Meryl Streep and Country Living

Watched It's Complicated last night. This past weeks, I had 3 Meryl Streep movies: Death Becomes Her, Julie and Julia and It's Complicated. I watched The Devil Wears Prada 5 times and Mama Mia was like a fever, The Winner Takes It All became a theme song for awhile.



I'm starting to get fond of Meryl, I think.

Anyway, the movie was cool, funny and Meryl's character is sooo adorable. I LOVEEE Jane's house, kitchen, garden and pastry business.



I'm a big fan of country design. There is a nostalgic feel to rustic furnitures, pastel colors, wood and fresh flowers that seem to be very comforting.








One day, I will have a nice kitchen, a vegetable garden and a pastry shop like Jane. If I did not become a graphic designer, I would have been a baker. But it's never too late to have a baking career :)

I found some other blogs with really nice country style interiors. Check this:

and this

Also check Remodilista.com where I got the images of Jane's kitchen above.

Dinner with myself

I learned this recipe from my mom some 18 years ago. We don't know it's official name. We just describe it as beef in Kamote flour. I call it Beef Fritters:

Ingredients
1/4 kilo beef steak
1 pack camote flour (you can find this in the flour section of the grocery store)
1 beaten egg
3 large garlic cloves (crushed and chopped finely)
1 teaspoon crushed peppercorn
1/2 tablespoon refined salt
pinch of MSG or other seasoning granule (I'm a cheat, these new seasoning mixes can really enhance the flavor)

How to do it
Slice beef steak in strips
Add in the garlic, salt, seasonings and pepper corn

Pour some amount of Kamote flour in a plate

Pour the beaten egg into the seasoned beef strips

Roll each beef strip on the Kamote flour, make sure each beef strip is coated with flour

Fry until each side is off-white. A brownish fritter is overcoked

Tada!!! Serve with vinegar sauce or best with"Suka Pinakurat"

Though, I overcooked some batch of these fritters because I was busy shooting and trying different angles (I really suck at food photography and using the flash). If anyone knows this recipe's official name or a similar recipe, please let me know.

Oh, I'm enjoying this cooking thing :)

This blog is still alive

I almost forgot how to access this blog. Despite desperate attempts to blog interesting topics, lethargy had been so overwhelming. Working at home and deprived of the social life, I began to get drowned in misery. It's been some months, a lot of things happened which were worth blogging. I will try recalling them but for now I need to reach out again.

Peculiar Animals

Japan is quite blessed with lucky charms. Two years ago, people adored and clamoured over a chihuahua puppy born with a heart-shape pattern on its fur. He was named Heart-kun by his breeder.

Now, he has a baby brother with a similar heart patch! The younger valentine puppy is named Love-kun.

This kitten is also from Japan. Though she looks sad and confused most of the time, she's actually cheerful and has a high self-esteem.

And she finds a match in Panda

Most animals are born with siblings. Some are having a twin stuck in their tiny bodies.

(click images for more siamese animals)

This one is a Black Vulture ironically, it's white

And who would forget the elegant pink dolphin in the lake of Louisiana? Gorge of the gorge!

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I want this Rolltop!

Perfect for people who moves a lot, like me. Such a creative idea from Orkin Design. I am amazed! Can this be the future generation of portable computer?

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The Art of Lucille Umali

Her unfathomable imagination and her vivid visuals of passion, Lucille Umali portrays the phantoms of pain and bliss. The vehement rapture of her strokes and colors summons mirage and truth, surreal and real, lifeblood and death. Her first solo art exhibit, SORE/EROS mirrors the tragedy and redemption of her love and pride.

(click image for details)

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Good Beautiful Morning!

when the sun wakes up

and your eyes first see the morning

the sweet smell of mist provoked your slumber

my heart will be born

to embrace you―

warmer than the sun

happier than the light

lighter than the wind.

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