Monthly Archives: July 2008
A Dutch Treat: Chocolate Sprinkles for Breakfast!
Yes, you read it right. Chocolate sprinkles for breakfast. Only in the Netherlands, dank u. First, you take a piece of bread. Then you spread some butter on it. And for the pièce de résistance: generously put some chocolate sprinkles right on top! The butter serves a very important role — it stops the chocolate … Continue reading
Lessons From The Swimming Pool
When Lola asked me to join a swimming class with her Monday and Friday nights, I readily acquiesced. First of all, I definitely need the exercise. Secondly, I’ve always had the feeling that I may have been doing a lot of things incorrectly all these years (which comes as no surprise, given that I learned … Continue reading
Surfing With The Nokia N82
The Nokia N82 comes chock-full of features — a 5-megapixel camera with real Xenon flash and Carl Zeiss optics, N-gage gaming, Nokia maps, one-click upload of photos to sites such as Flickr, music player, RealPlayer, bluetooth and WiFi capabilities, among other things. But the one thing that I love doing the most with it is … Continue reading
Deja Vu
I love going through old photographs and seeing the similarities between my kids. Exhibit A: The boy on the left is MyEldest — who still needs a new nick! — on his 1st birthday (way back in 1999). The boy on the right is Twin2, circa 2007, when he was just a little over a … Continue reading
KFC’s Chocolate Cake
Chocolate cake? In KFC**? I know, I know. It sounds unbelievable. The cake is not bone-dry like most ‘commercial’ cakes in the market and the chocolate topping reminds me of the chocolate fudge syrup in McDonald’s ice cream sundaes. Think ooey, gooey, sticky, chocolate-y and sweet! Add to that the scoop of vanilla ice cream … Continue reading
