My mom has been planting wheatgrass for about a month now (shown above is the photo of the first batch that she planted). Since we’ve been hearing good things about it lately, my mom decided to have the whole family try it out. I’m currently on my 2nd day and I only drink 1 oz. daily.

Yesterday was pretty good. I saw a few ripe mangoes in the fridge and decided to juice the mangoes using a separate juicer (we have a juicer especially for wheatgrass, and an electric juicer for fruit) and then mix the wheatgrass juice with it. It was pretty good, although I couldn’t quite get the taste of wheatgrass off my tongue. I experienced no side effects (like nausea, headaches, etc). I actually felt very energetic the rest of the day.

Today, I woke up, took a shower, and decided to drink the juice before leaving to meet with a client. I downed the shot glass in one gulp (without any other juices mixed in – it tastes foul on its own) and then took out a mango and had a small portion of it before heading out.

My friend picked me up and as soon as we reached the highway, I suddenly got carsick. I never get motion sickness. It lasted for the rest of the ride, which took about 45 minutes, and stopped when I got off the vehicle.

I have no idea if it was caused by the fact that I ate that mango right after drinking the wheatgrass. It could be caused by that, since I found out that one should wait an hour before eating anything after drinking wheatgrass juice.

I’ve learned my lesson. I’ll just juice a mango or pineapple if I need something to offset the taste of wheatgrass. I’ll let you guys know if it actually does any good to my skin, which is getting worse because of the heat wave. I’ve been put on a tretinoin regimen to stop the breakouts caused by the climate.

While my brother was reformatting my computer yesterday (I’ve always refused to do that on my own, for fear of breaking something or doing something wrong), I was off gallivanting with friends all over town (our town is pretty small, so it was a pretty short excursion).

Actually, the truth is, our team from church had an hour long meeting during the early afternoon and we just decided to go out afterward and spend some time with each other. Plus it was a sort of post-birthday celebration for me since I spent my birthday with my family and didn’t get to celebrate with friends. So apparently, I’m still not done celebrating.

We decided to stop at a restaurant which is known for their grilled street food, such as isaw (the description on Wikipedia probably sounds bad, but it’s actually very delicious albeit not very healthy). We also had halo-halo after overloading on the grilled stuff.

After eating, we spent about four hours hogging the table (which didn’t bother the restaurant staff in the least, because the place is huge and it wasn’t a busy day), and talking. We spent the four hours thinking of personal and deep questions that everyone was required to answer. It was a lot of fun, since some of us didn’t know each other that well yet.

Today, my cell group leader surprised me with a chocolate cherry torte. It was probably the fourth time I celebrated my birthday this week. It was a lot of fun, and I appreciated the gesture.

With years of award-winning culinary expertise under his belt, the master chef, J. Gamboa (Cirkulo), takes on a classic ice cream flavor loved by generations and makes it his own. Plump, sun-ripened strawberries grown in meticulously-tended fields are farm-picked fresh and blended with extra creamy French vanilla ice cream, creating a symphony of flavors only a master can create.

I’ve been hearing a lot of good things about the Selecta Gold Series of ice creams, so I decided to try it out a few weeks ago. So far, I’ve been able to try two flavors: Berry Strawberry and Chocolate Truffle. The former satisfied my palate more than the latter did.

It’s actually somewhat odd, because I don’t remember ever liking strawberry ice cream. My favorite flavor has always been mint chocolate chip, so I thought I’d end up liking Chocolate Truffle more than Berry Strawberry. I was wrong.

Three days ago, I ended up buying an 800mL container of Chocolate Truffle, just to try it out, since I ended up liking Berry Strawberry so much. I went home and began to dig in. I was determined to like it. However, after a few mouthfuls of the ice cream, I had to concede defeat. While the ice cream was good, the truffle bits were a tad too sweet. I gave the tub of ice cream to my goddaughter who absolutely adores chocolate, and then went out to buy some strawberry ice cream.

The strawberry ice cream is just right. Quite recently, I developed an aversion to anything too sweet. All I can say is that this is just right. The strawberry pieces are a huge bonus, too. I love digging around the container for the particularly large pieces of strawberries. Even my mom, who doesn’t eat ice cream often, has ended up liking this flavor.

I plan to try the other two flavors in the Gold series soon: Vanilla Almond, and Hazelnut Brownie. Vanilla Almond was recommended by a friend who also loves Berry Strawberry. I just want to try Hazelnut Brownie to satisfy my curiosity. :)