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Mom Violy and Carmina’s dining experience at Dean & DeLuca

  Mom Violy told me she wanted to order the Paella Negra from Dean & Deluca. Carmina suggested we dine in since we’d never really tried their main courses, always just getting takeout with the cream puffs . Mom Violy agreed, and we arrived about thirty minutes before the lunch rush began. The service was very slow, even though we had ordered ahead of time. They mistakenly brought out the Paella Valenciana , despite Mom Violy repeating the order three times to the person who took it. It turned out the cook on duty made the error, even though it was written down clearly. We know Paella Negra takes a long time to prepare, which is why Mom Violy had requested it to be cooked beforehand. She wanted it as her main meal, but because of the mix-up and feeling hungry, she took a piece of Carmina’s Turkey Club Sandwich and asked for the bacon on the side. I didn’t expect the turkey to be just one piece, and the bread was toasted so hard that it removed one layer of the sandwich. Since ...

Sleeping Pattern


A week ago I have been having a hard time sleeping and I notice my pattern of my sleeping changing I would sleep at 2:00 AM wake up after one hour sleep or two end up turning on my internet and see who was online to chat with my California friends back home.

I felt someone was thinking of me because I seemed to be restless and my eyes we’re tired but for some reason I couldn’t shut my eyes to sleep.

There is a saying here in the Philippines when you have a child and they will be separated from you they ask you not to think of them.

I remembered a long time ago my in-law had visited a relative who had a baby living aboard. The baby couldn’t sleep on its sleeping pattern because someone was thinking of him and it had affected the baby. The baby kept crying and no matter if you’ve given them their milk or change their diaper nothing seems to help them.

The parent had to call up their in-law to stop thinking of the baby and all a sudden after that calls the baby was able to sleep normal all over again.

You are an adult you don’t know who is thinking of you not making you sleep.

After talking to my friends they are also having the same problem their sleeping pattern has changed because their life style has changed and no matter you make yourself active in your home you still can’t find a way to put yourself to sleep.

Sometimes it is just in our minds that make us feel this way and when we feel we have nothing to do the next day we end up delaying our sleeping pattern it changes our life and the time we eat our meals.

I am not sure if anyone is like me I no longer have the appetite like how you normally eat just that the time pattern of your meals have changed but as well your diet as changed as well.

You no longer feel you want to eat you crave for food but when it arrives you don’t feel like eating it at all.

I have friends showing me what meals they eat every time we talk every day sometimes you see their food looks better than yours and you feel like you wish you can enter their home just like magic.



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