Asia's Snake Wine

  Snakes are types of carnivorous reptiles that are devoid of legs. There are many different types of snakes like cobras, rattlesnake, boas to name a few. Some of the snakes are poisonous but many are not.
 Snake are also used as ingredients for wine. It originated in Vietnam and can be found in South East Asia like Thailand, Indonesia, and the Philippines.
Venomous snakes are usually made into wine but the meat are not preserved but for their venomous poison which is dissolved in the liquor.
Since the venom of snake is protein-based they are often inactivated by the effects of ethanol that is found in liquors.
A large venomous snake is placed inside a glass of rice wine and left to steep for several months. The wine is then drunk using small cups. Body fluids of snake are mixed with the wine and consumed right away in a shot.

The Best Job in the World

I remembered a close friend of mine called me and asked me if I already have a job. That was 14 years ago and I was a full time mom to a one-year old daughter that time.
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Being a wife takes time but I learn to adjust and make the best of what I can do like cooking meals, cleaning, doing laundry, shopping. These can be easily mastered in due time.

But the most challenging one that I experience is being a mother. First, we were not taught in school how to bathe a one day old baby. My mother of course taught me the basics and I became an expert on it. All the responsibilities and tasks that a mother is expected to do is very hard to accomplish but the joys and contentment that comes in seeing my daughters now worth all the hardships that I have experienced. I never forget what my sister told me that taking care of my daughters is a lifelong emotional investment. Now, I know that she is right for they are our endless source of joy, an inspiration, and a reminder of how God loved us so much that He let my husband and I experience what it is like to be His partner in making His miracle.
I am not a superwife nor a supermom but I find that this is indeed the best job in the world!