Meringue-Making On A Manic Monday: Silvanas

BlogCritics: my first article submission, Confessions Of A Chocolate Chaser, has been chosen as Editors' Picks.  You can read it here if you're interested.

I just discovered my own personal Bible, The Idiot's Guide To Managing Your Time.   To date, it has truly been a revelation in that I was able to write and submit my long overdue first article for Blog Critics, complete another article for a client after my regular office hours and managed to bake a batch of silvanas and meet up with a friend for  a cup of coffee.  All this accomplished on a manic Manila Monday!

New Year's Eve 2010

Unlike in the West, New Year's Eve is a family affair here in the Philippines.  It really is just a continuation of Christmas Eve with a few differences.   Being a "holiday orphan," my friend invited me to spend Christmas Eve with her family, which was very generous of her to do so.  Now imagine my surprise when her parents invited me again to spend New Year's Eve with them!   A repeat invitation in a short space of a week is a good sign that I didn't repulse my hosts during Christmas Eve.