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Want to restore a 40-year-old decoration to its former glory? Try these simple, safe cleaning tricks that won’t damage the finish.

Have you ever seen a decoration your parents kept, carrying it with them from another country or a previous marriage? Carmina realized that parents often hold onto items they've purchased in the past. While browsing Greenhill's shopping center, she stepped into  Mystic Gems by Bensani and saw so many nostalgic items that reminded her of growing up.  I pointed out to Mom Violy that she had a similar crystal tree decoration at home. She said it was forty years old and already dirty. The saleslady explained it could be cleaned easily with soap and water. Carmina decided to take Mom Violy home and bring the crystal tree decoration with her. Mom Violy questioned why she was taking it, and I said I would clean it and return it.  I noticed Mom Violy had placed planting seeds inside the decoration, for reasons I didn’t understand. Before cleaning it, I checked online to see what was needed, knowing its value. I placed a towel underneath, prepared a plastic container with dishwas...

How do you eat your pandesal?

 


In the Philippines we eat pandesal for breakfast, merienda, lunch and dinner. We can add anything inside to make it into a main meal or a dessert but no matter how we eat it we have something that fills up our stomach.

Sometimes we have the following ingredients inside our bread:

  1. Corn beef
  2. Eden cheese
  3. Salted Egg
  4. Coconut Jam
  5. Liverwurst
  6. Hot dog
  7. Mayo
  8. Scramble egg
  9. Peanut butter
  10. Sardines
  11. Butter
  12. Chicken spread
  13. Egg spread
  14. Ham
  15. Spanish sardines in a bottle with olive oil
  16. Ice cream
Some people just soak their pandesal inside the coffee 

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