Being an alien where ever you travel the reason I say this when you travel and you look different from someone else from the way you look, talk and dress people identify as you being different from them. No matter if you don't mean well to attract people from both gender it just happens because to you look different from them no matter what nationality they may be who lives in that country to them you are a new face a person that make you who you are from being different to them. No matter if you don't try these people become magnets from you from the appearance that they don't see normally becomes new to you what happens when you are in a public area and whomever you have a relationship develops insecurities from people checking out your friends or partner. Other people get affected by their relationship strangers who you don't know sorry I don't mean it being so different from you and they way I look you cannot not compare ourselves because everyone has their own ...

Ever since I found out what dinuguan was made of I never ate it again when I was a child it use to be my favorite dish when I was a little kid. One day my mom and I went to the grocery store in California where I grew up, she had shopped at Magat an Asian Grocery Store in Union City and my mom decided to buy the ingredients of the dinuguan. My mom began cooking the dinuguan in the kitchen as I was watching her cook the dish, I saw my mom pour something that look like blood. I questioned my mom what was that she was pouring, and she said it was pork blood.  Ever since I saw the pork blood, she had poured into the dish I had told my mom you are a vampire and ever since that moment I never went back to eat it until I grew older. During the time I had celebrated my birthday, and I had friends come over at my house my mom would cook dinuguan as one of the main dishes and during that time we had called it chocolate meat. My friend loves my mom's cooking and ask me what it was m...

You have leftover bread that is about to expire why not make it into homemade French toast this way you're not wasting any food. You have an option to add fruits for your topping for example Carmina used ripe banana on her French Toast. Some people use honey rather using maple syrup which ever works for you is fine. Homemade French Toast Recipe Ingredients: 4 - Eggs 1 Tsp - Vanilla Extract 1 Tbsp - Maple Flavored Syrup 1/4 Cup - Milk Butter Cinnamon Powder  Preparing Homemade French Toast In a bowl you will combine beaten egg with milk, vanilla extract and cinnamon mix well and place slices of bread until it is well coated. Cooking Instructions: In a frying pan small amount of butter place slices of French toast cook both sides ready to serve by adding any type of fruits for your topping and maple syrup on how much you would like to add. NOTE: Carmina is not selling or advertising ingredients to make French Toast in your home. Subscribe & follow @ Carmina Lifestyle  a...

Cassava Dessert Recipe Ingredients: 1 1/2 Package - Cassava 1/4 Cup - Sugar 1 - Condensed Milk 1 - Evaporated Milk 1 - Coconut Milk 1/4 Stick - Butter (melted) 1 Tsp - Lemon Extract 4 - Eggs Preheat Oven 350 Preparating Cassava Combine cassava, sugar, condensed milk, evaporated milk. coconut milk, melted butter, egg and lemon extract mix together. Bake Pour in flat casserole dish bake for at 350 for 50 to 1 hour.

When I was a kid my mom had always made this dessert when she love having friends over to eat at our home. My mom loved to cook and I remember she had girl friends come over and they would eat and run as my dad would come home from work.  You can say our house was like a restaurant only difference there is no tip other than food given by her friends that came over and washed their own dishes as they leave our home. Almond Jello with Lychees Dessert Recipe Ingredients: 4 Packs - Knox Gelatin 2 - Cups Milk 2 Tsp - Almond Extract 1 - Cup - Lychees (peel, remove seed and slice) 3 - Cups - Sugar 1/2 Cup - Water Optional: You can use canned lychees just drain the syrup found in the Asian Grocery Store. Cooking Instructions: In a pot with boil water add Knox gelatin and melt it add milk, almond extract and sugar mix together add lychee place on flat casserole. Place in the refrigerator until harden ready to serve with shaved ice. NOT SPONSORED. Subscribe @ Carmina Lifestyle YouTube Channe...

Just like any household we also make soup that is also instant, but we add something different to make our soup look and taste different by adding quail egg added to our soup. Crab and Corn Soup with Quail Egg Recipe Ingredients: 1 - Crab and Corn Soup Packet 6 - Pieces Quail Egg  1 - Egg (beaten) Prepare Quail Egg: In a pot add water let the water boil add quail egg cook for 2 minutes remove quail egg place under cold water to remove the skin off on the quail egg set aside. Cooking Instructions: In a pot pour 4 cups of water and pour crab and corn soup let it dissolve inside and mix well place on stove top let it boil and continue to mix it until it is smooth add the beaten egg and quail egg cook for 5 minutes. NOT SPONSORED. Subscribe @ Carmina Lifestyle YouTube Channel  a place to look, discover and share. Thank you for your support.

Lychee is in season in the Philippines it can be eaten by itself or make into a juice or dessert from this fruit and the most common it is made as well into a smoothie or milk tea either way how you want to eat it is my favorite fruit. It comes with a branch when you buy it tied up together and when you open it the inside looks like this shown in the picture. Lychee is a sweet fruit and it is juicy as you open it with your hands but it doesn't last long because later the skin becomes hard, rough and start to turn slightly brown as you can see in this picture compare to the first one when it is red. My tip is you can open each one and place it in the fridge by removing its seeds you can also place in the freezer for long life when you plan to make a smoothie out of it in a Tupperware or Ziploc. Lychee is in season from the month of June and July.

The employee in the house love eating tomato with onion salad with their fried fish that is cooked by Manang V this way they can eat it with their rice to fill up their stomach. Easy Tomato Salad Recipe Ingredients: 2 Ripe Tomato (sliced quartered) 1 - Onion (chopped) 1 - Piece Calamansi (squeeze juice and remove seeds) 1/4 Cup - Soy Sauce Optional: Rather using soy sauce you can use bagoong to add to the salad of your choice. Upgrade Version: 1 - Salted Egg (sliced) 1 - Mango (cubes) NOT SPONSORED. Subscribe @ Carmina Lifestyle YouTube Channel  a place to look, discover and share. Thank you for your support.

Fried eggplant is easy to make and it is healthy way of living when you can eat this with fried fish and soak it with vinegar or other people dip this in alamang kamais, bagoong or soy sauce and eat it with rice. Everyone always find a way to eat this simple dish by adding it with what they have in their home when you crave for eggplant it can be cooked in so many ways. Fried Eggplant Recipe Ingredient: 3 Pieces Eggplant (remove top portion, slice in the center length wise and cut 2 inches) Cooking Oil Cooking Instructions: In a frying pan pour small amount of cooking oil when hot place eggplant cook both sides strain eggplant when fully cooked to remove excess oil or pat with paper towel on plate transfer to a new serving plate. Ready to eat with your fried fish and dipping sauce of your choice.

The simple kind of vegetable cooked in the Philippines is just steamed vegetable dip in bagoong or burong isda (fermented rice with fish) in which people like the taste but no matter how you eat this vegetable this is known the typical simple dish we see often when we feel like eating it with fried fish and using your hands eating rice from your plate or banana leaf. Steam Okra Recipe Ingredient: 8 - Pieces Okra (cut top and bottom) Steam Instructions: In a small pot boil water add okra and cook for 5 minutes place in serving plate and ready to eat. NOT SPONSORED. Subscribe @ Carmina Lifestyle YouTube Channel  a place to look, discover and share. Thank you for your support.

This is my favorite salad that my mom uses to make me when I was younger, she would match this with her chicken afritada and puchero or you can also eat this with fried fish the way I eat my vegetable. Eggplant Salad Recipe Ingredients: 3 - Pieces Eggplant  1 - Tomato (slice) 1 - Onion (slice) 3/4 Cup - Vinegar Salt to taste Black pepper to taste Preparing Eggplant Grill eggplant on stove top peel off skin while hot and mash with a fork place in a bowl combine tomato, onion, vinegar, salt and black pepper mix together. NOT SPONSORED. Subscribe @ Carmina Lifestyle YouTube Channel  a place to look, discover and share. Thank you.

Someone once told me when they see a beautiful or handsome person and they have no relationship with anyone they say it is too bad they have no love life. Your life is boring. When someone see you and they hear your still single they wonder why you are not dating someone or why you don’t have a boyfriend/girlfriend no matter what other see in you they never know what situation your life is or do they even know what your story is about for them to think the question why. Have you ever encountered someone asking you to match their son or daughter to someone you know so their children can get married to settle down? Sometimes our parents mean well but sometimes they don’t see some people prefer to stay single than being in a relationship or getting married. Sometimes other people have other goals they want to achieve before they do settle down or they haven’t met the right person for them that they share the same interest. Sometimes we hear from our parents they soon want to be ...

Molo is the tagalog word of wonton the Chinese way people say it. It has the same ingredients inside using a molo wrapper when making it homemade. In our home we use the same ingredients in what you make for your lumpia shanghai only difference it is wrapped inside a molo wrapper and the portion is less when you make it. Best to make it ahead of time and can be place in your freezer to store it once you feel like eating it you can bring it out to make your molo soup. Molo Soup Recipe Ingredients: 1 kilos Ground pork 1 tsp Salt ½   tbsp - All purpose flour 2 -  Egg (beaten) 1 Tsp -    Magic Sarap pack (optional) ½   tsp Ground Black Pepper 1 - Carrot (peel and grated thinly) 1 - Small onion - (chopped) 1 tsp - Garlic (minced) Molo Wrapper Package Wax Paper Flat Tupperware or zip lock 1 bowl with water (sealing) Plate Preparing Ingredients: Wash and soak ground pork of in a strainer Place in deep bowl Add Eggs All the other ingredients Mix together Making Molo: Pl...

Originally it is supposed to be afritada dalag (mud fish) but since Manang V doesn't have that fish in stock she decided to use talakitok in English is known as Trevally, Jack or Cavalla. This is cooked almost the same way as chicken apritada with fewer ingredients. Afritada Talakitok Recipe Ingredients: 1/2 - Potato (peel and slice) 2 - Pieces Tomato (slice) 1/2 - Bell pepper (remove seeds and slice) 1 - Clove Garlic (chopped) 1/2 - Onion (chopped) Patis (fish sauce) to taste 1/2 Cup - Water Cooking Instructions: In a pot pour small amount of cooking oil add garlic, onion and tomato sauté than add bell pepper, potato, water and talakitok season with patis cook for 20 minutes. Ready to serve in a serving plate. NOT SPONSORED. Subscribe @ Carmina Lifestyle YouTube Channel  a place to look, discover and share. Thank you for your support.

While you’re sleeping you had a dream of black butterfly in your terrace and you are standing outside of your home and not sure what the dream has a meaning to you than all a sudden your phone begins to ring and you decide to answer the phone call someone inform you some bad news during the conversation you are half asleep still listening to the person talking. As you are listening to the conversation and explaining the sad news that has happened to a friend you start to worry and knowing someone so innocent had been contacted by covid-19. In your mind you could have not imagine someone catching it so soon. After the conversation you become fully awake and you have this mood that you cannot seem to remove away no matter if you have eaten your breakfast and do house chorus you do on a daily routine. You than realize those black butterfly you saw in your dream was the person who just recently passed away. When you wake up in the morning affects us really bad when we hear sad news...

This is like the  Sotanghon Soup with Chicken Recipe that you can find in my photo album or just click on the name other than that there are more ingredients added in this soup to add flavor. You love eating dried shiitake mushroom in your soup you will like this for sure. Sotanghon with Mushroom and Chicken Recipe Ingredients: 1 - Onion (sliced) 2 - Cloves Garlic (chopped) 1 - Piece Chicken Breast Fillet (shredded) 3 - Pieces Dried Shiitake Mushroom 1 - Cup Cabbage (sliced thinly) 1 - Knorr Chicken cube 1 - Stem Green Onion (chopped) Patis (fish sauce) to taste 1 Tsp - Atchuete powder 1/2 Cup - Sotanghon noodles (cellophane noodles) 4 Cups - Water Prepare Sotanghon noodles: In a bowl with cold water place sotanghon noodles once the texture is soft strain and cut it with some scissors. Set aside. Prepare Shiitake Mushroom: Soak shiitake mushroom in water until soft Slice thinly Set aside Prepare Atchuete Powder: In a half cup hot water adds the atchuete powder stir and let it diss...

Manang V had to follow our weekly menu for our Sunday this time our menu for dinner is adobo bangus which is called, a milk fish in English. Sometimes the bangus is cooked with its bone or we use the boneless bangus that has already been fillet. Adobo Bangus Recipe Ingredients: 1 - Whole bangus (cleaned and sliced 3 parts from head, middle and tail) 2 Tbsp - Soy sauce 2 Tbsp - Vinegar 1 Tbsp - Minced garlic 2 Tbsp - Black whole peppercorn 1/2 Cup - Water Cooking Instructions: In a pot pour small amount of cooking oil when hot add garlic and sauté, add soy sauce, vinegar, whole peppercorn, bangus and water cook until fish is fully cooked in low heat. Note: You can also use same recipe for any type of fish for example tilapia and galunggong (mackerel). Subscribe @ Carmina Lifestyle YouTube Channel  a place to look, discover and share. Thank you.

Living with senior citizen being lockdown from their home for four months they are more restless and cannot keep up with the changes. They end up complaining and nagging you all the times asking when they can go out. When you reach a certain aged and you are not capable of going out from your home and you start to get bored because you have run out of things to do in your home. You begin to find new things to do but you have no patience to learn new things and what do you do you end up complaining and your mood begins to change every day. Older people have the less patience and they become someone who loses control from their feelings and they feel their palm or foot is getting itchy that they want the need to go out. The word no comes to someone else's mouth as you begin to realize the table has been switched around when your grown up children tell you no and know you need to behave yourself to prove to your grandchildren you can behave well enough like them. When you cannot...

What happens when your close friend opens a canned tuna and it remind you of them because when you had met them you had use to work at Subway Sandwich Franchise in California when you we're young. During that time your close friend had always accompany you to buy the canned tuna from Costco for the supply for your work. When you work at a young age you become independent and when you have close friends you tend to bring them along with you to keep you company. I use to have friends come over to visit me and I remember I also had friends who wanted to take advantage of me to get a free sandwich but when you’re young you do foolish things and give what they want but later you realize you are not gaining anything from it. You learn from your mistakes and realize the business need to earn an income so I started giving my friends a Subway Sandwich card and in order for them to get their free sandwich they had to purchase a certain amount of sandwiches in order to get their free ...

Slowly as you walked down from the staircase to the living room and to the dining area you begin to ask Manang V about something she gets spooked by your voices thinking they have seen a 👻ghost. Actually it is just a person standing at the dining room in the dark and all a sudden they talk unexpected and you are too busy preparing breakfast with no one around you.  What happens to you? You end up dropping what you’re holding not realizing someone else was around you without a sound. Another person passes by the hallway in the dining room and Manang V is about to have breakfast with her officemate and she suddenly hears a voice that say’s excuse me Manang V you are about to take a bite of your bread. All a sudden you are shock with the voice with a surprise you end up dropping your bread on the plate saying to the person why did you scare me. You just begin to laugh quietly thinking am I a 👻ghost no one seem to see because you stay at home too long with no sun exposure. Th...