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Tuesday, April 20, 2010
Do you have a great proposal story?
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Mine was certainly unique I must say. Both my now husband (Kevin) and I were still in college in Brooklyn, NY. It was in June, not long after the semester ended and Kevin lucked out with a freelance job in Italy. So while I was still finishing my last credits during the Summer, he was going back and forth to Italy.
One of the times he came back to campus, he asked if I wanted to go eat out in the city. We took a cab (something totally not common for two college kids to do!) and went to a Mexican restaurant in the East Village. Just as the cab left I saw Kevin panicking. Having just been paid for his freelance work, I just assumed he let some of the cash fall in the cab. He went to a payphone(not cell phones at the time yet!) and called the Brooklyn cab company. Now to those who know NYC only too well, how many of you would expect the cab not to come back? Well, he did! And sure enough Kevin got his "money" from the floor of the car.
We enjoyed a nice Mexican meal, then proceeded to the "Gold Bar", the first place we had gone on a date! Once we ordered drinks, Kevin suddenly took a little box out of his jacket and popped the question. I was in total shock and instead of replying, I started sweating! Nice visual, right? All I answered was: "You are crazy!" After a few minutes passed and I yet had to give him an answer, he finally asked again and begged I would let him know if yes or no and not just called him crazy. Of course I ended up accepting, then we spent the rest of the time at the bar laughing at him losing the ring in the cab.
Now your turn! Do you have a great proposal story to tell? Let the world know about it!
Want to win a pair of diamond earrings? Find out how at facebook.com/gemex
One of the times he came back to campus, he asked if I wanted to go eat out in the city. We took a cab (something totally not common for two college kids to do!) and went to a Mexican restaurant in the East Village. Just as the cab left I saw Kevin panicking. Having just been paid for his freelance work, I just assumed he let some of the cash fall in the cab. He went to a payphone(not cell phones at the time yet!) and called the Brooklyn cab company. Now to those who know NYC only too well, how many of you would expect the cab not to come back? Well, he did! And sure enough Kevin got his "money" from the floor of the car.
We enjoyed a nice Mexican meal, then proceeded to the "Gold Bar", the first place we had gone on a date! Once we ordered drinks, Kevin suddenly took a little box out of his jacket and popped the question. I was in total shock and instead of replying, I started sweating! Nice visual, right? All I answered was: "You are crazy!" After a few minutes passed and I yet had to give him an answer, he finally asked again and begged I would let him know if yes or no and not just called him crazy. Of course I ended up accepting, then we spent the rest of the time at the bar laughing at him losing the ring in the cab.
Now your turn! Do you have a great proposal story to tell? Let the world know about it!
Want to win a pair of diamond earrings? Find out how at facebook.com/gemex
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Friday, April 16, 2010
GemEx Live Report
GemEx Live Report is great when you want to view your diamond or when you are shopping for a diamond. When I bought an engagement ring for my now wife, I was able to get a list of available diamonds and compare them with Live Report before I chose the diamond with the exceptional brilliance, fire and sparkle I wanted for my wife's ring.
On GemEx Live Report, you can see everything that is included on the GemEx Certificate live and interactive! View a diamond in motion as it will look when being worn and you will be able to see the Brilliance, Fire and Sparkle separately or together for each diamond measurement. You can change the display views; manipulate the images by magnifying part of an image to examine details and related data; activate and stop in-motion images.
See your diamond online at http://www.gemexlive.com/. Click on the flashing icon to launch Live Report. Once Live Report is launched, enter your diamond ID and load it as report 1. The median diamond will automatically load as report 2 for comparison.
If you are shopping for diamonds and would like to compare them online, load another diamond as report 2 and use the comparison screen. You can access this screen at the top of the report screen.
Good luck viewing and interacting with your diamond's certificate. If you are shopping for a diamond, good luck with your search. Every diamond certified by GemEx is available on Live Report.
On GemEx Live Report, you can see everything that is included on the GemEx Certificate live and interactive! View a diamond in motion as it will look when being worn and you will be able to see the Brilliance, Fire and Sparkle separately or together for each diamond measurement. You can change the display views; manipulate the images by magnifying part of an image to examine details and related data; activate and stop in-motion images.
See your diamond online at http://www.gemexlive.com/. Click on the flashing icon to launch Live Report. Once Live Report is launched, enter your diamond ID and load it as report 1. The median diamond will automatically load as report 2 for comparison.
If you are shopping for diamonds and would like to compare them online, load another diamond as report 2 and use the comparison screen. You can access this screen at the top of the report screen.
Good luck viewing and interacting with your diamond's certificate. If you are shopping for a diamond, good luck with your search. Every diamond certified by GemEx is available on Live Report.
Thursday, April 8, 2010
Romantic Recipes
Green Tea Cheesecake
From Mhel, A Filipina medical intern with a love for food and a delightful taste for ingredients
Ingredients6 tbps butter
3/4 cup crushed chocolate flavored grahams or oreo cookies
1 1/2 tsp green tea powder or 4-5 bags of green tea bags
3/4 cup water, divided
2 tbsp unflavored gelatin
1 bar (225 gms) plain cream cheese
3 cups all purpose cream
1/2 cup white sugar
1/2 cup all-purpose cream, well chilled
2 tbsp confectionaire sugar or powdered cocoa (for coating chocolate curls)
bittersweet chocolate curls or shavings
Preparation
Make the crust ........
- Line the bottom of eight 3-inch stainless/pvc rings with foil. Line the sides with acetate film. Arrange prepared molders in a tray. Set aside.
- Melt butter in a heavy saucepan. Add crushed biscuits and blend well. Divide the mixture equally among the prepared molders.
- With back of the teaspoon, press the crust against the foil lining to form a solid crust for the bottom. Set aside.
- In a small saucepan, disperse green tea powder in water. Mix well and place over low heat until the powder blends with the water.
- Measure 1/2 cup of the mixture and transfer to another saucepan. Stir in gelatin and allow granules to swell.
- Cook gelatin-green tea mixture over low heat until the gelatin dissolved completely, taking care that the mixture does not boil. Set aside.
- With an electric mixer, beat the cream cheese until fluffy. Pour in all-purpose cream and the sugar. Beat until smooth. Pour in the gelatin solution and continue to beat until blended. Enhance with green food color if desired.
- Divide the mixture equally among the prepared molder. Freeze or chill until firm.
When ready to serve unmold the cheese cakes to a platter and top with whipped cream and chocolate shavings.
Make the topping.....
1. Beat all-purpose cream and sugar until it somewhat doubles in volume. Transfer the mixture to a pastry bag fitted with an open star tip. Use the pipe topping on the cheesecake......
Note:
* instead of choco grahams, i used crushed oreo. Just my personal taste, i think it will work better with the chocolate shavings.
** Since there's no available green tea powder in the supermarket, I infused 4 bags of green tea bags in water. I squeezed out the excess on the greentea-gelatin water for more flavor.
*** instead of confectionaire sugar, i used a bittersweet cocoa powder to coat my chocolate shavings.
About Mhel
Apart from being a medical intern, Mhel loves to paint, play piano, read books, and most especially cook good food:
"I'm a great sucker for herbs and spices, because I believe they can make wonders to your home cooking. My simple dreams are to be able to shop and do some groceries in a typical Indian or Persian spice markets (heaven!!), travel and have a lot of cultural and culinary adventures from different places (coz nothing beats a food safari trip, how I love to do Bourdain stuffs), be able to study in some French culinary school. Maybe someday, after I get my MD, and get to practice locally or abroad, I could study in a French Culinary School and be able to explore more on cooking."
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
How important is the beauty of a diamond?
A couple of weekends ago I went to a cousin's birthday party in Chicago. Apart from being real nice seeing some of my husband's family and all of the kids interacting with one another, we ate extremely well. The birthday party was at an Indian Restaurant and the food was spectacular. Even my little 18 month old loved it!
Back at our cousins' house, as we were talking about our lives, jobs etc, the couple mentioned how they had to replace their engagement ring after it was stolen a few years ago. As they were looking for a new diamond ring, what they were looking for was one where the diamond would sparkle and shine. They went to their usual jewelry store and after looking at very many of them, they ended up buying one that had indeed a few flaws, but absolutely nothing noticeable to the bare eye. Instead it is a diamond ring which is beautiful, has tremendous light performance and is noticeable from afar. She receives daily compliments yet did not break their bank account!
We would love to hear your story about your engagement ring. How did you choose it? what made you fall in love with it?
Back at our cousins' house, as we were talking about our lives, jobs etc, the couple mentioned how they had to replace their engagement ring after it was stolen a few years ago. As they were looking for a new diamond ring, what they were looking for was one where the diamond would sparkle and shine. They went to their usual jewelry store and after looking at very many of them, they ended up buying one that had indeed a few flaws, but absolutely nothing noticeable to the bare eye. Instead it is a diamond ring which is beautiful, has tremendous light performance and is noticeable from afar. She receives daily compliments yet did not break their bank account!
We would love to hear your story about your engagement ring. How did you choose it? what made you fall in love with it?
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