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Subic Day 3

2012-01-23T23:53:00.002+08:00

Day 3 comes with a heavy heart. We still want to extend with our vacation but we have work tomorrow and we need time to rest before hard work begins. I heart to hubby’s wish on having more long vacation, more than me, he is the one who works through long hours being in the IT field.

But reality bites and we need to make most of our shorten time today and we begin by eating at the Inn’s restaurant fronting the bay and Nate’s first taste of the sea shore. He’s annoyed at first on why’s the sand tickling his feet but when he went farther enough to touch the water he jumps and play with it until we need to carry him back to our place (which is only just across the street) because the sun is getting hotter even if it just 730 in the morning.

We just stayed in our place and packed our belongings and we checked out an hour before our time and spent the remainder of our time checking on some goods to buy in Puregold Duty Free store and some on-sale stores nearby. Hubby particularly requested to have our lunch in S&R and good thing they have a meal promo. The Blue bunny ice cream tastes really creamy and their pizza and burger are really delicious.

When I saw the road sign of going to Manila, it’s time to say goodbye to a wonderful place like Subic. I hope we have another chance on staying there once more.

Subic Day 2

2012-01-22T23:47:00.002+08:00

Day 2 starts with having a Jollibee breakfast with lots of pan cakes for Nathan. And then we decided to visit the hotels museum and had a little stroll at the sea shore. Hubby wants to have fun in our room and everybody get along even baby Nathan.

We had a lunch in the hotel’s by the bay restaurant and we checked out at past 12nn and we went straight to our new place near the Dewey Ave.

Our next pit stop is Zoobic Safari. Following the road just like going to Ocean Adventure, hubby knows the way and we went to see the tigers and the crocodiles that made the zoo well known to visitors. The only problem is that it was so hot and we have to walk around the area in that hot sunny day. Good thing Nathan didn’t throw any tantrums just like the other babies we’ve seen and I guess because he enjoys looking on the many amazing exotic animals along the way. After of almost 3 hours in the Zoo, we went back to our place and go straight to the shower.

We went in Subic Fiesta Carnival that night and I enjoyed our stint there more than anybody else. I unleashed my kiddie side of me and played the games and won. We end up carrying 1.5l of coke, and prizes on our way back in the Inn. We are so tired again I was left alone doing this blog and they are all sleeping soundly beside me. I really love this vacation.

Subic Day 1

2012-01-21T23:23:00.002+08:00

Hubby made some urgent plan on going to Subic and stay in Subic for 3 days with just one week notice to me to look for a place to stay. I have to check online and go though some available hotels but unfortunately, most hotels are fully booked. So my last resort is to book different hotels in 2 nights just to accommodate us. One being quite expensive and the other are economical.

We hope to drive early in the morning but we are so tired and sleepy the night before that we end up in the road going to Subic at almost 8am. Hubby braved to drive his car in a long trip for the first time and I’m so happy that he did all the driving.

Driving in SCTEX made the entire long trip worthwhile. We had a short stop in McDonalds and we enjoyed the nature that surrounds us, it's just picturesque. Country roads are really amazing.

Since our check in time is 2PM, I urged hubby to try the famous New Feng Huang Chinese restaurant in Subic instead of the usual Gerry’s Grill in boardwalk. The foods are great and delicious but quite expensive. They gave us a free Tikoy (Chinese New Year cake) since Monday is their New Year and that's why we had this vacation (public holiday).

We went straight to our hotel in Argonaut St. after we ate and Nathan had a blast walking around in our spacious room. The hotel is overlooking the sea and they had a small museum from the relics they’ve got underwater. Hubby promised to check it out before we leave the place tomorrow. It’s quite hot outside so we just stayed in our room to cool down.

Next stop is the Ocean Adventure and though Nathan cried in surprised when dolphins jump out of the water in one of their exhibition. I even captured one dolphin happily greeted us before the show start. Nathan loves the Sea Lion show and fascinated with salt water fishes in the aquarium and we heard him saying shhh... shhh as in fish while pointing on the colourful fishes in the tank.

Day 1 ends with us strolling around the area. We are so tired after dinner that everybody wants to rest and sleep.

Stress Reliever

2012-01-20T22:55:00.001+08:00

I’ve been under pressure the whole week that I’m longing for this day, Friday, to come. I’m acting a bit weird that even if it’s only Monday, I’m wishing that the next day will be Friday. But can you blame me when you have a new job that requires you to transfer from one computer to another? Or maybe I am not used in doing that but I hope all will be okay on the days to come. I just need a comprehensive time management to do multi-tasking from now on.

But forget about the stress, I finally made some reservations for our Subic get away tomorrow. That added some pressures on my mind when most of the hotels I’ve checked online are fully booked. But alas! I’ve made a reservation before the day ends but I booked on two different hotels but just the same it sounds cool.

I’m looking forward for our Subic adventure and Nathan will come with us together with my Mom and mother in-law. Happy weekend!

New Tasks

2012-01-18T23:03:00.002+08:00

I was quite overwhelmed with the scope of work I had this year. I know I have to adjust fast and learn quick or else I will have deal to one of many nightmares of my life while at the office, ha-ha! Kidding aside, I need to brave myself on many changes that will happen this year. But most of all, I need to focus and do a perfect time management to be able to carry on with my new tasks.

I’m quite surprise that when I checked on the clock it was almost end of office hours and I was rushing to the rest room to do my thing and aside from that I’m worried that I will divert my other attention by eating. Oh my, I will have to concentrate on my diet but what can I do when I feel so busy and the foods are pouring beside my table because that’s the only thing my office mates wants to do when pressured and stressed was to eat, eat and eat.

So I have to say it’s a whole new world for us this year. I hope and pray to God we can make it through.

LBM

2012-01-13T21:56:00.000+08:00

I took my first leave from work this year because Nathan needs to see his pedia, his LBM is worsening and I’m afraid it will lead to dehydration and we don’t want that to happen. Good thing that his health card from hubby’s company is now effective since January.

I don’t want to change his paediatrician anymore but then when I checked on the card’s coordinator I found out that his paediatrician is included in the lists of accredited doctors. We were so glad that I never have to change Nate’s doctor anymore. Nate was subjected to fecalysis test and he advised to drink lots of fluid and some vial to prevent his diarrhea from getting worst. His doctor reminds us to observe his moods, or if his lips get dry and his if he gets lethargic. But looking at him he is so active and loves to play and I pray that despite of his watery poos, he will respond to the medicine his doctor gave him. And I just spent my whole Friday being with my baby. I love the bonding moments.

To-do's

2012-01-11T14:29:00.002+08:00

I had a not so good feeling during the first week this year. Maybe I need a good body massage to help boost my energy or else I will be feeling this way all though out. Or I can blame the ever changing weather because people are starting to get sick because of this sunny-rainy weather. That will count as one of those reasons.

I don’t believe much on the New Year resolutions because I can’t keep one too. Ha-ha! I actually list down all I want to achieve this year and so far the only check my Starbucks planner got among the many to-do lists I write down is the air bike I badly needed to trim down my heavy weight.

Funny that shoes inventory and clean up is included in my to-do. Hubby wanted me to clean my shoe racks and throw away those old shoes and sandals whose just adding a safe home for cockroaches and spider webs.

With my long lists to fulfill including some impossible ones, I need to stay on focus. I will have to start banking and investing which I will be very happy if I’ll see a check mark on it on my planner. I really have to cross fingers more often.

New Year's Resolution

2012-01-05T12:56:00.002+08:00

Oh, Thursday, first week of the year is about to end and I’m still not recovering from my holiday fatigue contrary to my dream of ultimate relaxation and get away plans. I think I should not get my long vacation in between December holidays again. Hubby’s nephew celebrated his 10th birthday last night in the house, I should start on my diet and even reminding hubby not to forget to buy me an air bike. But a hot pansit and ice cream are such a tempting food to ignore, so ate again knowing I should be at our room doing some exercise. I should be firm on not looking on our dining table so I will not see what’s on top of it. I need to do it for my own sake, I’m feeling heavy right now and eating at night will not do me good.

I still have some uncooked left over foods in the refrigerator and that is my priority this weekend. Operation cleans up ref.

Year 2012

2012-01-02T17:02:00.006+08:00

I’m starting my 2012 at work feeling sleepy and though I have lots of things to do I still have the urge to lie down and sleep. I haven’t got my full rest from last weekend’s New Year celebration plus hubby decided (out of plan) that we should go to Tagaytay unprepared and getting some leftover foods we can bring along with us. How I wish I can object because all I wanted to do is to sleep the whole morning but they have all this on-the-go spirit and I don’t want to ruined it so I tagged along and it's cooler in Tagaytay but I thought all the people in the Metro decided to spent their New Year in that place too. Quite a traffic! We just enjoyed our lunch and the views and the cool breeze. And when Nathan slept from the entire trip back home I take the opportunity to sleep with him but that wasn’t enough till now. I need to get back my energy because there will be no more long holiday until this January 23.

I feel heavy from eating a lot, I know. So aside from wishing I'll be very very nice as my New Year’s resolution, I will have to focus on dieting. So help me God. Please! :)

HAPPY 2012!

2012-01-01T17:52:00.002+08:00

New Year! 2012! It was such a pain and gain 2011 for us and for my family. I thank God for the wonderful year behind us. Amidst Nathan’s hospitalization before his first birthday, we were able to pull it through with God’s help.

A friend in the office asked us what the most memorable moments we had last year. And I said when God gave Nathan to us and hubby was promoted in his new job. We were able make it through the year and I was able to help my family too. There are so many things that happened and I can’t recall all of them anymore and there are also challenges and sacrifice but when you have strong faith to God anything is possible.

I have high hopes this year. I just wish I will be able to open a small business with my sisters. I just have to focus on that and I pray that God will bless us more.

HAPPY NEW YEAR, friends!! ♥

Long Vacation

2011-12-26T02:02:00.002+08:00

I’m excited and at the same time feeling the pressure in the office because I will take a leave from work starting tomorrow and will resume work next week, New Year. Though I’m still sleepy and tired I need to work and turn over my work properly. I actually planned to take a leave the whole week but I need to accomplished one important work and hopefully we can pull it though to start a new year with some good news.

Aside from the much anticipated long weekend, I take the opportunity to bring home our account pet cat who’s serving his terms beside our rest room and he never leaves the area when we started to give him foods to eat. He’s been such a good cat that everyone likes him and he becomes our resident pet. But he needs to move out before our boss in compliance department will notice that he’s been there all along when the others was being thrown out and away one by one. I know he will be a good house pet but I’m worried Chase will never accept him because that’s the way of the cats and dogs but I’m hoping he will let Muning the cat to at least stay in front of our door. I endure to ride in the jeepney going home with Nathan’s gifts and a big box with a cat inside in both hands. Munings keeps on scratching the box and he even clawed my finger accidentally and it hurts! But he’s well behaved when I let him out of the box and I hope when I wake up next morning, he’s still there. So, fingers crossed :)

Merry Christmas 2011!

2011-12-25T01:33:00.000+08:00

It’s the most wonderful time of the year. You can almost feel the love in the air because we all celebrate the birth of our Saviour Jesus Christ.

As the tradition goes, we went to the market early in the morning to buy all the things I needed for my Christmas menu and that include pork, chicken, fish recipes plus the desserts and most of all the gifts to our love ones. I never mind that I almost stayed most of the time cooking in the kitchen, just looking at them makes me want to cook more. Nathan now learns to walk and he walks all over the house and making us happy with his laugh and dance and he sometimes sing. My brother’s twins were here to celebrate Christmas with us before my sister will bring them back to their province to celebrate New Year in their mother’s family.

Instead of the yearly family games, I just put a red Chinese envelop with a P100 peso bill in it and hang it in our Christmas tree. I put their names on a small box and let my nephew draw 5 lucky winners. We top the morning with the gift giving. I went to sleep at 4am in the morning feeling contented and happy.

Happy Birthday, Papa Jesus and Merry Christmas, blogging friends!

Aubrey Reine getting a cute doll from hubby's cousin!

cheers!!

my kids :)

our Christmas feast

Christmas Gifts

2011-12-23T14:39:00.001+08:00

Just want to thank to some dear friends for the gifts and wonderful message this Yuletide Season. While I never expected to receive the fruit basket from one of our customer, I’m grateful that they did. My hubby got most of the gifts from friends and colleagues but it was an overwhelming gift of wine and liquors! Well, giving wine is my last option too if I can’t think of anything else to give to a friend.

Another surprise if from hubby’s cousin working in Dubai, she gave me lots of baking utensils and an expensive one too! Really, that is certainly good news this Christmas. She also gave hubby a complete set of Gillette fusion that includes a razor, lotion, after shave and gel. I heartfully thank also to our friends who remember our baby Nathan, I’m quite overwhelmed to know that aside from giving one to me or to my hubby, they now included Nathan in their lists. Thank you, friends and God bless you all!

Exchage Gifts

2011-12-23T14:36:00.000+08:00

Our yearly Christmas exchange gift our office is always as funny as ever. So I’m glad that most of us join this once a year event and everybody participated. The only things that change this year is that we have some raffle draws and I wish there will be more next year. Well, that really depends on our sponsors. But nevertheless, we had a great time because we were so excited who got who and what did they bought according to your wish list. You will have to describe your “baby” before you give your gift and then the baby will describe his/her baby and the laughter continues. Our small time raffle draws was even happier because we were all anticipating that I might get their name from the box. But though I went home empty handed from that raffle draw, I still recall the funny side of it. If only I can wish that we will be like that all the time, happy and relax.

I got a super duper cute teddy bear! :)

Office Night Out

2011-12-21T14:33:00.003+08:00

To make it different this year, most of us decided to celebrate our Christmas party outside from our traditional lunch-snack feast at the office every year. Though I know it will be more costly to do that but it’s totally different now, the ambiance, the camaraderie, trust issues, and it’s never been the same before, people had a change of heart and we tend to group ourselves away from your team and it saddens me that only one person can help us to stay all together don’t do anything about it or don’t bother at all. I lost the interest of asking them if there will be any celebration but our courier’s boss step up and told me to go on with the usual plan. I’m glad that most of us were there in the venue at Shakeys, though some were late because of work but at least they came and I saw the happiness and hesitation on some faces but all well ends well. I genuinely had fun with the team. It felt good just by looking at them having a great time, too. I bought some useful things for the raffle draw this Thursday after our yearly exchange gift. I got my Starbucks planner and I got a free coffee from my seat mate, Mike. Another good night to remember :)

Together Again

2011-12-20T14:16:00.000+08:00

I decided to take a break from watching and getting involved from the PBB show this year. My last memories from a girl teen housemate we supported before ends up in a disaster and I don’t want to have another one again. Hubby asked me if I’m sick knowing that I am not watching my favourite reality show and I told him I have no time since baby Nathan occupies most of my time now.

But my online and fellow supporters before are still very much friends in the cyber world and I’m so glad that despite of what happened we tried to reach with another no matter how busy we can be because of our work and professions. We wanted to see each other before Christmas and we planned countless of dates to meet up but we end up cancelling the dates because of busy schedules and prior commitments. So I told them that no matter how we tried to be together again, we will end up incomplete because December is the busiest month of the year. So we agreed on Dec. 18 date and we went on complete of not

It was a blast and I am so happy to be with them again after so many months. We talked a lot about anything and everything, we exchange gifts, we ate lunch at Gerry’s Grill in Glorietta 5 in Makati and we are still full when we went to Starbucks and a friend bought different kinds of cakes for dessert, her treat for not bringing gifts for us.J We then proceed to other place to meet another friend before we called it a day and I went to Greenbelt church to meet hubby and baby Nathan. I still want to see them again, someday.

Chic and Sexy

2011-12-15T12:49:00.000+08:00

A chic party is fine but sexy? Well, I have doubts about that. But it’s all in the mind. Actually, I feel sexy though my body says otherwise (ha-ha!). So when our company announced that we will have a chic and sexy party, I can only sigh that I will have to dress up casually in that occasion. I still have problems on my diet and my hubby is not that cooperating because he really loves to eat. I have new colleagues this year and as usual, we have a blast thought it’s a company event. One thing I am so proud of with our team is that we stick together in every event in our company and all is cooperating.

Though we have a popular restaurant as a caterer, they served foods that off in my taste so they don’t deserved a second serving, well that help with my diet. I also received a 5 year loyalty award plus a cash reward and most of us in our team received that award so we can be happier being in the stage though we are 102 recipients that night. We were not that lucky in the raffle draws and only one won the price of dinner for two in Sofitel Hotel which I asked him to sell the voucher to me. After the announcement of major raffle prize, I decided I should go home and I’m lucky that hubby was awake that time and he agreed to pick me up because I have my SLR camera to me and I don’t want to go home alone. I bid goodbye to my colleagues who’s starting to dance with the live band performing on the stage.

South bound

2011-12-13T22:10:00.006+08:00

It was another first for baby Nathan and after a year for us when hubby decided to visit Tagaytay City again. I’m quite excited about it and the fact that you can at least unwind from all the traffic, dust and stress. We both needed that and we went to visit the usual spots in Tagaytay buying foods and souvenirs along the way.

Nathan is a natural traveller, I guess when the time comes that we'll need to go abroad, he will be more delighted than me. He’ll go to sleep and then wakes up without showing any signs of tantrums and he loves to look outside. He really is like hubby who loves to go out if given any chance during weekends.

It rained but thank God it stops before it spoils our day. We had a great time and we love the pineapples, corns, bananas and other fruits we bought along the highway. We also stopped to buy at Bag of Beans store's all time favorite raisins bread. I hope to spend another day in Tagaytay, and I hope I can get a big discount for an overnight stay next year. Fingers crossed.

College Reunion

2011-12-04T22:48:00.007+08:00

I had a great college life, I’m quite popular in our department because I spear headed our society plus I'm quite good in academics. I don’t know how that happened when I am just a typical happy go-lucky high school student before. I even asked my class adviser to transferred me two section below from the star section because I can’t stand the fast pace life of being in top section when my thoughts that time was to enjoy being a teenager.

It’s been so many years since I graduated from college and I don’t see them often except for some few whom I got to see once in a while over dinner or lunch dates. So when someone organized a reunion through Facebook, I thought why not? So we set up the date which was moved from time to time because of unavailability of some but it was all worth it when you see them one by one and entering the door of our room in Music 88. I had a blast, we sing and dance as if we never have our own family and the time was so fast there was so much to talk about our lives after college. So set up another meet ups with one of our college friend but that will happen early next year. But I will look forward to be with them again, I spent 4 challenging years of my life with them before and you couldn’t just put that to waste.

Collecting Gifts

2011-12-02T12:54:00.006+08:00

Nathan is feeling the spirit of Christmas right now, with lots of love around him from his family and gracious gifts from our relatives whenever they dropped by in our house from abroad or those who wants to say hi to him. They said he looks handsome in his face book pictures but he’s more handsome in person. Wow, I can see a future in entertainment world. Ha-ha!

Nathan used to ignore me whenever I call his name for the picture taking but now once I click on my camera he will give me his angelic smiles and even pose for more pictures. So I’m not having a hard time now when I take a picture of his Boracay shirts that my hubby’s cousin gave him the other night after a week stint in that famous beach. After a few more practice steps and he just went to sleep. Aw, such a baby :)

Fully Booked

2011-12-01T14:19:00.006+08:00

First day of December and the weather keeps on changing that makes you want to sleep, sleep and sleep all day. But that won’t happen if you have a one year old cute little boy who’s very active and wants to play all the time when he’s awake. But when a family member want’s to baby sit Nathan, that’s the only time I can have my afternoon nap. Nathan sometimes wake up at 6am and there’s nothing more you can do but to wake up because he will do anything to caught your attention and he’ll make certain sounds until you’re fully awake.

I'll be very busy this month. College get together, my cyber friends meet ups, high school buddies dinner and our family get away are the reasons why I am fully booked on weekends. It may be costly but that’s why December is the busiest month for me. Christmas is fast approaching and I hope all is well in my family. God bless us all :)

Country Road

2011-11-24T18:03:00.002+08:00

I hesitated at first to agree when hubby said he has this plan of going to his father’s province to visit the cemetery of his late aunt. It her birthday tomorrow and he keeps on saying about it over and over again as if asking my approval. He owes a lot to his late Aunt who’s the older sister of his father. He is her favorite among her nieces and nephews and she believes on what my hubby and she’s been his silent supporter all though out. I cannot take the gratitude and respect my hubby wants to give to his aunt by saying no to his plan. So with his new car and with baby Nathan in tow, we will push through with the earlier plans and we’ll all go to Pampanga as early as 530am because his plate number ends with the number coding scheme that falls on Friday so we have to leave the metro road before 7am or else a violation will be serve.

I think my eldest sister, my Mom and his Mom will come too and it will be their first long road trip after more than a year. I already inform my superior that I will be on leave tomorrow and I hope I still have enough vacation leave to use next month.

Come to think of it, I’m feeling excited for tomorrow’s trip. Oh, well :)

New Car

2011-11-23T18:19:00.003+08:00

My hubby and my sister had one thing in common, they both like cars. Sometimes they will check on some sites for some latest models and prices. They even bought magazine just to look on some gorgeous featured cars and dream that one day they will have their own too. I can only smile on their comparisons between cars and other stuffs and they even plan to buy one someday.

But I think my hubby’s wish will now come true when their company decided to give him a car after he was promoted last month. He happily alerted us the good news and was very excited about it. They check on some auto blog just to compare models and they can’t seem to get over with the good news.

I told them to try and check auto transport site to know the transport rates if their company wished to have the car ship to them. If it happens, that makes him the luckiest guy to have his new car in less than a year being in their company. Well, I just cross my fingers and I hope our plan of the road trip out of town this holiday will come true.

Merry Go Round

2011-11-14T21:50:00.008+08:00

We were so amazed on how strong and fearful Nathan is. Sometimes I wonder will he be like that when he grows old but it really depends to us who will be looking and guiding him all though out. The only thing he won’t try is to walk unattended but I know he can walk already if he wants to. We sometimes see him stand alone but when he becomes aware that he’ll be walking alone, he’ll sit and just crawl.

But once you let him walk with you holding his other hand, you’ll be surprised on how strong, fast and almost running he can be. He can ride the horse ride in Tom’s World without holding him and even the merry-go-ride in Mall of Asia. My sister will just stand beside him just in case but he cling to the handle so strong he can even wave his other hand to us. We are so proud of him. He loves going out like his Dad and my Mom and I hope he will not include Toy Kingdom as his favorite place in the mall (ha-ha!).

11.11.11

2011-11-11T17:15:00.001+08:00

It’s Friday again and yes, the date is 11.11.11. I’ve read on some news that most of the couple got married today because of this extraordinary date. But most of us can’t notice the date until you’ve realize that it was indeed rare. But the majority even bother unless something unusual happens.

I just finished decorating our living room for Christmas and I need few more things to buy for the wall decors and this weekend will be one of the busiest weekends for us. Nathan will have his 2^nd pneumo vaccine tomorrow and we will attend the birthday dinner party of my godchild. On Sunday, we’ll go to church at Greenbelt and of course, stroll around the area. Hubby wanted me to list down the names of our godchildren, family and relatives so we won’t me missing someone on the gift giving day. So I guess I have to start buying gifts as early as today though I already bought few last month.

I heard some not so nice news from my family but I needed to stay on focus. I lay it all down to God so He’ll give me strength to be strong and tough and look on the brighter and positive side of life. I have all the reasons to be thankful to Him.

Happy Weekend, blogging friends! ♥