Inspiration Thursday: SMILES!

These kids and their smile are just so adorable!

A child's smile if one of God's greatest blessings

a smile a day keeps the glooms away

Photos taken by REN (me) in Real LIFE Feeding program

Discovering Warhol

Having artsy friends are like an everyday breath of fresh air! I am blessed for new people in my life that add color and joy to my days.

Inspired by Louie’s favorite artist, Andy Warhol, I took a few minutes to enjoy Pop art and appreciate it.

Here are some of Warhol’s art that I like 

 Humorous

 Emotional

Truthful (Sometimes)

 Relevant 

 Royal 

Honest

For me, every work of art has something to say and for Warhol's art, his works can be considered a salt in advertising and media. His colors and style are an attention grabber for me. Looking at his art is like feeding my eyes with the sweetness and newness of his creation. 

Inspiration Thursday: Bridal Bouquet

A few months from now, my good friends Inna and Vic are getting married. 
I'm gonna play her inspiration fairy for her wedding so today, in a span of a few minutes, I was able to make albums for her wedding inspiration peg. 


Here are some of the photos that I was able to gather for her Bouquet

*I think I have a knack for this! :)) 

The Induction Cooker Day 2

More Spam  

Truly, people will notice when you start doing something new. My officemates saw my packed breakfast for Day 1 and requested that I cook for them. So here I am now, cooking more spam! Pat said that spam should not be eaten everyday but since its one of the best breakfast and comfort food, I would like to suggest a three or four times a week spam breakfast. Haha, just kidding, that really is unhealthy!

I am using a non-stick aluminum frying pan for my induction cooker that's why I use less or a very small amount of cooking oil for cooking a dish, but for some of the batch of spam this day, I wasn't using cooking oil anymore but there's just so much oil in the pan. Come to think of it, the spam that I use already has less fat. There's a lot of natural oil in a slice of spam than you know!

Scrambled eggs are part of the meal so after cooking the spam and eggs, 20% goes to my hommie and the 80 is off to my office. My officemates liked it. Haha

Waking up while it is still dark

I always hear this verse in proverbs 31 that talks about the wife of s noble character's early morning habit - waking up while it's dark (She gets up while it is still dark; she provides food for her family-Proverbs 31:15 NIV 1984). I do that once a week (Wednesdays) but I rarely have time to notice it since I'm busy preparing for work. I woke up earlier today, earlier than my usual Wednesday wake-up time that is why amidst my rushing to the kitchen area, I was able to pause for a while and say to myself "now it really is still dark". The night lights are still on while you see Mr. Night do some turnover with Mr. Day.  

I like the way it was serene in my lil space. My hommie is still sleeping and I get to worship and play music while I'm cooking. I do my quiet time after the frying and all. It was one of those moments that I was thanking God for giving me a reason to happily get up. It's been a while since I felt enthusiastic about waking up and I really thank my Abba for it. this is one of the things that wake me up in the morning, the excitement and anticipation of cooking, not just for yourself but for others as well.

How about you? What wakes you up in the morning? 

The Induction Cooker - Day 1

Last Christmas, Patrick, my boyfriend gave me an induction cooker. After 4 months of displaying it in our condo unit, I decided to use it and go back to one of the things that I like doing most... Cooking! 

Since it takes 21 days to create a habit, I am devoting 21 days to cooking breakfast (or should I say, instant breakfast) using my induction cooker and I will be blogging about it so that I could have happy memories of my induction cooking days before I 

get to have my gas stove.

Proceeding to Day 1 - Spam and Eggs

I found myself automatically waking up early for this! Since its my first day to cook, the easiest way to go about it is to fry! Haha

Thanks to Tito Mads' (Patrick's dad) Spam goods, I was able to make my Day 1 breakfast - Spam and eggs. Cooking in an induction cooker was easier since it uses magnets to heat the pan and the pan really heats fast. My Spam frying was shortened into 3-4 minutes (induction cooker timer at minimum heat), 5 minutes if you want it toasted! 

I cooked 2 types of eggs for this morning, since I have two hommies (my condomates) who have different egg preferences. 
One's sunny side up and the other is scrambled. I usually go for scrambled but my preference vary depending on my mood.

After cooking the eggs and Spam, I placed some of it in my lunch box and some of it in a plate for my hommies so that I can share 

my first day of cooking to them.

I consider it a fair start for my first day of frying. I hope to post more cooking stories soon! Till next Induction Cooking :D  

"This is what I have observed to be good: that it is appropriate for a person to eat, to drink and to find satisfaction in their toilsome labor under the sun during the few days of life God has given them—for this is their lot" Ecclesiastes 5:18 (NIV)