Thank you, President Cory

it just dawned on me how great Cory was...there is one thing she has done that i personally don't agree but it is such a small thing compared to what she has done for our country, even giving up her own personal life...i now ask myself, what can i do for my country?...small things done with great love would mean much.

Never Knew Love Like This Before

i heard this song out of nowhere and i instantly fell in love with it...80's music is still the best...i don't know why, but it really is =)

Never Knew Love Like This Before would definitely be a part of our wedding songs =)

now, i couldn't find Stephanie Mills version in MTV format (if she does have one)...but Lani Misalucha's version is quite cool =)

i cooked all by myself! and i loved it!

yes! for the first time in my life history, i cooked! i decided to do it mainly because i want to surprise dennis for his birthday =) i was able to keep a recipe of one of his favorite dish, Ground Pork with Eggplant...

here goes the recipe...

1 cup Monterey Ground Pork
1 tsp garlic, minced
1 tbsp onion, sliced
2 tbsps Magnolia Nutri-oil
1 pc eggplant, sliced into sticks
1 tbsp green bell pepper, sliced
1 tbsp red bell pepper, sliced
1 tbsp sesame seeds
1 tbsp sesame oil
2 tbsps oyster sauce
1 tsp hoisin
2 tbsps chili-garlic sauce
1/2 cup tofu (soft), cut into cubes
1 tsp ginger juice
1 tsp sugar
1 tbsp shaoxing rice wine
1 tbsp double A diluted in 4 tbsps. water
2 cups water or stock
hondashi, salt and pepper to taste, katsubuoshi flakes (optional)

Procedure:
1. Saute garlic onion in oil or butter. Add Monterey Ground Pork, egg plant sticks, sesame seeds, green and red bell pepper.

2. Add oyster sauce, hoisin and chili-garlic sauce. Add rice wine, ginger juice, hondashi, katsubooshi flakes and sugar. Add stock. Simmer for few minutes.

3. Add tofu and simmer to cook. Season with salt, pepper to taste and drizzle with sesame oil. Thicken with Double A slurry.

Wedding Congress @ Megamall

dennis and i went to the Wedding Congress at Megamall in Megatrade Hall 2 last friday...we were able to have a long talk with our AE from Josiah's...got also our W@W button pins!...it was all good! =)

SONA tomorrow

Tomorrow (or rather later today), July 27, 2009, would be the State of the Nation Address of Pres. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.

May her speech give priority to the welfare of the Filipino people. I am looking forward to a better and brighter Philippines. =)

Our Wedsite

check our wedsite www.mywedding.com/dennisandiyos

Every problem is an opportunity in disguise

Amen.

Life is a lot, lot easier when you say it out loud. Try it. Believe it.

My Joy List

got an inspiration from Bo's blog...in one of his entries, he asked his readers on what are their joy lists...quite a number gave their joy list...some were very simple and yet those thoughts gave joy to them...sometimes, the simplest thoughts were the ones that give ultimate joy to someone =)

here are my joy list:

1. Believe and hope in GOD.
2. That my family and I are healthy.
3. Keep a positive outlook in life.
4. To really be alive!
5. To do even just a single good deed to a stranger.
6. Go out and date with my honey.
7. Laugh till i cry =D
8. Keep an entrepreneurial mindset.
9. Trust in GOD more.
10. Remember that all obstacles have a solution.
11. Remember that GOD never gives us problems that we cannot overcome.
12. Remember that there are hidden opportunities behind every problem.
13. To be surrounded by my family.
14. To hear one of my nephews say 'babay' to us before he goes to school.
15. And hearing him say 'hello' to us whenever we arrive from work.
16. And seeing him smile at us whenever he goes home from school.
17. To see the world with my honey.
18. I know that someday, our bangus business will boom! =)
19. I have a honey who works so hard to earn extra income. He's really an inspiration.
20. Wedding preparations...how'd we get the money for that?...i don't know...i just know my GOD will provide. =)