What a quote!

My VT came this morning.  I was strucked by this quote by Elder Robert S. Wood of the Seventy:  “For too many, responsibility seems to end with hand-wringing and exclamstions of dismay.  Yet talk without action accomplishes little.  We need to be vigorously engaged in the world.  If our schools are inadequate or destructive of [...]

Escabeche

We had a fun Saturday today! Paul and Audrey made candy sushi, while I got to try a recipe from a booklet of Filipino Favorites by Norma Olizon-Chikiamco. Paul and Audrey loved it. The boys weren’t too fond of the red snapper! Too bad for them!
Here’s the recipe. [...]

Monday

Phew! The day is over. It was teachers’ work day today! I thought it was going to be an easy day with nothing much to do.  But nope, it wasn’t!  I began my day, by going to the Grocery store to buy Andrew’s list of items, he needed to make [...]

Reconnecting with Friends

Two weeks ago, I got the chance to travel far to see my high school batchmates in the Philippines.  It was fun to see and visit with people I knew from several years ago.  Some of them were also my schoolmates in elementary.  It was interesting to catch up with them and see where many [...]