More Food Adventures

Shop at More Food Adventures

Christmas eve and New Year's eve came and gone. It's officially year 2012. The year-ender was quite devastating, yet we continue to hope for a better new year ahead. During Christmas, we tried so hard to be happy and thankful that none of my family members died, but knowing that we have friends and neighbors who lost family members, we were devastated as well. It was not the same Christmas celebration compared with those of the previous years. We may have cooked and prepared food, but we didn't have a table to place all of them on, as well as the zest to be merry. So yeah, we had a thankful celebration, but not a merry one. Come to think of it, it was more like a rest day for all of us who had to clean up and wash clothes after the storm. And funny, even now that 2012 has arrived, we are still not done. On the lighter note, we did enjoy the food, for when we got hungry, we had food to eat.

Earlier in the day, prior to New Year preparations, CDO Bloggers distributed Media Noche treats in Barangay Pita, Kauswagan, in Macanhan and in Balulang. And I could say that my family, although a survivor as well, are way better than their current condition.

We didn't have to chase cars of people giving relief goods, or race with each other to have more...

We didn't have to sleep in the cold pavement in the night, and stay there in the heat of the mid morning, high noon and afternoon..

We had food, though not as grand as the previous New Years.. No Lechon, no table.. no house of our own... But we had the following...

Beef Nilaga cum Bulalo...

Manang Bebing's Ginataang Langka...

Sauteed vegetables...

Beef Caldereta...

Squid Rings and Fried Chicken..

Tapioca/Fruit Salad...

Chocolate Cake...

Manang Bebing's Biko Espesyal with Buko and Peanuts...

Sotanghon with lots of chicken...

Oro Ham...

And fruits... It's not exactly like the previous years where we have a complete assortment of Christmas fruits, but they're good enough.. We have each other, and that's all that matters, right? But with no table, we also didn't have any family photo for 2012.. Somehow, we slept through the New Year, except for the short time watching fireworks outside.. Not quite a happy new year, but it was all okay.. Hopes are high, though spirits are low..

Well, from my family to yours, from TS Sendong survivors to the world, Happy New Year... a blessed one for all of us..

Subscribe to MORE FOOD ADVENTURES
Check Related links:

Shop at More Food Adventures

My group and I, the CDO Bloggers Inc went around Barangay Pita, Kauswagan, in Macanhan and in Balulang to give Tropical Storm Sendong survivors some Media Noche items. This morning, we cooked Biko and prepared the Media Noche loot as well before distributing them in the afternoon.

That's Venus and Rob mixing the biko with the sugar syrup...

This Biko is supposedly yummy, because it is especially made with buko in it...

And "lunok" on top..

They were placed in disposable or reusable containers and when we gave them to the surviors, some of them could not wait to eat the Biko for they have not had lunch or breakfast yet...

Apart from Biko, we also gave Bihon ingredients, a large loaf of bread and a 1.5 bottle of softdrink..

There were actually two bags that each family received, one from the in-kind donations of Iloilo Bloggers Inc. and of course, the other would be from the Paypal donors and sponsors...