Tuesday, April 6, 2010

march 28, 2010: linggo ng palaspas

i am happy that hun and i got to hear mass today. after all, it's palm sunday. i really love the lenten season because of the madrama songs! i still miss p4 though. i miss our choir.

flashback:
2007: back in singapore! this is the first time i ever tasted takoyaki. thanks to violago for introducing me. this is the best takoyaki ever! but i think the store name is now called "just mee". haha! located at basement of plaza singapura, near the carl's jr. outlet.

march 27, 2010: darkness

it's earth hour and of course, we participated. what's one hour of darkness diba? and besides, our electricity bill has been sky high for some time now. kahit isang oras lang, makatipid din man lang. :D took this while we were hanging out at the balcony of our house.
this also symbolizes my pagluluksa as i didn't watch justin timberlake's concert at moa. siyempre, baby first over jt! i couldn't promise hun na hindi ako magpapagod e. i know it's impossible. hay!

flashbacks:
2007: maiee in i in our bathrobes at a spa in phuket. i couldn't remember the name of the spa, sayang! i really enjoyed our stay there. i can't forget the "flower tea" and the yummy biscuits which they serve! so yummy! oh, and i remember, this is the moment i told maiee that emman and i were getting married. and she cried! iyakan blues tuloy kami habang si violago ay nasa boys wing. :))

march 26, 2010: best wishes

...to my friend grace and hubby george! medyo kumpleto kami dito sans ava and husband rey, who are both in uae. oh, and we're missing meyps and rica's dates? :D taken at the grounds of baluarte de san diego. fun night!
flashbacks:
2007: phuket beach fail! we didn't enjoy the beach here (kamala ito, pero kahit patong beach, fail!)!!! as in maiee and i stayed in the water for less than 15 minutes (while violago stayed in the shade, boo!) because medyo hindi maganda ang tubig. eekie!!! bora forever! basta if you want to visit phuket, make sure na dun sa maganda kayong beach pupunta. alam ko meron naman. ask around, don't rely on the websites!

march 25, 2010: dvd

after 5 months, we finally picked up our dvd from 30fps! hehe. medyo nadeprioritize namin kasi sa qc pa ang pick up. hanggang sa nalimutan ko na at naalala lang recently. watched it for the nth time!
oh darn it. ngayon ko lang napansin. mali ang spelling ng myls. boo!

flashbacks:
2009: the day i got niqui. :D
2007: landed in phuket! before lunch and sleeping for the rest of the day (hehe), picture taking muna. this is from the balcony of our jacuzzi room at burasari resort (thanks violags!). i remember, super dumi ng paa namin. parang hindi winawalisan yung kwarto. eew. pero maganda naman. l'occitane pa nga mga bathroom products e (which we divided among ourselves, hihi).
2005: inuman sessions on a holy thursday. i know! pero i'm sure galing kami sa whole day samba niyan. :D

march 24, 2010: addiction

mainit. kaya addict ako ngayon sa ice cold milo.
nope, that's not starbucks. hunny bought that cute tumbler for me when he was guiltily buying his caffeine fix one night. haha! ever since, it has contained my daily ice cold milo. nope, hindi ako naglilihi dito. mainit. kailangan ko ng cold drink. ayoko lang ng juice kasi nagsawa na ako. :) yummy!

flashbacks:
2009: grabe ang addict ko sa mozu talaga! adobo pasta! hay, yum. dinner with arden ito. 2007: singapore-phuket reunion with my bestest friends! di ko sila pinatulog, belat. :P
2005: one of president dadad's projects. :D

march 23, 2010: belly belt

bulging belly = depleting wardrobe. that's why i bought this contraption called the "belly belt".it's supposed to enable you to use your bottoms as your pregnancy progresses. it expands the waistband of your jeans, skirts, pants, as long as it has a button or hook/ slide fastener. the package comes with 4 belly belts, 2 of which are short in length (while belly is not yet that big, 1 button, 1 hook/ slide), and the remaining 2 are longer, if belly is big na talaga. the longer ones come with 3 panels to cover your panties in 3 colors - blue, black, and white (you will not be able to close the zippers kasi).

problem: nawala ko yung short button one. :( i don't get it. :( dito lang yun sa kwarto nawala! argh. masakit kasi it's expensive. :(( hayyy.
flashbacks:
2009: excited to take home our new car! :)
2008: decluttering, gave away a good number of shoes... :( hindi pa kasama lahat ng flipflops which i gave away din. mom took care of it, it was too depressing for me. :P

Sunday, March 28, 2010

march 22, 2010: i need new recipes

ever since, i have scoured every good housekeeping, food, yummy magazines i get my hands on for meals which i can easily cook. but now, i'm running out of ideas. help! i especially need recipes with veggies in them, para healthy si baby! but any recipe na delicious, send me naman please. basta hindi mahirap hanapin ang ingredients and hindi kailangan ng oven. :D pretty please? :D

flashbacks:
2009: bibit cutie.
2006: march birthday girls treat @ krokodile grill, shangri-la

march 21, 2010: cat watching tv

pardon the low quality of image, kasi i was trying to capture the moment. here's coffee, our siamese cat, watching the screen while emman plays ff13. feeling naiintindihan, sus. :))

flashbacks:
2009: elaine's visit at our first house, in san antonio. :)

march 20, 2010: beauty & butter

i badly needed a pedicure because well, my last pedicure was a month old and i was too lazy to do it myself. and er, i find it a little difficult to slouch now with my tummy getting bigger and bigger by the week. :))

i have seen this new establishment in megamall and have been rather curious to try it. compared to other nail shops (e.g. posh nails and nail-a-holics), beauty & butter's foot spa with pedicure is more expensive by P40 to P80. but i think i got my money's worth.

the setup was very nice and colorful. for foot spa, you get to choose from 4 different types of scents (i chose mint). for the pedicure, they use their own brand of nail polish, from thailand, but they use orly for base and top coats. they ask you to choose a color from a color pallette, and not from the collection of bottles which i usually encounter. they also have a nail polish dryer, and i mean a machine, not just the quick dry polish. kakaiba lang. baka naman ganun din sa iba. i tend to scrimp on foot spa and peds, and just indulge every now and then. :)

i also like that they ask you to sign up a client form, and the next time you come back, you just mention you're an old client and indicate your name, and then they just update your records. very professional.

flashbacks:
2008: visita iglesia with parents, titas, and lola up north. pic taken at barasoain church. 2007: they're the bridge. haha. "i'm the bridge" band at pambihirock 2007.

march 19, 2010: desserts galore

i am a huge fan of mozu cafe. that's why when toni and sf wanted to go out to lunch i suggested mozu, mozu, mozu (chant). apart from the yummy dishes, i love their desserts. yep, you know i am not a fan of sweets, but i definitely love their frozen brazo de mercedes and their choco lava cake.
the one on top their cheesy yema cake. masarap daw, but the two are still my faves! according to hunny - O in the mouth. :))

march 18, 2010: lacey

it's american idol season once again, first to be voted off from top 12 is lacey. no argument there. but was surprised when she sang for the judges' save. her performance was quite good. i guess it's really song choice.
on another note, i wonder why i am not as excited with american idol as before. i have been an avid follower since elliott days, but now, err... though i like ellen, she makes me laugh, and i have a huge crush on casey (hihihi). :D hope the show has some exciting themes which i can relate to in the next few weeks!

flashbacks:
2009: odd-one-out!
2008: office birthday surprise!

march 17, 2010: adobo

i have been married for more than a year now and gotten the hang of cooking. well, at least i'm not as clueless as before. but never have i ever perfected adobo. yeah, i know, i know, you'll say it's the easiest dish to cook, but i would have to disagree. no matter how hard i try, i will never cook an up to par adobo just like my mom's. that's why whenever i have the chance, i request my mom to cook adobo for me and hunny. she did this in a flash:
yum-my. hay nakoooooooo, when i watched her, she just puts in everything without measuring. argh. i don't think i will ever learn how. :P

march 16, 2010: dadad's birthday

happy birthday to my dadad! as always, he is such a darling on cam, haha! here he is as he holds his birthday cake given by his officemates. according to them, they got it from his fb profile pic! haha! hindi alam ni dad na yan ang profile pic niya. :)) that pic naman was taken on his birthday they year before.
happy birthday dadad! we love you, mwah mwah!

flashbacks of dadad's birthdays:
2009: gwapings! @ gerry's grill, promenade
2008: at north park, market market!
2007: at s. rizal, yummy boodle feast!
2006: at rajah.
2005: at bellini's, pa-astig effect. :))

Monday, March 15, 2010

march 15, 2010: wala na akong maisuot

yun lang ang masasabi ko. at this stage, more than half of my wardrobe went to another cabinet for safekeeping... that is, if i ever get back in shape. :P here's what's left so far, pero meron pa naman sa unopened shopping bags, and some sa mga ibang cabinet. still, puno yan kanina before i started transferring! :O ano na naman kaya ang isusuot ko bukas??? :O
flashbacks:
2009: birthday celebration with p4 friends at kopiroti.
2007: on board malaysia air, headed home.