Long Weekend Cooking

I spent the long weekend, basically, doing housechores--managed my laundry and did some cooking.

I made a coffee jelly last night. I was scared that it would not turn into jelly even if I added another spoon of gelatin powder to compensate with the additional half cup I poured into the mixture. Thank God, my coffee jelly became a jelly when I checked on it this morning.

I experimented the recipe I got from the internet. As mentioned, I put more water and jelly powder than what the recipe instructed. Other than that, I also used 3 in 1 coffee instead of instant coffee and added Swiss Miss and lessened the sugar. I got no regrets doing this, because my coffee jelly is still a coffee jelly. The only disappointment I feel is that it didn't look appealing. Don't know if this is because of the cheap gelatin I used or simply because I didn't follow the instructions. Hehe Don't worry I will try to make another coffee jelly on Christmas maybe. And by then, I will follow exactly what instructions says (but I'm not promising). :) Hehehe

Next cooking was just minutes earlier. I made carbonara for dinner. It sucked. Yeah. How I wish I got a dog here to eat the leftovers. Oh well, I just need to deal with it and have it for breakfast tomorrow. Besides, I'm on tipid mode until the weekend.

If you have followed this blog two year ago, I bet you would ask what happened with the carbonara recipe I had before. Since I am lazy lately and I am like living in a matchbox and that there's a ready-made carbonara sauce, I had the carbonara in an instant manner. I tried Del Monte's new carbonara sauce. And I got so disappointed with the result. Not yummy at all. I wish they could make the carbonara sauce as delicious as the recipe in their kitchenomics website.

PS. Sorry, no pictures to post although I did take some. My lousy internet just could not afford to upload pics!

Quicker8.com

There's a new contest that I'd like to share to you guys. Quicker8.com is giving away Fossil watch (1st price), orange Kate Spade pouch (2nd price) and Floral Kate Spade pouch (3rd price). I like the watch most, of course! It's become my "luho" or craving. But of course, any Kate Spade item would feed any kind of craving that I have. :)

Joining this contest is simple.

Simply subscribe to her blog via email. This will give you entry for the raffle which will be drawn via random.org. You can also earn more points after subscribing to her site through blogging about this contest and posting comments on her posts until September 8, 2010.

Deadline of this contest is Sept. 8, 2010.

Who wants a new cellphone?

I want one! And I bet you want one, too!

Well, Gadgets and Tech gives us a chance to get a new Samsung GT-E1175T cellphone with its “Gadgets And Tech’s 1st Annual Phone Raffle Contest!” And the prize doesn't end there. Gadgets and Tech is also giving away P2000-worth of GC from Power Mac Center! And there are only 7 easy steps for you to join the contest.

Hurry, this raffle runs until July 31, 2010 only.

Cellphone + GC from Power Mac. This is just SUPER! :)

Elianto Colors

Dear artistic person,

I stumbled upon this site and found out that Elianto is giving us a chance to win an Elianto eyeshadow palette worth P1500! I know, like me, you like to expand your creativity. Now is our chance to shift from coloring books, scratch papers, photoshop canvas to life's most natural and exquisite piece--a woman's face. Practicing this gift with quality materials like Elianto would be a really great experience. Who else would deserve this palette?

xoxo,
artistic person

Something E

Hello eLife (Okay, I just made that out)! It was my first time to finish an eBook (on my first attempt!). Apparently, technological advancements and involvements have made my ebook experience easy and convenient than I had imagined. I even secured a copy of the ebook in my phone to make sure I could read when I'm afk. Hehe And thanks for the long weekends which allowed me to rot and finish Percy Jackson and The Lightning Thief (and can I just say that it is so like harry potter, for me?) as quick as possible.

Right now, I'm having my second debut of ebook experience and I'm having Jodi Picoult's House Rules. I encountered some quotable quotes on this book which made me miss a real hard copy book. Habitually, I highlight or mark the quotes, lines or explanations that attract me. I do this on books that I own, of course. So I'll just think that eBooks are borrowed books that I could not mark or write on. Oh well, there post-its that I could write the quotes on. Then post them on notebooks maybe.

Jenny

The most common name in my phonebook used to be Joanne/Joanna. Not until recently, Jenny has overtaken the throne. I got three (3) Jenny's in my phonebook. Not much, I know, but it still gets me--they still get me. When creating an SMS to a particular Jenny, I had to poke my brain first to make sure that I am sending the message to the right Jenny. And because I have been bumming around a little here in my new office for almost four weeks already, I have so much time to stare at the name and think about Click Five's song with the name as the title. A bridge in Pasig was named after someone called Jenny, too! And I got a cousin named Jenny. And. And. And if you introduce me to someone named Jay, I bet we'll have to kick Jenny out of the throne. End.

Pussy Go Biggie

Oooh, stumbled upon a pussy having a siesta on my way down the stairs of my dorm. What a pampered pussy! =)