Lunch today was KFC’s Famous Bowl Kung Pao Chicken Pasta. The dish is probably copied from a Chinese food called Kung Pao Chicken that came from the Szechuan Province in China, famous for its spicy food.
I am fond of spicy food and this one tickled my fancy. It tastes good enough though the sauce should have been “thicker” instead of being a bit watery. It could be better when served paired with garlic buttered toast or a slice of pizza.
Posted in Dining, family, Money Watch, Philippines, Photos, Urban Living
Tagged chicken, family, food and dining, food photo, KFC, Kung Pao Chicken, Kung Pao Pasta, pasta
We, along with millions of other motorists who consume gasoline as we commute to and from work daily have been very wary of the prices of petroleum products last year.
From an all-time high, we are now enjoying a relatively low price, which we hope (cross our fingers and hope to the high heavens) will stay for some time. Well, I guess not since major oil companies in the country has gave feelers about a price hike. Hmph.
One of my son’s favorite things to do while we are on the road would be to look at the prices of the these products on the digital signage posted in front of the different gasoline stations we pass. He can say which gasoline stations offer the cheapest per liter 🙂
The other day he got worried when he didn’t see the red numbers in a gasoline station that he likes to look at because there were no numbers where there are supposed to be. Uh-oh! I hope they will not be changing their prices for a higher one soon.
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Tagged gasoline prices
Yeah, Christmas vacation is extra long this year. From December 25th till January 24th.
Another yeah, this is absurd.
The banks are closed too, except for some who saw fit to conduct business. I am also concerned about the production side. How would we fare with the supplies especially when the holidays “demand” we get these for the food to be had? Companies are required to pay these workers more which will further give them more cost that what is necessary. Oh well, their problem, not mine.
Sure, bonding time with family is going to be reinforced. But vacation time means:
Posted in family, For Information, Money Watch, Philippines, social consciousness, Thought Bubbles, Travel
We have had the same Christmas tree ornaments for years now. The gold ribbons were made as such 10 Christmases ago. The red ribbons came to be five Christmases ago. The golden stars and beads were collected one after the other.
This year, we have added something new.
Handmade, homemade Christmas decor.
(Practicing frugal Christmas would have enabled me to afford a Sony Vaio for my husband but that would have to take a back seat for now)
We made handmade paper stockings last week.
This week, we made and hanged these:
Family photos as Christmas tree ornaments.
These make the tree and the special event itself even more special. Isn’t it that the first Christmas was about a family who had nowhere to go? Even so, Mary bore a son who was in fact God’s son.
Anyway…
Here was how these family photo Christmas tree ornaments were made:
Posted in family, Money Watch, Philippines, Photos, Visualizations
Tagged arts and crafts, Christmas, Christmas tree, Frugal Christmas, homefront
In keeping up with my practice of having a Frugal Christmas, I got a good bargain yesterday.
What are these things? Bargain books from a bargain book store.
Of course, most of the books being sold in these stores are already used so I was careful to choose what I have to get, lest I be thought of as cheapo to the max 😀
Anyway, these were some of the books I got:
The least expensive is PhP25.00 or $.0.50 (Php49.00 = $1).
The most expensive is PhP55.00 or $1.10.
Posted in Interesting Topics, Money Watch, Philippines, Photos, Thought Bubbles, Urban Living
Tagged bargain books, books, children's books, children's literature, Frugal Christmas
