Of Working Out

Of Working Out 

Hello guys and friends.  I am so happy to talk you again and somehow make your day inspired.  I am just an ordinary girl, person.  We have the goal: to be happy and be our best.  I just turned 42 YO few days back and i have never felt this good about myself.  Aside from my asawa who always makes me happy and beautiful, and also our furbaby marley, i draw strength and inspiration from working out.  Yes, the never ending working out.  It's cleche but it's really true.  I have been working out siguro mga 27 years old ako.  Back then i was lean coz i dont eat much red meat...very seldom lang.  But right now i am eating meat but in moderation.  Everything is in moderation but i workout every yoga, weights.  

So this is me at 49.. i just want to be strong and healthy.  I only workout at home and enjoy each time i do my routine. It's hard but it feels so good after.  what inspire me to keep on working out is subscribe to instagrams of people who loves working out.  So pag nagpost sila ng work out nila naiinspire din ako na gawin.  I dont mind what others would say, what's important is how i fell after.  How i wish they will find the happiness that i am feeling so that magiging positve lahat ng nasa sa isip nila.  Everytime i go to bed nae-excite na ako para sa workout ko the next day.  Kahit 10mins eact day na ibigay nyo sa sarili para mag workout, that will make a difference.  Love yourself first so can give love as well.  Just keep on working sa goal mo sa buhay specially sa health. I am not perfect but i am perfectly imperfect.:) 

Hopefully this will inpiren women out there. That's one of my goals.  We have so much to share to one another.  Nobody's the same.  Don't underestimate yourself.  You can leave comments so we can talk and if you question that you want to open, no judgement thrown, i'll be happy to listen. Thank you for taking the time reading my Blog till next time and have lovely day.

Marley Our Gentle Giant


Hey guys. I know it's been awhile, but i am back so i hope.  I have been wanting to write so i can keep with my brain.  You know, when you're getting older and not working your brain is kinda forgetting something.  And i feel writing will help me.  So here i am, this is for myself.

I want to talk about our gentle bear (dog) Marley

Marley (3 yo Lab)

She is our bundle of joy.  I got her when she was still and a puppy.  She was a very sick dog, i had to give up some of my fave stuff to do and buy so i can buy her nutritious food and vet journeys. But she was my joy though i have to clean the house everyday for her accidents.  I invissioned her as my beach and jog buddy.  I have always want to have big dogs like Lab and or golden retriever. I got my wish.  She is very smart, different eye expressions, she understands us, very patient and trained.  She loves to please us and just hang around us.  Shed protect me if she smells danger Lurking around.  She also hates people whom we kinda not fond around.  I guess she can feel how we feel.. She loves her kittens too, her constant companion, her bestfriends:

Anybody who loves pets or has pets would understand how i feel.  They always bring joy.  They help you with your stress and feeling of not being loved.  You will understand what i mean if you get one of these furbabies.  It doenst have to be with breed but all furbabies will give you the same kind of love. they will be loyal to you for the rest of your life.

Pork Nilapad

Pork Nilapad (flat)

I am taking you to my childhood food which my grandmother used to prepare every fiesta.  This pork recipe is a tradition, i have no idea how to translate the recipe's title, but my lola and the elders called it nilapad (bisaya language, one of philippines native dialects). Maybe because the ingredients are supposed to be sliced in thin but flat?.. anyways..for me this has been a comfort food with all the vegies and so easy to prepare..and simple homecooking is the best.  I used to offer myself together with my siblings to help in preparing the ingredients during fiesta every year, with the assistance ofcourse of the adults on how the ingredients supposed to be cut. We would wake up like 1am to prepare all the ingredients. it was fun and educational...So without further adue these are the ingredients:

The pork is sliced thinly and i marinated it in soy sauce, cornstarch, oil, and brown sugar. It adds flavour to the pork, to marinade the pork is optional.

These are all the vegies..

and..this is how i love to serve it, with fried egg and steamed rice. the fried is already my personal additional, cause it tastes even better with it.
Let me give you the full the recipe and how to make it.

PORK NILAPAD.

serves 2

Ings:

• 1/4 kl pork meat, i prefer without fat, cut into thin slices
• 3 cloves garlic, sliced thinly
• 1 onion, thinly sliced
• 1 tomato sliced thinly 
• 1 red/green bell pepper
• 2 medium size potatoes cut into flat and thin (according to your liking)
• 2 medium carrots cut into same thickness as the potatoes 
• green peas (cooked)
• 2 tbsp olive oil
• soy sauce according to taste
• fish sauce (patis) according to taste
• brown sugar according to taste (act as flavour balancer)
• 2 tsp of cornstarch dissolve in water (too thicken the dish)
• siling haba/labuyo (optional) i want mine a little bit spicy
• green inion leaves (thinly sliced for garnish)
• salt and pepper to taste
• 2c water 

Method:

1. prepare the meat
2. in a pan heat the olive oil, add the onion, garlic, siling haba, tomato and allow the tomato to cook so the flavour will mix in our dish very well
3. add the pork, let it simmer for a couple of minutes, then add the soy sauce, simmer for a while and then add the patis or fish sauce, simmer for awhile before adding the water. let it boil before adding the pepper.Simmer for 15 mins, add potatoes, carrots and bell pepper, cook until the vegies are tender checking every now and then so it will not dry and burnt..add water if you need too.
4. when the vegies and meat is tender add the peas and simmer for while, taste first before adding the salt and sugar to taste and the add the cornstarch dissolved in water and wait for it to thick. once it's thick taste again if the taste is to your liking then it's ready to serve.

I find it best served with steamed rice and fried egg. It is very simple and deliscious.  You can put your own method in seasoning this dish.

Enjoy!

The Way You Make Me Feel

Hello guys.  It's been awhile since i last write something here.  I have so much ideas but i dont know where to start.  Actually i feel so frustrated everytime i think about all the stuff i want to share cause i know one or another my ideas and opinions or what i think about certain things and situations might be helpful to others.  We pass in this journey only ones, and i always believe that each of us has our mission or contribution to our community.  To start with my little simple contribution to the society, i just wanna share my interest in keeping myself healthy.

First i wanna share myself so you will know that i am for real and i am just any other or most women out there.

I am not the typical workout girl out there. I eat whatever i want to eat, my husband and i bond with food speacially dinner and we like trying new food.  I love to cook and trying new recipes each time.  I also love to bake so that working out is my way of balancing things.  When  i say "i eat anything i want" most of the time natural food. I seldom eat junk foods and fast foods, i like to make my own by using fresh ingredients at home.  I seldom drink sodas... i can't explain how sad i am whenever i drink little bit of soda.  But it's very rare.  You don't have to give up some of your food favorites, but you have to move and use what you eat as fuel to your body.  I don't workout because i want to be sexy, i workout because I LOVE HOW I FEEL AFTER .  It's very rewarding and you'll have more energy to go on your day. Make working out as a lifestyle, then everything will just be easy.  Be inspired by people who are motivated to have a healthy lifestyle.  There's no easy way, there's no shortcuts.  Rushing things will lead to boredom and eventually giving up.  It's a continues process.  Let's be inspired with each other. Do not be a bully but a buddy. 

Red Snapper and Prawn Sinigang

Red Snapper and Prawn Sinigang

This is the first time that  i used a Red Snapper for a very popular Filipino dish Siniging.  What's even make it more deliscious is the added Prawn in it. My husband is American but Sinigang is his favorite Pinoy dish..

According to Wikipedia ,, Sinigang is a Filipino soup or stew characterized by its sour and savoury taste most often associated with tamarind (Filipino:sampalok). It is one of the more popular viands in Philippine cuisine, and is related to the Malaysian dish singgang.

While present nationwide, sinigang is seen to be culturally Tagalog in origin, thus the versions found in the Visayas and Mindanaomay differ in taste (mainly ginger is an additional ingredient). Fish sauce is a common condiment for the stew.

My come Back

this is my almost 3 year old Labrador Marley

It's been awhile since i am active in my blogging.  Caught up with a lot of things, in short, i was not interested in writing something.  So much had happened in my life and i am at my happiest right at this moment and the years to come as long as i live:) 

My desire at this point in my life, is to be an inspiration to a lot of people.  Never loose hope and the drive for a having a happy life that you wish for. I never had an easy life, rejection from people whom i thought would be there for me .... i've plenty.. Learning to be responsible all by yourself is very important, it's ok to ask but never expect....

Father's Day?! what is it?

So it is Father's day today, the 16th of June 2013, celebrated every 2nd sunday of June.  But i guess the occasion is only relevant for those children and mom's maybe, who has a healthy relationship with their father and hubbies.  For as long as i can remember, i dont really have a father figure, i mean physically he's around, but i didnt feel his presence while growing up, when one normally needed such care.  Fathers has responsibilties physically and emotionally to their children while growing, the same attention  these Fathers will be needing from their kids when they grow old. Would it be wonderful to think that your children will take care of you when you can no longer take care of yourself? It's so easy to say that, it's your life, and that we're only your kids, that you dont care wether we'll going to take care of you when you're old, but who knows? Please love your children genuinely, yes we are thankful that you gave us our lives, but we didnt ask for it.