Favorite flowers: stargazers (Taken with instagram)

Favorite flowers: stargazers (Taken with instagram)

Since the weather is great for the whole week.. I got a new blender!

Bought a low cost (around 200 kroners) blender when I arrived here in Denmark. I wanted to make smoothies and crush ice. Unfortunately, it didn’t deliver. So after almost a year of rarely using it, I finally decided to get a better one - a blender that can crush ice and frozen fruits. 

Got a Wilfa blender. Honestly, I don’t know the brand but apparently has some reviews and best in its category (Politiken DK 2010, Mad & Venner 2011, Jyllandsposten 2011). I don’t really care about the awards but the functions and control it has compared to the Tefal and KitchenAid blender I saw looks more promising. Plus it has a discount! Bought it for 600 kroners (original price is 900). Still not cheap especially if you convert in USD. You can buy of the same kind in US half the price.. but I’m here in Denmark. Oh well. 

When I got home, tried frozen strawberries and it works! Finally I can have some decent smoothie at home. The ice crush program is similar to pulse function with 1 second interval in between. On the right side you can adjust the speed depending on what you’re making from cocktail drinks to soup to sauces to grains. 

One negative thing is it doesn’t have a lock. No twisting involved like the usual to secure the glass on the machine. I thought that’s a standard. But it won’t start if it’s in a wrong position either. Just need some extra care when holding. 

I’ll start with the recipe book included. If it’s good, then I’ll post them here. 

thedailywhat:

Flashmob of the Day: A flashmob invaded a Copenhagen, Denmark Metro train last month, but in this case, the flashmob was the Copenhagen Philharmonic Orchestra.

They treated unsuspecting commuters to a performance of Grieg’s “Peer Gynt,” and creative agency Makropol captured the whole thing on video.

Right about now, a few people on that train are probably wishing they had taken their earbuds out.

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Wish I took the train that day!

[Flash 10 is required to watch video]

Two hours ago (around 1pm), heard this loud siren. It was much louder than the camera was able to capture. It’s not from a car but more of coming from a building (the one used as a warning or for evacuation). I went to the balcony and checked neighbors if there’s a need to panic but everyone seems to ignore it. It was a sunny day (no chance of flood) and we’re far from the beach (no chance of tsunami). Hopefully it was just for some mechanical testing. 

Additional note: a friend of mine told me it was the missile attack alarm. It is tested annually. 

Practice with Keicha Nadine

My last post made me revisit my LiveJournal and I’ll be posting previous entries here on tumblr for the next coming days.

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July 14, 2008 from LiveJournal

Coming from a big family and the almost youngest child, I started having nephews and nieces earlier than my other friends. Every addition to the family were not only ‘a bundle of joy’ but an opportunity to take several pictures. 


Here are some photos that I still enjoy looking at until now. That’s Keicha Nadine, the 2nd daughter of my sister Cindy and my 4th pamangkin.


5 months


7 months

Keicha is so attached to me and cries when I leave. I spend almost every weekend in my sister’s place in Baltimore when I’m not staying with Wiko’s family for the past 4 months. Now I’m leaving and will be back in Manila. =( Here are Keicha’s more recent pictures, the crying Keicha in good mood.





She’s now turning 3 this September. Too bad I won’t be here in Baltimore for her birthday. I’m gonna miss this kid badly.

Proud Ninang

My niece Sacha got accepted in a special program (gifted and talented!). Congratulations Sacha! So proud of you! Love you! 

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Below is a blog entry I did years ago about her. :-)

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July 18, 2008 from LiveJournal

When my sister (Sacha’s mother) was attending review classes in Manila, they stayed with us in Camp Crame. I taught her ABC in proper order with sign language in 4 days when she was 2 years old (not kidding). She memorized it and showed it in front of my webcam haggling for some airtime chat with Wiko. 

Now she is already a big girl (according to her) turning 6 this November. And of all my nieces and nephews, she’s the most camwhore of all. Even if my camera is inside my bag, she tells me “Tita Chum take a picture of me”.

Here are photos I’ve taken of Sacha yesterday at Quarry Lake, Baltimore.





I really enjoyed my stay here in Baltimore because of Sacha and Keicha.. (sorry sis,they’re much cuter => )
For the past two nights, Sacha asked if she can sleep beside me (she sleeps beside her parents). Who can say no? Not me. I’ll super miss them..

Ready for moving! 

We don’t have a car here in Denmark and we will be moving this May. Of course we’ll hire a mover at the end of the month for the big items like bed, sofa, etc. But we want to use the least number of hours (or hour) for that and move the rest on our own. We were thinking of getting an unlimited metro/bus ticket but we saw this bike trailer from the weekly ad of Aldi. Relatively cheap compared to other danish bike stores. The new place is near and we’ll do maybe 4-5 trips per week. 

It can also be converted to a three-wheeler.  It says “til 1 eller 2 børn” so yes that’s the normal way to use it (put your kids in) but I’ve seen people use it for cargo or putting their groceries. I went to Aldi before 9 am just to make sure I’ll grab one cause there’s a lot of babies/children here and was thinking Aldi might have only 1 for each store. When I arrived there was a line outside and prayed Lord, I hope they’re not after the bike trailer. Good thing they were all after the juicer. Haha

Can’t wait to install it! 

Sister of a college friend will have a defense party soon. Look what comes with the invitation. Her thesis! 

A different magazine. This time the wedding of Queen Elizabeth II. It’s not a souvenir edition. The cover has nothing to do with the wedding. Since it’s an international edition of Life, only few pages are allotted for the royal wedding. There’s more I just didn’t post everything. I’m going to keep it with the previous magazine (coronation of Queen Elizabeth). 

I normally don’t buy ‘stuff’ with no use. I’m very proactive with un-hoarding. I sort and organize regularly. I throw unnecessary things at home and the useful things I give to someone in need or someone who wants it or sometimes I sell it. It’s like spring cleaning but it happens on a day to day basis. But when I saw this souvenir edition of Queen Elizabeth’s coronation, I gave in. I’m not a fanatic or a collector but I can sell it anytime when I want to.

I went to a shop in Frederiksberg yesterday and saw this book Kobenhavn Før og Nu. In english, it’s Copenhagen Before and Now. “Now” is actually 1938. It’s interesting because the buildings look the same. Copenhagen doesn’t look old compared to other European cities and they actually boast the danish design that is very modern. So I guess they are advance in modern design ever since.

I’ll use the book as a guide for my photography project. Nothing serious but just to do something on nothing-to-do days (I hope I have one soon). I’ll go to the places or streets and take a picture of the “now in 2012”. It’s perfect timing since the sun is out now.

Went to town yesterday to attend a workshop. Luckily, it was a beautiful day. Sadly, I left my camera at home. Again. (It’s in my bag now just to be sure) So I used my iPhone to take some pictures (but didn’t use instagram). 

Every now and then the canteen at CBS have an art gallery. It’s not a close event type but more of just different things hanging on the wall. One time there were quilts and then they had this drawings printed in a tarpaulin poster (It’s no longer up though). I took a picture with my iPhone and this is my favorite. 

Every now and then the canteen at CBS have an art gallery. It’s not a close event type but more of just different things hanging on the wall. One time there were quilts and then they had this drawings printed in a tarpaulin poster (It’s no longer up though). I took a picture with my iPhone and this is my favorite. 

Bulalo Steak Bulalo is a Filipino dish known for it’s tasty soup. This is a another version of Bulalo.  Ingredients: butter 1/2 kilo beef shanks salt pepper garlic powder For the mushroom sauce: 1/2 cup sliced mushrooms (I used champignon) 3 tbsp butter for frying 1 beef bullion cube 1 1/2 cups beef broth (the water from boiling the beef shanks) 1/2 cup water with 3 tablespoon flour *sizzling plate (heat plate on the stove or oven, I used oven because I’m using electric stove)  Directions:  1. Boil beef shank in a pot. Make sure water covers the meat. Put 1/2 tablespoon salt. When it boils, lower heat and simmer for 1 hour or until meat becomes tender. (I sliced the meat into smaller pieces to quicken the process)  2. Put meat on a plate and sprinkle salt, pepper and garlic powder.  3. Melt butter in a pan and fry beef on both sides until golden brown. *Start doing this only after making the mushroom sauce.  For the mushroom sauce Tip: Do this while simmering the beef shanks. 1. Melt butter in a sauce pan. Saute mushrooms, wait until brown.  2. Add beef bullion cube and stir until it dissolves.  3. Add beef broth (and just refill the pot for the beef shanks).  4. Pour water-flour mixture and stir continuously. Do not let it boil.  Set-up: Put beef shanks in hot sizzling plate and slowly pour mushroom sauce.  Serve with rice. Enjoy!

Bulalo Steak

Bulalo is a Filipino dish known for it’s tasty soup. This is a another version of Bulalo. 

Ingredients:

  • butter
  • 1/2 kilo beef shanks
  • salt
  • pepper
  • garlic powder

For the mushroom sauce:

  • 1/2 cup sliced mushrooms (I used champignon)
  • 3 tbsp butter for frying
  • 1 beef bullion cube
  • 1 1/2 cups beef broth (the water from boiling the beef shanks)
  • 1/2 cup water with 3 tablespoon flour

*sizzling plate (heat plate on the stove or oven, I used oven because I’m using electric stove) 

Directions: 

1. Boil beef shank in a pot. Make sure water covers the meat. Put 1/2 tablespoon salt. When it boils, lower heat and simmer for 1 hour or until meat becomes tender. (I sliced the meat into smaller pieces to quicken the process) 

2. Put meat on a plate and sprinkle salt, pepper and garlic powder. 

3. Melt butter in a pan and fry beef on both sides until golden brown. *Start doing this only after making the mushroom sauce. 

For the mushroom sauce

Tip: Do this while simmering the beef shanks.

1. Melt butter in a sauce pan. Saute mushrooms, wait until brown. 

2. Add beef bullion cube and stir until it dissolves. 

3. Add beef broth (and just refill the pot for the beef shanks). 

4. Pour water-flour mixture and stir continuously. Do not let it boil. 

Set-up: Put beef shanks in hot sizzling plate and slowly pour mushroom sauce. 

Serve with rice. Enjoy!


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