Baking Time

We're home because of the stormy weather. There's no typhoon but the inclement weather is due to the strong southwest monsoon rains.  Classes and work have been suspended.  As expected, everybody just loved to eat. Bed weather.

As they were glued to the TV set watching closely the situations in the nearby places, particularly the flood-prone areas, I decided to bake something for the rainy days.

When it comes to baking, one of my specialties is banana cake. Want some?

Sweet Life

Today is just like any other day. No birthday celebration. Nothing special but Ate just came from Elbi for a short visit and bought our favorite chocolate cake as pasalubong. Wow! This cake really beats the popular commercial cake. It's moist and not too sweet. It tastes just like Brand RR but it costs less.

Thank you, Ate.  How sweet of you!

Cooking Time

Did I say I love to cook? I'm also fond of watching cooking shows and lately, I have become a follower of Chef Boy Logro's Idol sa Kusina.

After watching the episode on cooking adobo glazed baby back ribs, I remembered to buy shoulder ribs from the supermarket and tried the recipe. It was easy because it's just like cooking the usual adobo but the cooking (simmering) time is longer than usual plus the baking part.

I was impressed to see the dish and became much more delighted when we got to taste it. Yummy! Two thumbs up!

Craving Durian

Durian was not appealing to me before. In fact, its strong smell offended my taste buds the first time I challenged myself to taste this fruit. During my first trip to Davao in the summer of 2009, I finally got to taste and eat chunks of it. Maybe because the one we had was fresh or just the likable variety. Since then, I have enjoyed eating the fruit with Bobby who is very fond of it.

Today, a friend gave us a fruit weighing more than 3 kg from their tree. Fortunately, they don't eat the fruit (maybe not anymore next time when they get used to its smell and taste) and just give it away to durian-eater friends like us.

Finished Business

Today I received a memo dated June 11, 2012, informing me that my designation as RMIS coordinator would end by June 30, 2012.  I knew it was coming soon but for the past few weeks, I was at a loss on what to do.  Should I continue to coordinate with the concerned people about our unfinished business? The memo finally ended my "business". Officially.

It has been 4 1/2 years since I accepted this post. It took a lot of convincing before I finally agreed. No regrets. During these 4 1/2 years, I got to meet and work with people from various member agencies of the consortium, trained people on ICT literacy and content build-up, interacted with the farmers and local folks, and traveled to places I had never been to before.

I will definitely miss my counterparts from other regions who made my work interesting, challenging, and fun.

This part of my journey just ended, but life goes on.