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Thanks to all the mother’s day wishes and prayers for my grandmother’s good health. I really appreciate all your visits and comments even when I’m away.

I went to visit my family in Los Angeles, CA last week because my grandmother was in the hospital and was about to undergo surgery. Given her age and condition, we were not sure how she would fare the operation so I wanted to be there to see in case anything happened. Luckily, with her strong spirit and prayers of people who care about her and even those who didn’t know her, she came through the operation fine. It will take a miracle for her to beat what’s ailing her now, but she believes in miracles and we do too. I believe in the miracle that is she.

She is a woman of great faith and it sustains her. She exhibits admirable strength in body and spirit and is a great example to us all. She truly is the mother of all mothers. We are a family of women after all.

To all my fellow moms out there, I hope you had a happy mother’s day. To all who are lucky to have mothers in their lives like my mother and grandmother, I hope you honor them everyday that they are in your life and not just on this one day, for life is short and we often do not realize how valuable someone is until we lose them. I am thankful I haven’t lost her yet and I pray that we will have more days with her to learn from her and bask in her love.

Blogging will be a bit slow this week as I’m in Los Angeles to visit my Lola (grandma) who is not doing well in the hospital. Will try to update, but internet access may be intermittent.

I’ll try to twitter instead as much as I have an opportunity to. See the sidebar for updates.

Last night I cooked garlic fried chicken wings, fried tilapia, spaghetti and showpeas with yellow peppers for dinner. I cooked it pretty fast, too. Considering I got home at six, we were ready to eat by 7:30. Right when I called, “dinner’s ready” and everyone was milling around the kitchen getting their plates, the power goes out!

There was still a bit of light outside so we opened the window for light and went searching for flashlights and candles. Usually by the time we get find the flashlights the power switches back on. But not last night. So we got comfortable and settled down for a candle lit dinner. The Clone thought it was a swell idea. Even called it romantic.

Well, it was…. a swell idea.

We ate, fully expecting the lights to back on after dinner. But no, still no light after dinner. So we sat/laid around and just talked. No computers, no TV, no phone, no interruptions. Just us, talking the night away…. in the dark.

That was… romantic.

Saturday was a beautiful day to be out and about and that is just what we did. We got out of the house earlier than we normally do on weekends. We first stopped at my job because they were having a company yard sale and there was a desk chair I wanted to buy for $10.

Anyway, after that, we drove to Cary in search of bento boxes for a food blog challenge I’m supposed to submit an entry for. First we went to Toyo Shokuhin & Gifts. Since their name says ‘gifts’ I thought they would have a bigger selection of Japanese items, but they didn’t. It was just a small corner of the store that they had the usual kitsch items like tea sets, dishes and the like. They had one bento box, but it was way over priced as is much of the items in the store. Most of the items they had, you can get at other Asian markets at a lower price. Jade did buy a couple of packs of cookies at about $2.79 each and they were very good.

So we went to to look for the other Asian market that I haven’t been to yet, Grand Asia Market. Boy, was it grand! It was crowded! But then, it was Saturday morning and the weather was gorgeous so I guess it was to be expected. The aisles were packed and there were long queues at the seafood section, but it had a festive air to the whole place. It could also be that since it was our first time there and it was all new to us, that it seems festive in its novelty. Maybe it will eventually wear off. lol!
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