Hi Everyone!

I am spending as much time playing outside as Mama said that the summer is ending very soon. Each new day is getting a little cooler and by afternoon, we are having cloudy weather and sometimes showers.

In the Philippines, the end of the hot, dry summer brings the rainy season. This is a time of much rain and, sometimes, very bad storms called typhoons. Mama told me that these typhoons are called hurricanes and cyclones in other parts of the world.  She said that the Philippines, usually, gets up to 20 typhoons a year. Rain is very important for the farmers so they can grow their crops.

When it starts raining everyday, I will not be able to play outside so much but that is alright. Mama said that she is going to teach me new things on the computer and prepare me for my first year of school next year. Plus my friends will be coming over to my house each day to play.

Sometimes, it is nice to be in the  house and hear the sound of the rain on the roof.

Bye for now!

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Hi Everyone!

As many of you know, it is summer time in the Philippines and it is very hot everyday. Sometimes, on these hot summer days, Mama makes me my favorite summer treat. It is Ube-Mango ice cream with M & M candies.

I know that many of you don’t know what ube is, so I asked Mama what it is and where it comes from.

Mama said ube (or ubi) is the Filipino word for purple yam. It contains pigments that gives its violet color. In the Philippines, ube is cooked with sugar and eaten as a dessert or jam called ube halaya which is a bright violet color. Ube is also an ingredient in the fruity dessert halo halo, a popular Filipino dessert.

Ube is used in a variety of desserts, as well as a flavor for ice cream, milk, Swiss rolls, tarts, cookies, cakes (pictured left), and other pastries. Ube also sometimes is used in the Philippines to denote the colour purple or violet.

Mango is a wonderful fruit that is grown in frost-free areas of the world. It is a very healthy fruit that is very high in vitamin C. The Philippines’ variety of mango is known, world-wide, as being one of the best and sweetest. Currently, Philippine mangos are exported all around the world.

Now, my secret is to let the M & M candies stay in the ice cream long enough so the the different colors start to come off the candies and mix with the colors (purple and yellow) of the ice cream. When you stir it all up, it makes colors like a rainbow. Now, you know that rainbows are my favor thing in the whole world and the good thing is it is yummy too.

Got to go as Mama is calling me for my favorite treat!

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