Chocolate Oatmeal Porridge

This is one of those breakfast meals that I have grown-up with. This is definitely my all-time favorite. And now that I am already a parent, my kid like it too. Every afternoon at home, I will cook this dish for her and she will behave like a really cute tiny puppy. 

We can also substitute rice over oats. The preparation of this meal is not that difficult and the details is listed below: 

Ingredients:

• 1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
• 3/4 cup hot water2 cups milk
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup steel cut oats (just bought an original-flavored oatmeal pack from the grocery store)
• 5 tablespoons honey

Directions:

Dissolve cocoa powder in hot water in a saucepan; add milk and bring to a boil. Add salt and oats; simmer over low heat, stirring constantly, until oatmeal has thickened, about 15 minutes. Remove from heat; stir in honey.

Happiness Today

                                                 7:00 pm of April 10, 2014 CT

                                           http://joycemeyer.org/Articles/Devotional.aspx?sf2424162=1

                                                      Looks like spring is really here :)

GOD thinks good things about us. Nothing is just a circumstance. Nothing is just an accident. I saw smiles everywhere and it was such a really great day. Thank you for helping me and please continue to help me with my work, LORD JESUS.  

(Correction: this post was for yesterday, April 10, 2014. Today, I just realized that the Wifi connection got disrupted yesterday and it was not posted properly) How can I enhance my Eng skills? ;( 

                                                    There comes the rain. 11.April.2014

What Evansville, IN Can Offer?

Whenever we are given the Grace from Above, we should not let the opportunities slip away. I've had wonderful memories from visiting truly wonderful places and I am looking forward to see some more. Bringing my awareness to a new place, I am encouraged to explore a diversified but more of a historic atmosphere. I am in an area that is the far east side of Evansville and is very close to all of the east side shopping. It is also minutes away from Eastland Mall, many restaurants, Best Buy, Super Wal-Mart, Target, Circuit City, Home Depot, Lowes, movie theater. There are nice quiet streets in this area and busier streets. Evansville also happens to be the cultural, financial and medical hub of southwest Indiana, and one of the most commercially vital cities in the Illinois-Indiana-Kentucky tri-state area.

I would like to check them myself and see how to recommend this city for anyone who is looking for a fun weekend get-away. Google map says that the city is located between Illinois and Kentucky on the Ohio River. Evansville offers a great number of things to do and attractions to see. 

There are literally hundreds of stores with great shopping in Evansville, with the Eastland Mall home to many of them. There are plenty of specialty shops as well. To top that is an oriental store that an Asian like me should first look for if I need to rush for cooking ingredients. If eating is a main priority, then Evansville will fill the bill. There are so many great restaurants in Evansville and it is hard to choose which one to try first. I was informed by my co-workers with many nice restaurants to visit like Turoni's Pizzery. It is a place-to-go for a delicious thin-crust pizza. 

Evansville offers a lively nightlife with plenty of bars, pubs and clubs. There is also a comedy club and is only a short distance from attractions like the Museum of Art, History and Science as well as the Mesker Park Zoo.

I am looking forward to seeing great things about the place. Thank LORD JESUS for the wondeful blessing of being in this place too.

http://www.visitevansville.com/attractions

1. Mesker Park Zoo $8.50 opens at 9:00am

2. BURDETTE PARK- $8.00, opens at 7:00am

Operating Hours
Burdette Park is open 7 AM to Midnight year round. The Park Office is open from 8 AM to 4:00 PM daily Memorial Day through Labor Day. After Labor Day , the Park Office is open from 8 AM to 4:00 PM weekdays only. The Aquatic Center is open 10 AM to 6 PM Monday through Thursday and 10 AM to 7 PM Friday through Sunday. Miniature Golf is open noon to 7 PM daily weather permitting Memorial Day through mid-September. After Aug. 8 , 2014 the Aquatic Center and Miniature Golf will be closed Monday thru Friday and open weekends only through Labor Day.

3. Evansville Museum - $7.00, opens as 11:00am, Monday-Closed

4. Evansville Museum Transportation Center (EMTRAC) Monday-Closed 10:00am

5. Evansville African American Museum

6. Main Street/Downtown Evansville, IN

7. cMoe - Koch Family Children's Museum of Evansville

8. Swonder Ice Arena & SK8 Park

9. Evansville Visitor's Center - The Pagoda

10. Angel Mounds State Historic Site

11. Turoni's Pizzery & Brewery - Evansville, IN

12. Zuki Japanese Grill & Sushi Lounge - Evansville, IN

               [photo not mine]

Santa Claus, IN!!!!! So cool!! I wanna go there :( 

http://www.holidayworld.com/rides/mayflower/

http://www.holidayworld.com/rides/the-voyage/

June 20, 2014:

It's been more than 3 months now and still I have not gone to any of the following places I listed here. I have been to Vanderburgh Public Library in downtown and USI Burdette trail but still wishing I could visit some before I fly back home to my homecountry. 

June 27, 2014

I went to AZZIP pizza parlor for a Roasted Chicken veggie-topped treat. :) 

Someone Familiar or Someone Who Makes Your Heart Flutter?

What do you choose? For me, it depends on many and many reasons. I would rather let the situation do its thing but a sincere prayer definitely will do the rest. I do believe in getting to know a person first than get enchanted by love at first site (oh "sight" I mean). Always believe that a "responsible" person is just right there. 

"When you do your best, some dots will be sprinkled in life. What seemed like meaningless dots, come together to become stars. We only have our own dots and our own stars." Emergency Couple

"Every thought you think changes your biochemistry.

Your hormones are effected by your thoughts.

Pay attention to stuff that bring you joy.

Look for things that bring you a SMILE"  ^____^ 

무시하고 거부했습니다. ㅠㅠ

I think I don't understand something but I do understand that I am being ignored, rejected, and forgotten. Why women cannot understand actions, why do we always need some words spoken or just mere expression through words. Maybe I did something bad or did something wrong or said something inappropriate or simply I annoyed someone. If that's so, I would like to really say "sorry". I was just trying.. to.. (become a foreigner friend as I always wanted to try but.. I'm not sure.. Not sure what other people think about that.)

I wanted to say this again to you, "thank you" for an immediate help given. I will never forget such kindness. :) #cheerup

There is another write up that goes: Women are looking for a different kind of attention that makes them weak at the knees. The kind where a man seems to think you're the only woman on earth for him. A woman he can barely live without. A woman he wants to spend time with. A woman he will pine for when he can't be near her. When a man would rather be with me than anywhere else on earth, that's the kind of thing that makes me feel special and beautiful inside and out. 

I think it's a connection that makes all the difference. And a sense of humor is imperative. If a man has a quick sense of humor, some women are immediately attracted. The most important characteristics aren't always quickly seen, it can take time for him to reveal all the aspects of his personality. A man who loves God with his whole heart, who is compassionate, who loves children and the downtrodden, a humble yet confidant man, a man of intelligence, someone who can really connect... these are the things I respect, the things that bind me to a man. I do love a man who is in control. I've found that I personally like to be dominated. I'm a strong person, but I'm also submissive and I like to please. Someone who will do and get help in the areas he needed help in and when he wasn't working on making himself a better man, it is good to know that he is working on being a dad and a husband who is worthy of being loved in return. No matter where you are in a relationship (friendly or not), remember to treat your partner the way you would want to be treated.

   

By the way, I just read a joke that makes me smile every time it think about it,..............A horse walks into a bar, the bartender asks, "why the long face?" 

To translate since I am carrying English as my second language, is it "why you look sad?"

Hahaha!

My faith does not depend in Horoscopes. There "this" one exists. 

With Guacamole Please

• brown rice

• black beans

• grilled chicken

• diced tomatoes and onions

• corns and beans

• grated cheese

• guacamole

• one yummy feast

• natural water

In one phrase: ma-fave burrito bowl!!

There are so many places to visit and to dine in or dine out along Green River Rd. It is so amazing and I am really grateful that I was only dreaming of having this sumptous dish way back home but now I was able to savor the same yummy flavors of this ever delicious Mexican dish I've had at MA. The thunder roars like a lion and lightning smashed from the sky right now while I lullaby my eyes to sleep. Reading a good book is helpful or studying is fun. Anyhow, I must lay them to sleep for the next day. Early to bed, early to rise, is the goal just to be precised. GOD, thank you for another great day! :) 

And the rain downpours... 

  Baked Chicken Abodo(?)

Linguine Spaghetti with Chopped Broccoli (05.April.2014)

    

Castaneas Treat

Richly flavored, starchy, chestnuts are popular cool season edible nuts of the northern hemisphere. The nuts are native to hilly forest of China, Japan, Europe, and North America. Botanically they belong to the beech or Fagaceae family of the genus: Castenea. Scientific name: Castanea sativa.

Castaneas are very large deciduous trees. They are monoecious, bearing both male and female flowers (“catkins”), in the same tree. They have a remarkable history to narrate. Early in the 20th century, the once mighty American-chestnut tree was mostly wiped out by pathogenic fungus chestnut blight (Cryphonectria parasitica). A renewed interest has been growing since then to revive native chestnut trees throughout of the USA. 

Fresh chestnut fruits have about 180 calories (800 kJ) per 100 grams of edible parts, which is much lower than walnuts, almonds, other nuts and dried fruit (about 600 kcal/100 g). Chestnuts contain no cholesterol and contain very little fat, mostly unsaturated, and no gluten.

Their carbohydrate content compares with that of wheat and rice; chestnuts have twice as much starch as the potato. In addition, chestnuts contain about 8 percent of various sugars, mainly sucrose, glucose, fructose, and, in less amount, stachyose, and raffinose.In some areas, sweet chestnut trees are called "the bread tree". When chestnuts are just starting to ripen, the fruit is mostly starch and is very firm under finger pressure from the high water content. As the chestnuts ripen, the starch is slowly converted into sugars; and moisture content also starts decreasing. Upon pressing the chestnut, a slight 'give' can be felt; the hull is not so tense, and there is space between it and the flesh of the fruit. The water is being replaced by sugars, which means better conservation. (Source: Wikipedia) 

The boiled or asphalt-cooked (roasted) breadnuts are high in protein and low in fat. It is truly expensive in my home country (almost $2 for 0.25KG). On the other hand, this the most tastier type of nut one can savor and its peelabity is one of the best feature it can offer. Its selling season is very rampant during Christmas maybe because it is costly and people only can afford more during this season. 

The seeds are encased out of a thick gooey coating and then they are roasted for quite a long time. I wish to find a place where these can be bought but I think I might have a hard time.

A Paradise of 7,100 Islands

This is my homecountry and I am proud of its beauty God has bestowed on it. An exotic paradise which is compose of 7,100 beautiful islands. 

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=77a_1395854489#BOWYcZxTkLYZYTPL.01

A video from some foreigner's getaway to escape from the -10F weather of their country while we, Filipinos are so excited about snow and a manageable super cold weather. :P

http://jesuslovegivesmehope.tumblr.com/

With the Holy Spirit directing your life, you will experience a deeper relationship with God and you will grow in your ability to trust Him.

What does it mean to grow in your relationship with Jesus?

Growing in your relationship with Jesus means to know Him better, to love and obey Him more.

“And this is the way to have eternal life-to know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, the one you sent to earth” (John 17:3).

Crushed Heart for MH370 Victim's Family

Watching the news on the television, hearing and seeing the MH370 passengers family's agony really crushed my heart. No real information of the airplane's location has been revealed. No sighting of a real MH370 Boeing 777 wreckage items. No one know if the objects in the Indian ocean are from the jet's wreckage. There is only uncertainty spotted. It hurts for them. Nothing will ease the sufferings of being in a lure of longiness and full anguish. Nothing tangible which stikes the most. I feel so sad about this, really so sad, I can almost cry for them. :'( 

2014.March.29 CDT

So cute. Someone visited me outside this afternoon while cleaning the house :) Thank you LORD JESUS for a great day. :) (29.March.2014)

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law. (Galatians 5:22-23)

Your Plan, HIS plan :)

"Doing the will of GOD leaves me no time for disputing about His plans."

"To be trusted is a greater compliment than being loved."

"I would rather be what GOD chose to make me than the most glorious creature that I could think of; for to have been thought about, born in GOD's thought, and then made by GOD, is the dearest, grandest and most precious thing in all thinking."

"Man finds it hard to get what he wants, because he does not want the best; GOD finds it hard to give, because He would give the best, and man will not take it."

"We are all very anxious to be understood, and it is very hard not to be. But there is one thing much more necessary.'

What is that, grandmother?'

To understand other people.'

Yes, grandmother. I must be fair - for if I'm not fair to other people, I'm not worth being understood myself. I see."

"As you grow ready for it, somewhere or other you will find what is needful for you in a book."

"If we will but let our God and Father work His will with us, there can be no limit to His enlargement of our existence."

"The best thing you can do for your fellow, next to rousing his conscience, is — not to give him things to think about, but to wake things up that are in him; or say, to make him think things for himself."

"I don't know how to thank you.'

Then I will tell you. There is only one way I care for. Do better, and grow better, and be better."

"You must learn to be strong in the dark as well as in the day, else you will always be only half brave."

"Only he knew that to be left alone is not always to be forsaken."

"To love righteousness is to make it grow, not to avenge it. Throughout his life on earth, Jesus resisted every impulse to work more rapidly for a lower good."

"What God may hereafter require of you, you must not give yourself the least trouble about. Everything He gives you to do, you must do as well as ever you can, and that is the best possible preparation for what He may want you to do next. If people would but do what they have to do, they would always find themselves ready for what came next."

"His face was fair and pretty, with eyes like two bits of night sky, each with a star dissolved in the blue."

-Qoutes from George McDonald

  Beef Noodles at Asian Turo-Turo in Green River.  

Greatest Gift of Love for 2014

For this reason, since the day we heard about you, we have not stopped praying for you. We continually ask God to fill you with the knowledge of His will through all the wisdom and understanding that the Spirit gives, (Colossians 1:9)

LORD, I pray for the people You have put in my life and in my heart. Fill them with wisdom and understanding and the knowledge of Your will so that they will learn to hear Your voice and come to know You better, so that they can have a closer walk with You. I pray that for myself as well. 

Today, I was sent with a very good news about something special at home. My GOD's gift, my child was given an academic/school recognition which is not only one but two. She has worked really hard on it. She was very diligent in examination review sessions in school although we don't really see her doing it so much at home. When she arrives home, she will choose to grab her books and read a lot instead of reviewing her lessons. That's her job when at home. If her cousin is around too, she will play fun stuff with her. We made sure that during long-exam days, they did not spend too much time on playing. Even though I won't be able to attend her "School Recognition Day" at the end of next week, I am always there in her heart and she really knows it. It is my goal to always ensure that she knows her place in my heart. She knows why I am away from her now and Jesus has already made her understand all that. She is a very young child but her mind is so understanding about everything in life. There were only three things she requested me to give her as presents. She wanted ice skating shoes because it is so expensive in my country. She wanted me to buy her a simple ice skating attire and some Bible-stories books and anything educational written in English language. Being a bookish gave her a lot of opportunities to come on stage and participate in school programs where her skills in speaking was challenged in a way that everyone has seen how good Jesus is in her life. She likes to speak in English a lot. She used these skils to create several prayers written and spoken in English. She is a bright kid. I am so thankful to the LORD of Heavens that He made my child so happy once again. We would like to offer everything we do to You, our LORD. Instill in our minds and carve in our hearts that You are always there for us. You are always there watching every move we make, You listen to everything we say, and You cover our soul with Your blood of Hope, Love, and Guidance as we face each day. I could never thank You enough with my words right now LORD JESUS. 

I will also take this opportunity to give thanks for another batch of blessings You bestowed me. I was sent abroad for another site assignment, to a place where You wanted me to explore more. It is really good to be back here in the USA, oh GOD. To experience a life with new people and to learn new things about my work. It is a very rare opportunity which I am now experiencing once again. I would like to make the best of what You offer here for me my LORD. Please give me the knowledge and wisdom as I take this new role. Give me all I need to make my duty as pleasing as it should/can be to my superiors and co-workers. Please give me the strength to fulfill my duty while enjoying everything about this new job, while creating memories with new people, and while savoring the beauty of new places. Bless those people who gave me this wonderful chance of life. You made them an instrument of hope for me and my family too. I am really so grateful with that. 

Thank you for the protection, for the gift of love, for the encouragement, and for the assurance that everything is already planned accordingly on Your time table of life.   Please guide me everyday as I go to work and to other places. Allow me to know more people and learn more about life from them. Life's experiences is a good teacher but mentors of hope obtained from people is a plus. 

To GOD be All the Glory. Amen. 

19.March.2014

03:45 AM 

USA

You have searched me, Lord, and You know me. You know when I sit and when I rise; You perceive my thoughts from afar. You discern my going out and my lying down; You are familiar with all my ways. Before a word is on my tongue You, Lord, know it completely. You hem me in behind and before, and You lay Your hand upon me. Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too lofty for me to attain. Where can I go from Your Spirit? Where can I flee from Your presence? If I go up to the heavens, You are there; if I make my bed in the depths, You are there. If I rise on the wings of the dawn, if I settle on the far side of the sea, even there Your hand will guide me, Your right hand will hold me fast. If I say, “Surely the darkness will hide me and the light become night around me,” even the darkness will not be dark to You; the night will shine like the day, for darkness is as light to You. For you created my inmost being; You knit me together in my mother’s womb. I praise You because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; Your works are wonderful, I know that full well. My frame was not hidden from You when I was made in the secret place, when I was woven together in the depths of the earth. Your eyes saw my unformed body; all the days ordained for me were written in Your book before one of them came to be. How precious to me are Your thoughts, God! How vast is the sum of them! Were I to count them, they would outnumber the grains of sand— when I awake, I am still with You. (Psalm 139:1-18)