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role model for kittens? nah!

dado, posing and posing on the table. after that she slept a lot! haha! tired of posing yet??

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clone-boo!

clone in our kitchen. she was running around playing with her sister and torturing their mom!

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Clean-up!

Didi and Bebe are cleaning themselves, while Whitey’s drinking milk.

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Give Me 5

“Give me five.” said Clone.

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Clone – scared?

In this picture, I think Clone is scared of the flash of the camera. What do you think, is she scared?

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Pandan leaves

It’s aroma is indescribable–sweet and nutty, pleasant and soothing. Add a leaf to rice while cooking and the term “plain white rice” loses its meaning. My father-in-law used to grow pandan in a pot in the garden in front of their house. When cooking rice, he would cut off a leaf and put it in. ... (more)

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Milk and cheese from UPLB's DTRI

UPLB is the University of the Philippines at Los Baños where the state university’s agricultural courses are offered. DTRI is the Dairy Training and Research Institute. No trip to UPLB is complete without a visit to DTRI for its fresh milk, kesong puti (white cheese) and ice cream. This is a (combined) repost of a ... (more)

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kitten forever-whitey-yawn

He’s Whitey. he looks exactly like his mother (bebe). he did’nt grow like the others. he’s sooo small! He’s mommys favorite cat. too bad he’s already gone. P.S. mommy almost cried when she found, whitey dead. mommy cried when she found whitey, dead. (miracle? tsss!)

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Pasta a la panikera

pasta and bacon, served with toasted day-old breadI don’t use commercial pasta sauce. I like making my pasta sauce from scratch. There are times though when it’s tempting to just stack up on jars of pasta sauce. They seem so convenient. Earlier today, I was in such a rush to cook lunch and I thought, “If I had a jar of pasta sauce, all I would have to do is cook the pasta and pour the sauce over it.” It would be going against the grain, so to speak, since I like fresh ingredients in my pasta sauce. Anyway, it was a fleeting thought. I do get weird thoughts when I’m in “panic mode”. I managed to cook a complete pasta meal from scratch in less than 30 minutes and the result reaffirmed my belief that commercial sauce will never ever replace homemade sauce…

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First Cat

That’s Mui-mui. She’s our first cat, but she died a few years ago.