3/24/2026 at 12:35 p.m.

 "Some goals may take a long time to achieve. Don't give up hope!"

3/24/2026 at 11:18 a.m.

I need to finish at least 10 new listings on my online stores before noon o'clock, but I got distracted. 

I baked another batch of Hamsaymada the other night, and today, they're all gone. Jay and I had the last 2 pieces with café lattes this morning.

I surprised our friends yesterday and sent them freshly baked goodies. Jay brought them to work, and I asked my little sister (who works with the mister) to hand-deliver them. It was teamwork. 

Back to the hamsaymada, I topped them with buttercream plus freshly grated cheese.

While at work, I thought of improving the topping. I searched online for a better version of it, and we'll see. 

I'll be baking a new batch later today, and I'll be using the better buttercream topping recipe I came across.

And that, my friend, is how I got distracted at work.

To The Grocery

Jay and I agreed to go grocery shopping about 2 p.m. on Sunday. After a few minutes on the road, he suggested that we should travel elsewhere, possibly to a beerhouse outside the city limits.

While he was behind the wheel, I looked for a beerhouse that we haven't gone to. The unanimous choice was the Prospect Point Brewery. 

Here!

Sabor de Cuba food truck was there. That's just great! We've been to their restaurant in the downtown a few times already, and their food tastes closer to Filipino cuisine, in my opinion. 

We ordered the empanadas (one of each) and the Cuban sandwich. 

For our drinks, I had the hard seltzer mango slushies. Jay would always order what's on tap, whose name I forgot.

It was all perfect, from the weather to my drink down to our food. 

I can't wait to come back one of these days, maybe in the evening with some friends. It would also be perfect if we could reserve seating with a fire pit. 

Oh, about the grocery?

We checked that one after a quick stop at Sierra and then at the thrift store. 

Sabado

I worked most of yesterday, did a little drinking, and took a quick trip to the thrift store.

For our drinks, we had a cafe latte prepared by the mister in the morning. In the background is my homemade Showroom Pandesal (a savory pandesal).

 After lunch, we went to the beer house, Attaboy, downtown. Jay had a glass of beer, and I had a hard seltzer.

An hour after dinner, I warmed on the stove apple cider made locally by McCutcheon's, added cinnamon sticks, slices of oranges and ginger, a pinch of nutmeg, and a little scoop of honey. Jay spiked it with rye whiskey.

 Oh la la!