Brown Snake

I just resized, watermarked, and uploaded pictures from Zoobic Safari on my Facebook account, and I just realized there were quite a lot of brown images there, so today, I share to you a picture of a brown snake. The Zoobic Safari had different attractions, and this was taken at the Serpentarium.

No need to worry, though, the snakes were housed in different terrariums. Although, I'd say I had a difficult time taking pictures as the place was so dark and I can't turn on the flash as the light would bounce off.

Still, it was a fun day out.

Dried Flower

Yesterday, I had the pleasure of tasting Cha Dao's milk tea with my sister, my cousin Marge, and my blogger friend Daryll. After taking pictures of the place and our drinks... we were left with enough time to enjoy our drinks and catch up on life stories.

We decided to take the table with big pillows, as it felt homey doing that. At the center of each tables were little accents, and our table had this little bowl, with dried flower and wood chips, probably from a bag of potpourri. The textures and the colors were just inviting that I snapped a picture and share it to you guys. :)

Higad

The rainy season made snails infest in our garden that no matter how often I check the plants to take out the snails (some days it felt like picking berries). However, when I went outside of the house yesterday morning to see if any of our plants got knocked out because of typhoon Pedring, I was so surprised to see these caterpillars. Looking around, I realized there were so many of them.

I don't know what's in our garden, but at this moment, with lots of snails and lots of caterpillars, for sure our garden is one big smorgasbord for them.

Of course, I am not happy about that at all.

Cadbury Chocolate

Going with an easy share this week on Thursday Brownies...


A picture of my sister's Cadbury Chocolate. Our late father had the sweet tooth, but because he would hoard all the chocolates a balikbayan friend or family member gave us, I somehow adjusted to live without chocolate. I do eat chocolate-flavored foods (cakes, ice cream, etc)... but the chocolate bars/candies were something I can live without.

This big bar of chocolate was given by someone dear to my sister, and because she seemed to have inherited dad's hoarding ways when it comes to chocolates, this actually sat inside the fridge for so long before she decided to open it. As you can see, there were already traces of milk because one family member would take it out of the fridge hoping sister would share it, but sister would put it back in the fridge. Well, I didn't have any problem with that... I actually never gave this one a taste. :)

Thai Products

I was editing pictures I took from the Weekend Market at Lung Center of the Philippines when I saw this image, and thought of sharing it for Thursday Brownies.


Aside from the stalls selling flowering plants, one that would always catch my attention whenever I go there was this stall that sells different products from Thailand. From small items like chopsticks and coin purses to the big house decorations... you'd find it here. Actually, walking through the weekend market and making a stop here felt like I was shopping in Thailand, that the very very first time that I went to this weekend market in 2008, I actually asked my brother to take a picture of me here (hahaha, feelinger-zee).

The weekend market is now located that an open area in Centris (Quezon Avenue cor.EDSA). This stall is still there, so if you want to buy some Thai products without having the need to travel overseas, you can just come here and shop. The weekend market is open every Sundays, 6am-2pm.

Brown Candle

Hello again, I am back! I've been away for almost a week - traveling to Cebu and Bohol, and although I enjoyed the six days vacation, it was really comforting knowing I am now home.


while in Cebu, we stayed at the house of Tita Fe's sister Tita Zeny (Tita Zeny is one of mom's colleagues), and since we basically have just one full day in Cebu (we arrived late night on 25 Aug, we crossed over Bohol morning of 27 Aug), we took this time to check places. I already traveled to Cebu in 2009 and was able to visit quite a lot of places, but what made this trip really, really special was that we were able to visit the church of Birhen sa Simala - Lindogon, approximately 2 hours away from Cebu City. In 2009, I was able to first see the image of Birhen sa Simala - Lidogon when it was transported from her home to Cebu Cathedral, and on this day I was able to see her own home. It was a very touching moment for me, and I cannot explain, but there was some kind of connection between us, of which I am most thankful.

This was one of the many many candles lit located at the side of the church. I, too, lit a candle, but my candle's fire was quite big (I can't move my camera near), so I decided to just take a picture of one of the much smaller candles.