DIY (Do It Yourself) Galaxy Shoes

Why not make your old shoes look like new ones and even unique? It's just so simple and easy. Let's turn on our creativity style here!

Here are things that you need:

1. Old shoes
2. Textile/acrylic paints
3. Paint plate
4. Sponge
5. Teaspoon for stirring

So this is my canvass. Outcomes are better if you use white colored shoes.

Put some scotch tape on the linings of the shoes to avoid the paint smudging on it.

Using the sponge, put the paint with your desired colors on the shoes.

Using a brush, sprinkle the white colored paint to have a white dust effect. You can also paint some stars.

And here's the product of my work. Though it's kinda girlish because of the colors I chose. Teehee ^_^

I also tried to use my cousin's shoes as canvass.

Before putting the colored paints, I applied white paint first since my canvass has darker color.

I told ya it's so easy right? Try on your own and share it also about the outcomes! :)

How To Make Polvoron

Polvoron became widely known in Philippines when it was introduced during the Spanish colonization. The suffix "polvo" means powder. And now, polvoron is usually eaten by Filipinos as snack or dessert after meal.

Ingredients:

2 cups of all purpose flour

1/2 cup of unsalted butter

1/2 cup of brown sugar

1/2 cup of powder milk

1/2 cup of pinipig

polvoron molder

Steps:

1. Sift the flour in a bowl.

2. Cook it in the pan in a medium heat. Stir until the color turned into golden brown.

3. Lower down the heat. Add the milk and sugar.

4. Add the butter then mix it well until the butter dissolves.

5. Mix the pinipig.

6. Using the polvoron molder, mold the mixtured powder and placed in a tray.

7. Put the finish product in the refrigerator to make it more hard and stiffed.

This will make 2-3 dozens of polvoron. 

Comments or suggestions are highly appreciated! :)

How To Make Oatmeal Cookies Using Oven Toaster

Our baking oven is not working so I decided to use the oven toaster instead. In using the latter, make sure it has a controller wherein you can switch the upper and lower heating elements since the heat produced by the latter is different from the former.

Here are the ingredients that you will need:

1 cup unsalted butter (in room temperature)

1 cup white sugar

2/3 cup brown sugar

2 eggs

1 tsp. vanilla

2 cups all purpose flour

1 tsp. baking soda

1/4 tsp. salt

1 1/2 cups of oats

1. Preheat the oven toaster in 100 degrees Celsius.

2. Beat the butter either using an electric mixer or through hand mixing.

3. Add the sugar. Mix it well until the sugar dissolves.

4. Add eggs and vanilla extract. Mix it.

5. In a separate bowl, mix the all purpose flour, baking soda and salt.

6. Add the flour mixture to the creamed mixture. Lastly, add the oats.

7. Put a parchment paper in the rack or a bond paper with oil.

8. Drop a spoonful of cookie dough in the rack with 1-2 inches apart from each other.

9. Bake it in 100 degrees Celsius for 5-10 minutes switching on the lower heating elements only. Then if the lower part of the cookies turned golden brown, switch off the lower heating elements while turning on the upper ones only. After the cookies turned golden brown, let it cool in a room temperature.

The minutes of baking the cookies depends actually upon your desired texture. So it is up to you if you want chunky or crispy cookies. I baked mine for almost 20 minutes since the temperature is low and I want to make it crispy.

Comments or suggestions are highly appreciated! :)

How To Make A Simple Mashed Potato

In the Philippine culture, mashed potato is one of the foods that is not so common being served in the dining table. Potatoes were first known in Europe during 16th century (lovin' history, ayt?). Until due to the dramatic changes brought by globalization, Filipinos learned to cook and serve foreign dishes. 

We can usually eat mashed potatoes in hotels and restaurants before. Until fast food chains are also starting to include this on their menus. So for those who are curious and haven't tried eating mashed potatoes or those who loved this dish, then here's my blog to help you in making your own one.

Ingredients:

1 big potato (Good for 1 person)

Cups of water

1 pinch of salt

1/4 cup of cream

4 tsp. of honey (or gravy)

Steps:

1. Wash the potato in the water. Peel off its skin. The number of potato depends upon the number of servings that you want so this one big potato is enough already for 1 servings (1 person).

2. After its skin has been peeled, slice it into half in lengthwise and slice it again to quarters.

3. Put the sliced potatoes in the sauce pan. Add water until the potatoes are covered. Add 1 pinch of salt. Simmer until it boils. You can use fork in poking the potato to see if its cooked and soft already. This would take 15-20 minutes in a medium fire.

4. In a plasticware, mash the cooked potatoes using a tablespoon

5. After mashing it, place it on a small bowl. For additional taste, you can put gravy.

Then enjoy eating it! One small bowl of it can make your stomach full already. Comments or suggestions are highly appreciated! :)

Hagimit Falls at Samal

I've heard about Hagimit Falls when one of my friends shared her experience during their trip there last 2011. After knowing that there was this so-called tiny falls in Samal, I immediately had a desire to go there as soon as possible. It was supposed to be last summer 2012 yet I was in Hong Kong during the time when my relatives had a visit there. However, thank God to my uber kulit cousins and they forced my Tita's and Tito's to spent our family day there last Sunday.

It's a 20 minute trip from Davao City's Sasa Wharf. It's not that far since it is just located within the barangay of Peñaplata, next to Babak. 

At the first entrance, you need to pay P5.00 each for the environmental fee. Though they didn't specify or explain where does that five pesos go however I think it's obvious already. For the second entrance, the picture below shows the needed fees to be payed again.

 I haven't took the fees for the cottages however as far as I can remember, I think we paid P200.00 for these two cottages exclusive for us in the middle of the lagoon. Cottages there are not that big compared to the usual ones.

The first fall which will meet you is the lowest accessible fall in the area. Though this is also the nearest one from our cottage yet some people don't like to go there since all water coming from the top where a lot of people are swimming and diving will eventually flow down to that lagoon. The floorground of such is muddy and not rocky compared to others.

However, you can ride a boat on your own within that lagoon with a rental fee of P100.00 per hour. 

Second part is somehow taller than the first one. However, since it has a better view, a lot of people are staying in this area. I say, A LOT. :P

At the top of the said second part is this. Eventhough it is highly advisable not to dive because of those big rocks below yet there is a shallow level on this area which is good for diving/jumping. But if you're really unsure, don't ever try it.

There is an another resort 100 meters away from Hagimit Falls and Nature Park - the Hagimit Rocky Spring Resort. And yes, there is a separate entrance fee if you wanted to go here. 

Inside this resort is where the water flows first which means, the water is so cold yet fresh.

And this is the source of all waters flowing through Hagimit Falls. It flows from the underneath of that cave which is so shallow making the water colored blue.