Month: March 2014

Pink Bomb Recipe up at ManilaSpeak.com

Pink Bomb Recipe up at ManilaSpeak.com

This week’s recipe at ManilaSpeak.com is a cocktail called a Pink Bomb. It’s made with Manille Liqueur de Calamansi and  Tanduay Dark Rum.  

Chocolate Chia Cookies

Chocolate Chia Cookies

We’re going out to the firing range tomorrow with my cousins, and I wanted to bring some food if we get hungry. So I created a variation on my Gluten-Free Chocolatey Nutty Oats Cookies with chia seeds. I forgot to add the chocolate bits though, so 

Rica Taking a Break

Rica Taking a Break

Rica taking a short break from work
Rica taking a short break from work
Patting Light

Patting Light

The light looks like it’s petting Reggie on the head.  

Doodling with Tech Pens

Doodling with Tech Pens

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Even when I use fountain pens most of the time, I sometimes use tech pens. I like being able to use drawing ink for sketching as it’s more permanent than many fountain pen inks. I used to own Faber Castell tech pens in high school, but they don’t make them anymore. So I recently bought Staedtler ones instead. The ones I’m using right now are 1.0mm, 0.5mm, and 0.3mm. I still have to buy a 0.1mm point.

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Margaux Salcedo at Manila Hotel Tap Room

Margaux Salcedo at Manila Hotel Tap Room

We love watching Margaux Salcedo sing at the Tap Room, so when she sent us a text last Wednesday that she was singing there, I made sure to finish my ManilaSpeak.com article as fast as I could to catch a few sets. I also took it