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My Entire Being... going all out for my husband Dee, my son little Dustin, my family, my friends, my career, my hobbies and my faith... a collage of memoirs. Share my journey and have a sneak peek of my BIG picture!
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A-Z Tag
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Thanks Chikai.
LETTER ‘A’
1. Are you Available? Already very much taken.
2. What is your Age? 31.
LETTER ‘B’
4. Do you live in a Big house? Of course, I want to have one someday.
5. When is your Birthday? March 20.
THE LETTER ‘C’
6. What’s your favorite Chocolate? Dark chocolate.
THE LETTER ‘D’
7. Do you Daydream? Sometimes I do, libre yun eh.
8. What’s your favorite kind of Dog? Yorkshire Terrier ata tawag dun.
9. What Day of the week is it? Monday.
THE LETTER ‘E’
10. Have you ever been in the Emergency room? Yes, several times because of my vertigo.
11. Did you have a crush that starts with letter E? I can’t think of anybody right now.
THE LETTER ‘F’
12. Favorite Flower? Tulips.
THE LETTER ‘G’
13. Do you chew Gum? Not often.
14. Are you a Giver or a taker? More of a giver.
THE LETTER ‘H’
15. What’s your Height? 5?4?
16. What color is your Hair? Medium Brown, the natural color.
THE LETTER ‘I
17. What’s your favorite flavor of Ice cream? Double Dutch and almost everything from Haagen Dazs
18. Have you ever Ice skated? Nope.
19. Do you play an Instrument? I used to play the piano.
THE LETTER ‘J’
20. Have you ever heard a really hilarious Joke? Of course.
21. Do you wear Jewelry? Yes.
THE LETTER ‘K’
22. Do you want Kids? I love kids.
23. Where did you go for Kindergarten? Little Children’s Learning Center in Alabang.
THE LETTER ‘L’
24. Have you ever Lied to your parents? I’m no saint, you know!
THE LETTER ‘M’
25. Last Movie you watched? Twilight.
26. Do you still watch Disney Movies? A Disney fan all the way.
27. Do you like Mangoes? The ripe ones.
THE LETTER ‘N’
28. Do you have a Nickname? A lot.
29. What’s your favorite Number? 7 and 8.
30. Do you prefer Night over day? Most of the time.
THE LETTER ‘O’
31. Whats your One wish? For me and my love ones to be healthy and safe always.
THE LETTER ‘P’
32. What is one fear you are most Paranoid about? I’m just scared of dying, I guess that’s pretty normal.
THE LETTER ‘Q’
33. Are you Quick (to) judge people? No. I always believe that there is always something good in everyone.
THE LETTER ‘R’
34. Do you watch Reality TV? I love some shows in that kind of plot.
THE LETTER ‘S’
35. Do you prefer Sun or rain? I always find rain, so romantic, wag lang may baha.
36. Do you like Snow? When I was in the States, I only experienced some drizzle of snow, I want to experience yung snow talaga kasi I love cold weather! But I have a feeling I’ll get sick and tired of it, kasi I love summer din lalo na pag nasa beach ka, I’m more of a Fall person than Winter siguro.
THE LETTER ‘T’
37. What Time is it? 7:04 am
38. What Time did you wake up? 5:15 am
THE LETTER ‘V’
39. What’s the worst Veggie? I’m a veggie lover.
40. Where do you want to go on Vacation? Paris!
THE LETTER ‘W’
41. Will you go back to the past? No.
THE LETTER ‘X’
42. Have you ever had an X-ray? Just had one recently because of the accident.
43. Do you own a Xylophone? No.
THE LETTER ‘Y’
44. Do you like the color Yellow? sometimes..
45. What Year were you born in? 1977.
THE LETTER ‘Z’
46. Whats your Zodiac sign? Pisces.
47. Do you believe in ZODIACS? Not too much.
The Bellevue Manila
I didn’t know there is a hotel right in the heart of Alabang. I found that out when my childhood friend offered discounted GCs that they are selling at work. Great timing indeed as I was thinking of what to give my husband for our anniversary. So I thought of treating us a 2 day stay in Bellevue, with our son of course.
He was delighted to know about it. Not to mention that I got GCs with free breakfast buffets, he loves buffets so this is truly a treat for him. 
Anyway, the only problem we have are the activities we can do while staying there. We’re both unfamiliar with the Alabang vicinity so aside from our Enchanted Kingdom trip, we are clueless of what to do around Alabang. Unlike him who went to ATC once, I haven’t been there so I might ask him for us to go there and do a little malling. Going to the hotel’s spa would be impossible since we’re not bringing the nanny with us. Dagdag gastos pa yun eh. One thing’s for sure, I’m excited to take a deep here…
I will definitely list the things we will bring so as not to forget our swim wear and the dslr. I just hope the water is lukewarm so the little one can also take a deep. I need to buy computer memory, my gadget is getting slower and slower every minute and with the tons of photos coming soon, I bet it needs more power. I will surely take photos and when I say photos, I mean PHOTOS!
Merry Christmas
Enjoy the season with your love ones. From my family, Merry Christmas to all!
God bless us all.
Weekend Snapshots
Saturday is posted here.
Sunday.
We heard mass early, our usual 7:30 am mass. We dressed up early so I had time to take pictures of the boys before we go to church…
Then when we got home my parents weren’t there yet, yun pala they went to Santa Clara to pray for my sister’s exam results and went to the market. So we decided to go out again and have breakfast at McDo McKinley Hill…
When we got home, I took more photos of the boys in the garden chasing a butterfly…
And then we had to take a long nap again after lunch since we have our Dad’s PMA Magilas Class 76 Christmas Party to attend to in Camp Aguinaldo where we had our wedding reception 3 years ago… it’s nice to go back there now with our son…
Antok na ata si Dee dito.
Dustin with Dad’s mistah, AFP Chief of Staff Gen. Yano, buti na lang sumama si Dustin, sabagay di kasi siya nangingilala na masyado eh, may remembrance tuloy siya.
Next week will be party week for us, so many parties so little time. Sana sipagin pa rin ako kumuha ng pics.
Brand New Experience
The nanny asked me if she can take her day off tomorrow! Yes, on a Monday! She’ll have her finals before her vacation, I asked her not to attend her Christmas activity this Saturday since it’s my best friend’s wedding and she obliged, of course, so in return, I can’t say no and besides it’s her finals we’re talking about. But here’s the situation… my colleague told me last week that she will take a leave tomorrow as well, so I asked my husband if he can take care of Dustin but he refused telling me he has tons of work to do since Friday will be their Christmas Party already. He told me if I’m willing to leave Dustin at their house with his mom, I’m not being selfish but I decided not to. Why? Well, for 1 - Dustin weighs 14.5 kilos and will be very heavy for a 64 year old lady to carry who only weighs maybe less than a hundred. Yes MIL is really thin. They have a help, a gay guy who’s 18 but 2 - he has no clue what is Dustin’s routine everyday, that he can’t eat sweets, we don’t give him junk food or soda or any artificial drink for that matter, that he eats a lot during lunch and asks for milk after he has his dessert of fruits particularly grapes or banana. That he sleeps during the day for 2 hours and sleeps again in the afternoon for another 2 hours or never takes a nap in the morning but sleeps almost 4 hours in the afternoon. That he is not allowed to watch television, we just allow him to watch Eat Bulaga while having his lunch then plays and reads his books for like an hour and after that he takes his nap. So, my solution? Bring him at work since I don’t have much work to do and I seldom entertain patients, our workload decreases more every December, I just don’t know why, I can take care of Dustin. I’m not a multi tasker but I can sure try and besides, it’s just 1 day and we end work at 3 pm so I borrowed Mom’s car so we can go home early and not wait for my husband and my brother who leave at 5. So tomorrow, I will not go online so I’m finishing my tasks tonight. No twitter, no YM if I can. I need green tea fat burner, I know I will burn a lot of fat tomorrow and the tea will help me burn more. I can do this! I can do this! 
Mission Accomplished
I blogged about my mission of organizing our cabinets and our workstation in our bedroom in my other blog. I’m still waiting for the sellers convo about my inquiry regarding letter display for our workstation but that could come in even next year. People are so busy with the Holidays that even sellers are etsy are so slow to reply. Anyway, here are the after photos. I’m kinda happy with the outcome, less clutter and nice to look at.
The Organized Shelves
The Workstation
Dustin’s Cabinet
Our side of the cabinet needs more organization though. Everything is in their places but I’m not happy with it since there are too much clothes that even if they are already well folded, properly hanged and in place, it still looks cluttered, we need to give away our some of our less used clothes soon especially more will be coming from ON. YAY!
Visit my Flickr for the captions in the photos.
Started the Party Preps
I got a bit disturbed when I read Mai’s post about Asher’s birthday, the cutie little baby will be having his first birthday this coming March and as early as this month, Mai accomplished a lot already and I haven’t even decided what will be Dustin’s party theme and my son is having his party on March as well. So I PMed Mareng Mai and asked her about the cake, I already emailed the cake supplier since I think the biggest amount of money will go there aside from the swimming pool (yes the boy will have a small swimming party at home) and the food. So here are the things I did so far:
- Emailed the cake supplier. Just waiting for her reply or else I will be looking for another cake supplier, I hope she replies soon though.
- Decided that the theme will be? You might have guess it right, A Nemo Party. Since he loves Finding Nemo and the party is a swimming party, it fits right?
- Guest list was decided ages ago, 20 adults including our household helpers and 8 kids including our son. A small gathering really, just immediate families in my side, my husband’s and my SIL’s.
- Then I’ve been PMing Etsy sellers for my son’s personalized tees for the party. I’ve decided that he’ll wear 2 tees, 1 before the swimming party and the blowing of candles which is a Nemo tee with his name on it and this…
Which he will wear after his swim. Cute right?
So after I buy the pool and talk to the cake supplier, I will have simpler concerns like what food to prepare and the loots for the kids. Well, that’s aside from finding great weight loss pills that will help me fit in a bikini if I want to wear one on that day which I doubt I can. 
Faces of a Finding Nemo Fan
Dustin is so into Finding Nemo. Last Wednesday, my husband played Toy Story 2. Dustin was screaming, “Buzz! Buzz!” for some good ol’ 10 minutes but after that he was very antsy already, crying “Mumu! Mumu!” to us. Oh my! He can’t get enough of the movie. Here are some photos of him staring seriously at the laptop even the blinking light from his dad’s phonecam couldn’t disturb him.
He was all smiling, he knew that after changing to his PJs, the next thing is watch Finding Nemo…
Watching Nemo intently…
What’s the time?
Denon asked me what I want this Christmas, he already gave an expensive wallet from Guess for our wedding anniversary so I really don’t know what to ask him, aside from the Twilight hardbound series, I couldn’t think of anything else but those books? But I can buy them myself. So I looked online and found these really cool watches from Audemars Piguet and I love watches but he already gave me a watch last December. I don’t expect him to give anything though, if he does then I will be surprised and I love surprises.
Twilight Craze
I saw the movie first. I’m planning to collect the hardbounds. Definitely uncertain when will I have the first book, Twilight. I went to Fully Booked and National Bookstore yesterday and all books are still out of stock. Gosh. I’m really itching to read the series. All of my online friends are raving about it and may inggit factor na ako kasi naman ang tagal magkaroon ng libro.
I enjoyed the movie so much, some friends told me the book is even far much better than the movie…
More photos here:
The Pursuit of Happyness
Grabbed from Chikai here.
1. Are you happy? YES.
2. What makes you happy? Traveling and staying in places like Westgate and of course, if all of my love ones and me are healthy, happy and always safe.
3. Who makes you happy? My boys, family and friends.
4. Complete this sentence: Happiness is… always coming from within. Like love, you don’t look for it, it’s within you.
5. What’s the best feeling in the world other than being happy? Being in love.
6. What color makes you happy? Pink.
7. Would you rather be rich and sad or poor and happy? Poor and happy. Money alone never made me happy and it will never be.
8. Do you have a happy song? What is it? Nothing in particular actually.
9. Kindly share a few lines of that happy song. (I don’t have a happy song but I will share with you one of my fave songs)
L is for the way you look at me, O is for the only one I see, V… is very very extraordinary, E! Is even more than anyone that anyone that you adore…
10. What’s the happiest moment in your life? When I became a mom.
This is fun. Grabbed them too if you like.
Immaculate Concepcion
It’s holiday of obligation for Catholics today. We need to hear mass today. I’m a devotee to Mama Mary, I love praying to her asking her to intercede for my prayers. She never failed to help me, I want to say THANKS to her. I love you Mama Mary.
Face Dilemma Again
For weeks now, I noticed that my face is clearing up from pimples. Well, there’s still acne scars that I somehow accepted already and those freckles that came from my genes, thanks to my Hispanic heritage. Anyway, with all the stress and Holiday rush this December and all the parties and staying up late, my face is starting to get pimples again. The husband told me not to worry too much or it will make it worst, rather I should find a solution about it and so I browsed things online and so the question is, does Zyporex work? I found tons of acne treatments online but Zyporex caught my eye. So many nice testimonials from people who tried the product, I might try this one, it’s really time I find the right one for my face.
Very Special Day
It’s 3:39 am and I’m still up. Dee and I had to get up because our son had to drink his milk. This is one of our sleeping routines (if that’s what you call it) nowadays but I’m not complaining…
Three years ago this is “us” and today…
with our extra bonus. Para kaming nanalo sa lotto.
Same love but more intense. Same happiness but greater. I couldn’t ask for more. I just want to thank the Lord for I have received the best gifts in the world.
To my husband, Happy 3rd Anniversary and marrying you is still the best decision I’ve ever made. Thank you for everything. You are just the best! More cheers, more laughters, more love and more of everything for us and our small family!!! God bless us all!
Hot Momma
Can I tell you a secret? I never had a single sexy lingerie in my closet. HAHAHA. Yes, that’s true. I was organizing and cleaning our closet to make it ready from some Ikea stuff I bought online and saw that even today that I’m married, I still don’t have those kinds of lingerie. I’m not quite sure if I’m daring enough to buy a pair or two but I guess for the sake of my husband I want to be a hot momma. But then again those uber sexy thingies are not my thing so I think the subtle and a bit of a teaser lingerie suits me to a T. A sample of what I can wear…
This is really cute. Very subtle, I like!
Christmas Gifts
… almost all set except for some toys that I will pick up tomorrow from Joy. We are done with our Christmas shopping. This year, the husband and I agreed to save more and spend less. So I made sure that we just give only our immediate families gifts. Last year, I bought stuff that were never given so it ended up to charity. I don’t mind giving stuff to charity but I also plan on saving this year. Last Monday, Hubby and I went to Megamall and we were happy to know that we can still splurge in giving stuff for our families since only a few of them will be given gifts plus my paypal money answered for the gifts for our nephews (yes we don’t have nieces) so more savings and we can still splurge. Nice right? So off we go to Girbaud and Marks and Spencer to buy our love ones gifts.
All wrapped up and ready for the tree. Presents for the Adults. I can’t wait to see my purchases from Glo.
Some Facts About Myself
Grabbed from Chikai while I was blog hopping.
PLAYERS: CHIKAI | My BIG Picture | YOU
1. Are you a photo addict? No. But I love taking photos.
2. What were you doing this morning at 8 am? Aside from texting a friend who was asking me about contact lenses. I was just online doing nothing but Twitt.
3. Do you care for your Friendster? Yes, I see old friends and long lost friends there.
4. How many different beverages have you drank since yesterday? Just coffee, water and kalamansi juice.
5. What are two things you hate? Liars and proud people.
6. What do you wish for? Aside from best of health and safety for me and my love ones. I pray for world peace.
7. When was the last time you got really hurt? Just this December 2 in a car accident.
8. What did you do last night? Sleep.
9. What is your favorite flavor of ice cream? Double Dutch.
10. Fave color? Brown.
11. Have you ever gotten naked at a party?! Oh no,
12. Name someone you miss. Nobody.
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Our Tagaytay Trip
Photo overload.
I told you about my story of the trip from my Weekend Recap so here is a post of photos of the trip.
At St. Michael, Pink Sisters,Tagaytay Zoo and Picnic Grove…
Questions of the Week #42
1. I want to see you. Can you post the very latest photo of yourself? Or link me up with your latest photo.
with my boys in Tagaytay Zoo
2. Do you remember what last week was? What? Last week was the last days of November 2008. The days I started working again after I got a week of sick leave and it was a week where we had a nice family trip to Tagaytay.
3. Are you going to spend more money or less money than last year’s Holiday Season? I think we will be spending less this year, I only gave gifts to our immediate families.
4. Do you prefer your clocks/watches to be set on 12hr or 24hr time? I get confused with the 24 hour time even if I grew up in a militaristic home.
5. Do you like the funny junk mails that friends or relatives send you? To tell you honestly? I don’t read forwarded messages.
6. Have you ever fainted? Not really. Does being drunk counts? To much of boozing with the wine of the month club eh? LOL.
7. What other capital city aside from your own country you’ve been to already? What was it? Hmmm… does New York City counts? How about Chicago, Illinois? I really have no clue and I’m not very well traveled.
8. When you see a number between around 1900 and 2050, do you automatically think of years? 2050, yes.
9. How many hours of sleep do you get on average on weeknights? Usually 6-7 hours. Depends if hubby and I watch a movie then I only get to sleep for like 4-5 hours.
10. Santa can only give you 3 things this Christmas and each gift can only be $15 or less. What are you going to get? Link us up 
I have to look for Etsy links and maybe be back later.
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Weekend Recap
On a lighter note, we had a great weekend. This post is so late but who cares right? I want to post a happier entry after posting that traumatic incident yesterday.
Saturday.
I spent the whole morning with my son, we watched television, played and played until we got tired and fell asleep. Hubby had trailing so he was not at home the whole morning. Had lunch at home and we went to Boni High Street after. Went strolling and window shopped there too. Charles and Keith didn’t have wallets at that time so I was disappointed. Then we went to Market! Market! to buy some gifts. We saw Diego having a show and we watched a bit before we went to Joey Pepperoni in The Fort for dinner. Dustin ate a lot, he really loves pasta and pizza.
Sunday.
Off to Tagaytay, we left at around 6 am so we can catch the morning mass at Pink Sisters. The weather was awesome up there. It was really cold and there is fog everywhere. We were late for the 7am mass at Pink Sisters so we went to hear mass in a place called St. Michael’s just right beside the Pink Sisters Convent. Then we visited the Pink Sisters, prayed, dropped our letters and took some photos before we ate breakfast, where? At Jollibee. The kids wanted breakfast from that place so we did, they ate pancakes. Then we went to Tagaytay Zoo after a joy ride, the boys slept on the way to the zoo so my dad told my brother to just drive straight so the boys can take a nap in the car so we went up to the boundary of Tagaytay and Nasugbu and took a U-turn back to the zoo and parked and waited for them to wake up. The zoo was okay, a bit pricey but still the kids enjoyed seeing tigers, birds, a lion and a camel. After which we had lunch in The Grill by Antonio’s. The food was great, a bit pricey but is all worth it. Then we went to Picnic Grove and just watched people riding the cable cars and my Dad’s tummy made a big fuss so we had to cut the trip short, we were planning to have dessert in Cafe Breton at Cliffhouse but we just went to Mahogany Market to buy beef before hitting the road again. We arrived home around 7pm and Dustin went straight to bed. It was tiring but a fun day with my whole family.
Monday.
Just spent the morning with my son while Dee went trailing again. Then we had to leave Dustin with his nanny so we can do our Christmas shopping at Megamall. Our Christmas list is complete, just a few gifts from our box from Glo and we’re all set.
Our Family photo in Pink Sisters Tagaytay, just a teaser of more pictures to come…
Yesterday’s Accident
Yesterday on our way to work, we got into a very big accident. It was in EDSA just right after the flyover passing Robinson’s Galleria. We were of course a bit fast since it’s a freeway and there’s no traffic. But this old mini truck approaching EDSA from White Plains was driving too fast as he turns right, he was speeding like 80-100 kms. I screamed my heart out as my Husband hit the breaks, but it was too late, we got hit and was thrown 2 lanes, hitting a motorcycle and a bus hit the back of our car after that. Everything was so fast. We thought the stupid driver will run but he stopped when he realized he caused a huge accident. I was in shock. THANK GOD nothing serious happened. The guy on the motorcycle was rushed to the hospital but I think he only got a sprain ankle, the bus driver is a new driver, making him more concious and less crazy (you know how bus drivers in EDSA are!) so he hit the breaks early making the impact less. It could have been worst, if only Dee didn’t hit the breaks or the bus driver was also a crazy driver… THANK YOU, LORD na lang talaga and we’re all okay. Both the reckless driver’s mini truck and the bus are insured, so the husband will have an easier way, expense free repair for the car. Now I know how all these insurances like the term life insurance quote I got are important. Accidents like this is very unpredictable. Very scray and very traumatic. I was rushed to the hospital because I had neck and back pains but the xray results said no fracture, just muscle trauma that needs cold compress for 48 hours, some pain killers and enough rest will help the pain. I just want to give praise to God nothing worst happened for all of us. If I’m given a chance to choose, I could have confiscated the driver’s license of that stupid driver, had him behind bars for reckless driving resulting to damage of property and injuries but no, he only got “bad turning on a busy road” from the police. Very subtle statement from the authorities considering the damage that stupid, crazy driver did!
Tag Train #7
Been keeping up with the travel here.
1. Who was your last inbox message from? My uncle.
2. Anything funny happen this week? Cute is the word, my son crying over a scene from Finding Nemo.
3. Do you believe that you can change for someone? Yes. If you love someone, you will do anything.
4. Do you like surprises? What’s the biggest surprise have you received so far? Yes, very much. The biggest surprise was my husband’s proposal.
5. What song do you listen to feel happy? My son singing.
6. Name famous people you have a crush on? I love YOO!
7. Garfield or Mickey Mouse? And why? Always been a Mickey Mouse fan!
8. In a week, how many times do you go online? Every single day.
9. Describe yourself in one word. Simple.
10. Something about you that you’re proud of? I’m a happy wife and mother.
Mumu
Dustin has two meanings of his word, “mumu”.
First meaning:
Dustin: Mom, “nane” (plane). While pointing outside the window.
Mommy: There’s no airplane, Mommy will carry you to look outside if there’s a plane, okay?
Dustin nods and waits for the sound of a plane coming. When he heard the sound, he signals me to carry him, raising both his arms.
Mommy: Okay Mommy will carry you.
Dustin: (pointing at the plane) There! There! Nane! (shouting and very excited to see the plane)
As the plane slowly disappears in the sky…
Dustin: Mom, mumu! -translation? no more
Second meaning:
Every night we watch his favorite movie… I was sick last week and peeked through the room to check on him and his Dad. Dustin was so into the movie, not looking at me when I got in the room.
Mommy: What are you watching Stinny?
Dustin didn’t answer and I noticed he was a bit teary eyed already…
Daddy: We are watching, Finding…
Dustin: Mumu. -translation? Nemo. (with matching pouty lips while saying the word and with tears)
Ahhh… my boy is really growing up and he can already understand and appreciate Finding Mumu. LOL.
Let me share pics of this cute boy while eating his hashbrown at McDo…
He does this every time he says the word, “mumu” (no more)…
This is why, I don’t need an acne treatment and still my face glows everyday.
Tag Train #5
I’m so late but if you want to catch the train grab the links here.
PLAYERS: BLOGSILOG | My BIG Picture | YOUR BLOG
1. What do you carry with you at all times? My notebook and wallet.
2. Where are you most ticklish? I dunno, ears? waist? 
3. Have you ever finished a rubik’s cube? Never.
4. What were you doing at 8:00 this morning? In EDSA, on the way to work.
5. Do you like your life as of now? Most of it except my work.
6. Last thing you purchased? My sister’s Christmas present from Etsy.
7. How’s your heart lately? Smiling.
8. Did you have a good birthday last year? I guess. I don’t celebrate it that lavishly anymore. I look forward to my son’s birthday more than my birthday!
9. Who was at your house last besides family? The people who got the tables from the party last Sunday.
10. Do you sleep with the TV on? We don’t have television in the bedroom.
11. Have you ever wanted to be a firefighter? Never.
12. Do you have anything in your pockets right now? Nope.
13. How many windows are open on your computer? 8, my lucky number.
14. What can’t you wait for? Christmas with my family.
15. Did you do this tag because you were bored? Not really. I need to and wanted to.
Until next choo-choo!
Dustin Update
I haven’t talked about my son and his milestones lately. Before I go on and search about online trading, let me take down some notes so I can come back here any time for my scrap pages.
- Dustin speaks more words now, still very “bulol” but at least improving.
- He calls me now. “Mom” is very clear when he says it. His dad taught him and I’m glad that I have a name now.
- He loves watching Finding Nemo, he cries over the scene where Nemo’s dad thought he was dead after that net scene in the ocean and when Nemo says bye to his dad in the last scene to go to school, Dustin feels Nemo is saying bye bye to him that’s why he cries every time.
- He is very sweet. He often gives unexpected hugs and kisses especially to his dad. Truly a Daddy’s boy.
- He usually sleeps through the night, not giving us a hard time waking up in the wee hours. Still sleeps between 9 pm to 7 am though.
My son is growing up to be a very good boy. He’s easier to take care now that he can listen and behave when you tell him to. So far from being the colicky baby that he used to be. Dee and I only have one wish that we can raise our son to be a very good boy and God fearing individual.
Weekend Recap 2
I have my part 1 here.
Sunday.
The usual 7:30 am mass. Then just hang around the house, it was a lazy morning until my SIL and I decided to go to The Fort bazaar after we bathe and feed the boys. We left the tots with their dads who were more than willing to take care of them that morning. We left around 10 am and headed to the bazaar, not too much people were there when we got there and it was so nice to cruise around the place but I was a bit disappointed with the things on sale there, there were a lot of things for the home but I was expecting to see more personal stuff like blouses, pants, shoes etc. Anyway, we came out early with only a few things but I didn’t expect to buy many since I only brought 1K for my shopping. We headed to Starbucks McKinley Road to grab our much deserve coffee. We sat down and talked a little and after we finished our shared White Chocolate Sanzrival, we went home and found our boys still awake and playign with their daddies. We had our naps and prepared for the 3pm party at McDo 32nd and Fifth. Here are some photos:
Kiara blowing her candles, her mom, the one at the left in purple blouse and the one in yellow with her toddler who is 2 months younger to Dustin are two of my childhood friends who I see once a month.
Labas ang tyan, nabusog sa spaghetti at sundae!
Apart from his real life self, my son doesn’t know how to smile in front of the cam… Anak asan si bungisngis?
Jaded
… from today and I’m really ready to hit the sack it’s just that coffee from after tonight’s dinner is kicking in. I need a break and a vacation anywhere, beach or Las Vegas strip will be much appreciated. It was a busy day and it’s only Saturday… I miss being busy though, life is swamped with more tasks during weekends but I’m singing la-la-la, I just love weekends no matter how busy it gets. I will be posting pictures from today by Tuesday. I need to see a rundown of what I have to do tomorrow and on Monday… a little longer weekend for me.
- hopefully I can drop by The Fort bazaar with my sister in law in the morning after our usual 7:30 am mass. (I need to buy a few stuff for our bedroom and bathroom and maybe find a really nice red shirt for the boy for Christmas, my family is going red this coming Holidays)
- attend a birthday party at McDo in the afternoon.
- come Monday (took a leave from work), I will go to DFA to apply Dustin’s passport.
- go to the bank and pay the things I shopped online for our Christmas gifts.
Not too much tasks so hopefully I will strike all of them.
Very Cozy
We were asking Dustin if he wants to sleep on his new sofa bed, ang lakas ng iling. LOL. Ayaw kaming bigyan ng malaking space ng tatay nya sa kama… then he would say “dodo”, yun pala he only wants to lie down there if he will be drinking his milk. Here are some photos of him taken on the bed. He seemed to be enjoying his new cozy place in our small bedroom…
Dream Vacations
I was watching Living Asia last night and I saw something about Boracay. And how I wanted to come back to that place with my family. But to tell you frankly we are really on a tight budget especially that Christmas and New Year celebrations are coming. But any normal person has dream vacations and here is my list:
- I love to explore Japan. Experience their technology and at the same time get in touch with their culture and their fascinating nature!
- Take Disney vacations around the United States and visit other places I’ve never been to and shop some more in New York and California.
- Visit Korea just for the heck of it and see Gong Yoo in person of course!!!
- See the pyramids that I only get to watch from National Geographic and Discovery. I’m always fascinated with it and I wonder how I feel when I get to see one in person while riding a camel!
- See the Eiffel Tower. My high school best friend and I have always been in awe when we see it. Plus I also want to go around France hearing people talk French! I always wanted to learn how to speak French.
- Italy. Riding a gondola and seeing great architecture from this place will give me goose bumps for sure.
- Canada. I don’t want to just take a vacation here. I want to live here and have my family with me. But if I will not have the chance to live here, a vacation will do just so to see my sister whom I miss badly!
See not so long list really and is not so hard to write but money is another thing and getting visas of course!
Early Weekend
Last Friday, October 31, was an early weekend. Work ended around 11.30 am. As usual, I forgot to bring my dslr so documentation with pictures was no success.
Anyway, Hubby and I had lunch at Conti’s, one of my fave resto. Hubby hated the long wait for our food though, I had to really talk a lot just to let him forget the 30 minutes waiting. I ordered Mango Royale Salad and the Baked Salmon while Hubby feasted with his Fettuccini Carbonara. As usual we were stuffed!
This was the only photo we took, we forgot to take more pictures because by the time our meals arrived, we were so hungry already!
We dropped by Mandaluyong for me to fit my bridesmaid gown. I will be attending my high school best friend’s wedding this December. I looked so fat in the bare gown but Igna, the designer assured me that after all the frills and embellishments, it will look perfect hiding my not so perfect body parts.
Then we went home to check on the kids, it was like any ordinary weekend, everybody was home. Hubby and my bro went to Ross Cartimar to complete Hubby’s bike project, I was supposed to come with Dee but since my brother accompanied him, I went to the mall and followed my SIL who was going to have her facial there. I had mine as well and then we window shopped and bought new pair of jeans for ourselves before going home. We came home to these…
Si Kulit
Si Daldal
Hmmm… Life is good!
Happy Halloween!!!
It’s 31st of October! And though I am happy to greet you Happy Halloween, I’m happier to know that after this celebration, my favorite time of the year is coming soon!
All Aboard
I bought gifts online for the nephews Hubby and I have. We are only planning to give Christmas presents for only our immediate families and started buying for the kids first. Hubby has 2 nephews and I have one and of course we also bought gifts for our son. I can’t post our gifts for the boys because I know my family reads my blogs. So I am only posting what we will wrap for our son. I hope he loves what we bought for him…
He love cars and I bet he will love Lightning McQueen. I love the movie, it’s actually one of my favorite cartoon movies. Dustin loves playing with cars.
Dee suggested we give him something educational too and since he loves stacking things, we’ve decided to buy him this.
I was supposed to add an audio book for him but hubby told me that we can buy that in the malls. I just can’t wait for our box to come and we are even meeting at Sonya’s Garden for the pick up. I hope plans will push through.
Countdown
55 sleeps more to go before Christmas.
I have a list of tasks I need to do before the holidays:
- Get a NSO birth certificate of Dustin.
- Apply Dustin a passport.
- Apply for our visas.
- Open a China bank account.
- Meet up with Aggie, Joy and Alpha for our box from Glo.
- Buy my BF a nice wedding gift.
- Hair color and rebonding for a wedding I will attend to.
- Complete our Christmas gifts list.
- Wrap our Christmas gifts.
- Buy myself, Hubby and Dustin red clothes for Christmas, we’re going red this year!
I’m sure I will add more to the list but as for now this will do. hopefully I will strike more soon.
For Sale
I haven’t talked about my Dad’s business for a long time and this month the shop celebrated its first anniversary. Yes, it’s been a year now and it’s doing good. Somebody even asked him if he is willing to have a franchise. But he thought it will be too much to handle. Then my Dad had to work again, he is now in a semi private office so he has having problems of managing the shop. The office is located at Pasong Tamo, nearer to our home but the shop is in Araneta Center Quezon City which is way off the way. Gas is too much expensive as well so my dad decided to sell the shop with all the equipments included. As of today, it’s still open but as soon as someone will be interested, contracts will be signed and everything will be sold. I guess, my dad knew his priorities and he just love being in the office more so there!
Camera Bag Review
Our old fully padded camera bag.
Last month I decided to buy a camera bag for myself. The camera bag we have doesn’t suit my style and since I carry the cam almost all the time, I told my husband that I am going to buy myself a more stylish cam bag and he said okay. So now I’m sporting this new bag.
Details of the bag and the price here.
The bag was made really well. Nice sewing and beautiful fabrics were used, just as expected. Flawless if you will ask me and since the hubby warned me that I should be sure of our cam’s safety inside the bag, I asked for extra padding and I wasn’t disappointed because the bag has more paddings, soft foaming though, the husband wasn’t happy but I am.
The bag with thicker padding. A divider inside the bag is attached in velcro, so if you want to use the bag as an ordinary bag, you can just remove that any time.
The only downside of this bag is that it’s too small. I asked the seller if she thinks that my D50 and my external flash will fit the bag and she said yes, well it did but it became too crowded.
See? The tiny pouch in the outside pocket is for the extra batteries. I won’t be able to put another extra lens and the chargers or my kikay essentials like my powder, cheek stain or my wallet and cellphone inside.
So the solution? Have my built in flash fixed so I won’t have to carry the external flash all the time and just purchase a flash diffuser (which I already did on Ebay!) or buy another bag, a bigger one from the same seller or maybe look for another seller on Esty. My decision? Have both solutions! I will buy the bigger bag next year though.
