The Look of Love...

What is love??…. Is there really such a thing??… is love a magic??… something that can be achieve???

If I remember it correctly (i am not sure if the last two phrase on my first line is correct), these questions are the "prologue" of a segment in a radio station every midnight during mid to late 1990's.  I was in my senior years in high school when I started listening to this segment.  It's not like the "papa jack" thingy but mostly it is their time to play beautiful, "real" ang very seldom played love song from 80's genre to the present day love songs.  They also will read a love letter or love messages from their listeners and the DJ would give his advices.

Well, so what really is love? … There are a lot of answers with these question, from the biblical point of view, to experiential meaning, meaning from dictionaries and every persons own meaning of love.

For a child, love is the time they get from their busy parents; it is the appreciation or "thumbs up" of a father to his son after he basket that ball in a game; it is the big hug of the mother to her daughter after a well done audition in a play; or it is the sharing of the "kuya" or "ate" with her sandwich to his/her younger sibling.

For a teenager, love is being accepted by peers in a group to have "barkada"; it is being noticed by their crush/es in school or community gathering; it is their first time to experience to be courted by a guy or to court a girl; it is what they call puppy love, young love, sweet love.

For young adults, being inlove is their search for a future partner for life.  It is the time of their life where they mingle with opposite sex to find somebody that will jive their personality and what they want to be in the future.  Being inlove is one of their goals to achieve (of course aside from professional growth). Being inlove and learning how to stay in love is the development in progress.  Until they find the one, and settle to be as one…

For years, decades and even centuries, people search for love.  Others succeeded, some failed…. some are still in search.  I believe that The One Above, had made a person specifically for another one but the best thing I learned about love is… One should  love their self first, before they love other, because you cannot give, what you do not have…. Let us all spread LOVE!

Summer time at Bintan Lagoon, Bintan, Indonesia

This post is was previously in my multiply account , but since they already terminated blogging with multiply, I need to rewrite this experience we had when we were in Bintan lagoon resort in Bintan, Indonesia… Let say its like a #Throwbackthursday post but since it's sunday today maybe I can call it #sundaymemorylane …

the scenic view of bintan lagoon resort

Mi Familia 

strolling within the resort

welcome to the resort

rock formation, it's low tide that why we can take this
photo here

trying the water if its cold or not

sun bathing????

their facilities

the pool area

their sand is powdery dirty white to beige in color

clear water and nice, clean beach of bintan indonesia

my boy wanted to take the buggy ride behind us...

the welcome poster

before we head back home

one of their accomodations fronting the pool and the beach as well

A Malay Wedding Experience

She's one of the best colleague I've ever had, My Sweetie Riza's Malay version, a lady with a big heart…

We came from different belief, upbringing and country where we live, but one thing's for sure… we believe that everybody is a unique being and whoever, wherever and what status you are holding in life everyone need to be respected…

This is her very special and I was so honored to be one of her guest…

Esh and Lydya's Wedding day at Puteri Pan Pacific, Johor Bahru, Malaysia...

Innerglow MD Boss and Staff

The traditional picture taking with the bride and groom

they look very good together

wacky shot… as they say...

another wacky and or crazy looking shot

pretty bride and groom with former boss

we dont know which camera to look at...

another candid shot

the elegant Pan Puteri Pacific Hotel

People come into our lifes for reasons... we might not know it at the start of our meeting point but for sure, this people will help us to be what we are now...

I have met a lot of people... young , old, homosexual, heterosexual, bisexual, good, bad, free thinker, religious, intelligent, smart, and a lot more..for sure, you as well met a lot of them... but what do I learned from them...what did I adopt and what did I refrain to do?...

In our daily lives, we meet people, our parent, partner in life, colleague and so on and so forth… but have you ever imagine, why do we need to meet them after all? why of he or she? why me?|…

(just one of these days when serotonin level is down…)…

note:this is an unfinished post… :-(\

the accident...

I really never thought nor even had a bad dream of encountering this... moral lesson, don't drive when your oveer fatigue... or else you'll end up like me in this situation...

Chocolate Crinkle Cookies

After the success of my red velvet cookies ... i made a follow up baking session the next day after and I made some chocolate crinkle cookie... and this time, i would like to give thank to panlasangpinoy.com for the recipe... enjoy baking and eating!

Ingredients

• 2 cups all-purpose flour, sifted
• 1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened
• 1 1/4 cup granulated sugar
• 4 pieces raw eggs
• 1 tbsp vanilla essence
• 4 ounces semi-sweet chocolate chips, melted
• 2/3 cups unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 cup confectioners sugar

  Cooking Procedure


1. Cream the butter in a mixing bowl using an electric mixer
2. Whisk the granulated sugar in and continue mixing for 2 minutes
3. Add the cocoa powder and melted chocolate then mix again for a minute
4. Put-in the eggs and vanilla essence then continue to mix until the texture becomes fluffy.
5. Add-in the flour, salt, and baking powder then mix again until all the ingredients are evenly distributed.
6. Cover the mixing bowl with cling wrap and refrigerate for at least 3 hours
7. Remove the cover and scoop the mixture using 1/2 tbsp measuring spoon
8. Roll the mixture using your palms until the shape becomes spherical
9. Roll the chocolate balls over confectioners sugar until fully covered
10. Arrange on a baking tray with wax paper (each ball should be 2-3 inches apart)
11. Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit and bake the chocolate balls for 10 to 12 minutes
12. Remove from the oven and allow to cool down
13. Arrange in a serving platter then serve. Share and enjoy!

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My Version of Red Velvet Crinkle Cookies

This is another late post,since i have been very busy for these past few days, i mean weeks or almost months...i had a chance to do my baking again and to those friends of mine who's asking me the recipe of this yummy cookie, here's how... but before i forget, i would like to acknowledge the writer or to where I got this recipe, he/she got a blog as well which inspire me to continue baking/cooking and blogging at the same time... thanks to http://foodie19.blogspot.com, for this wonderful recipe... and by the wayh, i love the tagline..."NOT A CHEF,BUT I CAN COOK".... enjoy baking....

Red Velvet Crinkle Cookies

Ingredients:
1 2/3 cups all-purpose flour 
1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder 
1 tsp baking powder 
1/4 teaspoon baking soda 
1/2 teaspoon salt 
1 stick unsalted butter, room temperature 
1 cup sugar 
2 eggs 
2 tbsp buttermilk 
1 tsp vanilla extract 
1 tbsp red food coloring 

Directions:
Preheat an oven to 375°F. 
Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper 
Put the confectioners' sugar into a bowl and set aside.
Sift together all-purpose flour, baking powder, baking soda, cocoa powder and salt, set aside
Cream together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes. Add the eggs 1 at a time. Then beat in the buttermilk, vanilla and red food coloring.
Turn off the mixer and add the flour mixture. Beat on low speed just until blended.
Cover the mixing bowl with plastic and refrigerate for an hour or until firm
Using clean hands, form dough into one inch balls and roll in confectioner's sugar
Arrange in baking sheet an inch or two apart from each other
Bake until cookies are puffed and cracked on tops- about 12-14 minutes- cookies will be soft but leave them in the baking sheet for two minutes before transferring to cooling racks
Serve with cold milk...
Enjoy!