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Day118.

I got a free coffee postcard today from Starbucks. Nice eh?

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Day117.

Pinoy macaroni salad just the way I like it. No raisins, no carrots, lots of onions and lots of cheese. Sarap.

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Day116.

I am so craving for some red sauce pasta today. I decided to go grocery shopping so that I could make some pasta. I need some carbs.

Here's my dinner. Spicy Marinara Alla Vodka. Can't get any better than this.

Pangit lang picture pero masarap yan. :)

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Day115.

I went on a "family" day today. I so hate waking up earlier than my work day especially on a weekend, but shempre it's inevitable once in a while. Much like today. I had to wake up at 6am today because we're going on a 3 hour drive to Monterey. The plan is to go to the Aquarium and then spend the rest of the day in the beach.

After getting there, we ate Paninis for lunch and then we went inside the aquarium.

The aquarium was very similar to what is in the Science Museum in San Francisco, but much bigger and diverse. The kids had fun, and so did I. We spent a little more than 3 hours in the aquarium, and then we had some Clam Chowder afterwards. Then off we went to the bay, where we stayed by the beach until sunset. Then we were so hungry afterwards that we decided to go to the first restaurant that we see. We saw PF Changs. What the, hanggang Monterey ba naman. Hehe. It was a fun day. I just wish though that the drive wasn't that long.

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Day114.

I had some Chicken Joy today. Jojo and I went to lunch at Seafood City Jollibee and I had some a 2-piece Chicken Meal with Mashed Potatoes and Peach Mango Pie. Parang nasa pinas ka rin lang. Sarap!

I also did some online errands that I needed to do. Pay bills, send receipts for reimbursements, etc.

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Day113.

I had been craving for Pad Thai real bad. Too think that I just ate some with the Tatays a few days ago at Thai Paradise. I have a lunch out today with Dan, Jorel and Brian. Brian is a Sort guy, he is here on a business trip and Chris is paying for lunch today. Too bad he wasn't able to come. He said paid for it though. I had some yummy Tofu Pad Thai, and Jorel was surprised that I ate a lot!

I planned on leaving work early today for the get together tonight for Jojo's Advance Despedida. I promised some desserts, and I don't have anything yet. Yet again, it's always the same deal - Murphy's law. Something will always go wrong when you're supposed to leave already. Darn it.

After much ado, I was finally able to leave work at around 430pm. Or maybe a little after that, because I got home after 5 already. I had some mini cupcakes and the cheesecake sheet that I baked last night. I baked some Cream Cheese Pound Cake quickly, I had it in the oven after about 15minutes. While that was baking, I started decorating the mini cupcakes. After that, I started to unmold the cheesecake. I broke the cheesecake! It's been years since I broke anything that I baked, and this is like one of those malas days. After much contemplating, I was still able to salvage some of the cheesecakes. Hay.

I was all set even with the ruined cheesecake. I frosted the Pound Cake with some French Buttercream which melted on it because the cake was still hot. Adam arrived a little after 7, and we were on our way shortly. The cakes were good though, even if they're not really picturesque. Hehe.

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Day112.

Today's probably the last time in a while that I'm eating at Mizu because my Mizu buddy is leaving. Kami lang naman mahilig kumain ng hilaw na isda dito. Oh well. Jojo and I went to Mizu for lunch today, together with Mike and Russ. Too bad Easley can't come today.

I got my first (and might be the only) present for my birthday this year. Jojo gave me some Ghirardelli chocolate blocks. Aww, I'm so touched. Thanks Jo!

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Day111.

I have stopped eating pork for sometime now. I eat a piece here and there once in a while, but I haven't really had a full pork meal. I'd been wanting to eat meat for sometime already and I wanted something just slightly salty. Just the meat, and then some salt and pepper. I saw some butterfly pork chops in my freezer and I decided I'm eating pork today.

I marinated the pork on some kikkoman, salt, pepper and garlic powder for 15 minutes, and then I fried it on peanut oil at high heat. It smelled so good!

I then ate my fried pork, and did not even finish half of it. The craving was immediately satisfied, I really am not used to eating pork anymore. Naumay ako agad. The meat was good though. Perfectly seasoned and perfectly done, just the way I liked it.

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Day110.

I woke up today at 730am, and I checked the weather. It was raining outside and I wanted to know how cold it was. It said the low was 45F, and I see the reading at 44F. What the? Wrong weather forecast?

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Day109.

Jojo picked me up for lunch today, he bought some pizza that we will bring at Thet's place. We are having lunch there. This is probably one of the last few lunches that we'll have with Jojo. He is moving, long story.

Anyway, he bought some Papa John's, and I like their pizza with the Butter Garlic sauce. Thet also had some adobo and it was yummy. I had a good lunch, and I would have stayed longer had I not been really busy at work. I am so tired, I want to go to the spa after this. I hope to deliver everything tomorrow, and then I would have a mini break.

So I got home at 9pm. This is wrong, I can't be like this. Just work and sleep, and nothing else? This is bad.

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Day108.

This is my first time making a mousse. I'm not really big on mousse, I want my cakes dense, fudgy and chewy. I want some bite on my cake. However, being the baker that I am, I love the challenge of making something that I have never tried before. This is a cheesecake and strawberry mouse cake. It wasn't as hard and delicate as I thought it would be. Last night while doing the mousse, I was thinking of just eating the cake by myself at home, and then share a few slices with Thet, Jojo and Adam when I see them. I wanted to indulge on the cake, while eating in my sofa and watching some bluray with some chips and ice cold coke. Of course that's after I take a nice picture of a slice of it. Nice plan. Adam called me last night and he said he's doing barbecue for lunch because his mom just came back from Poland. At the back of my head, I was thinking of making a dessert for the lunch. And then I though, what the hell, the mousse is going to be the dessert. Goodbye indulgence, goodbye nice pictures.

I woke up late today, so even the photos of the whole cake was not nice. I was in such a hurry, but I cannot just leave my very first mousse cake undocumented. Photo is not that bad eh?

I got to their place after about 40mins, and then after the whole lunch, we had the cake and it was awesome. I did not care how they liked the cake, I loved it. It tasted so good, I need to make some again. :)

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Day107.

"How come you don't make brownies? You don't even have photos of brownies?"

"I don't make brownies because it's not challenging..."

"But I love Brownies!"

"Ok...."

Hence, I present to you, my chocolate fudge brownies. For a baker, it's weird that I'm not really a chocolate person. I make darn good chocolate cupcakes, but they're not my favorites. I love my butter cakes and cheesecakes better, I can eat them all day, everyday.

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Day106.

Stress is taking its toll on me. I have pimples, eye bags, the works. Work schedule is really crazy, and all I do now is just work, eat, sleep. Even if I got out, that's all I do - just eat. I can't muster the strength to go watch a movie at the theater, or get a coffee and sit back at a coffee shop. I just eat, don't hang out and sleep. I need a vacation.

Today's just another crazy day at work. Good thing there is a shutdown in the weekend, and they're starting to turn off the testers all weekend. That doesn't guarantee that Monday won't be hectic, but at least I'm guaranteed with a no-phone call weekend.

I was already out of work at 5, and for the first time in ages, I got to see the sun after going out of work. I was headed home, planning to take a nap before I see Adam later. The nap probably took longer because Adam was already knocking at my door. It was already 730pm and we were supposed to see a movie at 8. Oh well. At least I got some sleep. We went to see Date Night, and I wasn't expecting anything out of the movie. I just want some good laughs, and I did! Steve Carrell and Tina Fey together was hilarious. I like movies with no sense. Funny nonsense movies. Date Night is funny, you should go see it.

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Day105.

It's Iya's birthday today. Happy birthday Iya! :)

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Day104.

Ok, so my blog has become the 365 days blog. Just blog. No photos. A whole week without a picture!

Today is hectic. Super hectic. Everyone was in a rush to get something from me - units to fuse, vsop module fix, etc, etc. And me? Chilling out at 398, ditching every meeting possible. I am seated at my tester the whole day, only getting up to go to the bathroom and getting a quick lunch with Easley. It was already 8pm when I finally went home.

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Day103.

I did not anticipate the work load that I have today. So much issues, so much stuff to do. I can't even get a proper lunch! All I ate were some cheese sticks!

I told Adam that I'm getting off work today at 530pm because my last meeting for the day ends at 530. Wrong. It's already freaking 630 and I'm still in a meeting. This meeting is dragging on, and on and on. Hy was IM-ing me, "Yup, we're here til 7". Once it actually finished and I was rushing home, who do I bump with? Who else.

After a minor glitch, I'm at my parking spot back home a few minutes after. Adam's car was parked next to my slot, and he was sleeping. I had to wake him up. Poor guy. He's been waiting for at least an hour. I'll just pay for dinner. LOL. He has the new brushes for my mixer, my brushes were broken already. Speeds 6, 8, and 10 are all the same, so no high speed for me.

While driving, we saw Thet and Mike at the stoplight. Hehe. We had dinner at Jacks, had some steak salad and blue cheese fries. Yummy. I did not realize that I was already hungry.

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Day102.

It's raining. Like ulan pinas. And it's so cold. It's colder here now than it is in New York, according to my new data plan from at&t. Grrr. I did not want a data plan, I have enough internet, thank you very much. However, they detected that I am using an iphone (which by the way, I did not purchase from them but still want to milk money from it) so they added a data plan for my phone. Yup, 30 bucks per month. What the heck. I can't do anything about it so might as well put it to good use. Check the weather, check the stocks, check my mail - all every 2 freaking minutes.

My day went by quickly. No meetings. No sightings. I went to CVS afterwork to get some more of my prescriptions and then went home.

It's nice to lie down and just relax on a cold cold day especially when the sheets are fresh. Lovett.

I watched Up today. Nobody warned me about it. I cried buckets over the movie! It was kind of like my turning point this time. When you make a decision to be happy with what you have in your life right now, kind of live-in-the-moment thing. There's no point in crying over spilled milk anymore. Not after having been given with so many blessings and so many reason to be happy.

Today I made a decision to be happy with my life, and I'm sticking with it.

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Day101.

It's freezing! Brrrr. Why is it so damn cold in April?

I slept at 3am today. What was I doing? Girl pampering. I manicured and pedicured my nails, waxed, plucked my eye brows, masked my hair. All those stuff that I rarely get to do and I really have no time for. While at it, I was doing my laundry at the same time.

So 3am. And I woke up with a text from Jojo at 1030.

"What time simba?"

"Jojo, isdatchu?" (insert sarcasm here, kasi he rarely goes to church)

"Yeah what time?"

"1130"

"Ok"

So there, we went to church at 1130. We saw the Quevadas again there, and we all ate together at the Vietnamese restaurant in Bidwell. Tag gutom, kanina pa kong 3am gutom.

After lunch, Jojo and I went to H&R block beside Raley's to get our taxes done. I got mine done quickly, paying only 68$ and getting good refunds. Jojo is coming back on Tuesday, he needs more documents.

It started raining so hard and I was supposed to drive to Rocklin to meet Adam. Paminsan minsan ako naman magdadrive. I got there around 4, and both he and his sister were so hungry. I didn't know that they were waiting for me to get lunch! They said they just had brunch and were waiting for me to eat out. It was already 4 when I got there, I didn't know!

Even if I was still full, we went to Arigato Sushi. Magda was paying for food. Nice. I had some Salmon Sashimi. Yummy. We went to Bed, Bath and Beyond afterwards, they're getting few stuff for the house since their mom is arriving on Wednesday from Poland. Afterwards, we parted ways with her sister, her going shopping in Nordstrom, and us going to Fry's to buy some subwoofer for my car. We got a nice sub for my car for 99$ on sale, originally from 139$. I wish my radio would already arrive. Don't tell anyone, but Adam is paying for it. LOL.

We went to get some gelato at the Fountains aftewards. I had some Strawberry and Pannacota, Adam had Pistachio, Hazelnut and Raspberry. Yum. Everything was yummy. Then we just had some potatoes and chips for dinner. I don't eat chips. It's been a year since I had those, and I didn't really miss it. I had a few and I was done. But Peaches the chihuahua can't get enough.

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Day100.

It's 100! I am barely keeping up with the blog. I am always always always sleepy and tired from working. It's too much work. They don't pay me enough. LOL.

I had a whole day open today, had no plans. However, after waking up at noon, I was so hungry. Jojo wanted a Mizu lunch so off we went. And then we went to Treehouse for the Open House Viewing. I want to buy a house. Then we went to CVS to get my prescriptions. Then we went to Best Buy and saw the Quevadas there. It was already 5pm when we parted.

Then, there was the dinner. We went to dinner at New Canton - me, Jojo and Norman. We had a hearty meal of all the Chinese food that we can eat. I was so full.

It was fun not planning the day. I had fun.

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Day99.

It's Murphy's Law Day today for me. Anything that could go wrong, went wrong today. Friday of all days. Had a lot of stuff to fix in the test program, and it's supposed to go out for release today. Damn. I had been working my butt off all day.

We were supposed to watch Date Night today, but I was too dead tired for a movie. We went for a scrumptious Vietnamese meal instead. Yum.

I wish it weren't raining today. It's so cold.

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Day98.

Today is one of those SSDD days. Nothing special. Sun is up today though, it's nice weather outside. I've noticed that weather is a big deal here. I never checked the weather back home unless there's a typhoon. I'd even hear about the typhoon if my parents or friends told me. Now I check the weather everyday. What's up with that?

I met Mang Manuel today at the test floor. He's Pinoy, and he's a very nice soft spoken old man. He works as a cleaner here, and has been here for 7 years. He said that his daughter is already graduating this summer from UC Davis. He was all giddy talking about his wife who also works here as a cleaner, and their daughter. He said he'd invite me over to their house for the graduation party. It warmed my heart. I wanted to cry. Drama galore.

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Day97.

I was craving from some Cheese Pimiento today. As in Pinoy Cheese Pimiento. Or the closest one that I could make. Adam and I went to Costco to get what I need, and then go get dinner afterwards. When we got there, the smell of the roasted chicken was heavenly, so we just decided to get chicken, and eat at home. We got the whole roasted chicken straight off the oven, then I got my Cheese Pimiento ingredients - Red Cherry Peppers, Sharp Cheddar Cheese (I would have wanted a Ques-O or Eden from the Filipino store but it's too far) and some Mayonnaise. We also got some freshly baked sourdough breads and some lettuce for salad.

When we got home, I made the cheese pimiento, and it was sooo good! I added a dash of salt, pepper, sugar, and voila - some spread for the sourdough. And with a can of coke each, dinner was awesome.

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Day96.

What's worse than feeling sleepy? Sleepier. Aren't you getting bored of my blog? LOL. All I talk about is me feeling sleepy. I think I should get some vitamins, or some Red Bull, because I'm always sleepy. At least I don't talk about depression anymore, right? Because I'm not. At least not anymore. Hehe.

I finally decided to transfer photos from my camera. And I finally decided to take a picture of the macarons sitting in my fridge. I wanted to do one more color before taking a picture, but that won't probably happen anytime soon. Here are my Macs, with French Buttercream filling.

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Day95.

Mondays are always hectic. Good thing my boss is out today, so 2 meetings less on a Monday. That means I get to work more in the test floor, and I get to see less of Mr Pa-P. Good deal. It's input freeze today, one of the few days in a week where I actually have a deadline. I'm a slacker at work, I tell you. I don't really work on something unless I have a deadline. I'm sooo lazy. And you think a good rating will motivate me? Noooo. Hell no.

I'm so sleepy. Lazy, sleepy, hungry. I'm too lazy to cook and eat today, so I'm just going to sleepy. Night everyone.

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Day94.

Happy Easter everyone! Today's cold outside. Raining, wet and cold. Just the perfect hate weather, I kid not.

I made breakfast today, savory and sweet crepes. Breakfast at my house is a rare occasion, one - me being a late riser, and two - me being a non-breakfast eater. A cup of coffee is just perfectly fine for me, and I'll wait until lunch for a full meal. The savory crepes were just some Bacon, Onions and Cream Cheese Filling. The sweet crepes were filled with fresh strawberries, strawberry jam and Cream Cheese. A cup of Jamaican roast coffee with White Chcolate on the side. Yum.

After a filling breakfast, Jojo called for an SOS. He had a flat tire at Downtown Sac. Adam and I were going to church, and we went to pick up Jojo before going. I thought the mass was at 1130, but they have a different schedule for Easter. We got there, and it's already communion! Oh well. We then went to Downtown, Adam and Jojo got some air for the tires and we went to lunch for some good Dumplings, Hacao, and all the other Chinese Dimsum that we can eat at New Canton. Adam and I were just there last night! It was funny how close Jojo was last night to us when he had a flat tire but never called us.

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Day93.

I had a wonderful Saturday. Sleeping in on a weekend and going out at night, what's not to love? My day started out pretty early for a Saturday. I woke up at 9 in the morning, then started pre-heating my oven to make Macarons. It was all good, I finally made acceptable Macarons. :) Then I had lunch at home with some Lumpia and Eggs (what a combo), and then the afternoon went by really quick, with some work stuff, and then cleaning up the house afterwards. Then went out at about 7 at night to go downtown sac. We went to a comedy bar, had a good 2-hour of laughs, then went to dinner at New Canton at 11pm. Back to Folsom at midnight. Pretty early for Cinderella. Guess I'm getting old. :)

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Day92.

It's Jojo's last day today and free lunches are all over. We had free lunch at Mizu today with Russ and Hy. I had my Salmon Sashimi fix again. People still don't get it why I love Sashimi. They don't have to get it. :) I just love it, and I don't have to explain myself to anyone.

I had my review download today. I did well. I got good reviews. I just wish that there was a bigger budget and I wish it correlated with my pay increase. I don't need adulation. I need money. Show me the money. LOL.

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Day91.

So ok, I am officially an April Fool's Day victim. While we were having lunch at BJ's today for Jojo's Farewell Lunch, Adam texted me that he got caught for speeding, paying up 600$ and his driver's license suspended. I was like, what the heck?!! I can't be driving all the time for 6 weeks! So I called him, and he was laughing his ass off because he actually fooled me. He never thought that I'd buy it. So there. Me and my gullible self.

Lunch at BJ's was good, I had an Angel Hair Toscana. I used to have a very minimal preference when it comes to pasta. White sauce, chicken, shrimp and pasta. That's it. I'd been trying out a whole bunch of stuff since. Today what I had had some Feta Cheese, Pine Nuts, Sun Dried Tomatoes, Basil, Olive Oil. Yum. Even though the food was good, the serving was pretty huge so I can't finish it. And we had some Avocado Egg Rolls for appetizer. Yum.