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I am honored that Celia Pedroso is joining us Around the Family Table for Sunday Supper this week. If you have ever had the pleasure of visiting Portugal, you know, that Pasteis de Nata are the most popular dessert. You literally can find them in every Cafe in Portugal. This recipe for Pasteis de Nata Dessert of Portugal is absolutely my favorite one to make at home.
They are a pleasure that everyone must indulge with a Bica, Portuguese Espresso. Celia knows that Pasteis de Nata are at the heart of Portugal and I love that she shares her love for them with us.
Don't wait until a visit to Portugal to try this delicacy!
As soon as Lucy Pepper and I were planning the book "Eat Portugal – The Essential Guide to Portuguese Food", we knew we had to have a recipe for pastéis de nata (custard tarts).
As the most popular cakes in Portugal you can find them everywhere, with slight variations. Until you go home and you are left bereft… I like this recipe because it's not difficult, and actually it doesn't have any natas (cream). I've done them successfully for many families lunches. Although i can buy them easily in the nearest café, it's quite entertaining and satisfying to bake your own pastéis de nata. Children love it too and are happy to help you. You can always do your own pastry if you prefer, but nowadays it's easy to find good ones in the supermarkets.
Portuguese are keen on desserts and are known for having a sweet tooth, but this cake is not that sweet. That's why we sometimes add icing sugar on top. And cinnamon, whose flavor combines so well with the eggs and milk.
Another feature of this cake is that it happens to be light, unlike most of our desserts, generally heavy on eggs. It's also the best "partner" for an expresso: the crispy pastry and the creamy filling pairs wonderfully with a strong cup of coffee.
This is not however the recipe of the Pastéis de Belém, the ones that are unique, both for the puff pastry and the filling. But for that you'll have to come to Lisbon and try it in that "sanctuary" café, in the Belém quarter. That recipe has been kept secret since the 19 th century, when the monks of the Jerónimos Monastery first start selling this fine pastries.
Bom apetite and keep on eating Portugal….
See more recipes and articles in our blog: http://eatportugal.portugaldailyview.com/http://familyfoodie.com/soy-sauce-grilled-tilapia-and-pork-chops-recipe-sundaysupper/
PASTEIS DE NATA RECIPE or Custard Tarts
- 16 oz Prepared Puff Pastry
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 cups of whole milk
- 1 tbsp flour
- 6 egg yolks
- 2 egg whites
- lemon zest
- (optional)
- icing sugar
- cinnamon
Pastry: Roll the pastry out into an oblong then roll along its length into a sausage. Cut into equal slices and put one in each hole in a patty tin. Squash the pastry inside the tin (easier with wet fingers). Press with your thumbs from the bottom to the sides so the pastry is thinner at the bottom. Put the tins in the fridge while you work on the filling.(depending on the puff pastry you might need to grease the tins before squashing the pastry)
Mix the flour in the cold milk and pour into a pan. Mix and bring to boil, whisking all the time. Add a bit of lemon peel.
Remove from the heat and add the sugar, (previously boiled with some water to "soft ball" stage, or rather, boil it for about ten minutes and don't let it colour).
Allow the mixture to cool down, then add the yolks and the egg whites, well beaten, and mix gently. Pour into the pastry cases straight from the fridge and put in the pre-heated oven at 220º C.
Cook for about 15 minutes, and then watch them until the pastry is golden and the custard turns dark brown in patches.
Remove from the oven, and allow to cool in the tins, but tap the tins first, so they don't stick.
Eat slightly warm, sprinkled with icing sugar and cinnamon on top, as is traditional in Pastéis de Belém.


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So this is what I decided on. It's wonderful to illustrate fossils and what they are. We read dictionary definitions of fossil, reptile and a few others. Dictionary skills are very important!
I suggest you make her cookie dough. I used sugar cookie dough and it didn't work well.
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Late again, oops.
Any how Tim's tag can be seen here, and the main techniques for this tag were gradient colouring and embossing through a stencil (check), a chalkboard effect sentiment (check – though I used distress embossing powder) and a blingy embellishment (not quite so successful there!!)
Not sure about these - I liked the stencil technique and even had a modicum of success with the chalkboard thing but the embellishment is so so as I had to improvise. I am really not sure why I did three!
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This blog is fully covered with cobwebs that I also have to find my way
to come here.
Duno where the long distance Sun is in which part of the world now, and
the Moon also buzy moonlightling on which island.
Cari makan is difficult nowadays. Company cost cutting measures
having people to take up more than they can chew.
Today, I was asked to help in the invoicing some orders
and my maiden invoice happens to be 241434
what kind of number is this ??
I remember my boss said invoice is $$$ coming in
but looking at the above invoice number is so ironical
Me like the canto saying "chicken hands, duck legs" and
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Why such number get such exception huge order
today ar ???
Then, just before going off, James disclosed that
his date of birth is 040464 , so that makes it 281898 !!
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It's been a long time internet! MUCH longer than I expected. Since our BFN in December I pretty much lost the plot.... I literally had a total meltdown and just couldn't do this any more. I needed a complete break. I needed to forget about all things baby related and just focus on myself, my marriage, my family and friends and frankly get my life back in order... Initially I started looking into DE options, but I was still struggling with that decision. I just wasn't sure that I wanted to put myself through any more disappointment, but mostly I had yet to fully mourn my dream of having a child who is a genetic match for myself.
Over the months I have to admit, I even started seeing the "silver lining" of life without kids. "Can I meet you for a drink in an hour? Sure! I don't have to arrange child care or anything." "You want to take a spur of the moment road trip to Louisiana? Let me grab my purse!" I focused on those thoughts for a couple of months, but the sadness continued to hit me when I least expected it . If you're reading this blog I am guessing that you know exactly the kind of sadness I am talking about... the sadness that rises up from deep inside and burns it's way up your body until it breaks out in a deep, loud sob complete with hot sweats and shaking. The kind that causes your palms to tingle and your eyes to burn when someone asks an innocent question like, "How many kids do you have?" (Though I did once manage to try on a new reply to this question, "None." Not expecting the third degree that would follow: "None?? Why not?" "I just don't want any." "But kids are awesome! I can't imagine my life with out my kids." <-- yeah, so that went well. It still ended with me hysterically crying and almost walking out with an incomplete set of acrylic nails.... Ohhhh the joys of infertility!)
So yeah... despite now being able to see the benefits of a child-free life, I am clearly not ready to accept that as my "fate". I am recovered from the fog. I've lost 20 of the 40 pounds I gained last year and I am ready to dust off, and move forward with the new plan... Donor IVF.
I've asked around and done some of my own research on our options and for us the best option is European donor cycle. We've chosen a clinic in Prague which has a great guarantee program, awesome pricing, and seem very willing to work with me on my biggest issue which is finding a donor with curly hair.
My only real issue with this clinic is that the Dr (we will call him Dr. Prague for the purposes of this blog) will not do an initial Skype consultation with us until we've done some of the preliminary screening tests he has requested. Given that it's been over 2 years since we last did some of these tests we need to repeat them and this is taking some time. He also wants my records from Dr. S's office which I thought was going to be a simple thing to get to him -- uh, no... 4 IVF cycles, 4 TESE procedures and a laparoscopy seem to have created well over 100 pages of records which now need to be scanned (by me) and sent on to Prague.
Additionally, though I made certain that my local RE office would be willing to do monitoring appointments for an overseas cycle after reading about other's experience with this issue - they are now saying that they will do ONLY monitoring appointments after the cycle begins, and they will ONLY do these with an order from Dr. Prague. They are unwilling to do any of the pre-screening tests for us. I emailed them back and what I wanted to say was, "I am shocked that after spending about $80,000 with your practice you are unwilling to help us move into this new option - even though we are more than willing to pay for these services!" I reworded the message several times before sending... in the end it sounded more like "Boy, well that's upsetting. Since we started this journey with <RE-NAME> we really had hoped to follow through with you to the (hopefully) happy end. I was under the impression that we were partners in this, and it saddens me to think that we are on our own now." Thankfully they responded to let me know that after some discussion they have decided to make an exception for us and then listed several criteria that we need to meet, but basically, yes, they will do pre-screening and monitoring for us.
Phew! So that's where we are now... running about getting tests done, checking on the success of the vasectomy reversal surgery - hopefully Mr R won't need another (5th) TESE in Prague as there they do it under general anesthetic and it will confuse matters - plus, you know... it would suck for him. And finally I'll probably be stationed at our manual, one-page-at-a-time scanner all weekend digitizing our medical reports to send to Dr. Prague on Monday.
Mentally, I guess I am excited about DE now. I am still sad at the loss of genetic children, but I've decided for certain that I don't want to be childless. The success rates at the Prague clinic are encouraging -- maybe too encouraging -- 63% success with single embryo transfer which rises to 70% with two. I have caught myself browsing baby gear online while picking out a gift for a friend's toddler. I had to stop myself from saying out loud what I was thinking when moving furniture around between our two spare bedrooms. I couldn't bring myself to stop discussing baby names with Mr. R, though... I am human after all.


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The first is Elizabeth's Kaleidoscope Quilt-Along.
It looks fun. I like kaleidoscopes. I like following her; as she is always nice, her work is beautiful, and makes lovely comments/replies back when you comment. So I figured go for! Join! But this time actually join. Not just consider joining. So here I go, I am saying it. I am join the Kaleidoscope Quilt-Along! There it is done. Now you can hold me too it. Now the question is will I finish by her August deadline.
My mom helped me with some stitches last summer when I was at my brothers and I thought it was relaxing and fun. Then I came home, got a puppy, and haven't picked it up since. I figure why not play along this summer. I am already a little behind because the cutting of the fabric has already started and I missed the 10%
off, but I am going for it anyways.
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Once More with Feeling!
The day following his victory in the Gardenia Town Gym, Sean marveled at his Stinger Badge.
The Reunion[edit]
Sitting on the side of a small pond, Sean was seen fishing to pass the time as well as potentially catch a Feebas.
"Come on fishy, take the bait," He whispered as the fish ignored his bait and kept swimming around the lake.
"Oh come on!" He called out Aipom to help him. "Aipom, use Focus Punch on the water!" He said and as Aipom was about too they heard a voice.
"You won't catch Pokémon like that buddy," Riley said as he walked up, with his Roselia beside him.
"Riley?!" Sean said as he ran to greet his old friend. "It has been a while huh?"
"Yes it has, but its just like old times you are still the hyperactive knucklehead I remember."
The two boys clasped hands, after a heart-filled high-five. Walking to a bench they started to talk and catch up on what the other had been up too.
"So how many Pokémon and Badges do you have?" Riley asked Sean.
"Four Pokémon but only one badge, we just won at the Gardenia Town Gym, see." He said holding up his circular Badge Case.
"I have three badges already," Riley said smugly but then laughed at himself.
"Wow three already?" Sean said in awe.
"Well, this is the best time than any to travel together, I can show you the ropes, I know I started later than I should have, but breeding comes first as my dad always said," Riley said as he stood up and pumped his fist in the air. "One of us will be a Pokémon Master, I just know it."
The Hunt on Route 5[edit]
"Get back here you little runt!" William was heard saying as he chased a small pale-yellow mouse with black tips on its ears and tail and a ukulele on its back. "Go Ryperior, use Rock Slide!" He ordered as his Rhino Pokémon held its arms up and opened portal like vortexes which rained rocks onto the small Mouse.
"Pikay-Pichu!" The mouse said as it used its special ability to gather Aura energy from the area around it, in order to utilize its Wood Hammer attack. Swinging her ukulele like a bat she tried to hold back the barrage.
"A feisty one aren't you, Earthquake!" William ordered, however the Pichu knocked a boulder into his Pokémon's face, hard enough to knock it backwards, preventing the attack. "Why you little, I will get you!" the Rocket Agent said as he recalled his Pokémon and radioed in for pick up. "Target is heading towards Monkshood Town, going to intercept."
Going out on Route 4[edit]
Riley and Sean were walking and talking on Hora Route 4, catching up on events that have happened to them and talking about Pokémon. On Sean's shoulder was his Ralts who hated to be in her Pokéball apparently.
"Looks like Ralts has taken a liking to you huh?" Riley asked Sean.
"It would appear so," Sean said, rubbing her head.
As they Walked towards Monkshood Town, they saw a Pichu which collapsed in the middle of the path, followed by a dust cloud on the ground.
"Trio!" the Dugtrio said as it came out of the ground and used Tri Attack on the Pichu which caused her to be blown into the air.
"Oh no!, Ralts use Psychic to get Pichu," Sean said as his friend send out his favorite Pokémon.
"Go Roselia, use Magical Leaf!" Riley ordered as Dugtrio went back underground and dodged the grass-type attack.
"What is going on?" Riley asked as they saw a man wearing a Jet-pack flying above the air and he recalled Dugtrio.
"Handover the Pichu, it is the property of Team Rocket." William said as he floated there.
"No way, Ralts use Teleport!" Sean said as Riley grabbed his arm and the duo left the area, returning to a secluded area on Route 4.
Angry, William threw out his Dugtrio and Rhyperior to track the two trainers, one above ground and the other below. Flying up into the air he put on a visor which was made to track Aura. "Where are you?"
In the clearing, Ralts seemed tired as it took a lot of energy to teleport multiple people and Pokémon. "Master Sean, please do not make me do that again," Ralts asked of her trainer.
"I won't Ralts," He said as he held the Pichu in his arms. Reaching into his bag, he took out a few berries that Riley gave him before they left Gardenia Town and tried to get Pichu to eat one, while giving Ralts an Oran Berry.
As about an hour went by, the trainers hid out until they heard a rustling sound.
"What is that?" Riley asked as the trees started to become uprooted.
"Oh no, is that?" Sean asked as he reached for his Pokédex and it said.
"Extremely powerful, they can dig through even the hardest ground to a depth of over 60 miles." Dexter said as Riley looked at Sean.
"Run!" He called out as they took off running as the trees behind them collapsed left and right.
Stopping, Riley turned and threw a Pokeball into the air, releasing his Roselia who started to throw razor leaves from its flower-shaped hands.
Dugtrio dodged the leaves and attacked with Tri Attack, which stunned Roselia.
"This is getting nowhere, Ralts use Psychic," Sean said as Ralts' eyes glow and Dugtrio is taken from the ground. "Now Confusion!" He ordered as the Mole Pokemon was thrown into a Tree. "Got them."
The two ran away but soon came face to face to the Rhyperior.
"Oh crap," Riley said as he turned to see Dugtrio coming up fast.
Rising Star[edit]
As the two ground Pokemon closed in, Ralts tried to Teleport again but Rhyperior used Rock Slide to attack the small psychic Pokemon.
"Ralts NO!" Sean said as Ralts started to glow blue and grow in size. "Ralts are you....evolving?" Sean asked as Ralts evolved into Kirlia.
"Yes, Master Sean." Kirlia said telepathically as she looked at the Rhyperior and used Protect to block the Rock Slide.
"Kirlia use Psychic, knock them away!" Sean said as he noticed that Roselia used Magical Leaf and the two attacks hit at the same time and ended up knocking out both Ground Pokemon.
"Yeah, We won!" Riley said as they ran off to Monkshood Town to get Pichu to a Pokemon Center.
Later that evening, William recovered his Pokemon and reported in. "I lost the subject, it appears to be with a Trainer who can use Aura to what degree is unknown, I will pursue." ]


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WashU is probably the most fun game I have ever played! This is Drewpy mid-toss!! Utter concentration!!
You try and throw these washers into these wood boxes with holes in them that are worth different point values! And add your score up to twenty-one without going over!
Here are the cousins playing on the last day, Chelsey's showing her incredible WashU form! And Russell just barely missing the number 2 hole!
So close, but so far!!
Cami and me, loving life cheering on the WashU players!! You can tell from my hair... It was wild!!
The best part was the view from Pat and Gerald's back yard! It was so incredible... This picture doesn't even do it justice.... All I know is that we will be back! I can't wait! Thanks Hogan's from an AMAZING weekend!!!


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I'm based in Austin, Texas, but three weeks ago I was in Paris, France. I had found the woman of my dreams, and as if to prove that point she also wanted a small wedding with only a few close guests. We figured that the best way to discourage the less desirable members of our family from attending the ceremony was to hold it somewhere overseas, and after visiting Paris last December we fell in love with the city and decided to hold it there. The architecture is amazing, the food is delicious, and most importantly there are Cuban cigars.
Garmin Pilot 8.5: Now with Checklists, Weight & Balance
Garmin Pilot must be feeling the pressure from ForeFlight. In the last couple months they have significantly upped their game and released a ton of new features which, in my opinion, have not only closed the gap but actually put Garmin Pilot in the lead. I'll do a head-to-head comparison sometime in the future but for now let's take a look under the hood at the two latest additions.
Review: Gyronimo Performance Pad App
Its one of the very first entries in Part 91 of the FAR, so important for every single flight that by the time my checkride came around I could recite it from memory. 91.103 requires pilots to complete the vital performance calculations for their aircraft and the specific conditions of the day to ensure that they can take off and land safely. There have been some apps to make this process easier but generally they feel clunky and complex. The folks at Gyronimo have come out with an iPad app which aims to not only make the process easier but also much more informative.
First Flight with Pilots N Paws
I was sitting on the back patio last Sunday morning with my girlfriend idly browsing the internet when a story popped into her feed that caught her eye. It was a story about a pilot flying rescue puppies to their new home, and she thought the puppies were adorable. Smelling a chance to get her back in the air I explained that it's an organization called Pilots N Paws where volunteers fly dogs around the country. She loved the idea, so I decided to make the jump and sign up. Four days later I was flying my first set of adorable puppies, a flight neither of us would soon forget.
Garmin Pilot's Latest Update Matches ForeFlight's On-Map Chart Display
When it comes to EFB apps for general aviation on the iPad ForeFlight seems to be the top of the heap in terms of users. One of the primary reasons why people say they prefer ForeFlight is the ability to overlay instrument approach plates over the sectional and enroute charts providing a great deal of situational awareness for instrument pilots when setting up and shooting an approach. Garmin Pilot has been steadily catching up to ForeFlight in terms of features, and with their latest pre-Oshkosh release they've now knocked that advantage off the ever-shortening list.
Review: Clarity Aloft Classic Headset
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Flying with FIS-B: Why I'll Never Leave The Ground Without It
With the implementation of ADS-B in the United States there's suddenly a lot more information available for pilots to consume while in the air. Previously you'd need a subscription to something like Sirius XM weather to get updates on what the clouds look like along your route but now the FAA is providing a service that is just as good if not better and completely free of charge through something called FIS-B (Flight Information Service Broadcast). Over the last couple months I've been enjoying the benefits of that through a Garmin GDL-39 and without a doubt it has changed the way I fly for the better. One specific flight a couple weeks ago really showed where having FIS-B available is a major benefit.
Review: QT Halo Aviation Headset
There's little doubt that David Clark's H10 headset is the gold standard for general aviation. When I started flight training that was the very first purchase I made, and over the years they have served me well. For short hops around the local area they really can't be beat — they are relatively inexpensive, easy to use, and do a great job of blocking out the engine noise so you can focus on communicating on the radios. But as soon as my flights started pushing past the two hour mark I realized that I needed something better. That's when I decided to give the Halo headset from Quiet Technologies a try.
Aviation Tablets: Android Nexus versus Apple iPad
I haven't been flying very long, but over my short life in aviation I've watched as tablets and their aviation apps have exploded in popularity. When I started flight school the older pilots regarded my Garmin Pilot enabled Android tablet as not much better than a shiny toy, but these days even the crustiest of the old guard have begrudgingly accepted that a good electronic flight bag (EFB) might be the single mot important piece of safety equipment that a pilot can bring with them in the air. For those who haven't made the jump and invested in an EFB just yet, there's a choice to be made which can have a massive impact on their experience and the capabilities of their device: should you get an Android or Apple iOS tablet?
Garmin Pilot for Android Updates to Version 5: Here's What's New
Garmin Pilot is the only real option for a full featured navigation suite on the Android platform, but it looks like they aren't resting on their laurels. In the last major update they added train and obstacle identification into their database, and while 5.0 doesn't have many big new features it does sport a brand new user interface. Gone are the huge buttons on the screen, replaced with a more Android-esque hamburger menu and other nice UI improvements that do make it easier to navigate around the app while in the air.


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SIR ARNOLD EMPLEO LAUNCHES UNIQUE FEEDING PROGRAM FOR Manila High School
29th August 2008, Alzona Hall, MHS
(Contact Info of the Principal Manila High School:
Dr. Arnulfo Empleo 09178589383 or email him email@example.com)
(The first batch of 50 MHS students afflicted by First to Second Degree Malnutrition (based on height versus weight, adjusted to age) were given supplementary feeding last Friday, 29 August. Many of them were first year pupils, one was so deathly pale that she got the attention of the guests nearby.
One 20 year old student was identified to have borderline Third Degree Malnutrition, but didn't come that day because she had no transport money. Sir Arnold remarked that had he known this datum, transport money should not have been a problem. Some twenty guests were around to assist the feeding and to witness the simple launch of this initiative conceptualized by Sir Arnul our principal.
Hungry MHS Students Recently Discovered
Since around two years ago, a couple of Student Congresses conducted in MHS discovered the two top reasons (hunger and lack of transport fare money, in a hierachy of several reasons) why students engage in absenteeism. We have now a population of pupils in MHS who come from destitute families who cannot even provide them a decent breakfast before setting off for school. The aim of Sir Arnul is to offer these students meaningful, tasty, nutritious meals everyday Monday to Friday. However, he needed to confront first the formidable problem of funding and sustainability.
This problem of hunger drove Sir Arnul to tap into his network of contacts, persons who are willing to help this out thru the cooperative-collaborative approach. Among the crowd last 29 Aug were a businesswoman-farmer specializing in organic agriculture, persons who are involved cooperatives, a few alumni, etc, and a husband-wife team of food technologists who synthesized the affordable food and drink especially formulated for the nutritional situation of the students, but which could also be sold as food-drink supplement in the commercial market. The different formulations sound terrific, involving almost all that is commonly known about proteins, carbohydrates, fats as well as vitamins and minerals from plants and greens, like Moringga or malunggay, kamote tops, etc. This in-house formulation of the food assures that the target students really get a meal certified for nutrition, but at such affordable cost. The formulations are still work in progress, but the major hurdles have been overcomed.
While waiting for the Guests, Sir Arnul discusses points of the
feeding program.
Sustaining The Feeding Thru Thick and Thin
One proposal they are thinking about , is to market some of these food products thru the Cooperatives and the proceeds will support the Feeding Program (one purchase will assure one meal for a student), generate a fund for transport fares, as well as the Cooperative For Teachers. Another is to make an outright donation that will support the meal of one student for several days. He remarked that a thousand peso donation can feed a student twenty days.
The lady in green is what Sir Arnul called the Teacher In Charge of
Feeding (Ms. Cora Garcia). The students were given the special
formulation of soup, biscuits, soya milk, chocolate drink.
2008 A Year of Distress For Our Alma Mater: Hunger and Building Demolition
As we all can easily guess, this feeding program has been launched amidst a time of exceptional distress for MHS our beloved Alma Mater. The present building faces demolition anytime this Sept 2008. The funding and different bureaucratic approvals are not yet complete, approval of transfer to the temporary building is still pending, approval for temporary suspension of classes, etc, while there has been an increase of enrollment for this school year. Very few among us ordinary alumni are aware of the demanding struggles of Sir Arnul and the entire Teaching & Administrative Staff of Manila High School to keep the school delivering its expected services to the students, no matter what adversity.
But it's the problem of hunger that Sir Arnul has to contend with everyday. He aims that the feeding program should survive this period of grave transition for our Alma Mater. Though he appreciates the efforts of all alumni to help MHS in so many other ways, he thinks that hunger is the raging fire - the conflagration that he needs to extinguish soon, for it directly affects the learning ability of the students here and now. For him therefore, hunger is the clear and present danger. However, at the moment, he is more alone in this newly engendered endeavor, he is calling on all alumni to help.
Chow time for the kids, these first year angels cheerful but
positively cachectic for me.
Our Alma Mater could be in dire straits now, but fortunately she is not yet hopeless, thanks to the able leadership of Sir Arnul and the teachers, making do with the little resources they have. They will need our help, my dear Fellow Alumni! As of Sept 25, classes have been suspended while transfer to the PNB Building in Escolta is underway.
Sir Arnul in his office , the guy to his right is the food technologist
Skip Your Meal, Feel A Little Hunger
This event last Aug 29 was simple but moving. I had to skip my breakfast so that I could travel before traffic accumulates, so you can imagine I was somewhat hungry that morning. However, after I learned that these students do not have breakfast to eat on many mornings, my own gastric discomfort soon faded to insignificance.
Sorry for the blurred picture, that's Sir Arnul and in the background
are the 50 cases of malnutrition.
I heard Sir Arnul mention that many poor students come from the BASECO compound across the Pasig River (via Del Pan Bridge, then Divisoria). That morning, I observed jeepneys plying the Divisoria - Pier route take a detour to Victoria Street and hurriedly disgorge their load of MHS students before the 7am flag ceremony - I remembered that remark of Sir Arnul. Even if many of these youngsters bear the visible effects of malnutrition, short stature, thin frame, parched-looking skin, etc, I saw that they still wore clean uniforms smartly, they still had that ready smile and bubbliness one usually finds in children. In other words, they find their hungry and deprived world the most normal and happy world there is. They are happy with so much less in life! That for me is awesome, material deprivation of this sort has not yet broken the spirit of these youngsters!
That's the Brgy Chairperson, Mrs. Gladys de Jesus (alumna Gladys Castunciano)
Hunger Among Filipinos, In A Land of Plenty
(We Can Help Whatever Little, Dear Fellow Alumni!)
But let me also put this event in MHS in a broader perspective. Just last week (the week prior to Aug 29, 2008), the Philippine Daily Inquirer published the most recent survey finding of the Asian Development Bank. ADB says that 23 million Filipinos (out of 88 million, roughly some 26% of the total population) are now living below the poverty line, computed by ADB as $ 1.35 per day per person. You will agree that this would mean even less food for a certain sector of our countrymen. Perhaps we are seeing some evidence of that destitution among our younger schoolmates in MHS.
Mrs. Alice Jane Jarabe, from Light and Sound Museum, by avocation a
lady-farmer-believer of organic agriculture, she was effusively
praising the specially formulated products given to the students.
This ADB study says that depending on a sliding scale of a dollar denominated spending ceiling, the number of poor Filipinos would range from 23 to 26 million. The study proceeds to tabulate the spending pattern on food amount or quality by those who are defined as " poor ". But this study of course doesn't show that destitution and lack of food or poor quality of food will strike that segment of the people most vulnerable - the growing children and infants. Yes, this is what the students in MHS are feeling now. Hunger may gnaw against their bellies, but for us who can help, the HUNGER BURNS OUR HEARTS !
We know that we can do something for our Extended Family of Manila High School! Get in touch now and be counted !
You may contact Mr Arnul Empleo 09178589383 or email him email@example.com
The Photos were posted in the webpage's of Manila High School Graduates International.
Other photos of the activities of MHSGIA a Manila High School alumni association.
Last year 2007 the Manila-based officers of MHSGIA handed to the Principal Dr. Arnulfo Empleo the MHSGIA's donation of PC Printer.
Below were the photos during last year June 2007 celebration of MHS 101st Foundation
celebration. After the ceremony the Manila-based officers of MHSGIA briefed the MHS Students who were given scholarship by MHSGIA alumni association.
Other Photos of Manila High School on the Year 2007 :
Other related stories about Manila High School on the below web link :
Thursday, January 15, 2009
The Dutch Choir "Afrika-Engakoor" and the Manila
Sunday, August 5, 2007
Manila High School and the US Navy
Saturday, May 19, 2007
Manila High School's History
Saturday, May 19, 2007
Manila High School - Centennial Anniversary and Alumni Homecoming


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Life has been, well let us say akin to purgatory. After passing my first semester, but only by a narrow margin, I soon realized that my work-life balance approach to life would have to be put on hold. Sundays with Jeremy have turned in to a few hours of precious time - usually on our bikes so I can kill two birds with one stone. Yes, I just called my husband a bird. Possibly a Tit Mouse. They are pretty cute birds.
I am now coming out of midterms. Only two exams left, a lab report, a case study and two labs next week, but all that is left is manageable. Unlike the last few weeks.
When Jeremy and I did TransRockies back in 2010, I vividly remember every excruciating moment of climbing up and over the Continental Divide, pushing my bike up, up and over, grateful for every piece of carbon and XT component. Pharmacy school is like that. I put my head down and work. Every once in a while during TransRockies I would reward myself with a bite of a Cliff Bar, a moment to take in the view and the promise of the proverbial summit and that I would stand there, for as long as I wanted to bask in the accomplishment of 3 hours pushing uphill. And I did. I am so grateful for the little things these days. A tea date with a good friend, my mom's Roladden, an impromptu Hip Concert, a ride taken on stolen time through gorgeous single track with my favourite person. It is these moments that get me through. And also, the promise of the proverbial summit. But not to dwell on that summit, for like a watched kettle, I know it will take so much longer to come to fruition if I do nothing else but wait for its arrival. In the meantime, I have learned so much from my bike racing. Training and studying need to happen every day. Rewards are important. There will be bad days, but dwelling on them dilutes the good ones. Rest days are life savers. And putting one foot in front of the other, is the only way to make it to the finish line.
the proverbial summit
the friends that keep me smiling


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Six Books That Make Me Happy: Part 2
My last post (i.e. Six Books That Make Me Happy, Part 1) garnered a comment from Charlotte, who tagged me for this Six Things meme in the first place, and was baffled that I named The Greengage Summer as a book that makes me happy, when the book itself--it's true--is not particularly cheerful. She had a good point, and I had to think about it: Do depressing books make me happy? Well, sometimes, if in addition to being depressing they're also (like The Greengage Summer) gorgeously written and so engaging that I forget myself and all the things I have to do and settle in to read them again. Doing that makes me happy.
But some cheerful books make me happy too! Honest! Like, say:
4) The Wee Free Men, by Terry Pratchett. How can anyone be unhappy when reading or even thinking about a book that features a 9-year-old witch named Tiffany Aching, and her cheesemaking family, and a troupe of tiny blue men who speak in a Scottish brogue and mainly go in for "Stealing! and drinking! and fighting!" and ally themselves with Tiffany against the forces of evil? No one, that's who.
5) The Tall Book of Make-Believe. Full of stories and poems about, well, make-believe: wee little men and everlasting lollipops and the magical Land of Counterpane and a wonderful story about a day when everything goes wrong for one family, including one girl getting squashed flat and being perfectly fine, except that since she's flat she can't see anything round, so she burns the peas they were going to have for lunch. Some of the pieces are fantasy, and some are just about the wonders of the imagination, and it's all illustrated by early Garth Williams--before he did the Laura Ingalls Wilder books--with just the right respect for magic, very little cutesiness at all. I'm grateful to still have my childhood copy of this strange, obscure, and now out-of-print anthology. If you ever find a copy, please snatch it up if you can. It is worth it. (Here's a site that has a few pictures.)
6) Charmed Life, by Diana Wynne Jones. Okay, maybe it's not particularly cheerful at the beginning, when Cat and his sister Gwendolen are left orphaned in a sudden boating disaster. But after that, things pick up, especially after the enchanter Chrestomanci shows up and whisks the siblings off to the Castle to live with him and his terrifically crabby and powerfully magical family, and Gwendolen uses her magical abilities to work a series of unauthorized spells that take peevish wanton mischief to new levels, and then various things are revealed and somewhere in there poor Cat gets challenged to meet Will Suggins in the form of a tiger, on account of accidentally and temporarily turning Will's girlfriend into a frog. Also there is Janet, who has so much common sense, you feel like she could deal with anything even if she just up and landed in another world without any warning. Which she has. And that is all I'm going to say about THAT, just in case you haven't read it.
Hmm. All of these last three are fantasy. So I guess you could say that fantasy stories, as well as gloomy coming-of-age novels, make me happy. But the truth is, so many books do; these three just happened to all remind me of each other.
I'm not going to tag anyone for this, but if you have a book, or books, that make you happy, feel free to share in comments below, or write it on your own blog and let me know.
Thanks, Charlotte! This was fun.


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Enhancing Learning And Teaching In Higher Education: Engaging With The Dimensions Of Practice by John Lea
This is not a book I would read for pleasure. I mostly read it to help me pass my second attempt at passing the PGCAP exam. The book was probably the best one I have read in which was written in
PGCAP style, but many things in the book annoyed me. Unlike other books, written by people who
believe the PGCAP world view, there were a few useful ideas in it.
One section annoyed me. The author wanted to show that the number of undergraduate students has grown by a huge amount. Rather, then the authors finding the information out, they proposed that the reader as an exercise should find it out and they subtly hinted that Wikipedia should be consulted. One od the reasons, I buy books is so that I am not reliant on Wikipedia. I can see that the author, thought that, this exercise of collecting student number in Universities as a function of time, would engage the readers. I just felt the author was being lazy. If they wrote the chapter, they should have found out the information and perhaps created a good graph.
This is one of the problems with some of the ideas of pushing more of the work to the students. Sometimes it makes the module leader lazy.
This is one of the problems with some of the ideas of pushing more of the work to the students. Sometimes it makes the module leader lazy.


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you're going to get somebody hurt. telling people wich way to go breaks concentration and separates them from thier own assessment of conditions. people can only learn from within and experience ,the worst thing you can do when riding a bike is actually to think about what you are doing. Progression is achieved by small incremental steps . You're methods bore no relation to the reality of motoorcycling. YOU JUST LIKE TELLING PEOPLE WHAT TO DO.


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With Chicago, Cook County, and Illinois taxes all included, smokers now pay $4.66 a pack in taxes in Chicago. That's the second-highest cigarette tax in the nation, trailing only New York City at $5.85. People looking to make quick cash don't need to travel far to buy cheap cigarettes. Indiana's tax is just $0.995 a pack, and Missouri's tax is the lowest in the country at just $0.17. [Illinois Department of Revenue head investigator John] Chambers says cigarette smuggling is now as lucrative as drug smuggling, with much lower penalties.
Which is what they're no doubt angling to change, largely because the point of raising cigarette taxes in the first place was to give the state of Illinois more revenue to waste. Instead, they've initiated a new generation of Illinois residents into the ancient and esoteric mysteries of the Gentlemen. Brilliant move there, Illinois. No, really: smuggling is one of those necessary professions that civilization doesn't want to admit is necessary, mostly because it's most necessary in those situations where civilization has temporarily broken down. Keeping the skill set alive is probably for the best.
Via Hot Air.
Moe Lane
PS: What? No, actually I myself quit smoking myself years ago. But I don't hate smokers, or the idea that somebody, somewhere, may be lighting up a cigarette. And I can tell the difference between, say, crack cocaine and the absence of a tax stamp.


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Oscar Mayer has a coupon for $0.75/1 Oscar Mayer Hot Dogs on it's Facebook page. You can actually help everyone also earn a coupon good for a FREE product! Here's how:
Print out your $0.75/1 Oscar Mayer Hot Dog Selects coupon.
Purchase your product and try it out. Share your comments by August 15th.
Involve your freinds and watch the value of the coupon increase — possibly even reaching a FREE product coupon!
Today and tomorrow, HyVee has hot dogs on sale for $0.99 each. However, I am not sure if the sale includes the Oscar Mayer Selects variety. If it is included, you can get yours for just $0.24!! I haven't been able to check on this myself yet, so if you find out that they ARE included, please come back here to let us all know!


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Don't Let the Hatred of a People Cause You To Do Wrong
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«And do not let [it] cause you to do wrong» i.e., do not let hate of a people cause you to not be just, just as someone who has no justice or equity does. Rather, just as you testify for your ally, then testify against him, and just as you testify against your enemy, then testify for him, even if he were a disbeliever or heretic. For surely, justice and acceptance of what he comes with of the truth is obligated in it, because it is truth, not because he [is the one who] said it. Do not reject the truth on account of his statement, for surely, this is an oppression for the truth.


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Helping from the start
Every year the Camphill Foundation receives applications from Camphill communities throughout the UK and Ireland for help with funding for a wide range of projects. The most difficult stage in any new project usually occurs in the early stages, after the initial idea has been turned into a plan but before that plan is put into action. That's the point at which funding is required so the project can get off the ground.
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Camphill Foundation UK & Ireland often provides a portion of the start-up finance needed so that funds can then be obtained from other sources, or ensuring set-up costs are covered so that the project can develop further. Without our help - which of course means your help - it might never get off the ground.
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When you donate money to a charity, you like to know it is being well spent. Your donation, whether large or small, will support much more than a single project. Camphill Foundation frequently provides assistance in the form of loans, and when the money is repaid it becomes available to help with another project, then another, and so on.
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The Foundation works with all the Camphill communities in the UK and Ireland, so is the ideal place for those who wish to leave something to Camphill in general rather than to a particular community or a particular group of beneficiaries.
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Corny Dogs
- 1 pkg. hot dogs (or 2 per person)
- 1 C. corn flake crumbs
- 1/2 C. ketchup
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Roll hot dogs in ketchup and then in crumbs. Place on parchment lined baking sheet and bake at 350 degrees until golden (about 10 minutes).
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