Stand out Filipino Dish.

The cooking Demo start

Showing off my cooked caldereta

Pancit Bihon
Beef Caldereta

Chicken Adobo

. Leche Flan

The coolest Waiter-Bartender
I held a Filipino Cooking class yesterday at our house..My guests are all from the embassy. Everything went well. I started my cooking demo on a Chicken Adobo dish followed by a Beef Caldereta dish and the last is the Pancit Bihon. 3 dishes! I even had some leche flan for dessert, made it the night before but it wasn't part of the class. I can say it was a succesful class. The guests love and enjoy the food and the good company. Jeff is my waiter-bartender for that day and he did a great job serving drinks to everyone and in helping me with my class...wouldn't have done it without him. I was surprise with my skills lol!!!

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The Lions Made it with a Big RoaRRRRR!!

Congratulations!!!!! Victory to the Indomitable Lions!!You Made It to The WORLD CUP 2010!!!!! The team is pretty impressive!!! 2-0 Win over Morocco.
Happy Weekend Cameroon!!! Drive safely :)

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Happy Birthday Marine Corps!!

at the dance floor

Last night the Marine Security Guard Detachment in Yaounde celebrated the 234th Marine Corps birthday!! The Marine Ball was held at the Hilton. Guests started arriving at 1800H. Everybody dressed up so elegantly in their gown and men are in their tuxedo…my Jeff dressed in his Navy Choker whites . The Marines in their Dress Blue and I just cant stop admiring them in their distinctive uniform. The guests got to shake hands with the US Ambassador and the Marines at the receiving area and the ladies got a rose. There are dignitaries and guests from different embassies around town and as well as the FSN from the USE. There were also a group of Navy Seals there who came up from Limbe...they are on a deployment in Cameroon. At 1900H the ceremony started and was done beautifully. The Marines presented the colors, and the ambassadors speech is inspiring and the message from the Commandant of the Marine Corps General Conway was shown on a big screen. The cutting of the cake is a tradition at the Marine Ball, they use a Mameluke sword to cut the cake as it has special meaning to the Marine Corps. It was a three course menu dinner and me and Jeff chose the buffalo steak and it was just ok. A moment after everybody's done with the dinner the dance floor is open and of course the famous YMCA song that gets their feet moving...the Ambassador joined the dance floor too and she dance gracefully and very jolly. We danced the night away until my feet hurts but everybody seems to have a good time especialy me and Jeff. The last time I attended the Navy Ball is in 2004 in Bahrain with my Navy guy and its quite an experience for me. Seems like every year we got the chance to attend the Marine Ball and Im looking forward to it already... Ho-yahh!!

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International Day

Today ASOY Claire's school celebrated the International day or what Im used to know a United Nation's day. When I was in elementary school back in my hometown I always join the program everytime my school celebrate the UN day and for those students who can afford or willing to spend will be assigned a country to dress up in the national dress. I remember I once wear the national dress of Puerto Rico, the program includes parade around my village where my school is. I remember also making a flag of the the country you were assigned by your teacher and that will be credited as your second grading period. We made the flag out of Colored papers and band paper and use a bamboo stick for the pole and we wave it during the parade. International Day is one of my favorite programs/activities when I was a kid and even up to now its always been its a very colorful ,lively and educational event.
Today I got a one of a kind experience in my life perhaps...I carry and wave my own beloved Philippines flag! I was asked to participate in the program and to carry my flag with Claire beside me. I got goose bump and very proud while presenting my flag.I got to wear some of our national clothing(kimona&sarong) for the flag ceremony, and I cooked some pancit bihon as well for the international food tasting after the program.
Claire and her class are wearing the national dress of Kenya. All of them look so cute and adorable in their costume! The students did a great job in their own respective presentations. It was a nice program and so glad to be a part of it. Anywhere Im living, I always am proud to be a Filipino....I even keep a small flag at home..Viva Philippines!! as my good friend Steve says.

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Fun Halloween

USE Yaounde Halloween party with the Ambassador.
RENO 911

Ahoy Matey!!

Yo hoho and a bottle of rum!

Arrrgh!

at Claire's school

Harem dancer and the princess

Go Mountaineers!! WV

Pre halloween party at our neighbor.

Its truly been a busy halloween for us... Friday our lilttle Claire attended the halloween party at her school...it was fun, she was happy to see her classmates dress up too but she freaked out a little bit when some of the older kids scare her with their monster and scary mask costumes. She had a cotton candy we know its just all sugar but isn't she supposed to get a treat on halloween.
Right after ASOY we're heading to the embassy for the haunted house. Jeff plays a role at the haunted house as a zombie pirate and I got to dress up as a vampire.. The marine house is turned into a haunted house and the CLO did a great job in the preparation and decoration of the hunted house. We did a pretty good job in scaring the kids too..after the haunted house the kids will go to the parking lot for the TRUNK or treat, 12 cars volunteer to decorate their trunk and they all did a great job our car was a pirate theme. The kids has a blast going back thrice for for the treat tryin to collect more chocolate and candies as they can. Claire sat down in a corner and started to unwrapped the candies and trying to eat them all but of course daddy say no! We went home tired and exhausted fell asleep right away as soon our head hits the pillow.
Saturday night is halloween party for adults that's us. Claire have a sleep over at the Royster's place...For the adult halloween we are a pirates kinda Jack Sparrow and Elizabeth Swann hehe the party was fun, marine guys dress up like RENO 911 the roller blade guy is hilarious. and my first experience playing beer pong whew!I got drunk there. But we really had a good time!

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