First Shoe post

Done nearly 10 posts when I realized that I've never done a Shoe post. To think that my blog is called mycaterpillarfeet.

Actually I've posted a few shoe post on my tumblr account but I'm kinda lazy to cross-post it.

So for my first Shoe Post.....

Foot owned by: Christine (Tintin)

Shoe Brand: Cole Haan

Me and friends all agree that among us, Tintin has the best pair of feet. In our terms, it means that her feet looks good on any shoe. And I mean any shoe. We once went to the shoe section of a department store and had her try all sorts of shoes. In the end we could not find a shoe that did not look good on her foot.

Stuffed tomatoes

Nutella Swirled cupcake

The Soliloquy of Fortunato

I made this as an assignment for the daughter of my mom's friend, but she ended up not using it since she said her teacher might realize she wasn't the one who wrote it.

We were never taught or introduced to  this story in high school. In fact we were never introduced to any tragic stories (even romeo and juliet). We were exposed to poems, so for me to be able to make this I had to crash read the story just to get the jist.

    The Soliloquy of Fortunato 

My "Avatar"

For the longest time I've used this pic as an "avatar" for the "many" sites & applications that I join.

I don't know why but this picture really appeals to me... Maybe because it is green. :)

Getting hooked on Baking

I baked again today. Well it's my baby cousin's birthday so I decided to bake her something... As if I'm doing the batter by scratch. I keep on using Betty Crocker Super Moist cake mix ( my moms sends us boxes of those). This time instead of using the Devil's cake mix, I used this one...



Ingredients:

1. (1) pack Betty Crocker Super Moist Cake Mix - White

2. 1 1/4 cup water

3. 1/2 cup oil

4. 3 eggs



Steps:

1. Pre- heat oven at 325 degress for non stick pan

 

 

 

2. Combine all ingredients in a bowl



 

 

 

 

 

 

3. Using a mixer, mix all the ingredients until there are no more lumps or when the batter is throughly mixed.



 

 

 

 

 

 

It should look something like this...



 

 

 

 

 

 

4. Once it's done, transfer the mixture into a baking pan. In my case I used Baker's Secret Flexible Silicon Bakeware 9- inch round cake pan. It's more convenient for me since it's "rubbery".



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I then sprayed the insides of the cake pan with Pam Vegetable Oil spray to prevent the cake mix from sticking. Although the pan is already a non-stick pan, I still sprayed it just in case.

5. Since the oven has already been preheated, place the cake pan and let it bake.

I don't usually follow the exact baking time. I really on the "toothpick test". So when nothing or just a few crumbs stick to the toothpick, it means the cake's ready to go.

My uncle ( who used to work at a cake shop as a cake decorator) made the icing as I still don't know how.

Here's the finished product...

The candy sprinkle is mostly orange & violet since these are the Halloween candy sprinkle that we have...

Carmex Lip Balm

 

 

I have really ugly, hard (& dark) lips. As far as I can remember I've always had dark and chapped lips, and to add insult to injury, I smoke alot. The only color of lipstick that would actually cover the "darkness" are those really Red ones which I am not fond of wearing.

In college, my friends found a way to soften the hands and feet by using petroleum jelly so I thought this would work on my lips too, so I tried it. Well it did the trick, but it felt "yucky" on my lips. Plus I usually put it before going to sleep so most of the time it sticks on my pillow.  So I gave it up. Then I read from a tweet of one of the local celebrtities that  she's using Carmex lip balm and mind you her lips are really nice. So I wanted to try it too but didn't know where to buy it and then the idea slipped out out of "consciousness" again until I decided to clean out my room and found 2 Carmex lip balms my mom sent.

At first I thought it was an ointment for sore or insect bites but when I googled it i found out this was the one I wanted. So right now it's what I'm using... Been using it for just 3 days though and it doesn't feel super sticky on my lips and when you first apply it, it's somewhat "cool".