Lamp

IC cannot resist this lamp. She just got to have this. Saturday was a visit to the home and garden depot, IC was promised she can choose a lamp for her room. I kept on urging her to go for the lamps shaped like a sun or a balloon or a beetle; they are cute and most important, cheaper than the rest of the lamps at only 15 - 25 euro. But she's already focused her attention on this lamp and another one like the one in photo, but only in a ladder. The price? More than 50 euro, arrgh. Papa's girl got her wish of course.

Bread Machine

A lovely innovation for my pandesal recipe, the bread machine.

The bread machine makes baking bread and cookies and cakes a dream, you can even use the timer so you'll get fresh warm bread for breakfast, yum!

Bread recipes are abundant, too -- white bread, french bread, dark bread, sesame bread, corn bread, plus special breads like with marmalade or joghurt, or you can also experiment. There's a good chance that you might need to throw your first experiment but hey, practice makes perfect!

Anyway, I am satisfied with it because I am eating pandesal in Deutschland because of this bread machine.

Cheese Grater

For a family who loves pasta and cheese, an electronic cheese grater is a welcome change from the usual grater.

Simply cut the parmesan into small cubes to fit the cheese slot and press -- rrrrrrr - make sure you have your plate ready because the grated cheese are not being collected within the grater. You must hold your plate under it and stop pressing if you have enough cheese on your plate. Then pass it to the others.

This is also economical because you dont have to grate an unusual amount for everyone, not knowing how much would be consumed. By using this cheese grater, you grate what you need.

Handheld Vacuum

Presenting our handheld vacuum, a necessary feature in our kitchen. It is supposed to be able to clean both dry and wet soiled surfaces -- on the wet part, I am a bit disappointed. I have my kitchen wipes for drying purposes though.

But for the crumbs and tiny wrappers and spills and the unseen dust, it is a real wonder. It is real handy and can reach nooks and crannies because you can change noozles, too. No need to drag a heavy and bulky machine all over the house.

Even the kids love it -- they can pretend nothing happened in the kitchen because they have already vacuumed the evidence away. But of course, they never thought about the sound, haha!