Spoiled

I'm so spoiled since my operation. I have a helper for the week to cook, clean, and wash our clothes for us. I could get used to this :-)

Anyway, I've been itching to cook but I get tired easily and have slight bleeding if I stand up for too long. I managed to make some empanadas yesterday with the help of the househelp. I didn't have to knead and roll the dough. Sweet. Hubby calls me "senyorita" he he he :-)

Live from Asian Hospital

Hi. It's been a while since I blogged. I hoped it was under better circumstances. I just had an operation yesterday to remove some polyps and have a D&C (raspa). It's quite depressing getting the D&C even before I got pregnant. Sheesh.

There's avideo of my operation taken from the camera probe. I told my doctor I'll show it on our next halloween party. He he he.

My operation almost got cancelled since my blood pressure spiked. Fortunately they were able to bring it down immediately. I guess I have to lay off the pork from now on. Bummer.



My room has a great view though, I have a view of Laguna de Bay on one side and a park on the other side. My family was here alst night to welcome me from my surgery. That was great seeing familiar faces after such a gruelling experience.

I had an interesting adventure with the anesthesia. It was a love hate relationship. First, I loved the feeling of euphoria and bliss. But I hated waking up from it. I was awake but unable to move my legs and had to lay flat on my back for six hours.

I'm ok now. All limbs working :-)

Saturday Breakfast with Hubby

For the past week, I've been craving for Kopi Bun. Kopi Bun is a soft and airy bread with a coffee flavored "shell". I'm so excited that there's a branch in BF homes that recently opened and I get my Kopi Bun fix whenever I want it. The Kopi Bun though delicious is very high in fat. I know this because when you touch the bottom of the bun, you can feel the butter sticking to your fingers and there's a large gaping hole inside the bun where maybe 4 tablespoons of cold butter was ensconed prior to baking. Hence, the combination of coffee and butter will entice any dieter to forget about dieting and finish at least one bun.



Hubby and I were up early last Saturday, 9:30 a.m. :-) After a quick bath, we proceeded to Kopi Roti and had our fix. Aside from the Kopi Bun, we also had soft boiled eggs mixed with soy sauce (they serve it that way), a mug each of Teh Tarik. Hubby had two Kopi Buns. I wanted to eat two as well but decided to be ladylike and not scarf down another bun.



Weekends are always so jam-packed. It's nice to have a long, unhurried breakfast with hubby once in a while.

Happy 2nd Birthday Ashley!

It was Ashley's 2nd birthday party last Sunday. It was held at OLP function room. Close family and friends came over to attend the festivities. It was a fun and happy afternoon for the kids and adults alike :-)

We had the usual birthday staples like spaghetti and cake. We also had some grown-up food like rast pork, grilled liempo, puto from my cousins, fruit salad, ice cream and I made some brownies.

Here's our family picture:



Seems only yesterday when I saw her for the first time, she was so little. Now, look at her, two years old already! Where did the time go?

Hubby's Birthday Dinner

Hubby just turned another year old :-) He's none too happy about it but he took me to dinner to celebrate nonetheless.

Hubby chose to dine at The Powerplant at Rockwell, a posh mall that was formerly, yeah you guessed it, a power plant. What was once a wasteland is now a lush and uber sosy compound. We rarely go here since it's a bit out of the way from where we work and from our way home.

I've been meaning to try Pepper Lunch. A Japanese-style steakhouse cum teppanyaki place. I've heard that they have a branch in Singapore but I didn't see it when I travelled there last month.

Anyway, the restaurant is semi-fast food style. It's not cheap so be prepared to shell out a minimum of one thousand bucks when you go there. More if you want to have dessert as well.

The concept is pretty simple. You order the meat of your choice. It comes to you raw on a hot sizzling plate, the sides are wrapped in paper to prevent any splatters as you cook. There's a glob of secret butter sauce on top of your meat and you must mix everything well as soon as it is served to you to make the flavors "melt" together.

I must admit, the meat was pretty damn delicious. Hubby was extremely happy with his order as well. I had the Hitokuchi Cut Steak (P345). Hubby had the Tokusen Rib Eye Steak (P660). We finished every single morsel :-)





Their salads are placed on a frappuccino cup and you have shake shake shake to distribute the dressing all over the salad. Nice idea but the salad itself doesn't get tossed very well. I ordered the Seaweed Salad (P99). I'll skip the salad next time.



Hubby would defenitely want to come back here for the steaks.

For dessert, hubby had a gelato from another restaurant. His flavors? Coffee and bubble gum in a single cup. Eeeewwwwww.





Ok, it was his birthday..let him be gross.

Happy Birthday!

It's hubby's birthday today!



Happy birthday, hubby! Love you!

Family Fun at OLP

Yesterday was a blast. The family spent the whole afternoon at my mom's place. We had tons of food, as usual. Sorry, no pictures :-) I was too busy eating and talking. We did manage to take some photos though.