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When Mom Violy spotted Crisostomo’s handwritten menu, something in her chest lit up: home-style lumpia, sinigang steaming in clay pots—could this be the comfort food she’d been missing?

Carmina informed Mom Violy that she would visit her home on Saturday, November 8, 2025. She asked if Mom Violy wanted to go out for lunch and mentioned needing to do some grocery shopping due to an upcoming big storm. Mom Violy suggested trying Crisostomo, a Filipino restaurant inside Robinsons Magnolia. Carmina forwarded the menu for her to choose what she wanted to eat, while Carmina already knew her order. I chose pork barbeque served in a set of three pieces with a vinegar dipping sauce. I skipped rice and opted for lumpiang hubad, fresh lumpia without a wrapper, topped with peanut sauce.  Mom Violy initially craved the classic Pinoy paella, but when it wasn’t available, she decided on sinigang na baboy with an extra serving of rice. A family member chose sisig with garlic rice. Carmina enjoyed her meal with Mom Violy and particularly liked the  lumpiang hubad , though she kept wondering why it had no wrapper. I explained that it’s called "naked" because it’s served witho...

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Changing places often people become drawn and to adapt the feeling sense they are comfortable where they are at it doesn’t matter if you are in a new home with an environment you wish to keep a full life time.

Sometimes we are being tested to see if we can manage the new changes that come our way.

Sometimes changes are good in our life but sometime we want to keep the same pattern we do daily.

Of course new pattern are also good and gives you a push to look for a new challenge in your life.

When we are staying in our home a lot comes in mind and when you have already done the entire task you run out of other things to do.

This is me right now I am done with to do list and now I am lost and just standing in one place trying to do what is next.

I decided to my list of places I would like to visit when I travel to my home town places I have never been too and would like too:
  1. Big Sur
  2. Pescadero
  3. Mono Hot Springs
  4. Muir Woods
  5. Murals, Sacramento
  6. Google
  7. Grand Canyon
  8. Urbano Sundial
  9. Winchester Mystery House
  10. Egyptian Museum
  11. Facebook 
When we think of places we want to visit there are no limits to search and discover the hidden gems of your next destination.

 As we experience our own venture there will be other people who would like to see places you too have just discovered.

Life comes when we look, share and discovered within our reach when that time come, we get see it all close up with excitement.

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