Booksale Forever!

To make sure the Booksale near us doesn't go away, we visit it every few weeks to buy something. I'm especially lucky because quilting books are always available and affordable, plus, not many people quilt here.

I've actually ran out of shelf space, so I told myself to hold off buying anything. It's irresistible though and I got 4 books for just PHP120. Two craft books, a home decor guide, and a bird book for Miggy. Not bad huh.

I've managed to hold off buying books for reading because I have a huge reading backlog! I told myself I should make a dent first before buying anything else. :)

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Tried "Delimondo Cafe"

For brunch yesterday, we got curious and tried the "Delimondo Cafe". I've tried their corned beef at home and it's tasty. 

I got the classic ranch style corned beef. It was served with scrambled eggs and pickles. Sweetie ordered the adobo corned beef. We paired the meal with coffee from Yardstick. 

The meal is pretty standard silog. It was pricey at PhP350 per plate. Sweetie's adobo corned beef was better than mine. I think next time I'll just try their buns and just cook cornsilog at home.

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Watched "My Love Will Make You Disappear"

Took the opportunity to watch "My Love Will Make You Disappear" today. We had to step out for an errand and the showtime worked out. 

Since it was a Monday there was a line of senior citizens lined up to watch for free. They were so excited and very happy when another customer bought tickets. Apparently the cinema only allows SCs to watch if there's a paying customer. We chose a later time, so we were not able to witness how they found the movie. They were so excited though, which I thought was so cute.

Sweetie and I got the theater exclusively. No one watches at noon on a weekday, so we were quite happy about it. It felt like we booked a block screening for ourselves, hahaha. 

We missed the first few minutes of the movie, but we got the gist that Sari (Kim Chiu) experienced trauma of losing loved ones at a young age. Eventually, she met Jolo (Paulo Avelino) who inherited the compound she and her neighbors were renting. 

The story was simple and straightforward. The villains were mostly their inner struggles and trauma. The story unfolded beautifully and had a good mix of fun, drama and, of course, kilig.

Kim Chui has perfected her talent for leading rom-com films. She embodied Sari. She was Sari. I've watched a number of Paulo Avelino's films and series. He's certainly more comfortable doing drama and playing dark characters. Perhaps he should do more rom-com films with Kim so they can make it as flawless as Marvin and Jolina (sorry GenXer here). The definitely have chemistry and TBH I wish they'd end up together (hehe).

Overall, it's a good show to watch. Definitely entertaining and the lines they threw reminded me of the struggles I had before I met Sweetie. :)

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Dayrit's Forever!

Finally managed to go out today. Sweetie had some scheduled tests so we accompanied him. We decided to get some takeaway from our all time favorite restaurant, Dayrit's!

I remember I was a young child when my parents would bring me there. I immediately fell in love with their ginormos cheeseburger. And that's been my order for over 40 years!

I was happy to see the resto bustling with activity. We sat by the door and more people arrived waiting to be seated. We also got some local snacks. It's also our go-to place for shingling, merengue and fish crackers. Yum!

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Made Four Cheese Mac and Cheese

Another cool day today since it rained. This meant the kitchen was more welcoming than usual for me. I finally got to make some Mac and cheese. This time I used 4 cheeses, gyuyere, mozzarella, cheddar and parmesan.

I just followed the recipe I used for homemade mac and cheese. We got the gyuyere cheese from a shop in Molito and it was so good (but crazy expensive for a small piece!). Anyway, it's just for us, so we can indulge once in a while. Here's the recipe I used.

https://youtu.be/Y1Mgsjfuzfk?si=uZPGP7zhe0T3pNQR

I'm also planning to make some potato salad in the next few days weather permitting!). Good thing it rained because that meant I could use my gardening energy to cook.

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Can't Move, Too Full

We've been observing "no meat on Fridays" since the start of Lent. I'm technically exempted, but I still try to follow it since it's better for me to avoid meat. 

Sweetie got a new gadget to make maki, so I got the ingredients for him. After almost two hours, Sweetie managed to make 4 rolls (32 pieces) of salmon maki.

It was delicious and decidedly filling since we used malagkit rice (couldn't find Japanese rice). It's been a few hours since dinner and I still couldn't move, haha.

Yummeeh!

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The Ceramics Slowdown

I have honestly been procrastinating the past week. I've come to the point where I have to sort Mom's collection of ceramic decor. She has a lot and I know how much she valued her collection.

*Tip of the iceberg

It's not that I don't want to finish the task. It's just hard to decide what to keep and what to let go. I still remember when Mom unboxed her collection. She really loved each one that's why it's hard for me to let go of her things.

I know I cannot possibly keep everything and the only ceramics I have are either Yoda, Hello Kitty or my piggy bank collection. So, sorry Mom I'll just probably keep a few and let others appreciate your collection. Your angels will go to your grandchildren. I just need to figure out how to send them across the world.

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