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"ᴍᴀᴋᴇ ɪᴛ ᴀ sᴇᴘᴛᴇᴍʙᴇʀ ᴛᴏ ʀᴇᴍᴇᴍʙᴇʀ." – 𝒰𝓃𝓀𝓃𝑜𝓌𝓃 The first day of September is gloomy. Nevertheless, I pray that this month brings more good memories to cherish despite the challenges of the times and fill our heart with love, hope, and faith. Have a joy-filled September, dear friends and Noisers. 💙 📸 This heart-shaped speckled yellow-green leaf flew from nowhere and landed on our porch. It is still wet from the previous rain. #september #fallenleaf #vrphotography©️
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•SPEEDO• Speedo or mackerel scad is known as 𝗚𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗻𝗴𝗴𝗼𝗻𝗴 in Filipino language. This fish variety is abundant in the Philippines and are dubbed as "𝘢 𝘱𝘰𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘢𝘯'𝘴 𝘧𝘪𝘴𝘩." Yet, the price soars as high as PhP400 per kilo nowadays. Got here this tasty 𝙋𝙖𝙠𝙨𝙞𝙬 𝙣𝙖 𝙂𝙖𝙡𝙪𝙣𝙜𝙜𝙤𝙣𝙜 (cooked with vinegar) for lunch today suitable for the cool weather. I love the taste of this fish no matter what. Yum! 📸 My snaps of Paksiw na Galunggong. #pinoyfood #galunggong #vrphotography©️
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•Who's The Fairest Of Them All?• Just arrived from downtown after some errands. Before entering the house these blooms from the garden caught my attention. So I took some snaps for you. The flowers seem to enjoy the sun today. Happy Friday, friends and Noisers. Hope all is well with you today. Blessed day ahead.🌹 📸My snaps of #hibiscus, #rose, and #oxalis. #flowersinthegarden #flowers #vrphotography©️
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•The Orange Bug• This orange bug paid me a visit early this morning. I only took a single snap before it disappeared from my sight. Life is fragile and fleeting. Before we ever knew it we've already lost beautiful moments that we should have cherished. So be mindful and be thankful for every blessing that comes to us. For that moment may never come back anymore. Have a happy and blessed Sunday, friends and Noisers. 🧡 📸 My snapshot of that orange bug on a Taro leaf.…
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•Sunday's Lunch• Here's mine for today, stewed pork with lots of vegetables - cabbage, carrots, string beans, taro corms, cooking banana. Found the leftover corn in the fridge from yesterday's snack so I added them to the hot dish. 📸 My snaps of newly cooked stew. #lunch #food #vrphotography©️
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•The Sunset-Colored Hibiscus• The setting sun is such a marvel to witness each day. Since I live now in a place bereft with this wonderful sight I re-invented it in this sunset-colored hibiscus. I hope you had an amazing day, friends and Noisers. Good evening. 📸 My POV snap of our fully bloomed hibiscus just before dusk today. #hibiscus #flower #vrphotography©️
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𝐋𝐞𝐭 𝐮𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐰𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐝𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝, 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐰𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐩 𝐚 𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐟 𝐰𝐞 𝐝𝐨 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐮𝐩. (Galatians 6:9 NIV) "Let us begin again..." These words of Saint Francis echoes on my mind every time Monday comes. Yes again and again we relive our Mondays as we start the week. And we are not perfect to get the things done in an ultimate flawless way. No matter how persistent our resolve to do better each day human as we are tend to fall to our innate recklessness.…
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•🅙 is for 𝗝𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗮• It's not just a regular rain that pours starting last night. It's brought by the tropical storm named Jolina the 10th typhoon to enter the country this year. So take care, dear friends and Noisers who are living in the affected areas (and those who are in the other side of the globe as well). Keep dry. 🌧 Nevertheless, don't forget to keep joy in your hearts this Tuesday despite of. 💙 📸 My POV fresh snapshot of raindrops on the underside of J-shaped leaves…
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•Keep Warm• Keeping myself warm with this hot intense coffee accompanied by some crispy toasted bread. The weather has mellowed but still being cautious for untoward meteorological changes. Good afternoon. 📸 Snaps of my afternoon snacks. #snack #food #coffee #vrphotography©️
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•The Beauty Of A Fallen Periwinkle• "ᴇᴠᴇʀʏᴛʜɪɴɢ ʜᴀꜱ ʙᴇᴀᴜᴛʏ, ʙᴜᴛ ɴᴏᴛ ᴇᴠᴇʀʏᴏɴᴇ ꜱᴇᴇꜱ ɪᴛ." -𝒞𝑜𝓃𝒻𝓊𝒸𝒾𝓊𝓈 I'm so thankful that our place was spared from the ravages of the typhoon. I was able to go out and buy some stuff though the weather remained overcast. I just walked to enjoy the cool weather and find something for my photography. Had some shots here in there until I reached my destination. How's your Wednesday guys? I think I need to doze off awhile. Catch you later. 📸 This is…
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•Luscious and Sweet• Good evening, friends and Noisers. Just woke from my nap. I remembered the Papaya that I stored in the fridge to chill it the other day. I picked it from our five foot high Papaya tree at the backyard a couple of days ago. I squeezed a lemon to its sweet and luscious tangerine flesh for a twist before eating it (I just regretted that I forgot to add the spicy chili). DYK❓ • That Papaya enzyme called 𝙋𝙖𝙥𝙖𝙞𝙣 is used as a meat tenderizer? • That the unripe…
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"ɢᴏᴅ'ꜱ ᴘʟᴀɴꜱ ᴡɪʟʟ ᴀʟᴡᴀʏꜱ ʙᴇ ɢʀᴇᴀᴛᴇʀ ᴀɴᴅ ᴍᴏʀᴇ ʙᴇᴀᴜᴛɪꜰᴜʟ ᴛʜᴀɴ ᴀʟʟ ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴅɪꜱᴀᴘᴘᴏɪɴᴛᴍᴇɴᴛꜱ." -𝒰𝓃𝓀𝓃𝑜𝓌𝓃 Hello, dear friends and Noisers. Glad to be back again and stay with you these days. Was out for a few days to sort out some (personal) things. I found the above quote from my FB memory and decided to share it with you here especially in these challenging times. I hope this message would help us through as we start yet another new week of daily grind. Remember that sometimes…
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•Energize• My lunch today. I cooked this simple mung beans (monggo) soup with the remaining taro corms from last week's menu. Put a handful of ground pork, tomatoes, moringa leaves (malunggey), and spices - onions, garlic, and ginger. So tasty and energizing. 🍽 📸 My snaps of hot mung bean soup presentation. #lunch #food #vrphotography©️ @Vin0
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“𝙇𝙞𝙛𝙚 𝙞𝙨 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙖𝙡𝙬𝙖𝙮𝙨 𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙮 𝙩𝙤 𝙡𝙞𝙫𝙚, 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙤𝙥𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙪𝙣𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙩𝙤 𝙙𝙤 𝙨𝙤 𝙞𝙨 𝙖 𝙗𝙡𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙗𝙚𝙮𝙤𝙣𝙙 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙝𝙚𝙣𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣. 𝙄𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙘𝙚𝙨𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙡𝙞𝙫𝙞𝙣𝙜, 𝙬𝙚 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙛𝙖𝙘𝙚 𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙪𝙜𝙜𝙡𝙚𝙨, 𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙮 𝙤𝙛 𝙬𝙝𝙞𝙘𝙝 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙘𝙖𝙪𝙨𝙚 𝙪𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙨𝙪𝙛𝙛𝙚𝙧 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙚𝙭𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙥𝙖𝙞𝙣.” – 𝘓. 𝘓𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘭 𝘒𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘬 Happy Chooseday, friends and Noisers. Choose Life no matter what it throws upon you. Happiness is a state of living not without pain and struggles but the wholehearted acceptance that these are essential elements in finding joy in living. Such a…
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•The Beauty That Cures• How's your Wednesday, friends and Noisers? I was watering our plants this afternoon when these decorative leafy plants awed me. So I decided to show them here. We locally call them 𝙈𝙖𝙮𝙖𝙣𝙖 which is known both for its colorful foliage as well as for some medicinal uses. Its health benefits include anti-inflammatory (for inflammation), analgesic (for pain), and antimicrobial (against germs). Good evening. 🌿 📸 Some of my snaps of our #coleus plants.…
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•September Sky• We had a fair weather today. Was able to take these sky snaps in the morning. And as I had expected the weather changed abruptly in the afternoon. September be like. Have joyful Thursday, friends and Noisers. 💙 📸 My sky photos at different angles. #septembersky #vrphotography©️
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•𝗡𝗶𝗹𝘂𝗽𝗮𝗸• And so it rained this afternoon just after our snack was delivered. This time we had 𝙉𝙞𝙡𝙪𝙥𝙖𝙠 𝙣𝙖 𝙆𝙖𝙢𝙤𝙩𝙚𝙣𝙜-𝙠𝙖𝙝𝙤𝙮. It is prepared by mashing or pounding boiled cassava together with other ingredients like grated coconut, butter, crushed peanuts, condensed milk, and sugar. I remember my childhood days when I and my granny used to make this classic #snack the traditional way using a huge wooden mortar and pestle. 📸 Took some snaps of #Nilupak before eating. #pinoyfood…
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•My Friday• Just finished with my shopping and doing other errands. Time check it's 11:32 AM (Philippine time) and still the weather is good with blue sky dotted with rain clouds. Our local government declared yesterday that we are under MGCQ quarantine status. Please don't ask me to explain what it means because I'm one among thousands who's confused with so many QQQs (quatantine statuses) imposed by the national government. Lol. Anyway, I observe strictly the following…
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•TUYO• Appreciating 𝘛𝘶𝘺𝘰 (sun-dried salted fish) for my simple lunch today. Had a couple of this small dried fish together with the mung bean soup leftover. And some slices of sweet mango to counter the saltiness. Burp. That's all. Don't forget your lunch guys. 🍽 📸 Snaps of my Friday lunch. #pinoyfood #food #vrphotography©️
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AM I HAPPY? That was the captcha that has popped up while doing some tasks on my computer. Last night I was really upset when I failed to log in to my #noise.cash account. I made several attempts but to no avail. Maybe that was due to some ongoing updates. So I asked help from my friends here through our group chat at FB. I'm blessed to have them around. They encouraged me and made some efforts to assist me. Someone even sent a message to the admin presenting my predicament.…
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•Sunday's Request• Lunch is ready. I decided to cook Pancit Canton for the nth time as requested. This time I added sliced beef sausages together with chicken, pork, chorizo, and kikiam. Of course the vegetables were stir fried separately to keep it from being mushy. Though, I miss that aromatic spice which is lacking - the celery. This dish doesn't need rice because the noodles make it already a complete meal. Yet Filipinos as we are, couldn't just let go of rice that…
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“𝙾𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚂𝚞𝚗𝚍𝚊𝚢, 𝚕𝚎𝚝 𝚞𝚜 𝚝𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚊 𝚏𝚎𝚠 𝚖𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚙 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚔 𝙶𝚘𝚍 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚊𝚞𝚝𝚢 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚒𝚜 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚕𝚍.” – 𝒰𝓃𝓀𝓃𝑜𝓌𝓃 Enjoying a cooler weather this afternoon. There's an on and off rain shower. And I begin to feel sleepy. 📸 I passed by this flower the other day while walking toward downtown. Its petals caught droplets from the rain showers. Staring on such a beauty would fill your heart with thankfulness. #periwinkle #flower #droplets #vrphotography©️
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𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲, 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬, 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐞, 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞, 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐬 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭, 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐮𝐫𝐞, 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐬 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐲, 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞, 𝐢𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐞𝐱𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐟 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐬𝐞, 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬. (Philippians 4:8 NASB) Great Monday morning, dear friends and Noisers. I am happy that we have the sun today. It dissipated all the gloominess of the previous days. Anyway, I chose the scripture texts above to accompany us through yet…
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"𝗛𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗯𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲𝘀, 𝗶𝗳 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗻 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁." - 𝙰𝚕𝚋𝚞𝚜 𝙳𝚞𝚖𝚋𝚕𝚎𝚍𝚘𝚛𝚎 (𝓗𝓪𝓻𝓻𝔂 𝓟𝓸𝓽𝓽𝓮𝓻 𝓢𝓮𝓻𝓲𝓮𝓼) Dear friends and Noisers, I hope all is well with you. But even if not, just remember the above quote. Nothing is permanent here on earth. You may find yourself in a dark pit of sorrow but eventually light will dissipate all your grieving if you just hold on to that power which is in your hands to decide and choose happiness when the…
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•SANTAN• Our neighbor food seller who supply us with rice cakes (suman) also brought us a bottle of freshly made Santan. SANTAN is our local name for Coco Jam. It is prepared with coconut milk and panocha de bao (hardened and unrefined sugarcane chunk - a variation of Muscovado). Pili nuts (also popular in our region) are added to give a more nutty flavor. Santan may serve as a bread spread or can be paired perfectly with rice and rice cakes. 📸 Some snapshots of our local…
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“ᴛʜᴇʀᴇ ɪꜱ ᴍᴏʀᴇ ᴛᴏ ʟɪꜰᴇ ᴛʜᴀɴ ꜱɪᴍᴘʟʏ ɪɴᴄʀᴇᴀꜱɪɴɢ ɪᴛꜱ ꜱᴘᴇᴇᴅ.” – 𝓜𝓪𝓱𝓪𝓽𝓶𝓪 𝓖𝓪𝓷𝓭𝓱𝓲 After I finished my transactions in the bank I passed by their garden. I was lucky to find these flowers still freshened with dew drops for Okra blooms won't last a day until they fall off the plant. Sometimes we are caught between how time flies so quickly or how it drags so slowly. However, it is wise to walk side by side with life not run in front of it or the contrary. Otherwise, we would miss a…
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•GERMaphobia• How are you coping with Covid19? Does it made you "praning" (think irrationally) to the extent that you developed germaphobia (fear of germs) already? That you've gone to great lenghts in order to prevent contamination? Anyway, we should all take extra precautions nowadays since this virus tends to mutate easily into new forms in order to survive. For that reason I bought this THROAT SPRAY for added layer of protection. It is an iodine formulated medicine that…
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•Let It Go• I was hungry so I searched for food in the cupboard. Luckily I discovered a bag of chips so I reached for it enthusiastically. I found it already partially opened though. And lo, I was surprised to find a huge butterfly inside! So I picked its folded wings and rushed outside then set it free. I regretted for a while because I should have taken some snaps of it for my content, I thought, before letting it go. Then I woke up. Weird. 🦋 Do you believe in dreams?…
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•PATOLA Soup• Hot soup for a rainy day. I cooked for lunch the Patola (Filipino name for luffa or silk squash/gourd) which we bought from the market. I just added moringa leaves, shredded carrots, misua noodles, and pork. This hot meal is enough to keep us warm today. 🍲 📸 Took some snaps of hot soup while still in the pot. #keepingwarm #pinoyfood #food #myrecipe #vrphotography©️
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•World Pharmacists Day• I was surprised to see purple colored balloons when I entered a pharmacy this morning. I learned that the world is celebrating the Pharmacists Day today. I thought the pharmacy was joining the #purpleSaturday challenge. Lol. Well, kudos to all the pharmacists out there especially here at noise.cash (if there's anyone). May you continue to serve the community with zeal wherever you belong to according to the duties that you had taken an oath of. I…
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"𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚔𝚢. 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚕𝚘𝚞𝚍𝚜 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚑𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚎𝚗𝚜, 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚐𝚘𝚎𝚜.” ⁻ ᴱᶜᵏʰᵃʳᵗ ᵀᵒˡˡᵉ At the end of the day what remains to yourself is YOU. So be grateful my friends for who you are without any doubt. Good evening, dear ones. 💙 📸 Some of my snaps of the cloudy sky at my residence. #clouds #vrthoughts #vrphotography©️
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"ᴇᴀᴄʜ ᴏꜰ ᴜꜱ ɪꜱ ᴀ ᴜɴɪQᴜᴇ ꜱᴛʀᴀɴᴅ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ɪɴᴛʀɪᴄᴀᴛᴇ ᴡᴇʙ ᴏꜰ ʟɪꜰᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ʜᴇʀᴇ ᴛᴏ ᴍᴀᴋᴇ ᴀ ᴄᴏɴᴛʀɪʙᴜᴛɪᴏɴ." ⁻ᴰᵉᵉᵖᵃᵏ ᶜʰᵒᵖʳᵃ It's supposed to be a lazy day for it is Sunday. I don't know what has gotten into me that I started sweeping the cobwebs away inside the house. Anyway, I finished them all and I'm happy. After which I stared in deep thought upon this single flimsy spider web which I found outside the house. Deepak Chopra reminds that each of us has his/her own unique role to…
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Celebration of joy with loved ones. Had a simple dinner with my folks. Bought a chocolate cake for them in celebration of their wedding anniversary. I'm blessed to be with them during these times of uncertainties. Good evening guys. How's your Sunday? 📸 My simple food photography. #anniversary #celebrationofjoy #vrphotography©️
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•ADAPTATION• (Tuesday Musings on the Water Spinach) I picked some "kangkong" leaves again this time for our "bulanglang" recipe today. Staring at the leaves of our "kangkong" plant I was wondering whether I planted the right seeds or not because the seed packet was labeled as "upland spinach" (ipomoea reptans vs. ipomoea aquatica). Yet later when they had maturedI noticed that the leaves were broad (aquatica) contrary to the narrow leaves of upland "kangkong" (reptans). So I…
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•BULANGLANG• Someone asked me what is "Bulanglang" when I mentioned it in my recent post. Well, it is kind of a vegetable soup. You can choose of what kind of vegetable to add except the bitter ones. I prepared a so simple version composed of just "kangkong" leaves and stalks (water spinach), string beans, and tomatoes. First boil a cup or two of water in a pot. Put garlic, onions, salt, and fish sauce to taste. Then add the vegetables when the water is boiling. After the…
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"𝙴𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚒𝚜 𝚋𝚎𝚊𝚞𝚝𝚒𝚏𝚞𝚕 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝚘𝚠𝚗 𝚠𝚊𝚢 𝚋𝚎𝚌𝚊𝚞𝚜𝚎 𝙶𝚘𝚍 𝚖𝚊𝚔𝚎𝚜 𝚗𝚘 𝚖𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚔𝚎𝚜." ⁻ᵁⁿᵏⁿᵒʷⁿ Just want to share the above quote that appeared in my FB feed before I bid you good night. Yes, you are beautiful and let no one steal that belief from you. Cheers! Good night, everyone. 💙 📸 Showcasing here my snaps of the beautiful 𝘪𝘱𝘰𝘮𝘰𝘦𝘢 𝘢𝘲𝘶𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢 flowers from our garden. #youarebeautiful #flowers #beauty #vrphotography©️