Tag #1: Tagged by Jeanny!
1. What are the things you enjoy doing even when there’s no one around you?
Reading a book. Reading a magazine. Watching TV. Watching “serious” movies. Write stories and poetry. Stare at my fishies. Sleeping.
2. What lowers your stress/blood pressure/anxiety level?
Staring at the fishies. Writing in my journal. Blogging. Reading magazines. Going to the spa. Getting my nails done. Getting a haircut. Working out at the gym. Playing Sims 2. Sleeping. Holding hands with my husband.
3. Tag 5 friends and ask them to post it in theirs.
I’m tagging all those who are feeling stressed out right now! Answer this in the comments section! 
Tag #2: Tagged by Sassy!
Hey, I’ve posted this pic before!
1. Rationale behind what we’re seeing?
They’re a bunch of cookbooks I have piled up near my kitchen. I place them in a basket sometimes but for picture purposes, I had them pose for the camera. Hehe.
2. Most recommended?
Cooking with Nora Daza. A classic!
3. Cookbook that made you what you were?
Nothing in particular! My interest in cooking was jumpstarted when I got married. No single cookbook made me what I am now — an amateur cook who loves experimenting.
4. Porniest cookbook?
I don’t own one. Care to share it with me? Haha!
5. Sophie’s Choice cookbook?
What does this mean?
6. If you were a cookbook, what cookbook would you be?
30-minute meals! I don’t like spending too much time by the stove. I’m not too fond of the heat.
7. If your cookbook were extremely valuable, so valuable you might hide it with the other valuables, where would that place be?
My husband’s toy shelf!
I’m tagging all those who are wearing blue as they read this! Why? Just because!
Tag #3: Tagged by Cat!
Number of books on the shelves:
In my shelf at the place we’re renting, maybe about 30 books. The rest of my books are at my parents’ place. I wish I could take them with me everywhere I go but there’s just not enough space for them!
Those that I own/ bought:
Oh man, more than a hundred for sure.
5 last books that I bought:
1. 50 Facts That Should Change The World
2. Sex, Drugs and Cocoa Puffs: A Low Culture Manifesto
3. Call Me Elizabeth
4. Cooking for Two – Bought another one as a wedding present for a friend!
5. When Chic Hits the Fan
Book/s I’m reading now:
See numbers 1 and 2 above.
Last 5 books read:
1. See #5 above
2. Betty Crocker’s Timesaving Cookbook
3. Cooking with Nora Daza
4. A Marketing book (parts of it)
5. One of my sister’s teen romance books (Sweet Dreams?)
Books I’ll cherish:
1. The Trouble with Thirteen — My “coming of age” book
2. Good in Bed — Love yourself!
3. The 5 People You Meet in Heaven – I wonder what my heaven would be like?
4.5.6.7.8.9… So many more that won’t fit in here!
For this tag, I’m tagging all those who are reading this very line!
Hi! I'm Toni Tiu,
and I've been blogging at
at Wifely Steps since 2003. This started as a blog to help newly weds adjust to married life. It has evolved into a home and parenting blog. I write about things close to my heart -- good eats, good reads, family, marriage, and the little things that make everyday happy.
Cat
August 7, 2005 at 5:14 pm (19 years ago)I’ve read ‘When Chic Hits The Fan’ already! Did you figure out the blind items? I could tell you who they are. I discovered a forum which lists who the blind items are. =p Oh, and I read somewhere that the author is working on the second version!
Daphne
August 8, 2005 at 12:43 am (19 years ago)I’m not stressed out right now neither wearing blue so I did the book meme na lang
Renee
August 8, 2005 at 4:44 am (19 years ago)Happy Belated Birthday, Toni! Sorry I missed it. Between our wedding anniversary and Lance and Troy’s first day of school, I haven’t had time to bloghop lately.
Here’s to more blessings in store for you this coming year!
Toni
August 8, 2005 at 9:24 am (19 years ago)Cat: I haven’t figured out all of them! Tell me where the forums are naman hehehe.
Or you could fill me in on the people!!! 2nd version? I can’t wait!!!!!!
Daphne : Hahaha sige basahin ko!
Renee : No problem, thanks for the greeting!
meeyagirl
August 9, 2005 at 4:23 am (19 years ago)hi toni, i was already tagged by renee for the first one, my answers can be found here. since i don’t own a lot of cookbooks, i’ll answer the 3rd tag about the books na lang hehe…
Number of Books on the Shelf: I think about 10. I don’t buy a lot of books anymore, baka hindi ko maiuwi sa Pinas lahat, hehe. So I collect ebooks and audiobooks instead because they’re easier to transport and I can easily share them with my friends.
Those that I own/bought: I own all of them, though some were given to me. Including the ones back in Pinas, I think I can already make a downpayment for a car with the amount I’ve spent buying books. I’ve never scrimped on books eh, kahit hindi kumain basta may book 😛
5 Last Books I Bought:
1. Harry Potter and the HBP (JK Rowling)
2. The Undomestic Goddess (S. Kinsella)
3. Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister (G. Maguire)
4. Dress Your Family In Curdoroy and Denim (D. Sedaris)
5. Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell (S. Clarke)
Books I’m Reading Now:
I want to start The Rule of Four (I. Caldwell) or 1776 (D. McCullough) but I keep getting sidetracked by other books, (see above) hehe. Also, I re-read Harry Potter and the GOF, as well as Suzanne’s Diary for Nicholas (J. Patterson) because I saw the movie recently.
Last 5 Books Read:
Aside from the those above…
1. Eats, Shoots, and Leaves (L. Truss) – nakaka-conscious tuloy mag-ingles, hehehe
2. Cause Celeb (H. Fielding) – i had to crawl through this one. it’s been sitting on my shelf for so long, i had to end it 😀
3. Hey, Nostradamus (D. Coupland) – i hope to give coupland another chance
4. Happiest Toddler on the Block (H. Karp) – karp is my bestfriend
5. Smart Couples Finish Rich (D. Bach) – because hubby’s too tamad to read it, sayang naman 😀
Books I’ll Cherish:
1. PS I Love You (Sweet Dreams #1) – because it got me started reading
2. My Ayn Rand Books – for my personal philosophy
3. Looking Back (A. Ocampo) – i learned to appreciate Phil history so much
4. The Alchemist (P. Coehlo) – just because it taught many of my non-reading friends to start reading
5. A Natural History of Love (D. Ackerman) – love as the great intangible
6. Pilgrim at Tinker Creek (A. Dillard) – Annie inspires me to search for the most beautiful words, always.
7. The Prophet (K. Gibran) – a bit of wisdom doesnt hurt
8. Love Poems (P. Neruda) – should be self-explanatory
9. Goodnight Moon (M. Wise Brown) – because my daughter loves it
10. Einstein’s Dreams (A. Lightman) – ethereal physics, beautiful images of a genius’ dreams.
I think I’ll stop at 10, baka maubos ang space, hehehe 😀
BabyPink
August 9, 2005 at 3:39 pm (19 years ago)i’m neither stressed out at the moment nor wearing blue (i’m in my signature color). i did the book meme.:)
Toni
August 11, 2005 at 3:32 pm (19 years ago)mia: Do we shop at the same bookstore?! We have the same taste in books!
diane: hehehe sige puntahan ko later!!!