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When Mom Violy spotted Crisostomo’s handwritten menu, something in her chest lit up: home-style lumpia, sinigang steaming in clay pots—could this be the comfort food she’d been missing?

Carmina informed Mom Violy that she would visit her home on Saturday, November 8, 2025. She asked if Mom Violy wanted to go out for lunch and mentioned needing to do some grocery shopping due to an upcoming big storm. Mom Violy suggested trying Crisostomo, a Filipino restaurant inside Robinsons Magnolia. Carmina forwarded the menu for her to choose what she wanted to eat, while Carmina already knew her order. I chose pork barbeque served in a set of three pieces with a vinegar dipping sauce. I skipped rice and opted for lumpiang hubad, fresh lumpia without a wrapper, topped with peanut sauce.  Mom Violy initially craved the classic Pinoy paella, but when it wasn’t available, she decided on sinigang na baboy with an extra serving of rice. A family member chose sisig with garlic rice. Carmina enjoyed her meal with Mom Violy and particularly liked the  lumpiang hubad , though she kept wondering why it had no wrapper. I explained that it’s called "naked" because it’s served witho...

Sleeping

Every day it is the same routine just to stay home and now we sleep late hours and find out we have slept more than usual eight hours and exceeding to ten and you end up having a bad headache of too much sleep. I am the one who is also experiencing that and waking up with a sore throat as my friends have message me before saying they have a bad cold and we live far away from them it seems silly to think you have caught it from them. As people are getting stress over the issue of the COVID-19 we tend to sick ourselves as we wake up the next day. Or when people are use to going outside but cannot step foot because there are police patrol outside your home you get stress over something else. As you hear from your friends who we're sick and now feeling much better than find themselves less online and they have continued their regular routine in which you are not sure what they have been up too. As you are trying to get yourself well rested you just continue your day how you ...

Kanin Club Filipino Restaurant in the Philippines

This is my sister's best friend both we're visiting the Philippines at the same time they love eating Filipino dishes and found this restaurant for us to try at the Kanin Club located in Alabang Fresh Lumpia Kare Kare Fried Chicken  Laing Diniguan Munch Punch: http://www.munchpunch.com/kanin-club/

Stranded in Doha on July 15, 2016

This is when Mom Violy and Carmina got stranded and had to sleep over night at Doha coming from our Amsterdam trip and we didn't reach our connecting flight due to our Qatar airlines being delayed traveling to our stop over. The best part I had extra change of clothing, and we're told we can only limit ourselves in our clothing that is why I always bring extra change of clothing in my hand carry because you never know what emergency you will expect on you Qatar Airlines provide us a hotel and meals voucher during our stay.  New friends I met during the same situation as us. After our experience we learn not to get a connecting flight and always stuck to a direct flight with our bad experience can never forget. NOT SPONSORED. Subscribe @ Carmina Lifestyle YouTube Channel  a place to look, discover and share. Th...