Philippines Vacation and Long Term Stay

by: Aileen and Marty Dust mites are small insects that love to stay in dust. They are itchy and causes allergies. During cool weather, dust mites likes to linger at bed covers, pillow and blankets, walls and even clothes. Here's how: 1. Make sure your bed cover, blanket and pillow case  is changed twice a week. 2. Your room must be cleaned daily. 3. If you have a heater in your home or a dust mite vacuum, make sure the room is heated or vacuumed regularly, at least once a week. * Most furnished apartment have housekeeping services. You may request to have a housekeeping regularly with an affordable add on. * Most furnished apartment in urban areas are self catering, so its good to clarify that you will need housekeeping services every now and then. 

by: Mary Ann Bolanos Ingredients: Broth Chicken: 1 whole 1 Bulb onion 1 whole garlic Salt Pepper Ginger (1/2 tsp minced) Boil chicken until cook and tender. Strain to have a clear broth. Lemon Grass Soup 3 T of Virgin Coconut Oil 7 pieces of garlic heads 1 onion bulb Chicken Soup Broth (from fresh chicken) Optional: Noodles or macaroni Carrots diced (2 medium pieces) Onion leaves or leeks. 1 boiled organic egg. Procedure: 1. Boil the chicken to make a broth. Measure 2.5 C per person. Add in 1 bulb onion cut and 1 whole garlic, salt, pepper.  Add in washed and cleaned lemon grass. Bring to boil for 5 minutes. Then take out lemon grass. 2. Wash egg with soap and water. Roller boil egg whole with its shell in 1 cup of water  and 1/4 c of vinegar until cooked (3 minutes for hard boiled egg). Let it cool when cooked. Take out the shell and set aside. Soup: 1. Saute 7 pieces of garlic heads, minced onion bulb,  chicken meat shredded. 2. Add in noodles or macaroni 3. Boil for 8 minutes. 4. Ad

by: Aileen and Marty  Rainy season in the Philippines has its advantages, its cool and not too hot during the summer season. It is also the best time to go to the falls. However rain and cool weather also attracts flu viruses. But never fear, because in the Philippines we have a technique on how to avoid flu! All you have to do is follow this simple steps: 1. Always have "clean living" . Physically, spiritually and emotionally. 2. Always wash your hands before eating or if you are a medical person,  every time you examine a patient. Or if you are taking care of a sick member of the family, take precautionary measures. Best to have another one replacing you if you are tired already. Sleep, and take necessary vitamins and minerals to keep you going. 3. Always take a warm bath every time after resting for awhile before and  after work. 4. Eat healthy food with lots of vitamin C and minerals. 5. Always have in handy VCO or virgin coconut oil, so at the onset of a beginning sore t

by: Henrietta Conquistadores (Guest Writer) Have you ever experienced loosing your things in the taxi? Use Grab a Taxi instead, it's an APP that easily gets you a taxi without the hassle, and will pick you right at your doorstep. Here are points to avoid loosing things in the taxi: 1. When staying: locked the doors of the apartement you are renting. Make sure all switches and stoves are unplugged. If you are about to leave for your home country, before leaving the furnished apartment you rented, you need to double check or triple check the unit you used! 2. Second, once you get in the taxi, get the identification card of the driver. Never ride a taxi without the driver having an identification card, or having an identification card with a different face on the identification card! 3. Get the Taxi number and make the driver aware that his taxi number has been sent to police hotline or to the place where you just left. 4. Make sure before you pay the taxi to check every nook and cran

This cake is made of caramel milk icing. Great for Birthdays :) Kitchen Ideas. Hang them up! A better view of kitchen ideas in the Philippines Hot Spicy Mango Balls Dessert. Best with San Miguel Beer... the original

by: Mary Ann Bolanos Famous Pinangat from Bicol Pinangat is a native recipe in Bicol Region. This is the favorite of many, even among first timers. Cooking pinangat has different variations, depending of whose Lola (grandmother) is teaching. So this recipe is from Tabacco Albay, a town in Bicol famous for hot springs from the famous perfect cone Mayon Volcano. Ingredients: Fish (river fish or Hasa-hasa or galunggong) or caviar and/or smallest shrimps Taro leaves or commonly known as "gabi leaves" Fresh coconut milk (please do not us powder coconut milk...) Old coconut water shreds of coconut. Tip: the taro leaves must be totally dried. The best tasting taro leaves (gabi leaves) are those which were dried in the heat of the sun during summer time. Some wrap the fish or caviar with shreds of dried gabi leaves and coconut. Procedure: 1. Roller boil old coconut water with dash of salt, pepper, onions, 2. Add in fish or caviar wrapped in taro leaves (gabi leaves) when the coconut