Most ridiculous haircut ever

Ever since I found out from my mom's book which have a lot of predictions that this December (Lunar Calendar), a BIG change is bound to happen to me and I will be depressed about it, I got so paranoid and couldn't stop thinking about it. Almost every move I make, decisions I make or everything, I relate it to that prediction. Also, I went to a manghuhula last November and she had the same predictions that this year is all about changes and that a BIG change is going to happen this February and I shall be ready for it. I was so shocked that I cried when she (fortune teller) told me about it. I guess I can never escape the inevitable.

So I tried to make my own "changes".  I went to SM yesterday to have my hair cut and while at it, decided that I want a full bangs again like the last one I got when I had my last haircut and this was what I got.....

January 29, 2013

This is my usual office photo

OH MY 

I had to post 3 photos to show you that it wasn't just about a bad angle or whatever. I look ridiculous!!! I couldn't care less though because I have so much more important things to worry about and give importance to like my mom. Please pray for my mom that she will be fine. She needs all the prayers. She had a surgery today and the results will come out in 5 days and we hope that everything will be okay. I'm more worried about my mom more than anything else because I know she's upset about her situation and I can't take it that she's upset. Okay. Enough with that. I just cant take myself to write about something so sad and depressing. I really really really hope that everything will be okay. 

xx,

Annie

NO breakfast food photos today

I didn't bother to take photos of my breakfast today because I had breaded chicken again but this time the breaded chicken was not as good as before. Why? Because Ate Mila is unpredictable like that and it's okay because I like unpredictable. It takes you away from the safe and the known. The sometimes unpredictably good food gives me joy because I'm weird like that. 

I'll just give you a glimpse of the food we had yesterday at the lunch meeting. 

Ate Mila's Pork Adobo

The dish looked so good I swear I was so close to cheat again. So glad I resisted the urge to eat this!!

Nukos Adobo

Nukos adobo! Another favorite! Don't know how I managed to not eat these but hey, I did! :)

Chopseuy

And of course the last but definitely not the least..

PLAIN RICE!!!!

I don't know why I do this to myself but I kind of feel like I torture myself while doing this. Taking photos of the food they eat and posting them. It's making me hungry!! It somehow motivates me more though, to do better in my diet so that someday, I can start eating whatever I want. Hope so!

But I'm not as good in my diet though because last Monday (Jan 28), my high school classmate, Billy came to town and I had to play tourist guide and met up with them after work to eat at STK ta bay! Paolito's. I originally planned to behave and stick with my diet but later on decided that the food was too yummy to resist! Ended up eating with them. :s 

Menu for the night:

Fish Kilaw with Gata (no photo)

Hot ans Spicy Calamares ( no photo)

Grilled Tuna Panga (Left)

Baked Scallops (Right)

Plain Rice

My cheat meal at STK ta bay!

We finished dinner at 8pm and was in a little hurry to rush to the airport since my friend has a 10:15pm flight back to Manila. We picked up La Marea warm brownie cup and white chocolate brownie cup on the way and ate it in the car. Got a free dessert pa gyud! Hihi. I wouldn't buy one for myself because I'll be really guilty to cheat more! They liked everything we ate and said they liked my recommendations!

Before that cheat meal, I also had another cheat meal so I gained a total of 2 lbs!!!! :( 

So I promised myself to be good this week before the weekend comes...... before my next cheat meal which is totally not allowed! 

But you can't stop a foodie from eating or thinking about food!! Can you??

MORE FOOD RELATED RANTS:

Here are my CRAVINGS this week:
1.) CREPE!!!!
Everybody has a food craving phase and I'm definitely on my crepe phase now.

Savoury and sweet crepes. Please come to me! 
Soft crepes, crispy crepes, French crepe, Filipino crepe, Chinese crepe! I want them all. Okay. I don't know if there's such thing as Filipino crepe or even Chinese crepe but I tasted a crepe in China once and it was sooooo good, I miss it now! I want to fly everywhere and eat a lot of different kind of crepes!

I think I have a picture of the "Chinese crepe". Wait. I don't have a picture of it in my iTouch anymore because apparently, I found the picture useless and deleted it waaaaay back.

2.) Pancakes and Waffles

3.) Pork adobo and all the yummy home cooked meals of Ate Mila

But for now, will just have to stay away from all yummy food. :(

xx,

Annie

Diet Foodie

Since I have been (on and off because of Sinulog weekend) dieting for 3 weeks now. I decided to just share what my favorite low calorie healthy food are and since I will be posting more photos of the food that I eat, I will try my best to take good photos to give them justice. I know I suck big time at taking photos especially food photos so this is my pledge to give more effort. :p

Today's breakfast is one of the yummiest meal I have ever had while on diet. Breaded chicken breast!

Breaded chicken has always been one of my favorite diet food but today, I had experienced a very different breaded chicken from Ate Mila. Maybe it was the way it was cooked that made it special. I saw her use the air fryer today and I immediately ate it right after it was served. The chicken breasts were so tender and the breading was so crispy and it was sooooooo unexpectedly good. I loved it a lot.

Breakfast today was breaded chicken + mixed veggies.

For lunch:

Chicken curry + mixed vegtables (not in the photo) and Jacob's Low sodium Hi fibre crackers.

News: Remember my post about my favorite cracker? Click here. Well, they have it here now. Last Friday, we went to SnR Cebu and to our surprise, they already sell Jacob's Low Sodium Hi Fibre (old name Low salt hi fibre) but it doesn't taste as good as I remember it or maybe the ingredients are not the same since it has a different name or maybe it's really not the same crackers since I just assumed they're of the same kind (blabbing now).

I felt so bad this morning because as I stepped on the weighing scale, I saw that I had gained 1.4lbs from the last time I weighed which was just yesterday morning. UGH! I'm the only one to be blamed though because I was so hungry last night I decided to cook instant noodles with veggies and mushrooms for myself. The noodles was sooo good but definitely not worth it. Now I'm back to square 1. HATE HATE HATE!

Anyway, the diet is killing me making me weak. I've been feeling so weak the whole week. I've been depriving following the diet so much, which was a shock to the family because it's the first time I'm this behaved, I feel like I deserve a break once in a while (or not?).

Some time last week, I had this for lunch.

Sauteed Tofu and cabbage, golden mushroom with green bell pepper and tomatoes. I swear it was SO good even if it only had ginger in it.

If you guys want recipes, comment below and I'll try to list them down.


xx,

Annie

Sinulog, we're ready for yah!

Sinulog 2012

Had an awesome Sinulog 2012 with these people. Looking forward for a more fun experience this weekend! My college friends are coming and the group is so big now! 18 people and counting. That's crazy!! Anyhoo, looking forward for a really great weekend which starts tonight! So sad though because I'm kinda sick now. Very bad timing to be catching a flu.  :s Good luck and have fun to all the people who'll come here for Sinulog Festival!

Mental Block and A Cooking Blog Plan

Haven't posted anything for a while now but I do always try to write something up but my mind is just too crowded with a lot of other thoughts. So distracted with a lot of things work related. I. AM. SO. STRESSED.

I have other posts waiting to be published but I can't just find the time to finish writing my 2012 year end post because my mind is always so occupied with work stuff and my work back logs! AAAH!! So happy I got 2 new secretaries now so I can ask them to help me with some of the clerical works here in the office but what I am looking for now is an accountant to help me with my receivables. WANTED!! COME TO ME!!

Yesterday, I had a sudden urge to want to have a cooking blog or a food blog or an online photo journal of the food I cook but I cannot just start it now because:

1.) I don't have time for it. I know that I should make time for something if I really want it but I seriously do not have time for it now. Everything will fall into the right place at the right time and maybe now is not the right time yet so I'm hoping that someday I can cook and cook and cook and take a lot of photos of it and make an online photo journal.
2.) I am on a diet as well as the whole family.
3.) I don't really know how to bake nor cook well. I am just a frustrated cook. Cooking lessons in the future, perhaps?

Maybe I can have one when I get married someday and decided to work freelance as I-still-don't-know-what-I'll-do-by-then but I sure want to work with free time on my hands because having to take care of your husband and your kids sounds so cool to me right now. Heehoo.

xx,

Annie