Sweetbites by Bang

We are planning to start building our dream home. Since we do not have enough money for the construction of our dream home, we inquired at the PAGIBIG office about their housing loan and we were asked to attend the seminar. Today, Abeth and I attended the seminar for the PAGIBIG housing loan at their provincial office in Malolos, Bulacan. The presentation was quite impressive, not to mention the Power Point presentation using her Sony VAIO laptop . The presentation was very informative and the speaker was so accommodating in answering all our queries. Abeth and I were both pleased with the attitude of the employees from that branch. They were all polite from the guards to the marketing assistant. We are not expecting being treated nicely by government office employees because let’s admit that MOST government employees in our country are discourteous. I have so many bad experiences with government offices, which gave me a bad impression on them. But, this PAGIBIG office delighted us with their pleasant and responsive employees. I guess the reason is that most of their employees were younger – most of the employees in the customer services are in their late twenties – compared with other government offices that have older staff. Kudos to these people! Mabuhay kayo!

Do you think younger government employees are more polite than the senior old-fashioned employees?

Well, this is just what I believe. Tamaan wag magalit!

Time really flies fast. Andre is graduating from the Daycare. He will be turning 4 in a few months. We are so happy that he has improved a lot. His socializing skills have improved wonderfully. It’s a great achievement for parents like us seeing our child becoming a better person. He has matured and learned a lot of things from school. It is a great accomplishment for us because our main goal actually is for him to be able to meet new friends and learn to mingle with them because he has no one to play with in our house.

This is his graduation picture. I took them a few days back while their official photographer was taking their graduation photos. Isn’t he adorable? He’s a big boy now. From this photo, I can make photo graduation announcements for their graduation day.

I love summer! But not the heat! It is simply because mangoes are widely available during this season. I’ve searched for various recipes using mangoes and I found this easy to prepare and mouth-watering dessert.

I’ve found this untraditional panna cotta recipe online and added mangoes for a twist. The combination of yellow from mango and green from the gelatin is quite appetizing. I have no idea what would be the taste of replacing cream with coconut cream to make the panna cotta, and guess what, the result was wonderful. It tastes so good. Love it! Take note: since I used coconut cream, it has less fat and less calories. Thus, there’s no need for me to take phentermine diet pill.

Try it!

Ingredients:
2 packs 90-g green-colored gelatin
400 ml water
2 tbsp sugar
½ tsp pandan flavoring
400 ml coconut cream (first extract)
1 cup diced mangoes

Procedure:
In a pan, dissolve the gelatin and sugar with water. Cook over medium heat while stirring constantly until dissolved.

Add the coconut milk and pandan flavoring. Cook until the mixture starts to simmer.

Pour the gelatin in molds and allow to set. Chill.

To serve, top with mangoes.

So easy! In about 10 minutes, a new dessert will be served!

I am glad that I don’t have to suffer from acne breakout like others are experiencing. I am not sure if it runs in the blood. But, if it is so, thank God that I have parents that were born with good skin. I am not using any special medication on my face. I just wash my face with facial wash and water. Sometimes, I don’t even wash my face before going to sleep. I guess, I am just fortunate.

While jogging last weekend, my old pair of rubber shoes was broken. So I decided to purchase a new pair. While waiting for the weekend to come because that is the only available time we have to go to the mall, I checked the internet for the latest designs of shoes and I came across the Christian Louboutin site. I found their flats collections very nice and almost forgot that I was actually looking for rubber shoes. So I checked Merrel’s designs and I found what I want.

My sister, who is working as a consultant in a recruitment firm in Canada, is looking for farmers, welders, and carpenters who want to work there. The applicant must be able to show proofs of their experience for the jobs being offered. These job offers are under the Provincial Nominee Program for the Province of Saskatchewan. A pre-employment screening will be conducted in the Philippines. If you want to know more about Saskatchewan and the Saskatchewan Provincial Nominee Program, you may check out their website.