Samu't Sari

Last Saturday I attended the N@W Christmas party. I've been in this egroup for almost 2 years and it's my first time to attend the Naw Christmas Party. It was really a different experience. It was fun. I met the real people behind the names that I seen in each post that I read in our egroup. I never expected that I’d enjoy such party. There were parlor games for that kids, nanny and of course for the members. Dj came along with me so we join the parlor games as a couple. We didn’t win any game that we participated but we had yummy brownies from Alex Franco as a consolation prize. Aside from the games, I enjoy the exchange gift part. I received an acid free photo album from Leira (a nawie) and I love it very much, timely for my scrapbooking. The party ended at around 2:00pm

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Last Monday, was Dj's Christmas party at Star City. Each employee was given 2 free ride-all-you can tickets. So, I skipped work (bad me, he he he) to join him. I've been there twice but not with husby so this time, I much enjoyed it, It was fun. I felt that I was a kid again enjoying the bump car ride, the balloon wheel (ferris wheel) and the breath taking zykloon loop (roller coaster). What an experience! I also did loved the tiange. With my 500 pesos, I had quality toys for my inaanak. I even bought a jelly made Nemo which lights up when pressed by hand. I put it in inside our car and oh the pillow soccer ball was kinda cute for only 90 pesos. I even had the dancing softdrink bottle for 100 pesos. It was definetely a fun filled experience with hubby.

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Fernando Poe Jr. passed away yesterday. It was a sad news that affect the whole nation. I am not pro FPJ during the election but I admire the guy in his movies which really made him famous. Where ever he is right now may you rest in peace "the king"

A New life and A farewell...

My close friend, LP just called me a while ago. She's inviting me at her wedding this coming 22nd of the month. I was surprised, really I am. Know why, because she was once married (at the age of 20) twelve years ago. But she and her former husband separated after a couple of months of being married. She told me that everything is okay and things are settled between her and her ex. I may not know anything about the legal proceeding on this matter but I know her decision on getting married isn't right. But again, I don't want to interfere, it's her life, Im just here to give her a sisterly advice, if she's happy with her new found love I'm happy for her too.

Aside from the wedding event, another news shocked me, her younger sister, AP died of brain cancer last Aug. 26. What... Questions starts to tickle my mind. Why didn't LP told me when her sister died ,it's been months, AP was a close friend also. LP said that AP's death was unexpected that they didn't had the time to tell it to close friends. Only relatives was informed. I was sad because I wasn't able to say my last goodbye. I again asked her if it's the right time to get married, her family is in grief. It was her sister's request for them to get married before the year-ends. So that answers my questions.

Anyway, when I heard the news about AP's death, I was shocked. I thought that the chemo went out okay. I thought that she was a cancer survivor. But I was wrong, the chemo didn't helped her. Right now, tears are falling from my eyes. I know I cannot be with AP again and share some secrets about wifehood or just chat and enjoy laughing but my heart is happy for her because all her suffering from pain is over. To you AP wherever you are right now, I will always remember you as a sexy good friend and I will always cherish our joyful moments together.

Loving and living

A rainy Monday, what a great way to start the week. I can smell the fresh sweet fragrance of the rain. It reminds me of the times that my two siblings and I were kids. We enjoyed it when it rains. We love making paper boats and let if sail the rainfalls that overflow the streets or we enjoyed playing on the streets while the rain touches the ground. I also remember that mom prepare champorado or arroz caldo for our merienda. I can still remember when, mom used to read storybook for us when we can’t play outside during heavy rains or if mom can’t read us books, my siblings and I used to play pretending. I pretend that Im a doctor, or a model or a Hollywood celebrity or an Architect. It was fun pretending. I could be the president of the country if I want too or a famous scientist if my playful mind does so. Oh gee, I really miss those days. Those days that we were still kids and got nothing to do but to study and play.

Now that I had been one of those pretending jobs that I do when I was a kid, I suddenly realize that life being a grown-up is not that easy. It’s not like a paper boat that flows smoothly on rainfalls. Or it’s not like the kids that play carefree when it rains. Being a grown up has to face many responsibilities and struggle in life. I sometimes stumble, I sometimes fall, but because there are people who love me, it just makes me strong.

I know, life just like the rain has its end, so let’s all make life worth living and worth loving.

Have a blessed week everyone.

The Power of Silence

I really got nothing to blog about, except that I had a little argument with my officemate last Friday regarding workloads and division of work. I find him rude and very hard headed. Not a complete gent. I really wanted to freak out that day, but I still tried to get my senses intact. Tried not to speak when there's no good things to say to him. Just keep quiet and let him do the talking and the mumbling. I just told him "talk to me if you could think and reason out straight." Then that was it, he stops.

wish the vacation was extended....

I really had a good rest last weekend. I feel that I was rejuvenated and gain my strength from the things that I've been doing during the weekend.

1.Our inter-office bowling tournament had it's championship last Friday. We end up as the 1st runner up. Good thing I was in a team who plays really good in bowling. I really had fun during the game and the competition really made us closer to one another.

2.Still trying to complete my Christmas gift buying. Been doing this for a month already and I'm almost done. I enjoy wrapping gifts but hubby suggested to avail the free gift wrapping service the store offers. Nice idea huh, it not only saves time, it also saves money.

3.I and hubby went out last night. It wasn't the usual malling or clubbing. We went strolling at Riverbank Marikina. The place was awesome. I can't imagine that there is still a place where we can have fun but don't need to spend much money. I enjoyed eating fishball and the sago't gulaman. It brings back my childhood days where my parents usually brings us at Luneta or Manila Zoo during weekends. There's one Zoo I'm do want to visit and that's Avilon Zoo. Hopefully, we can visit the place before the year ends.

4.Since I was married and been very busy with my husby, I really don't have the chance to go bonding with my younger sister, and she was also busy with other things. J, my sister was always with her bestfriend M (that made me jealous sometimes). SO the other night, I called her over the phone and come to my place (she just live next door with my parents). I invited her to watch Nemo (her favorite) and had popcorn and soda. After the movie, we enjoy looking at our old photo albums and reminisce our childhood days. We laugh at each picture in the album. Each picture got it's stories to remember. Thank God for good memories ei:D

And now, it's back to reality again, busy busy busy with work. Ah oh, Nov. 29 is a holiday again, yipee!!!!

Live the Life...

LIVEtheLIFE Magazine, the country's first glossy Christian magazine for teens and young adults, will be launching its debut issue on November 27, Saturday at 12:30 p.m. at the Shepherd's Staff Bookstore in Greenbelt 1. Books, CDs and Avia Performance Footwear will be given away!

Join us and be blessed.

Another act of love from hubby

Dj just adores me.

He has my pic as his wallpaper in his laptop. To him, Im the most beautiful lady he has ever met. He makes me feel and look beautiful when I don't feel one. He made me feel sexy though I gained weight. To him, Im perfect (dapat lang noh, he he he). he massages my back when Im over worked at the office. He just made me smile when Im not in the mood. I really can't explain the love and the patience he has for me. As what I've said before, Im very lucky of having him in my life.

Too Early or Not...

Isn't it so exciting, that Christmas in now approaching. I can hear Christmas carols playing at the malls and some radio stations. The malls now are fully decorated with colorful Christmas lights. I can feel it now. I'm feeling it now.

After reading Toni's blog last Friday about Christmas cards, I got excited and wanted to do my Christmas shopping. I made a list and decides what gift will I buy for my relatives and friends.

I just started last Saturday, Since I and Dj were at the mall, I decided to look for things that are in my list. I found a neat and pretty acid free photo album for my sister. She loves going to different places here in the country and loves taking pictures as souvenir. So the photo album will surely make her eyes dazzle. I also bought my Christmas gift for hubby, a digital camera. He was eyeing on this camera, so I bought it a told him that it's my Christmas gift for him. I know it's kinda early giving it to him but I cant help it. He's like a kid and so persistent in asking me to buy the digicam. I know he can buy that camera but he wanted me to buy it for him (naglalambing ata). Also, I ordered some neat kikay stuff for my friends. Prices are very affordable and the packages are very cute. Just incase you run out of gift ideas,maybe you want to try this idea.

My lists aren't complete yet, there are plenty more people to buy for gifts but atleast, I started it and hoping that each person that will be recieving my gift will feel that they are important to me.

How about you have you started your Christmas shopping,remember, it's not the cost that counts it the though of remembering the person that matters!

Im back...

Finally, I finished tons of work here at the office. Guess I'm back,sort of.

After finishing those deadlines, I haven't feeling myself lately. Maybe because Im still tired from those demanding deadlines that I have. There are times that I almost do nothing here at work and there are times that workload seems to overflow. Yeah it's hard but I love my job. I find fulfillment and joy. I feel that Im important. The joy of being a woman....For me, its finding contentment, finding a place where I can show my craft and artistry.

Looking back, my parents came from a poor family. They were both from the province and decided to try their luck here at Manila. My father tried his best to send us three siblings to school. As a kid, I've seen my parents endeavor just to give us good education. So in return, I tried my very best to study hard. So when I graduated college, my parents where very proud of me. I can see their smile and their hearts are jumping for joy. Parents are really wise ei. It's true that they only want the best for us.

So now, the things that I've learn from school and the perseverance that my parent taught me is what Im practicing here at work. The knowledge and virtue that I've known from them (school & my parents) makes me a better person.

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After office we'll have a bowling tournament. The tournament started last Friday. The last game was victorious for us. Our team won two games in a row which made us top in the team standing. I got an 80-120 score for the first and second game. Hopefully, we will win the next game tonight. I'll keep my fingers cross.

That's it for now and Happy weekend to all!!!

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.