Crazy!

Stumbled upon this today in my search for things to do in the T-dot.
http://www.edgewalkcntower.ca/

Walking on the outer edge of the C.N Tower!

Crazy!

Not crazy to do - I think I would be up for it :-)
But 175$ ?!?! Now that is crazy.

Geez make it accessable to the public people! haha

Scones

My lovely patient brought these to me today! How nice it is to be treated every now and then!

I must say though, my friend makes the best homemade scones you will ever try!
So I have been alittle bit spoiled by having tasted her scones. I never really liked those bland bricks before until now.
These ones - if I were to compare - do not compare. They seemed like tastey soft orange cranberry cookies. But Im still thankful for some treats! These days I cannot stop eating!

Planning for Abundance

So a few years back many may remember the "almighty" Oprah introducing to the world the book "The Secret".
So much hype so I read it.
Who are we kidding... I hate reading.... so I got the video.
Kinda spacey but the concepts were intriguing!
Bascially, how we truely think about things is what we bring into our lives. Even if we say we "want" something in our lives yet we deep down truely believe we will never attain it - then we will always be struggling to attain it.
So it is a simple matter of changing our beliefs and thoughts that we put into the world (yea - actually not so easy).
But the thing about this book despite causing such a frenzy - is that - it never told you how to change that thinking that we already have so that we can start attracting the things we really want into our lives.

Anyhow, from there, for a bit I was testing it out and learning a bit of the concepts. Even talking to a good friend that had read more practical books on the concept with actual ' how to' methods. Apparently this "new " idea has been around for a long time and was a secret to only those that were actually successful in life.....

I thought about this today  because I stumbled upon one of the links on my "favorites" list on my work pc : Abundance Journal link.I forgot about this link.
I'm not sure if the author is someone formally educated in this matter or simply someones personal journal.....
Anyhoot, since Im in one of my many crazy "planning" modes - I should revisit this topic  --- here I go again! :-)

My cousin's wedding

Its funny (not really) what anxiety and nervousness can do to you. Cloud your train of thought I guess.
And mixed in with  a bit of alot of  alcohol to numb this anxiety or nervousness - thats just a recipe for a big ol' mess.
Guess this is yet another lesson in not judging others.... and also a lesson in being more self aware and facing my own fears. yada yada yada.
This all leads me to my 2nd most embarrassing moment of all time.
Wow... this year is filled with these apparently. So I am not looking forward to #3 (since they say most things come in 3's)
Its a darn shame that this "2nd most embarrassing moment of all time" had to come along with and in front of family and  "the best set-up" I have ever had. Great guy, too bad I messed it up. And as much as I long to explain "that is not really me, I'm never like that" (which, to those who know me, know that this is true) - It ends up looking like those creepy guys who always say "no you can trust me, Im a great guy" when in reality those words instantly alert the red flags and seem to mean the exact opposite. Its best I dont talk of it anymore and lay low for a while (which is weird, cause I thought I have always layed low in any group situation).
So to my cousins and family and especially extended family and their friends, I am sorry. I hope if anything they had a good laugh and focused more on the happy couple of course.

Happy Easter!

So this year's Easter Lunch went well. Though it would have been nicer if my younger bro from Ottawa came down for a visit.
Anyways, Yummy food !
I really should learn how to cook - cook well.
I know my basic stuff... but I really should learn how to cook the food of my culture. Philipino food.
I can make lumpia. Thats pretty easy and you can basically make up what you want inside it anyways.
But I tried the staple - 2 times.... Adobo. 2 times a fail. Everyone says its easy but ... apparently thats not in my vocab.
So my Aunt made some Polabok. That is her staple.... Auntie's Polabok... though it was a bit different this year with pancit noodles.... not so sure I like it that way... but still tasty.
Mom made the turkey this year - usually its my sister in laws specialty. I made it a couple times before too but I dont think it was as good as my sister in laws .... and man I find it stressful - 5 hours of worrying if its going to suck up the last bit of saliva coating the guests' taste buds if it is too dry or if it will make them vomit till they keel over if it is undercooked. (Yea Im so dramatic about turkey).
This year I just made some grilled veggies (my new thing since the pasta night a week ago) - btw grilled zucchini is the best side for a tomato pasta dish! yummy!
And I made my throw-togther-messy-looking-but - good - tasting Truffle.

Enjoy!

Fruit Truffle:

• Vanilla Pound Cake
• Strawberries and Blueberries (or any other combo of fresh fruit you like)
• Lemon Juice and Orange Juice (you can add a bit of liquor if you like)
• Whipped cream
• French Vanilla Pudding
• White chocolate - chopped up or in flakes
• Thin cut Almond slivers

Layer it all a few times in a lovely bowl and ta da! too easy.

C'est Wa?

You ever listen to the french translation of things and find that it is either longer or more expressive than what you heard in English?
You know, like those airline stewards who give you the safety regulations .... like they give those Frenchies the inside scoop on whats really happening and how to really save themselves! (and let the English fend for ourselves!)

I took my parents out to an Asian/ Chinese buffet lunch yesterday. It was a new place with alot of selection. The theme of the decor was an old pirate ship. Kinda dark.
Anyhoots... At the end of the meal my parents did not want the fortune cookies so I took all 3. And the oink that I am, I ate two of them and opened the 3rd just to read the fortune. 2 of the 3 where the exact same fortune in English....But what I found interesting is that the French part was totally different for both...
I thought arent those things just to translate the English to French ? I mean, it is both on ONE fortune from ONE cookie.... not give the French their own different fortune altogether!!!(really, if you are bilingual then you get two fortunes for one cookie - more benefits to those bilinguals! .... or so it seems)

I put them in my pocket and forgot about them... until I was doing online banking just now and one of them fell out with my wallet.... somehow I lost the other that had the same English fortune.
I decided to punch in the French terms into an English translation thingy online....

So this was all on one fortune slip:
English fortune : "you will always have good luck in your personal affairs"
French fortune : "A femme hargneuse, mari brutal" ...To woman hargneuse, brutal husband..... WHAT THE HELL IS THAT?! I know those online translation things dont get it right exactly but really??? That sounds crappy! Kinda makes me want to look up the other fortune that had the same english but different french wording... or maybe its good I lost it.... the french probably translates to more wishes of damnation! Effin scary man. Effin scary.

Salmon: Part I

 (not exactly the pic of tonight's dish- too bad I didnt take an actual pic of it)

So on the topic of food....
My mom makes the best fish dishes (especially salmon) EVER!
No fancy shpansy resto can compare! (not that I ever really ate at the fanciest shpanciest - but whatever).
I always find the salmon dishes I have elsewhere quite bland and dry no matter how it is cooked or garnished.

This was tonight's dish:

• Teryiaki sauce BBQ
• Thinly sliced ginger
• A dash of mayo
• Freshly squeezed lemon
• some soya sauce
• (she said salt and pepper to taste)
• Broil in oven for about 12 -15 min depending on size of salmon. No cover.

Voila!



(now mind you I must attempt this myself some day!)