Monday, June 13, 2011

Cookies!!!!

Okay! So my cousin and I have the sweetest teeth evurrrr! Every time we're together we just munch on sweets, anything we could get our hands on. Since she'd been depressed and is going through a very rough patch these past few days, she asked me to bake her my Malted Chocolate Chip Cookies... I found a recipe of Malted Milk Chocolate Chip Cookies cookies online but I don't know where I could find Malted Milk Powder here in the Philippines


so I opted to use a product which has Malt in it, I chose Milo which brings more flavor.



Instead of a bag of chocolate chips I mixed one bag of Flat Tops



 and half a bag of unsweetened chocolate chips (I tend to always add some tweaks on the recipes I come across, I just like to always add some of me, and a bit of uniqueness in what I cook/bake.)  I let my cousin measure the ingredients and a friend (JV) helped in mixing the batter. 

Here's the Recipe: 

Ingredients:


1 cup (2 Sticks) Unsalted Butter Softened
1/2 cups Golden Brown Sugar
1/2 cups Sugar
2 whole Eggs
2 teaspoons Vanilla Extract
2 cups All-purpose Flour
1-¼ teaspoon Baking Soda
1-¼ teaspoon Salt
½ cups (rounded) Milo Powder
1 bag (12 Ounce) Milk Chocolate Chips
1 bag Flat Tops

Preparation Instructions:Preheat oven to 375 degrees.

Cream butter, then add both sugars and cream until fluffy. Add eggs and beat slightly, then add vanilla and beat until combined. Add Milo powder and beat until combined.

Sift together flour, baking soda, and salt. Add to butter mixture, beating gently until just combined.

Add chocolate chips and Flat Tops and stir in gently.

Drop by teaspoonfuls (or use a cookie scoop) and bake for 10 to 12 minutes. Bake less if you want chewy cookies; more if you want crispy cookies.



I doubled the ingredients so we can make tons and we cut the sugar in half so it won't get too sweet because the chocolate powder is already sweet. We started at around 1pm and were done in about 8pm.... we've made a hundred plus cookies plus one big penis shaped cookie for my sister. :)) 


My worker elves. (Aya and JV)



Flat Tops were cut in fours

Yum!!!

My boyfriend waiting for me while I was baking.

He's working on three laptops. Haha!

Babe thanks for fixing Mom's laptop! <3

He really is patient. <3


A penis-shaped cookie for my Sis (Aya's idea)

Once you go black, you never go back!

Hahahahaha! 


Tada!!!!.... and so we're done! Yum!!!!


Monday, June 6, 2011

Jar of Hearts

              Okay so it's the fourth day since I've been introduced to this song by my cousin Aya who recently broke up with her boyfriend of 3 years, and it hasn't stopped playing in my head since then. The message of this song speaks to everyone who's gotten their heart broken, I've been there and I can really, really relate to it, so yes I love this song. I know i'm not updated with new songs, ha ha! But this one's stuck in my head same as Someone Like You by Adele. I love Maddi Jane's version, I don't know why but for me she sang it better then Christina Perri. It is now included in one of my shower songs. Catch ya later guys, I'm gonna be baking my famous cookies today for my cousin so we can listen to this while munching our hearts out. Time to belt this one out in the shower! Good Day! ^_^ 




Jar of Hearts
By: Christina Perri

I know I can't take one more step towards you 
'Cause all that's waiting is regret 
And don't you know I'm not your ghost anymore? 
You lost the love I loved the most 

And I learned to live, half-alive 
And now you want me one more time 

And who do you think you are? 
Runnin' 'round leaving scars 
Collecting your jar of hearts 
And tearing love apart 

You're gonna catch a cold 
From the ice inside your soul 
So don't come back for me 
Who do you think you are? 

I hear you're asking all around 
If I am anywhere to be found 
But I have grown too strong 
To ever fall back in your arms 

And I learned to live, half-alive 
And now you want me one more time 

And who do you think you are? 
Runnin' 'round leaving scars 
Collecting your jar of hearts 
And tearing love apart 

You're gonna catch a cold 
From the ice inside your soul 
So don't come back for me 
Who do you think you are? 

[ From: http://www.metrolyrics.com/jar-of-hearts-lyrics-christina-perri.html ]

Dear, it took so long just to feel alright 
Remember how you put back the light in my eyes 
I wish I had missed the first time that we kissed 
Cause you broke all your promises 

And now you're back 
You don't get to get me back 

And who do you think you are? 
Runnin' 'round leaving scars 
Collecting your jar of hearts 
And tearing love apart 

You're gonna catch a cold 
From the ice inside your soul 
So don't come back for me 
Don't come back at all 

And who do you think you are? 
Runnin' 'round leaving scars 
Collecting your jar of hearts 
And tearing love apart 

You're gonna catch a cold 
From the ice inside your soul 
Don't come back for me 
Don't come back at all 

Who do you think you are? 

Who do you think you are? 

Who do you think you are?




Thursday, June 2, 2011

Luvin' Corinne Bailey Rae

Listening to her voice is bliss... Her songs... I love! If I post every song I loved on Facebook i'll be flooding my friends' News Feeds so i'll be posting everything here. <3



I'd Do It All Again
By: Corinne Bailey Rae

Ooh, you're searching for something I know, wont make you happy

Ooh, you're thirsting for something I know, wont make you happy
Ooh, you did it all again, you broke another skin
Its hard to believe this time, hard to believe
That my heart, my hearts an open door...
You got all you came for, baby
So weary, someone to love is bigger than your prides worth
It's bigger than the pain you got for it hurts
And out runs all of the sadness
Its terrifying, life, through the darkness
And I'd do it all again, I'd do it all again
I'd do it all again, I'd do it all again
You try sometimes but it won't stop
You got my heart and my heads lost, ooh yeah
I've been burning down these candles for love, for love
So weary, someone to love is bigger than your pride
Ooh, someone to love, mmm, someone to love
Someone to love
Ooh, you're searching for something I know, wont make you happy
Ooh





Closer

I don't want to give you up 
I don't want to hold you up 
I don't want ambiguous 
I just know that I've had enough 
I want you to travel with me 
Let loose and let your mind go free...Show you things that you've never seen 
You just go to go with me 
Ohhh 

Your love is so good that I want to show you 
Don't make me responsible, for something you that can't find 
Ohhh 
Your loving is so good, so good, the closer
I want it, I want it 
Into me 
I want it, I want it, 
Leave it here 
I want to get closer to you baby 
Experience... 
I want it, I want it 
Generous... 
Lay down what's impeding you 
'Cause I want to get closer to you 

I don't want to give you up 
I'm tired of the pull and push 
I"m tired of the making love 
Don't you feel like you've had enough 
I want you to journey with me, explore all the innocence 
I don't mind us to build tension but we've got to move in the same direction 

You just got to go with me... 




Trouble Sleeping


It's late and I'm feeling so tired
Having trouble sleeping.
This constant compromise
Between thinking and breathing.

Could it be I'm suffering
Because I'm never give in?
Won't say that I'm falling in love
Tell me I don't seem myself
Couldn't I blame something else?

Just don't say I'm falling in love

Some kind of therapy
Is all I need
Please believe me
Some instant remedy
That can cure me completely

Could it be that I'm suffering
Because I'll never give in?
Won't say that I'm falling in love
Tell me I don't seem myself
Couldn't I blame something else?

Just don't say I'm falling in love
'cause I've been there before and it's not enough
So nobody say it

Don't even say it
I've got my eyes shut
Won't look, oh
No, I'm not in love

Could it be I'm suffering
Because I'll never give in?
I'm falling love
Tell me I don't seem myself good enough for something else

Just don't say I'm falling in love
Falling in love
Just don't say I'm falling in love
Oh, yeah
Falling love ooh
Oh, oh, don't say that I'm falling in love, don't say that, oh
Just don't say that I'm falling in love, yeah
Just don't say that I'm falling in love
Don't say but in the answer
'Cause I'll never give in
Oh
Falling in love
Yeah
Oh



Like A Star

Just like a star across my sky,
Just like an angel off the page,
You have appeared to my life,
Feel like I'll never be the same,
Just like a song in my heart,
Just like oil on my hands,
Honor to love you

Still I wonder why it is,
I don't argue like this,
With anyone but you,
We do it all the time,
Blowing out my mind,

You've got this look I can't describe,
You make me feel like I'm alive,
When everything else is Au fait,
Without a doubt you're on my side,
Heaven has been away too long,
Can't find the words to write this song,
Oh...
Your love,

Still I wonder why it is,
I don't argue like this,
With anyone but you,
We do it all the time,
Blowing out my mind,

Now I have come to understand,
The way it is,
It's not a secret anymore,
'cause we've been through that before,
From tonight I know that you're the only one,
I've been confused and in the dark,
Now I understand,

I wonder why it is,
I don't argue like this,
With anyone but you,
I wonder why it is,
I wont let my guard down,
For anyone but you
We do it all the time,
Blowing out my mind,

Just like a star across my sky,
Just like an angel off the page,
You have appeared to my life,
Feel like I'll never be the same,
Just like a song in my heart,
Just like oil on my hands


My Wedding Song... Bliss! ^_^

               I came across Angelicopter's blog a few months back when I used to always listen to Good Times with Mo and I found this song which I want to be played on my wedding day. This kind of song are the ones that'll definitely make you cry while walking down the aisle and this is the song that you would really want to dedicate to someone you really love so much, something you would want to listen to 'til you grow old... together. I used to listen to this song on YouTube, the video Chopper took the day Johnoy Danao went to Magic 89.9's Studio but now it has an official video and I love that the video's too real, no models, no celebrities, it doesn't look at all scripted, just normal couples in love and again I kept clicking on the replay button nonstop. This just makes you wanna float in love and it's the type to make you WANT to fall in love. I swear I'm making this my theme song when the right man comes along. Kudos Johnoy!  :)





Ikaw at Ako
By: Johnoy Danao

Ikaw at ako, pinagtagpo
Nag-usap ang ating puso
Nagkasundong magsama habangbuhay.

Nagsumpaan sa Maykapal
Walang iwanan, tag-init o tag-ulan
Haharapin bawat unos na mag-daan.

Sana'y di magmaliw ang pagtingin
Kaydaling sabihin , kayhirap gawin
Sa mundong walang katiyakan
Sabay natin gawing kahapon ang bukas.

Ikaw at ako, pinag-isa
Tayong dalwa may kanya kanya
Sa isa't-isa tayo ay sumasandal

Bawat hangad kayang abutin
Sa pangamba'y di paaalipin
Basta't ikaw, ako
Tayo magpakailanman.

Kung minsan ay di ko nababanggit
Pag-ibig ko'y di masukat
Ng anumang lambing
At kung magkamali akong ika'y saktan
Puso mo ba'y handang magpatawad

Di ko alam ang gagawin kung mawala ka
Buhay ko'y may kahulugan
tuwing ako'y iyong hagkan
Umabot man sating huling hantungan
Kapit-puso kitang hahayaan
Ngayon at kailanman
Ikaw at ako.

Wednesday, June 1, 2011

Someone Like You

Siiiigh..... This song has been on loop for 3 hours now. I love Adele's voice and ooh the message of the song just smack me right on the face. Now I have mascara all over my face. :'( Johnoy Danao's cover also did justice to Adele's song.. Love 'em both. <3 




"Someone Like You"
By: Adele 

I heard
That you're settled down
That you
Found a girl
And you're
Married now

I heard
That your dreams came true.
Guess she gave you things
I didn't give to you

Old friend
Why are you so shy?
Ain't like you to hold back
Or hide from the light

I hate to turn up out of the blue uninvited
But I couldn't stay away, I couldn't fight it.
I had hoped you'd see my face and that you'd be reminded
That for me it isn't over

Never mind
I'll find someone like you
I wish nothing but the best for you too
"Don't forget me," I begged
"I'll remember," you said
"Sometimes it lasts in love
But sometimes it hurts instead."
Sometimes it lasts in love
But sometimes it hurts instead,
Yeah.

You know how the time flies
Only yesterday
It was the time of our lives
We were born and raised
In a summer haze
Bound by the surprise
Of our glory days

I hate to turn up out of the blue uninvited
But I couldn't stay away, I couldn't fight it.
I had hoped you'd see my face and that you'd be reminded
That for me it isn't over.


Never mind
I'll find someone like you
I wish nothing but the best for you too
"Don't forget me," I begged
"I'll remember," you said
"Sometimes it lasts in love
But sometimes it hurts instead."


Nothing compares
No worries or cares
Regrets and mistakes
They are memories made.
Who would have known
How bittersweet this would taste?


Never mind
I'll find someone like you
I wish nothing but the best for you too
"Don't forget me," I begged
"I'll remember," you said
"Sometimes it lasts in love
But sometimes it hurts instead"


Never mind
I'll find someone like you
I wish nothing but the best for you too
"Don't forget me," I begged
"I'll remember," you said
"Sometimes it lasts in love
But sometimes it hurts instead"


Sometimes it lasts in love
But sometimes it hurts instead...


Here's Johnoy Danao's cover: 


From my Friendster Shoutout Stream ^_^


faith: at dahil sabi ay R.I.P. Friendster na, ako'y maglilipat na ng blog and pictures. :( May 11, 02:43 PM

faith: “I know you have feelings left somewhere. But they’re all so hard to reach.” —I Wrote This For You: The Point Past Peak Feelings Mar 25, 03:14 AM



pSYCho wow hehe
Mar 26, 05:31 AM
faith: You're the sunlight that never comes. You're the reason I don't believe. You're the reason I'm always on the run, away from everything and everyone. You're the reason I lie awake. A same recurring dream. A fever that wouldn't break. Oct 24 2010, 02:47 AM

faith: Choose to be in relationship w/ people who reciprocate, who have your back, are on the same page & reading the same book... Sep 16 2010, 05:14 AM

faith: Kung wala kang balak mahalin, wag mong landiin..baka MABITIN! ^_^ Aug 16 2010, 09:32 PM

faith: "To whom much is given, much is expected." Aug 05 2010, 04:51 AM

faith: Stupid questions deserve sarcastic answers. Jul 05 2010, 11:10 AM


undefined true
Jul 05 2010, 04:48 PM


faith: If I really was a bitch, I'd make your life a living hell, but instead, I'LL JUST SIT BACK AND WATCH YOU DO IT YOURSELF. =) Jul 03 2010, 08:48 AM

faith: Don't hate me coz i'm gorgeous.... Hate me coz your man thinks I am! ;) Jun 22 2010, 05:28 PM


Just D! meh ganun?! lol
Jun 24 2010, 05:43 AMx

You oo dami kasi insekyora eh... haha!
Jun 24 2010, 08:08 AM


faith: Maybe the problem was he couldn't break me. Maybe some women aren't meant to be tamed. Maybe they need to run free, until they find someone just as wild to run with. -Carrie Bradshaw Jun 11 2010, 03:13 AM

faith: Living involves tearing up one rough draft after another, until you're satisfied with the modifiable script. May 31 2010, 02:20 AM

faith: Right now.. I need you more than anything. The future scares me.. if only you could be here! Your arms are my safe place <3 Apr 24 2010, 04:11 AM

faith: It's like once you've been hurt, you're so scared to get attached again. Like you have this fear that every person you start to like is going to break your heart....twitter.com/faithielicious Apr 24 2010, 03:41 AM

faith: Happy 420! =) Apr 20 2010, 08:46 AM

faith: Truth is, everyone's going to hurt you. You just have to find the ones worth suffering for. ~Bob Marley faithielicious.tumblr.com/ Mar 29 2010, 06:36 PM


undefined I love.. I shall repost ha.
Mar 29 2010, 10:41 PM

faith: Any pain you feel will never, ever, compare to the regret that comes from walking away from love. — Ghost of Girlfriends Past Jan 29 2010, 08:49 AM

faith: With each day that I live, I question less and less who I want to impress and walk more and more toward what I want to be --Josh Maddenjoshmadden.com/2010/... ***A VERY INSPIRING READ... =) Jan 16 2010, 09:11 AM

faith: I started missing you as soon as we said goodbye...faithielicious.tumbl... Jan 15 2010, 03:55 AM

faith: If it wasn't for my random sputterings, insane ramblings and wild hallucinations. I'd be as normal as you. faithielicious.tumbl... Jan 09 2010, 05:40 AM

faith: "I love sleep. My life has the tendency to fall apart when I'm awake, you know?" -- Ernest Hemingway Jan 08 2010, 02:09 AM

faith: Reality depresses me. I need to find fantasy worlds and escape in them. --Noel Fielding Jan 07 2010, 01:50 AM

faith: To love someone is to understand each other, to laugh together, to smile with your heart and to trust one another. One important thing is to let each other go if you can't do this. Dec 29 2009, 04:33 AM

faith: "Let me not pray to be sheltered from dangers but to be fearless in facing them." - Rabindranath Tagore Dec 28 2009, 04:29 AM

faith: Sige na nga babati na ko kahit labag sa kalooban ko... Maligayang Pasko! =)) Dec 24 2009, 09:21 PM

faith: “Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one’s definition of your life; define yourself.” — Robert Frost Dec 19 2009, 00:29 AM

faith: “We’re not a very patient society, so I think that maybe people get into relationships, and if they’re not exactly the way they want them to be and there’s no quick fix, they just give up.” — Sally Emerson, Paper Heart Dec 17 2009, 07:45 PM

faithIt is better to be told a hurtful truth than to be told a comforting lie. In the end, the truth will make its way out and will hurt much more than it ever had to. Dec 11 2009, 04:50 AM


roane damn straight !
Dec 11 2009, 07:29 AMx

JüVyLiCiOüS♥™ Love not 1, not 2 but love the one who loves you too. Love not 3, not 4 but love who loves you more. Love not 5, not 6 but love the one who really sticks. Love not 7, not 8 but love who's willing to wait.
Dec 11 2009, 09:34 AM

faith: Why are YOU trying to make fun of me? YOU think it's funny What the fuck YOU think it's doing to me? YOU take YOUR turn lashing out at me I want YOU crying with YOUR dirty ass in front of me Dec 04 2009, 11:34 PM

faith: The worst thing would be having your life pass you by and having it take your soul mate with it. Dec 01 2009, 02:14 AM

faith: There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love. 1John 4:18 Nov 26 2009, 02:54 AM

faith:I can hear my heart pounding, but i can't decide. Stuck between the depths of my fears, & peaks of my pride. I wont be your fool no more. Nov 26 2009, 02:27 AM

faith: Nothing worth having comes easy... Nov 09 2009, 05:37 AM

faithDon't compare your life to others. You have no idea what their journey is all about. Nov 08 2009, 03:38 AM


faith: Remember: the tragedy of life is not what we lose, but what we miss. -Paulo Coelho Nov 07 2009, 06:45 AM

faith: never thought this deleting-the-pictures-with-the-ex-and-our-friends-thing would be this hard... ang sakit sa puso, pati memories with our friends nabubura din! ='( Nov 05 2009, 10:53 PM


faith: When you lose someone it stays with you, always reminding you of how easy it is to get hurt. -The Vampire Diaries Oct 29 2009, 03:52 PM

faith: All we have are a bunch of yesterdays and a few tomorrows.... ='( Oct 11 2009, 04:16 AM

faith♬ When you cry i'll be there, telling you were nothing less than beautiful, so don't you worry I'm your angel standing by... ♬ Oct 09 2009, 02:35 AM


faith: Kung sino man ang may butihing puso na magreregalo sa birthday ko, donate nyo na lang sa Typhoon victims... Your donations would make a very special birthday gift. ^_^ Oct 03 2009, 04:23 PM


faith: The greatest weakness of most humans is their hesitancy to tell others,how much they love them while they're alive. Sep 30 2009, 09:16 PM


faith: If you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best." -Marilyn Monroe Sep 21 2009, 06:31 PM

faith: As I said, I'm a woman and shouldn't be taken for granted. Life's a bitch, now so am I. --TEPHRA, a *bayanknights villain http://bayanknights.blogspot.com/ Sep 09 2009, 03:19 AM