Saturdate: Osaka Ohsho, MegaFashionHall, Sale

Tea

So I posted this on Instagram ;p

sarap ng dressing :)

My free miso soup :)

 I'm not that hungry when I first dine here with my colleagues. Because they specialized in Gyoza, I thought M might like it.

I went back with him and we ordered the set meal which comes with  6 pcs original gyoza, unlimited japanese rice, fruits and miso soup Php270. 

I just had their Yasai Itame Php240 and also tasted the Gyoza dipped in mixed miso and soysauce.

Their gyoza is a bit oily and small or I say has few fillings. I remember that whenever I eat Gyoza before I should eat the whole stuff because the fillings will crumble and fall. But here, you can still chop it off in three parts and dip it in sauce using chopstick effortlessly.

Or maybe that's the authentic Gyoza should be? hehe dunno

M requested another serving of his unlimited rice while I'm still halfway on eating my veggies which were not overly cooked so I spent time chewing the crunchy bokchoy, lettuce, bellpeppers and carrots 

I also ordered their salad again then minutes later I was told that it was not available

"Nori gyoza na lang po"

"sorry wala na rin po"

"Cheese gyoza "

"wala rin po eh"

:/

Btw, Osaka Ohsho is located at Mega Fashion Hall 3rd/F. 

Afterwards, we strolled a bit around fashion hall as we went to 5th floor for the Megatrade shoes and bag sale.

I only bought these Banana Peel Buy 1 Take 1. Php120 only for these two ;)

Then before going home we bought our fave Choco butternut from Dunkin donut that we ate at home while watching Detective Conan :)

-=jewel=-

Healthy Inspiration: February Healthy Eats

I wrote in my previous healthy inspiration blog post that I might be preparing soups for this month. But what I crave every cold morning of February was just a light meal  = a cup of coffee and toasted bread or pancakes.

My pancakes recipe consist only of just rye flour (from HealthyOptions), eggs, coco sugar and olive oil. One time I added matcha powder that was given to me. Imagine the many possibilities of adding matcha powder on cookies and bread hmmmmm.....

topped with flax seeds

I also enjoyed a lot of green smoothies - apples + lettuce. (making up for a lazy breakfast)

I always prepare my favorite adobong broccolli and also tried to adobo some ampalaya and labanos lolz

 Partnered with black rice.

in fairness masarap ang adobong labanos :)

Then maybe because of extending bedtime in the morning, I came up with the idea of boiling a batch of squash and add it to any meal as a side dish so I can still have a quick, easy, light and healthy lunch or dinner.

When I went to Laguna one weekend, I finally had some real nice home cooked meals :)

and also my father boiled some rootcrops for merienda

Nothing fancy, just nutritious food

My recent purchase at Sugarleaf, now I know where to buy organic eggs.

Actually same price in the mall but they are large in size  Php 150 for 15pcs :)

a very nice quote I found online :)

via

Stay healthy!

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BDJ Perks at CBTL

It is the first time I owned a BDJ planner. I find it a bit pricey, not to mention "bulky" so it does not appeal to me for the past years. I'm satisfied organizing using excel and outlook calendar.

When I got this as a birthday present, I'm happy that I can finally try it (for free) and learn what's the buzz is about. I'm still using my ever reliable Excel that I customized for my planning needs so I just use the BDJ for additional notes(to buy/to bring list) and meal planner.

I claimed the lifestyle card a week ago and learned that I can use this for many discounts aside from the coupons that are already inside the planner. I find the CBTL's discount coupons useful. I already claimed the buy 1 take 1 few weeks ago. 

When we are in Galleria, we used again my 2 CBTL's coupon for free drinks.

I didn't even know that they have pasta and salad meals.

We just had a tomato pasta and ceasar salad (a safe and simple choice).

The pasta came with a plain bread that at first we wished it was a garlic bread but realized then that it was a good thing being plain to balance the overpowering (but in a good way) pasta sauce. 

 The salad has a generous servings, I should have mixed everything together so the dressing does not overwhelmed me towards the end. While eating, the simple goodness of this salad made me think why I haven't ever prepare one for ourselves at home. Even I eat veggies everyday, the thought of  eating "salad" at home sounds plain boring. But then, I need to change that thought and will incorporate more salad now. I just need to experiment on creating my own salad dressing ;)

Back to BDJ planner ;p, I think the price of P590++ for a planner is pricey but because of all the discounts you can avail, on the second thought - sulit na rin siya esp. if you frequent the establishments that offers discounts. I am not so sure but I might find myself getting one BDJ again next year ;p

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Furry Love: Cesar Millan's Book

M and I are a fan of Cesar Millan and we love watching his Dog Whisperer show.

Some of our weekends were spent watching it on netflix for hours. 

His books are easy to read and straight to the point.  The "How to Raise the Perfect Dog" book is perfect for those who have no experience in raising a puppy or like me who wants to learn more in order to understand our furry friend. I already know some of the topics so I just glossed over them. It discusses not only how to train the puppy for good behavior but also other essentials like vaccines needed, list of harmful plants for dogs, suggested daily schedule, his views and opinions like on spay/neuter issues.  He raised 4 different breed of puppies just for this book so he narrated his experiences from them. What I like in this book is that they enumerated the list of  our "unwanted" puppy behaviors, why they do them and ways to addressed them. As I finished this book, I felt like I became a part of his journey while raising his 4 pups.

puppy snowbell

In case of Snowbell, what we are trying to address is her issue of jumping to us as a greeting whenever we went out, even if it is just throwing out the trash.  Accdg to Cesar, this issue can be resolved by ignoring them when you enter the house. It is heart warming and cute because she is still small but when she's big already that will be difficult.

In the second book, "Cesar's Rules: Your way to train a well behaved dog", is more of like his Dog whisperer show, where he discussed the idea behind his show's tagline (I rehabilitate dogs, I train people) and his advice of (Exercise, Discipline, Affection) and why in that order. He also discussed training methods/techniques of other professional dog trainers and narrated some of his dog rehabilitation cases. This book also discuss how to walk the dog properly - which I'm still trying to improve because Snowbell sometimes pull and bite her leash. We really like to let her out off-leash but we need to follow our place admin rules :/

So these are the books that keep me sane from the daily waiting time, commute and traffic :)

-=jewel=-

Movie Night with Domino's Pizza

After buying some stuffs from SM hypermarket, we went to Domino's Silver City and availed of this promo:

We ordered 1 Solo size and 1 medium size. Instead of paying P698, we only paid P298.

While waiting for our orders, pichur2x

Eating pizza while watching Total Recall :)
This veggie pizza has corn, black olives, tomatoes and mushroom.

Veggie Pizza

The Classic Pepperoni pizza, we didn't forget snowbell, she got the crust ;p

Pepperoni

yum I would love to do this movie+pizza night again, such a treat for a stressful week.

Their promo runs until April 15 :)

Valentines Day: Seoul Garden, Robocop, BreadStory

I prepared breakfast for mike - toasted rye bread, rye pancakes, hotdogs and egg. The sugar cookies are from my niece's party giveaways, pangdisplay lang ;p

For the rye pancakes, I used rye flour, olive oil and coco sugar only. My first batch failed - I followed a recipe online complete with eggs and baking soda but it failed, they were bitter and not edible T_T So I just made my own recipe ;p

me: ok lang ba ung rye pancakes?
mike: ay pancake ba ito???

Later that night we were at Galleria, we dropped by first at Saizen to buy some stuffs. I found some Vday related items 

 We chanced again BreadStory 's Buy1Take1 :)

We didn't check the movie sched, turned out only 1 cinema  is for Robocop and screening time was 10PM, it was  only 8PM  :/

We decided to dine at Seoul Garden Hotpot located at Galleria's 4th Level

(originally we just planned to have a takeout from BK or Mcdo while watching as we assumed there'll be early screening time)

Refillable Appetizers

We had a chicken hotpot with rice (Php278 + sc) which is already good for two. We were asked if we like a kimchi or ramen, I chose the latter. It has Enoki mushroom, veggies and very soft chicken meat. 

Complimentary Wine

We still have time so we used my BDJ coupon at Coffee Bean, Buy 1 Take 1 Tea latte. 

I ordered Green Tea and Morrocan Mint Tea, hmmm we love mint tea but this one didn't appeal to us 

Matcha and morrocan mint

Then movie time. As usual, I love fighting/battle scenes of all sorts.

I also like the first person camera view (my fave scene), feels like a game. I don't  have any issues with violent scenes but I always prefer "wholesome" movies. So a little loveydovey scene here made me cringe. But overall, I find the movie awesome :D