A Good News Indeed

Today, I am happy because I've got a good news that all the pigs at the piggery were all disposed except for the five ones that were still small for their age. It seems that they just refused to get sold. Lol!

I started this venture with my cousin in June, June 26 to be exact with a nervous doubt that maybe it won't work out but I challenged myself to venture anyway despite of the rising African Swine Flu outbreak in China. At that time the Philippines is not affected yet. But if it happens to strike the Philippines I'm confident that the piggery farm will not be affected because it is a secured place and no other animals were allowed from outside.

My cousin convinced and encouraged me to invest at the piggery. She said instead of my money going somewhere at least it is being put to use and will eventually gain more. And at the same time it will accumulate as my savings because it's there in the Philippines and I cannot touch it. It is a dormant money.

After some thousand thinking... I kinda weigh in the benefits and after 4 short months my money grew to at least 27% from the principal. That was a hefty money. Where can I find that in 4 months. That's my savings anyway... I am glad I trusted my cousin to handle it.

I told her you can use my money without interest as long as you will return my capital. They just have to give me 50 thousand pesos out from what they profit and the rest of it will be theirs. That's a good deal. As long as my savings were intact I'm fine with it. At least I have helped them in some ways. Where else could they get that.

I was just lucky that my cousin know how to handle the business and that she is very understanding that the money that I send for them was hard earned from my extra days at work. She knows how difficult it is to send $400 every week to sustain the feeds of the fattiners. It almost consist 1/3 of my salary and I left with 3/4 of it. and I'm able to stretch the money for my daily needs and bills. That's a little sacrifice and it works.

Now I know how hard working she is and he husband to keep up with the affairs in the farm. Someday I can go home and live there to feel the joys in the farm which I missed so much. I am just lucky to have received this good news.

I'm an avid believer of the saying, "No pain, no gain." And this is so true with my cousin and family. I know how they determined they are to give me an impression that they really mean business. Yes, I am proud of them and I feel great!!!!!

Eating Out At Tesse

 "The way to a man's heart is through his stomach." This is the usual lines that I have heard to woe a guy. But for this blog, the one that I am trying to impress is the birthday boy, my cousin Val. 

Months ago, I planned to treat him for an outdoor dinner at Tesse Restaurant for his birthday, so I set the reservation on September 27, a day before his birthday. Tesse is located between Sundet Blvd. and La Cienega Blvd. A usual hub for weekend partygoers.

We met in front of the restaurant. The birthday boy wears a matching animal skin design on his top and  sliders. He looked trendy and elegant. I wore a white top with blue blossoms which looks like a porcelain on me layered with a gray checkered blazer. We both look dashing that night.

The restaurant was just simple but there were a lot of customers at the outdoor patio. Inside was exquisite. The dining area was posh and the big wine cellar on the west side was amazing. All in all Tesse was fabulous.

We ordered the burrata salad with figs and an array of pates and bread for appetizer. The burrata was soo good and the pate was just satisfactory. Then for the entrée Val ordered the lemon salmon and I ordered the Jidori chicken. Both entrée were sooo good. We also drank white wine from Oregon which was perfect with our entrée. When we finished the entrée Val was still hungry so I recommend to him to order the grilled branzino which he liked the most and was super perfect with the wine that we're drinking, so he ordered one more glass of the wine to pair up with the branzino. We were full after that. For the dessert we ordered the baked peach with light cream and whole pistachios. It was heaven....  we don't want to leave.

At least I made Val happy for his birthday. It was the best dinner we had together. Can't wait for another one for us to enjoy such sumptuous food like this. Despite paying enormously at least we've enjoyed the food that we ate and we have time to see each other and talk to each other despite of the pandemic.

Next dinner will be on my birthday at Bavel Restaurant in downtown LA. We already made reservations for it takes time to make it. Can't wait for it..... and I am very excited.