End of a short chapter

Today marks an end of a chapter for me, though a short one, I learned quite a lesson. For one I will never go on night shift ever again.... haha. "Been there, Done That!"

Next week its a whole new world for me again in the world of the seas... Hope all goes well... :)

Bread, et cetera

It is a mysterious business, this making of bread, 

and once you are hooked by the miracle of yeast,

you'll be a breadmaker for life.

James Break, from Beard on Bread 1980

I always wondered how bread are made and is it the same as baking a cake or making desserts? Well last June 5, 2011, I got the chance to know. My sister and I attend a bread demo class at the castle of baking and confectionery arts. The fee is 1500 pesos but since there is a promo wherein you bring a friend, we got it at 50% discount. 

The demo includes the basics and steps of bread making. The recipes that was demonstrated were Pan de Sal, Spanish Bread, Cinnamon Bread, Ensaimada, Bread Pudding and Doughnut.

The verdict.. I now know that making bread takes a lot of patience because of the waiting time for the fermentation (waiting for the dough to rise), the resting of the dough (continuation of the rise of dough) and the muscle it requires to knead the dough (if you don't have the machine). J

Migi's First Words

When will your baby coo's turn into words? When will he/she be able to say "Mama"?
Well our baby Migi is a little bit delayed. At 20 months old, his vocabulary is limited to "Daddy" and "Kongkong" (Shortcut of Grandfather in Chinese). My wait is finally over, today June 4, 2011 he finally called me...."Mama".