Let's skip to the good part

First, our apologies for the lack of posts. The past week has been so busy! I, for one is back in school fighting the unfortunate weather and the dreary traffic in the Metro :| Still, I keep struggling to maintain a balance in my life so to offset the busy week, I dragged my godmother to watch a ballet.

I was ill and had a throbbing headache but I pushed through.
Bad idea.
Worst.

I fell asleep in the theater. And even started snoring.

Really, the shameful things I do! My friends know I'm a big klutz and a total goof ball. My life stories often end in comedy. But in all honesty, I never meant it to happen that way. I'm just a magnet for accidents and is queen of clumsy. Ugh.

I didn't understand the ballet. So sad because I've always found ballets to be enjoyable and it's the first time I fell asleep while watching one. BUT I'm glad I was awake during the good parts-- at least my effort of going there was not wasted. Yeah, like that would lessen the humiliation brought by my snoring :|

Hope the weather hasn't dampen your spirit! Let's stay optimistic y'all! And please do take care of yourselves! No to flu! No to fever! No to incessant coughing and rudolf noses! Have a good week everyone! :)

White button-down shirt: Jatujak market, BKK
Graffitti skirt : H&M
Black clogs : Parisian

I can't make you love me (cover) - Leroy

Wow.. Listen to this. I love how raw his voice sounds. His voice brought me back to some of my darker days. Hahaha. I can actually hear Ninin loving and hating this song at the same time because it connotes one of our 'disliked' topics... UNREQUITED LOVE.

Cause I can't make you love me if you don't
You can't make your heart feel something it won't
Here in the dark, in these final hours
I will lay down my heart and I'll feel the power
But you won't, no you won't
Cause I can't make you love me if you don't

Mother's Day at Isabelo Garden Restaurant

It's embarrassing how backlogged I am with my blog posts. Case in point, I'm blogging about our Mother's Day dinner when it's almost Fathers' Day.

My sister and I agreed to treat our mom (and family) to dinner at Isabelo Garden Restaurant in Marikina. They mentioned in their site that a lot of guests usually have a hard time locating their restaurant. We thought we'd be spared from that because we know the area but lo and behold, we missed their street because we didn't precisely follow the directions from their website. Anyway, after calling a friend who knows the area by heart, we were able to locate their street and reach the place right on time for our reservation.

Okay enough babbling about the directions..let's get to the real deal..here are the scrumptious food that we pre-ordered:

Spinach & Artichoke Dip // Baked Oysters // Roasted Pepper and Squash Soup // Cream of Mushroom Soup // Grilled Chicken and Mango Salad // Lemon Shrimp Linguine // Grilled Salmon Steak // 

Honey Bacon Pizza // (and the only food that didn't match our other orders) Roasted Crunchy Tawilis

I loved the perfect balance of flavor of the salad, the tartness of the pasta, the crispy thin crust of their pizza,and the freshness of the salmon. Thinking of how to describe it to you is making me salivate! Haha.

Now let's take a look at our desserts..

Watermelon Sorbet // Chocolate Ganache Cake

The sorbet was perfection!! To emphasize how good it was, we finished it in less than a minute and had to order another serving!

Everything looks great, right? Well, everything DID taste delectable! We're actually planning to go back there for Father's Day to try more of their food.

Everybody's happy (and full)!

To cap of the night, Portia (the chef and owner of Isabelo) went from table to table to chat with her patrons and give a token to the mothers. She gave each of them a jar of her special spice rub.  My mom loved hers and abundantly used it to marinate our meats!

Are you interested to try their food? Don't forget to book a table through their website before heading there. It's a by reservations only type of restaurant so please, I cannot stress enough the importance of reserving a table because they really don't let people without reservations in their compound :)

For inquiries, you may contact Isabelo Garden at (02) 510.6914
#11 Isabelo Mendoza St. San Roque, Marikina CityOpen from 6pm onwards / Monday -  Sunday 

The Seekers

One of the activities Sophia and I want to do with our friends is to go to Da Seekers Cove to have a tarot reading. Well, we tried to convince them but work and (perhaps) the weather convinced only one of them to join us for a session at the cove.

For those who are not aware of what tarot reading is, it is actually more like having a psychoanalysis session. Although you could also inquire about your future, it is not, and I repeat, NOT to be seen as fortune-telling. (You may read about our first experience on tarot reading here)

Our sessions went very well. It's so refreshing to have someone (who does not know you) help you straighten out your life with the aid of tarot cards. If you haven't tried it, we highly suggest you should! It's quite an experience, really ;)

Thank you to our dearest Katy for joining us! And for being so nice as to take our outfit pictures (hehe):

Ninin is wearing:
Faux leather jacket, Rose printed shirt, shorts - Forever21 | Yellow shoes - Parisian | Bag: from Egypt

Sophia is wearing:
Denim top - Mango | Skirt - Zara | Leopard print loafers - Suelas | 'Love is a battlefield' bracelet - The Bead Shop gift from Nin!

Pulled Pork Burrito

Decided to make some Mexican food one Saturday. I got the recipe for the slow-cooker pulled pork here.

Ingredients for the Crock-Pot Pulled Pork

We substituted the liquid smoke with Spanish paprika.

 Got the taco dip recipe from the same site.

Ingredients for the Taco Dip

THE FINISHED PRODUCT

We omitted the olives (in the taco dip recipe) because no one likes olives in our household.

Delicious!