Coco Delight

One thing my Hubby and I always look for whenever we come to visit Philippines is "Buko" (young coconut). For him it's exotic. For me it's medicinal. I never missed fresh coconut juice much until I left them bearing in abundance in my country. They say, you start appreciating things more when they're gone, or in my case unreachable. When I was younger, I just drank it because it's there. This time, I drink it for health and because I missed it a lot. It's a very good medicine for those who's got problems with kidney. 

The best thing about it, is that we don't even need to buy to enjoy one. We visited my college friend whom I haven't seen for years. They got big land just at the back of their house. There is quite a number of fruit bearing trees including a coconut. Her husband was kind enough to get us some.

Obviously, it's my husband's hands scraping the young coconut meat and pouring the coconut juice all the time :) He can't be disturbed savoring "buko". While I indulged myself into eating other food personally prepared by my friend prior to our coming. She's really nice. That one named "binut-ong" is one of my all time favorite. It's a "sticky rice" (it's a different kind of grain which name I can't remember) with coconut milk, wrapped in banana leaf and steamed. I love how it taste. I usually add sugar in it. I regret I didn't make picture of it opened. I guess I got excited eating hehe.

The rest of the day was about chatting and catching up with one another. I'm happy my friends are doing really fine with their lives. They got kids already while I just recently got married. I'm not only a late bloomer (" ,) but also I got myself busy with many other things. 

This is house is for sale. My friend's selling it. They're gonna move out as soon as they got a buyer. I like the place actually. It's pretty cozy. I don't want a very big house. I just want it spacious enough and most important is a yard where I can have a small garden. 

We're planning to have one like this. I've always wanted to even before we got married. Now, we want it so whenever we come to Philippines, we don't need to rent nor stay at my parents'. It'll serve as a vacation house for any of our family in Russia. I also want it close to my family so someone can look after it while we are away. That's a dream, a a plan as for now. It may not happen in the next few years but eventually it will. Wish us Luck :)

P.S.

Health Benefits of Coconut  Milk:

http://www.drgranny.com/2011/05/05/benefits-of-coconut-milk/ 

Coconut  Water - "The Water of Life"  

http://www.knowledgebase-script.com/demo/article-320.html 

http://www.dominica-weekly.com/coconut-water-the-real-water-of-life/