You come across that your running low on your contact lenses and having different grades on your eye from right and left. Carmina has a funny story when she would be able to go in person to  Sarabia Optical in the shopping mall. The sales lady would tell me I am sorry we don't have your contact lens available for your right eye. I would tease the sales lady oh my I will become blind because my grade is different in both eyes without having contact lens I won't be able to see clearly. The sales lady would just smile at me saying we can order from our manufacture and can be available the following week. I would always ask Sarabia Optical what is their promotion for my contact lenses but due my right eye being greater meaning it has astigmatism there is no sale for my Air Optix Contact Lens during this time. Each box of Air Optix Contact Lens with Astigmatism has three contact lenses inside which is three months to use. Unfortunately, I cannot wear reading glasses due to my visio...

  Carmina didn’t feel like eating the food at home prepared by Manang V, which was beef nilaga and grilled stuffed bangus , due to the humid weather in the Philippines . Eating soup only adds to the heat, especially when the air-conditioner struggles to cool the room. I decided to go for a salad instead. It felt like a good way to start eating healthy and looking for a place to buy one led me to Medley Modern Mediterranean . I discovered the Smoked Paprika Shrimp Salad , which includes romaine lettuce , Israeli salad , wheat , fried eggplant , feta cheese , shrimp, and lemon garlic dressing , all for PHP 379.00 ($7.58). I thought of getting something extra with my meal in case I wasn't in the mood for the food at home, making it worth the trip in one go.  I spotted the Levantine Chicken Laffa , which includes chicken thigh , mixed greens, hummus , Israeli salad, fried eggplant, and mamba sauce , priced at PHP 299.00 ($5.98). I had the chance to try the Smoked Paprika Shrimp S...

Watermelon has always been a fruit we always eat during summer season having a picnic with our families and close friends. We would slice it up and share among everyone who has come to join us outside. Being stranded in our home during pandemic we are restricted ourselves to go outside we have something for us to remises the memory that is in our head. We can drink OKF Watermelon Drink with Aloe made in Korea to give us a refreshing taste. The drink is not too sweet and it does taste watermelon and the aloe is floating in the juice. Carmina was able to purchase OKF Watermelon Drink with Aloe made in Korea from  Jesxeria20Tv_Store  Online Shopee Philippines for PHP 180.00 ($3.60) 1.5L not including shipping and handling. NOT SPONSORED. Subscribe @ Carmina Lifestyle YouTube Channel  a place to look, discover and share. Thank you.

Year 2004 I went to visit my close friend and she had asked me to sleep over in Los Angeles. Every meal my close friend would offers Arizona Green Tea with Ginseng and Honey in this same gallon container. Ever since I started drinking it it also became my favorite I remember I would only find this drink in the Dollar Store in California where I grew up and sometimes they come in a can version being portable to bring it with you. Living in the Philippines I was able to find it sometimes in S&R, Shopwise Grocery Store, Lazada Philippines and Shopee Philippines every place you would make your own purchase is always a different price. I was able to find my Arizona Green Tea with Ginseng and Honey at  Jesxeria20Tv_Store  Online Shopee Philippines for PHP 260.00 ($5.20) 3.78L not including shipping and handling. Every time I have my Arizona Green Tea with Ginseng and Honey it brings back memories of my close friend who lives too far away from me. NOTE: Carmina is ...

  Carmina is ready for summer drinking some Lemonade with a different version with her favorite Canada Dry Ginger Ale. Lemonade is popular to drink in California where we grew up when I was a kid we use to have a lemonade stand and charge people drinking in our neighborhood during that time life was easy. Being a kid you can pretend playing you're a store selling products especially when it is summer time. When you're older we just buy our own Canada Dry Ginger Ale and Lemonade made in USA from  Jesxeria20Tv_Store  for PHP 499.00 ($9.98) for twelve cans not including shipping and handling. It had arrived in a box being shipped to me and there was no damages when it had arrive which is great when you are dealing with soda in a can. How does it taste? To me it doesn't taste sour like lemonade would be something you can drink if your like me. It kind of taste like any lemon lime products but with ginger ale in it. All I can say I like how it taste being summer in the Ph...

  I will share you a story how my mom was able to get her Sinovac vaccine today on Saturday, May 29, 2021. My mom has been inquiring from her barangay where she lives and each day she will keep following up to make sure they would remember who she is from being motivated to get her way. My mom later after few months later someone had sent her an application to fill up where she was living. My mom began thinking which type of vaccine would be best for her since she had medical conditions she had to deal with what other doctors and friends are recommending. My mom was able to solve which one was best for her. My sister from the United States was very concern for her mother even asking her to fly to see them to have her vaccine there since she is a US Citizen. My mom didn't feel comfortable flying in a plane for sixteen hours wearing a facial mask and face shield to her she can't picture she doing it. My mom knew she didn't want to fly alone and I had told her I can accompany ...

  Yesterday my mom called me up telling me she will be needing a smaller planters pot all my mom can remember she had purchase two pieces. My mom wanted me to find out who the seller was where I had made my purchase from all my online shopping for her gardening needs made me go back to remember who was the last seller. I couldn’t remember who I had purchase two planter pots from what I remember was three planter pots from Little Urban Farmer and set of six pieces from Lazada Philippines. I had screenshot what I had last purchase from Little Urban Farmer showing to my mom in the picture it is two pots because during our time planting together she only needed two and there was two loam soil. During my transaction it was three planters’ pots. Here is the link to read my article on my first purchase from Little Urban Farmer: https://www.carminalifestyle.com/2021/02/little-urban-farmer.html I asked my mom to measure the planter pot she will be needing and found out my mom h...

A family member mentioned wanting a drink from Starbucks , though I'm not a fan of their beverages. For breakfast, I decided to try their plant based Oh! Quesadilla , which consists of zesty plant-based carnitas , beans, mashed potato, and cheese wrapped in a tortilla, priced at PHP 135.00 ($2.70). A family member ordered a Java Chip Frappuccino and a White Chocolate Frappuccino . Grande Java Chip Frappuccino - PHP 205.00 Venti White Chocolate Frappuccino PHP 230.00 The Oh! Quesadilla made with plant-based ingredients isn’t bad at all. The only noticeable difference is in the texture, but otherwise, it’s fine to me. You could easily fool people who don’t know it’s plant based. With all the ingredients, it hides what it’s made of, and its colorful appearance makes it even more appealing. NOT SPONSORED. Check out  Carmina Lifestyle YouTube Channel  and click subscribe for free. Thank you.

What if you're on a low budget on cash flow? You begin to look for food that is within your budget to supplement before you would get your next salary or allowance. The best part living in the Philippines you can look for meals that are within you're price range for example if you went to a place at The Shawarma Shack. They have a promotional offer where you would purchase off from their menu buy one take one from choice with shawarma or rice bowl. When placing your order you have an option to pick from one add on cheese or double meat with an additional charge. Large Chicken Shawarma PHP 162.00 ($3.24) Chicken Rice Bowl PHP 183.00 ($3.66) The Shawarma Shack also offer buy one take one milk tea from selected flavors but from the promo it would only one flavor for each milk tea for PHP 159.00 ($3.18) 22oz. Being hot weather in the Philippines everyone seem to go toward milk tea and the one I decided to try is Caramel Sugar one family member doesn't like the pearl I had i...

In our home the menu will repeat itself after the third week there are certain Filipino dishes that Carmina doesn't eat. I am not really a person who loves to eat pork kikiam and pork liver which is food for the day is menudo. I wanted to fall into eating garden salad. I had a difficult deciding which place I would order due I had someone who wanted Caesar. It was hard on me that I need to narrow down what I had to order for myself that had Caesar salad available. I had used Grab application to order my food and type on search Cesar Salad. All the listed restaurant that had the Cesar Salad popped up and I went to check each one what other salad was available due to being limited choices in each one. I went to Salad Stop a place I have tried two months ago. I went ahead and ordered something new for myself. Each salad had arrived in a container and the salad dressing was taped to make sure it is secure being handed over to a rider from Grab. Hail Caesar Salad has the...

  Seven years ago my mom had visit dubai with her friends and during her vacation she had purchase some dates for her giveaway to her friends. Carmina's mom called up daughter asking if she can ask a relative to purchase her some dates that she was able to eat from Dubai. Carmina didn't know how to ask her mom's friend for a favor rather than doing what her mom asked her to do. I decided to look for it online at Shopee Philippines to see if I can find what dates my mom wanted to eat.  My mom couldn't remember how it had looked or the brand she has tried before it seems harder to ask someone a favor being clueless. In my theory if we can purchase it online from the Philippines who have their access of products made of Saudi Arabia might as well do it ourselves. I really don't like asking favors from people because it will haunt you later for them to do the same to you. Carmina sent pictures of fruit dates my mom was asking for in her Facebook messenger a wa...

  The Minions are back in Mc Donald's by getting their promotion is trying their Minions Combo with Garlic Cheddar Mc Flavored Fries with Banana Caramel Shake. Carmina has friends who tell her she is cute and she is like a kid at heart who loves to act silly. She may be older than them but when you see Carmina within the crowd of people she can blend in and not realize how old she is. That is the benefit of looking young at heart and born with a baby face where you go you get carded. Do you think I can pass up a Happy Meal at Mc Donald's? Probably if you had order it being delivered to your home with no questions if there was really a kid living in your home. Rather than getting the Happy Meal that any kid would want Carmina didn't want to pass up on the Minions Combo with Garlic Cheddar Mc Flavored Fries with Banana Caramel Shake for PHP 155.00 ($3.10). The Banana Caramel Shake taste like a banana sundae with caramel on top when we're once a kid who ate it in the ice c...

One week ago my mom was telling me she wanted to have a box shipped out from the United States asking my cousin to purchase some of her belongings. My mom was asking me to search for some dates that is from Saudi. I figure why does my mom have to wait till my cousin purchase the dates from the United States and still have to wait for it to arrive taking at least one month depending if there is cargo services. My mom couldn't remember the brand of the dates she wanted to try all she can remember her brother had bought it for her before and she had liked it. Carmina went ahead started looking for the dates in the Shopee Philippines application on her phone. Carmina began sharing the pictures to her mom via-Facebook Messenger in order for her mom to decide which ones she wanted her daughter to purchase for her. Carmina's mom was able to find one she wanted to try for herself. Carmina remember her mom asking to find some Raisins for her macaroni salad she wanted to make at home. Fi...

It's almost one year I last ordered food from Sushi Nori. The second time round I was able to try something new a sushi that all my favorites inside salmon and ebi tempura what they call the premium sushi in the menu. If you want to try the Lava Sushi it is an experience it can be hard to put all in your mouth if you have a small mouth you can slice it in the middle. I've never tried a sushi like this for and someone who is into Japanese food it was an amazing experience. The Lava Sushi had arrived in a small carton after I had transferred it to a plate that is when I was able to see how it had really looked seeing the tail of the ebi and the salmon on the second picture. By the way the Lava Sushi is deep fried to keep everything in tack and it is available at UP Town Center Branch where I had mined delivered through Grab application for PHP 369.00 ($7.38). If you have a family member who only eats other Japanese dishes you will come across the same from them who don't like...