Ponggo & I noticed that if I posted a photo of macarons on Instagram (instagram.com/googlygooeys) and I would put #macarons & #food on it, it gets a lot of likes more than most of the posts!  Sadly, it gets more likes than the projects that I’ve painstakingly worked on with some clients or photos of neatly arranged things while making a mess out of our tiny living room in the process. Haha.

One of the things that Ponggo hates about me is how I make a grand effort in counting the calories I take and cutting my general intake just so that I can have space for chocolates.  One minute, you’ll hear me complaining as to how much weight I’ve gained  (5 stages of dieting) and the next, you’ll see me hurriedly munching some dark chocolates, a macaron or two, a panna cotta or anything sweet!

I know, it’s uber counter-productive but it’s fun in a twisted way!   (Yes, uber is my new old favorite word!) I just wish that pretty food actually made us really pretty or that dips would actually neutralize the fats in our chips (Fact of the Day cartoon).  I actually wonder when the day will come when salads, leafy greens and veggies in general (nope, not those pretentious ones floating in lots of oil) will get everyone double tapping on their phones and saying, “Oh my gosh! I’m oh-so-craving for vegetables! Take me there!”

More posts about food:
Start Your Day Right With Breakfast!
Five Good Things About Breakfast
You Know You’re a Bad Cook When…
Of Mint & Toothpaste
Zero Calories
Calorie Counting
Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs & Chocolates

 

 

 

 

We were crazy busy during the past month.  Only now do we feel like real humans, interacting with actual humans—a.k.a. our relatives and friends.   For a while there we were doing a bit of camping at home working on weeknights and weekends until the wee hours of the morning! In between this insane schedule, I brought out that yummy ramen bait so that they would both say yes to drop by Makati for the night.  I sneakily included a supposed “quick trip” to Art in the Park.  I so wanted to go to this event last year but the most I could walk then was just a few meters.  Here are a few photos from that night:

Notebooks by Valerie Chua

If you stumbled upon Valerie’s blog before, you’ll find her mentioning that her favorite color is beige.  Upon reading this, I wanted to faint.  It’s probably the color that’s hardest to manage (for me at least) with watercolor.  Add a drop of water and the color will easily change.  Wash your brush and return it to your pallet and the color will change again.  Anyway, I ended up buying a set of postcards & a notebook for my sister I also signed up for her April workshop

Aleyn Comprendio’s Postcards

I always loved Aleyn’s pictures and as I’ve said before, I would love to live in them! I’m still amused at how her Tips on Analog Photography kind of apply to life in general!  I like her choice of songs too and I’m guilty of listening to her 8tracks playlists all the time!

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