friend). I have been observing them for almost 2-3 months now. They are losing weight. Kailangan talaga ang mind set. San ba nakakabili non? Pa-order nga ako.

I tend to be tamad talaga kasi at times. Pero as I said, I need my mind to be set in order for me to get back into my dalaga weight. Exercise, eat well and control.

Ate Che of Out of The Box Ideas, told me, I should reveal, make kwento and blog it so the whole world (lol. daming readers?) will witness this. Para mag-pursige ako magpapayat. I will start again tomorrow. Jogging, diet and control. No rice, no sweets etc.

Will update what and how I am doing about this project me, soon! :)

Current weight: 145lbs. Kapag busog, 148lbs. Haha! :D

Bummer!!!

Haay.. This is what I'm daunting about. Remember my supposed to be Project 184 thing? Well, I lost track already since I don't have a laptop with me for the past few weeks. My camera too is not with me. So it's very impossible already to fill up the spaces. It's not an everyday photo thing anymore.

Darn! I'm such a bummer!

I really wanted to continue doing it, but knowing that I missed a lot of days taking photos of things in my everyday life, I give up already.

Stressful kasi magisip, na stressed ako, dahil sa bagay na ito. Gets? Basta yun na!

Taking photos of everyday stuff is not for me I guess. But I'm still into photography ha! Just don't get me wrong.

My mind is not really set for that kind of things lalo;
 1. Isa lang camera ko
 2. Hiniram pa laptop ko
 3. Damn internet connection is irritating me also
 4. May alaga akong baby
 5. May alaga akong malaking baby (hubby ko)

hehe.. Next time maybe! I'll try my luck again! :)

No more negga thoughts! :)

9/184

"Pineapple for Dinner"

Ate a biscuit earlier and then ate all these pineapple. Yum. It is just a small pineapple so I almost ate the whole fruit. Just left 2 slices I think. 

8/184

"Sick Baby"

My baby Johann doesn't feel well. He has a fever. I am not quite sure though if it is because of him, teething. I am still observing if he'll get better tomorrow. I hope he does. 

In this photo, Johann is actually watching Mickey Mouse Clubhouse in Disney Playhouse. It's not long when I realized that it's not good for him to watch that since he is sick. I just let him finish the Mickey Mouse Clubhouse then I switched the TV off. 

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"Bath Time"

I prepared Johann's bath with Lander's Lavander and Chamomile Bubble Bath. He really enjoys it a lot! He loves to play with the bubbles and once in a while, he would stand up and smile at us. He's so adorable!

Just don't mind the background. We were not yet finished in cleaning the area that time. My apologies. Hehe.

6/184

"Bicol Express"

Cooked Bicol Express. This is one of my favorite viand. I also like it spicy! Very Spicy! Hehe.

Click the link above to view the recipe of my Bicol Express.

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"Brainy Baby"

My mom was playing with Johann. Suddenly, she felt tired already so she decided to sit on the bed with Johann. However, mom was having a hard time making Johann sit still. I decided to let him sit in front of mom and lend him his book. When I opened the book, he sat still and tapped on each pictures non-stop.

In this photo however, a commercial caught his attention, so I was not able to really capture him looking and staring on the pictures on the book.

The book by the way is a Brainy Baby book of Numbers. :)

4/184

"Baby Feet"

I was staring at my baby who that time was sleeping. I noticed that my baby's feet is now getting bigger. Time flies really fast. Now, I have to buy another shoes/sandals for my baby to wear. 

I remember him crying last time when we were out in the mall. I really don't know why he was crying like crazy. He doesn't want milk, us carrying him or him walking. I insisted in carrying him and removed his sandals. After I removed it, he stopped crying. He's not comfortable anymore with his footwear, that's why. 

3/184

"Transformers 3D"

John and I decided we should watch Transformers: Dark of the Moon in 3D, and we did! Ellaine and JB, John's niece and nephew, came with us.

The four of us really enjoyed the movie! It was really good! The best of 3 Transformers movies. I just don't like the idea of changing Megan Fox to Rosie Huntington-Whiteley..

Now... the question is.. would there be a Transformers 4? They say so.. no Shia anymore but with Jason Statham.. We'll have to see.. :)

2/184

"Nest on a lamp post"

I was in the porch with my baby Johann when I noticed him staring at something. I looked at it and saw that there was this nest on a lamp post just outside the gate. My baby probably stared at it because the were birds chirping noisily. 

Full description here.

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"Wheatgrass"

Full description here.

Project this 2011..

Last year 2010... No! Before 2010 pala, I was inspired by a friend to take some 365 photos and post it in Flickr. It is called "Project 365". I started it, however, I was not able to continue doing it. Maybe because I was so busy with work and I just had a dilemma early that year (2010).

I really like to continue it this year but it's already mid-year right? And my excuse this year is that I am so pre-occupied with my baby that I always forget to bring my camera. Yeah. That's my lame excuse. Haha!

Oh well. Earlier while I was outside, smoking (yeah, I smoke), I thought, maybe this is the right time to continue "Project 365" but instead, it would be like "Photo of the Day" or "Project 365 and a half". Haha. I'll think of a better name for this project.

It would be one of my goal, to finish, the half of it this year.

Bye the way, this project is actually taking random pictures of just about anything under the sun everyday for the whole year. One picture for a day. Just like what I said parang "Photo of the Day" type of project. One can tell his/her story about that photo or let the photo speak for itself. :)

I'll start July 1. For the meantime, I will just start editing my template and watermark/signature, so my pictures would have uniformity.

I am so excited in doing this. :) Wish me luck though. I want to make this happen. :)