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Homemade Treasures by Chona Ayson

By | Foodie | 3 Comments

I am so happy to see Chona again!!  The beautiful lady behind Homemade Treasures.  She comes all the way from Pampanga with all her delicious sweets!!!

Previous Entry:  Homemade Treasures January 4,2014

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Here she is again up close
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Best seller and her specialty is the Classic Ensaymada
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Best seller # 2 is the Cheese rolls which I got to try and wow!! LOVE!!!
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Her ube jam is also a bestseller
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and the Ube Ensaymada is getting to be very popular as well.  I tried many things from Homemade treasures and you can really tell that she does not scrimp on her ingredients
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Calamansi Mamon – YUM!
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Ham ensaymada!  Also so good!! With a very generous amount of ham inside!  She does not scrimp!
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Guava Mamon

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New!! Honey Mamon!
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Honey Caramel Ensaymada
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Pistachio Ensaymada
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New!! Caramels!! I love this! I shared it with my sister too – reminded me of dulce gatas from Bacolod but this comes in balls
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External Battery Charger

By | Great Inventions, H2H Favorite Things, Technology | 2 Comments

These are all my back ups for my phone to make sure I don’t run out of battery!  There was an article on how you can save your battery, but I am really a heavy user especially if I am mobile so I need all the power reserve that I can get 

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Thanks to this gadget I won’t need all of those anymore!! This external battery can charge my iPhone 4 times!  or Charge 4 gadgets at the same time!  It’s quite big but it can still fit in your bag- it is only 1 pound and I don’t mind bringing it and using it – it is better than running out of battery for my phone.  I know there are many out there and there are branded ones which will be more expensive and which might probably be better but this one I have tried and tested so it is okay.   

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You don’t need to look for an outlet if you are in the car, on the airplane, in a restaurant or when you are outdoors!!  It’s perfect for me!

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If you are interested in purchasing one, I am bringing in a few from the States together with mine.  Please call Beth at landline 8981371 to reserve and they will arrive on March 4. Heart2Heart’s favourite things closed already so items will come from the office. It costs P 2,700.00.  

It’s perfect

1.)  For travelling- whether land, sea or air  

2.)  If you plan to be outdoor the whole day  

3.)  For a gift to someone who has everything 🙂

4.)  For someone like me relies a lot on the phone to work when mobile

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There is a smaller and more compact kind which is like a lipstick!  This can charge your phone only once but it is very handy and you can hang it on your neck or put in your pocket.  This is P 1,200.00  If you like this, please specify your color as it comes in many colors ( below )

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The black one comes with these

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The other colours come like this

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Romantic Eats by Pinoy Eats World

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Heart2Heart was so busy on HEART day 🙂  I went to the travel fair and realised I was too early arriving at 8am for the 10am opening, so I went to Podium to see this 🙂  Again I was the earliest 🙂

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Saw JJ Yulo there a few minutes before I had to leave.  I forgot to ask you JJ what your shirt meant haha 🙂  I like going to JJs bazaars because I find new things I do not know about 
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Just a simple set up with a few booths.  A few but very interesting booths – Quality not quantity 🙂
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New discovery!  Gourmet Cotton Candy!  This was Pia’s first time to attend a bazaar and introduce her product.  All natural cotton candy which are hand mixed.  It’s healthier without the preservatives but of course no claim of being sugar free 🙂 You can hire her cart for parties or events or you can buy the powder/mix from her
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Chona of Homemade Treasures took me here – Yummy cheesecakes.  The ube one uses the ube of Homemade Treasures so I therefore conclude it is Yummy 🙂
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LOVE this booth! Pink, hearts and everything sweet 🙂
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Sugar Twists by Gonuts Donuts – their booth was not yet set up so no photo of the booth
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Marianna and Migs for Buckies!!
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Some wine
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Sticks and Balls- very interesting ones 🙂  The Bananutella Buchi and the Prawn and foie gras balls 
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Risa’s booth was not yet set up so this is all I took 
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Aries Caces at the Polk Arts Center

By | Arts and Culture, Entertainment, Great Achievements, Proud to be Pinoy! | 2 Comments

I am so blessed to be part of this private concert at the Polk Art Center 🙂 and have the priveledge to listen once more to the great and very talented pianist, Aries Caces.  Aries is a pianist, conductor and professor in Vienna, Austria and is back for awhile in the Philippines.  He will be back next year for a solo concert with the Manila Symphony Orchestra  

Previous entry:  Aries Caces and Minette Padilla March 10, 2012   

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This piece is a beautiful and very unique performance that I have never seen in my whole life.  It’s a left hand alone piece composed by a Filipino, who was the teacher of Aries.  Listen to Aries explain and then see how he plays this piece.  I am so happy to have captured this

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More power to you Aries!! You make us Filipinos proud!


Thank you to my bestfriend, Eds, for organizing this and inviting us over





Cocktails by the beautiful pool of Eds.  Eds is a very good customer of Gourmet Garage catering 🙂  





And a Happy Birthday Eds!! We love you!
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Osaka Ohsho

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The young people nowadays are amazing!  They are very sharp and aggressive!  They are successful at a very young age!  One of them is Linfred Yap of Wee Nam Kee. osaka-oshio-11.jpeg

 After 8 branches he is now on his second franchise, this time from Japan.  Though it is a Japanese restaurant, he discovered it in Singapore.  Osaka Ohsho specializing in Gyozaosaka-oshio-pr1.jpg1900174_449116238525014_795328863_n.png

 Congratulations Linfred!  More power to you!!




 There are three kinds of gyoza – Original, Cheese and Nori ( Seaweed )

 Original 

  Cheese – Parmesan and Gruyere

 Nori

I like it that there are options for sauces, I like the miso aside from the usual black vinegar sauce.  There’s a chili sauce also  gyoza-sauces-osaka-ohsho-1.JPG

 Aside from gyoza is an extensive menu with many to choose from 

 They use a premium kind of Japanese rice, Koshihikari

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 I enjoyed the Fuwatoro which is omelette over the Koshihikari riceosaka-oshio-pr-3.jpg

 Love the homemade Japanese ice cream

The world’s #1 gyoza is finally in Manila! Find us at the 3rd floor of SM Megamall’s Fashion Hall. For reservations, text 0917-8285011.

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AC Eco Bags by Pre Kinder Class 2014

By | Giving Back, Velada-Others | No Comments

Cute Eco bags from my sister, Margs!  It’s for fundraising for Barangay Martinez, an adopted Assumption Community in Antique which was badly affected by Yolanda.   It’s a combined effort of all the levels wherein each one had to come up with products to sell.  The Pre-Kinder batch decided to do these eco bags.  A few more pieces left,  Hope you can support.  Please contact Margs at 0917-8933913 

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