Wicked Oreos

So,  I've been wanting to make deep fried Oreos since last Sunday, but then the weather is too hot that it made me so dysfunctional. Thank God because the 1st of May brought some rain, I finally decided to why not give it a try, after all, when this one fails, I'm pretty sure my son, Carlo will still eat it because, yeah, it's pancake and Oreo mixed together! :P Hello there, reader! I am Shasha and this is my first attempt on making this heart clogging, sinful dessert. :)

Ingredients:

• a box of Oreos
• pancake mix
• water
• cooking oil
• ice cream (optional)
• chocolate syrup (optional)

Procedures:

1. Mix pancake batter according to instructions.

2. Dunk the Oreos into the batter. Make sure that its completely coated.

3. Fry until pancake batter is golden brown already.

4. Serve on a platter with a scoop of ice cream, or drizzle it with some chocolate syrup. 

5. Stuff your mouth with these goodies and don't feel guilty about it! :)

See, it's easy as 1, 2, 3 (LOL, yabang!) I think everyone in the house loved it! :) My mother who's not into sweets really enjoyed it, and of course, Carlo who's been so supportive of me and considers this as real cooking said it was yummeh! :))

On Skate Parks and Love

For the past days, I've been seeing Carlo watching youtube videos on how to make a skate park. Well, apparently, his love for tech deck has made a come back. One time, I decided to see it myself and then there was that light bulb moment saying, hey, I can do that and that will save me a lot of moolah if I start constructing those ramps for my son. 

They say that the first one will be  the hardest, well yeah, because it took me around 2 hours to make this. And voila, here's the 1st quarter pipe that I had made and bb boy was really happy about it. Also, the comments from my fb and twitter friends for this photo were so overwhelming I felt like crying. Yay! I rhymed! :D Oh, I got 3 kisses from him because of this. :3

That same night, Carlo had made lambing to me that he wants stairs with rail for his finger board. So, who am I to say no? I immediately looked for materials available and I saw these old wooden blocks and assembled it;  for the rail, I had used old pail handles. Guess I should make a separate DIY entry for these, LOL, I kid. 

He was so giddy when I had finished this and gave me yet another set of kisses and a tight hug. ♥♥♥

I can say that this is the better version of my quarter pipe, it has a more professional appeal (LOL professional? SRZLY?!)

Maybe for some, it's just a simple toy, but for me it has a deeper meaning to it. As a single mom who is raising a boy who is already nearing his puberty age is one tough task but I see to it that in my own simple ways, I can make him happy and somehow make him feel contented with who he has right now. When he grows older, he will surely remember this day when his momma made him his own skate park and that thought gives me the happies. :D

P.S. Carlo told me, ok lang naman po talaga kahit walang daddy eh, kaya mo naman gawin everything for me eh. Huhu, my heart... it melted! ♥♥♥ 

La Laguna Festival 2012

All the 26 towns and four 4 component cities of Laguna are united again for the grandest celebration that we, Lagunenses look forward to. In this said event, the participants made sure that their booths are really eye catching that you will surely go inside where they showcase the best of their products which was made by very artsy and talented people. 

The festival will still have its series of contests and shows to entertain the visitors. Some of the activities lined-up are Land Float Competition, Street Dancing Competition, Dragon Boat Racing and Banca Racing, Pyro Musican Competition, La Laguna New Wave Short Film Festival Competition, Brass Band Competition, Dog Show Competition,  Binibini and Ginonong Laguna, and a whole lot more.

Here are some of the photos I took on the 1st day of the festival:

The town of Cavinti and Luisiana offers a wide array of native products --from bayong, purses, fans, lanterns to bean bags and even throw pillows.

Nagcarlan

Liliw is  the Marikina of Laguna, here, you can find cheap but durable shoes and slippers. Oh, bags are also sold here. :)

Hai Carlo! :*

San Pablo City sells tarts, pastillas, polvoron, meringue, etc.

Calauan is popular for its sweet and very tasty pineapples.

The town of Victoria is known for its best itlog na pula  and yummy fried itik.

Firework display later~

One of the entries for the street art competition

I have to commend the hardwork of Gov. ER Ejercito for establishing this festival which really brings joy to its constituents, also, it can be a great venue for tourism as well, good job and high fives to the municipalities who cooperated to make this project possible! I may have been born and raised in Manila, but so far, I am loving it here already, cheers to more fun moments, Lagunuh! :D