Our New Gadgets

Last week, dirk bought three new electronic toys. The first is my Samsung S5230 GT touch screen phone which is subtle in appearance and very compact in dimensions. In addition, the stylish device makes it relatively easy to operate. The intuitive operation of the very responsive touch screen allows for easy handling of this mobile phone. I like it very much because it also comes complete with Facebook, MySpace and YouTube widgets, which is sure to appeal other social networkers.

The second toy is our very slim and light Sony Vaio laptop. The VAIO NS series notebook is easy to handle and great for on-the-go computing. The NS series notebook is designed to impress with its simple and contemporary appeal.

The third is our Sony e-book reader. The slim and relatively lightweight screen requires no backlight and is easy to read in bright environments. It is also capable of storing thousands of electronic book. It's good for my small eyes and i don't need anymore my reading eyeglass.

Belle's Management Training

My daughter requested me to blog about her basic management training at Mcdonalds. It was held at Mcdonalds head office in Makati and was attended by managers and future managers of one of the biggest fast food chain in the country.

Hopefully they can apply whatever they learned from the 5-day training.

(Above picture)My daughter is the third from left

Family Friends

Tomorrow, the Filipino Service is going to pick up our balikbayan boxes. So, i drive to the city for my last-minute shopping where I saw some family friends. I also buy some toys for my grandchildren and house decors for our retirement house.

The couples are a picture of happiness.

Friends and the City

Now i can feel the peak of summer here in Germany. It's so hot and humid and the rashes in my skin is now visible. It's a nightmare because of my skin allergy. But the sun scare doesnt stopped me from visiting my friends and browsing around the city. I just do some window shopping, i have to control my shoppingitis.

We visited Grace at her place and have dinner together.

A Productive Week

Finally, the window that we ordered a month ago at Hela is now finished. Dirk miscounted the number of windows of our retirement house so we're busy the past days preparing it for shipment to the Philippines.

The window was more or less 70 kilos and its good that a family friend, Michael König was kind enough to lent us his company truck.

Summer is Back

I thought summer is already gone because for the past days its always raining. But i'm wrong, summer is back with a vengeance. The town is now again full of shoppers and the ice cream parlors were a hit. People are taking advantage of the summer sale and its also the start of the summer vacation for students.

I also shopped for some of my food needs at Thai Shop. On the way home, i encountered two hidden cameras in the bushes. It's good that i was warned by the passing motorists but i was surprised on the second one, so i brake hard and the eggs that i bought broke. So i ended up eating the broken eggs for dinner.

My Disaster Baking

Pan de sal is a favorite bread bun eaten in the Philippines usually for breakfast. I really love this bread and i miss it so much here in Germany. I really take time to research on how to bake pandesal. There are lots of receipes available but i only tried the simple one.

I don't have a break maker so i just use the mixer to mix all the ingredients. It turned out to be a disaster, unsuccessful, failure call it whatever. It's just nice in the picture but you cannot eat it because its hard. But i will keep on trying, there's no harm in trying it again for the 2nd, 3rd, 4th....and so on, i will never give up.