my sisters

blog challenge (month 1, iii.)

+ photoshoot from a long while back

these are two of my leetle sisters.

they are little darlings, amazing in their own unique way, and pretty much the best ever.

blog award! and cool stuff like that

yay!

the following cyber cookie + whipped cream latte is for amelia who nominated me for the versatile blogger award, along with fifteen other fun bloggers!

thanks, dear :)

so these are peeps i nominate. very versatile and lovely people they are (in no special order):

1. Storia by anna (life, dreams, photography)
2. The Cupcake Dictionary by jocee (life, fangirling, cupcakes -yay-)
3. Rachel Nicole by rachel (life, family, photography/videography)
4. A Lavender Sea by tessa (life, travels, family)
5. The Lone Sparrow by lizabeth (reflections, photography)
6. Hannah Elise by hannah (photography, life)
7. Carlotta Cisternas by carlotta (life, photography, thoughts)
8. Unoriginal Originality by jenn (life, photography, fun stuff)
9. Bonfire Hearts by johanna (thoughts, life, photography, love)
10. Standard T by toyoshi (fashion, lifestyle, life, photography)
11. In Reckless Abandon by marcia (photography, life, love)
12. Brave by amy (thoughts, life, photography)
13. Yours Truly... by jess (photography, life, thoughts, coffee)
14. Grace's Garden Walk by grace (photography, life, thoughts, love)
15. Finding Beauty by mikailah (photography, life)

if you’re one of the lovely bloggers that I nominated, here’s what you have to do:

1. display the Award Certificate on your blog.
2. announce your win with a post (like this one!). make sure you post a link back to whoever nominated you as a ‘thank you’ for the nomination.
3. present the award to your own fifteen deserving bloggers.
4. leave each of the nominees a comment to let them know you’ve nominated them after you have linked them to your post.
5. post seven interesting things about yourself.

all good? cool stuff. so now, seven interesting things about myself:

1. a bag of jellies/chocolates won't last a day with me.
2. i like colors. immensely.
3. i love heights.
4. i try to make random strangers laugh, and i love laughing myself.
5. my favorite thing to do ever is to sleep in on rainy mornings. and then wake up to hot, english breakfast + good book.
6. i'm a foodie. i take this very seriously.
7. i think i'm a pretty optimistic person (that means positive person, right?).
8. whipped cream and latte forever.

lest you think i'm a rebel kid and can't follow simple instructions such as ONLY seven things about myself, the last one's not something about me. it's just like a footnote, that tells you where i stand in the important issue of starbucks and coffee.

♥

food

blog challenge (month 1, ii.)

we're a family of foodies. so, naturally, food is a big thing to me. when i were younger, the kids i played with ate so little. and my sister and i were like some sort of circus freak the other parents gawked at, eating adults sizes from the young age of seven/eight. eat to live? nah, maybe live to eat would be more appropriate. i mean, my dad is an avid supporter of late-night food outings, buffets, and other stuff that foodies support. we must have inherited it from him. [mom is a supporter of meatless salad. none of us inherited it to that extent, so it seems.]

food is an art that requires cultivation. appreciation of food didn't come until i was like, in my teens or something. and that was also after i saw how blessed i was that i didn't have to worry about when my next meal like many in the third-world countries.

i see food as something that bonds people. say that i'm biased and say what you want, but that's truly the way i feel. there are so many families and good friends we have sat down with over a really good meal and they stuck with us up till today. "families that eat together, stay together." maybe there's some truth in that.


ps: i think japanese cuisine is my favorite. how about yours?
pps: blog challenge here.