Filed Under (Davao, Personal, Travel) by tere on 15-08-2010
If last week was straight all OT work for hubby because his boss went on leave, at least this week, he is free the whole day unless he spends it sleeping! I look forward to this week because of the week long Kadayawan festivities in the city starting tomorrow until Sunday. Not much activities to go to though but at least I look forward to hunting for fruits! Name it – durian, lanzones, mangosteen, pomelo. These fruits are abundant around the city and they are so affordable these days. You just have to know where to find the cheapest yet delicious in taste fruits. Take note too that the Kadayawan Festival is an annual celebration featuring the durian in Davao City.
We have been buying and eating durian once in awhile from our suki along Torres Street, Davao City. It’s around P40 per kilo. We found out that they also have another “branch” LOL! And it is nearer our place just about 3 minutes away. Plus they introduced us to kanyaw (I am not sure of the spelling) variety said to be from Malaysia and which will be their entry to a contest on durian variety perhaps in the city. I googled for the spelling and found this “Kanyaw durian, Thailand’s best variety, is a light bearer with a thick fleshed, tasty fruit having less of the objectionable odor.” So it’s from Thailand not Malaysia as they told us.
I love this Kanyaw durian variety because it isn’t bitter and it’s delicious. It has more flesh than the native kind. This is good for those tourists in the city who wants to taste durian but doesn’t want the bitter ones. It doesn’t smell so much at all I noticed. But as the local people would believe, the bitter the taste the more delicious and better it is. I believe so and which makes me miss the native durian. But as I said this new variety which we just tasted and discovered recently is a good alternative when choosing the variety.
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Since we are blessed with a lot of fruits here in the region, we make the most out of it and try to enjoy this fresh sun ripe mango juice from Coco’s South Bistro. We choose this fresh fruit juice over canned fruit juices when we order in most restos that we get a chance to dine in. The lil boy loves mango juice most too though with this one he did not consume all so hubby finished it up for him. This is one refreshing drink to have to cool down the heat with during the hot summer season here.
Filed Under (Davao, Sepia Scenes) by tere on 01-04-2010
Tree in the midst of the other trees in the park for the people of our city…
This shot (now in SEPIA) was taken during our walk through the park in the heart of the city one afternoon while spending some bonding time with my boys. I would love to go back here often and do my walking exercise during late afternoons when it is not that hot anymore especially since it is summer time here. I wanna make use of the pedometer recommended by my HS classmate walking around here. Not too crowded.
Have a meaningful and peaceful Holy Thursday everyone!
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Let you kids ages 5 to 10 years old attend this Little Chef’s Summer Cooking and Baking Workshop for Kids. It will be a fun, learning experience for your child this summer. If my lil boy is only two years older now, I am interested in letting him join this cooking and baking workshop. This is one creative way for kids to spend their summer productively.
I have seen some during previous bazaars we have visited where there are kids being taught to decorate their own cupcakes and other things like that. I just wonder if my lil boy would be interested in cooking and baking or in eating instead of learning. LOL! Maybe I can cook and bake then he eats and judges my finished product. It’s be a fun experience!
Who knows this may be a start to you lil one on his journey in being a chef? They may be able to make business out of this later on in life especially the moms too.
The lights are out as well as the electricity that started exactly at two this afternoon. Hubby had told me earlier this morning that there will be a power outage scheduled from 1PM to 5PM today.
This rotating brownout in the city as I have said before is somehow our Earth Hour twice a day observance. Yes it is a sacrifice but it somehow a blessing in disguise as it gives us time to focus on other things which people may be taking for granted everyday. I am not only talking about mother earth but I am also talking about the little things that we could do if we stay away from our life “online” if you know what I mean. Read the rest of this entry »
