How does everything work or how does the student begin? First of all they will start to build up their resume and make a video of themselves. Your child is selling themselves by letting the companies know what they are capable of doing based on what field of career they are into. How do you start to prepare for it? Requirements : Get a haircut to look presentable ID Requirement: Take a 1x1 and 2x2 ID Picture Have a hard copy and soft copy in a USB Men – Suit, dress shirt with tie Women – Suit and dress shirt Make your own resume and attach a 2x2 picture. For example you are into animation they will ask you to draw and make a book if the company likes your work they will find you a spot in that company. Before they can do that your child will go into a database of the school add their resume, video of themselves and projects to turn in those thirteen companies will pick among the students which they feel is qualified to work for them. Th...

Filipino also loves eating greenly leafy vegetables like anyone else only differences they are not into salad like some other people. They would rather have their vegetables cooked up with other fishes floating in their soup. This is a popular dish the workers like to eat at home. It may be simple to them, but they call it really food for them. Filipino Mixed Vegetable Recipe: 1 /2 – Squash (peel and cut in cubes) 2 – Stalk of String beans (cut 1 inch) 1 – Tomato 3 – Pieces Smoke Tinapa Fish (shred and leave out bones, head and tail) 1 – Onion (chopped) 1 – Tbs Garlic (minced) Fish Sauce (based on your taste) You can add other vegetables in this dish to play by ear. Cooking Instructions : Step 1 : Sautee garlic and onion with little amount of cooking oil Add tomato Add water Add squash and string beans Add Tinapa Fish Add Fish Sauce Highlight : This dish you can add ve getables for example eggplant, okra, malunggay leaves. You can use a dif...

Filipino chicken or pork tocino is one of the breakfasts served at home. We often eat this with garlic fried rice with sunny side up egg and sliced tomato. Some people buy readymade tocino at the grocery store or make it on their own. Filipino Chicken or Pork Tocino Recipe Ingredients : 1 -Kilo Chicken Boneless chicken (sliced to 1/4 inch thick)  1 - Kilo Pork Butt (sliced to 1/4 inch thick) 1 Cup Brown Sugar 1 Small can Del Monte Pineapple Juice Banana Ketchup (Food Coloring) 1 Tbs Salt 1 Tbs Garlic (minced) Anise wine Step 1 : Combine all ingredients together let it marinate over night Frying Instructions : 1.     Add little amount of cooking oil add tocino on the pan fry until brown and cook both side Tip : It is best to add water in frying pan once all tocino is cooked. It is easier to clean the pan you will notice the pan is a bit sticky with its sugar based on the sauce. NOT SPONSORED. Subscribe @ Carmina Lifesty...

Rash guard is the trend in the Philippines to wear when they go swimming. Filipino don’t want to get darker they prefer to be light skin. This is why you see more people wearing rash guard when they are swimming. Where do you purchase rash guard ? Rash guard can be bought in the department store and you see a lot in the market when it comes to the month of February when summer vacation begins. Rash guards can also be bought online. Rash guard is worn for all ages from children to adults. They come in character, design or different colors all depends what you want to wear. Based on the sizing most items are Asian size it is best to try them on or inquire on their measurements. For example I am a size Medium in US, but I am a size XL or 2 XL based on the size difference when most clothing are coming from another country. Their product is low quality not like in other countries and the prices are inexpensive so it explains why the fabric is the way it is. Baby an...

In our home we serve Filipino menudo every other week for our family and employees in the house. If, you are a meat lover this dish is for you and I will give you a secret ingredient that are cook adds to this dish. Filipino Menudo Recipe Ingredients : 1 Kilo Kasim (part of the pig) cut in 1/2 cubes 1 Kilo Pork Liver 2 - Pieces Potatoes (peel and chopped into cubes 2 - Pieces Carrots (peel and chopped into cubes 4 - Red Bell Pepper (cut into strips) 1 - Large Del Monte Tomato Sauce 2 - Tbsp. Eden Cheese  1 - Onion (chopped) 4 - Cloves of Garlic (mined) Knorr Pork cubes  Potato and Carrot Step 1 : Sauté garlic and onion with little amount of cooking oil Add pork cubes Add meat and liver Add tomato sauce Add potatoes and carrots Wait till meat and vegetables are fully cook Add shredded Eden cheese Tip : Secret Ingredient : Why do you we add cheese to the menudo? It adds more flavoring and makes it thicker on the texture of the sauce....

Summer is almost coming in the Philippines and better start preparing our home for the coming heat.  How do we prepare our home for the coming month of March when it starts getting really hot? In our home we always have home service cleaning on our air conditioner in each room. How many times are you required to have your air conditioner cleaned? Every six months your air conditioner has service for cleaning. How much does it cost to have home service cleaning for your air conditioner? Rates on air conditioner cleaning depend on the size start from: PHP 500.00 ($10.00) PHP 750.00 ($15.00) PHP 1000.00 ($20.00) PHP 1,500.00 ($30.00) How long does each air conditioner to have its cleaning? It takes one hour per air conditioner to have its cleaning in your home. Prices are subject to change all depends who you plan to hire for your service on your air conditioner.

My son is lactose intolerance and he can’t eat too many dairy products he prefers to eat this when he has school during the week. I had played with this recipe to remove the milk and butter from my Bacon Carbonara Recipe to see what the taste would be. The outcome it is less milky and the chicken broth adds the flavor to the pasta. It is a lighter version. Lactose Intolerance Bacon and Spinach Carbonara Recipe: Ingredients : 1-Kilo Bacon (fry and cut into small pieces) – any meat 2- Nestle Cream (small boxes) 2- Cup Water 2- Knorr chicken cubes (any flavor) 2 – Boxes 500 grams of pasta noodle of your choice 1 - Cup Fresh Spinach  Step 1 : Cook the pasta by following instructions on the box Strain and transfer back in the pot Set aside Step 2 : Fry bacon without any oil on a non stick frying pan Bacon will make it's own oil from the fat Strain and cut into small pieces by using kitchen scissors Add to the pasta  Step 3 : In a s...

No Bake Stuffed Cannelloni with Spinach and Broccoli Recipe : Ingredients : 1 - Ricotta Parmesan Cheese Fresh Spinach (use only leaves no stem) Fresh Broccoli (use only heads no stems) 1/2 Kilo - Ground Meat (any kind) 2 - Cloves of Garlic (mined) 1 - Small Onion (chopped) Salt Black Pepper Food Processor or Blender Piping bag Red Sauce Recipe : Ingredients : 2- Bottles Barillo Basilico 100% Italian Tomato 1 - Bottle Tomato & Mascarpone Pasta Sauce   Step 1 : Cook the ground meat with little amount of water Strain and add little amount of cooking oil Add onion, garlic and ground meat Add one bottle of Barilla Basilico 2 Tbs - Tomato & Mascarpone Pasta Sauce Season with salt and black pepper Set aside in a big bowl Step 2 : Remove all steams from broccoli and spinach Place in a separate bowl Step 3 : Steam both broccoli half cook in separate pot Strain Step 4: Place broccoli in food processor or blend...

The difficult task in my life is trying to wake someone up every morning of the week when the person doesn’t seem to want to wake up. When I use to live in the States I had changed the entire clock that was in our home one hour advance. I also change their watch and the clock in their car. I had to figure ahead of time how to make this person wake up on time when they needed to go to school or work. I remember when the person finally woke up I had to pretend the time was correct. They never found out when they went to work and their boss was surprised why he/she was at work early. The person found out the clock was one hour ahead of time. I had to adjust the clock again to another thirty minutes ahead. I can’t figure this out you know you need to be responsible for your time. When you get older you need to set your own responsibilities and priorities in your life. You can’t depend on someone to wake you up every time. I was always taught in school when I grew...

I use to drink soda, but not anymore. I had limited my soda intake and concentrated in trying other drinks to be healthier and give a bit of spice in my life. My goal was to try different makers that sold Kombucha in my area. I found out Kombucha is not sold in the grocery store like when I had visit the States last year.  I did more research and found out I can purchase them online. I have been trying other brands from when I left California last June 2019. I would like to share with you I have discovered and based on what they products are compared to your country. I was able to purchase Rev Live Kombucha sold in Shopee they make it locally in Sikatuna Village,  Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines.   Rev Live Kombucha flavor comes in original, blueberry, goji berries and cranberry flavor Each bottle are sold for PHP 90.00 ($1.80) for 300 ml. Shopee: Cheesecake35 This is made locally in San Pedro, Laguna, Philippines Kombucha Sp...

Sometimes in life you need to spend time with your parents to have a date to make them feel special. Be patient to teach your mom how to post a picture in her Facebook as you’ve taught her too many times and for some reason every time you see her she can’t seem to remember. You slowly teach her how to do it step by step until she finally reaches to understanding everything. You spend the day to complete her to do list that has been written in a piece of paper. Today my mom wanted to eat Japanese at Omakase Restaurant located in Greenhills Shopping Mall. She thought she can order the same bento box she usually orders. This is the previous bento box from last year: Bento Box from last year you can have grilled salmon with steak in your meal. They had made a lot of changes in their menu and their menu is also new. In every bento box dessert is include chose of green tea or vanilla ice cream. Bento box only has one single main dish...

In every corner in Greenhills Shopping Mall there are so many milk tea branches selling milk tea. Alishan at the Alley was just recently open in Greenhills Shopping Mall located Ground Floor O Square 2 Greenhills. It was produced fromTaiwan. You may find more about it on their Facebook  https://www.facebook.com/AlishanatTheAlley/ This time I decided to try purple yam from Alishan at the taste is really yummy and can try bits and pieces of the purple yam that comes with custard pudding and boba pearl in milk tea. Menu   Note : Drinking too milk tea is not healthy for you although it is alright to drink it once in a while just not everyday.

When we come home from work, school from the outside we always change into our pambahay clothes. Pambahay means clothes to be worn inside the house if you have visited the Philippines you will notice most female are wearing duster that look like this: Men are wearing muscle shirt or sando with shorts since the weather is hot they tend to wear these type of clothing. The most common is white sando worn most of the time. They also wear this type of clothing when they go to sleep. They call it pantulog (sleep). Most female don’t wear duster when they sleep sometime you will see them wearing pajama if they have air conditioner in their room. Some wear long t-shirt type of duster when they sleep.

Once every two weeks we eat Filipino chicken curry cooked at home by our cook. Tonight was the night we had eaten this dish and I was able to ask our cook for the recipe: Filipino Chicken Curry Recipe : Ingredients : 3/4 Kg - Chicken (any part) 1/2 - Onion (chopped) 1 - Tsp Garlic (mined) 2 Cups - Pure Gata (coconut milk) 1 - Small Bell Pepper (diced) 1 - Carrot - (cubed) 1 - Large Potato (cubed) Curry Note : Curry powder is salty just use little amount of the following : Patis - Depend on your taste Chicken broth cube - Depend on your taste Step 1 : Saute onion and garlic in a little amount of cooking oil Tip : Too much cooking oil adds fats when you add the gata (coconut milk) Add chicken and gata Simmer and wait till the gata has thicken Add potato, carrot, bell pepper Add patis and chicken broth cube to your taste Cook for 10 to 15 minutes NOT SPONSORED. Subscribe @ Carmina Lifestyle YouTube Channel  a place to look, discover and...

Coupon on the Sunday newspaper was so popular when I was growing up in California. We would run out in the driveway to get our newspaper and check out all the coupons we can use on an upcoming sale. We would cut up the ones we needed and discard the ones in the recycling bin. After many years has passed cutting coupons in the Sunday paper was no longer the trend people would receive coupon through email from promotion in certain stores we had subscribed from. Years later everything became paperless and when you enter a grocery store they would give you a print out on a coupon of certain product you have recently purchased. You would become a member of the Entertainment Coupon Book that comes with lots of coupons in restaurant, hotel, car service and etc. Now our coupons comes from our phone that you can just get by giving out your phone number and register it at the store. Sometimes the store requires a card to become a member to get a discount from the store...

Feeling over whelmed from medical expenses and planning to visit the Philippines because your Medicare doesn’t cover some general check up from your new employer. No matter what the reason there are a lot of people having their general check up from different hospital and it is great when you have family or relatives who have connections inside and they know which doctor they can recommend to treat you in what you need to be check up on. I live with people who are doctors of some sort and I also have relatives who are also having access because they work in different hospitals. We need something and we feel there is something wrong with us they can refer us to someone to see in what type of illness we have. Everyone goes to the basic with the general check up and having their labortory work done to see what kind of health they are in. Some people just want to make sure before they travel away from home that their illness is alright because to prevent something happen...