Keisha's Party at PWC

With Teacher Melissa and Keisha's classmates.

Yesterday was Keisha's Christmas Party. They celebrated Christmas with the theme "Pistang Pinoy sa PWC Preschool"(Filipino Fiesta in PWC Preschool). During the party all children present their Christmas Songs, "Pasko Na Naman" at " Tuloy na Tuloy" songs in Pavilion. They bring their handmade musical intstruments like tambourine made from bottle tops, maracas which made from a plastic bottle filled with stones etc. All materials used for their caroling was made from recycled materials. They also wear any Filipino Attire(terno malong) or a souvenir shirt from the Philippines or any place in the Philippines. Keisha wear a Bohol t-shirt who has a Tarsier printed in front of it. It was given by her Auntie Jean long time ago. Their foods was also a Filipino dishes or delicacies served in every children. And addition to this event, all children were treated with luscious chocolate fountain and they claimed their prizes as they played bunot-bunotan and pabitin. They also enjoy the amazing bubble show that was hosted by a local entertaining group Pongee. Preschool children really enjoy their Christmas party and they received gifts from the teachers. Children went home with a satisfied party and a they have lots of stories to tell with their parents and loved ones.

Noel's Birthday

It is Noel's Birthday today. We celebrate it with a fine dinner together with his high school classmate .They stayed at home till the wee hours in the morning. They party and have thier videoke in our Tv room. They sang and dance with their favorite songs. Others dance in our sala. It was a party indeed. To my husband Noel, a Happy Happy Birthday and Happy Aniversary. Keisha and I loves you.

9 Mornings

9 Mornings or "Simbang Gabi" brings significance to our lives. It is a Filipino Christmas tradition. It is a series of nine(9) dawn masses. In our province, the ringing of the church bells and the sounds of Christmas songs fills all over the town that starts at 3 in the morning so as to awake people and be ready for the 4 a.m. mass. It begins on December 16 and ends on midnight of December 24, which culminates in a midnight mass. It was introduced by Spanish friars, simbang gabi or misa de gallo was started to allow the farmers to hear mass before going to the fields. After the mass , traditional delicacies await church goer. The delicious bibingka, suman, biko puto bumbong are sold outside the church. Some people who attended straight simbang gabi says that all their prayers and wishes were granted. They believes that completing the dawn masses will make a wish come true. To the believers and religious person, old and young finds time to attend dawn masses. Many make their sacrifice to rise early not only to have their wishes come true but to follow a tradition. This Christmas is not complete with out attending simbang gabi. It also brings us a double celebration in our lives as a couple because the start of simbang is also the 35th birthday of Noel and the 8th year Anniversary of our marriage. We are truly grateful that we experience a wonderful lives together with Keisha inspite of all the problems that comes our way. Hoping that we will last longer and live a meaningful life ahead of us. And hoping too, that for the first time we could attend the first simbang gabi. Merry Christmas!!!!

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Steamed Rice Cake with brown sugar

My mom loves to cook "biko" or steamed rice cake. Everytime we were home, she eagerly prepare the ingredients and find way to cook it in the right way. Every occassion or even weekdays Biko is always present in our table. Cooking rice cake is not easy. There are lots of ways of cooking and style of the Biko. It has to be a lot of effort and patience to mix sugar and rice to have a better appearance and taste. Here is the list of ingredients needed for cooking:

glutinous rice

4 cups water

1 tbsp. vanilla extract

1 cup brown sugar

banana leaves ( optional )

grated coconut meat from 4 coconuts (reserve coco milk)

Cook glutinous rice in water just like you do with plain steamed rice.
In saucepan, pour brown sugar, coconut milk, and vanilla extract.
Mix, stir and let boil. Add cooked glutinous rice to coconut milk mixture and cook until thick.
Spread evenly on platter (or bilao) lined with banana leaves.
Slice and serve.

Note: It is best serve with hot native coffee or a cold softdrinks.