Random 8's since I've been a wife

Got this from april. I just found out that I already did this couple of months back, so I'll make a tiny change by making this as "random 8's since i became a wife"

First, the Rules:

1. Each player starts with eight random facts/habits about themselves.
2. People who are tagged need to write their own blog about their eight things and post these rules.
3. At the end of your blog, you need to choose eight people to get tagged and list their names.
4. Don’t forget to leave them a comment telling them they’re tagged, and to read your blog.

My 8 random facts

1. My sporadic OC mood was reversed! I now have a sporadic "tamad" times and my being OC has become endemic. Note the terms.. I still regard being OC as an abnormality. Not being able to sleep because of an undone chore isn't a bit fun :(

2. When I got married it became a highly difficult task to go on a diet, hence, my narcissistic photography was dramatically changed to a "photography without me".

3. My alcohol tolerance became low, and the last time I tried to puff some nicotine, I coughed.

4. I have a "kimochi blanket" (feels soft and good)thats intended for winter use. I bought it from US and I never want to depart from it even in sweltering heat. I only have that kind of relationship before with my pillows :P

5. I don't put make-up as much. But that doesn't excuse me from buying my mac ;)

6. I still haven't memorized the basic japanese characters (katakana and hiragana..dami eh :P) but I think I can somehow survive living in japan.

7. I have an almost 10 kilos worth (or more) of beads and accessories in pinas, now I only have 2 big drawers full of scrapbooking materials (and still remained unused up to this time).

8. My first domestic plane ride was 2005 going to Davao. My first international flight was 2006 going to Japan..and then I got hooked after that :D

I dont have much to tag.. I'd like to know your random 8's too Bill and Saj.

Raqx Project 365

I just posted the 1 of 365. This hopefully will be completed as my Project 365. I've been wanting to make this kind of project before but I cant decide if its gonna be a bento box or a recipe or just a journal. I guess photos are easier to share since its already clogging my hard drive. I chose friendster because thats where my network of friends from the Philippines are. Try finding them in facebook or something alike and you'll only get a handful. And even though the features are far from being dynamic and close to being a d-u-h and the word that fits according to my friend is b-o-r-i-n-g, thats the closest site to home.

I know those tiny snippets captured in lens would translate to how me and my friends usually spend hours and hours talking or texting about everything under the sun. *Sigh* i miss my friends back home.. and i love them as much..this project is dedicated entirely for them.

15 minutes bento

Setting laziness aside, its nice to take advantage of ready-made eats that lined grocery stores. It sure cut my bento prep more than half.

for honey romar


for raqx

Salmon onigiri needs about 3 minutes for the salmon to cook inside a microwave. Simply put the salmon, some garlic powder and pepper and its good to go. No need to put salt coz salmon meat are already a bit salty. Once the fish is ready, mash till the desired texture and mold using rice ball shapers and wrap with nori or sea weed paper. It takes about 5 minutes for the entire rice ball to finish (dont count the cooking time of rice syempre) I found really cute nori cut to different animal shapes. While waiting for the fish to cook start chopping the cucumber.

Usually rice balls have fillings inside. For the sake of color I put it on top. It wasnt messy to eat so I guess it was okay. Feel free to experiment with how to put your fillings.

Heat sausage and the fish fry for 1 minute or according to package directions if you are using frozen foods. At the same time warm the bread pocket in the toaster. Then assemble sausage pita, cut up some cherry tomatoes, spread mayonnaise, season with salt and pepper and add lettuce and onion if desired. This will take another 3 minutes.

Assemble all in bento boxes then add the vegetable roll. Ang bilis!

My new bento box

...is actually three months old.

And I filled it with these

a garden salad, fruits and salmon for me and egg and jam sandwich with salmon sushi for honey.

This is a what-you-see-is-what-you-get post. Lets just let the pictures speak for themselves this time. :)