Art, Love and Passion

I've learned to appreciate art at a very young age not because I have relatives in the industry but because I was fascinated with all things concerned with it. I always wanted our excursions to include visits to reputable museums here and around the metro. Living in a third world country would definitely be one of the few things that could inspire you or force yourself and your mind off things. Making something beautiful out of the impoverished situation is the ideal way of fixing it. I don't have that much money even up to this day to afford such pieces and only get the next best thing if I wanted one for our home. Take a look at this image for example; don't you just feel the passion and emotion on the artwork? That is one of the few things that give me a natural high. It inspires me to say the least. I want to make one myself too but maybe in a different medium like photography. Giclee Fine Art Prints would be one of the few things I'd like to find so I can get them displayed on my home. That's going to be a great thing to have soon!

The love I have for works of art and the times when I need inspiration dictates what particular piece I get interested in. I almost ransacked the museums here in the metro and if that wasn't too bad; to do in a single whim when nobody's looking or maybe get what I need for my own home. I get frustrated each day looking at them but I know pretty soon I'll have these in my hands. What about you? Have you considered getting artworks for your own home?! What particular pieces do you adore? Do you have artists in mind?

Inspired by the Barefoot Contessa

To keep myself dead hungry while doing my everyday routine I watch shows from this fantastic lady on the Food Network. I admit I am a fan just as I am a fan of Nigella Lawson. I can cook but maybe not as good as them; but I may have chances to do that when following recipes. I probably have a lot to say but here's why I love how they do this. Whipping up a cake and a couple of main dishes for an event wouldn't hurt!



The old techniques of getting every dry and wet ingredient together first before mixing everything is the key. I'm not much into baking either but I can probably do this. Yeap, guys like me can cook too... don't ask why but it maybe because I went to market almost every week with my Mum back then hence the ability to cook anything I want heheh... Although I only do spicy things better that part where she creamed the chocolate is oh soooo yummy!



How I wish I also had a house in the Hamptons so I could have the quaint lifestyle (if that is quaint by your standards) that they have. I love to get to know them too. I would be so lucky to have them as neighbors and maybe just maybe it'll come true one of these days. She is a Nuclear expert by the way and had no formal training in cooking. I guess the model of all american women these days are a far cry from Martha Stewart huh?! Maybe they were making bombs before they made cake and made them glow of the radiation. My mind is playing tricks on me again... I have a weird sense of humor I know! Ha-ha!




I haven't had a book by her yet so I'm planning to get one tomorrow. Maybe I'll learn a thing or two about making simple things out of our kitchen. After all it has been a focal point in our home all these years and that oven is probably getting a little rusty hehehe. My brother doesn't cook when he's here in the Philippines but since I'm in the mood these days to cook maybe I'll get inspired to bake a cake and eat it too literally! Don't you just love that Chocolate Buttercream Frosting she made?! Ugh! Diet Epic Fail! LOL!

The Pains of Bankruptcy

I have seen a lot of people suffering in the US after the recession. I have friends who went through the same trials as everybody else there and still... they haven't recovered because they earn so little than what they used to. Filing bankruptcy was one of the easy things to do at that time but there are really big repercussions in doing that. The measly help from the government would not be able to get the children to school nor feed them three times a day. If this happened to them it would surely be possible anywhere else in the world.

United States insolvency dossiers increased to almost 14% at the end of the 2010 fiscal year. Bankruptcies dropped slightly from 2009 for non businesses. Although at the same period Chapter 7 liquidation and Chapter 13 reorganization (the one for personal bankruptcy) indicated significant increases. This has been affirmed by well known Sacramento bankruptcy attorney Gerald Glazer.

The worldwide and US recession that began in December 2007 ended in June 2009. This makes it the longest since the Great Depression. The National Bureau of Economic Research confirms this as we have seen the worse 18 months in that same period. These businesses appear to be recovering now but personal bankruptcy still lingers because of long-term unemployment and re-employment of the same people with lower indicated earnings. I hope it would not happen to us anytime soon. I am hopeful that the country's economic managers would be able to formulate a way to produce safeguards so we wouldn't suffer the same fate. Otherwise we'll stay in the third world title for a longer time.








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For Victims of the Earthquake and Tsunami in Japan

400 hundred people confirmed dead and hundreds more still missing; that is the thing that made my day miserable yesterday. It was horrific; just to see the actual tsunami take over the city of Tokyo, the Miyagi Prefecture and other provinces in the outskirts of Honshu. My heart was broken seeing people still inside their cars as they are being swept away parallel with yachts and fishing boats. Survivors desperately climb up their houses and wave white cloths as helicopters try and save whoever they can. There are still a lot of people under debris and probably having so hard to keep themselves alive after those set of waves that ravaged the country. My condolences to everyone in Japan. To the Japanese people, I only can do much but I am so heartbroken... I adore your country and your citizens... I sincerely hope you get through this.