I didn’t get to see Arashiyama on my last trip to Osaka but my marshmallow test reward gave me something I like even better! Victoria, the capital of the Canadian province, British Columbia! Thank You, Lord for the blessing that comes with obedience to You! It started with a 35-minute seaplane ride from Vancouver Harbor,…
Category: Seeing God’s Hand in Daily Adventures or Misadventures
Making Amends with Siopao and a Humbled Attitude
I really dislike having to back up into a garage from a small street. The street outside my work studio is one example. When the neighbor across doesn’t maximize the available parking space outside their gate, half their car grazes loosely into the street and my car tires draw a zipper path on the road as…
Afternoon Delight
Friends met up for a potluck Board Games afternoon. Emy brought John whose gentle, thoughtful, loving, and funny demeanor is always a joy. Here is John with Marion and Aki: He even brought some yummy Chocolate Cranberry cookies he made with his mom: Ann heated up her Salted Egg Shrimps and Marion her Pancit. We…
9 Hours in Osaka
Arashiyama! Immediately, it was on top of my wish list as soon as I found out I was going to tag along in Osaka. Yay! 🙂 I had missed it on prior trips so I got excited to do something new. But as this particular trip unfolded, the beloved expressed more than three times that…
Solar Eclipse August 21, 2017
Did you see the Solar Eclipse yesterday in the news? It was a spectacularly glorious display across the sky leaving millions of fortunate Americans who watched it firsthand in awe! I only get to see it on Youtube. Does the solar eclipse have any meaning for Christians? I looked for articles online and found this…
Blogger Tips and Food Blogger Life at The Café, HYATT City of Dreams
Jane Go and Rica de Jesus are women I highly admire not just for their stature as popular long-running bloggers and multi-tasking talented women but for the beautiful persons they are and the good they stand for. Jane is an Earth Momma figure, so generous, caring, loving, encouraging who loves on people yet so enjoyably authentic,…
Pintxos Cooking Class in San Sebastian When Eyjafjallajökull Erupted
In February 2010, my sister from the States, Joy, was scheduled to go to Spain from April 15-23 for a culinary trip. But her intended travel companion whose husband got confined to the ICU had to suddenly cancel. The hotels had all been paid and the itinerary set including a pintxos class with Chef Josetxo…
A Week in Provence: French Cooking with Chef Rene Berard
British author, Peter Mayle, wrote a memoir about him and his wife, Jennie, moving from Devon, UK to Provence. The new life in the new scenery came with surprising new problems as well… unexpected harsh weather, frozen pipes in their newly purchased 200-year old farmhouse, less than scrupulous truffle dealers and construction workers, and transitioning from…
Casas de Taal Tour
Praise God for friends around the world who are like my sisters even if we don’t get to see each other often. I am thankful that many of them are near to share the adventure (together with the highs and lows) of trying to follow Jesus. Of course none of us are perfect but we…
36 Hours in B.C. (Batangas City)
In recent years, with Biblical Classes on B.C. (Being grateful and Christ- focused), I have come to be grateful for many things that would otherwise have been an issue to the me Before Christ was the Boss in Charge of me. So instead of moping, grumbling, and complaining, I am learning the joy of praising…
BUTTERFLY IN THE SPRING 