Bought K-Pop CDs

Today, Wednesday, me and my 2 daughters went to a mall near here in our house.

Our original plan was to go to Manila, but we just changed the plan because this week is "Holy Week". Lots of people come back home to their home town, so it means to say that the traffic is so tight and all terminal buses are busy and "full pack"( I'm using the words again , he he he).

To go to Manila is so easy and fast but coming back home is so hard. I don't want to line up in terminal for how many hours just to take a ride back home, and I don't want to rent a car either just like I always used to (I'm a bit thrifty now he he)

So we just decided to shop here but there's no 'The Face Shop' outlet here, so I have to cross the item I need to buy in TFS in my list :(

First stop to the book store, my babies bought a new sketch pads and anything that they need for their drawing hobby. They love to draw so much you know specially my youngest princess and their hands are really good not like me, my drawing is no good :( . Me just bought one on sale Jap. craft magazine. That's what I love so much , anything handy craft, but no no no to drawings.

Next stop to the record bar. I bought K-Pop CD's (Korean Pop) though it 's a bit expensive - TVXQ and Super Junior. I like the Mirotic of TVXQ and the Sorry, sorry of S.J.


But actually I'm looking for the CD of U kiss because I've heard that they gonna releasing their album here under Universal Records but still it's not available here in the province ( that's why I want to go to Manila). There' s no SS501 too, but I saw BOA, fx, SNSD, and Shinee albums.

Then we walked around the mall browsing all the new items but shop nothing. Then last stop to the grocery, bought some fresh fruits and my children love Jap. mayonnaise and Jap. snacks only. Actually I've done my grocery shopping yesterday for the whole week.

On our way home, Mycah again have her favorite Jap. corn on her right hand and on her left is an ice cream, while my Stephannie, have the large Zagu ice cold drink on her right hand and on her left is a box of tiny Bibingka(rice cake) that they will share to their Kuya Mark (elder Bro.) back home.

My Sunday With Mycah

After going to church, my Mycah ask me to buy an ink for our printer. She has an assignment to print she said. So with her alone, without my other two children, we went to a bookstore inside the mall.

Upon entering the mall she saw on the glass wall of the restaurant the people eating. She spotted the one eating a Halo-halo. Then she told me she wants to eat a halo-halo too. Even though it's raining outside and the cooler inside was so chilling. But my child wants to, and I can't say no to my child. The restaurant was full already, there's no vacant seat, it's Sunday, lots of family were shopping or just went to see a movie. So we walked further more and found another place. But I said the halo-halo there looks not so good, but she said it's okey, her mouth was watering already.

So we enter there and got our orders. She ordered halo-halo without an ice cream topping.

Btw, Halo- halo is (from tagalog word halo, "mix") is a popular Filipino dessert that is a mixture of shaved ice and milk to which are added various boiled sweet beans and fruits, and served cold in a tall glass or bowl.

There is no specific recipe for this dessert, and a wide variety of ingredients are used. The order in which the ingredients are added varies widely. Primary ingredients generally include boiled red mung beans(monggo), kidney beans, garbanzos, sugar plumfruit (kaong), coconut sport (macapuno), and plantains caramelized in sugar. Other components may include jackfruit (langka), sago, nata de coco, purple yam (ube) or sweet potato(kamote),pounded crushed young rice (pinipig), leche flan or custard, and gelatin. Some preparations also include ice cream on top of the halo-halo.

And for the final ingredient, evaporated milk is used instead of fresh milk, due to the tropical climate of the Philippines. (See: Halo halo - Wikipedia)

and for me, I ordered only a La Paz Batchoy for it's only snack time yet.

Batchoy (contention states that the word may have originated from the Chinese (Hokkien) Ba-chui (肉粹) meaning "pieces of meat") is a noodle soup which originated in the district of La Paz, Iloilo City in the Philippines. As with most noodle dishes in the Philippines, batchoy mayhave been first concocted by Chinese immigrants.

Ingredients include pork organs (liver, spleen, kidneys and heart) crushed pork cracklings , vegetables, shrimp, chicken breast or beef loin, shrimp broth, chicken stock and round noodles or miki. The noodles are similar to spaghetti, but are generally a bit finer. Oil is heated in a stock-pot. The pork organs, shrimp, chicken and beef are stir-fried for about a minute. Soy sauce is then added. The shrimp and chicken stock is then added and left to simmer for a few minutes. This broth is then added to a bowl of noodles and topped with leeks, pork cracklings (chicharon) and sometimes a raw egg is cracked on top. (See: Batchoy - Wikipedia)

After eating we continue to our destination ... we walked, and walked slowly, looking what's on sale and what's new on display as we walked by. She spotted a food stall selling a Japanese pan cake, she told me to buy for her brother and sister at home.

My children eat so fast, I'm too late to take photos of the cake, only the box was left.

Then we continue walking, but on our way my Mycah saw again her another favorite, a shredded japanese corn with butter and bought again. But she can't go in the book store eating that corn so we decided to stay at the corner and wait her to finish her corns.

At the book store, aside from the ink for our printer, I bought a new books and my kid too. "Seven Things That Steal Your Joy" by Joyce Meyer and "The Power of a Positive Mom" by Karol Ladd. Mycah picked "The King's Fifth" by Scott O'Dell.

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