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Pancake place? Try SLAPPY CAKES!

*LATE POST*

08.24.2013

Me and my YFC girlfriends planned a dinner date this night, but unfortunately, only 3 of us came (out of 5). That’s kinda sad because we’re not complete. Again. *sigh* Heehee.

So here’s my hashtag ootd (or should I say ootn hahaha) which I also posted in my Instagram account. :)

Black elastic waist dress, topped with pomelo-colored cardigan,

and paired with pomelo-colored shoes.

Ate Raiza fetched us up with her car at around 8 in the evening. When we reached Eastwood, we still can’t figure out where are we going to eat so we decided to stroll over the place. And finally, we are hooked by this not too big stall located at the G/F of Eastwood Mall.

Tadaaaaaa! I’m talking about Slappy Cakes! I wasn’t able to take the actual picture outside. Sad. :( Heehee.

We entered the door and got a seat. While we were waiting for the menu, I rolled over my eyes to check the place. It was bright enough to create a “happy mood” somehow, plus it uses wood furniture. The table at the center contains a pancake griddle which lets you cook your own pancake, of course. (You will see later on this blog how does the pancake griddle looks like) Overall, I can say that the ambience is great and the interior is simple but cozy. And again, I’m sorry because I wasn’t able to take a picture inside this time.

Well, obviously, I took a picture of Slappy Cakes’ menu. Heehee. I was surprised when I saw that they are not only offering pancakes, but they also have rice meals (classic Filipino breakfast), some salad-like meals, and desserts.

Too many savory and fixins to choose from.

Aaaaahhhhh! :)))

They also have a couple of recommended combinations
in the menu which first timers could try out.

And there’s this one drink that caught my attention… HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

The staff in Slappy Cakes would ask you if it’s your first time or not. If it is, then they will teach you how to make your own pancakes using the pancake griddle.

Here's how to make your DIY pancakes! :)

STEP 1: CHOOSE YOUR BATTER

Slappy Cakes has 5 different flavors to choose from .Each flavor comes in an 8 oz. squeeze bottle per serving: Buttermilk (225 PHP), Whole Grain (225 PHP), Peanut Butter (260 PHP), Vegan (260 PHP), and Chocolate (260 PHP).

We picked the Buttermilk for our first taste.

STEP 2: ADD FIXINS / TOPPINGS / SAVORY

We just tried the fixins. No toppings, no savory. :)

We tried mangoes, nutella, and banana. *drools*

STEP 3: CUSTOMIZE YOUR OWN PANCAKES!

Put the batter into the hot griddle. It's up to you
how big you want your pancake will be.

Add the fixins you have picked. Here in my first pancake, I put some mangoes, bananas, and nutella. :))

Cover it up with another layer of batter.

Flip the pancake to cook the other side.

And.... tadaaaaaa! Here it is! :">

Done simply and easily. Heehee

Here are some of our pictures while making our own pancakes. :">

Ate Raiza putting her second layer of the batter.

Ate Normae flipping her pancakes.

Oh, it's me putting my favorite Nutella. ♥

And here's our pancaaaakes! *yummy*

Pancake topped with Nutella and banana.

And of course, here are my pictures (selfie lol) and our group photos. ♥

To conclude our stay in Slappy Cakes, I can say that I really enjoyed our food that night! :) What makes the store unique is that you can make your own pancakes and you are free to do anything you want with it. I believe that this factor gives every customer a new level of fun and interactive dining experience. Actually, there is nothing really exceptional about their pancakes, it's just that your whole stay in Slappy Cakes is truly one-of-a-kind.

Spell your name out. Make smiley faces. Play around with wacky shapes. Go crazy and have fun making your own pancakes!

SLAPPY CAKES

Ground Floor Eastwood Mall, Quezon City

Contact Number: (02) 909 35 01

Facebook Page: www.facebook.com/SlappyCakesPH

Inhale love, exhale hate!
♥ KIN ♥

10/08/2013 12:00:00 AM
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HOW TO FINISH WHAT YOU'VE STARTED

encouragement

Bonjour!!! :)

I've been hiatus for already a month... but only here in Blogger. Meeeh. If you would check my other social media sites (FOLLOW ME: Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram), I'm still active there. Most specially in Twitter, of course! :)) Ha! It's because those sites are more accessible for me when I'm using the iPad and my Blackberry phone. I find it a little harder to keep in touch with my blog site because my laptop is still at my friend's for almost three months already. :( And I feel more comfortable using my laptop when I'm writing my thoughts. That's why I can't update my blog every now and then. :(

So, yeah. Enough of that. Haha! Because this blog is not about all of my excuses and reasons for not posting here for so long… :))

Have you ever noticed that many of us are good at starting things? But if you will carefully look into it and see how far you’ve come, you’ll just be disappointed sometimes because you will realize that you haven’t finished it yet? It’s because it’s the finishing that we need help with. :)

ENCOURAGEMENT. INCENTIVE. MOTIVATION.

Finishing something is all about these three words. If you assess yourself and you realized that you’re having a difficult time finishing things, maybe one of the best things that you can do is to think of the reason why you started that certain thing in the first place, and why you want to finish it.

You may also want to consider if that task is something that you really love to do…

IF YES, then ask yourself why would you love to do it? What can you get after doing it? Is there some benefit that you can gain from doing it? If you can answer those questions, then you are starting to visualize everything. It’s a good sign because that visualization might help you to keep going.

IF NOT, then maybe you should look upon the consequences of setting it aside, or omitting it. If you’ll do the latter, perhaps after a day or two, you’ll be surprised that it will bring you comfort when you’ve finally decided to omit some task that you didn’t really want to do in the first place!

If you think that encouragement/incentive/motivation is lacking and you need more of it, challenge yourself by pressuring yourself positively. I repeat, positively. A little of it can be a good thing because it helps to bring you some kind of tension (e.g. setting a deadline, posting via social media about what you have done, etc.).

You may also want to divide your task into a piecemeal. It will help you get started on little things with little steps. And if you keep doing it repeatedly, you’ll never notice how far you’ve come. Until poof! You’re done! ;)

(Example) If you can’t read a whole book or a whole story in one sitting, just try reading a paragraph or two. If you feel that after reading a little you now can’t absorb anything, rest for a while. Then read another sets of paragraphs. Keep doing this until you’ve finally reached the end of the book. Then you’re done! You can now go out and tell the whole world that you just finished reading a book. You’ll realize that it’s AWESOME. :)

HIHIHIHIHIHI. I've blogged about this because I think that it's really appropriate and at the same time, helpful for me. I've been bombarded with tons of work this month (although I'm still studying). Hahaha! And yes, I've already started some of my to-do's and I'm still in the process of doing it. And I'm still praying for it to be finished ON TIME! I hope that you too could finish whatever task you have! Just keep praying! ;)

Inhale love, exhale hate!
♥ KIN ♥

8/30/2013 03:48:00 AM
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READY OR NOT?

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I’M 21 AND I’VE NEVER BEEN IN A RELATIONSHIP. A REAL RELATIONSHIP. AN OFFICIAL RELATIONSHIP.

It’s been half a year since my so-called “pseudo-relationship” ended. It hurts like hell, of course. Obviously. But that’s not the reason why am I writing tonight, that’s another story. OK? =))

During that time span (6 months), a number of people are constantly asking me, “Sinong nanliligaw sayo ngayon?”, “Ilan manliligaw mo?”, “Sinong mahal mo ngayon?”, “Bakit wala ka pang minamahal?”, “Kamusta na puso mo?”, etc. And I was like, “Kelangan ba talagang laging may nanliligaw? Laging may minamahal?” HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

Because of these curious people and their endless questions, it made me think deeply and then I tried looking back to what had happened to me before. I examined those little parts of my life wherein I thought I was really ready to fall in love, with a feeling of telling yourself, “Sana siya na nga.” :) Then I came to realize that after all of the distress that I’ve experienced during those “pseudo-relationships”, I became tired. Tired of being hurt. Tired of being in pain. Tired of everything. There came a point when I remember saying, “Ayoko na magmahal ulit.” to myself.

Funny, right? Ha! I know. But that was before. :)) After continually praying for it, I have learned that I should not give up on finding love again. That there’s no reason to hate love or believe it doesn’t really exist. That I should not convince myself not to fall in love again. Because by doing such things, I’m just being hard to myself. I’m only clinging on to a memory of love that I’ve once experienced, that didn’t end well for me. And when love comes knocking at my door, I will open it wide and fall in love all over again. :”>

As of now, I’m still in a quest to “find my own self” which (I think) has been lost while I’m in the world called “love”. I’m doing such thing to become a better version of myself. To get back what has been gone to me. Learning to fall in love again is all about understanding the process of healing. I’m proud to say that I have stopped choosing to rush through my love life. I let myself to take time not only in changing myself, but also in reflecting, discerning, and praying for “the one”, or rather for “God’s gift”.

I will not settle yet. I will not settle for anything less than what I deserve. I will not settle for a life that is less than the ordinary, and that is not filled with trust, passion, and love. I will not settle for what God hasn’t prepared for me yet.

When you are ready for love, it is not about a person, or a place, or a time; it is about YOU accepting that you are ready for this and ready to put out everything to the world.

I’m willing to wait for this, even if it takes years, because I know that God is still busy writing the manuscript for my BEST JOURNEY OF LOVE . :”>

Inhale love, exhale hate!

♥ KIN ♥

7/26/2013 02:55:00 AM
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THE ESSENCE OF A PRAYER

While singing in StarMaker (because I am a frustrated singer, yes. Hahahaha!), my Mom asked me for a little favor. She told me to go to Sta. Lucia Parish to schedule her for a mass offering tomorrow since it's her birthday. I didn't refuse considering that I am doing a not-so-important stuff. When I arrived at the Parish Office, it's already closed. Then when I saw a mother butler, I immediately asked her if what time did the office closed. She said that it's a "rest day" for the office and it will resume its work tomorrow at 9am. I was saddened that time not because I went there for nothing, but because Mom won't be able to make a mass offering on her special day. Well technically, she still can but on an evening mass, not on a morning mass.

I went there for the purpose of scheduling a mass offering for Mom. No more, no less. But suddenly before leaving, I felt the urge of having a me-time inside the Church itself. I went inside. Knelt down. Made the Sign of the Cross. And started to pray.

After praying, I felt lighter. Lighter in a sense that I have already threw up again the grudges that I had for these past few days. I also felt blessed because I was able to have the opportunity to thank Him again for all the graces He has given me.

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REALIZATION:

"Do all this in prayer, asking for God's help. Pray on every occasion as the Spirit leads. For this reason keep alert and never give up; pray always for God's people."

-Ephesians 6:18

For me, prayer is not simply as something Christians do from time to time, but it is the very essence of our Christian life. Prayer is talking with God. It is an ongoing dialogue with God that keeps our relationship with Him. In its essence, prayer is a communion with God.

Prayer is certainly not persuading God to do what we want God to do. It is not said just for emergency purposes. Prayer is, however, much more than merely asking God for something. We get to know God in a manner of talking with (not only to) Him.

Let's be reminded to keep our prayer simple. So often when we pray, we have this inner urge to share everything to Him as much as we can. But what we really need to do is to be still and know that He is God (Psalm 46:10). He already knows what's in our heart. We need not to say a lot, we should just simply allow ourselves to be loved by Him and to be present to Him.

Every day, take time to to be silent with the Lord. You may start with ten minutes, and then increase your prayer time gradually. Eventually, you will realize that it's not so much about you saying a lot of words to Him, it's more about Him saying beautiful and sweet words to you. :">

Inhale love, exhale hate!
♥ KIN ♥

6/24/2013 07:35:00 PM
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6/14/2013 07:02:00 PM
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HOW TO FINISH WHAT YOU'VE STARTED

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