Philippines Top 5 Pinoy Noche Buena Dishes

It's 3 days away from Christmas! I bet now you have already stock up on gifts for your family and friends. Aguinaldos for your godchildren and also for your children. But there is more to Christmas that just gifts and Aguinaldos. Christmas is the time families gather together and celebrate the birth of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

Every year is customary here in the Philippines to the nine days series of masses also known as Simbang Gabi. It is usually from December 16 to December 24 every year. On the last day of Simbang Gabi is where would we celebrate the Noche Buena, Spanish words which means the night before Christmas or Christmas Eve. 

Noche Buena is the traditional Christmas family dinner every year and we celebrate Medianoche spanish word for Midnight for New Year's Eve.

There are different dishes served every Christmas Eve or Noche Buena but there are some that should always be present for the Christmas dinner. 

Love Desserts: Sunday Date To Remember!

November and December is really a hectic month for us at work, I'm glad I finally update my blog again this time. But anyways, this blog post is about our fun and sweet experience at Love Desserts! Thanks to Life is Kulayful for the Love Dessert GCs. 

Love Desserts

When we came in, we notice that the place is already jam packed so you can really tell that its really popular. Although the place is quite small to accommodate a lot of people, I still love how they design the place, you'll find it more on family lifestyle kind of theme.

The 36 Days of Christmas with Buqo

Christmas is almost here. This is the time of exchanging gift, Noche Buena, Christmas parties, and Aguinaldo. This is also the season of giveaways, contest and promotions. This year, Buqo, the online bookstore that focuses Filipino magazines and books, is marking their first Christmas with a big-hearted giveaway. Buqo wanted you to re-experience the feeling of anticipating and looking your gift under the Christmas tree through their app.

Do you know the song "12 days of Christmas"? Every day there is a gift and every gift is unique. But for Buqo, instead of the traditional 12 days, they will be giving away digitally for 36 days because for them, 12 days just isn’t enough.

Date at David's Tea House

I won 600 worth of GC for David's Tea House on a #foodiemeetup game by +Zomato at Hiyas, Kapitolyo. My dhie and I decided to use to the GCs to have a dinner date after work and I haven't had Chinese food in months.  We went to David's Tea House A. Venue branch which is in Makati City.

Be Creative Means Be Inspired

Artist find inspiration from all over the place. Sometimes, it can be a bit hard to feel inspired. You just need a jolt of inspiration to get you back into the drawing and painting game. Here are some idea to get your juices going again.

1. Look at things up close and personal

Do you focus on the big picture a lot? How about challenging yourself to go the other way. The little things in life can be fascinating and bring out a boat load of inspiration. A lot of artists look at nature for inspiration. Go outside and be prepared to get dirty. Don't just look at flowers from a distance. What is the smallest feature you can find on a flower? What does the texture of the petals look like? Zoom in like a microscope and go crazy. Look at your cat's fur with new eyes as you look at each individual piece of fur on their face. The world looks completely different when you zoom in and act as if you are an ant. Think of how much bigger the world gets when you look at how small the world gets!

2. Try something new