Who has tasted coconut water or heard of Cocobella kids?

Up until of late, personal I have not drank or tasted coconut water nor heard of Cocobella Kids. Have you?

It tasted really nice. Topped or mixed with a little bit of fruit juice again brings another bite to it. lately I was invited to taste a drink in a pack, one was Apple Berry and the other one was Tropical. I have to say I enjoyed the Apple Berry as I am not a big fan of Pineapple....but then that is me.

So I looked at the pack further and I realized that is made out 70% coconut water and 30% fruit juice. I thought this is a great drink to offer kids in their lunch box or as a treat instead of water sometimes. I am very aware of giving kids healthy snacks and drinks. I brought my own kids on drinking gallons of fruit juice on its own thinking I was doing the right thing, to find out later on that this is not a healthy option. But this pack diluted with coconut water is brilliant.

So here is some info for those who would consider offering their children a healthy option  instead of water sometimes.

 

Tumblr - We are at Bulleen Plaza every 3rd Thursday of the month

We are at Bulleen Plaza every 3rd Thursday of the month

We are at Bulleen Plaza Shopping Center every 3rd Thursday of the month

A special fundraising is happening at “being3 early learning centre” and I am going to be there….

 

A special fundraising is happening at “being3 early learning centre”

A market day is happening this Saturday 23rd March

Happy New Year to all….welcome 2013

 

Thank you to those who supported us in 2012 and we look forward to be of service to you again in ..........!

 

Best wishes to all -- great, exciting things ahead!

Weddings, Christmas…keepsakes what is the connection together?

Christmas is a time where we like to celebrate happiness, share things, give each other gifts, spend more quality time together as a family or close friends. We tend to have more social gatherings, like Christmas get togethers being work, family or friends.








 For most of us at this time with the lead up to Christmas, it can be a special time, decorating your house with gorgeous Christmas Decorations. Maybe organizing a family time where you put up the Christmas Tree together.

Jodi founder of JOLI Natural Skin Care is one of the lovely people that I met through my journey!

 Jodi is the face behind “Joli Natural Skin Care”, and I have the pleasure to introduce her to you.  I came to know Jodi, initial she was a customer of mine , where later I had the opportunity to meet her in real life….



In one of our conversations, I asked her to tell us a bit about her, so I can share it with you, and so here we go…..One thing I know she is very passionate in what she does, and is very much in support to Australian Made.

About you:

One of my favourite spots is the Kokoda Memorial walk…….

If you are ever around the Dandenong ranges in Melbourne stop by this beautiful National Park, either for a walk or maybe taking the kids to the park, or perhaps have BBQ amongst the lush splendor.












For those who are after a vigorous, heart pumping exercise, then you cannot go by this one, March your way up the steep, 1000 step-climb of the Kokoda Walk and experience a sense of the exhaustion felt by the Australian soldiers following the Kokoda Trail in Papua New Guinea in World War II.

Mdina is one of my favourite old city in Malta

For those of you who have not visited Mdina before…….

 

Quite now Please, I am going to take you in the silent city (another name for) Mdina.

No cars go in past the majestic gate of Mdina. To enter this city which is surrounded by old fortifications, you go on a bridge (over the moat), through a Majestic Arch gateway, and one can either walk around or ride a horse driven carriage around the city.

What Have I done today.....Bugibba Front in a cafe....Malta

A view from the Dolmen Cafe

 

What Have I done today.....Bugibba Front in a cafe....Malta!

First thing in the morning while we are on holiday in Malta, out of bed and off on our normal walk along the bay before the temperature start gets too high. Although the temperatures are quite mild at the moment, but still they can get too hot to walk in.

First stop of our Holiday…was Dubai

Dubai a place  where you say WOW!

I have been to Dubai before, but it never seizes to amaze me! Dubai is literately a work in progress.What can I say wherever you go, you end up saying WOW!!!!!!!!

 This time we stayed at the Sheraton Dubai Creek Hotel, with a room overlooking the creek…which spells MAGIC! It was a fantastic stay all around. The Staff at the Hotel made our stay a very memorable one. Their service was outstanding. Breakfast was an array of lavish Buffet overlooking the Dubai Creek.

Time to have a break....but do not worry I will still be looking after you in my travels!

I will be having a break to catch up my family overseas, but I have done a fair bit of work behind the scenes and have made some arrangements please read on......

We  are  away on a family holiday at the moment, but we are still sending out most of the products out. Please read carefully:

What does Mother’s Day mean to me…..?

 What does Mother mean to you?

I know for me these days it is a celebration of honoring what my MUM means to me and what she has done for me and siblings, and also a joy to be blessed with 2 of my own.

Growing up as a child

• one takes his MUM for granted in a way
• she is always there for you, making sure you are cared for, loved and nurtured
• as one grows older into teenage years, MUM becomes that person who does not know anything, she is ancient and does not understand where you are coming from
• we grow into adulthood MUM all of a sudden becomes your friend, a person who is full of knowledge, and often is the one who gets asked for advise…..because of course as we all know now, she knows best what is good for her child!!!!!

Ah …how things change!

Lately I have been speaking to a Parrot in my travels….

As a Child next to our primary school, there used to be a cafe, who had this Parrot outside the Cafe in a cage, and as Kids we all use to stop by and say hello to Polly the “Parrot”. Polly the Parrot  used to say “hello do you want any lollies today”? 

 

I think the owner must have done a bit of training there with Polly LOL……It must have a been a great investment back then. Well lately I have been talking to another sort of Parrot, you know we have moved forward from my childhood, and I do not need to tell you how old I am now, but it has been quite awhile.

Well as you know the world of digital gadgets is a fascination these days. I have been approached lately to talk to a different kind of Parrot,  from the one I am used to speak to in my childhood years.

Initially I looked at it, it looked very fine slender piece of equipment. To tell you the truth  I have never used one of these before, so I was a bit baffled as to what I am supposed to do with it. When it comes to new technology, I seem to stay back a bit to try something new.

I sat down and read the instructions which to my surprise was not very hard at all to understand (in the meantime I charged my parrot)

• You can charge it directly into your cigarette lighter
• or use a USB/mini-USB cable to connect the Parrot MINIKIT+ to your computer

Sorry I forgot to mention that this very handy new device that I have is called Parrot MINIKIT+! I have to say the name suits it to "T"

What is procrastination?

What is procrastination?

 

For those who are wondering which I think you would be in the minority it means “to put off or delay till another day or time”

Are you nodding your head, that you may be a culprit of this!

I think we all are culprits from time to time. I am sure we all have things or chores that we do not like to do, but yes we have to do them!

I can name a list of things that I get caught procrastinating on. But I think that one of my worst thing that I hate doing is BOOKWORK. The main reason maybe is that it is not something that is creative, so for me it can get very boring doing it. I do not know how, in my previous life, I worked for a company doing their books for over a year, I actually up to this day, I do not know what on earth made me do it. I remember the day came along when I decided point blank to resign and  back to what I like best, which in those days was, Reservations in the Hotel Industry.

I think we all have something that we try to get out from, but then we ended up suffering as we have to catch up with all the work that we were suppose to have done before.

Every year, I say to myself, I have to keep my books up to date! I have to allocate myself, maybe half a day a week or 2 days per month, and keep on track. I end up doing it for a while, but then my busy season hits in and everything gets piled in a box, and the work starts building up. So then come this time of year, when I have to be organized and hand in my books to my lovely Accountant, I start  procrastinating…………and it takes longer and longer. You know how easy it is to be tempted to go on line and browse, and time flies, and my bookwork is still waiting for me piled in a box LOL!

Ah well I am happy to say I have just finished and I am actually up-to-date. So I decided to write a Blog Post, so perhaps it will entice me to stay on track, and when I fall back, I come to this post and maybe I will be reminded of how much I will end up procrastinating if I do not keep my bookwork up-to-date. 

I feel a free woman and I can move forward again ahhhhhh. Why did I procrastinate in the first place?

Thank you for listening to my confession, I am wondering if you have any dislikes or weakness that you procrastinate on?

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8 New Google+ Changes and How They Impact Your Business | Social Media Examiner

8 New Google+ Changes and How They Impact Your Business | Social Media Examiner

This is a great article by Mike Delgado, where it explains clearly how Google+ has changed its appearance and you can make the alterations...I need to do a few changes on mine as well.

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Our Annual Family Day making Figolli (Easter Biscuits) happened again this weekend….

Our Annual Family Day making Figolli (Easter Biscuits) happened again this weekend…. a tradition we started a couple of years ago!

 

Do you follow any traditions in your family, or perhaps have you started one of your own?

Since my kids have grown up, I find it a pleasure to organize family days and we all do something together as a group. Well during Easter we started this tradition of getting together on Good Friday early morning and we start baking Figolli, For those who do not know what Figolli are, they are Easter Biscuits which we normally do or buy back home (Malta) and have on Easter Day, instead of the Chocolate Easter Eggs. They are usually made in shapes of a bunny, bird, fish  which is suppose to represent "New Life", which Easter is all about. For those who would like to know how we do them the recipe is over here.

So here we go…we started by preparing the pastry which usually is my job, as I have good hands for kneading pastry…

 

Others do the filling…which goes between the 2 pastries

Then we start cutting the shapes of the different Figolla

You need to do 2 of each shape, one pastry to go on the bottom than the filling is spread and then top it up with pasty again.

We baked them all and let them cool down, while we went to Good Friday Service. On our return, my daughter in law treated us with homemade ravioli……oh yum, I can still taste them in my mouth.

The beauty of it …we are all very casual on the day as we are all covered with flour etc. etc.…

Then we get stuck in  decorating our own Figolli with Royal Icing, Smarties and finished off with a small Easter Egg.

And you guessed it, we couldn't wait for Easter to start indulging, and yes we did over indulge  by the way we still are

Hope your Easter was as much fun as ours!

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Good Friday as celebrated in Bormla Malta

Good Friday (Passion of Christ)  as celebrated in Bormla Malta

I just thought I share some memories that I have when I used to live in Malta and how Good Friday and the Passion of Christ is celebrated.

Good Friday is a very important day in Malta. At 3.00PM we commemorate the death of Jesus Christ with a service at Church.

A parade  with all these statues (representing the Passion of Christ),  happens along the streets of each village during the day.





These statues happen to belong to the parish that I grew up in. Thank you Adrian Sammut and Marco Saliba for sharing this on your site. I am so glad to be able to share them with my readers on my blog, who probably some have never seen anything like this!

 


 


















Hope some of you have enjoyed this as I have enjoyed sharing it with you!

 

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