A restful weekend...

Last Saturday was a total rest day for me. I woke up at 10:00am, had grilled hotdogs and some wheat bread. Then I decided to watch tv when my eyes bit by bit closes. So there were I sleepy after breakfast. What a neat way to relax huh. I woke up at 2:30pm. When I open my eyes, saw hubby doing some ofc work, so with all my strength I jump off from bed and drink lots water. Hubby then asked me if I want to go at the mall. I was a little lazy to go out but cant help it. SM malls are on sale. I hurriedly took a shower, get dressed and we hit the road to visit SM Fairview.

Argggghhh...There were lots of people at SM (Im hating sale already), so I asked hubby if we could go at Robinson (which is infront of SM). After a few minutes, we were at robinson. I did a little shopping. Bought some shirt for me and hubby. Bought a new pair of shoes, a Christmas decor, and ofcourse the shoe rack that we really need at home. I got tired after 5 hours of shopping. So we decided to have dinner. We had shawarma with lots of veggies ( I asked the food server to add more veggies than the meat), it was delicious. After finishing the shawarma, I was really full then. We then went home and fix the shoe rack that we bought.

At home, hubby was very excited to assemble the rack, after 30 minutes, he finished it and cleaned those shoes which are under our bed. The shoes are all messy, with all those dust, It made me sneeze a couple of times. Hubby laugh and laugh in my sneezing. Anyway, while he was assembling the rack, I don't know what's with me that night that I decided to clean our ref at around 9:30pm, (maybe because I wake up late that made me energetic) After the ref, I cleaned the dish organizer, the bathroom, replaced bedding and pillow case. Dust the tv, computer, dvd player and other things that my eyes can see. While Im cleaning, hubby washes the car outside. We finished doing our late midnight cleaning at around 3:00am. We're both filthy, I took a shower, while hubby did some net surfing. When it was his turn to take a shower,I checked my emails. At around 3:45am, we kisses goodnight and went to bed. But before we have some shut eyes, I said to him "hmmm...I think I'll wake up a late again"

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To Cez who is a dear ym chat friend, congratulation, she's 6 weeks pregnant.

Let's go at the grocery...

When I was still single my favorite things to shop was purely clothes, shoes, make up, perfumes and my cosmopolitan magazine. Now that I’m married for a year and a couple of months, my priority changed a bit in buying. I still buy those things (except for cosmopolitan magazine, Im a good housekeeping reader already) but ofcourse, im a more of a wise shopper than the spend all girl. Since Im the wife, I do handle all the budgeting and spending. My budget are divided in paying the electric bill, water bill, phone bill, cellphone bill, credit cards, groceries and other minor things. Before when we were newly married, I got problems in budgeting our earnings, which end up in having no money at all before the next pay day come (gastadora talaga ko). Hubby then taught me on how to budget our money. He is the thrifty kind of person and I’m not. He taught me to have a couple of envelopes where I will write the the bills that I have to pay. So during payday, I put money in the envelopes, let say 700 pesos for the elctric bill, so on the next payday, I should complete our monthly payment for the electric bill. I do the same on the other monthly bills that I have to pay. It’s very effective for me.

As a wise shopper, I do make it a point that I find a supermarket where the groceries are at a competitive price and has clean environment. I shop twice a month for meat, vegetables, dry goods, bread and juices. I've done shopping at some major supermarket here at Q.C. and among the supermarkets I’ve been, it's Shopwise Cubao which I loved and enjoy. Why do I enjoy shopping at Shopwise? Purely because, it has a big and clean selling area. They also have an ample aisle space and not to mention, the very clean and fresh smelling meat/fish section that they have. The parking is a no problem to shopper too. Aside from having a covered secure parking slots, shopper can also enjoy a free parking for a minimun purchase of 300 pesos. It also have a long shopping hours from 10 am to 11pm not like other shops that only stay up till 9pm or 10 pm.

Oh hubby bought this Kyowa Steam grill, its like a george foreman grill but a much cheaper. I don’t know if kyowa brands are okay buy I find the the stem grill efficient. It cooks our porkchops very tasty and it has a flavor reservoir which collect all the fat and grease from the grilled food. The collected oil can be used as a dip if added with some herbs and seasoning (which I don’t intend to do ha). Since hubby loves grilled foods, he can now enjoy, this dishes which are fat free and not to mention the non smoke cooking.

My new health routine

It was only yesterday that I got a chance to go at the supermarket and bought little something for the weekend. Actually, Dj and I are scheduled to go at the grocery tomorrow but I was a bit tempted to went last night after work because I wanted to buy some romaine lettuce. Im into a low carb diet, so keep on eating lots of fresh veggies, fruits, fish, meat and lots and lots of water. I haven't eaten rice for five days since I started dieting. It's a bit hard but by thinking that I must lose weight and the health benifits that it will give me, keep me going on. So as a result I've lose 6 pounds already, isn't that something. I intended to do this diet until i achieve my ideal weight based on my BMI. I'm a bit overweight and being overweight is not healthy. Also my Ob advice me to lose weight, it will help me regulate my monthly period and eventually help me concieve.

This dieting seems to be very exciting for me. I really don't like raw veggies like lettuce, tomatoes and cucumber to name some but now, I like them a lot. So goodbye to pasta (my favorite), pizza, hamburgers, rice and those carbo foods for a while. But I'll be eating them again in moderation once I achieved my ideal weight and I do promise that once I achieved it, I'll take foods in moderation to avoid gaining too much weight. I'll keep you updated regarding this dieting that I'm doing. So this is all for now.

Let's stay healthy and happy weekend to all.

My Prayer...

"Buntis na naman si Mayet" (Mayet is pregnant again)
A text that I recieved a minute ago from a close officemate.
I texted back "talaga, panigurado aasarin na naman ako bukas ng mga ka officemate natin"(really, for sure, I know our officemates will make fun of me tomorrow)

We've been married for a year and 4 months already and still with no baby. I know I must wait, I know God has His reason for everything. Here I am, praying and not losing hope that soon our Mighty Creator will give us a little baby,an angel coming from my tummy. I'll patiently wait for for our baby as like how I patiently wait for the right man to came along.

The 67th UAAP Championship

In the 67th UAAP basketball final games, the Green Archers won the crown last night. Too bad, my fellow Tamarraws' didn't won the championship (with a sad voice). Oh well that's life, sometimes you win sometimes you don't.

I missed the game last night. I cant skipped work and I didn't got the chance to watched it on TV (I think its was a live telecast).

If Im not mistakin' the first time I attended a game was in 1st year in college, attending the UAAP was very exciting and breathtaking. It's a must for freshmen student to watch the game and it serves as an attendance in our P.E class. The game I attended that time was a FEU vs. DLSU playoff. As a remember it was Abbarientos and Limpot who were very famous that time. I went home very proud and without a voice (for cheering so much for my team) that time because it was my school who won that game.

jennie, a lasalista, YM me earlier and told me that it's everybody's game last night, DLSU or the FEU team might win. She was sick since Tuesday and so she was able watched the game on TV. I also congratulate a friend (a lasalista too)thru yahoo ym. Funny she too was also sick yesterday and was able to watch the live telecast, hmmmm...What a coincidence.

Well, to all Green Archers congrats congrats......and see you on the 68th championship.

For the rest of the story about the game last night visit this

Btw, Happy weekend to all!!!

A short love story....

I am Chocolate Flavoured. I am sweet and a little bit naughty. I am one of the few clinically proven aphrodisiacs. Sometimes I can seem a little hard, but show warmth and I soon melt. What Flavour Are You?

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It's been two years now since we become a couple.....

I first met Dj in 1997. He was an engineer at DMCI and I was a designer in an Electric Contractor Company. I was with somebody and he was with somebody else too. Years had past, we became constant chatmates and often call at each other. I considered him a great friend though we didn't see each other again. In the year 2002, I broke up with my boyfriend for four years. It really hurts that time, so there was I, looking for someone who will spent time in listening to my hurting. I called my girlfriends but they only worsen my hurt feeling. I decided to call Dj. There he was...Listening to me for hours. No matter what time do I call in his place, he patiently listens and talk with concern. After couple of talks with him, I find myself liking him, his concern, his beautiful manly voice. He then asked me to meet him again. He will fetch me at work and have dinner. I said yes..... And so the next day, I was excited and my heart is running fast. Boy, I can wait to see him again in person. After, five years, we will meet again. Then, the time I've waited come. He look much matured this time and he as a car already. It's a bit weird, we again introduce ourselves to each there and shake hands. We had dinner at Thai in a Box at Podium. He then drove me home after some chats. So that was it, I start falling for him. So after 5 days (yes 5 days) we become officially a couple. After 8 months we decided to get married.

And now, I'm happily married with him with no regrets. I truly believe that it's God's perfect timing for us to realized that we are meant for each other.

Oh by the way, for those who are curious why I and my 4 year boyfriend broke up....Its because, he made a fool out of me. On the mid part of our 4th year of being together, he courted somebody else. Its okay if he found someone else, but the bad thing was, that somebody was my cousin. Oh man, I was really hurting that time. Dj was there as a good friend. We really didn't expect that that we will end up together. Now, my former boyfriend and my cousin are married. I forgive them both already. The guy texted me during my wedding asking forgiveness and telling me that he made the worse mistake in his life,hurting me. Anyway, Im very much happy now and very much in love with my husband.

Anyways, I gave hubby and card the other day(Sept. 22 our anniv). It has a message on front like this "To my boyfriend, happy anniversary." He commented why such message. I answered back, the sweetness when we were just starting as a couple wont change. He then kissed and hug me.

It's nice having someone who truly loves you.

He rules this Sunday...

He rules this Sunday....He got to chose the dvd that we'll watched for the day. He pick 3 movies which are more of a brutal movie to me.

Death in A French Garden. Its 1985 murder, sex and intriguing movie. I loved the movie. The only thing is, it's in French. Good thing it has English caption. For a while I find it hard to watch the movie while reading the English caption, it's like Im reading a book but at the mid part of the movie, I end up liking it. After all the movie has a good story

Payback, A 1999 movie. A bit bloody. Dj finds the movie good, I find it very brutal. The hammering of Porter's foot is very painful to me. Though it wasnt directly shown in the movie, I can imagine it and can feel the pain too.

Another movie that we watched was a 1995 film Desperado, another bloody and a revengefull film. Though I wan't able to put my complete focus on this movie because I was making spag and Toni's Chessy Galric bread, I much like this movie than Payback. Salma Hayek really is a stunner.

My eyes went irritated in watching those 3 movies in a row but its okay, next week it's my turn. Nah we wont watch another dvd movies at home, I'll ask him to bring me somewhere for lunch or dinner perhaps. I'm kinda missing Superbowl of China . I loved their yummy hakao and their vegetarian spring roll. Oh cant wait for saturday. Oh by the way, The cheesy garlic bread of Toni's was vey yummy, we had it for dinner last night with the spaghetti ofcourse.

Its a Monday and lets start the day right. Have a wonderful week to all.

My cooking experiment

Oh I miss blogging, I was busy this past days, finally, got time to blog a little.

Since I submitted my preliminary works to our client yesterday, I was able to come home early. I said to myself, I'll cook something for Dj since the past 2 days, we had corned beef and fried bangus for dinner (Monday & Tuesday). Though I'm a bit tired, I manage to visit and do some buying at Shopwise Cubao. I was thinking of cooking stir fry vegetable in oyster sauce and Ma Po Tofu (good thing there's a Lee Kum Kee mix for this recipe) but I decided to cook something that I really work hard for, cook something without the help of mixes. So I get a grocery basket off to the meat area I go, I bought A kilo of Beef, some celery, half a kilo of ground pork (for the carbonara I'll cook on Saturday), french bread, mc cormick thyme leaves and oregano(for Toni's recipe). I get to see my favorite purple yam hopia, but I decided not to buy because I still have mongo hopia in out fridge which I bought at SM Manila last Saturday (Im crazy about hopia). Oh anyway, at 7:30pm, I was then finish with buying so I hailed an fx and went home. Luckily there's no traffic. I was home at 8:15pm. I then borrowed mom's pressure cooker so I can make the beef tender in a few minutes time. I really don't know what to cook. I just trust my sense of taste. So when the meat was tender, I saute the garlic, onions, celery then I add the beef (which I cut in strips). After a while, I add some oyster sauce. At first, a find the taste good but Im not yet satisfied so a put a dash of oregano and some chili powder....The verdict, it was yummy. I let it simmer for a minute and wooohooo, I cook a tasty dish .

Dj arrived home just in time for dinner. When he tasted the beef dish, he said that it taste good and ask what's the name of the dish, I just smiled and told him na its my labor of love dish. He was a little bit confused with my answer but he didn't mind, he was busy eating :D

A wedding and a reunion

Yesterday we (my mom, my father, auntie M, auntie O, Uncle L, grandma,2 cousins and my favorite nice Katkat) went to a wedding, the wedding of Jerame & Joy, Joy is my 2nd cousin whom I met for the first time just yesterday. I'm not really close to her. Its my parents and her parents who are close and were childhood playmates during their younger years. Actually, its more of a family reunion to me. I meet cousins and aunties and tito's whom I've never seen in my entire life.

The wedding mass was held at Immaculate Concepcion Parish at Pasig City. When the mass was over, they started to chat and mingle with one another. My uncle L keep on introducing me and my cousins to our other relatives. There was a scene that my father (Lets call him Daddy J), and one of his cousin whom last seen each other during gradeschool days pa, meet at that occasion after 5 decades. His cousin, start shedding tears, those were tears of joy as she explained.

There's also this incident that my Uncle L was talking to one cousin . . , so she asked where his wife(Aunt M) was, This cousin don't actually know who Aunt M is. So Uncle L, pointed to the lady (Aunt M) with a minty green blouse who is behind me. So his cousin approached me and asked in a confused voice:
C: ikaw ba asawa ni Leo?
(are you Leo's wife).
Jen: Ah nde po...mashado ko bata sa kanya. Uncle ko po sya.
(Ah no Im not, Im too young for him, he's my uncle)
Im his daughter (pointing to my father)
C ah ganun ba.(Oh I see)
Then I smiled and hold her right hand and make mano to her.

At the reception, the chatting and mingling didn't stop. Everyone was so happy and glad to see us. Then one aunt commented that I look like Aiko Melendez (mataba kc ako eh, he he he). Then one aunt keep on hugging and kissing me, then one uncle asked for my cell no. I was like star.

In all the wedding celebration I attended, this wedding is what I call intimate. All close family, relatives and some friends are invited. I really had a great time. I didn't regret in skipping my work yesterday. I had a chance to meet my other families. Gee Daddy J's clan is so big huh.

Oh by the way, I also enjoyed the food. It what terrific.

Have a nice weekend to all!

Sound the Alarm...

5:50am....what!!!! OMG its 5:50am! DJ is late for his shuttle service for work. He is very late. To those who didn't know, Dj is working at Cavite while we stayed in our little home at Q.C. He manage to go to his work through a shuttle service (a bus) from his office.

Our usual routine during workdays, is to wake up early, I wake up at around 3:45am to prepare Dj's very early breakfast , He wake up at 4:00am to get his self ready. He then leave the house at around 4:30am to meet the service at the pick up area somewhere at Cubao by 4:50am.

So for today,we didn't heard the two alarms that we set. Yup we set two alarms from two cellphones just incase we don't hear the first one.

Dj: Labs, its 5:50am.(with a shocking voice)
Jen: Hugh...ie, your late na! Will you still go to work.
Dj: Dunno. Matraffic. But I have to. Too many work less time
Jen: Bring the car with you.
Dj: I'll see. Mag shower muna ko.
Jen: K.
(Then I prepare a tuna sandwich for him)

So that was it, after making ourselves ready, we hit the traffic road of Q.C. It was 6:45 in the morning and I'm too early. I usually go to work at 7:15am.

(It was the first time after 9 months that the he drove me to work. I kinda miss it.)

I was at work at 7:20am , I was the first one to be here. Then one of my officemate came and he said "your too early ah." One by one my officemates arrived, and all of them were a bit astonish to see me this early.The usual time I get here is 8:30-8:45am (he he he).

Anyway, at 10:25am Dj texted me to inform me that he is at work already. Cheez, he was driving for almost 3 an a half hours. Wawa naman beybi ko. I'll give him a massage tonight.

Oh by the way, I found out from my mom that it rain this early morning, maybe that's the reason why we didn't heard the alarm or maybe its the rain that makes us sleep soundly. Oh well, the reason behind it is a secret that only time knows.

By the way, It's boss E's birthday. We had a yummy lunch courtesy of him. Thanks for the lunch boss and Happy birthday.